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#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

Three distinct classes of photoreceptors mediate the effects of UV-A/blue light (320–500 nm): the cryptochromes, phototropins and the ZEITLUPE (ZTL) family of proteins

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#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

Cryptochromes under blue light causes

1.Suppression of hypocotyl elongation

2.Promotion of cotyledon expansion

3.Membrane depolarization

4.Inhibition of petiole elongation

5.Anthocyanin production

6.Circadian clock entrainment

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#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

The HY4 gene encodes a 75-kDa cry1 protein with significant sequence homology to microbial DNA photolyase

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#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

Cryptochromes bind a (FAD) and the pterin 5,10 methyltetrahydrofolate (MTHF) as chromophores

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#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

cry2 protein is preferentially degraded under blue light, whereas cry1 is much more stable.

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#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

cry1, is involved in the setting of the circadian clock in Arabidopsis, whereas cry2 plays a major role in the induction of flowering