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. 1991 Feb;95(2):536–543. doi: 10.1104/pp.95.2.536

UV-B-Inducible and Temperature-Sensitive Photoreactivation of Cyclobutane Pyrimidine Dimers in Arabidopsis thaliana1

Qishen Pang 1, John B Hays 1
PMCID: PMC1077565  PMID: 16668017

Abstract

Removal of cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CBPDs) in vivo from the DNA of UV-irradiated eight-leaf seedlings of Arabidopsis thaliana was rapid in the presence of visible light (half-life about 1 hour); removal of CBPDs in the dark, presumably via excision repair, was an order of magnitude slower. Extracts of plants contained significant photolyase in vitro, as assayed by restoration of transforming activity to UV-irradiated Escherichia coli plasmids; activity was maximal from four-leaf to 12-leaf stages. UV-B treatment of seedlings for 6 hours increased photolyase specific activity in extracts twofold. Arabidopsis photolyase was markedly temperature-sensitive, both in vitro (half-life at 30°C about 12 minutes) and in vivo (half-life at 30°C, 30 to 45 minutes). The wavelength dependency of the photoreactivation cross-section showed a broad peak at 375 to 400 nm, and is thus similar to that for maize pollen; it overlaps bacterial and yeast photolyase action spectra.

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