Chloroplast retrograde signal regulates flowering.
- Feng P Photosynthesis Research Center, Key Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China; College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China;
- Guo H Photosynthesis Research Center, Key Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China; College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China;
- Chi W Photosynthesis Research Center, Key Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China;
- Chai X Photosynthesis Research Center, Key Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China; College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China;
- Sun X Photosynthesis Research Center, Key Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China;
- Xu X Photosynthesis Research Center, Key Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China;
- Ma J Photosynthesis Research Center, Key Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China;
- Rochaix JD Department of Molecular Biology, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland; Department of Plant Biology, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland;
- Leister D Plant Molecular Biology (Botany), Department of Biology I, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, 82152 Martinsried, Germany;
- Wang H National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China.
- Lu C Photosynthesis Research Center, Key Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China;
- Zhang L Photosynthesis Research Center, Key Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China; zhanglixin@ibcas.ac.cn.
- 2016-09-08
Published in:
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. - 2016
FLC
chloroplast retrograde signals
chromatin remodeling
flowering regulation
high light
Arabidopsis
Arabidopsis Proteins
Carrier Proteins
Cell Nucleus
Chloroplasts
Chromatin
Flowers
Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
Histone Deacetylases
Light
MADS Domain Proteins
PHD Zinc Fingers
Signal Transduction
Transcription Factors
English
Light is a major environmental factor regulating flowering time, thus ensuring reproductive success of higher plants. In contrast to our detailed understanding of light quality and photoperiod mechanisms involved, the molecular basis underlying high light-promoted flowering remains elusive. Here we show that, in Arabidopsis, a chloroplast-derived signal is critical for high light-regulated flowering mediated by the FLOWERING LOCUS C (FLC). We also demonstrate that PTM, a PHD transcription factor involved in chloroplast retrograde signaling, perceives such a signal and mediates transcriptional repression of FLC through recruitment of FVE, a component of the histone deacetylase complex. Thus, our data suggest that chloroplasts function as essential sensors of high light to regulate flowering and adaptive responses by triggering nuclear transcriptional changes at the chromatin level.
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- DOI 10.1073/pnas.1521599113
- PMID 27601637
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