Light Sensing in Plants

Front Matter....Pages 1-1
History and Insights....Pages 3-18
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
Phytochrome Overview....Pages 21-35
Evolutionary Selection of Phytochrome Chromophores....Pages 37-42
Tertiary and Quaternary Structures of Phytochrome A....Pages 43-49
Interactions of the Arabidopsis Type II Phytochromes....Pages 51-56
A Structure—Function Model Based on Inter-Domain Crosstalks in Phytochromes....Pages 57-67
Functions of Different Domains of Phytochrome....Pages 69-77
Light Regulation of Intracellular Localization of Phytochrome B....Pages 79-85
Photoregulation of Cytoplasmic Motility....Pages 87-94
Polymorphism of Phytochrome A and Its Functional Implications....Pages 95-102
Phytochromes and Functions: Studies Using Gene Targeting in Physcomitrella ....Pages 103-110
Distinct Functions of Phytochromes on the Photomorphogenesis in Rice....Pages 111-117
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
Cryptochrome Overview....Pages 121-130
Early Events Triggered by Light Activation of the Arabidopsis CRY1 Blue-Light Photoreceptor....Pages 131-135
Front Matter....Pages 137-137
Phototropin Overview....Pages 139-146
Proton Transfer Reactions in LOV-Domain Photochemistry....Pages 147-154
Vibrational Spectroscopy Explores the Photoreaction of LOV Domains....Pages 155-161
LOV Domain-Containing Proteins in Arabidopsis ....Pages 163-169
Phototropin Phosphorylation....Pages 171-177
NPH3 and RPT2: Signal Transducers in Phototropin Signaling Pathways....Pages 179-184
Front Matter....Pages 137-137
Molecular Mechanism of Blue Light Response in Stomatal Guard Cells....Pages 185-192
Chloroplast Photorelocation Movement....Pages 193-199
Front Matter....Pages 201-201
Structural Dynamics of the Signal Termination Process in Rhodopsin....Pages 203-212
Participation of Internal Water Molecules and Clusters in the Unidirectional Light-Induced Proton Transfer in Bacteriorhodopsin....Pages 213-221
Phototaxis Photoreceptor in Euglena gracilis ....Pages 223-229
A Flavin Mononucleotide-Binding Aquaporin in the Plant Plasma Membrane: A Candidate for Photoreceptor?....Pages 231-238
Green Light Effects on Plant Growth and Development....Pages 239-242
Photoreceptors in Avian Magnetoreception....Pages 243-249
Front Matter....Pages 251-251
Light Control of Plant Development: A Role of the Ubiquitin/Proteasome-Mediated Proteolysis....Pages 253-259
Phytochrome and COP1 Regulates Abundance of Phytochrome Interacting Factor 3....Pages 261-268
Roles Played by Auxin in Phototropism and Photomorphogenesis....Pages 269-276
The Effect of Light and Gravity on Hypocotyl Growth Orientation....Pages 277-284
Convergence of Phytochrome and Cryptochrome Signalling....Pages 285-292
Downstream Integrators of Red, Far-Red, and Blue Light Signaling for Photomorphogenesis....Pages 293-298
Signal Transduction Pathways Regulating Chromatic Adaptation....Pages 299-306
Components of Light-Induced Signal Transduction in Cyanobacteria....Pages 307-314
Light Signal Transduction Coupled with Reactive Oxygen Species in Neurospora crassa ....Pages 315-321
Front Matter....Pages 323-323
Light Regulation of Flowering Time in Arabidopsis....Pages 325-332
Comparative Molecular Biology in Photoperiodic Flowering Between the Short-Day Plant Rice and the Long-Day Plant Arabidopsis ....Pages 333-337
The Photoperiodic Control of Flowering in Rice, a Short-Day Plant....Pages 339-346
Front Matter....Pages 323-323
ZEITLUPE and the Control of Circadian Timing....Pages 347-354
Front Matter....Pages 355-355
Epilogue: Eighteen Years of Progress in Photomorphogenesis....Pages 357-362