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Nikkanen L, Toivola J, Rintamäki E. Crosstalk between chloroplast thioredoxin systems in regulation of photosynthesis. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2016; 39:1691-705. [PMID: 26831830 DOI: 10.1111/pce.12718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2015] [Revised: 01/20/2016] [Accepted: 01/20/2016] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Thioredoxins (TRXs) mediate light-dependent activation of primary photosynthetic reactions in plant chloroplasts by reducing disulphide bridges in redox-regulated enzymes. Of the two plastid TRX systems, the ferredoxin-TRX system consists of ferredoxin-thioredoxin reductase (FTR) and multiple TRXs, while the NADPH-dependent thioredoxin reductase (NTRC) contains a complete TRX system in a single polypeptide. Using Arabidopsis plants overexpressing or lacking a functional NTRC, we have investigated the redundancy and interaction between the NTRC and Fd-TRX systems in regulation of photosynthesis in vivo. Overexpression of NTRC raised the CO2 fixation rate and lowered non-photochemical quenching and acceptor side limitation of PSI in low light conditions by enhancing the activation of chloroplast ATP synthase and TRX-regulated enzymes in Calvin-Benson cycle (CBC). Overexpression of NTRC with an inactivated NTR or TRX domain partly recovered the phenotype of knockout plants, suggesting crosstalk between the plastid TRX systems. NTRC interacted in planta with fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase, phosphoribulokinase and CF1 γ subunit of the ATP synthase and with several chloroplast TRXs. These findings indicate that NTRC-mediated regulation of the CBC and ATP synthesis occurs both directly and through interaction with the ferredoxin-TRX system and is crucial when availability of light is limiting photosynthesis.
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- Lauri Nikkanen
- Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry, University of Turku, Turku, FI-20014, Finland
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- Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry, University of Turku, Turku, FI-20014, Finland
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- Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry, University of Turku, Turku, FI-20014, Finland
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Naranjo B, Mignée C, Krieger-Liszkay A, Hornero-Méndez D, Gallardo-Guerrero L, Cejudo FJ, Lindahl M. The chloroplast NADPH thioredoxin reductase C, NTRC, controls non-photochemical quenching of light energy and photosynthetic electron transport in Arabidopsis. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2016; 39:804-22. [PMID: 26476233 DOI: 10.1111/pce.12652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2015] [Revised: 09/23/2015] [Accepted: 09/24/2015] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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High irradiances may lead to photooxidative stress in plants, and non-photochemical quenching (NPQ) contributes to protection against excess excitation. One of the NPQ mechanisms, qE, involves thermal dissipation of the light energy captured. Importantly, plants need to tune down qE under light-limiting conditions for efficient utilization of the available quanta. Considering the possible redox control of responses to excess light implying enzymes, such as thioredoxins, we have studied the role of the NADPH thioredoxin reductase C (NTRC). Whereas Arabidopsis thaliana plants lacking NTRC tolerate high light intensities, these plants display drastically elevated qE, have larger trans-thylakoid ΔpH and have 10-fold higher zeaxanthin levels under low and medium light intensities, leading to extremely low linear electron transport rates. To test the impact of the high qE on plant growth, we generated an ntrc-psbs double-knockout mutant, which is devoid of qE. This double mutant grows faster than the ntrc mutant and has a higher chlorophyll content. The photosystem II activity is partially restored in the ntrc-psbs mutant, and linear electron transport rates under low and medium light intensities are twice as high as compared with plants lacking ntrc alone. These data uncover a new role for NTRC in the control of photosynthetic yield.
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- Belén Naranjo
- Instituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) - Universidad de Sevilla, 410 92, Seville, Spain
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA) Saclay, Institut de Biologie et de Technologie de Saclay, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris-Sud, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA) Saclay, Institut de Biologie et de Technologie de Saclay, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris-Sud, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Departamento de Fitoquímica de los Alimentos, Instituto de la Grasa, CSIC, 41013, Seville, Spain
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) - Universidad de Sevilla, 410 92, Seville, Spain
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) - Universidad de Sevilla, 410 92, Seville, Spain
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Richter AS, Wang P, Grimm B. Arabidopsis Mg-Protoporphyrin IX Methyltransferase Activity and Redox Regulation Depend on Conserved Cysteines. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2016; 57:519-27. [PMID: 26759408 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcw007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2015] [Accepted: 01/06/2016] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Redox regulation is an essential post-translational regulatory mechanism in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. The reversible oxidation and reduction of cysteine residues of proteins is also important in photosynthetic organisms to control enzymatic activities, protein stability and the interaction with other proteins of chloroplast-localized proteins. Several enzymes of the plant tetrapyrrole biosynthesis pathway have been identified to be redox regulated by thioredoxins (TRXs) and NADPH-dependent thioredoxin reductase C (NTRC). Among these proteins, Mg protoporphyrin IX methyltransferase (encoded by CHLM) was identified to be activated and stabilized by interaction with NTRC. CHLM catalyzes a methyl group transfer by using S-adenosylmethionine (SAM). Here we demonstrate that three conserved cysteine residues of Arabidopsis CHLM are essential for catalytic function and redox-dependent activation of the enzyme. In vitro and in planta biochemical assays of recombinant CHLM and the Arabidopsis chlm knockout mutant overexpressing wild-type and cysteine substitution mutants of CHLM revealed modified methyltransferase activity, when the conserved cysteine residues of CHLM are replaced by serine. While C177 is responsible for redox-dependent enzyme activation, exchange of the two cysteine residues, C111 and C115, has a strong impact on enzyme activity. The modified CHLM activity of single and double mutants with cysteine substitution is presented, and the role of each cysteine residue is discussed based on a modeled structure of CHLM. These studies contribute to enhanced understanding of the physiological and enzymatic significance of redox-regulated CHLM.
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- Andreas S Richter
- Institute of Biology/Plant Physiology, Humboldt-University Berlin, D-10115 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Biology/Plant Physiology, Humboldt-University Berlin, D-10115 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Biology/Plant Physiology, Humboldt-University Berlin, D-10115 Berlin, Germany
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Cha JY, Kim MR, Jung IJ, Kang SB, Park HJ, Kim MG, Yun DJ, Kim WY. The Thiol Reductase Activity of YUCCA6 Mediates Delayed Leaf Senescence by Regulating Genes Involved in Auxin Redistribution. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 7:626. [PMID: 27242830 PMCID: PMC4860463 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2015] [Accepted: 04/25/2016] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Auxin, a phytohormone that affects almost every aspect of plant growth and development, is biosynthesized from tryptophan via the tryptamine, indole-3-acetamide, indole-3-pyruvic acid, and indole-3-acetaldoxime pathways. YUCCAs (YUCs), flavin monooxygenase enzymes, catalyze the conversion of indole-3-pyruvic acid (IPA) to the auxin (indole acetic acid). Arabidopsis thaliana YUC6 also exhibits thiol-reductase and chaperone activity in vitro; these activities require the highly conserved Cys-85 and are essential for scavenging of toxic reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the drought tolerance response. Here, we examined whether the YUC6 thiol reductase activity also participates in the delay in senescence observed in YUC6-overexpressing (YUC6-OX) plants. YUC6 overexpression delays leaf senescence in natural and dark-induced senescence conditions by reducing the expression of SENESCENCE-ASSOCIATED GENE 12 (SAG12). ROS accumulation normally occurs during senescence, but was not observed in the leaves of YUC6-OX plants; however, ROS accumulation was observed in YUC6-OX(C85S) plants, which overexpress a mutant YUC6 that lacks thiol reductase activity. We also found that YUC6-OX plants, but not YUC6-OX(C85S) plants, show upregulation of three genes encoding NADPH-dependent thioredoxin reductases (NTRA, NTRB, and NTRC), and GAMMA-GLUTAMYLCYSTEINE SYNTHETASE 1 (GSH1), encoding an enzyme involved in redox signaling. We further determined that excess ROS accumulation caused by methyl viologen treatment or decreased glutathione levels caused by buthionine sulfoximine treatment can decrease the levels of auxin efflux proteins such as PIN2-4. The expression of PINs is also reduced in YUC6-OX plants. These findings suggest that the thiol reductase activity of YUC6 may play an essential role in delaying senescence via the activation of genes involved in redox signaling and auxin availability.
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- Joon-Yung Cha
- Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 Plus), Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Center, Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Gyeongsang National UniversityJinju, South Korea
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- Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 Plus), Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Center, Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Gyeongsang National UniversityJinju, South Korea
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- Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 Plus), Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Center, Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Gyeongsang National UniversityJinju, South Korea
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- Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 Plus), Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Center, Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Gyeongsang National UniversityJinju, South Korea
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- Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 Plus), Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Center, Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Gyeongsang National UniversityJinju, South Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Center, Gyeongsang National UniversityJinju, South Korea
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- Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 Plus), Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Center, Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Gyeongsang National UniversityJinju, South Korea
- *Correspondence: Dae-Jin Yun, ; Woe-Yeon Kim,
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- Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 Plus), Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Center, Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Gyeongsang National UniversityJinju, South Korea
- *Correspondence: Dae-Jin Yun, ; Woe-Yeon Kim,
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Cerveau D, Ouahrani D, Marok MA, Blanchard L, Rey P. Physiological relevance of plant 2-Cys peroxiredoxin overoxidation level and oligomerization status. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2016; 39:103-19. [PMID: 26138759 DOI: 10.1111/pce.12596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2015] [Revised: 06/15/2015] [Accepted: 06/19/2015] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Peroxiredoxins are ubiquitous thioredoxin-dependent peroxidases presumed to display, upon environmental constraints, a chaperone function resulting from a redox-dependent conformational switch. In this work, using biochemical and genetic approaches, we aimed to unravel the factors regulating the redox status and the conformation of the plastidial 2-Cys peroxiredoxin (2-Cys PRX) in plants. In Arabidopsis, we show that in optimal growth conditions, the overoxidation level mainly depends on the availability of thioredoxin-related electron donors, but not on sulfiredoxin, the enzyme reducing the 2-Cys PRX overoxidized form. We also observed that upon various physiological temperature, osmotic and light stress conditions, the overoxidation level and oligomerization status of 2-Cys PRX can moderately vary depending on the constraint type. Further, no major change was noticed regarding protein conformation in water-stressed Arabidopsis, barley and potato plants, whereas species-dependent up- and down-variations in overoxidation were observed. In contrast, both 2-Cys PRX overoxidation and oligomerization were strongly induced during a severe oxidative stress generated by methyl viologen. From these data, revealing that the oligomerization status of plant 2-Cys PRX does not exhibit important variation and is not tightly linked to the protein redox status upon physiologically relevant environmental constraints, the possible in planta functions of 2-Cys PRX are discussed.
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- Delphine Cerveau
- CEA, DSV, IBEB, Laboratoire d'Ecophysiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, F-13108, France
- CNRS, UMR 7265, Biologie Végétale and Microbiologie Environnementale, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, F-13108, France
- Aix-Marseille Université, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, F-13108, France
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- CEA, DSV, IBEB, Laboratoire d'Ecophysiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, F-13108, France
- CNRS, UMR 7265, Biologie Végétale and Microbiologie Environnementale, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, F-13108, France
- Aix-Marseille Université, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, F-13108, France
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- CEA, DSV, IBEB, Laboratoire d'Ecophysiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, F-13108, France
- CNRS, UMR 7265, Biologie Végétale and Microbiologie Environnementale, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, F-13108, France
- Aix-Marseille Université, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, F-13108, France
- Université de Khemis Miliana, Faculté des Sciences de la Nature et de la Vie et des Sciences de la Terre, Ain Defla, Khemis Miliana, 44225, Algérie
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- CNRS, UMR 7265, Biologie Végétale and Microbiologie Environnementale, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, F-13108, France
- Aix-Marseille Université, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, F-13108, France
- CEA, DSV, IBEB, Laboratoire de Bioénergétique Cellulaire, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, F-13108, France
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- CEA, DSV, IBEB, Laboratoire d'Ecophysiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, F-13108, France
- CNRS, UMR 7265, Biologie Végétale and Microbiologie Environnementale, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, F-13108, France
- Aix-Marseille Université, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, F-13108, France
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Thormählen I, Meitzel T, Groysman J, Öchsner AB, von Roepenack-Lahaye E, Naranjo B, Cejudo FJ, Geigenberger P. Thioredoxin f1 and NADPH-Dependent Thioredoxin Reductase C Have Overlapping Functions in Regulating Photosynthetic Metabolism and Plant Growth in Response to Varying Light Conditions. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2015; 169:1766-86. [PMID: 26338951 PMCID: PMC4634086 DOI: 10.1104/pp.15.01122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2015] [Accepted: 09/03/2015] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Two different thiol redox systems exist in plant chloroplasts, the ferredoxin-thioredoxin (Trx) system, which depends on ferredoxin reduced by the photosynthetic electron transport chain and, thus, on light, and the NADPH-dependent Trx reductase C (NTRC) system, which relies on NADPH and thus may be linked to sugar metabolism in the dark. Previous studies suggested, therefore, that the two different systems may have different functions in plants. We now report that there is a previously unrecognized functional redundancy of Trx f1 and NTRC in regulating photosynthetic metabolism and growth. In Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) mutants, combined, but not single, deficiencies of Trx f1 and NTRC led to severe growth inhibition and perturbed light acclimation, accompanied by strong impairments of Calvin-Benson cycle activity and starch accumulation. Light activation of key enzymes of these pathways, fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase and ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase, was almost completely abolished. The subsequent increase in NADPH-NADP(+) and ATP-ADP ratios led to increased nitrogen assimilation, NADP-malate dehydrogenase activation, and light vulnerability of photosystem I core proteins. In an additional approach, reporter studies show that Trx f1 and NTRC proteins are both colocalized in the same chloroplast substructure. Results provide genetic evidence that light- and NADPH-dependent thiol redox systems interact at the level of Trx f1 and NTRC to coordinately participate in the regulation of the Calvin-Benson cycle, starch metabolism, and growth in response to varying light conditions.
