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Rapid Action of Phytochrome in Photomorphogenesis

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Photomorphogenesis

Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology ((PLANT,volume 16))

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The kinetics of phytochrome-mediated responses can be a powerful analytical tool in the quest to elucidate this photoreceptor’s molecular mechanism of action. Clearly those responses most rapidly detectable upon photoconversion are the ones most likely to be closest in sequence to the primary action of the pigment. The observation that several rapid phytochrome-mediated responses appeared to involve changes in membrane properties led Hendricks and Borthwick (1967) to propose the “membrane hypothesis” of phytochrome action. In its most explicit formulation, this hypothesis proposes that phytochrome modifies the functional properties of one or more cellular membranes as its primary action upon photoconversion, and that this modification results from the direct physical interaction of the pigment with the components of those membranes. All other observed alterations in cellular and molecular function are then postulated to ensue in cascade fashion from this single molecular mechanism of action.

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    H. Mohr

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Quail, P.H. (1983). Rapid Action of Phytochrome in Photomorphogenesis. In: Shropshire, W., Mohr, H. (eds) Photomorphogenesis. Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology, vol 16. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68918-5_9

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