PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Yadav, Vandana
AU  - Mallappa, Chandrashekara
AU  - Gangappa, Sreeramaiah N.
AU  - Bhatia, Shikha
AU  - Chattopadhyay, Sudip
TI  - A Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factor in Arabidopsis, MYC2, Acts as a Repressor of Blue Light–Mediated Photomorphogenic Growth
AID  - 10.1105/tpc.105.032060
DP  - 2005 Jul 01
TA  - The Plant Cell
PG  - 1953--1966
VI  - 17
IP  - 7
4099  - http://www.plantcell.org/content/17/7/1953.short
4100  - http://www.plantcell.org/content/17/7/1953.full
SO  - Plant Cell2005 Jul 01; 17
AB  - The crosstalk of light signaling pathways with other signaling cascades has just started to be revealed. Here, we report the identification and functional characterization of a Z-box binding factor (ZBF1) in light signaling pathways. Arabidopsis thaliana ZBF1 encodes AtMYC2/JIN1, a basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor, which has recently been shown to be involved in abscisic acid (ABA), jasmonic acid (JA), and jasmonate-ethylene signaling pathways. We demonstrate that AtMYC2 interacts with the Z- and G-box light-responsive elements of minimal light–regulated promoters. AtMYC2 is expressed in various light-grown seedlings, including in red, far red, and blue light. Genetic analyses suggest that AtMYC2 acts as a negative regulator of blue light–mediated photomorphogenic growth and blue and far-red-light–regulated gene expression; however, it functions as a positive regulator of lateral root formation. Our results further demonstrate that atmyc2 mutants have compromised sensitivity to ABA- and JA-mediated responses. Taken together, these results demonstrate that AtMYC2 is a common transcription factor of light, ABA, and JA signaling pathways in Arabidopsis.