PMID- 27255835 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180221 LR - 20191210 IS - 2055-0278 (Electronic) IS - 2055-0278 (Linking) VI - 2 IP - 6 DP - 2016 May 9 TI - Convergence of light and chloroplast signals for de-etiolation through ABI4-HY5 and COP1. PG - 16066 LID - 10.1038/nplants.2016.66 [doi] AB - Seedling de-etiolation prepares plants to switch from heterotrophic to photoautotrophic growth, a transition essential for plant survival. This delicate de-etiolation process is precisely controlled by environmental and endogenous signals. Although intracellular plastid-derived retrograde signalling is essential for the de-etiolation process, the molecular nature of these retrograde signals remains elusive(1-3). Here we show that chloroplast and light signals antagonistically fine-tune a suite of developmental and physiological responses associated with de-etiolation through a transcriptional module of ABA INSENSITIVE 4 (ABI4) and ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL 5 (HY5). Moreover, ABI4 and HY5 antagonistically regulate the expression of CONSTITUTIVE PHOTOMORPHOGENIC1 (COP1) and the subsequent greening process. In turn, ABI4 and HY5 are targeted for degradation by COP1 in the light and dark, respectively, to ensure a proper interplay of ABI4 and HY5 actions during seedling de-etiolation. Our study provides a new molecular mechanism for understanding how chloroplast signals converge with light signals to optimize early plant development. FAU - Xu, Xiumei AU - Xu X AD - Photosynthesis Research Center, Key Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China. FAU - Chi, Wei AU - Chi W AD - Photosynthesis Research Center, Key Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China. FAU - Sun, Xuwu AU - Sun X AD - Photosynthesis Research Center, Key Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China. FAU - Feng, Peiqiang AU - Feng P AD - Photosynthesis Research Center, Key Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China. FAU - Guo, Hailong AU - Guo H AD - Photosynthesis Research Center, Key Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China. FAU - Li, Jing AU - Li J AD - Photosynthesis Research Center, Key Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China. FAU - Lin, Rongcheng AU - Lin R AD - Photosynthesis Research Center, Key Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China. FAU - Lu, Congming AU - Lu C AD - Photosynthesis Research Center, Key Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China. FAU - Wang, Haiyang AU - Wang H AD - Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China. FAU - Leister, Dario AU - Leister D AD - Plant Molecular Biology (Botany), Department Biology I, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, 82152 Planegg, Germany. FAU - Zhang, Lixin AU - Zhang L AD - Photosynthesis Research Center, Key Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China. LA - eng PT - Letter DEP - 20160509 PL - England TA - Nat Plants JT - Nature plants JID - 101651677 RN - 0 (ABI4 protein, Arabidopsis) RN - 0 (Arabidopsis Proteins) RN - 0 (Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors) RN - 0 (HY5 protein, Arabidopsis) RN - 0 (Nuclear Proteins) 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/genetics/growth & development/*physiology MH - Arabidopsis Proteins/*genetics/metabolism MH - Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors/*genetics/metabolism MH - Chloroplasts/physiology MH - *Etiolation MH - *Gene Expression Regulation, Plant MH - Light MH - Nuclear Proteins/*genetics/metabolism MH - Seedlings/genetics/growth & development/physiology MH - *Signal Transduction MH - Transcription Factors/*genetics/metabolism MH - Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases EDAT- 2016/06/04 06:00 MHDA- 2018/02/22 06:00 CRDT- 2016/06/04 06:00 PHST- 2015/07/07 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/04/07 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/06/04 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/06/04 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/02/22 06:00 [medline] AID - nplants201666 [pii] AID - 10.1038/nplants.2016.66 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Nat Plants. 2016 May 9;2(6):16066. doi: 10.1038/nplants.2016.66.