Center for Integrative Genomics, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Genes Dev. 2011 May 15;25(10):1004-9. doi: 10.1101/gad.2053911.
Cryptochromes are a class of photosensory receptors that control important processes in animals and plants primarily by regulating gene expression. How photon absorption by cryptochromes leads to changes in gene expression has remained largely elusive. Three recent studies, including Lian and colleagues (pp. 1023-1028) and Liu and colleagues (pp. 1029-1034) in this issue of Genes & Development, demonstrate that the interaction of light-activated Arabidopsis cryptochromes with a class of regulatory components of E3 ubiquitin ligase complexes leads to environmentally controlled abundance of transcriptional regulators.
隐花色素是一类感光受体,主要通过调控基因表达来控制动植物中的重要过程。隐花色素吸收光子如何导致基因表达的变化在很大程度上仍难以捉摸。最近的三项研究,包括 Lian 和同事(第 1023-1028 页)以及 Liu 和同事(第 1029-1034 页)在本期《基因与发育》中,证明了光激活的拟南芥隐花色素与一类 E3 泛素连接酶复合物的调节成分的相互作用导致转录调节剂在环境控制下的丰度。