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Koide E, Suetsugu N, Iwano M, Gotoh E, Nomura Y, Stolze SC, Nakagami H, Kohchi T, Nishihama R. Regulation of Photosynthetic Carbohydrate Metabolism by a Raf-Like Kinase in the Liverwort Marchantia polymorpha. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2020; 61:631-643. [PMID: 31851335 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcz232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2019] [Accepted: 12/12/2019] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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To optimize growth and development, plants monitor photosynthetic activities and appropriately regulate various cellular processes. However, signaling mechanisms that coordinate plant growth with photosynthesis remain poorly understood. To identify factors that are involved in signaling related to photosynthetic stimuli, we performed a phosphoproteomic analysis with Marchantia polymorpha, an extant bryophyte species in the basal lineage of land plants. Among proteins whose phosphorylation status changed differentially between dark-treated plants and those after light irradiation but failed to do so in the presence of a photosynthesis inhibitor, we identified a B4-group Raf-like kinase, named PHOTOSYNTHESIS-RELATED RAF (MpPRAF). Biochemical analyses confirmed photosynthesis-activity-dependent changes in the phosphorylation status of MpPRAF. Mutations in the MpPRAF gene resulted in growth retardation. Measurement of carbohydrates demonstrated both hyper-accumulation of starch and reduction of sucrose in Mppraf mutants. Neither inhibition of starch synthesis nor exogenous supply of sucrose alleviated the growth defect, suggesting serious impairment of Mppraf mutants in both the synthesis of sucrose and the repression of its catabolism. As a result of the compromised photosynthate metabolism, photosynthetic electron transport was downregulated in Mppraf mutants. A mutated MpPRAF with a common amino acid substitution for inactivating kinase activity was unable to rescue the Mppraf mutant defects. Our results provide evidence that MpPRAF is a photosynthesis signaling kinase that regulates sucrose metabolism.
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- Eri Koide
- Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8502 Japan
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- Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8502 Japan
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- Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8502 Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812-8581 Japan
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- Plant Proteomics Research Unit, RIKEN CSRS, Yokohama, 230-0045 Japan
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- Protein Mass Spectrometry Group, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne 50829, Germany
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- Plant Proteomics Research Unit, RIKEN CSRS, Yokohama, 230-0045 Japan
- Protein Mass Spectrometry Group, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne 50829, Germany
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- Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8502 Japan
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- Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8502 Japan
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Dautermann O, Lyska D, Andersen-Ranberg J, Becker M, Fröhlich-Nowoisky J, Gartmann H, Krämer LC, Mayr K, Pieper D, Rij LM, Wipf HML, Niyogi KK, Lohr M. An algal enzyme required for biosynthesis of the most abundant marine carotenoids. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2020; 6:eaaw9183. [PMID: 32181334 PMCID: PMC7056318 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaw9183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2019] [Accepted: 12/11/2019] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Fucoxanthin and its derivatives are the main light-harvesting pigments in the photosynthetic apparatus of many chromalveolate algae and represent the most abundant carotenoids in the world's oceans, thus being major facilitators of marine primary production. A central step in fucoxanthin biosynthesis that has been elusive so far is the conversion of violaxanthin to neoxanthin. Here, we show that in chromalveolates, this reaction is catalyzed by violaxanthin de-epoxidase-like (VDL) proteins and that VDL is also involved in the formation of other light-harvesting carotenoids such as peridinin or vaucheriaxanthin. VDL is closely related to the photoprotective enzyme violaxanthin de-epoxidase that operates in plants and most algae, revealing that in major phyla of marine algae, an ancient gene duplication triggered the evolution of carotenoid functions beyond photoprotection toward light harvesting.
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- O. Dautermann
- Institut für Molekulare Physiologie, Pflanzenbiochemie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Institut für Molekulare Physiologie, Pflanzenbiochemie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Institut für Molekulare Physiologie, Pflanzenbiochemie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Institut für Molekulare Physiologie, Pflanzenbiochemie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Institut für Molekulare Physiologie, Pflanzenbiochemie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Institut für Molekulare Physiologie, Pflanzenbiochemie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Institut für Molekulare Physiologie, Pflanzenbiochemie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Institut für Molekulare Physiologie, Pflanzenbiochemie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Institut für Molekulare Physiologie, Pflanzenbiochemie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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Carrillo JB, Torresi F, Morales LL, Ricordi M, Gomez-Casati DF, Busi MV, Martín M. Identification and characterization of ChlreSEX4, a novel glucan phosphatase from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii green alga. Arch Biochem Biophys 2020; 680:108235. [PMID: 31877265 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2019.108235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2019] [Revised: 12/18/2019] [Accepted: 12/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is the best known unicellular green alga model which has long been used to investigate all kinds of cellular processes, including starch metabolism. Here we identified and characterized a novel enzyme, ChlreSEX4, orthologous to glucan phosphatase SEX4 from Arabidopsis thaliana, that is capable of binding and dephosphorylating amylopectin in vitro. We also reported that cysteine 224 and tryptophan 305 residues are critical for enzyme catalysis and substrate binding. Furthermore, we verified that ChlreSEX4 gene is expressed in vivo and that glucan phosphatase activity is measurable in Chlamydomonas protein extracts. In view of the results presented, we suggest ChlreSEX4 as a functional phosphoglucan phosphatase from C. reinhardtii. Our data obtained so far contribute to understanding the phosphoglucan phosphatases evolutionary process in the green lineage and their role in starch reversible phosphorylation. In addition, this allows to position Chlamydomonas as a potential tool to obtain starches with different degrees of phosphorylation for industrial or biotechnological purposes.
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- Julieta B Carrillo
- Centro de Estudios Fotosintéticos y Bioquímicos (CEFOBI-CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Suipacha 531, S2002LRK Rosario, 2000, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Centro de Estudios Fotosintéticos y Bioquímicos (CEFOBI-CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Suipacha 531, S2002LRK Rosario, 2000, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Centro de Estudios Fotosintéticos y Bioquímicos (CEFOBI-CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Suipacha 531, S2002LRK Rosario, 2000, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Centro de Estudios Fotosintéticos y Bioquímicos (CEFOBI-CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Suipacha 531, S2002LRK Rosario, 2000, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Centro de Estudios Fotosintéticos y Bioquímicos (CEFOBI-CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Suipacha 531, S2002LRK Rosario, 2000, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Centro de Estudios Fotosintéticos y Bioquímicos (CEFOBI-CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Suipacha 531, S2002LRK Rosario, 2000, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina.
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- Centro de Estudios Fotosintéticos y Bioquímicos (CEFOBI-CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Suipacha 531, S2002LRK Rosario, 2000, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina.
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Novák Vanclová AMG, Zoltner M, Kelly S, Soukal P, Záhonová K, Füssy Z, Ebenezer TE, Lacová Dobáková E, Eliáš M, Lukeš J, Field MC, Hampl V. Metabolic quirks and the colourful history of the Euglena gracilis secondary plastid. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2020; 225:1578-1592. [PMID: 31580486 DOI: 10.1111/nph.16237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2019] [Accepted: 09/25/2019] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Euglena spp. are phototrophic flagellates with considerable ecological presence and impact. Euglena gracilis harbours secondary green plastids, but an incompletely characterised proteome precludes accurate understanding of both plastid function and evolutionary history. Using subcellular fractionation, an improved sequence database and MS we determined the composition, evolutionary relationships and hence predicted functions of the E. gracilis plastid proteome. We confidently identified 1345 distinct plastid protein groups and found that at least 100 proteins represent horizontal acquisitions from organisms other than green algae or prokaryotes. Metabolic reconstruction confirmed previously studied/predicted enzymes/pathways and provided evidence for multiple unusual features, including uncoupling of carotenoid and phytol metabolism, a limited role in amino acid metabolism, and dual sets of the SUF pathway for FeS cluster assembly, one of which was acquired by lateral gene transfer from Chlamydiae. Plastid paralogues of trafficking-associated proteins potentially mediating fusion of transport vesicles with the outermost plastid membrane were identified, together with derlin-related proteins, potential translocases across the middle membrane, and an extremely simplified TIC complex. The Euglena plastid, as the product of many genomes, combines novel and conserved features of metabolism and transport.
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- Faculty of Science, Charles University, BIOCEV, Vestec, 252 50, Czechia
- School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 5EH, UK
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3RB, UK
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- Faculty of Science, Charles University, BIOCEV, Vestec, 252 50, Czechia
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- Faculty of Science, Charles University, BIOCEV, Vestec, 252 50, Czechia
- Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, 710 00, Czechia
- Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, 370 05, Czechia
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- Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, 370 05, Czechia
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 5EH, UK
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1QW, UK
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- Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, 370 05, Czechia
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- Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, 710 00, Czechia
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- Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, 370 05, Czechia
- Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, 370 05, Czechia
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 5EH, UK
- Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, 370 05, Czechia
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- Faculty of Science, Charles University, BIOCEV, Vestec, 252 50, Czechia
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Flores-Ortiz C, Alvarez LM, Undurraga A, Arias D, Durán F, Wegener G, Stange C. Differential role of the two ζ-carotene desaturase paralogs in carrot (Daucus carota): ZDS1 is a functional gene essential for plant development and carotenoid synthesis. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2020; 291:110327. [PMID: 31928663 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2019.110327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2019] [Revised: 09/16/2019] [Accepted: 10/21/2019] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Daucus carota is a biennale crop that develops an edible storage root. Orange carrots, the most consumed cultivar worldwide, accumulate high levels of β-carotene and α-carotene in the storage root during secondary growth. Genes involved in β-carotene synthesis have been identified in carrots and unlike most species, D. carota has two ζ-carotene desaturase genes, named ZDS1 and ZDS2, that share 91.3 % identity in their coding regions. ZDS1 expression falls during leaf, but not root development, while ZDS2 is induced in leaves and storage roots of a mature plant. In this work, by means of post-transcriptional gene silencing, we determined that ZDS1 is essential for initial carrot development. The suppression of the expression of this gene by RNAi triggered a reduction in the transcript levels of ZDS2 and PSY2 genes, with a concomitant decrease in the carotenoid content in both, leaves and storage roots. On the contrary, transgenic lines with reduced ZDS2 transcript abundance maintain the same levels of expression of endogenous ZDS1 and PSY2 and carotenoid profile as wild-type plants. The simultaneous silencing of ZDS1 and ZDS2 resulted in lines with a negligible leaf and root development, as well as significantly lower endogenous PSY2 expression. Further functional analyses, such as a plastidial subcellular localization of ZDS1:GFP and the increment in carotenoid content in transgenic tobacco plants overexpressing the carrot ZDS1, confirmed that ZDS1 codifies for a functional enzyme. Overall, these results lead us to propose that the main ζ-carotene desaturase activity in carrot is encoded by the ZDS1 gene and ZDS2 gene has a complementary and non essential role.
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- Carlos Flores-Ortiz
- Centro de Biología Molecular Vegetal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Las Palmeras 3425, Casilla 653, Santiago, Ñuñoa, Chile
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- Centro de Biología Molecular Vegetal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Las Palmeras 3425, Casilla 653, Santiago, Ñuñoa, Chile
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- Centro de Biología Molecular Vegetal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Las Palmeras 3425, Casilla 653, Santiago, Ñuñoa, Chile
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- Centro de Biología Molecular Vegetal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Las Palmeras 3425, Casilla 653, Santiago, Ñuñoa, Chile
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- Centro de Biología Molecular Vegetal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Las Palmeras 3425, Casilla 653, Santiago, Ñuñoa, Chile
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- Centro de Biología Molecular Vegetal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Las Palmeras 3425, Casilla 653, Santiago, Ñuñoa, Chile
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- Centro de Biología Molecular Vegetal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Las Palmeras 3425, Casilla 653, Santiago, Ñuñoa, Chile.
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The past several decades have witnessed tremendous growth in the protein targeting, transport and translocation field. Major advances were made during this time period. Now the molecular details of the targeting factors, receptors and the membrane channels that were envisioned in Blobel's Signal Hypothesis in the 1970s have been revealed by powerful structural methods. It is evident that there is a myriad of cytosolic and membrane associated systems that accurately sort and target newly synthesized proteins to their correct membrane translocases for membrane insertion or protein translocation. Here we will describe the common principles for protein transport in prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
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Cataldo VF, Arenas N, Salgado V, Camilo C, Ibáñez F, Agosin E. Heterologous production of the epoxycarotenoid violaxanthin in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Metab Eng 2020; 59:53-63. [PMID: 32001334 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2020.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2019] [Revised: 12/16/2019] [Accepted: 01/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Microbial production of carotenoids has mainly focused towards a few products, such as β-carotene, lycopene and astaxanthin. However, other less explored carotenoids, like violaxanthin, have also shown unique properties and promissory applications. Violaxanthin is a plant-derived epoxidated carotenoid with strong antioxidant activity and a key precursor of valuable compounds, such as fucoxanthin and β-damascenone. In this study, we report for the first time the heterologous production of epoxycarotenoids in yeast. We engineered the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae following multi-level strategies for the efficient accumulation of violaxanthin. Starting from a β-carotenogenic yeast strain, we first evaluated the performance of several β-carotene hydroxylases (CrtZ), and zeaxanthin epoxidases (ZEP) from different species, together with their respective N-terminal truncated variants. The combined expression of CrtZ from Pantoea ananatis and truncated ZEP of Haematococcus lacustris showed the best performance and led to a yield of 1.6 mg/gDCW of violaxanthin. Further improvement of the epoxidase activity was achieved by promoting the transfer of reducing equivalents to ZEP by expressing several redox partner systems. The co-expression of the plant truncated ferredoxin-3, and truncated root ferredoxin oxidoreductase-1 resulted in a 2.2-fold increase in violaxanthin yield (3.2 mg/gDCW). Finally, increasing gene copy number of carotenogenic genes enabled reaching a final production of 7.3 mg/gDCW in shake flask cultures and batch bioreactors, which is the highest yield of microbially produced violaxanthin reported to date.
