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Received December 27, 2005
Returned for revision January 17, 2006
Accepted February 17, 2006

Cryptochrome 1 from Brassica napus is Upregulated by Blue Light and Controls Hypocotyl/Stem Growth and Anthocyanin Accumulation

Mithu Chatterjee , Pooja Sharma , and Jitendra P. Khurana *

Interdisciplinary Centre for Plant Genomics and Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi-110021, India

* Corresponding author; email: khuranaj{at}genomeindia.org.

Cryptochromes are blue/UV-A light sensing photoreceptors involved in regulating various growth and developmental responses in plants. Investigations on the structure and functions of cryptochromes in plants have been largely confined to Arabidopsis, tomato and pea. We report here the characterization of BnCRY1 gene from Brassica napus, an oilseed crop, and its functional validation in transgenics. The predicted BnCRY1 protein sequence shows a high degree of sequence identity (94%) to Arabidopsis CRY1. A semi-quantitative RT-PCR and the western blot analysis revealed that blue light upregulates its transcript and protein levels in young seedlings. The BnCRY1 promoter harbors conventional light-responsive cis-acting elements, which presumably impart light activation to the GUS reporter gene expressed in Arabidopsis. Although the BnCRY1 transcript could be detected in all the tissues examined, its protein was virtually undetectable in mature leaves and the root, indicating a tissue-specific translational control or protein turnover. The antisense-BnCRY1 Brassica transgenic seedlings accumulated negligible levels of CRY1 protein and displayed an elongated hypocotyl when grown under continuous white or blue light (but not under red or far-red light); the accumulation of anthocyanins was also reduced significantly. The adult transformants were also found to be tall when grown under natural light environment in a containment facility without any artificial illumination. These data provide functional evidence for a role of blue light upregulated cry1 in controlling photomorphogenesis in Brassica species.




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