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    CAM7 and HY5 genetically interact to regulate root growth and abscisic acid responses
    (Taylor & Francis Group, 2014) Abbas, Nazia; Chattopadhyay, Sudip
    CAM7, a member of CaM family in Arabidopsis, acts as a transcriptional regulator and enhances photomorphogenic growth and light regulated gene expression under various light conditions. HY5, a bZIP transcription factor, promotes photomorphogenesis at multiple wavelengths of light including far red, red, and blue light. Very recently, it has been shown that CAM7 and HY5 directly interact with the HY5 promoter to regulate the transcriptional activity of HY5 during Arabidopsis seedling development. In this study, we have investigated the root phenotype of cam7 hy5 double mutants and shown that CAM7 and HY5 genetically interact to control the root growth. We have further shown an interdependent function of HY5 and CAM7 in abscisic acid (ABA) responsiveness.
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    Molecular interaction of bZIP domains of GBF1, HY5 and HYH in Arabidopsis seedling development
    (Taylor & Francis, 2013) Ram, Hathi; Chattopadhyay, Sudip
    The bZIP proteins, GBF1, HY5 and HYH, play important regulatory roles in Arabidopsis seedling development. Whereas GBF1 plays a dual regulatory role, HY5 and HYH act as positive regulators of photomorphogenesis. The molecular and functional relations of GBF1 with HY5 and HYH in photomorphogenesis have recently been demonstrated. However, the possible interaction of bZIP domain of each of these proteins remains to be investigated. In this study, our results suggest that bZIP domains of HY5 and HYH are able to interact with the bZIP domain of GBF1. Taken together with the earlier study, (9) these results suggest that the N-terminal domain of GBF1 has an inhibitory effect on its interaction with HY5 and HYH.
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    Functional interconnections of HY1 with MYC2 and HY5 in Arabidopsis seedling development
    (BMC, 2012) Prasad, Babu Rajendra V; Kumar, Selva V; Nandi, Ashis; Chattopadhyay, Sudip
    Arabidopsis seedling development is controlled by many regulatory genes involved in multiple signaling pathways. The functional relationships of these genes working in multiple signaling cascades have started to be unraveled. Arabidopsis HY1/HO1 is a rate-limiting enzyme involved in biosynthesis of phytochrome chromophore. HY5 (a bZIP protein) promotes photomorphogenesis, however ZBF1/MYC2 (a bHLH protein) works as a negative regulator of photomorphogenic growth and light regulated gene expression. Further, MYC2 and HY1 have been shown to play important roles in jasmonic acid (JA) signaling pathways. Here, we show the genetic interactions of HY1 with two key transcription factor genes of light signaling, HY5 and MYC2, in Arabidopsis seedling development. Our studies reveal that although HY1 acts in an additive manner with HY5, it is epistatic to MYC2 in light-mediated seedling growth and gene expression. This study further demonstrates that HY1 additively or synergistically functions with HY5, however it works upstream to MYC2 in JA signaling pathways. Taken together, this study demonstrates the functional interrelations of HY1, MYC2 and HY5 in light and JA signaling pathways.
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    Light regulated modulation of Z-box containing promoters by photoreceptor and downstream regulatory components, COP1 and HY5 in Arabidopsis thaliana
    (Wiley-Blackwell, 2002) Yadav, Vandana; Kundu, Snehangshu; Chattopadhyay, Debasis; Negi, Prem; Wei, Ning; Deng, Xing-Wang; Chattopadhyay, Sudip
    The Z-box is one of the light-responsive elements (LREs) found in the promoters of light inducible genes. We have studied the light responsive characteristics of Z-box containing synthetic as well as native promoters. We show that promoters with Z-box as a single LRE or paired with another LRE can respond to a broad spectrum of light. The response is primarily mediated by phyA, phyB and CRY1 photoreceptors at their respective wavelengths of light. We have demonstrated that CAB1 and Z-GATA containing promoters are down-regulated in hy5 mutants in the light. On the other hand, a promoter with Z-box alone is down-regulated in hy5 mutants both in dark and in light conditions, suggesting involvement of a similar regulatory system in the regulation of the promoter in two distinct developmental pathways: skotomorphogenesis and photomorphogenesis. Furthermore, similar to the CAB1 promoter, a Z-GATA containing promoter is derepressed in cop1 mutants in the dark. DNA±protein interaction studies reveal the presence of a DNA-binding activity that is speci®c to Z-box. These results provide insights into the regulation of the Z-box LRE mediated by various light signaling components.