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The blue light receptor ZmFKF1a recruits ZmGI1 to the nucleus to accelerate shoot apex development and flowering in maize by Fengkai Wu, Yan Kang, Ling Liu, Jingxin Lei, Bing He & Yafeng He, Jing Li, Fangyuan Liu, Qingguo Du, Xuecai Zhang, Jie Xu, Zhanmei Zhou, Yaxi Liu, Yanli Lu is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koaf199; The Plant Cell, 37, 9, 2025-08-14.; Abstract: Photoperiod sensitivity poses a major obstacle to the expansion, breeding, and production of maize (Zea mays) in temperate regions. While the photoperiod-dependent FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT)/ZCNs pathway modulates floral development, the mechanism by which crops perceive specific light wavelengths and regulate flowering remains largely unknown. In this study, we demonstrate that the rhythmic expression of the blue light receptor FLAVIN-BINDING KELCH REPEAT F-BOX 1a (ZmFKF1a) is finely controlled by the Evening Complex (EC) components of LUX ARRHYTHMO 2 (ZmLUX2). ZmFKF1a interacts with GIGANTEA 1 (ZmGI1), stabilizing it and promoting its nuclear localization via a blue light-dependent mechanism. In the nucleus, ZmGI1 directly binds and activates Zea mays MADS-box 4 (ZMM4), a MADS-box gene specifically expressed in the shoot apical meristem, which drives floral transition. Genetic analyses revealed that ZmGI1 is epistatic to ZmFKF1a in promoting shoot apex development and accelerating flowering in maize. Our findings elucidate a ZmLUX2-ZmFKF1a–ZmGI1-ZMM4 regulatory module that fine-tunes photoperiodic flowering of

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Fengkai Wu, Yan Kang, Ling Liu, Jingxin Lei, Bing He & Yafeng He, Jing Li, Fangyuan Liu, Qingguo Du, Xuecai Zhang, Jie Xu, Zhanmei Zhou, Yaxi Liu, Yanli Lu
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2025
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