“…In shade, the expression of PAR1 , PAR2 and the LONG HYPOCOTYL IN FAR RED 1 ( HFR1 ) is induced, factors that encode transcriptional bHLH cofactors that participate in the compensation of excessive hypocotyl elongation during SAS (Roig-Villanova et al, 2007; Bou-Torrent et al, 2008; Hao et al, 2012; Zhou et al, 2014). From these factors, PAR1 interacts with several bHLH proteins that act as positive regulators of SAS such as BEEs, BIMs and PIFs by partially preventing the binding of these transcription factors to LREs of photomorphogenic genes (Roig-Villanova et al, 2006; Cifuentes-Esquivel et al, 2013; Ballaré and Pierik, 2017; Roig-Villanova et al, 2007; Hao et al, 2012; Stange and Flores, 2012; Zhou et al, 2014; Bou-Torrent et al, 2015; Fernández-Milmanda and Ballaré, 2021; Quian-Ulloa and Stange, 2021). Importantly, PAR1 promotes PSY expression under shade (Bou-Torrent et al, 2015) and, of the positive SAS regulators BEEs, BIMs and PIFs, only PIFs participate in repressing PSY expression and carotenoid synthesis in the shade (Toledo-Ortiz et al, 2010).…”