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- Vicente F Cataldo
- Department of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering, School of Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, Postal Address: Av. Vicuña Mackenna 4860, 7820436, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering, School of Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, Postal Address: Av. Vicuña Mackenna 4860, 7820436, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering, School of Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, Postal Address: Av. Vicuña Mackenna 4860, 7820436, Santiago, Chile
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- Centro de Aromas y Sabores, DICTUC S.A., Santiago, Chile, Postal Address: Av. Vicuña Mackenna 4860, 7820436, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering, School of Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, Postal Address: Av. Vicuña Mackenna 4860, 7820436, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering, School of Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, Postal Address: Av. Vicuña Mackenna 4860, 7820436, Santiago, Chile; Centro de Aromas y Sabores, DICTUC S.A., Santiago, Chile, Postal Address: Av. Vicuña Mackenna 4860, 7820436, Santiago, Chile.
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Substrate specificity of plastid phosphate transporters in a non-photosynthetic diatom and its implication in evolution of red alga-derived complex plastids. Sci Rep 2020; 10:1167. [PMID: 31980711 PMCID: PMC6981301 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-58082-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2019] [Accepted: 01/07/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The triose phosphate transporter (TPT) is one of the prerequisites to exchange metabolites between the cytosol and plastids. In this study, we demonstrated that the four plastid TPT homologues in the non-photosynthetic diatom Nitzschia sp. NIES-3581 were highly likely integrated into plastid envelope membranes similar to counterparts in the model photosynthetic diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum, in terms of target membranes and C-terminal orientations. Three of the four Nitzschia TPT homologues are capable of transporting various metabolites into proteo-liposomes including triose phosphates (TPs) and phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP), the transport substrates sufficient to support the metabolic pathways retained in the non-photosynthetic diatom plastid. Phylogenetic analysis of TPTs and closely related transporter proteins indicated that diatoms and other algae with red alga-derived complex plastids possess only TPT homologues but lack homologues of the glucose 6-phosphate transporter (GPT), xylulose 5-phosphate transporter (XPT), and phosphoenolpyruvate transporter (PPT). Comparative sequence analysis suggests that many TPT homologues of red alga-derived complex plastids potentially have the ability to transport mainly TPs and PEP. TPTs transporting both TPs and PEP highly likely mediate a metabolic crosstalk between a red alga-derived complex plastid and the cytosol in photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic species, which explains the lack of PPTs in all the lineages with red alga-derived complex plastids. The PEP-transporting TPTs might have emerged in an early phase of endosymbiosis between a red alga and a eukaryote host, given the broad distribution of that type of transporters in all branches of red alga-derived complex plastid-bearing lineages, and have probably played a key role in the establishment and retention of a controllable, intracellular metabolic connection in those organisms.
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Huang L, Yu L, Li Z, Li Y, Yoon KS, Hu Q, Yuan L, Han D. Microalgal plastidial lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferase interacts with upstream glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase and defines its substrate selectivity via the two transmembrane domains. ALGAL RES 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2019.101758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Jin X, Baysal C, Gao L, Medina V, Drapal M, Ni X, Sheng Y, Shi L, Capell T, Fraser PD, Christou P, Zhu C. The subcellular localization of two isopentenyl diphosphate isomerases in rice suggests a role for the endoplasmic reticulum in isoprenoid biosynthesis. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2020; 39:119-133. [PMID: 31679061 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-019-02479-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2019] [Accepted: 10/03/2019] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Both OsIPPI1 and OsIPPI2 enzymes are found in the endoplasmic reticulum, providing novel important insights into the role of this compartment in the synthesis of MVA pathway isoprenoids. Isoprenoids are synthesized from the precursor's isopentenyl diphosphate (IPP) and dimethylallyl diphosphosphate (DMAPP), which are interconverted by the enzyme isopentenyl diphosphate isomerase (IPPI). Many plants express multiple isoforms of IPPI, the only enzyme shared by the mevalonate (MVA) and non-mevalonate (MEP) pathways, but little is known about their specific roles. Rice (Oryza sativa) has two IPPI isoforms (OsIPPI1 and OsIPPI2). We, therefore, carried out a comprehensive comparison of IPPI gene expression, protein localization, and isoprenoid biosynthesis in this species. We found that OsIPPI1 mRNA was more abundant than OsIPPI2 mRNA in all tissues, and its expression in de-etiolated leaves mirrored the accumulation of phytosterols, suggesting a key role in the synthesis of MVA pathway isoprenoids. We investigated the subcellular localization of both isoforms by constitutively expressing them as fusions with synthetic green fluorescent protein. Both proteins localized to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) as well as peroxisomes and mitochondria, whereas only OsIPPI2 was detected in plastids, due to an N-terminal transit peptide which is not present in OsIPPI1. Despite the plastidial location of OsIPPI2, the expression of OsIPPI2 mRNA did not mirror the accumulation of chlorophylls or carotenoids, indicating that OsIPPI2 may be a redundant component of the MEP pathway. The detection of both OsIPPI isoforms in the ER indicates that DMAPP can be synthesized de novo in this compartment. Our work shows that the ER plays an as yet unknown role in the synthesis of MVA-derived isoprenoids, with important implications for the metabolic engineering of isoprenoid biosynthesis in higher plants.
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- Xin Jin
- Department of Plant Production and Forestry Science, University of Lleida-Agrotecnio Center, Av. Alcalde Rovira Roure, 191, 25198, Lleida, Spain
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- Department of Plant Production and Forestry Science, University of Lleida-Agrotecnio Center, Av. Alcalde Rovira Roure, 191, 25198, Lleida, Spain
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- School of Life Sciences, Changchun Normal University, Changchun, 130032, China
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- Department of Plant Production and Forestry Science, University of Lleida-Agrotecnio Center, Av. Alcalde Rovira Roure, 191, 25198, Lleida, Spain
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- School of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham Hill, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, Changchun Normal University, Changchun, 130032, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Changchun Normal University, Changchun, 130032, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China
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- Department of Plant Production and Forestry Science, University of Lleida-Agrotecnio Center, Av. Alcalde Rovira Roure, 191, 25198, Lleida, Spain
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- School of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham Hill, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, UK
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- Department of Plant Production and Forestry Science, University of Lleida-Agrotecnio Center, Av. Alcalde Rovira Roure, 191, 25198, Lleida, Spain
- ICREA, Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies, Passeig Lluís Companys 23, 08010, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Plant Production and Forestry Science, University of Lleida-Agrotecnio Center, Av. Alcalde Rovira Roure, 191, 25198, Lleida, Spain.
- School of Life Sciences, Changchun Normal University, Changchun, 130032, China.
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Camagna M, Welsch R. Expression, Purification, and Enzyme Activity Assay of Phytoene Synthase In Vitro. Methods Mol Biol 2020; 2083:39-52. [PMID: 31745911 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-9952-1_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Phytoene synthase (PSY) is the rate-limiting step in carotenoid biosynthesis, and accordingly subjected to a number of regulatory mechanisms at various levels, including transcriptional, posttranscriptional, and posttranslational. Several PSY genes are present in most taxa and show various degrees of tissue and/or stress-specific responses providing an additional layer of regulating carotenogenesis. Moreover, only a small number of amino acid differences between paralogs or even single nucleotide polymorphisms distinguishing orthologs greatly affect enzyme properties, suggesting that different enzymatic parameters determined by intrinsic properties of PSY protein sequences also determine pathway flux. The characterization of enzyme properties of PSY variants from different origins requires in vitro enzyme assays with recombinant PSY. In this protocol, we present detailed instructions how to purify several milligrams of active PSY enzyme from bacterial lysates, which includes initial recombinant PSY enrichment through inclusion body purification, chaotropic unfolding, refolding in presence of detergents and purification through immobilized metal affinity chromatography. In addition, we provide a protocol to obtain active geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate (GGPP) synthase as active supply of GGPP substrate is a requirement for high in vitro PSY activity. The activity assay requires 14C-labeled substrate and allows to determine its incorporation into phytoene as well as GGPP. The protocol described here was successfully applied to a variety of PSY and GGPP synthase homologs from various plant species.
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- Maurizio Camagna
- Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
- Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute for Biology II, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
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Singh D, Yadav R, Kaushik S, Wadhwa N, Kapoor S, Kapoor M. Transcriptome Analysis of ppdnmt2 and Identification of Superoxide Dismutase as a Novel Interactor of DNMT2 in the Moss Physcomitrella patens. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:1185. [PMID: 32849734 PMCID: PMC7419982 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.01185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2020] [Accepted: 07/21/2020] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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DNMT2 is a DNA/tRNA cytosine methyltransferase that is highly conserved in structure and function in eukaryotes. In plants however, limited information is available on the function of this methyltransferase. We have previously reported that in the moss Physcomitrella patens, DNMT2 plays a crucial role in stress recovery and tRNAAsp transcription/stability under salt stress. To further investigate the role of PpDNMT2 at genome level, in this study we have performed RNA sequencing of ppdnmt2. Transcriptome analysis reveals a number of genes and pathways to function differentially and suggests a close link between PpDNMT2 function and osmotic and ionic stress tolerance. We propose PpDNMT2 to play a pivotal role in regulating salt tolerance by affecting molecular networks involved in stress perception and signal transduction that underlie maintenance of ion homeostasis in cells. We also examined interactome of PpDNMT2 using affinity purification (AP) coupled to mass spectrometry (AP-MS). Quantitative proteomic analysis reveals several chloroplast proteins involved in light reactions and carbon assimilation and proteins involved in stress response and some not implicated in stress to co-immunoprecipitate with PpDNMT2. Comparison between transcriptome and interactome datasets has revealed novel association between PpDNMT2 activity and the antioxidant enzyme Superoxide dismutase (SOD), protein turnover mediated by the Ubiquitin-proteasome system and epigenetic gene regulation. PpDNMT2 possibly exists in complex with CuZn-SODs in vivo and the two proteins also directly interact in the yeast nucleus as observed by yeast two-hybrid assay. Taken together, the work presented in this study sheds light on diverse roles of PpDNMT2 in maintaining molecular and physiological homeostasis in P. patens. This is a first report describing transcriptome and interactome of DNMT2 in any land plant.
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- Darshika Singh
- University School of Biotechnology, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi, India
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- University School of Biotechnology, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi, India
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- Vproteomics, Valerian Chem Private Limited Green Park Mains, New Delhi, India
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- University School of Biotechnology, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi, India
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- Interdisciplinary Centre for Plant Genomics and Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, India
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- University School of Biotechnology, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi, India
- *Correspondence: Meenu Kapoor,
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Nan N, Wang J, Shi Y, Qian Y, Jiang L, Huang S, Liu Y, Wu Y, Liu B, Xu Z. Rice plastidial NAD-dependent malate dehydrogenase 1 negatively regulates salt stress response by reducing the vitamin B6 content. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2020; 18:172-184. [PMID: 31161713 PMCID: PMC6920159 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.13184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2019] [Revised: 05/22/2019] [Accepted: 05/29/2019] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Salinity is an important environmental factor that adversely impacts crop growth and productivity. Malate dehydrogenases (MDHs) catalyse the reversible interconversion of malate and oxaloacetate using NAD(H)/NADP(H) as a cofactor and regulate plant development and abiotic stress tolerance. Vitamin B6 functions as an essential cofactor in enzymatic reactions involved in numerous cellular processes. However, the role of plastidial MDH in rice (Oryza sativa) in salt stress response by altering vitamin B6 content remains unknown. In this study, we identified a new loss-of-function osmdh1 mutant displaying salt stress-tolerant phenotype. The OsMDH1 was expressed in different tissues of rice plants including leaf, leaf sheath, panicle, glume, bud, root and stem and was induced in the presence of NaCl. Transient expression of OsMDH1-GFP in rice protoplasts showed that OsMDH1 localizes to chloroplast. Transgenic rice plants overexpressing OsMDH1 (OsMDH1OX) displayed a salt stress-sensitive phenotype. Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) metabolic profiling revealed that the amount of pyridoxine was significantly reduced in OsMDH1OX lines compared with the NIP plants. Moreover, the pyridoxine content was higher in the osmdh1 mutant and lower in OsMDH1OX plants than in the NIP plants under the salt stress, indicating that OsMDH1 negatively regulates salt stress-induced pyridoxine accumulation. Furthermore, genome-wide RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) analysis indicated that ectopic expression of OsMDH1 altered the expression level of genes encoding key enzymes of the vitamin B6 biosynthesis pathway, possibly reducing the level of pyridoxine. Together, our results establish a novel, negative regulatory role of OsMDH1 in salt stress tolerance by affecting vitamin B6 content of rice tissues.
