The bright side of life: Photomorphogenesis
Cells and cell growth Membranes and cell walls Fertilization and embryogenesis Seed development and dormancy Germination Water transport Water relations Plant nutrition Solute transport Gene function Skotomorphogenesis Photomorphogenesis
Three learning goals : - what is a photomorphogenesis plant development with light requirements: light regulated development transcription factors that respond to light signals - photoreceptors and their integration in development how plants “see” light and what happens then requirements: photoreceptor molecules that are sensitive at appropriate wavelengths - photomorphogenesis during seedling development requirements: signal transduction apparatus that connects light responses and seedling development
What is not regulated by light ???
SKOTOMORPHOGENESIS Photomorphogenesis Skotomorphogenesis
Sunflower seedling development in dark and light
SKOTOMORPHOGENESIS Skotomorphogenesis Light has an influence on seedling development Skotomorphogenesis Photomorphogenesis Hypocotyl: long short Apical hook: closed open Cotyledons: closed expanded Chloroplasts: proplastids fully developed Photosynthesis: no yes
Cotyledon expansion Reduced hypocotyl elongation Open apical hook
closed apical hook Non-expanded cotyledons Etiolated hypocotyl Is skotomorphogenesis achived via active repression of photomorphogenesis
How to perform genetic approaches to decifer light regulation in plants ???
How to perform genetic approaches to decifer light regulation in plants ??? Photomorphogenesis in dark grown seedlings Skotomorphogenesis in light grown seedlings Asking simple questions
Getting complicated answers !! Short hypocotyl Expanded cotyledons Open apical hook
Skotomorphogenesis in the light
Dark Light wild-type cop/det mutants COP and DET proteins inhibit photomorphogenesis
Regulation of skotomorphogenesis by GA
Germination in dark and light
Gene activation through photoreceptors and PIF proteins Hemara
Photomorphogenesis via protein regulation (protein stability and turnover) day night