Altered chromatin accessibility in light and hormone responses of rice seedlings.

ABSTRACT: Light is essential for plant adaptation and the survival of photoautotrophs. However, our understanding of how rice (Oryza sativa) seedlings transition from skotomorphogenesis to photomorphogenesis remains limited, especially at the epigenetic level. Here, we show that light greatly alters chromatin accessibility during the switch from skotomorphogenesis to photomorphogenesis. Photosynthesis-related genes exhibited more open chromatin, although more closed chromatin was identified after light exposure at the genome-wide scale. These largely closed chromatin structures parallel the reduced transcriptional activity revealed by RNA polymerase II (Pol II) occupancy. Moreover, transcription activators of GOLDEN2-LIKE (GLKs), which control chloroplast biogenesis and development, primarily bind t

SUBMITTER: Li H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12530099 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature