ArticleDevelopmental cell2021
A metabolic daylength measurement system mediates winter photoperiodism in plants.
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- Plants distinguish different photoperiods to independently control seasonal flowering and growth.Science (New York, N.Y.) · 2024Article
- Systematic characterization of photoperiodic gene expression patterns reveals diverse seasonal transcriptional systems in Arabidopsis.PLoS biology · 2023Article
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- Parallel mechanisms detect different photoperiods to independently control seasonal flowering and growth in plants.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Plants have served as a preeminent study system for photoperiodism due to their propensity to flower in concordance with the seasons. A nearly singular focus on understanding photoperiodic flowering has prevented the discovery of other photoperiod measuring systems necessary for vegetative health. Here, we use bioinformatics to identify photoperiod-induced genes in Arabidopsis. We show that one, PP2-A13, is expressed exclusively in, and required for, plant fitness in short, winter-like photoperiods. We create a real-time photoperiod reporter, using the PP2-A13 promoter driving luciferase, and show that photoperiodic regulation is independent of the canonical CO/FT mechanism for photoperiodic flowering. We then reveal that photosynthesis combines with circadian-clock-controlled starch production to regulate cellular sucrose levels to control photoperiodic expression of PP2-A13. This work demonstrates the existence of a photoperiod measuring system housed in the metabolic network of plants that functions to control seasonal cellular health.
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