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Mol Cell Biol. 1989 November; 9(11): 4819-4823

Characterization of phytochrome-regulated gene expression in a photoautotrophic cell suspension: possible role for calmodulin.

Laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology, Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021.

ABSTRACT

A photoautotrophic suspension culture of soybeans was found to exhibit light-dependent expression of the genes encoding the major chlorophyll a- and b-binding protein (CAB). The expression was mediated by phytochrome, since it was induced by red light and reversed by far-red light. The maximal level as well as the kinetics of the induction were comparable between the suspension culture and soybean seedlings. Using this cell culture, we addressed the question of whether a calcium- and/or calmodulin-mediated step is involved in the signal transduction process between phytochrome and CAB expression. We found that W-7, a potent calmodulin antagonist, severely attenuated the induction of CAB mRNA by light, whereas W-5, a weak calmodulin antagonist, had little effect. Control experiments demonstrated that W-7 treatment did not block the induction of hsp-75 by heat shock. The addition of ionomycin, a calcium ionophore, induced a low level of CAB mRNA accumulation in the dark which could be further enhanced by light treatment. We propose that calmodulin activation by light is necessary but not sufficient to induce maximal CAB expression.

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