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Regulation of Phototropic Signaling in Arabidopsis via Phosphorylation State Changes in the Phototropin 1-interacting Protein NPH3

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Pedmale, Ullas V., Liscum, Emmanuel·2007·Journal of Biological Chemistry

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Phototropism, or the directional growth (curvature) of various organs toward or away from incident light, represents a ubiquitous adaptive response within the plant kingdom. This response is initiated through the sensing of directional blue light (BL) by a small family of photoreceptors known as the phototropins. Of the two phototropins present in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, phot1 (phototropin 1) is the dominant receptor controlling phototropism. Absorption of BL by the sensory portion of phot1 leads, as in other plant phototropins, to activation of a C-terminal serine/threonine protein kinase domain, which is tightly coupled with phototropic responsiveness. Of the five phot1-interacting proteins identified to date, only one, NPH3 (non-phototropic hypocotyl 3), is essential for all phot1-dependent phototropic responses, yet little is known about how phot1 signals through NPH3. Here, we show that, in dark-grown seedlings, NPH3 exists as a phosphorylated protein and that BL stimulates its dephosphorylation. phot1 is necessary for this response and appears to regulate the activity of a type 1 protein phosphatase that catalyzes the reaction. The abrogation of both BL-dependent dephosphorylation of NPH3 and development of phototropic curvatures by protein phosphatase inhibitors further suggests that this post-translational modification represents a crucial event in phot1-dependent phototropism. Given that NPH3 may represent a core component of a CUL3-based ubiquitin-protein ligase (E3), we hypothesize that the phosphorylation state of NPH3 determines the functional status of such an E3 and that differential regulation of this E3 is required for normal phototropic responsiveness.

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  • Under blue light, NPH3 undergoes PHOT1-dependent dephosphorylation, detaches from the plasma membrane, and enters the cytoplasm to form aggregates.

    “Under blue light, NPH3 undergoes PHOT1-dependent dephosphorylation, detaches from the plasma membrane, and enters the cytoplasm to form aggregates (Pedmale and Liscum, 2007; Sullivan et al., 2019).”

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Authors
Pedmale, U. V., & Liscum, E.
Affiliations
University of Missouri (US)
Venue
Journal of Biological Chemistry
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2007-07
Volume
282
Issue
27
Pages
19992-20001
ISSN
0021-9258 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2089361074
Cited by
169
References
93
Citations by year
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FWCI
14.18
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Institutional Repository (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (acceptedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Light effects on plants
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Plant Parasitism and Resistance
Keywords
phototropism, phototropin 1, NPH3, blue light signaling, protein phosphorylation, dephosphorylation, protein phosphatase, E3 ubiquitin ligase, Arabidopsis thaliana, post-translational modification
MeSH terms
Carrier Proteins, Enzyme Inhibitors, Flavoproteins, Phosphoprotein Phosphatases, Protein Processing, Post-Translational, Signal Transduction, Arabidopsis, Phototropism, Arabidopsis Proteins, Seedlings, Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases, Cryptochromes

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