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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Volume 118, Issue 45, Pages -Publisher
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2103633118
Keywords
shade avoidance response; cell elongation; PIF7; UBP12; UBP13
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- National Research Foundation (NRF), PrimeMinister's Office, Singapore under its Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise (CREATE) program
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Changes in light quality due to neighbor proximity regulate plant growth processes, with PIF7 playing a central role in connecting shade light perception and growth responses. UBP12 and UBP13 are identified as positive regulators in shade avoidance responses, maintaining PIF7 stability and abundance through deubiquitination.
Changes in light quality caused by the presence of neighbor proximity regulate many growth and development processes of plants. PHYTOCHROME INTERACTING FACTOR 7 (PIF7), whose subcellular localization, DNA-binding properties, and protein abundance are regulated in a photoreversible manner, plays a central role in linking shade light perception and growth responses. How PIF7 activity is regulated during shade avoidance responses has been well studied, and many factors involved in this process have been identified. However, the detailed molecular mechanism by which shade light regulates the PIF7 protein level is still largely unknown. Here, we show that the PIF7 protein level regulation is important for shade-induced growth. Two ubiquitin-specific proteases, UBP12 and UBP13, were identified as positive regulators in shade avoidance responses by increasing the PIF7 protein level. The ubp12-2w/13-3 double mutant displayed significantly impaired sensitivity to shade-induced cell elongation and reproduction acceleration. Our genetic and biochemical analysis showed that UBP12 and UBP13 act downstream of phyB and directly interact with PIF7 to maintain PIF7 stability and abundance through deubiquitination.
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