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Mutations of Arabidopsis in Potential Transduction and Response Components of the Phototropic Signaling Pathway

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Liscum, E., Briggs, W. R.·1996·Plant Physiology

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Four genetic loci were recently identified by mutations that affect phototropism in Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heyhn. seedlings. It was hypothesized that one of these loci, NPH1, encodes the apoprotein for a phototropic photoreceptor. All of the alleles at the other three mutant loci (nph2, nph3, and nph4) contained wild-type levels of the putative NPH1 protein and exhibited normal blue-light-dependent phosphorylation of the NPH1 protein. This indicated that the NPH2, NPH3, and NPH4 proteins likely function downstream of NPH1 photoactivation. We show here that, although the nph2, nph3, and nph4 mutants are all altered with respect to their phototropic responses, only the nph4 mutants are also altered in their gravitropic responsiveness. Thus, NPH2 and NPH3 appear to act as signal carriers in a phototropism-specific pathway, whereas NPH4 is required for both phototropism and gravitropism and thus may function directly in the differential growth response. Despite their altered phototropic responses in blue and green light as etiolated seedlings, the nph2 and nph4 mutants exhibited less dramatic mutant phenotypes as de-etiolated seedlings and when etiolated seedlings were irradiated with unilateral ultraviolet-A (UV-A) light. Examination of the phototropic responses of a mutant deficient in biologically active phytochromes, hy1–100, indicated that phytochrome transformation by UV-A light mediates an increase in phototropic responsiveness, accounting for the greater phototropic curvature of the nph2 and nph4 mutants to UV-A light than to blue light.

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  • Mutations in NPH3 cause Arabidopsis to lose all-intensity blue light-induced phototropism, indicating that NPH3 regulates both PHOT1-mediated phototropism under low-fluence blue light and the PHOT1- and PHOT2-mediated high-fluence blue light response.

    “Mutations in NPH3 causes Arabidopsis lose all-intensity blue light-induced phototropism, indicating that NPH3 regulates both PHOT1-mediated phototropism under low-fluence blue light and the PHOT1- and PHOT2-mediated high-fluence blue light response (Liscum and Briggs, 1996; Motchoulski and Liscum, 1999).”

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  1. Briggs WR, Liscum E, Oeller PW, Palmer JP (1996) Photomorpho- genic systems. In RC Jennings, G Zuchelli, F Ghetti, G Colum- betti, eds, Light as an Energy Source and Information Carrier in Plant Physiology. Plenum, New York (in press)
  2. Dennison DS (1979) Phototropism. In W Haupt, ME Feinleib, eds, Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology, Vol 7. Springer-Verlag, Ber- lin, pp 506-566

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Authors
Liscum, E., & Briggs, W. R.
Affiliations
  • Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 290 Panama Street, Stanford, California 94305–1297
  • Carnegie Institution for Science (US)
Venue
Plant Physiology
Published
1996-09-01
Volume
112
Issue
1
Pages
291-296
ISSN
  • 0032-0889 (ISSN-L)
  • 1532-2548
OpenAlex
W2099197358
Cited by
140
References
30
Citations by year
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FWCI
9.06
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Science Foundation (9118392)
  • Carnegie Institution of Washington
  • National Institutes of Health (1f32gm015682-01)
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (1F32GM15682)
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, gravitropism, NPH3, photoreceptor signaling, signal transduction, phytochrome, UVA, blue light, Arabidopsis thaliana mutants
MeSH terms
Apoproteins, Light, Phosphoproteins, Phosphorylation, Phytochrome, Ultraviolet Rays, Signal Transduction, Mutagenesis, Genes, Plant, Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases, Arabidopsis, Arabidopsis Proteins

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