Figure 2.

RRC1 Interacts with phyB and Colocalizes in Nuclear Photobodies.

(A) RRC1 interacts with phyB in the yeast two-hybrid assay. Full-length RRC1 ORF was fused to the GAL4 activation domain (AD); full-length phyB ORF was fused to the GAL4 DNA binding domain (BD). β-Galactosidase activity was measured to quantify the strength of the interaction between RRC1 and phyB. Error bars represent sd (n ≥ 3). M.U., Miller Unit.

(B) Myc-RRC1 and phyB proteins co-immunoprecipitate in Arabidopsis seedling extracts. Total protein was extracted from 35Spro:Myc-RRC1 transgenic Arabidopsis seedlings expressing Myc-RRC1. Myc-RRC1 was immunoprecipitated with anti-Myc antibody. Myc-RRC1 and phyB were detected using anti-Myc and anti-phyB antibodies, respectively.

(C) GST-RRC1 interacts with phyB-GFP in vitro. GST, GST-RRC1, and GST-PIF1 were expressed and purified from E. coli. phyB-GFP was expressed in yeast cells. Glutathione agarose–bound GST, GST-RRC1, or GST-PIF1 were used to pull down equal amount of crude extracts of phyB-GFP (Pr or Pfr form) protein. Pull-down samples were loaded into the 8% (w/v) SDS polyacrylamide gel followed by immunoblotting. The precipitated phyB-GFP was detected by the anti-GFP antibody, and the control blot was probed with anti-GST antibody. Red stars indicate GST or GST-tagged proteins. The presence of additional bands for the GST-RRC1 and GST-PIF1 samples on the anti-GST blot are degradation products of these proteins in each lane.

(D) The RS domain of RRC1 is essential for its interaction with phyB. MBP-RRC1, but not MBP-RRC1∆RS, interacts with phyB-GFP in vitro. MBP, MBP-RRC1, and MBP-RRC1∆RS were expressed in bacteria, while phyB-GFP was expressed in yeast cells. Equal amounts of crude extracts of phyB-GFP (pfr form) was added to three separate tubes containing purified MBP, MBP-RRC1, or MBP-RRC1∆RS bound to amylose beads. Pull-down samples were loaded onto the 8% SDS polyacrylamide gel followed by immunoblotting. The precipitated phyB-GFP was detected by the anti-GFP antibody (top image), and the bait proteins were stained with Coomassie stain (CB; bottom image). The presence of additional bands for the MBP-RRC1 and MBP-RRC1∆RS samples on the Coomassie-stained gel is degradation products of RRC1 in these lanes.

(E) RRC1-mCherry colocalizes with phyB-GFP in nuclear speckles. Images were taken from the elongation zone of root tissue from double transgenic seedlings expressing RRC1-mCherry and phyB-GFP grown in the dark for 4 d and then exposed to red light for 6 h using confocal microscopy. Blue arrow indicates nuclear speckles in which RRC1-mCherry colocalizes with phyB-GFP; while white arrows indicate nuclear speckles in which RRC1-mCherry does not colocalize with phyB-GFP. Dotted ovals indicate nuclei. Bar = 10 μm.