Nature Communications (Mar 2020)

Modulation of BIN2 kinase activity by HY5 controls hypocotyl elongation in the light

  • Jian Li,
  • William Terzaghi,
  • Yanyan Gong,
  • Congran Li,
  • Jun-Jie Ling,
  • Yangyang Fan,
  • Nanxun Qin,
  • Xinqi Gong,
  • Danmeng Zhu,
  • Xing Wang Deng

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15394-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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HY5 is a bZIP transcription factor and master regulator of photomorphogenesis in plants. Here, the authors show that in addition to regulating transcription, HY5 promotes the activity of the GSK3-like kinase BIN2 thus negatively regulating hypocotyl elongation by suppressing brassinosteroid signaling.