In vertebrate smooth muscle, phosphorylation of the myosin regulatory light chain activates contraction in Ca2+ dependent manner.

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Effects of red light (650–680 nm) on morphogenesis could be reversed by a subsequent irradiation with light of longer wavelengths (710–740 nm), called far-red light. This phenomenon was first demonstrated in germinating seeds.

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In dark-grown or etiolated plants, phytochrome is present in a red light–absorbing form, referred to as Pr because it is synthesized in this form.

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Pr, which to the human eye is blue, is converted by red light to a far-red light–absorbing form called Pfr, which is bluegreen.

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Pfr, in turn, can be converted back to Pr by far-red light. Known as photoreversibility, this conversion/reconversion property is the most distinctive property of phytochrome.

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Lettuce seed germination is a typical photo reversible response controlled by phytochrome

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The initial observation was that the germination of lettuce seeds is stimulated by red light and inhibited by farred light.