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- Ina Thormählen
- Department Biologie I, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 82152 Martinsried, Germany (I.T., J.G., A.B.Ö., E.v.R.-L., P.G.);Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany (T.M.); andInstituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis, University of Seville and Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 41092 Seville, Spain (B.N., F.J.C.)
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- Department Biologie I, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 82152 Martinsried, Germany (I.T., J.G., A.B.Ö., E.v.R.-L., P.G.);Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany (T.M.); andInstituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis, University of Seville and Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 41092 Seville, Spain (B.N., F.J.C.)
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- Department Biologie I, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 82152 Martinsried, Germany (I.T., J.G., A.B.Ö., E.v.R.-L., P.G.);Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany (T.M.); andInstituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis, University of Seville and Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 41092 Seville, Spain (B.N., F.J.C.)
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- Department Biologie I, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 82152 Martinsried, Germany (I.T., J.G., A.B.Ö., E.v.R.-L., P.G.);Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany (T.M.); andInstituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis, University of Seville and Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 41092 Seville, Spain (B.N., F.J.C.)
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- Department Biologie I, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 82152 Martinsried, Germany (I.T., J.G., A.B.Ö., E.v.R.-L., P.G.);Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany (T.M.); andInstituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis, University of Seville and Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 41092 Seville, Spain (B.N., F.J.C.)
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- Department Biologie I, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 82152 Martinsried, Germany (I.T., J.G., A.B.Ö., E.v.R.-L., P.G.);Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany (T.M.); andInstituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis, University of Seville and Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 41092 Seville, Spain (B.N., F.J.C.)
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- Department Biologie I, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 82152 Martinsried, Germany (I.T., J.G., A.B.Ö., E.v.R.-L., P.G.);Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany (T.M.); andInstituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis, University of Seville and Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 41092 Seville, Spain (B.N., F.J.C.)
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- Department Biologie I, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 82152 Martinsried, Germany (I.T., J.G., A.B.Ö., E.v.R.-L., P.G.);Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany (T.M.); andInstituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis, University of Seville and Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 41092 Seville, Spain (B.N., F.J.C.)
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Laitz AVN, Acencio ML, Budzinski IGF, Labate MTV, Lemke N, Ribolla PEM, Maia IG. Transcriptome response signatures associated with the overexpression of a mitochondrial uncoupling protein (AtUCP1) in tobacco. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0130744. [PMID: 26106890 PMCID: PMC4479485 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0130744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2014] [Accepted: 05/23/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Mitochondrial inner membrane uncoupling proteins (UCP) dissipate the proton electrochemical gradient established by the respiratory chain, thus affecting the yield of ATP synthesis. UCP overexpression in plants has been correlated with oxidative stress tolerance, improved photosynthetic efficiency and increased mitochondrial biogenesis. This study reports the main transcriptomic responses associated with the overexpression of an UCP (AtUCP1) in tobacco seedlings. Compared to wild-type (WT), AtUCP1 transgenic seedlings showed unaltered ATP levels and higher accumulation of serine. By using RNA-sequencing, a total of 816 differentially expressed genes between the investigated overexpressor lines and the untransformed WT control were identified. Among them, 239 were up-regulated and 577 were down-regulated. As a general response to AtUCP1 overexpression, noticeable changes in the expression of genes involved in energy metabolism and redox homeostasis were detected. A substantial set of differentially expressed genes code for products targeted to the chloroplast and mainly involved in photosynthesis. The overall results demonstrate that the alterations in mitochondrial function provoked by AtUCP1 overexpression require important transcriptomic adjustments to maintain cell homeostasis. Moreover, the occurrence of an important cross-talk between chloroplast and mitochondria, which culminates in the transcriptional regulation of several genes involved in different pathways, was evidenced.
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- UNESP, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Física e Biofísica, Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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- USP, Departamento de Genética, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
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- USP, Departamento de Genética, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
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- UNESP, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Física e Biofísica, Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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- UNESP, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Genética, Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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Vidigal P, Martin-Hernandez AM, Guiu-Aragonés C, Amâncio S, Carvalho L. Selective silencing of 2Cys and type-IIB Peroxiredoxins discloses their roles in cell redox state and stress signaling. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2015; 57:591-601. [PMID: 25319151 DOI: 10.1111/jipb.12296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2014] [Accepted: 10/08/2014] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Peroxiredoxins (Prx) catalyse the reduction of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and, in association with catalases and other peroxidases, may participate in signal transduction by regulating intercellular H2O2 concentration that in turn can control gene transcription and cell signaling. Using virus-induced-gene-silencing (VIGS), 2-Cys Peroxiredoxin (2CysPrx) family and type-II Peroxiredoxin B (PrxIIB) gene were silenced in Nicotiana benthamiana, to study the impact that the loss of function of each Prx would have in the antioxidant system under control (22 °C) and severe heat stress conditions (48 °C). The results showed that both Prxs, although in different organelles, influence the regeneration of ascorbate to a significant extent, but with different purposes. 2CysPrx affects abscisic acid (ABA) biosynthesis through ascorbate, while PrxIIB does it probably through the xanthophyll cycle. Moreover, 2CysPrx is key in H2O2 scavenging and in consequence in the regulation of ABA signaling downstream of reactive oxygen species and PrxIIB provides an important assistance for H2O2 peroxisome scavenges.
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- Patrícia Vidigal
- Departamento de Recursos Naturais, Ambiente e Território (DRAT)/Centro de Botânica Aplicada à Agricultura (CBAA), Institute of Agronomy, University of Lisbon, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries (IRTA), Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB) Campus Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB), Edificio Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), Bellaterra, Cerdanyola del Vallès, 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries (IRTA), Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB) Campus Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB), Edificio Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), Bellaterra, Cerdanyola del Vallès, 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departamento de Recursos Naturais, Ambiente e Território (DRAT)/Centro de Botânica Aplicada à Agricultura (CBAA), Institute of Agronomy, University of Lisbon, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Departamento de Recursos Naturais, Ambiente e Território (DRAT)/Centro de Botânica Aplicada à Agricultura (CBAA), Institute of Agronomy, University of Lisbon, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017, Lisbon, Portugal
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Regulation and function of tetrapyrrole biosynthesis in plants and algae. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2015; 1847:968-85. [PMID: 25979235 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2015.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2014] [Revised: 04/21/2015] [Accepted: 05/07/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Tetrapyrroles are macrocyclic molecules with various structural variants and multiple functions in Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes. Present knowledge about the metabolism of tetrapyrroles reflects the complex evolution of the pathway in different kingdoms of organisms, the complexity of structural and enzymatic variations of enzymatic steps, as well as a wide range of regulatory mechanisms, which ensure adequate synthesis of tetrapyrrole end-products at any time of development and environmental condition. This review intends to highlight new findings of research on tetrapyrrole biosynthesis in plants and algae. In the course of the heme and chlorophyll synthesis in these photosynthetic organisms, glutamate, one of the central and abundant metabolites, is converted into highly photoreactive tetrapyrrole intermediates. Thereby, several mechanisms of posttranslational control are thought to be essential for a tight regulation of each enzymatic step. Finally, we wish to discuss the potential role of tetrapyrroles in retrograde signaling and point out perspectives of the formation of macromolecular protein complexes in tetrapyrrole biosynthesis as an efficient mechanism to ensure a fine-tuned metabolic flow in the pathway. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Chloroplast Biogenesis.
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Puerto-Galán L, Pérez-Ruiz JM, Guinea M, Cejudo FJ. The contribution of NADPH thioredoxin reductase C (NTRC) and sulfiredoxin to 2-Cys peroxiredoxin overoxidation in Arabidopsis thaliana chloroplasts. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2015; 66:2957-66. [PMID: 25560178 PMCID: PMC4423512 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Hydrogen peroxide is a harmful by-product of photosynthesis, which also has important signalling activity. Therefore, the level of hydrogen peroxide needs to be tightly controlled. Chloroplasts harbour different antioxidant systems including enzymes such as the 2-Cys peroxiredoxins (2-Cys Prxs). Under oxidizing conditions, 2-Cys Prxs are susceptible to inactivation by overoxidation of their peroxidatic cysteine, which is enzymatically reverted by sulfiredoxin (Srx). In chloroplasts, the redox status of 2-Cys Prxs is highly dependent on NADPH-thioredoxin reductase C (NTRC) and Srx; however, the relationship of these activities in determining the level of 2-Cys Prx overoxidation is unknown. Here we have addressed this question by a combination of genetic and biochemical approaches. An Arabidopsis thaliana double knockout mutant lacking NTRC and Srx shows a phenotype similar to the ntrc mutant, while the srx mutant resembles wild-type plants. The deficiency of NTRC causes reduced overoxidation of 2-Cys Prxs, whereas the deficiency of Srx has the opposite effect. Moreover, in vitro analyses show that the disulfide bond linking the resolving and peroxidatic cysteines protects the latter from overoxidation, thus explaining the dominant role of NTRC on the level of 2-Cys Prx overoxidation in vivo. The overoxidation of chloroplast 2-Cys Prxs shows no circadian oscillation, in agreement with the fact that neither the NTRC nor the SRX genes show circadian regulation of expression. Additionally, the low level of 2-Cys Prx overoxidation in the ntrc mutant is light dependent, suggesting that the redox status of 2-Cys Prxs in chloroplasts depends on light rather than the circadian clock.
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- Leonor Puerto-Galán
- Instituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis, Universidad de Sevilla-CSIC, Avda Américo Vespucio, 49, 41092-Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis, Universidad de Sevilla-CSIC, Avda Américo Vespucio, 49, 41092-Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis, Universidad de Sevilla-CSIC, Avda Américo Vespucio, 49, 41092-Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis, Universidad de Sevilla-CSIC, Avda Américo Vespucio, 49, 41092-Sevilla, Spain
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Bahaji A, Sánchez-López ÁM, De Diego N, Muñoz FJ, Baroja-Fernández E, Li J, Ricarte-Bermejo A, Baslam M, Aranjuelo I, Almagro G, Humplík JF, Novák O, Spíchal L, Doležal K, Pozueta-Romero J. Plastidic phosphoglucose isomerase is an important determinant of starch accumulation in mesophyll cells, growth, photosynthetic capacity, and biosynthesis of plastidic cytokinins in Arabidopsis. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0119641. [PMID: 25811607 PMCID: PMC4374969 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2014] [Accepted: 02/02/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Phosphoglucose isomerase (PGI) catalyzes the reversible isomerization of glucose-6-phosphate and fructose-6-phosphate. It is involved in glycolysis and in the regeneration of glucose-6-P molecules in the oxidative pentose phosphate pathway (OPPP). In chloroplasts of illuminated mesophyll cells PGI also connects the Calvin-Benson cycle with the starch biosynthetic pathway. In this work we isolated pgi1-3, a mutant totally lacking pPGI activity as a consequence of aberrant intron splicing of the pPGI encoding gene, PGI1. Starch content in pgi1-3 source leaves was ca. 10-15% of that of wild type (WT) leaves, which was similar to that of leaves of pgi1-2, a T-DNA insertion pPGI null mutant. Starch deficiency of pgi1 leaves could be reverted by the introduction of a sex1 null mutation impeding β-amylolytic starch breakdown. Although previous studies showed that starch granules of pgi1-2 leaves are restricted to both bundle sheath cells adjacent to the mesophyll and stomata guard cells, microscopy analyses carried out in this work revealed the presence of starch granules in the chloroplasts of pgi1-2 and pgi1-3 mesophyll cells. RT-PCR analyses showed high expression levels of plastidic and extra-plastidic β-amylase encoding genes in pgi1 leaves, which was accompanied by increased β-amylase activity. Both pgi1-2 and pgi1-3 mutants displayed slow growth and reduced photosynthetic capacity phenotypes even under continuous light conditions. Metabolic analyses revealed that the adenylate energy charge and the NAD(P)H/NAD(P) ratios in pgi1 leaves were lower than those of WT leaves. These analyses also revealed that the content of plastidic 2-C-methyl-D-erythritol 4-phosphate (MEP)-pathway derived cytokinins (CKs) in pgi1 leaves were exceedingly lower than in WT leaves. Noteworthy, exogenous application of CKs largely reverted the low starch content phenotype of pgi1 leaves. The overall data show that pPGI is an important determinant of photosynthesis, energy status, growth and starch accumulation in mesophyll cells likely as a consequence of its involvement in the production of OPPP/glycolysis intermediates necessary for the synthesis of plastidic MEP-pathway derived hormones such as CKs.
