PMID- 27325768 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170814 LR - 20190806 IS - 1091-6490 (Electronic) IS - 0027-8424 (Print) IS - 0027-8424 (Linking) VI - 113 IP - 27 DP - 2016 Jul 5 TI - BBX21, an Arabidopsis B-box protein, directly activates HY5 and is targeted by COP1 for 26S proteasome-mediated degradation. PG - 7655-60 LID - 10.1073/pnas.1607687113 [doi] AB - BBX21 (also known as SALT TOLERANCE HOMOLOG 2), a B-box (BBX)-containing protein, has been previously identified as a positive regulator of light signaling; however, the precise role of BBX21 in regulating seedling photomorphogenesis remains largely unclear. In this study, we report that CONSTITUTIVELY PHOTOMORPHOGENIC 1 (COP1) interacts with BBX21 in vivo and is able to ubiquitinate BBX21 in vitro. Thus, BBX21 is targeted for 26S proteasome-mediated degradation in dark-grown Arabidopsis seedlings in a COP1-dependent manner. Moreover, we show that BBX21 binds to the T/G-box in the ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL 5 (HY5) promoter and directly activates HY5 expression in the light. Transgenic seedlings overexpressing BBX21 exhibit dramatically shortened hypocotyls in the light, and this phenotype is dependent on a functional HY5. Taken together, our data suggest a molecular base underlying BBX21-mediated seedling photomorphogenesis, indicating that BBX21 is a pivotal component involved in the COP1-HY5 regulatory hub. 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 100871, 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 100871, China; FAU - Li, Jigang AU - Li J AD - State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; 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 100871, China; FAU - Holm, Magnus AU - Holm M AD - Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Gothenburg University, SE-405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden. 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 100871, China; deng@pku.edu.cn. 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, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20160620 PL - United States TA - Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A JT - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America JID - 7505876 RN - 0 (Arabidopsis Proteins) RN - 0 (BBX21 protein, Arabidopsis) 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) RN - EC 3.4.25.1 (Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex) RN - EC 3.4.99.- (ATP dependent 26S protease) SB - IM MH - Arabidopsis/growth & development/*metabolism MH - Arabidopsis Proteins/*metabolism MH - Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors/*metabolism MH - Gene Expression/radiation effects MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Plant MH - Light MH - Nuclear Proteins/*metabolism MH - Plants, Genetically Modified MH - Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex/*metabolism MH - Transcription Factors/*metabolism MH - Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases/*metabolism MH - Ubiquitination PMC - PMC4941485 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Arabidopsis OT - BBX21 OT - COP1 OT - HY5 OT - photomorphogenesis COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2016/06/22 06:00 MHDA- 2017/08/15 06:00 PMCR- 2017/01/05 CRDT- 2016/06/22 06:00 PHST- 2016/06/22 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/06/22 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/08/15 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/01/05 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 1607687113 [pii] AID - 201607687 [pii] AID - 10.1073/pnas.1607687113 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 Jul 5;113(27):7655-60. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1607687113. Epub 2016 Jun 20.