Two independent light signals cooperate in the activation of the plastid psbD blue light‐responsive promoter in Arabidopsis
- 30 July 2004
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 571 (1-3), 26-30
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.febslet.2004.06.052
Abstract
The psbD blue light-responsive promoter (BLRP), whose activation has been considered to require strong blue light, is recognized only by SIG5 among six sigma factors of plastid RNA polymerase in Arabidopsis. We found SIG5 transcript accumulation was rapidly induced after a 30-min induction time by blue light (470 nm) with an intensity threshold of 5 micromol m(-2)s(-1) through cryptochromes. Besides this weak blue light, the psbD BLRP activation required the stronger light such as 50 micromol m(-2)s(-1) irrespective of blue or red light (660 nm). Thus, the two independent light signalings, the cryptochrome-mediated signaling to induce SIG5 transcription and the stronger light-dependent signaling, cooperate to activate the psbD BLRP.Keywords
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