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- Nan Nan
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of the Ministry of Education (MOE)Northeast Normal UniversityChangchunChina
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of the Ministry of Education (MOE)Northeast Normal UniversityChangchunChina
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of the Ministry of Education (MOE)Northeast Normal UniversityChangchunChina
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- Biogle Genome Editing CenterChangzhouJiangsu ProvinceChina
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- School of AgronomyJilin College of Agricultural Science & TechnologyJilinChina
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of the Ministry of Education (MOE)Northeast Normal UniversityChangchunChina
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of the Ministry of Education (MOE)Northeast Normal UniversityChangchunChina
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of the Ministry of Education (MOE)Northeast Normal UniversityChangchunChina
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of the Ministry of Education (MOE)Northeast Normal UniversityChangchunChina
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of the Ministry of Education (MOE)Northeast Normal UniversityChangchunChina
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Protein sequence information extraction and subcellular localization prediction with gapped k-Mer method. BMC Bioinformatics 2019; 20:719. [PMID: 31888447 PMCID: PMC6936157 DOI: 10.1186/s12859-019-3232-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Subcellular localization prediction of protein is an important component of bioinformatics, which has great importance for drug design and other applications. A multitude of computational tools for proteins subcellular location have been developed in the recent decades, however, existing methods differ in the protein sequence representation techniques and classification algorithms adopted. RESULTS In this paper, we firstly introduce two kinds of protein sequences encoding schemes: dipeptide information with space and Gapped k-mer information. Then, the Gapped k-mer calculation method which is based on quad-tree is also introduced. CONCLUSIONS >From the prediction results, this method not only reduces the dimension, but also improves the prediction precision of protein subcellular localization.
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Filiz E, Aydın Akbudak M. Investigation of PIC1 (permease in chloroplasts 1) gene’s role in iron homeostasis: bioinformatics and expression analyses in tomato and sorghum. Biometals 2019; 33:29-44. [DOI: 10.1007/s10534-019-00228-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2019] [Accepted: 11/28/2019] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Bioinformatics Analysis of the Lipoxygenase Gene Family in Radish ( Raphanus sativus) and Functional Characterization in Response to Abiotic and Biotic Stresses. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20236095. [PMID: 31816887 PMCID: PMC6928601 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20236095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2019] [Revised: 11/23/2019] [Accepted: 11/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Lipoxygenases (LOXs) are non-heme iron-containing dioxygenases involved in many developmental and stress-responsive processes in plants. However, little is known about the radish LOX gene family members and their functions in response to biotic and abiotic stresses. In this study, we completed a genome-wide analysis and expression profiling of RsLOX genes under abiotic and biotic stress conditions. We identified 11 RsLOX genes, which encoded conserved domains, and classified them in 9-LOX and 13-LOX categories according to their phylogenetic relationships. The characteristic structural features of 9-LOX and 13-LOX genes and the encoded protein domains as well as their evolution are presented herein. A qRT-PCR analysis of RsLOX expression levels in the roots under simulated drought, salinity, heat, and cold stresses, as well as in response to a Plasmodiophora brassicae infection, revealed three tandem-clustered RsLOX genes that are involved in responses to various environmental stresses via the jasmonic acid pathway. Our findings provide insights into the evolution and potential biological roles of RsLOXs related to the adaptation of radish to stress conditions.
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Ma LT, Lee YR, Liu PL, Cheng YT, Shiu TF, Tsao NW, Wang SY, Chu FH. Phylogenetically distant group of terpene synthases participates in cadinene and cedrane-type sesquiterpenes accumulation in Taiwania cryptomerioides. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2019; 289:110277. [PMID: 31623780 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2019.110277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2019] [Revised: 09/13/2019] [Accepted: 09/15/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Along with the species evolution, plants have evolved ways to produce a different collection of terpenoids to accommodate its biotic and abiotic environment, and terpene synthase (TPS) is one of the major contributors to various terpene compounds. The timber of a monotypic and relictual conifer species of Cupressace, Taiwania cryptomerioides, has excellent durability, and one of the essential factors for Taiwania to resist decay and insect pests is sesquiterpene. Compared to other conifers, Taiwania has much higher abundance of cadinene-type sesquiterpenes, and the presence of cedrene-type sesquiterpenes. To understand sesquiterpene biosynthesis in Taiwania, we functionally characterized 10 T. cryptomerioides TPSs (TcTPSs) in vivo or in planta, which could catalyze sesquiterpene formation and potentially are involved in biosynthesis of diverse sesquiterpenoids in Taiwania. The distant phylogenetic relationship and the intron loss event of TcTPSs correlate to the differentiation of chemical profile Taiwania compared to other conifers. Furthermore, we identified TcTPS3 and TcTPS12 as δ-cadinene synthase, and TcTPS6 as cedrol synthase, which demonstrates the important contributions of dynamic evolution in TPSs to the chemical diversity in plants. Combining with functional characterization and comparison of catalytic residues, we conclude at least three catalytic routes for sesquiterpene biosynthesis in this species, and the skeleton diversity has been expended in T. cryptomeriodes.
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- Li-Ting Ma
- School of Forestry and Resource Conservation, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- School of Forestry and Resource Conservation, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- School of Forestry and Resource Conservation, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- School of Forestry and Resource Conservation, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- School of Forestry and Resource Conservation, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Forestry, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan
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- Department of Forestry, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan
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- School of Forestry and Resource Conservation, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan.
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Ma LT, Lee YR, Tsao NW, Wang SY, Zerbe P, Chu FH. Biochemical characterization of diterpene synthases of Taiwania cryptomerioides expands the known functional space of specialized diterpene metabolism in gymnosperms. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2019; 100:1254-1272. [PMID: 31448467 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2019] [Revised: 08/13/2019] [Accepted: 08/19/2019] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Taiwania cryptomerioides is a monotypic gymnosperm species, valued for the high decay resistance of its wood. This durability has been attributed to the abundance of terpenoids, especially the major diterpenoid metabolite ferruginol, with antifungal and antitermite activity. Specialized diterpenoid metabolism in gymnosperms primarily recruits bifunctional class-I/II diterpene synthases (diTPSs), whereas monofunctional class-II and class-I enzymes operate in angiosperms. In this study, we identified a previously unrecognized group of monofunctional diTPSs in T. cryptomerioides, which suggests a distinct evolutionary divergence of the diTPS family in this species. Specifically, five monofunctional diTPS functions not previously observed in gymnosperms were characterized, including monofunctional class-II enzymes forming labda-13-en-8-ol diphosphate (LPP, TcCPS2) and (+)-copalyl diphosphate (CPP, TcCPS4), and three class-I diTPSs producing biformene (TcKSL1), levopimaradiene (TcKSL3) and phyllocladanol (TcKSL5), respectively. Methyl jasmonate (MeJA) elicited the accumulation of levopimaradiene and the corresponding biosynthetic diTPS genes, TcCPS4 and TcKSL3, is consistent with a possible role in plant defense. Furthermore, TcCPS4 and TcKSL3 are likely to contribute to abietatriene biosynthesis via levopimaradiene as an intermediate in ferruginol biosynthesis in Taiwania. In conclusion, this study provides deeper insight into the functional landscape and molecular evolution of specialized diterpenoid metabolism in gymnosperms as a basis to better understand the role of these metabolites in tree chemical defense.
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- Li-Ting Ma
- School of Forestry and Resource Conservation, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- School of Forestry and Resource Conservation, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Forestry, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, 402, Taiwan
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- Department of Forestry, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, 402, Taiwan
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- Department of Plant Biology, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- School of Forestry and Resource Conservation, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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Dikaios I, Schiphorst C, Dall’Osto L, Alboresi A, Bassi R, Pinnola A. Functional analysis of LHCSR1, a protein catalyzing NPQ in mosses, by heterologous expression in Arabidopsis thaliana. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2019; 142:249-264. [PMID: 31270669 PMCID: PMC6874524 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-019-00656-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2019] [Accepted: 06/27/2019] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Non-photochemical quenching, NPQ, of chlorophyll fluorescence regulates the heat dissipation of chlorophyll excited states and determines the efficiency of the oxygenic photosynthetic systems. NPQ is regulated by a pH-sensing protein, responding to the chloroplast lumen acidification induced by excess light, coupled to an actuator, a chlorophyll/xanthophyll subunit where quenching reactions are catalyzed. In plants, the sensor is PSBS, while the two pigment-binding proteins Lhcb4 (also known as CP29) and LHCII are the actuators. In algae and mosses, stress-related light-harvesting proteins (LHCSR) comprise both functions of sensor and actuator within a single subunit. Here, we report on expressing the lhcsr1 gene from the moss Physcomitrella patens into several Arabidopsis thaliana npq4 mutants lacking the pH sensing PSBS protein essential for NPQ activity. The heterologous protein LHCSR1 accumulates in thylakoids of A. thaliana and NPQ activity can be partially restored. Complementation of double mutants lacking, besides PSBS, specific xanthophylls, allowed analyzing chromophore requirement for LHCSR-dependent quenching activity. We show that the partial recovery of NPQ is mostly due to the lower levels of Zeaxanthin in A. thaliana in comparison to P. patens. Complemented npq2npq4 mutants, lacking besides PSBS, Zeaxanthin Epoxidase, showed an NPQ recovery of up to 70% in comparison to A. thaliana wild type. Furthermore, we show that Lutein is not essential for the folding nor for the quenching activity of LHCSR1. In short, we have developed a system to study the function of LHCSR proteins using heterologous expression in a variety of A. thaliana mutants.
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- Ioannis Dikaios
- Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Verona, 37134 Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Verona, 37134 Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Verona, 37134 Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Verona, 37134 Italy
- Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, Pavia, 27100 Italy
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Endoplasmic reticulum retention signaling and transmembrane channel proteins predicted for oilseed ω3 fatty acid desaturase 3 (FAD3) genes. Funct Integr Genomics 2019; 20:433-458. [PMID: 31781992 DOI: 10.1007/s10142-019-00718-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2019] [Revised: 09/19/2019] [Accepted: 09/23/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Oilseed crop oils contain a variety of unsaturated fatty acids that are synthesized and regulated by fatty acid desaturases (FADs). In this study, 14 FAD3 (ω3 desaturase) protein sequences from oilseeds are analyzed and presented through the application of several computational tools. The results indicated a close relationship between Brassica napus and Camelina sativa, as well as between Salvia hispanica and Perilla frutescens FAD3s, due to a high similarity in codon preferences in codon usage clusters and the phylogenetic tree. The cis-acting element results reveal that the seed-specific promoter region of BnFAD3 contains the critical conserved boxes such as HSE and ABRE, which are involved in responsiveness to heat stress and abscisic acid. The presence of the aforementioned conserved boxes may increase cold acclimation as well as tolerance to drought and high salinity. Omega(ω)3 desaturases contain a Skn-1 motif which is a cis-acting regulatory element required involved in endosperm development. In oilseed FAD3s, leucine is the most repeated amino acid in FAD3 proteins. The study conveyed that B. napus, Camelina sativa, Linum usitatissimum, Vernicia fordii, Gossypium hirsutum, S. hispanica, Cannabis sativa, and P. frutescens have retention signal KXKXX/XKXX at their c-terminus sites, which is one of the most important characteristics of FADs. Additionally, it was found that BnFAD3 is a transmembrane protein that can convert ω6 to ω3 fatty acids and may simultaneously act as a potassium ion channel in the ER.
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Dann M, Leister D. Evidence that cyanobacterial Sll1217 functions analogously to PGRL1 in enhancing PGR5-dependent cyclic electron flow. Nat Commun 2019; 10:5299. [PMID: 31757966 PMCID: PMC6876563 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-13223-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2019] [Accepted: 10/29/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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In plants and cyanobacteria, the PGR5 protein contributes to cyclic electron flow around photosystem I. In plants, PGR5 interacts with PGRL1 during cyclic electron flow, but cyanobacteria appear to lack PGRL1 proteins. We have heterologously expressed the PGR5 and PGRL1 proteins from the plant Arabidopsis in various genetic backgrounds in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis. Our results show that plant PGR5 suffices to re-establish cyanobacterial cyclic electron flow (CEF), albeit less efficiently than the cyanobacterial PGR5 or the plant PGR5 and PGRL1 proteins together. A mutation that inactivates Arabidopsis PGR5 destabilises the protein in Synechocystis. Furthermore, the Synechocystis protein Sll1217, which exhibits weak sequence similarity with PGRL1, physically interacts with both plant and cyanobacterial PGR5 proteins, and stimulates CEF in Synechocystis. Therefore, Sll1217 partially acts as a PGRL1 analogue, the mode of action of PGR5 and PGRL1/Sll1217 proteins is similar in cyanobacteria and plants, and PGRL1 could have evolved from a cyanobacterial ancestor.
