Browsing by Author "Bhatia, Shikha"

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A basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor in Arabidopsis, MYC2, acts as a repressor of of blue light-mediate photomorphogenic growth
(American Society of Plant Biologists, 2005) Yadav, Vandana; Mallappa, Chandrashekara; Gangappa, Sreeramaiah N.; Bhatia, Shikha; Chattopadhyay, Sudip
This work is supported by Department of Biotechnology and Department of Science and Technology grants to S.C. V.Y., C.M., and S.N.G. are recipients of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research fellowships from the government of India.
SHORT HYPOCOTYL IN WHITE LIGHT1, a serine-arginine-aspartate rich protein in Arabidopsis, acts as a negative regulator of photomorphogenic growth
(American Society of Plant Biologists, 2008) Bhatia, Shikha; Gangappa, Sreeramaiah N.; Kuswaha, Ritu; Kundu, Snehangshu; Chattopadhyay, Sudip
Light is an important factor for plant growth and development. We have identified and functionally characterized a regulatory gene SHORT HYPOCOTYL IN WHITE LIGHT1 (SHW1) involved in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) seedling development. SHW1 encodes a unique serine-arginine-aspartate-rich protein, which is constitutively localized in the nucleus of hypocotyl cells. Transgenic analyses have revealed that the expression of SHW1 is developmentally regulated and is closely associated with the photosynthetically active tissues. Genetic and molecular analyses suggest that SHW1 acts as a negative regulator of light-mediated inhibition of hypocotyl elongation, however, plays a positive regulatory role in light-regulated gene expression. The shw1 mutants also display shorter hypocotyl in dark, and analyses of shw1 cop1 double mutants reveal that SHW1 acts nonredundantly with COP1 to control hypocotyl elongation in the darkness. Taken together, this study provides evidences that SHW1 is a regulatory protein that is functionally interrelated to COP1 and plays dual but opposite regulatory roles in photomorphogenesis.
SHW1, a common regulator of abscisic acid (ABA) and light signaling pathways
(Landes Bioscience, 2008) Bhatia, Shikha; Gangappa, Sreeramaiah N.; Chattopadhyay, Sudip
In our recent paper in Plant Physiology, we have reported the identification and functional characterization of a unique regulator, SHW1, a serine-arginine-aspartate rich protein in Arabidopsis seedling development.1 Genetic and molecular analyses have revealed that SHW1 functions in an independent and interdependent manner with COP1, and differentially regulates photomorphogenic growth and light regulated gene expression. Here, we show the involvement of photoreceptors in the function of SHW1. Our results have further revealed that SHW1 is a common regulator of light and ABA signaling pathways. These results along with some data described in Plant Physiology paper have been discussed here in a broader perspective.