PMID- 21972261 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120712 LR - 20211020 IS - 1532-298X (Electronic) IS - 1040-4651 (Print) IS - 1040-4651 (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 10 DP - 2011 Oct TI - SCAR mediates light-induced root elongation in Arabidopsis through photoreceptors and proteasomes. PG - 3610-26 LID - 10.1105/tpc.111.088823 [doi] AB - The ARP2/3 complex, a highly conserved nucleator of F-actin, and its activator, the SCAR complex, are essential for growth in plants and animals. In this article, we present a pathway through which roots of Arabidopsis thaliana directly perceive light to promote their elongation. The ARP2/3-SCAR complex and the maintenance of longitudinally aligned F-actin arrays are crucial components of this pathway. The involvement of the ARP2/3-SCAR complex in light-regulated root growth is supported by our finding that mutants of the SCAR complex subunit BRK1/HSPC300, or other individual subunits of the ARP2/3-SCAR complex, showed a dramatic inhibition of root elongation in the light, which mirrored reduced growth of wild-type roots in the dark. SCAR1 degradation in dark-grown wild-type roots by constitutive photomorphogenic 1 (COP1) E3 ligase and 26S proteasome accompanied the loss of longitudinal F-actin and reduced root growth. Light perceived by the root photoreceptors, cryptochrome and phytochrome, suppressed COP1-mediated SCAR1 degradation. Taken together, our data provide a biochemical explanation for light-induced promotion of root elongation by the ARP2/3-SCAR complex. FAU - Dyachok, Julia AU - Dyachok J AD - Plant Biology Division, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401, USA. FAU - Zhu, Ling AU - Zhu L FAU - Liao, Fuqi AU - Liao F FAU - He, Ji AU - He J FAU - Huq, Enamul AU - Huq E FAU - Blancaflor, Elison B AU - Blancaflor EB LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. DEP - 20111004 PL - England TA - Plant Cell JT - The Plant cell JID - 9208688 RN - 0 (Actin-Related Protein 2-3 Complex) RN - 0 (Actins) RN - 0 (Arabidopsis Proteins) RN - 0 (Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Leupeptins) RN - 0 (Microfilament Proteins) RN - 0 (Photoreceptors, Plant) RN - 0 (Proteasome Inhibitors) RN - 0 (SCAR1 protein, Arabidopsis) RN - 11121-56-5 (Phytochrome) RN - EC 2.3.2.27 (AT2G32950 protein, Arabidopsis) RN - EC 2.3.2.27 (Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases) RN - EC 3.4.25.1 (Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex) RN - EC 3.4.99.- (ATP dependent 26S protease) RN - RF1P63GW3K (benzyloxycarbonylleucyl-leucyl-leucine aldehyde) SB - IM MH - Actin-Related Protein 2-3 Complex/genetics/*metabolism MH - Actins/metabolism MH - Arabidopsis/genetics/*physiology/radiation effects/ultrastructure MH - Arabidopsis Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors/pharmacology MH - Darkness MH - Leupeptins/pharmacology MH - Light MH - Light Signal Transduction/physiology MH - Microfilament Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Mutation MH - Phenotype MH - Photoreceptors, Plant/genetics/*metabolism MH - Phytochrome/genetics/metabolism MH - Plant Components, Aerial/genetics/physiology/radiation effects/ultrastructure MH - Plant Roots/genetics/*physiology/radiation effects/ultrastructure MH - Plants, Genetically Modified MH - Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex/genetics/*metabolism MH - Proteasome Inhibitors MH - Protein Binding MH - Seedlings/genetics/physiology/radiation effects/ultrastructure MH - Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases/genetics/metabolism PMC - PMC3229138 EDAT- 2011/10/06 06:00 MHDA- 2012/07/13 06:00 PMCR- 2011/10/04 CRDT- 2011/10/06 06:00 PHST- 2011/10/06 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/10/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/07/13 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2011/10/04 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - tpc.111.088823 [pii] AID - 088823 [pii] AID - 10.1105/tpc.111.088823 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Plant Cell. 2011 Oct;23(10):3610-26. doi: 10.1105/tpc.111.088823. Epub 2011 Oct 4.