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- Abdellatif Bahaji
- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología (CSIC/UPNA/Gobierno de Navarra), Iruñako etorbidea 123, Mutiloabeti, Nafarroa, 31192, Spain
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología (CSIC/UPNA/Gobierno de Navarra), Iruñako etorbidea 123, Mutiloabeti, Nafarroa, 31192, Spain
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Genetics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Olomouc, CZ-78371, Czech Republic
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología (CSIC/UPNA/Gobierno de Navarra), Iruñako etorbidea 123, Mutiloabeti, Nafarroa, 31192, Spain
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología (CSIC/UPNA/Gobierno de Navarra), Iruñako etorbidea 123, Mutiloabeti, Nafarroa, 31192, Spain
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología (CSIC/UPNA/Gobierno de Navarra), Iruñako etorbidea 123, Mutiloabeti, Nafarroa, 31192, Spain
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología (CSIC/UPNA/Gobierno de Navarra), Iruñako etorbidea 123, Mutiloabeti, Nafarroa, 31192, Spain
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología (CSIC/UPNA/Gobierno de Navarra), Iruñako etorbidea 123, Mutiloabeti, Nafarroa, 31192, Spain
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- Plant Biology and Ecology Department, Science and Technology Faculty, University of the Basque Country, Barrio Sarriena, 48940 Leioa, Spain
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología (CSIC/UPNA/Gobierno de Navarra), Iruñako etorbidea 123, Mutiloabeti, Nafarroa, 31192, Spain
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Genetics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Olomouc, CZ-78371, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University and Institute of Experimental Botany ASCR, Olomouc, CZ-78371, Czech Republic
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- Plant Biology and Ecology Department, Science and Technology Faculty, University of the Basque Country, Barrio Sarriena, 48940 Leioa, Spain
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- Plant Biology and Ecology Department, Science and Technology Faculty, University of the Basque Country, Barrio Sarriena, 48940 Leioa, Spain
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología (CSIC/UPNA/Gobierno de Navarra), Iruñako etorbidea 123, Mutiloabeti, Nafarroa, 31192, Spain
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Involvement of thiol-based mechanisms in plant development. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2015; 1850:1479-96. [PMID: 25676896 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2015.01.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2014] [Revised: 01/08/2015] [Accepted: 01/10/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Increasing knowledge has been recently gained regarding the redox regulation of plant developmental stages. SCOPE OF VIEW The current state of knowledge concerning the involvement of glutathione, glutaredoxins and thioredoxins in plant development is reviewed. MAJOR CONCLUSIONS The control of the thiol redox status is mainly ensured by glutathione (GSH), a cysteine-containing tripeptide and by reductases sharing redox-active cysteines, glutaredoxins (GRXs) and thioredoxins (TRXs). Indeed, thiol groups present in many regulatory proteins and metabolic enzymes are prone to oxidation, ultimately leading to post-translational modifications such as disulfide bond formation or glutathionylation. This review focuses on the involvement of GSH, GRXs and TRXs in plant development. Recent studies showed that the proper functioning of root and shoot apical meristems depends on glutathione content and redox status, which regulate, among others, cell cycle and hormone-related processes. A critical role of GRXs in the formation of floral organs has been uncovered, likely through the redox regulation of TGA transcription factor activity. TRXs fulfill many functions in plant development via the regulation of embryo formation, the control of cell-to-cell communication, the mobilization of seed reserves, the biogenesis of chloroplastic structures, the metabolism of carbon and the maintenance of cell redox homeostasis. This review also highlights the tight relationships between thiols, hormones and carbon metabolism, allowing a proper development of plants in relation with the varying environment and the energy availability. GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE GSH, GRXs and TRXs play key roles during the whole plant developmental cycle via their antioxidant functions and the redox-regulation of signaling pathways. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled Redox regulation of differentiation and de-differentiation.
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Kerchev P, Mühlenbock P, Denecker J, Morreel K, Hoeberichts FA, Van Der Kelen K, Vandorpe M, Nguyen L, Audenaert D, Van Breusegem F. Activation of auxin signalling counteracts photorespiratory H2O2-dependent cell death. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2015; 38:253-265. [PMID: 26317137 DOI: 10.1111/pce.12250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The high metabolic flux through photorespiration constitutes a significant part of the carbon cycle. Although the major enzymatic steps of the photorespiratory pathway are well characterized, little information is available on the functional significance of photorespiration beyond carbon recycling. Particularly important in this respect is the peroxisomal catalase activity which removes photorespiratory H2O2 generated during the oxidation of glycolate to glyoxylate, thus maintaining the cellular redox homeostasis governing the perception, integration and execution of stress responses. By performing a chemical screen, we identified 34 small molecules that alleviate the negative effects of photorespiration in Arabidopsis thaliana mutants lacking photorespiratory catalase (cat2). The chlorophyll fluorescence parameter photosystem II maximum efficiency (Fv′/Fm′) was used as a high-throughput readout. The most potent chemical that could rescue the photorespiratory phenotype of cat2 is a pro-auxin that contains a synthetic auxin-like substructure belonging to the phenoxy herbicide family, which can be released in planta. The naturally occurring indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) and other chemically distinct synthetic auxins also inhibited the photorespiratory-dependent cell death in cat2 mutants, implying a role for auxin signalling in stress tolerance.
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Cha JY, Barman DN, Kim MG, Kim WY. Stress defense mechanisms of NADPH-dependent thioredoxin reductases (NTRs) in plants. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2015; 10:e1017698. [PMID: 26039478 PMCID: PMC4623241 DOI: 10.1080/15592324.2015.1017698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Plants establish highly and systemically organized stress defense mechanisms against unfavorable living conditions. To interpret these environmental stimuli, plants possess communication tools, referred as secondary messengers, such as Ca(2+) signature and reactive oxygen species (ROS) wave. Maintenance of ROS is an important event for whole lifespan of plants, however, in special cases, toxic ROS molecules are largely accumulated under excess stresses and diverse enzymes played as ROS scavengers. Arabidopsis and rice contain 3 NADPH-dependent thioredoxin reductases (NTRs) which transfer reducing power to Thioredoxin/Peroxiredoxin (Trx/Prx) system for scavenging ROS. However, due to functional redundancy between cytosolic and mitochondrial NTRs (NTRA and NTRB, respectively), their functional involvements under stress conditions have not been well characterized. Recently, we reported that cytosolic NTRA confers the stress tolerance against oxidative and drought stresses via regulation of ROS amounts using NTRA-overexpressing plants. With these findings, mitochondrial NTRB needs to be further elucidated.
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- Joon-Yung Cha
- Division of Applied Life Science (BK21Plus); Institute of Agriculture & Life Science; Gyeongsang National University; Jinju, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Applied Life Science (BK21Plus); Institute of Agriculture & Life Science; Gyeongsang National University; Jinju, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy; Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, PMBBRC; Gyeongsang National University; Jinju, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Applied Life Science (BK21Plus); Institute of Agriculture & Life Science; Gyeongsang National University; Jinju, Republic of Korea
- Correspondence to: Woe-Yeon Kim;
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Velez-Ramirez AI, van Ieperen W, Vreugdenhil D, van Poppel PMJA, Heuvelink E, Millenaar FF. A single locus confers tolerance to continuous light and allows substantial yield increase in tomato. Nat Commun 2014; 5:4549. [PMID: 25093373 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2014] [Accepted: 06/25/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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An important constraint for plant biomass production is the natural day length. Artificial light allows for longer photoperiods, but tomato plants develop a detrimental leaf injury when grown under continuous light--a still poorly understood phenomenon discovered in the 1920s. Here, we report a dominant locus on chromosome 7 of wild tomato species that confers continuous light tolerance. Genetic evidence, RNAseq data, silencing experiments and sequence analysis all point to the type III light harvesting chlorophyll a/b binding protein 13 (CAB-13) gene as a major factor responsible for the tolerance. In Arabidopsis thaliana, this protein is thought to have a regulatory role balancing light harvesting by photosystems I and II. Introgressing the tolerance into modern tomato hybrid lines, results in up to 20% yield increase, showing that limitations for crop productivity, caused by the adaptation of plants to the terrestrial 24-h day/night cycle, can be overcome.
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- Aaron I Velez-Ramirez
- 1] Horticulture and Product Physiology, Wageningen University, PO Box 630, 6700 AP Wageningen, The Netherlands [2] Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University, PO Box 658, 6700 AR Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Horticulture and Product Physiology, Wageningen University, PO Box 630, 6700 AP Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- 1] Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University, PO Box 658, 6700 AR Wageningen, The Netherlands [2] Centre for BioSystems Genomics, PO Box 98, 6700 AB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Horticulture and Product Physiology, Wageningen University, PO Box 630, 6700 AP Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- 1] Monsanto Holland B.V., PO Box 1050, 2660 BB Bergschenhoek, The Netherlands [2]
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Cha JY, Kim JY, Jung IJ, Kim MR, Melencion A, Alam SS, Yun DJ, Lee SY, Kim MG, Kim WY. NADPH-dependent thioredoxin reductase A (NTRA) confers elevated tolerance to oxidative stress and drought. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2014; 80:184-91. [PMID: 24792388 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2014.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2013] [Accepted: 04/09/2014] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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NADPH-dependent thioredoxin reductases (NTRs) are key-regulatory enzymes determining the redox state of the thioredoxin (Trx) system that provides reducing power to peroxidases or oxidoreductases. Moreover, it also plays an essential function in the direct reduction of ROS and acquiring stress tolerance in plant. Cytoplasmic NTRA, mitochondrial NTRB, and chloroplastic NTRC are the three conserved NTRs which cooperate with specific sub-cellularly localized Trxs in Arabidopsis. However, cytosolic NTRs such as NTRA in Arabidopsis have not previously been identified in plants or mammals as a source of functional redundancy with mitochondrial NTRs. Here, we show the involvement of NTRA in the plant stress response counteracting oxidative and drought stresses. Methyl viologen (MV), an inducer of oxidative stress in plants, enhanced the NTRA transcripts. To identify the physiological role of NTRA influencing ROS homeostasis by stress, NTRA overexpression (NTRAOX) and knock-out mutants (ntra-ko) were generated. After exposure to oxidative stress, wild-type and ntra-ko plants were sensitive, but NTRAOX plants tolerant. ROS range was increased by MV in wild-type and ntra-ko plants, but not in NTRAOX. Investigating the involvement of Arabidopsis NTRA in drought, NTRAOX plants exhibited extreme drought tolerance with high survival rates, lower water loss and reduced ROS compared to wild-type and ntra-ko plants. Transcripts of drought-responsive genes, such as RD29A and DREB2A, were highly expressed under drought and antioxidant genes, namely CuZnSOD and APX1 were enhanced in the absence of drought in NTRAOX plants. The results suggest that NTRA overexpression confers oxidative and drought tolerance by regulation of ROS amounts.
