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Published on February 13, 2009; 10.1104/pp.108.133272

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Received November 26, 2008
Accepted February 5, 2009

CIRCADIAN CLOCK ASSOCIATED 1 and LATE ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL function synergistically in the circadian clock of Arabidopsis

Sheen X. Lu , Stephen M. Knowles , Christos Andronis , May S. Ong , and Elaine M. Tobin *

University of California, Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA

* Corresponding author; email: etobin{at}ucla.edu.

The circadian clock is an endogenous mechanism that coordinates biological processes with daily and seasonal changes in the environment. Heterodimerization of central clock components is an important way of controlling clock function in several different circadian systems. CIRCADIAN CLOCK ASSOCIATED 1 (CCA1) and LATE ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL (LHY) are Myb-related proteins that function in or close to the central oscillator in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). Single mutants of cca1 and lhy have a phenotype of short-period rhythms. cca1 lhy double mutants show an even shorter period phenotype than the cca1 single mutant, suggesting that CCA1 and LHY are only partially functionally redundant. To determine whether CCA1 and LHY act in parallel or synergistically in the circadian clock, we examined their expression in both light-grown and etiolated seedlings. We have shown that LHY and CCA1 bind to the same region of the promoter of a light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b-protein (Lhcb/CAB). CCA1 and LHY can form homodimers, and they also co-localize in the nucleus and heterodimerize in vitro and in vivo. In Arabidopsis, CCA1 and LHY physically interact in a manner independent of photoperiod. Moreover, results from gel filtration chromatography indicate that CCA1 and LHY are present in the same large complex in plants. Taken together, these results imply that CCA1 and LHY function synergistically in regulating circadian rhythms of Arabidopsis.






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