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Are there multiple circadian clocks in plants?
Carlos T. Hotta, Xiaodong Xu, Qiguang Xie, Antony N. Dodd, Carl H. Johnson and Alex A.R. Webb
volume 3 | issue 5
may 2008Pages: 342 - 344
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We have reported that Arabidopsis might have genetically distinct circadian oscillators in multiple cell-types. Rhythms of CHLOROPHYLL A/B BINDING PROTEIN2 (CAB2) promoter activity are 2.5 h longer in phytochromeB mutants in constant red light and in cryptocrome1 cry2 double mutant (hy4-1 fha-1) in constant blue light than the wild-type. However, we found that cytosolic free Ca2+ ([Ca2+]cyt) oscillations were undetectable in these mutants in the same light conditions1. Furthermore, mutants of CIRCADIAN CLOCK ASSOCIATED1 (CCA1) have short period rhythms of leaf movement but have arrhythmic [Ca2+]cyt oscillations. More important, the timing of cab1-1 (toc1-1) mutant has short period rhythms of CAB2 promoter activity (~21 h) but, surprisingly, has a wild-type period for circadian [Ca2+]cyt oscillations (~24 h). In contrast, toc1-2, a TOC1 loss-of-function mutant, has a short period of both CAB2 and [Ca2+]cyt rhythms (~21h). Here we discuss the difference between the phenotypes of toc1-1 and toc1-2 and how rhythms of CAB2 promoter activity and circadian [Ca2+]cyt oscillations might be regulated differently.
Authors
Carlos T. Hotta
Department of Plant Sciences; University of Cambridge; Cambridge, United Kingdom
Xiaodong Xu
Department of Biological Sciences; Vanderbilt University; Nashville, Tennessee USA
Qiguang Xie
Department of Biological Sciences; Vanderbilt University; Nashville, Tennessee USA
Antony N. Dodd
Department of Plant Sciences; University of Cambridge; Cambridge, United Kingdom
Carl H. Johnson
Department of Biological Sciences; Vanderbilt University; Nashville, Tennessee USA
Alex A.R. Webb
Department of Plant Sciences; University of Cambridge; Cambridge, United Kingdom