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- Joon-Yung Cha
- Division of Applied Life Science (BK21Plus), PMBBRC & IALS, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Applied Life Science (BK21Plus), PMBBRC & IALS, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Applied Life Science (BK21Plus), PMBBRC & IALS, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Applied Life Science (BK21Plus), PMBBRC & IALS, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Applied Life Science (BK21Plus), PMBBRC & IALS, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Applied Life Science (BK21Plus), PMBBRC & IALS, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Applied Life Science (BK21Plus), PMBBRC & IALS, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Applied Life Science (BK21Plus), PMBBRC & IALS, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, PMBBRC, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Republic of Korea.
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- Division of Applied Life Science (BK21Plus), PMBBRC & IALS, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Republic of Korea.
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Spoel SH, van Ooijen G. Circadian redox signaling in plant immunity and abiotic stress. Antioxid Redox Signal 2014; 20:3024-39. [PMID: 23941583 PMCID: PMC4038994 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2013.5530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2013] [Accepted: 08/13/2013] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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SIGNIFICANCE Plant crops are critically important to provide quality food and bio-energy to sustain a growing human population. Circadian clocks have been shown to deliver an adaptive advantage to plants, vastly increasing biomass production by efficient anticipation to the solar cycle. Plant stress, on the other hand, whether biotic or abiotic, prevents crops from reaching maximum productivity. RECENT ADVANCES Stress is associated with fluctuations in cellular redox and increased phytohormone signaling. Recently, direct links between circadian timekeeping, redox fluctuations, and hormone signaling have been identified. A direct implication is that circadian control of cellular redox homeostasis influences how plants negate stress to ensure growth and reproduction. CRITICAL ISSUES Complex cellular biochemistry leads from perception of stress via hormone signals and formation of reactive oxygen intermediates to a physiological response. Circadian clocks and metabolic pathways intertwine to form a confusing biochemical labyrinth. Here, we aim to find order in this complex matter by reviewing current advances in our understanding of the interface between these networks. FUTURE DIRECTIONS Although the link is now clearly defined, at present a key question remains as to what extent the circadian clock modulates redox, and vice versa. Furthermore, the mechanistic basis by which the circadian clock gates redox- and hormone-mediated stress responses remains largely elusive.
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- Steven H. Spoel
- Institute for Molecular Plant Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Molecular Plant Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- SythSys, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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In addition to their contribution to metabolism, chloroplasts emit signals that influence the expression of nuclear genes that contribute to numerous plastidic and extraplastidic processes. Plastid-to-nucleus signalling optimizes chloroplast function, regulates growth and development, and affects responses to environmental cues. An incomplete list of plastid signals is available and particular plastid-to-nucleus signalling mechanisms are partially understood. The plastid-to-nucleus signalling that depends on the GENOMES UNCOUPLED (GUN) genes couples the expression of nuclear genes to the functional state of the chloroplast. Analyses of gun mutants provided insight into the mechanisms and biological functions of plastid-to-nucleus signalling. GUN genes contribute to chloroplast biogenesis, the circadian rhythm, stress tolerance, light signalling and development. Some have criticized the gun mutant screen for employing inhibitors of chloroplast biogenesis and suggested that gun alleles do not disrupt significant plastid-to-nucleus signalling mechanisms. Here, I briefly review GUN-dependent plastid-to-nucleus signalling, explain the flaws in the major criticisms of the gun mutant screen and review the influence of plastids on light signalling and development.
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- Robert M. Larkin
- Michigan State University-Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, Room 106 Plant Biology Building, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, Room 106 Plant Biology Building, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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Wang YY, Hecker AG, Hauser BA. The APX4 locus regulates seed vigor and seedling growth in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLANTA 2014; 239:909-19. [PMID: 24407512 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-014-2025-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2013] [Accepted: 12/31/2013] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The amino acid sequence of APX4 is similar to other ascorbate peroxidases (APXs), a group of proteins that protect plants from oxidative damage by transferring electrons from ascorbate to detoxify peroxides. In this study, we characterized two apx4 mutant alleles. Translational fusions with GFP indicated APX4 localizes to chloroplasts. Both apx4 mutant alleles formed chlorotic cotyledons with significantly reduced chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b and lutein. Given the homology of APX to ROS-scavenging proteins, this result is consistent with APX4 protecting seedling photosystems from oxidation. The growth of apx4 seedlings was stunted early in seedling development. In addition, APX4 altered seed quality by affecting seed coat formation. While apx4 seed development appeared normal, the seed coat was darker and more permeable than the wild type. In addition, accelerated aging tests showed that apx4 seeds were more sensitive to environmental stress than the wild-type seeds. If APX4 affects seed pigment biosynthesis or reduction, the seed coat color and permeability phenotypes are explained. apx4 mutants had cotyledon chlorosis, increased H₂O₂ accumulation, and reduced soluble APX activity in seedlings. These results indicate that APX4 is involved in the ROS-scavenging process in chloroplasts.
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- Ya-Ying Wang
- Department of Biology, University of Florida, 220 Bartram Hall, Gainesville, 32611, USA
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Trotta A, Rahikainen M, Konert G, Finazzi G, Kangasjärvi S. Signalling crosstalk in light stress and immune reactions in plants. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2014; 369:20130235. [PMID: 24591720 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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The evolutionary history of plants is tightly connected with the evolution of microbial pathogens and herbivores, which use photosynthetic end products as a source of life. In these interactions, plants, as the stationary party, have evolved sophisticated mechanisms to sense, signal and respond to the presence of external stress agents. Chloroplasts are metabolically versatile organelles that carry out fundamental functions in determining appropriate immune reactions in plants. Besides photosynthesis, chloroplasts host key steps in the biosynthesis of amino acids, stress hormones and secondary metabolites, which have a great impact on resistance against pathogens and insect herbivores. Changes in chloroplast redox signalling pathways and reactive oxygen species metabolism also mediate local and systemic signals, which modulate plant resistance to light stress and disease. Moreover, interplay among chloroplastic signalling networks and plasma membrane receptor kinases is emerging as a key mechanism that modulates stress responses in plants. This review highlights the central role of chloroplasts in the signalling crosstalk that essentially determines the outcome of plant-pathogen interactions in plants.
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- Andrea Trotta
- Molecular Plant Biology, University of Turku, , Turku 20014, Finland
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Nikkanen L, Rintamäki E. Thioredoxin-dependent regulatory networks in chloroplasts under fluctuating light conditions. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2014; 369:20130224. [PMID: 24591711 PMCID: PMC3949389 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Plants have adopted a number of mechanisms to restore redox homeostasis in the chloroplast under fluctuating light conditions in nature. Chloroplast thioredoxin systems are crucial components of this redox network, mediating environmental signals to chloroplast proteins. In the reduced state, thioredoxins control the structure and function of proteins by reducing disulfide bridges in the redox active site of a protein. Subsequently, an oxidized thioredoxin is reduced by a thioredoxin reductase, the two enzymes together forming a thioredoxin system. Plant chloroplasts have versatile thioredoxin systems, including two reductases dependent on ferredoxin and NADPH as reducing power, respectively, several types of thioredoxins, and the system to deliver thiol redox signals to the thylakoid membrane and lumen. Light controls the activity of chloroplast thioredoxin systems in two ways. First, light reactions activate the thioredoxin systems via donation of electrons to oxidized ferredoxin and NADP+, and second, light induces production of reactive oxygen species in chloroplasts which deactivate the components of the thiol redox network. The diversity and partial redundancy of chloroplast thioredoxin systems enable chloroplast metabolism to rapidly respond to ever-changing environmental conditions and to raise plant fitness in natural growth conditions.
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- Lauri Nikkanen
- Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry, University of Turku, , Turku 20014, Finland
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Wallström SV, Florez-Sarasa I, Araújo WL, Aidemark M, Fernández-Fernández M, Fernie AR, Ribas-Carbó M, Rasmusson AG. Suppression of the external mitochondrial NADPH dehydrogenase, NDB1, in Arabidopsis thaliana affects central metabolism and vegetative growth. MOLECULAR PLANT 2014; 7:356-368. [PMID: 23939432 DOI: 10.1093/mp/sst115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Ca(2+)-dependent oxidation of cytosolic NADPH is mediated by NDB1, which is an external type II NADPH dehydrogenase in the plant mitochondrial electron transport chain. Using RNA interference, the NDB1 transcript was suppressed by 80% in Arabidopsis thaliana plants, and external Ca(2+)-dependent NADPH dehydrogenase activity became undetectable in isolated mitochondria. This was linked to a decreased level of NADP(+) in rosettes of the transgenic lines. Sterile-grown transgenic seedlings displayed decreased growth specifically on glucose, and respiratory metabolism of (14)C-glucose was increased. On soil, NDB1-suppressing plants had a decreased vegetative biomass, but leaf maximum quantum efficiency of photosystem II and CO2 assimilation rates, as well as total respiration, were similar to the wild-type. The in vivo alternative oxidase activity and capacity were also similar in all genotypes. Metabolic profiling revealed decreased levels of sugars, citric acid cycle intermediates, and amino acids in the transgenic lines. The NDB1-suppression induced transcriptomic changes associated with protein synthesis and glucosinolate and jasmonate metabolism. The transcriptomic changes also overlapped with changes observed in a mutant lacking ABAINSENSITIVE4 and in A. thaliana overexpressing stress tolerance genes from rice. The results thus indicate that A. thaliana NDB1 modulates NADP(H) reduction levels, which in turn affect central metabolism and growth, and interact with defense signaling.
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- Sabá V Wallström
- Department of Biology, Lund University, Biology building, Sölvegatan 35, SE-223 62 Lund, Sweden
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Lundquist PK, Rosar C, Bräutigam A, Weber APM. Plastid signals and the bundle sheath: mesophyll development in reticulate mutants. MOLECULAR PLANT 2014; 7:14-29. [PMID: 24046062 DOI: 10.1093/mp/sst133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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The development of a plant leaf is a meticulously orchestrated sequence of events producing a complex organ comprising diverse cell types. The reticulate class of leaf variegation mutants displays contrasting pigmentation between veins and interveinal regions due to specific aberrations in the development of mesophyll cells. Thus, the reticulate mutants offer a potent tool to investigate cell-type-specific developmental processes. The discovery that most mutants are affected in plastid-localized, metabolic pathways that are strongly expressed in vasculature-associated tissues implicates a crucial role for the bundle sheath and their chloroplasts in proper development of the mesophyll cells. Here, we review the reticulate mutants and their phenotypic characteristics, with a focus on those in Arabidopsis thaliana. Two alternative models have been put forward to explain the relationship between plastid metabolism and mesophyll cell development, which we call here the supply and the signaling hypotheses. We critically assess these proposed models and discuss their implications for leaf development and bundle sheath function in C3 species. The characterization of the reticulate mutants supports the significance of plastid retrograde signaling in cell development and highlights the significance of the bundle sheath in C3 photosynthesis.
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- Peter K Lundquist
- Institute for Plant Biochemistry and Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS), Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Universitätsstrasse 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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Guan X, Wang J, Zhu J, Yao C, Liu J, Qin S, Jiang P. Photosystem II photochemistry and phycobiliprotein of the red algae Kappaphycus alvarezii and their implications for light adaptation. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2013; 2013:256549. [PMID: 24380080 PMCID: PMC3860078 DOI: 10.1155/2013/256549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2013] [Accepted: 10/19/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Photosystem II photochemistry and phycobiliprotein (PBP) genes of red algae Kappaphycus alvarezii, raw material of κ -carrageenan used in food and pharmaceutical industries, were analyzed in this study. Minimum saturating irradiance (I k) of this algal species was less than 115 μmol m(-2) s(-1). Its actual PSII efficiency (yield II) increased when light intensity enhanced and decreased when light intensity reached 200 μmol m(-2) s(-1). Under dim light, yield II declined at first and then increased on the fourth day. Under high light, yield II retained a stable value. These results indicate that K. alvarezii is a low-light-adapted species but possesses regulative mechanisms in response to both excessive and deficient light. Based on the PBP gene sequences, K. alvarezii, together with other red algae, assembled faster and showed a closer relationship with LL-Prochlorococcus compared to HL-Prochlorococcus. Many amino acid loci in PBP sequences of K. alvarezii were conserved with those of LL-Prochlorococcus. However, loci conserved with HL-Prochlorococcus but divergent with LL-Prochlorococcus were also found. The diversities of PE and PC are proposed to have played some roles during the algal evolution and divergence of light adaption.
