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      Light and temperature cues: multitasking receptors and transcriptional integrators

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      New Phytologist
      Wiley

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          Contents Summary 1029 I. Introduction 1029 II. Convergence at the receptor 1030 III. Convergence at transcriptional hubs 1031 IV. Convergence involving clock components 1033 V. Conclusions 1033 Acknowledgements 1033 References 1033 SUMMARY: The combined information provided by light and temperature cues helps to optimise plant body architecture and physiology. Plants possess elaborate systems to sense and respond to these stimuli. Simultaneous perception of light and temperature by dual receptors such as phytochrome B and phototropin leads to immediate signalling convergence. Conversely, cue asynchronies initiate separate pathways and the information of the earliest cue is stored, awaiting the arrival of the later cue to control transcription. Storage mechanisms can involve changes in the activity of selected clock components or epigenetic modifications, depending on the time delay between cues (hours, days or several months). We propose a conceptual framework in which the mechanisms of integration relate to the timing of cue sensing.

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          TRP channels.

          The TRP (Transient Receptor Potential) superfamily of cation channels is remarkable in that it displays greater diversity in activation mechanisms and selectivities than any other group of ion channels. The domain organizations of some TRP proteins are also unusual, as they consist of linked channel and enzyme domains. A unifying theme in this group is that TRP proteins play critical roles in sensory physiology, which include contributions to vision, taste, olfaction, hearing, touch, and thermo- and osmosensation. In addition, TRP channels enable individual cells to sense changes in their local environment. Many TRP channels are activated by a variety of different stimuli and function as signal integrators. The TRP superfamily is divided into seven subfamilies: the five group 1 TRPs (TRPC, TRPV, TRPM, TRPN, and TRPA) and two group 2 subfamilies (TRPP and TRPML). TRP channels are important for human health as mutations in at least four TRP channels underlie disease.
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            Phytochromes function as thermosensors in Arabidopsis.

            Plants are responsive to temperature, and some species can distinguish differences of 1°C. In Arabidopsis, warmer temperature accelerates flowering and increases elongation growth (thermomorphogenesis). However, the mechanisms of temperature perception are largely unknown. We describe a major thermosensory role for the phytochromes (red light receptors) during the night. Phytochrome null plants display a constitutive warm-temperature response, and consistent with this, we show in this background that the warm-temperature transcriptome becomes derepressed at low temperatures. We found that phytochrome B (phyB) directly associates with the promoters of key target genes in a temperature-dependent manner. The rate of phyB inactivation is proportional to temperature in the dark, enabling phytochromes to function as thermal timers that integrate temperature information over the course of the night.
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              Phytochrome B integrates light and temperature signals in Arabidopsis

              Ambient temperature regulates many aspects of plant growth and development, but its sensors are unknown. Here, we demonstrate that the phytochrome B (phyB) photoreceptor participates in temperature perception through its temperature-dependent reversion from the active Pfr state to the inactive Pr state. Increased rates of thermal reversion upon exposing Arabidopsis seedlings to warm environments reduce both the abundance of the biologically active Pfr-Pfr dimer pool of phyB and the size of the associated nuclear bodies, even in daylight. Mathematical analysis of stem growth for seedlings expressing wild-type phyB or thermally stable variants under various combinations of light and temperature revealed that phyB is physiologically responsive to both signals. We therefore propose that in addition to its photoreceptor functions, phyB is a temperature sensor in plants.
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                Journal
                New Phytologist
                New Phytol
                Wiley
                0028646X
                February 2018
                February 2018
                November 15 2017
                : 217
                : 3
                : 1029-1034
                Affiliations
                [1 ]IFEVA; Facultad de Agronomía; Universidad de Buenos Aires and CONICET; Av. San Martín 4453 Buenos Aires 1417 Argentina
                [2 ]Fundación Instituto Leloir; Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas de Buenos Aires-CONICET; Buenos Aires 1405 Argentina
                [3 ]Department of Cell and Developmental Biology; John Innes Centre; Norwich Research Park Norwich NR4 7UH UK
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                10.1111/nph.14890
                29139132
                91ac561c-58b3-44da-8667-0446df1191d5
                © 2017

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