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- Marcel Dann
- Plant Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Großhaderner Str. 2, D-82152, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Plant Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Großhaderner Str. 2, D-82152, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany.
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Yu Y, Bian L, Jiao Z, Yu K, Wan Y, Zhang G, Guo D. Molecular cloning and characterization of a grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) serotonin N-acetyltransferase (VvSNAT2) gene involved in plant defense. BMC Genomics 2019; 20:880. [PMID: 31747891 PMCID: PMC6868852 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-019-6085-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2019] [Accepted: 09/09/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Background Melatonin is a ubiquitous molecule and exists across kingdoms. Studies on melatonin in plants have mainly focused on its physiological influence on growth and development, and on its biosynthesis. A number of studies have been conducted on the melatonin content and exogenous melatonin treatment of grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.). However, key genes or enzymes of the melatonin biosynthetic pathway remain unclear. Results In this study, we cloned and identified the gene encoding serotonin N-acetyltransferase (SNAT) in grapevine (VvSNAT2). The VvSNAT2 protein was identified from a collection of 30 members of the grapevine GCN5-related N-acetyltransferase (GNAT) superfamily. Phylogenetic and protein sublocalization analyses showed that the candidate gene VvGNAT16 is VvSNAT2. Characterization of VvSNAT2 showed that its enzymatic activity is highest at a pH of 8.8 and a temperature of 45 °C. Analysis of enzyme kinetics showed the values of Km and Vmax of VvSNAT2 using serotonin were 392.5 μM and 836 pmol/min/mg protein, respectively. The expression of VvSNAT2 was induced by melatonin treatment and pathogen inoculation. Overexpression of VvSNAT2 in Arabidopsis resulted in greater accumulation of melatonin and chlorophyll and enhanced resistance to powdery mildew in the transgenic plants compared with the wild type (WT). Additionally, our data showed that the marker genes in the salicylic acid (SA) signaling pathway were expressed to higher levels in the transgenic plants compared with the WT. Conclusions The VvSNAT2 gene was cloned and identified in grapevine for the first time. Our results indicate that VvSNAT2 overexpression activates the SA and JA signaling pathways; however, the SA pathway plays a central role in VvSNAT2-mediated plant defense.
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- Yihe Yu
- Henan Engineering Technology Research Center of Quality Regulation and Controlling of Horticultural Plants, College of Forestry, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan Province, 471023, People's Republic of China
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- Henan Engineering Technology Research Center of Quality Regulation and Controlling of Horticultural Plants, College of Forestry, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan Province, 471023, People's Republic of China
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- Henan Engineering Technology Research Center of Quality Regulation and Controlling of Horticultural Plants, College of Forestry, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan Province, 471023, People's Republic of China
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- Henan Engineering Technology Research Center of Quality Regulation and Controlling of Horticultural Plants, College of Forestry, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan Province, 471023, People's Republic of China
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- Henan Engineering Technology Research Center of Quality Regulation and Controlling of Horticultural Plants, College of Forestry, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan Province, 471023, People's Republic of China
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- Henan Engineering Technology Research Center of Quality Regulation and Controlling of Horticultural Plants, College of Forestry, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan Province, 471023, People's Republic of China
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- Henan Engineering Technology Research Center of Quality Regulation and Controlling of Horticultural Plants, College of Forestry, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan Province, 471023, People's Republic of China.
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Lande NV, Barua P, Gayen D, Kumar S, Chakraborty S, Chakraborty N. Proteomic dissection of the chloroplast: Moving beyond photosynthesis. J Proteomics 2019; 212:103542. [PMID: 31704367 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2019.103542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2019] [Revised: 09/15/2019] [Accepted: 10/03/2019] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Chloroplast, the photosynthetic machinery, converts photoenergy to ATP and NADPH, which powers the production of carbohydrates from atmospheric CO2 and H2O. It also serves as a major production site of multivariate pro-defense molecules, and coordinate with other organelles for cell defense. Chloroplast harbors 30-50% of total cellular proteins, out of which 80% are membrane residents and are difficult to solubilize. While proteome profiling has illuminated vast areas of biological protein space, a great deal of effort must be invested to understand the proteomic landscape of the chloroplast, which plays central role in photosynthesis, energy metabolism and stress-adaptation. Therefore, characterization of chloroplast proteome would not only provide the foundation for future investigation of expression and function of chloroplast proteins, but would open up new avenues for modulation of plant productivity through synchronizing chloroplastic key components. In this review, we summarize the progress that has been made to build new understanding of the chloroplast proteome and implications of chloroplast dynamicsing generate metabolic energy and modulating stress adaptation.
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- Nilesh Vikram Lande
- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India.
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Chen J, Xia L, Wang W, Wang Z, Hou S, Xie C, Cai J, Lu Y. Identification of a mitochondrial-targeting secretory protein from Nocardia seriolae which induces apoptosis in fathead minnow cells. JOURNAL OF FISH DISEASES 2019; 42:1493-1507. [PMID: 31482589 DOI: 10.1111/jfd.13062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2019] [Revised: 06/27/2019] [Accepted: 06/28/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Nocardia seriolae is the main pathogen responsible for fish nocardiosis. A mitochondrial-targeting secretory protein (MTSP) 3141 with an N-terminal transit peptide (TP) from N. seriolae was predicted by bioinformatic analysis based on the genomic sequence of the N. seriolae strain ZJ0503. However, the function of the MTSP3141 and its homologs remains totally unknown. In this study, mass spectrometry analysis of the extracellular products from N. seriolae proved that MTSP3141 was a secretory protein, subcellular localization research showed the MTSP3141-GFP fusion protein co-localized with mitochondria in fathead minnow (FHM) cells, the TP played an important role in mitochondria targeting, and only the TP located at N-terminus but not C-terminus can lead to mitochondria directing. Moreover, quantitative assays of mitochondrial membrane potential (ΔΨm) value, caspase-3 activity and apoptosis-related gene (Bcl-2, Bax, Bad, Bid and p53) mRNA expression suggested that cell apoptosis was induced in FHM cells by the overexpression of both MTSP3141 and MTSP3141ΔTP (with the N-terminal TP deleted) proteins. Taken together, the results of this study indicated that the MTSP3141 of N. seriolae was a secretory protein, might target mitochondria, induce apoptosis in host cells and function as a virulence factor.
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- Jianlin Chen
- Shenzhen Institute of Guangdong Ocean University, Shenzhen City, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Biology and Epidemiology for Aquatic Economic Animals, Fishery College of Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang City, China
- Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Aquatic Animal Health Assessment, Shenzhen Public Service Platform for Evaluation of Marine Economic Animal Seedings, Shenzhen City, China
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- Shenzhen Institute of Guangdong Ocean University, Shenzhen City, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Biology and Epidemiology for Aquatic Economic Animals, Fishery College of Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang City, China
- Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Aquatic Animal Health Assessment, Shenzhen Public Service Platform for Evaluation of Marine Economic Animal Seedings, Shenzhen City, China
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- Shenzhen Institute of Guangdong Ocean University, Shenzhen City, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Biology and Epidemiology for Aquatic Economic Animals, Fishery College of Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang City, China
- Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Aquatic Animal Health Assessment, Shenzhen Public Service Platform for Evaluation of Marine Economic Animal Seedings, Shenzhen City, China
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- Shenzhen Institute of Guangdong Ocean University, Shenzhen City, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Biology and Epidemiology for Aquatic Economic Animals, Fishery College of Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang City, China
- Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Aquatic Animal Health Assessment, Shenzhen Public Service Platform for Evaluation of Marine Economic Animal Seedings, Shenzhen City, China
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- Shenzhen Institute of Guangdong Ocean University, Shenzhen City, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Biology and Epidemiology for Aquatic Economic Animals, Fishery College of Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang City, China
- Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Aquatic Animal Health Assessment, Shenzhen Public Service Platform for Evaluation of Marine Economic Animal Seedings, Shenzhen City, China
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- Shenzhen Institute of Guangdong Ocean University, Shenzhen City, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Biology and Epidemiology for Aquatic Economic Animals, Fishery College of Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang City, China
- Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Aquatic Animal Health Assessment, Shenzhen Public Service Platform for Evaluation of Marine Economic Animal Seedings, Shenzhen City, China
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- Shenzhen Institute of Guangdong Ocean University, Shenzhen City, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Biology and Epidemiology for Aquatic Economic Animals, Fishery College of Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang City, China
- Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Aquatic Animal Health Assessment, Shenzhen Public Service Platform for Evaluation of Marine Economic Animal Seedings, Shenzhen City, China
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- Shenzhen Institute of Guangdong Ocean University, Shenzhen City, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Biology and Epidemiology for Aquatic Economic Animals, Fishery College of Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang City, China
- Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Aquatic Animal Health Assessment, Shenzhen Public Service Platform for Evaluation of Marine Economic Animal Seedings, Shenzhen City, China
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Fürtauer L, Küstner L, Weckwerth W, Heyer AG, Nägele T. Resolving subcellular plant metabolism. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2019; 100:438-455. [PMID: 31361942 PMCID: PMC8653894 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2019] [Revised: 07/09/2019] [Accepted: 07/12/2019] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Plant cells are characterized by a high degree of compartmentalization and a diverse proteome and metabolome. Only a very limited number of studies has addressed combined subcellular proteomics and metabolomics which strongly limits biochemical and physiological interpretation of large-scale 'omics data. Our study presents a methodological combination of nonaqueous fractionation, shotgun proteomics, enzyme activities and metabolomics to reveal subcellular diurnal dynamics of plant metabolism. Subcellular marker protein sets were identified and enzymatically validated to resolve metabolism in a four-compartment model comprising chloroplasts, cytosol, vacuole and mitochondria. These marker sets are now available for future studies that aim to monitor subcellular metabolome and proteome dynamics. Comparing subcellular dynamics in wild type plants and HXK1-deficient gin2-1 mutants revealed a strong impact of HXK1 activity on metabolome dynamics in multiple compartments. Glucose accumulation in the cytosol of gin2-1 was accompanied by diminished vacuolar glucose levels. Subcellular dynamics of pyruvate, succinate and fumarate amounts were significantly affected in gin2-1 and coincided with differential mitochondrial proteome dynamics. Lowered mitochondrial glycine and serine amounts in gin2-1 together with reduced abundance of photorespiratory proteins indicated an effect of the gin2-1 mutation on photorespiratory capacity. Our findings highlight the necessity to resolve plant metabolism to a subcellular level to provide a causal relationship between metabolites, proteins and metabolic pathway regulation.
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- Lisa Fürtauer
- Department Biology I, Plant Evolutionary Cell BiologyLudwig‐Maximilians‐Universität MünchenPlanegg‐MartinsriedGermany
- Department of Ecogenomics and Systems BiologyUniversity of ViennaViennaAustria
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- Department of Plant BiotechnologyUniversity of StuttgartInstitute of Biomaterials and Biomolecular SystemsStuttgartGermany
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- Department of Ecogenomics and Systems BiologyUniversity of ViennaViennaAustria
- Vienna Metabolomics CenterUniversity of ViennaViennaAustria
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- Department of Plant BiotechnologyUniversity of StuttgartInstitute of Biomaterials and Biomolecular SystemsStuttgartGermany
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- Department Biology I, Plant Evolutionary Cell BiologyLudwig‐Maximilians‐Universität MünchenPlanegg‐MartinsriedGermany
- Department of Ecogenomics and Systems BiologyUniversity of ViennaViennaAustria
- Vienna Metabolomics CenterUniversity of ViennaViennaAustria
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Kadirjan-Kalbach DK, Turmo A, Wang J, Smith BC, Chen C, Porter KJ, Childs KL, DellaPenna D, Osteryoung KW. Allelic Variation in the Chloroplast Division Gene FtsZ2-2 Leads to Natural Variation in Chloroplast Size. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2019; 181:1059-1074. [PMID: 31488573 PMCID: PMC6836828 DOI: 10.1104/pp.19.00841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2019] [Accepted: 08/28/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Chloroplast size varies considerably in nature, but the underlying mechanisms are unknown. By exploiting a near-isogenic line population derived from a cross between the Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) accessions Cape Verde Islands (Cvi-1), which has larger chloroplasts, and Landsberg erecta (Ler-0), with smaller chloroplasts, we determined that the large-chloroplast phenotype in Cvi-1 is associated with allelic variation in the gene encoding the chloroplast-division protein FtsZ2-2, a tubulin-related cytoskeletal component of the contractile FtsZ ring inside chloroplasts. Sequencing revealed that the Cvi-1 FtsZ2-2 allele encodes a C-terminally truncated protein lacking a region required for FtsZ2-2 interaction with inner-envelope proteins, and functional complementation experiments in a Columbia-0 ftsZ2-2 null mutant confirmed this allele as causal for the increased chloroplast size in Cvi-1. Comparison of FtsZ2-2 coding sequences in the 1001 Genomes database showed that the Cvi-1 allele is rare and identified additional rare loss-of-function alleles, including a natural null allele, in three other accessions, all of which had enlarged-chloroplast phenotypes. The ratio of nonsynonymous to synonymous substitutions was higher among the FtsZ2-2 genes than among the two other FtsZ family members in Arabidopsis, FtsZ2-1, a close paralog of FtsZ2-2, and the functionally distinct FtsZ1-1, indicating more relaxed constraint on the FtsZ2-2 coding sequence than on those of FtsZ2-1 or FtsZ1-1 Our results establish that allelic variation in FtsZ2-2 contributes to natural variation in chloroplast size in Arabidopsis, and they also demonstrate that natural variation in Arabidopsis can be used to decipher the genetic basis of differences in fundamental cell biological traits, such as organelle size.
