Journal
EMBO JOURNAL
Volume 20, Issue 1-2, Pages 118-127Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/20.1.118
Keywords
Arabidopsis; COP1; HY5; WD40 domain
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- NIGMS NIH HHS [R37 GM047850, R01 GM047850, GM47850] Funding Source: Medline
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Arabidopsis COP1 is a photomorphogenesis repressor capable of directly interacting with the photomorphogenesis-promoting factor HY5, This interaction between HY5 and COP1 results in targeted degradation of HY5 by the 26S proteasome. Here we characterized the WD40 repeat domain-mediated interactions of COP1 with HY5 and two new proteins. Mutational analysis of those interactive partners revealed a conserved motif responsible for the interaction with the WD40 domain. This novel motif, with the core sequence V-P-E/D-phi -G (phi = hydrophobic residue) in conjunction with an upstream stretch of 4-5 negatively charged residues, interacts with a defined surface area of the P-propeller assembly of the COP1 WD40 repeat domain through both hydrophobic and ionic interactions. Several residues in the COP1 WD40 domain that are critical for the interaction with this motif have been revealed. The fact that point mutations either in the COP1 WD40 domain or in the HY5 motif that abolish the interaction between COP1 and HY5 in yeast result in a dramatic reduction of HY5 degradation in transgenic plants validates the biological significance of this defined interaction.
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