A potential EARLY FLOWERING 3 homolog in Chlamydomonas is involved in the red/violet and blue light signaling pathways for the degradation of RHYTHM OF CHLOROPLAST 15

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Light plays a major role in resetting the circadian clock, allowing the organism to synchronize with the environmental day and night cycle. In Chlamydomonas the light-induced degradation of the circadian clock protein, RHYTHM OF CHLOROPLAST 15 (ROC15), is considered one of the key events in resetting the circadian clock. Red/violet and blue light signals have been shown to reach the clock via different molecular pathways; however, many of the participating components of these pathways are yet to be elucidated. Here, we used a forward genetics approach using a reporter strain that expresses a ROC15-luciferase fusion protein. We isolated a mutant that showed impaired ROC15 degradation in response to a wide range of visible wavelengths and impaired light-induced phosphorylation of ROC15. These results suggest that the effects of different wavelengths converge before acting on ROC15 or at ROC15 phosphorylation. Furthermore, the mutant showed a weakened phase resetting in response to light, but its circadian rhythmicity remained largely unaffected under constant light and constant dark conditions. Surprisingly, the gene disrupted in this mutant was found to encode a protein that possessed a very weak similarity to the Arabidopsis thaliana EARLY FLOWERING 3 (ELF3). Our results suggest that this protein is involved in the many different light signaling pathways to the Chlamydomonas circadian clock. However, it may not influence the transcriptional oscillator of Chlamydomonas to a great extent. This study provides an opportunity to further understand the mechanisms underlying light-induced clock resetting and explore the evolution of the circadian clock architecture in Viridiplantae.

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Gururaj, M., Ohmura, A., Ozawa, M., Yamano, T., Fukuzawa, H., & Matsuo, T. (2022). A potential EARLY FLOWERING 3 homolog in Chlamydomonas is involved in the red/violet and blue light signaling pathways for the degradation of RHYTHM OF CHLOROPLAST 15. PLoS Genetics, 18(10). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1010449

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