Plant Cell Advance Online Publication
Published on July 23, 2004; 10.1105/tpc.104.022350
Received March 5, 2004
Accepted May 31, 2004
Functional Analysis of a 450-Amino Acid N-Terminal Fragment of Phytochrome B in Arabidopsis
Yoshito Oka 1, Tomonao Matsushita 1, Nobuyoshi Mochizuki 1, Tomomi Suzuki 1, Satoru Tokutomi 2, and Akira Nagatani 1*
1 Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa-Oiwake-Cho, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
2 Research Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Osaka Prefecture, Sakai, Osaka 599-8570, Japan
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: nagatani{at}physiol.bot.kyoto-u.ac.jp.
Phytochrome, a major photoreceptor in plants, consists of two domains: the N-terminal photosensory domain and the C-terminal domain. Recently, the 651-amino acid photosensory domain of phytochrome B (phyB) has been shown to act as a functional photoreceptor in the nucleus. The phytochrome (PHY) domain, which is located at the C-terminal end of the photosensory domain, is required for the spectral integrity of phytochrome; however, little is known about the signal transduction activity of this domain. Here, we have established transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana lines expressing an N-terminal 450-amino acid fragment of phyB (N450) lacking the PHY domain on a phyB-deficient background. Analysis of these plants revealed that N450 can act as an active photoreceptor when attached to a short nuclear localization signal and  -glucuronidase. In vitro spectral analysis of reconstituted chromopeptides further indicated that the stability of the N450 Pfr form, an active form of phytochrome, is markedly reduced in comparison with the Pfr form of full-length phyB. Consistent with this, plants expressing N450 failed to respond to intermittent light applied at long intervals, indicating that N450 Pfr is short-lived in vivo. Taken together, our findings show that the PHY domain is dispensable for phyB signal transduction but is required for stabilizing the Pfr form of phyB.
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