Genetics, Vol. 149, 523-535, June 1998, Copyright © 1998

Coordination of Phytochrome Levels in phyB Mutants of Arabidopsis as Revealed by Apoprotein-Specific Monoclonal Antibodies

Matthew Hirschfelda, James M. Teppermanb,c, Ted Clacka, Peter H. Quailb,c, and Robert A. Sharrocka
a Department of Biology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717,
b Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
c USDA Plant Gene Expression Center, Albany, California 94710

Corresponding author: Robert A. Sharrock, Department of Biology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, ubisr{at}montana.edu (E-mail).

Communicating editor: D. PREUSS

Accumulating evidence indicates that individual members of the phytochrome family of photoreceptors have differential but interactive roles in controlling plant responses to light. To investigate possible cross-regulation of these receptors, we have identified monoclonal antibodies that specifically detect each of the five Arabidopsis phytochromes, phyA to phyE (phytochrome A holoprotein; PHYA, phytochrome A apoprotein; PHYA, phytochrome A gene; phyA, mutant allele of phytochrome A gene), on immunoblots and have used them to analyze the effects of phyA and phyB null mutations on the levels of all five family members. In phyB mutants, but not in phyA mutants, a four- to six-fold reduction in the level of phyC is observed in tissues grown either in the dark or in the light. Coordinate expression of phyB and phyC is induced in the phyB mutant background by the presence of a complementing PHYB transgene. However, in transgenic lines that overexpress phyB 15- to 20-fold, phyC is not similarly overexpressed. In these overexpressor lines, the levels of phyA, phyC, and phyD are increased two- to four-fold over normal in light-grown but not dark-grown seedlings. These observations indicate that molecular mechanisms for coordination or cross-regulation of phytochrome levels are active in Arabidopsis and have implications for the interpretation of phytochrome mutants and overexpressor lines.




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