ABSTRACT: To determine the role of HY5 under HL in transcriptional regulation, RNA-seq was performed on 7-day-old Col-0 and hy5 mutant seedlings grown under GL and HL conditions. HY5-dependent and HL-responsive differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified by comparing Col-0 vs. hy5 under HL, and GL vs. HL conditions, respectively (Fig. S8A). Using a 2-fold change and p ≤ 0.05 cutoff, 6,929 and 7,378 DEGs were detected in Col-0 and hy5, respectively, with 4,130 genes overlapping (Fig. S8B). Volcano plot analysis identified 615 upregulated and 291 downregulated HY5-dependent genes under HL. Next, transcriptome analysis was conducted using RNA-seq on 7-day-old seedlings of Col-0, hy5, 35S:HY5K87K-GFP/hy5#1, 35S:HY5K87Q-GFP/hy5#1, and 35S:HY5K87R-GFP/hy5#2 grown under GL conditions. Comparison of DEGs between transgenic lines and the hy5 mutant revealed 3,755, 3,450, 5,341, and 5,935 upregulated, and 4,139, 3,584, 5,832, and 6,209 downregulated genes in Col-0 (native HY5), 35S:HY5K87K-GFP/hy5#1 (HY5K87K), 35S:HY5K87Q-GFP/hy5#1 (HY5K87Q), and 35S:HY5K87R-GFP/hy5#2 (HY5K87R) seedlings, respectively.