Beyond Repression of Photomorphogenesis: Role Switching of Cop/det/fus in Light Signaling This Review Comes from a Themed Issue on Cell Signalling and Gene Regulation Cop/det/fus: a Historical Remark
Beyond Repression of Photomorphogenesis: Role Switching of Cop/det/fus in Light Signaling This Review Comes from a Themed Issue on Cell Signalling and Gene Regulation Cop/det/fus: a Historical Remark
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Xi Huang;X. Ouyang;X. Deng;X. Deng;Wang;Xiangdong Fu;J. Kyozuka
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Xi Huang;X. Ouyang;X. Deng;X. Deng;Wang;Xiangdong Fu;J. Kyozuka
Light is a pivotal environmental stimulus that promotes plant photomorphogenesis. Substantial progress has been achieved in defining the central repressors of photomorphogenesis, the CONSTITUTIVE PHOTOMORPHOGENIC/DE-ETIOLATED/ FUSCA (COP/DET/FUS) loci, in the past 20 years. COP/DET/ FUS proteins are well-conserved, and regulate a variety of biological processes in plants and animals. The fact that these proteins contribute to the repression of plant photomorphogenesis by regulating the ubiquitin-proteasome-dependent pathway has been well established. Recently, molecular insight has been gained into the functional diversity of COP/DET/FUS. Here, we review the current research on the roles of COP/DET/FUS, with a focus on the functional conversion of COP1 in photomorphogenesis. Introduction In addition to functioning as a source of energy for photosynthesis, light also acts as an informational stimulus that triggers photomorphogenic development in plants. The physical manifestation of photomorpho-genesis includes the development of short hypocotyls, open and expanded cotyledons, and green chloroplasts. Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings have long been employed as a model system for genetic and molecular studies of photomorphogenesis in higher plants. Over the course of photomorphogenesis, light signals are perceived by multiple photoreceptors, and interpreted by a series of signaling intermediate factors for downstream transduction. Due to their regulatory involvement in the degradation of photomorphogenesis-promoting factors, CONSTITU-TIVE PHOTOMORPHOGENIC/DE-ETIOLATED/ FUSCA (COP/DET/FUS) proteins have been widely recognized as the central repressors of light signaling. Here, we provide an update of our current understanding of the COP1-centered COP/DET/FUS functions beyond the traditional photomorphogenesis triggered by far-red, red and blue light. Recent studies have also raised the novel concept that the COP10-DET1-DAMAGED DNA BINDING PROTEIN 1 (DDB1) (CDD) and COP9 sig-nalosome (CSN) complexes behave as regulators of transcription. Owing to the space limitations of this piece, however, readers interested in the CDD and CSN complexes are encouraged to consult the following excellent reviews [1–3]. COP/DET/FUS are a group of pleiotropic genes that were first identified and characterized as central repressors of light-regulated development in Arabidopsis. Recessive mutations in COP/DET/FUS have been shown not only to result in constitutive photomorphogenesis in darkness [4,5], but also to lead to a variety of developmental defects in plants and animals [1,4–6]. Nine of the COP/DET/FUS loci were found to encode COP1, DET1, COP10, and CSN subunits 1–4, 7, and 8. All of these proteins are constituents of three biochemical entities: the COP1-SUPPRESSOR OF PHYA-105 (SPA) complex, the CDD complex, and the CSN complex (Figure 1). These complexes are functionally connected by …