PMID- 26714275 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160706 LR - 20201215 IS - 1553-7404 (Electronic) IS - 1553-7390 (Print) IS - 1553-7390 (Linking) VI - 11 IP - 12 DP - 2015 Dec TI - Arabidopsis COP1 SUPPRESSOR 2 Represses COP1 E3 Ubiquitin Ligase Activity through Their Coiled-Coil Domains Association. PG - e1005747 LID - 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005747 [doi] LID - e1005747 AB - CONSTITUTIVE PHOTOMORPHOGENIC 1 (COP1) functions as an E3 ubiquitin ligase and mediates a variety of developmental processes in Arabidopsis by targeting a number of key regulators for ubiquitination and degradation. Here, we identify a novel COP1 interacting protein, COP1 SUPPRESSOR 2 (CSU2). Loss of function mutations in CSU2 suppress the constitutive photomorphogenic phenotype of cop1-6 in darkness. CSU2 directly interacts with COP1 via their coiled-coil domains and is recruited by COP1 into nuclear speckles in living plant cells. Furthermore, CSU2 inhibits COP1 E3 ubiquitin ligase activity in vitro, and represses COP1 mediated turnover of HY5 in cell-free extracts. We propose that in csu2 cop1-6 mutants, the lack of CSU2's repression of COP1 allows the low level of COP1 to exhibit higher activity that is sufficient to prevent accumulation of HY5 in the dark, thus restoring the etiolated phenotype. In addition, CSU2 is required for primary root development under normal light growth condition. FAU - Xu, Dongqing AU - Xu D AD - State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, School of Advanced Agriculture Sciences and School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China. AD - Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden. FAU - Lin, Fang AU - Lin F AD - State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, School of Advanced Agriculture Sciences and School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China. FAU - Jiang, Yan AU - Jiang Y AD - State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, School of Advanced Agriculture Sciences and School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China. AD - Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden. FAU - Ling, Junjie AU - Ling J AD - State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, School of Advanced Agriculture Sciences and School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China. FAU - Hettiarachchi, Chamari AU - Hettiarachchi C AD - Department of Chemistry, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka. FAU - Tellgren-Roth, Christian AU - Tellgren-Roth C AD - Uppsala Genome Center, National Genomics Infrastructure, Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, BMC, Uppsala, Sweden. FAU - Holm, Magnus AU - Holm M AD - Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden. FAU - Wei, Ning AU - Wei N AD - Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America. FAU - Deng, Xing Wang AU - Deng XW AD - State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, School of Advanced Agriculture Sciences and School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China. LA - eng GR - R01 GM047850/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R37 GM047850/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20151229 PL - United States TA - PLoS Genet JT - PLoS genetics JID - 101239074 RN - 0 (Arabidopsis Proteins) RN - 0 (Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors) RN - 0 (CSU2 protein, Arabidopsis) RN - 0 (HY5 protein, Arabidopsis) RN - 0 (Nuclear Proteins) RN - 0 (Repressor Proteins) RN - EC 2.3.2.27 (AT2G32950 protein, Arabidopsis) RN - EC 2.3.2.27 (Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases) SB - IM MH - Arabidopsis/genetics/*metabolism MH - Arabidopsis Proteins/*genetics/*metabolism MH - Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors/metabolism MH - Binding Sites MH - Mutation MH - Nuclear Proteins/metabolism MH - Protein Binding MH - Repressor Proteins/*genetics/metabolism MH - Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases/genetics/*metabolism PMC - PMC4694719 COIS- The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. EDAT- 2015/12/30 06:00 MHDA- 2016/07/07 06:00 PMCR- 2015/12/29 CRDT- 2015/12/30 06:00 PHST- 2015/07/25 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/11/27 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/12/30 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/12/30 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/07/07 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2015/12/29 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - PGENETICS-D-15-01851 [pii] AID - 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005747 [doi] PST - epublish SO - PLoS Genet. 2015 Dec 29;11(12):e1005747. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005747. eCollection 2015 Dec.