The CONSTANS flowering complex controls the protective response of photosynthesis in the green alga Chlamydomonas

In flowering plants, the CONSTANS (CO) and Nuclear Factor Y (NF-Y) transcription factors connect light perception to floral induction. Here Tokutsu et al. show that in the green alga Chlamydomonas, CO and NF-Y form an analogous complex that can prevent photodamage in response to excess light.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ryutaro Tokutsu, Konomi Fujimura-Kamada, Takuya Matsuo, Tomohito Yamasaki, Jun Minagawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11989-x