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- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824
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- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824
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- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824
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- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824
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- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824
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- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824
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Li C, Liu X, Pan J, Guo J, Wang Q, Chen C, Li N, Zhang K, Yang B, Sun C, Deng X, Wang P. A lil3 chlp double mutant with exclusive accumulation of geranylgeranyl chlorophyll displays a lethal phenotype in rice. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2019; 19:456. [PMID: 31664904 PMCID: PMC6819399 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-019-2028-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2019] [Accepted: 09/11/2019] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND Phytyl residues are the common side chains of chlorophyll (Chl) and tocopherols. Geranylgeranyl reductase (GGR), which is encoded by CHLP gene, is responsible for phytyl biosynthesis. The light-harvesting like protein LIL3 was suggested to be required for stability of GGR and protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase in Arabidopsis. RESULTS In this study, we isolated a yellow-green leaf mutant, 637ys, in rice (Oryza sativa). The mutant accumulated majority of Chls with unsaturated geranylgeraniol side chains and displayed a yellow-green leaf phenotype through the whole growth period. The development of chloroplasts was suppressed, and the major agronomic traits, especially No. of productive panicles per plant and of spikelets per panicle, dramatically decreased in 637ys. Besides, the mutant exhibited to be sensitive to light intensity and deficiency of tocopherols without obvious alteration in tocotrienols in leaves and grains. Map-based cloning and complementation experiment demonstrated that a point mutation on the OsLIL3 gene accounted for the mutant phenotype of 637ys. OsLIL3 is mainly expressed in green tissues, and its encoded protein is targeted to the chloroplast. Furthermore, the 637ys 502ys (lil3 chlp) double mutant exclusively accumulated geranylgeranyl Chl and exhibited lethality at the three-leaf stage. CONCLUSIONS We identified the OsLIL3 gene through a map-based cloning approach. Meanwhile, we demonstrated that OsLIL3 is of extreme importance to the function of OsGGR, and that the complete replacement of phytyl side chain of chlorophyll by geranylgeranyl chain could be fatal to plant survival in rice.
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- Chunmei Li
- Rice Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, 211 Huimin Road, Wenjiang District, Chengdu, 611130, China
- Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, 24 Dongsha Street, Haizhu District, Guangzhou, 510225, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, 211 Huimin Road, Wenjiang District, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, 211 Huimin Road, Wenjiang District, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, 211 Huimin Road, Wenjiang District, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, 211 Huimin Road, Wenjiang District, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, 211 Huimin Road, Wenjiang District, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, 211 Huimin Road, Wenjiang District, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, 211 Huimin Road, Wenjiang District, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, 211 Huimin Road, Wenjiang District, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, 211 Huimin Road, Wenjiang District, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, 211 Huimin Road, Wenjiang District, Chengdu, 611130, China.
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- Rice Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, 211 Huimin Road, Wenjiang District, Chengdu, 611130, China.
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Mdodana NT, Jewell JF, Phiri EE, Smith ML, Oberlander K, Mahmoodi S, Kossmann J, Lloyd JR. Mutations in Glucan, Water Dikinase Affect Starch Degradation and Gametophore Development in the Moss Physcomitrella patens. Sci Rep 2019; 9:15114. [PMID: 31641159 PMCID: PMC6805951 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-51632-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2019] [Accepted: 10/01/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The role of starch degradation in non-vascular plants is poorly understood. To expand our knowledge of this area, we have studied this process in Physcomitrella patens. This has been achieved through examination of the step known to initiate starch degradation in angiosperms, glucan phosphorylation, catalysed by glucan, water dikinase (GWD) enzymes. Phylogenetic analysis indicates that GWD isoforms can be divided into two clades, one of which contains GWD1/GWD2 and the other GWD3 isoforms. These clades split at a very early stage within plant evolution, as distinct sequences that cluster within each were identified in all major plant lineages. Of the five genes we identified within the Physcomitrella genome that encode GWD-like enzymes, two group within the GWD1/GWD2 clade and the others within the GWD3 clade. Proteins encoded by both loci in the GWD1/GWD2 clade, named PpGWDa and PpGWDb, are localised in plastids. Mutations of either PpGWDa or PpGWDb reduce starch phosphate abundance, however, a mutation at the PpGWDa locus had a much greater influence than one at PpGWDb. Only mutations affecting PpGWDa inhibited starch degradation. Mutants lacking this enzyme also failed to develop gametophores, a phenotype that could be chemically complemented using glucose supplementation within the growth medium.
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- Ntombizanele T Mdodana
- Department of Genetics, Institute for Plant Biotechnology, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Department of Genetics, Institute for Plant Biotechnology, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Department of Genetics, Institute for Plant Biotechnology, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Department of Genetics, Institute for Plant Biotechnology, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Schweickerdt Herbarium, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield, 0028, South Africa
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- Department of Genetics, Institute for Plant Biotechnology, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Department of Genetics, Institute for Plant Biotechnology, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Department of Genetics, Institute for Plant Biotechnology, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
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Perlaza K, Toutkoushian H, Boone M, Lam M, Iwai M, Jonikas MC, Walter P, Ramundo S. The Mars1 kinase confers photoprotection through signaling in the chloroplast unfolded protein response. eLife 2019; 8:e49577. [PMID: 31612858 PMCID: PMC6794094 DOI: 10.7554/elife.49577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2019] [Accepted: 08/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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In response to proteotoxic stress, chloroplasts communicate with the nuclear gene expression system through a chloroplast unfolded protein response (cpUPR). We isolated Chlamydomonas reinhardtii mutants that disrupt cpUPR signaling and identified a gene encoding a previously uncharacterized cytoplasmic protein kinase, termed Mars1-for mutant affected in chloroplast-to-nucleus retrograde signaling-as the first known component in cpUPR signal transmission. Lack of cpUPR induction in MARS1 mutant cells impaired their ability to cope with chloroplast stress, including exposure to excessive light. Conversely, transgenic activation of cpUPR signaling conferred an advantage to cells undergoing photooxidative stress. Our results indicate that the cpUPR mitigates chloroplast photodamage and that manipulation of this pathway is a potential avenue for engineering photosynthetic organisms with increased tolerance to chloroplast stress.
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- Karina Perlaza
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San FranciscoSan FranciscoUnited States
- Department of Biochemistry and BiophysicsUniversity of California, San FranciscoSan FranciscoUnited States
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San FranciscoSan FranciscoUnited States
- Department of Biochemistry and BiophysicsUniversity of California, San FranciscoSan FranciscoUnited States
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San FranciscoSan FranciscoUnited States
- Department of Biochemistry and BiophysicsUniversity of California, San FranciscoSan FranciscoUnited States
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San FranciscoSan FranciscoUnited States
- Department of Biochemistry and BiophysicsUniversity of California, San FranciscoSan FranciscoUnited States
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging DivisionLawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryBerkeleyUnited States
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- Department of Molecular BiologyPrinceton UniversityPrincetonUnited States
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San FranciscoSan FranciscoUnited States
- Department of Biochemistry and BiophysicsUniversity of California, San FranciscoSan FranciscoUnited States
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San FranciscoSan FranciscoUnited States
- Department of Biochemistry and BiophysicsUniversity of California, San FranciscoSan FranciscoUnited States
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Maia RA, da Cruz Saraiva KD, Roque ALM, Thiers KLL, Dos Santos CP, da Silva JHM, Feijó DF, Arnholdt-Schmitt B, Costa JH. Differential expression of recently duplicated PTOX genes in Glycine max during plant development and stress conditions. J Bioenerg Biomembr 2019; 51:355-370. [PMID: 31506801 DOI: 10.1007/s10863-019-09810-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2019] [Accepted: 08/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Plastid terminal oxidase (PTOX) is a chloroplast enzyme that catalyzes oxidation of plastoquinol (PQH2) and reduction of molecular oxygen to water. Its function has been associated with carotenoid biosynthesis, chlororespiration and environmental stress responses in plants. In the majority of plant species, a single gene encodes the protein and little is known about events of PTOX gene duplication and their implication to plant metabolism. Previously, two putative PTOX (PTOX1 and 2) genes were identified in Glycine max, but the evolutionary origin and the specific function of each gene was not explored. Phylogenetic analyses revealed that this gene duplication occurred apparently during speciation involving the Glycine genus ancestor, an event absent in all other available plant leguminous genomes. Gene expression evaluated by RT-qPCR and RNA-seq data revealed that both PTOX genes are ubiquitously expressed in G. max tissues, but their mRNA levels varied during development and stress conditions. In development, PTOX1 was predominant in young tissues, while PTOX2 was more expressed in aged tissues. Under stress conditions, the PTOX transcripts varied according to stress severity, i.e., PTOX1 mRNA was prevalent under mild or moderate stresses while PTOX2 was predominant in drastic stresses. Despite the high identity between proteins (97%), molecular docking revealed that PTOX1 has higher affinity to substrate plastoquinol than PTOX2. Overall, our results indicate a functional relevance of this gene duplication in G. max metabolism, whereas PTOX1 could be associated with chloroplast effectiveness and PTOX2 to senescence and/or apoptosis.
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- Rachel Alves Maia
- Functional Genomics and Bioinformatics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, 60451-970, Brazil
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- Functional Genomics and Bioinformatics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, 60451-970, Brazil
- Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Paraíba - IFPB, Campus Princesa Isabel, 58755-000, BR-426, S/N - Rural Zone, Princesa Isabel, Paraíba, Brazil
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- Functional Genomics and Bioinformatics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, 60451-970, Brazil
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- Functional Genomics and Bioinformatics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, 60451-970, Brazil
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- Functional Genomics and Bioinformatics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, 60451-970, Brazil
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- Functional Genomics and Bioinformatics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, 60451-970, Brazil
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- Functional Genomics and Bioinformatics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, 60451-970, Brazil
- Functional Cell Reprogramming and Organism Plasticity (FunCrop - virtual network), EU Marie Curie Chair, ICAAM, University of Évora, Apartado 94, 7002-554, Évora, Portugal
- Science and Technology Park Alentejo (PACT), 7005-841, Évora, Portugal
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- Functional Genomics and Bioinformatics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, 60451-970, Brazil.
- Functional Cell Reprogramming and Organism Plasticity (FunCrop - virtual network), EU Marie Curie Chair, ICAAM, University of Évora, Apartado 94, 7002-554, Évora, Portugal.
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Nawade B, Yahyaa M, Reuveny H, Shaltiel-Harpaz L, Eisenbach O, Faigenboim A, Bar-Yaakov I, Holland D, Ibdah M. Profiling of volatile terpenes from almond (Prunus dulcis) young fruits and characterization of seven terpene synthase genes. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2019; 287:110187. [PMID: 31481200 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2019.110187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2019] [Revised: 07/04/2019] [Accepted: 07/06/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Almond (Prunus dulcis) is an agricultural and economically important fruit tree from the Rosaceae family used in the food industry. The monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes perform important ecological functions such as insecticidal and antifeedant activities against various insects. The young fruits of the different almond varieties were found to produce considerable amounts of terpene volatiles, including linalool and geraniol. To identify terpene synthases (TPSs) involved in the production of these volatile terpenes, existing genome databases of the Rosaceae were screened for almond genes with significant sequence similarity to other plants TPSs. Bioinformatics analysis led to the identification of seven putative TPSs genes with complete open reading frames. We characterized the enzymes encoded by these seven complementary DNAs: the monoterpene synthases PdTPS1, PdTPS3, PdTPS5, and PdTPS6 belong to the TPS-b clade, which catalyzes the formation of β-phellandrene, geraniol, linalool, and farnesene, respectively. The sesquiterpene synthases PdTPS2 and PdTPS4, which belong to the TPS-a clade mainly catalyze the formation of bergamotene, while another sesquiterpene synthase, PdTPS7, from the TPS-g clade showed nerolidol synthase activity. The qRT-PCR analysis revealed that the various tissues of almond varieties showed differential transcription for all these PdTPSs genes.
