Research
COP1 is a temperature-responsive switch in Arabidopsis
Cell · By Wei Zeng, Laura Lamelas, Domenico Scaramozzino, Zhuo Angel Chen, Juri Rappsilber, Shuqin Xue, Katja E. Jaeger, Laura Orellana, Arun Sampathkumar & Philip A. Wigge ·
The Brief
- A study published in Cell reports that COP1, a central integrator of light signaling in Arabidopsis, senses temperature.
- COP1 does this through an intrinsically disordered region.
- The authors suggest this mechanism may explain how thermomorphogenesis can be modulated across different climates.
Why it matters
It identifies a molecular mechanism by which a plant light-signaling regulator responds to temperature, which may help explain how plants adjust their growth to different climates.
Who’s affected
- plant biologists
- researchers studying thermomorphogenesis and climate adaptation
- #plant biology
- #arabidopsis
- #thermomorphogenesis
- #cop1
- #light signaling
- #temperature sensing
COP1, a central integrator of light signaling, senses temperature via an intrinsically disordered region, suggesting how thermomorphogenesis can be modulated according to different climates.
Timeline
Study on COP1 as a temperature-responsive switch published in Cell
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COP1 is a temperature-responsive switch in Arabidopsis