Photoperiod-dependent regulation of cell growth by PpCCA1a and PpCCA1b genes encoding single-myb clock proteins in the moss Physcomitrella patens

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The PpCCA1a and PpCCA1b genes of the moss Physcomitrella patens are functional homologs of the Arabidopsis thaliana circadian clock genes CCA1/LHY. We made use of disruptant lines for PpCCA1a and/or PpCCA1b to elucidate the physiological significance of these genes in the growth of moss protonemal tissue under alternating day/night cycles. Protonemal cells of the double disruptant line, carrying neither of the two genes, grew faster than those of the wild-type plant (WT) in long days (LD), whereas no difference in the growth rate was detected between them in short days (SD). The double disruptant line also showed day length-dependent phenotypic changes in the PpCCA1b promoter activity: the diurnal profile of bioluminescence from the PCCA1b::LUC+ reporter strain was more significantly affected in LD than in SD. These observations are the first demonstration of a physiological function of the circadian clock in non-angiosperm land plants, and are consistent with recent findings that the clock controls hypocotyl elongation of A. thaliana in a photoperiod-dependent manner.
日本遺伝学会の論文
2009-10-25