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- Xiangyu Guan
- School of Ocean Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
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- Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
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- Department of Biology, Changshu Institute of Technology, Changshu 215500, China
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- Department of Biology, Changshu Institute of Technology, Changshu 215500, China
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- Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
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- Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai 264003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
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Szechyńska-Hebda M, Karpiński S. Light intensity-dependent retrograde signalling in higher plants. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2013; 170:1501-16. [PMID: 23850030 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2013.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2013] [Revised: 06/07/2013] [Accepted: 06/10/2013] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Plants are able to acclimate to highly fluctuating light environment and evolved a short- and long-term light acclimatory responses, that are dependent on chloroplasts retrograde signalling. In this review we summarise recent evidences suggesting that the chloroplasts act as key sensors of light intensity changes in a wide range (low, high and excess light conditions) as well as sensors of darkness. They also participate in transduction and synchronisation of systemic retrograde signalling in response to differential light exposure of distinct leaves. Regulation of intra- and inter-cellular chloroplast retrograde signalling is dependent on the developmental and functional stage of the plastids. Therefore, it is discussed in following subsections: firstly, chloroplast biogenic control of nuclear genes, for example, signals related to photosystems and pigment biogenesis during early plastid development; secondly, signals in the mature chloroplast induced by changes in photosynthetic electron transport, reactive oxygen species, hormones and metabolite biosynthesis; thirdly, chloroplast signalling during leaf senescence. Moreover, with a help of meta-analysis of multiple microarray experiments, we showed that the expression of the same set of genes is regulated specifically in particular types of signals and types of light conditions. Furthermore, we also highlight the alternative scenarios of the chloroplast retrograde signals transduction and coordination linked to the role of photo-electrochemical signalling.
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- Magdalena Szechyńska-Hebda
- Institute of Plant Physiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 30-239 Kraków, Poland; Department of Plant Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology, Faculty of Horticulture, Biotechnology and Landscape Architecture, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, 02-776 Warszawa, Poland
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Dghim AA, Mhamdi A, Vaultier MN, Hasenfratz-Sauder MP, Le Thiec D, Dizengremel P, Noctor G, Jolivet Y. Analysis of cytosolic isocitrate dehydrogenase and glutathione reductase 1 in photoperiod-influenced responses to ozone using Arabidopsis knockout mutants. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2013; 36:1981-91. [PMID: 23527794 DOI: 10.1111/pce.12104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2012] [Revised: 03/12/2013] [Accepted: 03/14/2013] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Oxidative stress caused by ozone (O3 ) affects plant development, but the roles of specific redox-homeostatic enzymes in O3 responses are still unclear. While growth day length may affect oxidative stress outcomes, the potential influence of day length context on equal-time exposures to O3 is not known. In Arabidopsis Col-0, day length affected the outcome of O3 exposure. In short-days (SD), few lesions were elicited by treatments that caused extensive lesions in long days (LD). Lesion formation was not associated with significant perturbation of glutathione, ascorbate, NADP(H) or NAD(H). To investigate roles of two genes potentially underpinning this redox stability, O3 responses of mutants for cytosolic NADP-isocitrate dehydrogenase (icdh) and glutathione reductase 1 (gr1) were analysed. Loss of ICDH function did not affect O3 -induced lesions, but slightly increased glutathione oxidation, induction of other cytosolic NADPH-producing enzymes and pathogenesis-related gene 1 (PR1). In gr1, O3 -triggered lesions, salicylic acid accumulation, and induction of PR1 were all decreased relative to Col-0 despite enhanced accumulation of glutathione. Thus, even at identical irradiance and equal-time exposures, day length strongly influences phenotypes triggered by oxidants of atmospheric origin, while in addition to its antioxidant function, the GR-glutathione system seems to play novel signalling roles during O3 exposure.
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- Ata Allah Dghim
- UMR1137 EEF, Université de Lorraine, F-54500 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, Cedex, France; UMR1137 EEF, INRA, F-54280, Champenoux, France; IFR110 EFABA, F-54500 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, Cedex, France
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Lepistö A, Pakula E, Toivola J, Krieger-Liszkay A, Vignols F, Rintamäki E. Deletion of chloroplast NADPH-dependent thioredoxin reductase results in inability to regulate starch synthesis and causes stunted growth under short-day photoperiods. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2013; 64:3843-54. [PMID: 23881397 PMCID: PMC3745738 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ert216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Plastid-localized NADPH-dependent thioredoxin reductase C (NTRC) is a unique NTR enzyme containing both reductase and thioredoxin domains in a single polypeptide. Arabidopsis thaliana NTRC knockout lines (ntrc) show retarded growth, especially under short-day (SD) photoperiods. This study identified chloroplast processes that accounted for growth reduction in SD-acclimated ntrc. The strongest reduction in ntrc growth occurred under photoperiods with nights longer than 14 h, whereas knockout of the NTRC gene did not alter the circadian-clock-controlled growth of Arabidopsis. Lack of NTRC modulated chloroplast reactive oxygen species (ROS) metabolism, but oxidative stress was not the primary cause of retarded growth of SD-acclimated ntrc. Scarcity of starch accumulation made ntrc leaves particularly vulnerable to photoperiods with long nights. Direct interaction of NTRC and ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase, a key enzyme in starch synthesis, was confirmed by yeast two-hybrid analysis. The ntrc line was not able to maximize starch synthesis during the light period, which was particularly detrimental under SD conditions. Acclimation of Arabidopsis to SD conditions also involved an inductive rise of ROS production in illuminated chloroplasts that was not counterbalanced by the activation of plastidial anti-oxidative systems. It is proposed that knockout of NTRC challenges redox regulation of starch synthesis, resulting in stunted growth of the mutant lines acclimated to the SD photoperiod.
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- Anna Lepistö
- Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Turku, FIN-20014 Turku, Finland
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- Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Turku, FIN-20014 Turku, Finland
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- Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Turku, FIN-20014 Turku, Finland
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- Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique, Institut de Biologie et Technologies de Saclay, CNRS Unité Mixte de Recherche 8221, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
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- Institut de Recherche et Développement, Equipe Effecteurs-Cibles des pathosystèmes du Riz, UMR186 IRD.UM2.CIRAD Résistance des Plantes aux Bioagresseurs, 911 Avenue Agropolis BP64501, 34394 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Turku, FIN-20014 Turku, Finland
- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Box 461, 405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
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Voss I, Sunil B, Scheibe R, Raghavendra AS. Emerging concept for the role of photorespiration as an important part of abiotic stress response. PLANT BIOLOGY (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 2013; 15:713-22. [PMID: 23452019 DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2012.00710.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 176] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2012] [Accepted: 11/02/2012] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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When plants are exposed to stress, generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) is often one of the first responses. In order to survive, cells attempt to down-regulate the production of ROS, while at the same time scavenging ROS. Photorespiration is now appreciated as an important part of stress responses in green tissues for preventing ROS accumulation. Photorespiratory reactions can dissipate excess reducing equivalents and energy either directly (using ATP, NAD(P)H and reduced ferredoxin) or indirectly (e.g., via alternative oxidase (AOX) and providing an internal CO2 pool). Photorespiration, however, is also a source of H2 O2 that is possibly involved in signal transduction, resulting in modulation of gene expression. We propose that photorespiration can assume a major role in the readjustment of redox homeostasis. Protection of photosynthesis from photoinhibition through photorespiration is well known. Photorespiration can mitigate oxidative stress under conditions of drought/water stress, salinity, low CO2 and chilling. Adjustments to even mild disturbances in redox status, caused by a deficiency in ascorbate, AOX or chloroplastic NADP-malate dehydrogenase, comprise increases in photorespiratory components such as catalase, P-protein of glycine decarboxylase complex (GDC) and glycine content. The accumulation of excess reducing equivalents or ROS in plant cells also affects mitochondria. Therefore, a strong interaction between the chloroplast redox status and photorespiration is not surprising, but highlights interesting properties evident in plant cells. We draw attention to the fact that a complex network of multiple and dynamic systems, including photorespiration, prevents oxidative damage while optimising photosynthesis. Further experiments are necessary to identify and validate the direct targets of redox signals among photorespiratory components.
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- I Voss
- Lehrstuhl Pflanzenphysiologie, Fachbereich Biologie/Chemie, Universität Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany
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Sierla M, Rahikainen M, Salojärvi J, Kangasjärvi J, Kangasjärvi S. Apoplastic and chloroplastic redox signaling networks in plant stress responses. Antioxid Redox Signal 2013. [PMID: 23157163 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2012.5016 [epub ahead of print]] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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SIGNIFICANCE Interplay among apoplastic and chloroplastic redox signaling networks is emerging as a key mechanism in plant stress responses. RECENT ADVANCES Recent research has revealed components involved in apoplastic and chloroplastic redox signaling. Also, the sequence of events from stress perception, activation of apoplastic reactive oxygen species (ROS) burst through NADPH oxidases, cytoplasmic and chloroplastic Ca(2+)-transients, and organellar redox signals to physiological responses is starting to emerge. Moreover, a functional overlap between light acclimation and plant immunity in photosynthetically active tissues has been demonstrated. CRITICAL ISSUES Any deviations from the basal cellular redox balance may induce acclimation responses that continuously readjust cellular functions. However, diversion of resources to stress responses may lead to attenuation of growth, and exaggeration of defensive reactions may thus be detrimental to the plant. The ultimate outcome of acclimation responses must therefore be tightly controlled by the redox signaling networks between organellar and apoplastic signaling systems. FUTURE DIRECTIONS Two major questions still remain to be solved: the sensory mechanism for ROS and the components involved in relaying the signals from the apoplast to the chloroplast. A comprehensive view of regulatory networks will facilitate the understanding on how environmental factors affect the production of phytonutrients and biomass in plants. Translation of such information from model plants to crop species will be at the cutting edge of research in the near future. These challenges give a frame for future studies on ROS and redox regulation of stress acclimation in photosynthetic organisms.
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- Maija Sierla
- Division of Plant Biology, Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Sierla M, Rahikainen M, Salojärvi J, Kangasjärvi J, Kangasjärvi S. Apoplastic and chloroplastic redox signaling networks in plant stress responses. Antioxid Redox Signal 2013; 18:2220-39. [PMID: 23157163 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2012.5016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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SIGNIFICANCE Interplay among apoplastic and chloroplastic redox signaling networks is emerging as a key mechanism in plant stress responses. RECENT ADVANCES Recent research has revealed components involved in apoplastic and chloroplastic redox signaling. Also, the sequence of events from stress perception, activation of apoplastic reactive oxygen species (ROS) burst through NADPH oxidases, cytoplasmic and chloroplastic Ca(2+)-transients, and organellar redox signals to physiological responses is starting to emerge. Moreover, a functional overlap between light acclimation and plant immunity in photosynthetically active tissues has been demonstrated. CRITICAL ISSUES Any deviations from the basal cellular redox balance may induce acclimation responses that continuously readjust cellular functions. However, diversion of resources to stress responses may lead to attenuation of growth, and exaggeration of defensive reactions may thus be detrimental to the plant. The ultimate outcome of acclimation responses must therefore be tightly controlled by the redox signaling networks between organellar and apoplastic signaling systems. FUTURE DIRECTIONS Two major questions still remain to be solved: the sensory mechanism for ROS and the components involved in relaying the signals from the apoplast to the chloroplast. A comprehensive view of regulatory networks will facilitate the understanding on how environmental factors affect the production of phytonutrients and biomass in plants. Translation of such information from model plants to crop species will be at the cutting edge of research in the near future. These challenges give a frame for future studies on ROS and redox regulation of stress acclimation in photosynthetic organisms.
