Gene Details:

• Gene ID: Zm00001eb216020
• Gene Symbol: ZmphyA2
• Gene Name: phytochromeA2
• Genome: Zm-B73-REFERENCE-NAM-5.0
• Species: Zea mays

Functional Descriptions:

• ZmphyA1 and ZmphyA2, like other plant phytochromes, possess a highly conserved domain structure.
• The transcript levels of ZmPHYA1/ZmphyA2 were significantly higher in the third and sixth leaves but lower in roots, stems, and leaf sheaths, indicating that ZmphyA proteins were strictly controlled by light.
• ZmphyA1 and ZmphyA2 were uniformly localized in the cytoplasm in Nicotiana benthamiana leaf cells in darkness but translocated into the nucleus and formed nuclear bodies in response to light, consistent with the notion that phytochromes are nucleocytoplasmic shuttling photoreceptors.
• ZmphyAs were degraded rapidly in response to R and W light, but the degradation was much slower in FR light. These results verify that ZmphyAs are light labile.

Function-related keywords:

• leaf ,  stems ,  nucleus ,  cytoplasm

Literature:

• Molecular characterization and functional analyses of maize phytochrome A photoreceptors.   DOI:  10.1093/plphys/kiad667 ;  PMID:  38109710

Related News:

• Plant Physiol | 中国农业大学李继刚课题组揭示phyA在光调控玉米生长发育中的重要功能

Gene Resources:

• NCBI ID: LOC109939268
• UniProt accessions: Q53ZT7

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Sequences:

Source: Genetic information comes from the article