PMID- 19165148 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20090327 LR - 20220408 IS - 1460-2075 (Electronic) IS - 0261-4189 (Print) IS - 0261-4189 (Linking) VI - 28 IP - 5 DP - 2009 Mar 4 TI - Interaction of COP1 and UVR8 regulates UV-B-induced photomorphogenesis and stress acclimation in Arabidopsis. PG - 591-601 LID - 10.1038/emboj.2009.4 [doi] AB - The ultraviolet-B (UV-B) portion of the solar radiation functions as an environmental signal for which plants have evolved specific and sensitive UV-B perception systems. The UV-B-specific UV RESPONSE LOCUS 8 (UVR8) and the multifunctional E3 ubiquitin ligase CONSTITUTIVELY PHOTOMORPHOGENIC 1 (COP1) are key regulators of the UV-B response. We show here that uvr8-null mutants are deficient in UV-B-induced photomorphogenesis and hypersensitive to UV-B stress, whereas overexpression of UVR8 results in enhanced UV-B photomorphogenesis, acclimation and tolerance to UV-B stress. By using sun simulators, we provide evidence at the physiological level that UV-B acclimation mediated by the UV-B-specific photoregulatory pathway is indeed required for survival in sunlight. At the molecular level, we demonstrate that the wild type but not the mutant UVR8 and COP1 proteins directly interact in a UV-B-dependent, rapid manner in planta. These data collectively suggest that UV-B-specific interaction of COP1 and UVR8 in the nucleus is a very early step in signalling and responsible for the plant's coordinated response to UV-B ensuring UV-B acclimation and protection in the natural environment. FAU - Favory, Jean-Jacques AU - Favory JJ AD - Faculty of Biology, Institute of Biology II, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany. FAU - Stec, Agnieszka AU - Stec A FAU - Gruber, Henriette AU - Gruber H FAU - Rizzini, Luca AU - Rizzini L FAU - Oravecz, Attila AU - Oravecz A FAU - Funk, Markus AU - Funk M FAU - Albert, Andreas AU - Albert A FAU - Cloix, Catherine AU - Cloix C FAU - Jenkins, Gareth I AU - Jenkins GI FAU - Oakeley, Edward J AU - Oakeley EJ FAU - Seidlitz, Harald K AU - Seidlitz HK FAU - Nagy, Ferenc AU - Nagy F FAU - Ulm, Roman AU - Ulm R LA - eng GR - BB/D019281/1/BB_/Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council/United Kingdom GR - HHMI/Howard Hughes Medical Institute/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20090122 PL - England TA - EMBO J JT - The EMBO journal JID - 8208664 RN - 0 (Arabidopsis Proteins) RN - 0 (Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone) RN - 0 (Uvr8 protein, Arabidopsis) RN - EC 2.3.2.27 (AT2G32950 protein, Arabidopsis) RN - EC 2.3.2.27 (Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases) SB - IM MH - Acclimatization MH - Arabidopsis/*physiology MH - Arabidopsis Proteins/genetics/*physiology MH - Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone/genetics/*physiology MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Plant MH - Hypocotyl/growth & development/physiology MH - Mutation MH - Protein Binding MH - Signal Transduction/physiology MH - Stress, Physiological MH - Sunlight MH - Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases MH - *Ultraviolet Rays PMC - PMC2657586 EDAT- 2009/01/24 09:00 MHDA- 2009/03/28 09:00 PMCR- 2010/03/04 CRDT- 2009/01/24 09:00 PHST- 2008/09/30 00:00 [received] PHST- 2009/01/05 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2009/01/24 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/01/24 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2009/03/28 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2010/03/04 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - emboj20094 [pii] AID - 10.1038/emboj.2009.4 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - EMBO J. 2009 Mar 4;28(5):591-601. doi: 10.1038/emboj.2009.4. Epub 2009 Jan 22.