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- Maija Sierla
- Division of Plant Biology, Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Pérez-Pérez JM, Esteve-Bruna D, González-Bayón R, Kangasjärvi S, Caldana C, Hannah MA, Willmitzer L, Ponce MR, Micol JL. Functional Redundancy and Divergence within the Arabidopsis RETICULATA-RELATED Gene Family. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2013; 162:589-603. [PMID: 23596191 PMCID: PMC3668055 DOI: 10.1104/pp.113.217323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2013] [Accepted: 04/17/2013] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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A number of Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) mutants exhibit leaf reticulation, having green veins that stand out against paler interveinal tissues, fewer cells in the interveinal mesophyll, and normal perivascular bundle sheath cells. Here, to examine the basis of leaf reticulation, we analyzed the Arabidopsis RETICULATA-RELATED (RER) gene family, several members of which cause leaf reticulation when mutated. Although transcripts of RE, RER1, and RER3 were mainly detected in the bundle sheath cells of expanded leaves, functional RER3:GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN was visualized in the chloroplast membranes of all photosynthetic cells. Leaf reticulation in the re and rer3 loss-of-function mutants occurred, along with accumulation of reactive oxygen species, in a photoperiod-dependent manner. A comparison of re and rer3 leaf messenger RNA expression profiles showed more than 200 genes were similarly misexpressed in both mutants. In addition, metabolic profiles of mature leaves revealed that several biosynthetic pathways downstream of pyruvate are altered in re and rer3. Double mutant analysis showed that only re rer1 and rer5 rer6 exhibited synergistic phenotypes, indicating functional redundancy. The redundancy between RE and its closest paralog, RER1, was confirmed by overexpressing RER1 in re mutants, which partially suppressed leaf reticulation. Our results show that RER family members can be divided into four functional modules with divergent functions. Moreover, these results provide insights into the origin of the reticulated phenotype, suggesting that the RER proteins functionally interconnect photoperiodic growth, amino acid homeostasis, and reactive oxygen species metabolism during Arabidopsis leaf growth.
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Richter AS, Peter E, Rothbart M, Schlicke H, Toivola J, Rintamäki E, Grimm B. Posttranslational influence of NADPH-dependent thioredoxin reductase C on enzymes in tetrapyrrole synthesis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2013; 162:63-73. [PMID: 23569108 PMCID: PMC3641230 DOI: 10.1104/pp.113.217141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2013] [Accepted: 04/03/2013] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The NADPH-dependent thioredoxin reductase C (NTRC) is involved in redox-related regulatory processes in chloroplasts and nonphotosynthetic active plastids. Together with 2-cysteine peroxiredoxin, it forms a two-component peroxide-detoxifying system that acts as a reductant under stress conditions. NTRC stimulates in vitro activity of magnesium protoporphyrin IX monomethylester (MgPMME) cyclase, most likely by scavenging peroxides. Reexamination of tetrapyrrole intermediate levels of the Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) knockout ntrc reveals lower magnesium protoporphyrin IX (MgP) and MgPMME steady-state levels, the substrate and the product of MgP methyltransferase (CHLM) preceding MgPMME cyclase, while MgP strongly accumulates in mutant leaves after 5-aminolevulinic acid feeding. The ntrc mutant has a reduced capacity to synthesize 5-aminolevulinic acid and reduced CHLM activity compared with the wild type. Although transcript levels of genes involved in chlorophyll biosynthesis are not significantly altered in 2-week-old ntrc seedlings, the contents of glutamyl-transfer RNA reductase1 (GluTR1) and CHLM are reduced. Bimolecular fluorescence complementation assay confirms a physical interaction of NTRC with GluTR1 and CHLM. While ntrc contains partly oxidized CHLM, the wild type has only reduced CHLM. As NTRC also stimulates CHLM activity in vitro, it is proposed that NTRC has a regulatory impact on the redox status of conserved cysteine residues of CHLM. It is hypothesized that a deficiency of NTRC leads to a lower capacity to reduce cysteine residues of GluTR1 and CHLM, affecting the stability and, thereby, altering the activity in the entire tetrapyrrole synthesis pathway.
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Kovi MR, Sablok G, Bai X, Wendell M, Rognli OA, Yu H, Xing Y. Expression patterns of photoperiod and temperature regulated heading date genes in Oryza sativa. Comput Biol Chem 2013; 45:36-41. [PMID: 23688619 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiolchem.2013.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2013] [Revised: 02/20/2013] [Accepted: 03/05/2013] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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In plants, flowering is a major biological phenomenon, which is regulated by an array of interactions occurring between biotic and abiotic factors. In our study, we have compared the expression profiles of flowering genes involved in the flowering pathway, which are influenced by conditions like photoperiod and temperature from seedling to heading developmental stages in two Oryza sativa indica varieties, viz., Zhenshan 97 and Minghui 63 using a expression network approach. Using the network expression approach, we found 17 co-expressed genes having the same expression profile pattern as three key photoperiod flowering genes Hd1, Ehd1 and Hd3a. We also demonstrated that these three co-expressed genes have a similar simulation pattern as temperature flowering genes. Based on our observations, we hypothesize that photoperiod and temperature regulate flowering pathways independently. The present study provides a basis for understanding the network of co-expressed genes involved in flowering pathway and presents a way to demonstrate the behavior of specific gene sets in specific cultivars.
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- Mallikarjuna Rao Kovi
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Center of Plant Gene Research (Wuhan), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
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Chae HB, Moon JC, Shin MR, Chi YH, Jung YJ, Lee SY, Nawkar GM, Jung HS, Hyun JK, Kim WY, Kang CH, Yun DJ, Lee KO, Lee SY. Thioredoxin reductase type C (NTRC) orchestrates enhanced thermotolerance to Arabidopsis by its redox-dependent holdase chaperone function. MOLECULAR PLANT 2013; 6:323-36. [PMID: 23024205 DOI: 10.1093/mp/sss105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Genevestigator analysis has indicated heat shock induction of transcripts for NADPH-thioredoxin reductase, type C (NTRC) in the light. Here we show overexpression of NTRC in Arabidopsis (NTRC°(E)) resulting in enhanced tolerance to heat shock, whereas NTRC knockout mutant plants (ntrc1) exhibit a temperature sensitive phenotype. To investigate the underlying mechanism of this phenotype, we analyzed the protein's biochemical properties and protein structure. NTRC assembles into homopolymeric structures of varying complexity with functions as a disulfide reductase, a foldase chaperone, and as a holdase chaperone. The multiple functions of NTRC are closely correlated with protein structure. Complexes of higher molecular weight (HMW) showed stronger activity as a holdase chaperone, while low molecular weight (LMW) species exhibited weaker holdase chaperone activity but stronger disulfide reductase and foldase chaperone activities. Heat shock converted LMW proteins into HMW complexes. Mutations of the two active site Cys residues of NTRC into Ser (C217/454S-NTRC) led to a complete inactivation of its disulfide reductase and foldase chaperone functions, but conferred only a slight decrease in its holdase chaperone function. The overexpression of the mutated C217/454S-NTRC provided Arabidopsis with a similar degree of thermotolerance compared with that of NTRC°(E) plants. However, after prolonged incubation under heat shock, NTRC°(E) plants tolerated the stress to a higher degree than C217/454S-NTRC°(E) plants. The results suggest that the heat shock-mediated holdase chaperone function of NTRC is responsible for the increased thermotolerance of Arabidopsis and the activity is significantly supported by NADPH.
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- Ho Byoung Chae
- Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 Program) and PMBBRC, Gyeongsang National University, 501 Jinju-daero, Jinju 660-701, Korea
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Konert G, Rahikainen M, Trotta A, Kangasjärvi S. Systemic Signaling in Light Acclimation of Leaves. LONG-DISTANCE SYSTEMIC SIGNALING AND COMMUNICATION IN PLANTS 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-36470-9_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Chi YH, Paeng SK, Kim MJ, Hwang GY, Melencion SMB, Oh HT, Lee SY. Redox-dependent functional switching of plant proteins accompanying with their structural changes. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2013; 4:277. [PMID: 23898340 PMCID: PMC3724125 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2013] [Accepted: 07/08/2013] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Reactive oxygen species (ROS) can be generated during the course of normal aerobic metabolism or when an organism is exposed to a variety of stress conditions. It can cause a widespread damage to intracellular macromolecules and play a causal role in many degenerative diseases. Like other aerobic organisms plants are also equipped with a wide range of antioxidant redox proteins, such as superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutaredoxin, thioredoxin (Trx), Trx reductase, protein disulfide reductase, and other kinds of peroxidases that are usually significant in preventing harmful effects of ROS. To defend plant cells in response to stimuli, a part of redox proteins have shown to play multiple functions through the post-translational modification with a redox-dependent manner. For the alternative switching of their cellular functions, the redox proteins change their protein structures from low molecular weight to high molecular weight (HMW) protein complexes depending on the external stress. The HMW proteins are reported to act as molecular chaperone, which enable the plants to enhance their stress tolerance. In addition, some transcription factors and co-activators have function responding to environmental stresses by redox-dependent structural changes. This review describes the molecular mechanism and physiological significance of the redox proteins, transcription factors and co-activators to protect the plants from environmental stresses through the redox-dependent structural and functional switching of the plant redox proteins.
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- *Correspondence: Sang Yeol Lee, Division of Applied Life Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Jinjudaero 501, Jinju 660-701, Korea e-mail:
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Rey P, Sanz-Barrio R, Innocenti G, Ksas B, Courteille A, Rumeau D, Issakidis-Bourguet E, Farran I. Overexpression of plastidial thioredoxins f and m differentially alters photosynthetic activity and response to oxidative stress in tobacco plants. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2013; 4:390. [PMID: 24137166 PMCID: PMC3797462 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2013] [Accepted: 09/12/2013] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Plants display a remarkable diversity of thioredoxins (Trxs), reductases controlling the thiol redox status of proteins. The physiological function of many of them remains elusive, particularly for plastidial Trxs f and m, which are presumed based on biochemical data to regulate photosynthetic reactions and carbon metabolism. Recent reports revealed that Trxs f and m participate in vivo in the control of starch metabolism and cyclic photosynthetic electron transfer around photosystem I, respectively. To further delineate their in planta function, we compared the photosynthetic characteristics, the level and/or activity of various Trx targets and the responses to oxidative stress in transplastomic tobacco plants overexpressing either Trx f or Trx m. We found that plants overexpressing Trx m specifically exhibit altered growth, reduced chlorophyll content, impaired photosynthetic linear electron transfer and decreased pools of glutathione and ascorbate. In both transplastomic lines, activities of two enzymes involved in carbon metabolism, NADP-malate dehydrogenase and NADP-glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase are markedly and similarly altered. In contrast, plants overexpressing Trx m specifically display increased capacity for methionine sulfoxide reductases, enzymes repairing damaged proteins by regenerating methionine from oxidized methionine. Finally, we also observed that transplastomic plants exhibit distinct responses when exposed to oxidative stress conditions generated by methyl viologen or exposure to high light combined with low temperature, the plants overexpressing Trx m being notably more tolerant than Wt and those overexpressing Trx f. Altogether, these data indicate that Trxs f and m fulfill distinct physiological functions. They prompt us to propose that the m type is involved in key processes linking photosynthetic activity, redox homeostasis and antioxidant mechanisms in the chloroplast.
