The present invention relates to a novel protein interacting with
phytochromes and use thereof, and more particularly, to a polypeptide
having either an amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 4 or an
amino acid sequence having at least 70% with said amino acid sequence,
and use thereof. The polypeptide interacts with phytochromes A and B, and
the TPR domain present at the N-terminal region of the polypeptide is
involved in the interaction. Also, a PP2A catalytic domain (PP2Ac) having
phosphatase activity is present at the C-terminal region of the
polypeptide. The polypeptide can be used as a phosphatase, and is useful
in the production of plants sensitive to light signal transduction.
Furthermore, the TPR domain present in the polypeptide is useful in the
production of dwarf plants.