The perception of light signals by the phytochrome family of photoreceptors has a crucial
influence on almost all aspects of growth and development throughout a plant's life cycle …

Plants are subjected to a plethora of environmental cues that cause extreme losses to crop
productivity. Due to fluctuating environmental conditions, plants encounter difficulties in …

ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL5 (HY5), a bZIP-type transcription factor, acts as a master
regulator that regulates various physiological and biological processes in plants such as …

Light is a crucial environmental cue not only for photosynthetic energy production but also
for plant growth and development. Plants employ sophisticated methods to detect and …

Highlights•The COP1/SPA E3 ubiquitin ligase is a repressor of photomorphogenesis.•The
COP1/SPA complex targets photomorphogenesis-promoting factors for proteolysis.•Active …

Phytochromes function as red/far-red photoreceptors in plants and are essential for light-
regulated growth and development. Photomorphogenesis, the developmental program in …

Understanding the precise regulatory mechanisms of plant development and stress
responses at the post-translational level is currently a topic of intensive research. Protein …

Highlights•The COP1/SPA complex suppresses light signaling in darkness.•Functions of the
protein domains in COP1 and SPA proteins.•The structure of the COP1 WD-repeat domain …

Light is one of the most essential environmental factors affecting many aspects of growth
and developmental processes in plants. Plants undergo skotomorphogenic or …

Light signals regulate a plethora of plant responses throughout their life cycle, especially the
red and far-red regions of the light spectrum perceived by the phytochrome family of …