Assessing the Function of CBF1 in Modulating the Interaction Between Phytochrome B and PIF4

Overview

Journal Methods Mol Biol

Specialty Molecular Biology

Date 2024 Apr 9

PMID 38594539

Authors

Jing Peng

Xiaojing Dong

Shuhua Yang

Jigang Li

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Abstract

Phytochromes are red (R) and far-red (FR) light photoreceptors in plants. Upon light exposure, photoactivated phytochromes translocate into the nucleus, where they interact with their partner proteins to transduce light signals. The yeast two-hybrid (Y2H) system is a powerful technique for rapidly identifying and verifying protein-protein interactions, and PHYTOCHROME-INTERACTING FACTOR3 (PIF3), the founding member of the PIF proteins, was initially identified in a Y2H screen for phytochrome B (phyB)-interacting proteins. Recently, we developed a yeast three-hybrid (Y3H) system by introducing an additional vector into this Y2H system, and thus a new regulator could be co-expressed and its role in modulating the interactions between phytochromes and their signaling partners could be examined. By employing this Y3H system, we recently showed that both MYB30 and CBF1, two negative regulators of seedlings photomorphogenesis, act to inhibit the interactions between phyB and PIF4/PIF5. In this chapter, we will use the CBF1-phyB-PIF4 module as an example and describe the detailed procedure for performing this Y3H assay. It will be intriguing and exciting to explore the potential usage of this Y3H system in future research.

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