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ArticleNature communications2016

DELLA-mediated PIF degradation contributes to coordination of light and gibberellin signalling in Arabidopsis.

Kunlun Li, Renbo Yu, Liu-Min Fan, Ning Wei, Haodong Chen, Xing Wang Deng

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Article in Nature communications, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 132 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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132citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
34.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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132 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 268 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Kunlun LiState Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, School of Advanced Agriculture Sciences, and School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
Renbo YuState Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, School of Advanced Agriculture Sciences, and School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
Liu-Min FanState Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, School of Advanced Agriculture Sciences, and School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
Ning WeiDepartment of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA.
Haodong ChenState Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, School of Advanced Agriculture Sciences, and School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7228-6341
Xing Wang DengState Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, School of Advanced Agriculture Sciences, and School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
Peking University · CNYale University · US

Funding

Analysis of a Light-Regulated Development SwitchR37GM047850 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI DENG, XING WANG · 2004 to 2013
$5.7M
LIGHT SIGNAL TRANDUCTION IN ARABIDOPSISR01GM047850 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI WEI, NING · 1996 to 2018
$4.1M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM047850NIGMS NIH HHS R37 GM047850
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Light and gibberellins (GAs) antagonistically regulate hypocotyl elongation in plants. It has been demonstrated that DELLAs, which are negative regulators of GA signalling, inhibit phytochrome-interacting factors 3 and 4 (PIF3 and PIF4) by sequestering their DNA-recognition domains. However, it is unclear whether there are other mechanisms of regulatory crosstalk between DELLAs and PIFs. Here, we demonstrate that DELLAs negatively regulate the abundance of four PIF proteins through the ubiquitin-proteasome system. Reduction of PIF3 protein abundance by DELLAs correlates closely with reduced hypocotyl elongation. Both sequestration and degradation of PIF3 by DELLAs contribute to a reduction in PIF3 binding to its target genes. Thus, we show that promotion of PIF degradation by DELLAs is required to coordinate light and GA signals, and the dual regulation of transcription factors by DELLAs by both sequestration and degradation may be a general mechanism.

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LightProteolysisSignal TransductionArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsCircadian RhythmDarknessGene Expression Regulation, PlantGibberellinsHypocotylProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexProtein BindingUbiquitinArabidopsis ProteinsBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsGibberellinsPIF3 protein, ArabidopsisProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexUbiquitin

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PMID27282989
PMCPMC4906400
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