PMID- 23647163 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140428 LR - 20190806 IS - 1365-313X (Electronic) IS - 0960-7412 (Linking) VI - 75 IP - 4 DP - 2013 Aug TI - COP1 re-accumulates in the nucleus under shade. PG - 631-41 LID - 10.1111/tpj.12226 [doi] AB - Shade-avoider plants typically respond to shade-light signals by increasing the rate of stem growth. CONSTITTUTIVE PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS 1 (COP1) is an E3 ligase involved in the ubiquitin labelling of proteins targeted for degradation. In dark-grown seedlings, COP1 accumulates in the nucleus and light exposure causes COP1 migration to the cytosol. Here, we show that in Arabidopsis thaliana, COP1 accumulates in the nucleus under natural or simulated shade, despite the presence of far-red light. In plants grown under white light, the transfer to shade-light conditions triggers an unexpectedly rapid re-accumulation of COP1 in the nucleus. The partial simulation of shade by lowering either blue or red light levels (maintaining far-red light) caused COP1 nuclear re-accumulation. Hypocotyl growth of wild-type seedlings is more sensitive to afternoon shade than to morning shade. A residual response to shade was observed in the cop1 mutant background, but these seedlings showed inverted sensitivity as they responded to morning shade and not to afternoon shade. COP1 overexpression exaggerated the wild-type pattern by enhancing afternoon sensitivity and making morning shade inhibitory of growth. COP1 nuclear re-accumulation also responded more strongly to afternoon shade than to morning shade. These results are consistent with a signalling role of COP1 in shade avoidance. We propose a function of COP1 in setting the daily patterns of sensitivity to shade in the fluctuating light environments of plant canopies. CI - (c) 2013 The Authors The Plant Journal (c) 2013 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. FAU - Pacin, Manuel AU - Pacin M AD - IFEVA, Facultad de Agronomia, Universidad de Buenos Aires and CONICET, 1417, Buenos Aires, Argentina. FAU - Legris, Martina AU - Legris M FAU - Casal, Jorge J AU - Casal JJ LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20130530 PL - England TA - Plant J JT - The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology JID - 9207397 RN - 0 (Arabidopsis Proteins) RN - 0 (Nuclear Proteins) RN - 0 (Recombinant Fusion Proteins) RN - EC 2.3.2.27 (AT2G32950 protein, Arabidopsis) RN - EC 2.3.2.27 (Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases) SB - IM MH - Arabidopsis/cytology/genetics/*physiology/radiation effects MH - Arabidopsis Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Cell Nucleus/metabolism MH - Circadian Rhythm MH - *Gene Expression Regulation, Plant MH - Hypocotyl/cytology/genetics/physiology/radiation effects MH - *Light MH - Nuclear Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Recombinant Fusion Proteins MH - Seedlings/cytology/genetics/physiology/radiation effects MH - Signal Transduction MH - Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases/genetics/*metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - Arabidopsis thaliana OT - CONSTITUTIVE PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS 1 OT - growth OT - hypocotyl OT - shade avoidance EDAT- 2013/05/08 06:00 MHDA- 2014/04/29 06:00 CRDT- 2013/05/08 06:00 PHST- 2013/01/13 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/04/25 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2013/04/29 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/05/08 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/05/08 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/04/29 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1111/tpj.12226 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Plant J. 2013 Aug;75(4):631-41. doi: 10.1111/tpj.12226. Epub 2013 May 30.