《Arabidopsis Phytochrome D Is Involved in Red LightInduced Negative Gravitropism of Hypocotyles》.pdfVIP

Journal of Integrative Agriculture 2014, 13(8): 1634-1639 August 2014 RESEARCH ARTICLE Arabidopsis Phytochrome D Is Involved in Red Light-Induced Negative Gravitropism of Hypocotyles 1, 2, 3 1 1, 3 1 1 1 LI Jian-ping , HOU Pei , ZHENG Xu , SONG Mei-fang , SU Liang and YANG Jian-ping 1 Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, P.R.China 2 Institute of Nuclear and Biotechnology, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Urumqi 830091, P.R.China 3 Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, P.R.China Abstract The phytochrome gene family, which is in Arabidopsis thaliana , consists of phytochromes A-E (phyA to phyE), regulates plant responses to ambient light environments. PhyA and phyB have been characterized in detail, but studies on phyC to phyE have reported discrepant functions. In this study, we show that phyD regulates the Arabidopsis gravitropic response by inhibiting negative gravitropism of hypocotyls under red light condition. PhyD had only a limited effect on the gravitropic response of roots in red light condition. PhyD also enhanced phyB-regulated gravitropic responses in hypocotyls. Moreover, the regulation of hypocotyl gravitropic responses by phyD was dependent upon the red light fluence rate. Key words: phytochrome D, gravitropism, Arabidopsis thaliana 2003; Monte et al. 2003). Within the light-stable-phyto- chrome family, phyB, phyD and phyE act redundantly to INTRODUCTION