PMID- 25841036 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20151209 LR - 20191210 IS - 1532-298X (Electronic) IS - 1040-4651 (Print) IS - 1040-4651 (Linking) VI - 27 IP - 4 DP - 2015 Apr TI - The Transcriptional Regulator BBX19 Promotes Hypocotyl Growth by Facilitating COP1-Mediated EARLY FLOWERING3 Degradation in Arabidopsis. PG - 1128-39 LID - 10.1105/tpc.15.00044 [doi] AB - Hypocotyl elongation is a highly coordinated physiological response regulated by myriad internal and external cues. Here, we show that BBX19, a transcriptional regulator with two B-box motifs, is a positive regulator of growth; diminished BBX19 expression by RNA interference reduces hypocotyl length, and its constitutive expression promotes growth. This function of BBX19 is dependent on the E3 ubiquitin ligase CONSTITUTIVE PHOTOMORPHOGENIC1 (COP1), EARLY FLOWERING3 (ELF3), and PHYTOCHROME-INTERACTING FACTOR4 (PIF4) and PIF5. BBX19 is nucleus-colocalized and interacts physically with COP1 and ELF3, a component of the evening complex that represses the expression of PIF4 and PIF5. Moreover, ELF3 protein abundance inversely correlates with BBX19 expression levels in a COP1-dependent manner. By contrast, PIF expression, coinciding with the initiation of hypocotyl growth in the early evening, is positively correlated with the BBX19 transcript abundance. These results collectively establish BBX19 as an adaptor that binds to and recruits ELF3 for degradation by COP1 and, as such, dynamically gates the formation of the evening complex, resulting in derepression of PIF4/5. This finding refines our perspective on how plants grow by providing a molecular link between COP1, ELF3, and PIF4/5 as an underlying mechanism of photomorphogenic development in Arabidopsis thaliana. CI - (c) 2015 American Society of Plant Biologists. All rights reserved. FAU - Wang, Chang-Quan AU - Wang CQ AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3426-8761 AD - Department of Plant Biology, University of California, Davis, California 95616. FAU - Sarmast, Mostafa Khoshhal AU - Sarmast MK AD - Department of Plant Biology, University of California, Davis, California 95616. FAU - Jiang, Jishan AU - Jiang J AD - Department of Plant Biology, University of California, Davis, California 95616. FAU - Dehesh, Katayoon AU - Dehesh K AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9312-8032 AD - Department of Plant Biology, University of California, Davis, California 95616 kdehesh@ucdavis.edu. LA - eng GR - R01 GM107311/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01GM107311/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. DEP - 20150403 PL - England TA - Plant Cell JT - The Plant cell JID - 9208688 RN - 0 (Arabidopsis Proteins) RN - 0 (BBX19 protein, Arabidopsis) RN - 0 (ELF3 protein, Arabidopsis) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) RN - EC 2.3.2.27 (AT2G32950 protein, Arabidopsis) RN - EC 2.3.2.27 (Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases) SB - IM MH - Arabidopsis/*growth & development/*metabolism MH - Arabidopsis Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Plant MH - Hypocotyl/*growth & development/*metabolism MH - Transcription Factors/genetics/*metabolism MH - Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases PMC - PMC4558699 EDAT- 2015/04/05 06:00 MHDA- 2015/12/15 06:00 PMCR- 2016/04/01 CRDT- 2015/04/05 06:00 PHST- 2015/01/17 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/03/13 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/04/05 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/04/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/12/15 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/04/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - tpc.15.00044 [pii] AID - TPC201500044RAR1 [pii] AID - 10.1105/tpc.15.00044 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Plant Cell. 2015 Apr;27(4):1128-39. doi: 10.1105/tpc.15.00044. Epub 2015 Apr 3.