PMID- 35920787 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20221031 LR - 20230804 IS - 1532-298X (Electronic) IS - 1040-4651 (Print) IS - 1040-4651 (Linking) VI - 34 IP - 11 DP - 2022 Oct 27 TI - The RNA helicase UAP56 and the E3 ubiquitin ligase COP1 coordinately regulate alternative splicing to repress photomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis. PG - 4191-4212 LID - 10.1093/plcell/koac235 [doi] AB - Light is a key environmental signal that regulates plant growth and development. While posttranscriptional regulatory mechanisms of gene expression include alternative splicing (AS) of pre-messenger RNA (mRNA) in both plants and animals, how light signaling affects AS in plants is largely unknown. Here, we identify DExD/H RNA helicase U2AF65-associated protein (UAP56) as a negative regulator of photomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana. UAP56 is encoded by the homologs UAP56a and UAP56b. Knockdown of UAP56 led to enhanced photomorphogenic responses and diverse developmental defects during vegetative and reproductive growth. UAP56 physically interacts with the central light signaling repressor constitutive photomorphogenic 1 (COP1) and U2AF65. Global transcriptome analysis revealed that UAP56 and COP1 co-regulate the transcription of a subset of genes. Furthermore, deep RNA-sequencing analysis showed that UAP56 and COP1 control pre-mRNA AS in both overlapping and distinct manners. Ribonucleic acid immunoprecipitation assays showed that UAP56 and COP1 bind to common small nuclear RNAs and mRNAs of downstream targets. Our study reveals that both UAP56 and COP1 function as splicing factors that coordinately regulate AS during light-regulated plant growth and development. CI - (c) American Society of Plant Biologists 2022. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com. FAU - Li, Yang AU - Li Y AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0243-7268 AD - Key Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China. AD - University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China. FAU - Du, Yanxin AU - Du Y AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0950-1218 AD - Key Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China. AD - University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China. FAU - Huai, Junling AU - Huai J AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0278-5641 AD - Key Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China. FAU - Jing, Yanjun AU - Jing Y AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4772-7923 AD - Key Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China. FAU - Lin, Rongcheng AU - Lin R AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8346-3390 AD - Key Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China. AD - University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - Plant Cell JT - The Plant cell JID - 9208688 RN - EC 2.3.2.27 (Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases) RN - 0 (Arabidopsis Proteins) RN - EC 3.6.4.13 (RNA Helicases) RN - EC 3.6.1.- (UAP56 protein, Arabidopsis) RN - EC 3.6.4.13 (DEAD-box RNA Helicases) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - *Arabidopsis/metabolism MH - Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases/genetics/metabolism MH - *Arabidopsis Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Plant/genetics MH - Alternative Splicing/genetics MH - RNA Helicases/genetics MH - Light MH - DEAD-box RNA Helicases/genetics/metabolism PMC - PMC9614450 EDAT- 2022/08/04 06:00 MHDA- 2022/11/01 06:00 PMCR- 2023/08/03 CRDT- 2022/08/03 10:43 PHST- 2022/02/28 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/07/12 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/08/04 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/11/01 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/08/03 10:43 [entrez] PHST- 2023/08/03 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 6654597 [pii] AID - koac235 [pii] AID - 10.1093/plcell/koac235 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Plant Cell. 2022 Oct 27;34(11):4191-4212. doi: 10.1093/plcell/koac235.