Developmental changes by light (photomorphogenesis) transformation from the etiolated to the green state.

a. A decrease in the rate of stem elongation

b. The beginning of apical-hook straightening

c. The initiation of the synthesis of pigments

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Three main classes of mutations affecting plant height have been selected:

Gibberellin-insensitive dwarfs

Gibberellin-deficient mutants in which the gibberellin deficiency has been overcome by a second “suppressor” mutation, so the plants look closer to normal

Mutants with a constitutive gibberellin response (“slender” mutants)

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GAI and RGA proteins normally act as repressors of gibberellin responses. Gibberellin acts indirectly through an unidentified signaling intermediate, which is thought to bind to the regulatory domains of the GAI and RGA Proteins. 

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In the nucleus, gibberellin binds to the GID1 receptor and induces a conformational change in the N-terminal domain of the receptor, allowing the receptor to interact with the TVHYNP and DELLA domains of the DELLA repressor.

The formation of the GID1-repressor complex promotes the interaction between the repressor and the E3 ubiquitin ligase SCF-SLY, leading to the ubiquitination and degradation of the DELLA repressor by the 26S proteasome.

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In the absence of gibberellin, the DELLA proteins positively regulate GID1, GA20ox, and GA3ox (plus signs), and negatively regulate GA2ox (minus sign). Conversely, both bioactive gibberellin and the GID1 receptor enhance DELLA repressor degradation (plus signs), while GA2ox blocks DELLA repressor degradation (minus signs).