Phytochromes: Where to Start?

Sookyung Oh; Beronda L Montgomery

doi:10.1016/j.cell.2017.11.020

Phytochromes: Where to Start?

Cell. 2017 Nov 30;171(6):1254-1256. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2017.11.020.

Authors

Sookyung Oh¹, Beronda L Montgomery²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Energy - Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
² Department of Energy - Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA; Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA. Electronic address: montg133@msu.edu.

PMID: 29195071
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2017.11.020

Abstract

Phytochrome signaling allows plants to sense and respond to light through gene regulation. Ushijima et al. (2017) demonstrate a role for phytochromes in widespread regulation of alternative promoter usage, resulting in light-dependent protein isoforms with altered subcellular localization that help the plant respond metabolically to fluctuating light conditions.

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MeSH terms

Arabidopsis*
Light
Phytochrome*
Protein Transport
Signal Transduction

Substances

Phytochrome