NCBI Accession #
NP_180854.1
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_128855.4
NCBI Official Full Name
Transducin/WD40 repeat-like superfamily protein
NCBI Official Symbol
COP1
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA CONSTITUTIVE PHOTOMORPHOGENIC 1; ATCOP1; CONSTITUTIVE PHOTOMORPHOGENIC 1; DEETIOLATED MUTANT 340; DET340; EMB168; EMBRYO DEFECTIVE 168; FUS1; FUSCA 1; T21L14.11; T21L14_11
NCBI Protein Information
Transducin/WD40 repeat-like superfamily protein
NCBI Summary
Represses photomorphogenesis and induces skotomorphogenesis in the dark. Contains a ring finger zinc-binding motif, a coiled-coil domain, and several WD-40 repeats, similar to G-beta proteins. The C-terminus has homology to TAFII80, a subunit of the TFIID component of the RNA polymerase II of Drosophila. Nuclear localization in the dark and cytoplasmic in the light.
UniProt Protein Name
E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase COP1
UniProt Synonym Protein Names
Constitutive photomorphogenesis protein 1
UniProt Primary Accession #
P43254
UniProt Secondary Accession #
O23974; O23975; O48770; Q1JPL6
UniProt Related Accession #
P43254
UniProt Comments
E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase that acts as a repressor of photomorphogenesis and as an activator of etiolation in darkness. E3 ubiquitin ligases accept ubiquitin from an E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme in the form of a thioester and then directly transfers the ubiquitin to targeted substrates. Represses photomorphogenesis in darkness by mediating ubiquitination and subsequent proteasomal degradation of light-induced transcription factors such as HY5, HYH and LAF1. Down-regulates MYB21, probably via ubiquitination process. Light stimuli abrogate the repression of photomorphogenesis, possibly due to its localization to the cytoplasm. Could play a role in switching between skotomorphogenetic and photomorphogenetic pathways. Mediates the ubiquitination-dependent degradation of HY5 in the darkness during seedling development (e.g. hypocotyl growth) (PubMed:26474641). Represses CIP7 in darkness (PubMed:9668129).