Cryptochromes (CRYs) are blue light photoreceptors that regulate growth, development, and metabolism in plants.
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Arabidopsis cryptochromes
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Arabidopsis cryptochromes are blue light photoreceptors that regulate plant growth, development, and metabolism.
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Cryptochromes (CRYs) are blue light photoreceptors that regulate growth, development, and metabolism in plants.
Both the N-terminal and C-terminal domains of Arabidopsis cryptochromes participate in light-induced interactions with multiple signaling proteins including the COP1/SPA E3 ubiquitin ligase.
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Both the N- and C-terminal domains of CRYs participate in light-induced interaction with multiple signaling proteins. These include the COP1/SPA E3 ubiquitin ligase...
Upon blue light exposure, inactive monomeric Arabidopsis cryptochromes undergo phosphorylation and oligomerization that are crucial to cryptochrome function.
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Upon exposure to blue light, the monomeric inactive CRYs undergo phosphorylation and oligomerization, which are crucial to CRY function.
Arabidopsis cryptochrome signaling involves interactions with transcription factors, hormone signaling intermediates, chromatin-remodeling proteins, and proteins involved in RNA N6 adenosine methylation.
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These include the COP1/SPA E3 ubiquitin ligase, several transcription factors, hormone signaling intermediates and proteins involved in chromatin-remodeling and RNA N6 adenosine methylation.