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- Bhagwat Nawade
- Newe Yaar Research Center, Agricultural Research Organization, P.O. Box 1021, Ramat Yishay, 30095, Israel
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- Newe Yaar Research Center, Agricultural Research Organization, P.O. Box 1021, Ramat Yishay, 30095, Israel
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- Migal Galilee Research Institute, P.O. Box 831, Kiryat Shmona, 11016, Israel
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- Migal Galilee Research Institute, P.O. Box 831, Kiryat Shmona, 11016, Israel; Tel Hai college, Upper Galilee, 12210, Israel
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- Newe Yaar Research Center, Agricultural Research Organization, P.O. Box 1021, Ramat Yishay, 30095, Israel
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- Institute of Plant Science, The Volcani Center, ARO, P.O. Box 6, Bet Dagan, 50250, Israel
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- Newe Yaar Research Center, Agricultural Research Organization, P.O. Box 1021, Ramat Yishay, 30095, Israel
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- Newe Yaar Research Center, Agricultural Research Organization, P.O. Box 1021, Ramat Yishay, 30095, Israel
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- Newe Yaar Research Center, Agricultural Research Organization, P.O. Box 1021, Ramat Yishay, 30095, Israel.
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Sommerkamp JA, Frankenberg-Dinkel N, Hofmann E. Crystal structure of the first eukaryotic bilin reductase GtPEBB reveals a flipped binding mode of dihydrobiliverdin. J Biol Chem 2019; 294:13889-13901. [PMID: 31366727 PMCID: PMC6755814 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra119.009306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2019] [Revised: 07/26/2019] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Phycobilins are light-harvesting pigments of cyanobacteria, red algae, and cryptophytes. The biosynthesis of phycoerythrobilin (PEB) is catalyzed by the subsequent action of two ferredoxin-dependent bilin reductases (FDBRs). Although 15,16-dihydrobiliverdin (DHBV):ferredoxin oxidoreductase (PebA) catalyzes the two-electron reduction of biliverdin IXα to 15,16-DHBV, PEB:ferredoxin oxidoreductase (PebB) reduces this intermediate further to PEB. Interestingly, marine viruses encode the FDBR PebS combining both activities within one enzyme. Although PebA and PebS share a canonical fold with similar substrate-binding pockets, the structural determinants for the stereo- and regiospecific modification of their tetrapyrrole substrates are incompletely understood, also because of the lack of a PebB structure. Here, we solved the X-ray crystal structures of both substrate-free and -bound PEBB from the cryptophyte Guillardia theta at 1.90 and 1.65 Å, respectively. The structures of PEBB exhibit the typical α/β/α-sandwich fold. Interestingly, the open-chain tetrapyrrole substrate DHBV is bound in an unexpected flipped orientation within the canonical FDBR active site. Biochemical analyses of the WT enzyme and active site variants identified two central aspartate residues Asp-99 and Asp-219 as essential for catalytic activity. In addition, the conserved Arg-215 plays a critical role in substrate specificity, binding orientation, and active site integrity. Because these critical residues are conserved within certain FDBRs displaying A-ring reduction activity, we propose that they present a conserved mechanism for this reaction. The flipped substrate-binding mode indicates that two-electron reducing FDBRs utilize the same primary site within the binding pocket and that substrate orientation is the determinant for A- or D-ring regiospecificity.
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- Johannes A Sommerkamp
- Protein Crystallography, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr University Bochum, 44801 Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Microbiology, Technical University Kaiserslautern, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Protein Crystallography, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr University Bochum, 44801 Bochum, Germany
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Liang J, Iqbal S, Wen F, Tong M, Liu J. Phosphorus-Induced Lipid Class Alteration Revealed by Lipidomic and Transcriptomic Profiling in Oleaginous Microalga Nannochloropsis sp. PJ12. Mar Drugs 2019; 17:md17090519. [PMID: 31484443 PMCID: PMC6780086 DOI: 10.3390/md17090519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2019] [Revised: 08/29/2019] [Accepted: 09/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Phytoplankton are primary producers in the marine ecosystem, where phosphorus is often a limiting factor of their growth. Hence, they have evolved strategies to recycle phosphorus by replacing membrane phospholipids with phosphorus-free lipids. However, mechanisms for replacement of lipid classes remain poorly understood. To improve our understanding, we performed the lipidomic and transcriptomic profiling analyses of an oleaginous marine microalga Nannochloropsis sp. PJ12 in response to phosphorus depletion (PD) and replenishing. In this study, by using (liquid chromatography couple with tandem mass spectrometry) LC-MS/MS-based lipidomic analysis, we show that membrane phospholipid levels are significantly reduced upon PD, while phosphorus-free betaine lipid levels are increased. However, levels of phosphorus-free photosynthetic galactolipid and sulfolipid are not increased upon PD, consistent with the reduced photosynthetic activity. RNA-seq-based transcriptomic analysis indicates that enzymes involved in phospholipid recycling and phosphorus-free lipid synthesis are upregulated, supporting the lipidomic analysis. Furthermore, enzymes involved in FASII (type II fatty acid synthesis) elongation cycle upon PD are transcriptionally downregulated. EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) level decrease upon PD is revealed by both GC-MS (gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry) and LC-MS/MS-based lipidomic analyses. PD-induced alteration is reversed after phosphorus replenishing. Taken together, our results suggest that the alteration of lipid classes upon environmental change of phosphorus is a result of remodeling rather than de novo synthesis in Nannochloropsis sp. PJ12.
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- Jibei Liang
- Ocean College, Zhejiang University, Zhoushan 316000, China.
- School of Marine Science and Technology, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan 316022, China.
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- Ocean College, Zhejiang University, Zhoushan 316000, China.
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- Ocean College, Zhejiang University, Zhoushan 316000, China.
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- Ocean College, Zhejiang University, Zhoushan 316000, China.
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- School of Marine Science and Technology, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan 316022, China.
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Verma A, Kohli GS, Harwood DT, Ralph PJ, Murray SA. Transcriptomic investigation into polyketide toxin synthesis in Ostreopsis (Dinophyceae) species. Environ Microbiol 2019; 21:4196-4211. [PMID: 31415128 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.14780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2018] [Revised: 08/12/2019] [Accepted: 08/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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In marine ecosystems, dinoflagellates can become highly abundant and even dominant at times, despite their comparatively slow growth. Their ecological success may be related to their production of complex toxic polyketide compounds. Ostreopsis species produce potent palytoxin-like compounds (PLTX), which are associated with human skin and eye irritations, and illnesses through the consumption of contaminated seafood. To investigate the genetic basis of PLTX-like compounds, we sequenced and annotated transcriptomes from two PLTX-producing Ostreopsis species; O. cf. ovata, O. cf. siamensis, one non-PLTX producing species, O. rhodesae and compared them to a close phylogenetic relative and non-PLTX producer, Coolia malayensis. We found no clear differences in the presence or diversity of ketosynthase and ketoreductase transcripts between PLTX producing and non-producing Ostreopsis and Coolia species, as both groups contained >90 and > 10 phylogenetically diverse ketosynthase and ketoreductase transcripts, respectively. We report for the first-time type I single-, multi-domain polyketide synthases (PKSs) and hybrid non-ribosomal peptide synthase/PKS transcripts from all species. The long multi-modular PKSs were insufficient by themselves to synthesize the large complex polyether backbone of PLTX-like compounds. This implies that numerous PKS domains, including both single and multi-, work together on the biosynthesis of PLTX-like and other related polyketide compounds.
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- Arjun Verma
- Climate Change Cluster, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, New South Wales, 2007, Australia
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- Climate Change Cluster, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, New South Wales, 2007, Australia.,Alfred-Wegener-Institute Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, 27515, Germany
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- Cawthron Institute, 98, Halifax Street East, Nelson, 7010, New Zealand
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- Climate Change Cluster, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, New South Wales, 2007, Australia
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- Climate Change Cluster, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, New South Wales, 2007, Australia
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Janouškovec J, Paskerova GG, Miroliubova TS, Mikhailov KV, Birley T, Aleoshin VV, Simdyanov TG. Apicomplexan-like parasites are polyphyletic and widely but selectively dependent on cryptic plastid organelles. eLife 2019; 8:49662. [PMID: 31418692 PMCID: PMC6733595 DOI: 10.7554/elife.49662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2019] [Accepted: 08/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The phylum Apicomplexa comprises human pathogens such as Plasmodium but is also an under-explored hotspot of evolutionary diversity central to understanding the origins of parasitism and non-photosynthetic plastids. We generated single-cell transcriptomes for all major apicomplexan groups lacking large-scale sequence data. Phylogenetic analysis reveals that apicomplexan-like parasites are polyphyletic and their similar morphologies emerged convergently at least three times. Gregarines and eugregarines are monophyletic, against most expectations, and rhytidocystids and Eleutheroschizon are sister lineages to medically important taxa. Although previously unrecognized, plastids in deep-branching apicomplexans are common, and they contain some of the most divergent and AT-rich genomes ever found. In eugregarines, however, plastids are either abnormally reduced or absent, thus increasing known plastid losses in eukaryotes from two to four. Environmental sequences of ten novel plastid lineages and structural innovations in plastid proteins confirm that plastids in apicomplexans and their relatives are widespread and share a common, photosynthetic origin. Microscopic parasites known collectively as apicomplexans are responsible for several infectious diseases in humans including malaria and toxoplasmosis. The cells of the malaria parasite and many other apicomplexans contain compartments known as cryptic chloroplasts that produce molecules the parasites need to survive. Cryptic chloroplasts are similar to the chloroplasts found in plant cells, but unlike plants the compartments in apicomplexans are unable to harvest energy from sunlight. Since the cells of humans and other animals do not contain chloroplasts, cryptic chloroplasts are a potential target for new drugs to treat diseases caused by apicomplexans. However, it remains unclear how widespread cryptic chloroplasts are in these parasites, largely because few apicomplexans have been successfully grown in the laboratory. To address this question, Janouškovec et al. used an approach called single-cell transcriptomics to study ten different apicomplexans. This provided new data about the genetic make-up of each parasite that the team analysed to find out how they are related to one another. The analysis revealed that, unexpectedly, apicomplexan parasites do not share a close common ancestor and are therefore not a natural grouping from an evolutionary perspective. Instead, their similar physical appearances and lifestyles evolved independently on at least three separate occasions. Further analysis demonstrated that cryptic chloroplasts are common in apicomplexan parasites, including in lineages where they were not previously known to exist. However, at least three lineages of apicomplexans have independently lost their cryptic chloroplasts. The findings of Janouškovec et al. shed new light on the importance of chloroplasts in the evolution of life and may help develop new treatments for diseases caused by apicomplexan parasites. Several drugs targeting the cryptic chloroplasts in malaria parasites are currently in clinical trials, and this work suggests that these drugs may also have the potential to be used against other apicomplexan parasites in the future.
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- Jan Janouškovec
- Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology, Saint Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
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- Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology, Saint Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation.,Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Belozersky Institute for Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation.,Kharkevich Institute for Information Transmission Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Belozersky Institute for Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation.,Kharkevich Institute for Information Transmission Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation
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Day PM, Inoue K, Theg SM. Chloroplast Outer Membrane β-Barrel Proteins Use Components of the General Import Apparatus. THE PLANT CELL 2019; 31:1845-1855. [PMID: 31217220 PMCID: PMC6713306 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.19.00001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2019] [Revised: 05/20/2019] [Accepted: 06/15/2019] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Chloroplasts evolved from a cyanobacterial endosymbiont that resided within a eukaryotic cell. Due to their prokaryotic heritage, chloroplast outer membranes contain transmembrane β-barrel proteins. While most chloroplast proteins use N-terminal transit peptides to enter the chloroplasts through the translocons at the outer and inner chloroplast envelope membranes (TOC/TIC), only one β-barrel protein, Toc75, has been shown to use this pathway. The route other β-barrel proteins use has remained unresolved. Here we use in vitro pea (Pisum sativum) chloroplast import assays and transient expression in Nicotiana benthamiana to address this. We show that a paralog of Toc75, outer envelope protein 80 kD (OEP80), also uses a transit peptide but has a distinct envelope sorting signal. Our results additionally indicate that β-barrels that do not use transit peptides also enter the chloroplast using components of the general import pathway.
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- Philip M Day
- Department of Plant Biology, University of California-Davis, Davis, California 95616
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California-Davis, Davis, California 95616
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- Department of Plant Biology, University of California-Davis, Davis, California 95616
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Cheevarungnapakul K, Khaksar G, Panpetch P, Boonjing P, Sirikantaramas S. Identification and Functional Characterization of Genes Involved in the Biosynthesis of Caffeoylquinic Acids in Sunflower ( Helianthus annuus L.). FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:968. [PMID: 31417585 PMCID: PMC6685037 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2019] [Accepted: 07/10/2019] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) sprouts accumulate high amounts of caffeoylquinic acids (CQAs) including chlorogenic acid (5-CQA) and 1,5-diCQA. These compounds, which can be found in many plants, including tomato, globe artichoke, and chicory, have many health benefits, including antioxidant, antihepatotoxic, and antiglycative activities. However, CQA profiles and biosynthesis have not previously been studied in sunflower sprouts. In the present study, we found that 5-CQA and 1,5-diCQA were the major CQAs found in sunflower sprouts. We also identified minor accumulation of other CQAs, namely 3-CQA, 4-CQA, 3,4-diCQA, and 4,5-diCQA. According to genome-wide identification and phylogenetic analysis of genes involved in CQA biosynthesis in sunflower, three genes (HaHQT1, HaHQT2, and HaHQT3) encoding hydroxycinnamoyl CoA:quinate hydroxycinnamoyl transferase (HQT) and two genes (HaHCT1 and HaHCT2) encoding hydroxycinnamoyl CoA:shikimate/quinate hydroxycinnamoyl transferase (HCT) were identified. Expression analysis of these five genes in hypocotyls and cotyledons strongly suggested that HaHQT2 could be the main enzyme responsible for CQA biosynthesis, as HaHQT2 had the highest expression levels. In addition, when transiently expressed in the leaves of Nicotiana benthamiana, all three HaHQTs, which were soluble and not membrane-bound enzymes, could increase the content of 5-CQA by up to 94% compared to that in a control. Overall, our results increase understanding of CQA biosynthesis in sunflower sprouts and could be exploited by plant breeders to enhance accumulation of health-promoting CQAs in these plants.