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- Pascal Rey
- Laboratoire d’Ecophysiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Institut de Biologie Environnementale et Biotechnologie, Direction des Sciences du Vivant, Commissariat à l’Energie AtomiqueSaint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
- UMR 7265 Service de Biologie Végétale et de Microbiologie Environnementales, Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueSaint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
- Aix-Marseille Université Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
- *Correspondence: Pascal Rey, Laboratoire d’Ecophysiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Institut de Biologie Environnementale et Biotechnologie, Direction des Sciences du Vivant, Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique, Bâtiment 158, SBVME, CEA-Cadarache, 13108 Saint-Paul-Lez-Durance Cedex, France e-mail:
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología, Universidad Pública de Navarra-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasPamplona, Spain
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- UMR 8618 Institut de Biologie des Plantes, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Paris-SudOrsay, France
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- Laboratoire d’Ecophysiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Institut de Biologie Environnementale et Biotechnologie, Direction des Sciences du Vivant, Commissariat à l’Energie AtomiqueSaint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
- UMR 7265 Service de Biologie Végétale et de Microbiologie Environnementales, Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueSaint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
- Aix-Marseille Université Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
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- Laboratoire d’Ecophysiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Institut de Biologie Environnementale et Biotechnologie, Direction des Sciences du Vivant, Commissariat à l’Energie AtomiqueSaint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
- UMR 7265 Service de Biologie Végétale et de Microbiologie Environnementales, Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueSaint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
- Aix-Marseille Université Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
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- Laboratoire d’Ecophysiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Institut de Biologie Environnementale et Biotechnologie, Direction des Sciences du Vivant, Commissariat à l’Energie AtomiqueSaint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
- UMR 7265 Service de Biologie Végétale et de Microbiologie Environnementales, Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueSaint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
- Aix-Marseille Université Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
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- UMR 8618 Institut de Biologie des Plantes, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Paris-SudOrsay, France
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología, Universidad Pública de Navarra-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasPamplona, Spain
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Toivola J, Nikkanen L, Dahlström KM, Salminen TA, Lepistö A, Vignols HF, Rintamäki E. Overexpression of chloroplast NADPH-dependent thioredoxin reductase in Arabidopsis enhances leaf growth and elucidates in vivo function of reductase and thioredoxin domains. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2013; 4:389. [PMID: 24115951 PMCID: PMC3792407 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2013] [Accepted: 09/12/2013] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Plant chloroplasts have versatile thioredoxin systems including two thioredoxin reductases and multiple types of thioredoxins. Plastid-localized NADPH-dependent thioredoxin reductase (NTRC) contains both reductase (NTRd) and thioredoxin (TRXd) domains in a single polypeptide and forms homodimers. To study the action of NTRC and NTRC domains in vivo, we have complemented the ntrc knockout line of Arabidopsis with the wild type and full-length NTRC genes, in which 2-Cys motifs either in NTRd, or in TRXd were inactivated. The ntrc line was also transformed either with the truncated NTRd or TRXd alone. Overexpression of wild-type NTRC promoted plant growth by increasing leaf size and biomass yield of the rosettes. Complementation of the ntrc line with the full-length NTRC gene containing an active reductase but an inactive TRXd, or vice versa, recovered wild-type chloroplast phenotype and, partly, rosette biomass production, indicating that the NTRC domains are capable of interacting with other chloroplast thioredoxin systems. Overexpression of truncated NTRd or TRXd in ntrc background did not restore wild-type phenotype. Modeling of the three-dimensional structure of the NTRC dimer indicates extensive interactions between the NTR domains and the TRX domains further stabilize the dimeric structure. The long linker region between the NTRd and TRXd, however, allows flexibility for the position of the TRXd in the dimer. Supplementation of the TRXd in the NTRC homodimer model by free chloroplast thioredoxins indicated that TRXf is the most likely partner to interact with NTRC. We propose that overexpression of NTRC promotes plant biomass yield both directly by stimulation of chloroplast biosynthetic and protective pathways controlled by NTRC and indirectly via free chloroplast thioredoxins. Our data indicate that overexpression of chloroplast thiol redox-regulator has a potential to increase biofuel yield in plant and algal species suitable for sustainable bioenergy production.
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- Jouni Toivola
- Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry, University of TurkuTurku, Finland
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- Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry, University of TurkuTurku, Finland
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- Structural Bioinformatics Laboratory, Department of Biosciences, Åbo Akademi UniversityTurku, Finland
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- Structural Bioinformatics Laboratory, Department of Biosciences, Åbo Akademi UniversityTurku, Finland
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- Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry, University of TurkuTurku, Finland
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Laboratoire Résistance des Plantes aux Bio-agresseurs, UMR186 IRD-University of Montpellier2-CIRAD, Institut de Recherche pour le DéveloppementMontpellier, France
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- Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry, University of TurkuTurku, Finland
- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of GothenburgGothenburg, Sweden
- *Correspondence: Eevi Rintamäki, Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry, University of Turku, FI-20014 Turku, Finland e-mail:
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Lepistö A, Toivola J, Nikkanen L, Rintamäki E. Retrograde signaling from functionally heterogeneous plastids. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2012; 3:286. [PMID: 23267363 PMCID: PMC3526119 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2012.00286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2012] [Accepted: 12/03/2012] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Structural and functional components of chloroplast are encoded by genes localized both to nuclear and plastid genomes of plant cell. Development from etioplasts to chloroplasts is triggered by light receptors that activate the expression of photosynthesis-associated nuclear genes (PhaNGs). In addition to photoreceptor-mediated pathways, retrograde signals from the chloroplast to the nucleus activate or repress the expression of nuclear genes involved in acclimatory or stress responses in plant leaves. A plant mesophyll cell contains up to 100 chloroplasts that function autonomously, raising intriguing questions about homogeneity and coordination of retrograde signals transmitted from chloroplast to nucleus. We have previously demonstrated that the knockout of the chloroplast regulatory protein, chloroplast NADPH-dependent thioredoxin reductase (NTRC) leads to a heterogeneous population of chloroplasts with a range of different functional states. The heterogeneous chloroplast population activates both redox-dependent and undifferentiated plastid-generated retrograde signaling pathways in the mutant leaves. Transcriptome data from the ntrc knockout lines suggest that the induction of the redox-dependent signaling pathway depends on light conditions and leads to activation of stress-responsive gene expression. Analysis of mutants in different developmental stages allows to dissect signals from normal and anomalous chloroplasts. Thus, the signals derived from anomalous chloroplasts repress expression of PhaNGs as well as genes associated with light receptor signaling and differentiation of stomata, implying interaction between retrograde pathways and plant development. Analysis of the nuclear gene expression in mutants of retrograde signaling pathways in ntrc background would reveal the components that mediate signals generated from heterogeneous plastids to nucleus.
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- Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of TurkuTurku, Finland
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Almoguera C, Prieto-Dapena P, Personat JM, Tejedor-Cano J, Lindahl M, Diaz-Espejo A, Jordano J. Protection of the photosynthetic apparatus from extreme dehydration and oxidative stress in seedlings of transgenic tobacco. PLoS One 2012; 7:e51443. [PMID: 23227265 PMCID: PMC3515515 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2012] [Accepted: 11/01/2012] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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A genetic program that in sunflower seeds is activated by Heat Shock transcription Factor A9 (HaHSFA9) has been analyzed in transgenic tobacco seedlings. The ectopic overexpression of the HSFA9 program protected photosynthetic membranes, which resisted extreme dehydration and oxidative stress conditions. In contrast, heat acclimation of seedlings induced thermotolerance but not resistance to the harsh stress conditions employed. The HSFA9 program was found to include the expression of plastidial small Heat Shock Proteins that accumulate only at lower abundance in heat-stressed vegetative organs. Photosystem II (PSII) maximum quantum yield was higher for transgenic seedlings than for non-transgenic seedlings, after either stress treatment. Furthermore, protection of both PSII and Photosystem I (PSI) membrane protein complexes was observed in the transgenic seedlings, leading to their survival after the stress treatments. It was also shown that the plastidial D1 protein, a labile component of the PSII reaction center, and the PSI core protein PsaB were shielded from oxidative damage and degradation. We infer that natural expression of the HSFA9 program during embryogenesis may protect seed pro-plastids from developmental desiccation.
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- Concepción Almoguera
- Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Seville, Spain
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- Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Seville, Spain
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- Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Seville, Spain
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- Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Seville, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Vegetal y Fotosíntesis, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Seville, Spain
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- Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Seville, Spain
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- Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Seville, Spain
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Corea ORA, Bedgar DL, Davin LB, Lewis NG. The arogenate dehydratase gene family: towards understanding differential regulation of carbon flux through phenylalanine into primary versus secondary metabolic pathways. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2012; 82:22-37. [PMID: 22818526 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2012.05.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2012] [Revised: 05/18/2012] [Accepted: 05/23/2012] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Phe is formed from arogenate in planta through the action of arogenate dehydratase (ADT), and there are six ADT isoenzymes in the "model" vascular plant species Arabidopsis thaliana. This raised the possibility that specific ADTs may be differentially regulated so as to control Phe biosynthesis for protein synthesis vs its much more massive deployment for phenylpropanoid metabolism. In our previous reverse genetics study using 25 single/multiple ADT knockout (KO) lines, a subset of these knockouts was differentially reduced in their lignin contents. In the current investigation, it was hypothesized that Phe pool sizes might correlate well with reduction in lignin contents in the affected KO lines. The free amino acid contents of these KO lines were thus comprehensively analyzed in stem, leaf and root tissues, over a growth/developmental time course from 3 to 8 weeks until senescence. The data obtained were then compared to, and contrasted with, the differential extent of lignin deposition occurring in the various lines. Relative changes in pool sizes were also analyzed by performing a pairwise confirmatory factor analysis for Phe:Tyr, Phe:Trp and Tyr:Trp, following determination of the deviation from the mean for Phe, Tyr and Trp in each plant line. It was found that the Phe pool sizes measured were differentially reduced only in lignin-deficient lines, and in tissues and at time points where lignin biosynthesis was constitutively highly active (in wild type lines) under the growth conditions employed. In contrast, this trend was not evident across all ADT KO lines, possibly due to maintenance of Phe pools by non-targeted isoenzymes, or by feedback mechanisms known to be in place.
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- Oliver R A Corea
- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6340, USA
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Ferrández J, González M, Cejudo FJ. Chloroplast redox homeostasis is essential for lateral root formation in Arabidopsis. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2012; 7:1177-9. [PMID: 22899086 PMCID: PMC3489654 DOI: 10.4161/psb.21001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Redox regulation based on dithiol-disulphide interchange is an essential component of the control of chloroplast metabolism. In contrast to heterotrophic organisms, and non-photosynthetic plant tissues, chloroplast redox regulation relies on ferredoxin (Fd) reduced by the photosynthetic electron transport chain, thus being highly dependent on light. The finding of the NADPH-dependent thioredoxin reductase C (NTRC), a chloroplast-localized NTR with a joint thioredoxin domain, showed that NADPH is also used as source of reducing power for chloroplast redox homeostasis. Recently we have found that NTRC is also in plastids of non-photosynthetic tissues. Because these non-green plastids lack photochemical reactions, their redox homeostasis depends exclusively on NADPH produced from sugars and, thus, NTRC may play an essential role maintaining the redox homeostasis in these plastids. The fact that redox regulation occurs in any type of plastids raises the possibility that the functions of chloroplasts and non-green plastids, such as amyloplasts, are integrated to harmonize the growth of the different organs of the plant. To address this question, we generated Arabidopsis plants the redox homeostasis of which is recovered exclusively in chloroplasts, by leaf-specific expression of NTRC in the ntrc mutant, or exclusively in amyloplasts, by root-specific expression of NTRC. The analysis of these plants suggests that chloroplasts exert a pivotal role on plant growth, as expected because chloroplasts constitute the major source of nutrients and energy, derived from photosynthesis, for growth of heterotrophic tissues. However, NTRC deficiency causes impairment of auxin synthesis and lateral root formation. Interestingly, recovery of redox homeostasis of chloroplasts, but not of amyloplasts, was sufficient to restore wild type levels of lateral roots, showing the important signaling function of chloroplasts for the development of heterotrophic organs.
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Bermúdez MÁ, Galmés J, Moreno I, Mullineaux PM, Gotor C, Romero LC. Photosynthetic adaptation to length of day is dependent on S-sulfocysteine synthase activity in the thylakoid lumen. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2012; 160:274-88. [PMID: 22829322 PMCID: PMC3440205 DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.201491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2012] [Accepted: 07/20/2012] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) chloroplasts contain two O-acetyl-serine(thiol)lyase (OASTL) homologs, OAS-B, which is an authentic OASTL, and CS26, which has S-sulfocysteine synthase activity. In contrast with OAS-B, the loss of CS26 function resulted in dramatic phenotypic changes, which were dependent on the light treatment. We have performed a detailed characterization of the photosynthetic and chlorophyll fluorescence parameters in cs26 plants compared with those of wild-type plants under short-day growth conditions (SD) and long-day growth conditions (LD). Under LD, the photosynthetic characterization, which was based on substomatal CO(2) concentrations and CO(2) concentration in the chloroplast curves, revealed significant reductions in most of the photosynthetic parameters for cs26, which were unchanged under SD. These parameters included net CO(2) assimilation rate, mesophyll conductance, and mitochondrial respiration at darkness. The analysis also showed that cs26 under LD required more absorbed quanta per driven electron flux and fixed CO(2). The nonphotochemical quenching values suggested that in cs26 plants, the excess electrons that are not used in photochemical reactions may form reactive oxygen species. A photoinhibitory effect was confirmed by the background fluorescence signal values under LD and SD, which were higher in young leaves compared with mature ones under SD. To hypothesize the role of CS26 in relation to the photosynthetic machinery, we addressed its location inside of the chloroplast. The activity determination and localization analyses that were performed using immunoblotting indicated the presence of an active CS26 enzyme exclusively in the thylakoid lumen. This finding was reinforced by the observation of marked alterations in many lumenal proteins in the cs26 mutant compared with the wild type.
