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Photoreceptor Signaling Networks in Plant Responses to Shade
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The dynamic light environment of vegetation canopies is perceived by phytochromes, cryptochromes, phototropins, and UV RESISTANCE LOCUS 8 (UVR8). These receptors control avoidance responses to preclude exposure to limiting or excessive light and acclimation responses to cope with conditions that cannot be avoided. The low red/far-red ratios of shade light reduce phytochrome B activity, which allows PHYTOCHROME INTERACTING FACTORS (PIFs) to directly activate the transcription of auxin-synthesis genes, leading to shade-avoidance responses. Direct PIF interaction with DELLA proteins links gibberellin and brassinosteroid signaling to shade avoidance. Shade avoidance also requires CONSTITUTIVE PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS 1 (COP1), a target of cryptochromes, phytochromes, and UVR8. Multiple regulatory loops and the input of the circadian clock create a complex network able to respond even to subtle threats of competition with neighbors while still compensating for major environmental fluctuations such as the day-night cycles.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Casal, J. J.
- Affiliations
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (AR)
- Corresponding author
- Casal, Jorge J.
- ORCID
- Casal, Jorge J.
- Venue
- Annual Review of Plant Biology
- Publisher
- Annual Reviews
- Published
- 2013-04-29
- Volume
- 64
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 403-427
- ISSN
- 1543-5008 (ISSN-L)
- 1545-2123
- OpenAlex
- W2107201571
- Cited by
- 865
- References
- 144
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- FWCI
- 5.94
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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- cc-by-nc-nd
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- Funders
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
- Universidad de Buenos Aires (CONICET)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Light effects on plants
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Plant Parasitism and Resistance
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Plant Molecular Biology Research
- Keywords
- shade avoidance, photoreceptors, phytochrome, cryptochrome, phototropin, UVR8, phytochrome-interacting factors, DELLA proteins, gibberellin signaling, brassinosteroid signaling, auxin biosynthesis, COP1, circadian clock, red:far-red ratio, plant light signaling, canopy light environment
- MeSH terms
- Gibberellins, Light, Phytochrome, Plant Growth Regulators, Plants, Signal Transduction, Ecosystem, Photoreceptors, Plant
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