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- Ketthida Cheevarungnapakul
- Molecular Crop Research Unit, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Molecular Crop Research Unit, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Molecular Crop Research Unit, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Molecular Crop Research Unit, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Molecular Crop Research Unit, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Molecular Sensory Science Center, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Selim KA, Lapina T, Forchhammer K, Ermilova E. Interaction of N-acetyl-l-glutamate kinase with the PII signal transducer in the non-photosynthetic alga Polytomella parva: Co-evolution towards a hetero-oligomeric enzyme. FEBS J 2019; 287:465-482. [PMID: 31287617 PMCID: PMC7027753 DOI: 10.1111/febs.14989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2019] [Revised: 05/17/2019] [Accepted: 07/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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During evolution, several algae and plants became heterotrophic and lost photosynthesis; however, in most cases, a nonphotosynthetic plastid was maintained. Among these organisms, the colourless alga Polytomella parva is a special case, as its plastid is devoid of any DNA, but is maintained for specific metabolic tasks carried out by nuclear encoded enzymes. This makes P. parva attractive to study molecular events underlying the transition from autotrophic to heterotrophic lifestyle. Here we characterize metabolic adaptation strategies of P. parva in comparison to the closely related photosynthetic alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii with a focus on the role of plastid‐localized PII signalling protein. Polytomella parva accumulates significantly higher amounts of most TCA cycle intermediates as well as glutamate, aspartate and arginine, the latter being specific for the colourless plastid. Correlating with the altered metabolite status, the carbon/nitrogen sensory PII signalling protein and its regulatory target N‐acetyl‐l‐glutamate‐kinase (NAGK; the controlling enzyme of arginine biosynthesis) show unique features: They have co‐evolved into a stable hetero‐oligomeric complex, irrespective of effector molecules. The PII signalling protein, so far known as a transiently interacting signalling protein, appears as a permanent subunit of the enzyme NAGK. NAGK requires PII to properly sense the feedback inhibitor arginine, and moreover, PII tunes arginine‐inhibition in response to glutamine. No other PII effector molecules interfere, indicating that the PII‐NAGK system in P. parva has lost the ability to estimate the cellular energy and carbon status but has specialized to provide an entirely glutamine‐dependent arginine feedback control, highlighting the evolutionary plasticity of PII signalling system.
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- Khaled A Selim
- Department of Microbiology/Organismic Interactions, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Germany
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- Biological Faculty, Saint-Petersburg State University, Russia
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- Department of Microbiology/Organismic Interactions, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Germany
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- Biological Faculty, Saint-Petersburg State University, Russia
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Berni R, Cai G, Xu X, Hausman JF, Guerriero G. Identification of Jasmonic Acid Biosynthetic Genes in Sweet Cherry and Expression Analysis in Four Ancient Varieties from Tuscany. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:E3569. [PMID: 31336562 PMCID: PMC6678830 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20143569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2019] [Revised: 07/15/2019] [Accepted: 07/18/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Sweet cherries are non-climacteric fruits whose early development is characterized by high levels of the phytohormone jasmonic acid (JA). Important parameters, such as firmness and susceptibility to cracking, can be affected by pre- and postharvest treatments of sweet cherries with JA. Despite the impact of JA on sweet cherry development and fruit characteristics, there are no studies (to the best of our knowledge) identifying the genes involved in the JA biosynthetic pathway in this species. We herein identify the sweet cherry members of the lipoxygenase family (13-LOX); allene oxide synthase, allene oxide cyclase and 12-oxo-phytodienoic acid reductase 3, as well as genes encoding the transcriptional master regulator MYC2. We analyze their expression pattern in four non-commercial Tuscan varieties ('Carlotta', 'Maggiola', 'Morellona', 'Crognola') having different levels of bioactives (namely phenolics). The highest differences are found in two genes encoding 13-LOX in the variety 'Maggiola' and one MYC2 isoform in 'Morellona'. No statistically-significant variations are instead present in the allene oxide synthase, allene oxide cyclase and 12-oxo-phytodienoic acid reductase 3. Our data pave the way to follow-up studies on the JA signaling pathway in these ancient varieties, for example in relation to development and post-harvest storage.
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- Roberto Berni
- University of Siena, Department of Life Sciences, via P.A. Mattioli 4, 53100 Siena, Italy
- Trees and timber institute-National research council of Italy (CNR-IVALSA), via Aurelia 49, 58022 Follonica (GR), Italy
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- University of Siena, Department of Life Sciences, via P.A. Mattioli 4, 53100 Siena, Italy
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- Research and Innovation Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, 5 avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux, L-4362 Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg
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- Research and Innovation Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, 5 avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux, L-4362 Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg
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- Research and Innovation Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, 5 avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux, L-4362 Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg.
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Genome-wide association mapping of leaf mass traits in a Vietnamese rice landrace panel. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0219274. [PMID: 31283792 PMCID: PMC6613685 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0219274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2019] [Accepted: 06/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Leaf traits are often strongly correlated with yield, which poses a major challenge in rice breeding. In the present study, using a panel of Vietnamese rice landraces genotyped with 21,623 single-nucleotide polymorphism markers, a genome-wide association study (GWAS) was conducted for several leaf traits during the vegetative stage. Vietnamese landraces are often poorly represented in panels used for GWAS, even though they are adapted to contrasting agrosystems and can contain original, valuable genetic determinants. A panel of 180 rice varieties was grown in pots for four weeks with three replicates under nethouse conditions. Different leaf traits were measured on the second fully expanded leaf of the main tiller, which often plays a major role in determining the photosynthetic capacity of the plant. The leaf fresh weight, turgid weight and dry weight were measured; then, from these measurements, the relative tissue weight and leaf dry matter percentage were computed. The leaf dry matter percentage can be considered a proxy for the photosynthetic efficiency per unit leaf area, which contributes to yield. By a GWAS, thirteen QTLs associated with these leaf traits were identified. Eleven QTLs were identified for fresh weight, eleven for turgid weight, one for dry weight, one for relative tissue weight and one for leaf dry matter percentage. Eleven QTLs presented associations with several traits, suggesting that these traits share common genetic determinants, while one QTL was specific to leaf dry matter percentage and one QTL was specific to relative tissue weight. Interestingly, some of these QTLs colocalize with leaf- or yield-related QTLs previously identified using other material. Several genes within these QTLs with a known function in leaf development or physiology are reviewed.
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Li M, Hensel G, Mascher M, Melzer M, Budhagatapalli N, Rutten T, Himmelbach A, Beier S, Korzun V, Kumlehn J, Börner T, Stein N. Leaf Variegation and Impaired Chloroplast Development Caused by a Truncated CCT Domain Gene in albostrians Barley. THE PLANT CELL 2019; 31:1430-1445. [PMID: 31023840 PMCID: PMC6635869 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.19.00132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2019] [Accepted: 04/23/2019] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Chloroplasts fuel plant development and growth by converting solar energy into chemical energy. They mature from proplastids through the concerted action of genes in both the organellar and the nuclear genome. Defects in such genes impair chloroplast development and may lead to pigment-deficient seedlings or seedlings with variegated leaves. Such mutants are instrumental as tools for dissecting genetic factors underlying the mechanisms involved in chloroplast biogenesis. Characterization of the green-white variegated albostrians mutant of barley (Hordeum vulgare) has greatly broadened the field of chloroplast biology, including the discovery of retrograde signaling. Here, we report identification of the ALBOSTRIANS gene HvAST (also known as Hordeum vulgare CCT Motif Family gene 7, HvCMF7) by positional cloning as well as its functional validation based on independently induced mutants by Targeting Induced Local Lesions in Genomes (TILLING) and RNA-guided clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats-associated protein 9 endonuclease-mediated gene editing. The phenotypes of the independent HvAST mutants imply residual activity of HvCMF7 in the original albostrians allele conferring an imperfect penetrance of the variegated phenotype even at homozygous state of the mutation. HvCMF7 is a homolog of the Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) CONSTANS, CO-like, and TOC1 (CCT) Motif transcription factor gene CHLOROPLAST IMPORT APPARATUS2, which was reported to be involved in the expression of nuclear genes essential for chloroplast biogenesis. Notably, in barley we localized HvCMF7 to the chloroplast, without any clear evidence for nuclear localization.
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- Mingjiu Li
- Genomics of Genetic Resources Group, Department of Genebank, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), 06466 Seeland, Germany
- Molecular Genetics Group, Institute of Biology, Humboldt University, 10115 Berlin, Germany
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- Plant Reproductive Biology Group, Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), 06466 Seeland, Germany
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- Domestication Genomics Group, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), 06466 Seeland, Germany
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- Structural Cell Biology Group, Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), 06466 Seeland, Germany
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- Plant Reproductive Biology Group, Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), 06466 Seeland, Germany
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- Structural Cell Biology Group, Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), 06466 Seeland, Germany
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- Genomics of Genetic Resources Group, Department of Genebank, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), 06466 Seeland, Germany
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- Bioinformatics and Information Technology Group, Department of Breeding Research, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), 06466 Seeland, Germany
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- Plant Reproductive Biology Group, Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), 06466 Seeland, Germany
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- Molecular Genetics Group, Institute of Biology, Humboldt University, 10115 Berlin, Germany
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- Genomics of Genetic Resources Group, Department of Genebank, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), 06466 Seeland, Germany
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Bouchnak I, Brugière S, Moyet L, Le Gall S, Salvi D, Kuntz M, Tardif M, Rolland N. Unraveling Hidden Components of the Chloroplast Envelope Proteome: Opportunities and Limits of Better MS Sensitivity. Mol Cell Proteomics 2019; 18:1285-1306. [PMID: 30962257 PMCID: PMC6601204 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.ra118.000988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2018] [Revised: 04/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The chloroplast is a major plant cell organelle that fulfills essential metabolic and biosynthetic functions. Located at the interface between the chloroplast and other cell compartments, the chloroplast envelope system is a strategic barrier controlling the exchange of ions, metabolites and proteins, thus regulating essential metabolic functions (synthesis of hormones precursors, amino acids, pigments, sugars, vitamins, lipids, nucleotides etc.) of the plant cell. However, unraveling the contents of the chloroplast envelope proteome remains a difficult challenge; many proteins constituting this functional double membrane system remain to be identified. Indeed, the envelope contains only 1% of the chloroplast proteins (i.e. 0.4% of the whole cell proteome). In other words, most envelope proteins are so rare at the cell, chloroplast, or even envelope level, that they remained undetectable using targeted MS studies. Cross-contamination of chloroplast subcompartments by each other and by other cell compartments during cell fractionation, impedes accurate localization of many envelope proteins. The aim of the present study was to take advantage of technologically improved MS sensitivity to better define the proteome of the chloroplast envelope (differentiate genuine envelope proteins from contaminants). This MS-based analysis relied on an enrichment factor that was calculated for each protein identified in purified envelope fractions as compared with the value obtained for the same protein in crude cell extracts. Using this approach, a total of 1269 proteins were detected in purified envelope fractions, of which, 462 could be assigned an envelope localization by combining MS-based spectral count analyses with manual annotation using data from the literature and prediction tools. Many of such proteins being previously unknown envelope components, these data constitute a new resource of significant value to the broader plant science community aiming to define principles and molecular mechanisms controlling fundamental aspects of plastid biogenesis and functions.
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- Imen Bouchnak
- From the ‡University Grenoble Alpes, INRA, CNRS, CEA, IRIG-LPCV, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- §University Grenoble Alpes, CEA, Inserm, IRIG-BGE, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- From the ‡University Grenoble Alpes, INRA, CNRS, CEA, IRIG-LPCV, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- From the ‡University Grenoble Alpes, INRA, CNRS, CEA, IRIG-LPCV, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- From the ‡University Grenoble Alpes, INRA, CNRS, CEA, IRIG-LPCV, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- From the ‡University Grenoble Alpes, INRA, CNRS, CEA, IRIG-LPCV, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- §University Grenoble Alpes, CEA, Inserm, IRIG-BGE, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- From the ‡University Grenoble Alpes, INRA, CNRS, CEA, IRIG-LPCV, 38000 Grenoble, France;.
