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Molecular Biology and Gene Regulation

Photocontrol of the Expression of Genes Encoding Chlorophyll a/b Binding Proteins and Small Subunit of Ribulose-1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase in Etiolated Seedlings of Lycopersicon esculentum (L.) and Nicotiana tabacum (L.) ¹

University of Pennsylvania, Plant Science Institute, Department of Biology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6018, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Institut für Biologie II, Schänzlestr. 1, 7800 Freiburg, Federal Republic of Germany

Phytochrome and the blue ultraviolet-A photoreceptor control light-induced expression of genes encoding the chlorophyll a/b binding protein of photosystem II and photosystem I and the genes for the small subunit of the ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase in etiolated seedlings of Lycopersicon esculentum (tomato) and Nicotiana tabacum (tobacco). A `high irradiance response' also controls the induction of these genes. Genes encoding photosystem II- and I-associated chlorophyll a/b binding proteins both exhibit a transient rapid increase in expression in response to light pulse or to continuous irradiation. In contrast, genes encoding the small subunit exhibit a continuous increase in expression in response to light. These distinct expression characteristics are shown to reflect differences at the level of transcription.

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