Mutations in the DET1 gene affect cell-type-specific expression of light-regulated genes and chloroplast development in Arabidopsis
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Chory, Joanne
RESUMO
When grown in the absence of light, the det1 mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana develops characteristics of a light-grown plant by morphological, cellular, and molecular criteria. Here, we show that recessive mutations at the DET1 locus also result in cell-type inappropriate accumulation of RNAs for light-regulated nuclear and chloroplast genes. det1 root plastids are differentiated into chloroplasts and are present in very high numbers in root cortex cells in contrast to the few starch-containing amyloplasts normally found in Arabidopsis roots. To assay the effect of the det1 mutation on the expression of photoregulated promoters, we used fusion constructs to stably transform wild-type and det1 mutants. We show that the three red-light-regulated chlorophyll a/b binding protein promoters are inappropriately expressed in the roots of det1 seedlings and the blue-light-controlled anthocyanin biosynthetic gene, chalcone synthase, is expressed ectopically in leaf mesophyll cells. These results, together with out previous findings, suggest that the DET1 gene product is a negatively acting regulatory molecule that is used in common by the light stimulus transduction pathway and by temporal or spatial regulatory signals in plants.
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