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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2003
Moon-soo Soh, Kwangju, KR;
Pill-soon Song, Kwangju, KR;
Ki-young Yang, Kwangju, KR;
Korea Kumho Petrochemical Co., Ltd., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
This invention is about the functionally hyperactive light signal related molecule, HFR1-ΔN105, of which the nucleic acids that encode N-terminal 105 amino acid residues were deleted. HFR1 as a bHLH transcription factor functions in a subset of phytochrome A signaling cascade and it was reported to be regulated negatively by COP1. Experiments with a HFR1-ΔN105 overexpressing plant revealed that the deletion of N-terminal amino acids makes the HFR1 more active in photomorphogenic development such as germination and de-etiolation. In addition, the transgenic plants showed hypersensitive photo-responses in the inhibition of hypocotyl elongation, dependently on another positive element of light signaling, a bZIP protein, HY5. The end-of-day far-red light response and petiole elongation were suppressed in the HFR1-ΔN105 overexpressing plants. These results suggest that N-terminal region of HFR1 negatively regulate HFR1 function and that HFR1-ΔN105 is hyperactive.