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Prusińska JM, Boniecka J, Dąbrowska GB, Goc A. Identification and characterization of the Ipomoea nil RelA/SpoT Homologs (InRSHs) and potential directions of their transcriptional regulation. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2019; 284:161-176. [PMID: 31084869 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2019.01.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2018] [Revised: 01/13/2019] [Accepted: 01/30/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Although the stringent response has been known for more than half a century and has been well studied in bacteria, only the research of the past 19 years revealed that the homologous mechanism is conserved in plants. The plant RelA/SpoT Homolog (RSH) genes have been identified and characterized in a limited number of plant species, whereas products of their catalytic activities, (p)ppGpp (alarmones), have been shown to accumulate mainly in chloroplasts. Here, we identified full-length sequences of the Ipomoea nil RSH genes (InRSH1, InRSH2 and InCRSH), determined their copy number in the I. nil genome as well as the structural conservancy between InRSHs and their Arabidopsis and rice orthologs. We showed that InRSHs are differentially expressed in I. nil organ tissues and that only InRSH2 is upregulated in response to salt, osmotic and drought stress. Our results of the E. coli relA/spoT mutant complementation test suggest that InRSH1 is likely a (p)ppGpp hydrolase, InCRSH - synthetase and InRSH2 shows both activities. Finally, we referred our results to the recently published I. nil genomic and proteomic data and uncovered the complexity of the I. nil RSH family as well as potential ways of the InRSH transcriptional regulation.
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- Justyna M Prusińska
- Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Department of Genetics, Lwowska 1, 87-100, Toruń, Poland.
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- Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Department of Genetics, Lwowska 1, 87-100, Toruń, Poland
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- Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Department of Genetics, Lwowska 1, 87-100, Toruń, Poland
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- Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Department of Genetics, Lwowska 1, 87-100, Toruń, Poland
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Muthamilselvan T, Kim JS, Cheong G, Hwang I. Production of recombinant proteins through sequestration in chloroplasts: a strategy based on nuclear transformation and post-translational protein import. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2019; 38:825-833. [PMID: 31139894 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-019-02431-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2019] [Revised: 05/06/2019] [Accepted: 05/21/2019] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Recently, plants have emerged as a lucrative alternative system for the production of recombinant proteins, as recombinant proteins produced in plants are safer and cheaper than those produced in bacteria and animal cell-based production systems. To obtain high yields in plants, recombinant proteins are produced in chloroplasts using different strategies. The first strategy is based on chloroplast transformation, followed by gene expression and translation in chloroplasts. This has proven to be a powerful approach for the production of proteins at high levels. The second approach is based on nuclear transformation, followed by post-translational import of proteins from the cytosol into chloroplasts. In the nuclear transformation approach, foreign genes are stably integrated into the nuclear genome or transiently expressed in the nucleus by non-integrating T-DNA. Although this approach also has great potential for protein production at high levels, it has not been thoroughly investigated. In this review, we focus on nuclear transformation-based protein expression and its subsequent sequestration in chloroplasts, and summarize the different strategies used for high-level production of recombinant proteins. We also discuss future directions for further improvements in protein production in chloroplasts through nuclear transformation-based gene expression.
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- Thangarasu Muthamilselvan
- Division of Integrative Biosciences and Biotechnology, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, South Korea
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- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration, Jeonju, 54874, South Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, South Korea
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- Division of Integrative Biosciences and Biotechnology, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, South Korea.
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Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of Hsp70, Hsp90, and Hsp100 heat shock protein genes in barley under stress conditions and reproductive development. Funct Integr Genomics 2019; 19:1007-1022. [PMID: 31359217 DOI: 10.1007/s10142-019-00695-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2018] [Revised: 03/19/2019] [Accepted: 06/10/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Abiotic stress including extreme temperature disturbs the plant cellular homeostasis consequently limiting the yield potential of crop plants. Heat shock proteins (Hsps) are part of major rescue machinery of plants which aid to combat these stressed conditions by re-establishing protein homeostasis. Hsps with their chaperone and co-chaperone mechanisms regulate the activity of their substrate proteins in an ATP-dependent manner. In the present investigation, a genome-wide identification, evolutionary relationship, and comprehensive expression analysis of Hsp70, Hsp90, and Hsp100 gene families have been done in barley. The barley genome possesses 13 members of the Hsp70 gene family, along with 4 members of the Hsp110 subfamily, and 6 members of Hsp90 and 8 members of the Hsp100 gene family. Hsp genes are distributed on all 7 chromosomes of barley, and their encoded protein members are predicted to be localized to cell organelles such as cytosol, mitochondria, chloroplast, and ER. Despite a larger genome size, there are lesser members of these Hsp genes in barley, owing to less duplication events. The variable expression pattern obtained for genes encoding proteins localized to the same subcellular compartment suggests their diverse roles and involvement in different cellular responses. Expression profiling of these genes was performed by qRT-PCR in an array of 32 tissues, which showed a differential and tissue-specific expression of various members of Hsp gene families. We found the upregulation of HvHspc70-4, HvHsp70Mt70-2, HvHspc70-5a, HvHspc70-5b, HvHspc70-N1, HvHspc70-N2, HvHsp110-3, HvHsp90-1, HvHsp100-1, and HvHsp100-2 upon exposure to heat stress during reproductive development. Furthermore, their higher expression during heat stress, heavy metal stress, drought, and salinity stress was also observed in a tissue-specific manner.
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Rustgi S, Springer A, Kang C, von Wettstein D, Reinbothe C, Reinbothe S, Pollmann S. ALLENE OXIDE SYNTHASE and HYDROPEROXIDE LYASE, Two Non-Canonical Cytochrome P450s in Arabidopsis thaliana and Their Different Roles in Plant Defense. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:E3064. [PMID: 31234561 PMCID: PMC6627107 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20123064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2019] [Revised: 06/19/2019] [Accepted: 06/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The channeling of metabolites is an essential step of metabolic regulation in all living organisms. Multifunctional enzymes with defined domains for metabolite compartmentalization are rare, but in many cases, larger assemblies forming multimeric protein complexes operate in defined metabolic shunts. In Arabidopsis thaliana, a multimeric complex was discovered that contains a 13-lipoxygenase and allene oxide synthase (AOS) as well as allene oxide cyclase. All three plant enzymes are localized in chloroplasts, contributing to the biosynthesis of jasmonic acid (JA). JA and its derivatives act as ubiquitous plant defense regulators in responses to both biotic and abiotic stresses. AOS belongs to the superfamily of cytochrome P450 enzymes and is named CYP74A. Another CYP450 in chloroplasts, hydroperoxide lyase (HPL, CYP74B), competes with AOS for the common substrate. The products of the HPL reaction are green leaf volatiles that are involved in the deterrence of insect pests. Both enzymes represent non-canonical CYP450 family members, as they do not depend on O2 and NADPH-dependent CYP450 reductase activities. AOS and HPL activities are crucial for plants to respond to different biotic foes. In this mini-review, we aim to summarize how plants make use of the LOX2-AOS-AOC2 complex in chloroplasts to boost JA biosynthesis over volatile production and how this situation may change in plant communities during mass ingestion by insect pests.
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- Sachin Rustgi
- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Pee Dee Research and Education Center, Clemson University, Florence, SC 29506, USA.
- Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA.
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- Medizinische Biologie und Elektronenmikroskopisches Zentrum (EMZ), Universitätsmedizin Rostock, 18055 Rostock, Germany.
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- Department of Chemistry, Biomolecular Crystallography Center, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA.
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- Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA.
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- Biologie Environnementale et Systémique (BEEeSy), Université Grenoble Alpes, BP 53, CEDEX, F-38041 Grenoble, France.
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- Biologie Environnementale et Systémique (BEEeSy), Université Grenoble Alpes, BP 53, CEDEX, F-38041 Grenoble, France.
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- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM)-Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentación (INIA), Campus de Montegancedo, 28223 Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, Spain.
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Phytochrome activates the plastid-encoded RNA polymerase for chloroplast biogenesis via nucleus-to-plastid signaling. Nat Commun 2019; 10:2629. [PMID: 31201355 PMCID: PMC6570650 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-10518-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2019] [Accepted: 05/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Light initiates chloroplast biogenesis by activating photosynthesis-associated genes encoded by not only the nuclear but also the plastidial genome, but how photoreceptors control plastidial gene expression remains enigmatic. Here we show that the photoactivation of phytochromes triggers the expression of photosynthesis-associated plastid-encoded genes (PhAPGs) by stimulating the assembly of the bacterial-type plastidial RNA polymerase (PEP) into a 1000-kDa complex. Using forward genetic approaches, we identified REGULATOR OF CHLOROPLAST BIOGENESIS (RCB) as a dual-targeted nuclear/plastidial phytochrome signaling component required for PEP assembly. Surprisingly, RCB controls PhAPG expression primarily from the nucleus by interacting with phytochromes and promoting their localization to photobodies for the degradation of the transcriptional regulators PIF1 and PIF3. RCB-dependent PIF degradation in the nucleus signals the plastids for PEP assembly and PhAPG expression. Thus, our findings reveal the framework of a nucleus-to-plastid anterograde signaling pathway by which phytochrome signaling in the nucleus controls plastidial transcription.
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Yang EJ, Yoo CY, Liu J, Wang H, Cao J, Li FW, Pryer KM, Sun TP, Weigel D, Zhou P, Chen M. NCP activates chloroplast transcription by controlling phytochrome-dependent dual nuclear and plastidial switches. Nat Commun 2019; 10:2630. [PMID: 31201314 PMCID: PMC6570768 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-10517-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2019] [Accepted: 05/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Phytochromes initiate chloroplast biogenesis by activating genes encoding the photosynthetic apparatus, including photosynthesis-associated plastid-encoded genes (PhAPGs). PhAPGs are transcribed by a bacterial-type RNA polymerase (PEP), but how phytochromes in the nucleus activate chloroplast gene expression remains enigmatic. We report here a forward genetic screen in Arabidopsis that identified NUCLEAR CONTROL OF PEP ACTIVITY (NCP) as a necessary component of phytochrome signaling for PhAPG activation. NCP is dual-targeted to plastids and the nucleus. While nuclear NCP mediates the degradation of two repressors of chloroplast biogenesis, PIF1 and PIF3, NCP in plastids promotes the assembly of the PEP complex for PhAPG transcription. NCP and its paralog RCB are non-catalytic thioredoxin-like proteins that diverged in seed plants to adopt nonredundant functions in phytochrome signaling. These results support a model in which phytochromes control PhAPG expression through light-dependent double nuclear and plastidial switches that are linked by evolutionarily conserved and dual-localized regulatory proteins. Phytochrome signaling in the nucleus can activate expression of photosynthesis-associated genes in plastids. Here Yang et al. show that NCP is a dual-targeted protein that promotes phytochrome B localization to photobodies in the nucleus while facilitating PEP polymerase assembly in the plastids.
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- Emily J Yang
- Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, Institute for Integrative Genome Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA.,Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA.,Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, Institute for Integrative Genome Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 27710, USA.,State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 650201, Kunming, China
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- Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, Institute for Integrative Genome Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA.,Boyce Thompson Institute, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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- Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 27710, USA.
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- Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, Institute for Integrative Genome Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA.
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Durante L, Hübner W, Lauersen KJ, Remacle C. Characterization of the GPR1/FUN34/YaaH protein family in the green microalga Chlamydomonas suggests their role as intracellular membrane acetate channels. PLANT DIRECT 2019; 3:e00148. [PMID: 31245784 PMCID: PMC6556978 DOI: 10.1002/pld3.148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2019] [Revised: 05/15/2019] [Accepted: 05/16/2019] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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The unicellular green microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is a powerful photosynthetic model organism which is capable of heterotrophic growth on acetate as a sole carbon source. This capacity has enabled its use for investigations of perturbations in photosynthetic machinery as mutants can be recovered heterotrophically. Fixation of acetate into cellular carbon metabolism occurs first by its conversion into acetyl-CoA by a respective synthase and the generation of succinate by the glyoxylate cycle. These metabolic steps have been recently determined to largely occur in the peroxisomes of this alga; however, little is known about the trafficking and import of acetate or its subcellular compartmentalization. Recently, the genes of five proteins belonging to the GPR1/FUN34/YaaH (GFY) superfamily were observed to exhibit increased expression in C. reinhardtii upon acetate addition, however, no further characterization has been reported. Here, we provide several lines of evidence to implicate Cr GFY1-5 as channels which share structural homology with bacterial succinate-acetate channels and specifically localize to microbodies, which are surprisingly distinct from the glyoxylate cycle-containing peroxisomes. We demonstrate structural models, gene expression profiling, and in vivo fluorescence localization of all five isoforms in the algal cell to further support this role.
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- Lorenzo Durante
- Genetics and Physiology of MicroalgaeInBios/PhytosystemsUniversity of LiegeLiegeBelgium
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- Biomolecular PhotonicsDepartment of PhysicsBielefeld UniversityBielefeldGermany
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- Faculty of BiologyCenter for Biotechnology (CeBiTec)Bielefeld UniversityBielefeldGermany
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- Genetics and Physiology of MicroalgaeInBios/PhytosystemsUniversity of LiegeLiegeBelgium
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Zou Z, Yang J. Genomics analysis of the light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b-binding (Lhc) superfamily in cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz). Gene 2019; 702:171-181. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2019.03.071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2018] [Revised: 03/15/2019] [Accepted: 03/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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