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Bernal-Bayard P, Hervás M, Cejudo FJ, Navarro JA. Electron transfer pathways and dynamics of chloroplast NADPH-dependent thioredoxin reductase C (NTRC). J Biol Chem 2012; 287:33865-72. [PMID: 22833674 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.388991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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NADPH-dependent thioredoxin reductases (NTRs) contain a flavin cofactor and a disulfide as redox-active groups. The catalytic mechanism of standard NTR involves a large conformational change between two configurations. Oxygenic photosynthetic organisms possess a plastid-localized NTR, called NTRC, with a thioredoxin module fused at the C terminus. NTRC is an efficient reductant of 2-Cys peroxiredoxins (2-Cys Prxs) and thus is involved in the protection against oxidative stress, among other functions. Although the mechanism of electron transfer of canonical NTRs is well established, it is not yet known in NTRC. By employing stopped-flow spectroscopy, we have carried out a comparative kinetic study of the electron transfer reactions involving NTRC, the truncated NTR module of NTRC, and NTRB, a canonical plant NTR. Whereas the three NTRs maintain the conformational change associated with the reductive cycle of catalysis, NTRC intramolecular electron transfer to the thioredoxin module presents two kinetic components (k(ET) of ~2 and 0.1 s(-1)), indicating the occurrence of additional dynamic motions. Moreover, the dynamic features associated with the electron transfer to the thioredoxin module are altered in the presence of 2-Cys Prx. NTRC shows structural constraints that may locate the thioredoxin module in positions with different efficiencies for electron transfer, the presence of 2-Cys Prx shifting the conformational equilibrium of the thioredoxin module to a specific position, which is not the most efficient.
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- Pilar Bernal-Bayard
- Instituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad de Sevilla, CicCartuja, Seville, Spain
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Cejudo FJ, Ferrández J, Cano B, Puerto-Galán L, Guinea M. The function of the NADPH thioredoxin reductase C-2-Cys peroxiredoxin system in plastid redox regulation and signalling. FEBS Lett 2012; 586:2974-80. [PMID: 22796111 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2012.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2012] [Revised: 07/03/2012] [Accepted: 07/04/2012] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Protein disulphide-dithiol interchange is a universal mechanism of redox regulation in which thioredoxins (Trxs) play an essential role. In heterotrophic organisms, and non-photosynthetic plant organs, NADPH provides the required reducing power in a reaction catalysed by NADPH-dependent thioredoxin reductase (NTR). It has been considered that chloroplasts constitute an exception because reducing equivalents for redox regulation in this organelle is provided by ferredoxin (Fd) reduced by the photosynthetic electron transport chain, not by NADPH. This view was modified by the discovery of a chloroplast-localised NTR, denoted NTRC, a bimodular enzyme formed by NTR and Trx domains with high affinity for NADPH. In this review, we will summarize the present knowledge of the biochemical properties of NTRC and discuss the implications of this enzyme on plastid redox regulation in plants.
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- Francisco Javier Cejudo
- Instituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis, Universidad de Sevilla and CSIC, Avda Américo Vespucio, 49, 41092 Sevilla, Spain.
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Lepistö A, Rintamäki E. Coordination of plastid and light signaling pathways upon development of Arabidopsis leaves under various photoperiods. MOLECULAR PLANT 2012; 5:799-816. [PMID: 22199239 PMCID: PMC3399700 DOI: 10.1093/mp/ssr106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2011] [Accepted: 11/25/2011] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Plants synchronize their cellular and physiological functions according to the photoperiod (the length of the light period) in the cycle of 24 h. Photoperiod adjusts several traits in the plant life cycle, including flowering and senescence in annuals and seasonal growth cessation in perennials. Photoperiodic development is controlled by the coordinated action of photoreceptors and the circadian clock. During the past 10 years, remarkable progress has been made in understanding the molecular mechanism of the circadian clock, especially with regard to the transition of Arabidopsis from the vegetative growth to the reproductive phase. Besides flowering photoperiod also modifies plant photosynthetic structures and traits. Light signals controlling biogenesis of chloroplasts and development of leaf photosynthetic structures are perceived both by photoreceptors and in chloroplasts. In this review, we provide evidence suggesting that the photoperiodic development of Arabidopsis leaves mimics the acclimation of plant to various light intensities. Furthermore, the chloroplast-to-nucleus retrograde signals that adjust acclimation to light intensity are proposed to contribute also to the signaling pathways that control photoperiodic acclimation of leaves.
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- Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Turku, FI-20014 Turku, Finland
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Luo T, Fan T, Liu Y, Rothbart M, Yu J, Zhou S, Grimm B, Luo M. Thioredoxin redox regulates ATPase activity of magnesium chelatase CHLI subunit and modulates redox-mediated signaling in tetrapyrrole biosynthesis and homeostasis of reactive oxygen species in pea plants. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2012; 159:118-30. [PMID: 22452855 PMCID: PMC3375955 DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.195446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2012] [Accepted: 03/23/2012] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The chloroplast thioredoxins (TRXs) function as messengers of redox signals from ferredoxin to target enzymes. In this work, we studied the regulatory impact of pea (Pisum sativum) TRX-F on the magnesium (Mg) chelatase CHLI subunit and the enzymatic activation of Mg chelatase in vitro and in vivo. In vitro, reduced TRX-F activated the ATPase activity of pea CHLI and enhanced the activity of Mg chelatase reconstituted from the three recombinant subunits CHLI, CHLD, and CHLH in combination with the regulator protein GENOMES UNCOUPLED4 (GUN4). Yeast two-hybrid and bimolecular fluorescence complementation assays demonstrated that TRX-F physically interacts with CHLI but not with either of the other two subunits or GUN4. In vivo, virus-induced TRX-F gene silencing (VIGS-TRX-F) in pea plants did not result in an altered redox state of CHLI. However, simultaneous silencing of the pea TRX-F and TRX-M genes (VIGS-TRX-F/TRX-M) resulted in partially and fully oxidized CHLI in vivo. VIGS-TRX-F/TRX-M plants demonstrated a significant reduction in Mg chelatase activity and 5-aminolevulinic acid synthesizing capacity as well as reduced pigment content and lower photosynthetic capacity. These results suggest that, in vivo, TRX-M can compensate for a lack of TRX-F and that both TRXs act as important redox regulators of Mg chelatase. Furthermore, the silencing of TRX-F and TRX-M expression also affects gene expression in the tetrapyrrole biosynthesis pathway and leads to the accumulation of reactive oxygen species, which may also serve as an additional signal for the transcriptional regulation of photosynthesis-associated nuclear genes.
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- Tao Luo
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People′s Republic of China (T.L., T.F., Y.L., J.Y., S.Z., M.L.); and Institute of Biology/Plant Physiology, Humboldt University, D–10115 Berlin, Germany (T.L., M.R., B.G.)
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People′s Republic of China (T.L., T.F., Y.L., J.Y., S.Z., M.L.); and Institute of Biology/Plant Physiology, Humboldt University, D–10115 Berlin, Germany (T.L., M.R., B.G.)
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People′s Republic of China (T.L., T.F., Y.L., J.Y., S.Z., M.L.); and Institute of Biology/Plant Physiology, Humboldt University, D–10115 Berlin, Germany (T.L., M.R., B.G.)
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People′s Republic of China (T.L., T.F., Y.L., J.Y., S.Z., M.L.); and Institute of Biology/Plant Physiology, Humboldt University, D–10115 Berlin, Germany (T.L., M.R., B.G.)
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People′s Republic of China (T.L., T.F., Y.L., J.Y., S.Z., M.L.); and Institute of Biology/Plant Physiology, Humboldt University, D–10115 Berlin, Germany (T.L., M.R., B.G.)
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People′s Republic of China (T.L., T.F., Y.L., J.Y., S.Z., M.L.); and Institute of Biology/Plant Physiology, Humboldt University, D–10115 Berlin, Germany (T.L., M.R., B.G.)
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Kirchsteiger K, Ferrández J, Pascual MB, González M, Cejudo FJ. NADPH thioredoxin reductase C is localized in plastids of photosynthetic and nonphotosynthetic tissues and is involved in lateral root formation in Arabidopsis. THE PLANT CELL 2012; 24:1534-48. [PMID: 22505729 PMCID: PMC3398562 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.111.092304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2011] [Revised: 03/02/2012] [Accepted: 03/28/2012] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Plastids are organelles present in photosynthetic and nonphotosynthetic plant tissues. While it is well known that thioredoxin-dependent redox regulation is essential for leaf chloroplast function, little is known of the redox regulation in plastids of nonphotosynthetic tissues, which cannot use light as a direct source of reducing power. Thus, the question remains whether redox regulation operates in nonphotosynthetic plastid function and how it is integrated with chloroplasts for plant growth. Here, we show that NADPH-thioredoxin reductase C (NTRC), previously reported as exclusive to green tissues, is also expressed in nonphotosynthetic tissues of Arabidopsis thaliana, where it is localized to plastids. Moreover, we show that NTRC is involved in maintaining the redox homeostasis of plastids also in nonphotosynthetic organs. To test the relationship between plastids of photosynthetic and nonphotosynthetic tissues, transgenic plants were obtained with redox homeostasis restituted exclusively in leaves or in roots, through the expression of NTRC under the control of organ-specific promoters in the ntrc mutant. Our results show that fully functional root amyloplasts are not sufficient for root, or leaf, growth, but fully functional chloroplasts are necessary and sufficient to support wild-type rates of root growth and lateral root formation.
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Ishiga Y, Ishiga T, Wangdi T, Mysore KS, Uppalapati SR. NTRC and chloroplast-generated reactive oxygen species regulate Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato disease development in tomato and Arabidopsis. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2012; 25:294-306. [PMID: 22112219 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-05-11-0130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Coronatine (COR)-producing pathovars of Pseudomonas syringae, including pvs. tomato, maculicola, and glycinea, cause important diseases on tomato, crucifers, and soybean, respectively, and produce symptoms with necrotic lesions surrounded by chlorosis. The chlorosis is mainly attributed to COR. However, the significance of COR-induced chlorosis in localized lesion development and the molecular basis of disease-associated cell death is largely unknown. To identify host (chloroplast) genes that play a role in COR-mediated chlorosis, we used a forward genetics approach using Nicotiana benthamiana and virus-induced gene silencing and identified a gene which encodes 2-Cys peroxiredoxin (Prxs) that, when silenced, produced a spreading hypersensitive or necrosis-like phenotype instead of chlorosis after COR application in a COI1-dependent manner. Loss-of-function analysis of Prx and NADPH-dependent thioredoxin reductase C (NTRC), the central players of a chloroplast redox detoxification system, resulted in spreading accelerated P. syringae pv. tomato DC3000 disease-associated cell death with enhanced reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation in a COR-dependent manner in tomato and Arabidopsis. Consistent with these results, virulent strain DC3000 suppressed the expression of Prx and NTRC in Arabidopsis and tomato during pathogenesis. However, interestingly, authentic COR suppressed the expression of Prx and NTRC in tomato but not in Arabidopsis, suggesting that COR in conjunction with other effectors may modulate ROS and cell death in different host species. Taken together, these results indicated that NTRC or Prx function as a negative regulator of pathogen-induced cell death in the healthy tissues that surround the lesions, and COR-induced chloroplast-localized ROS play a role in enhancing the disease-associated cell death.
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- Yasuhiro Ishiga
- Plant Biology Division, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, OK 73401, USA
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Scheibe R, Dietz KJ. Reduction-oxidation network for flexible adjustment of cellular metabolism in photoautotrophic cells. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2012; 35:202-16. [PMID: 21410714 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2011.02319.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Photosynthesis generates the energy carriers NADPH and ATP to be consumed in assimilatory processes. Continuous energy conversion and optimal use of the available light energy are only guaranteed when all reduction-oxidation (redox) processes are tightly controlled. A robust network links metabolism with regulation and signalling. Information on the redox situation is generated and transferred by various redox components that are parts of this network. Any imbalance in the network is sensed, and the information is transmitted in order to elicit a response at the various levels of regulation and in the different cellular compartments. Redox information within the chloroplast is derived from intersystem electron transport, the ferredoxin-NADP oxidoreductase (FNR)/NADPH branch of the redox network, the thioredoxin branch and from reactive oxygen species (ROS), resulting in a high diversity of responses that are able to adjust photosynthesis, as well as poising and antioxidant systems accordingly in each specific situation. Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) represents a central step in CO(2) reduction and in carbohydrate oxidation involving both forms of energy, namely NAD(P)H and ATP, with its various isoforms that are located in plastids, cytosol and nucleus. GAPDH is used as an example to demonstrate complexity, flexibility and robustness of the regulatory redox network in plants.
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- Renate Scheibe
- Plant Physiology, University of Osnabrueck, 49069 Osnabrueck, Germany
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