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Romero-Puertas MC, Laxa M, Mattè A, Zaninotto F, Finkemeier I, Jones AME, Perazzolli M, Vandelle E, Dietz KJ, Delledonne M. S-nitrosylation of peroxiredoxin II E promotes peroxynitrite-mediated tyrosine nitration. THE PLANT CELL 2007; 19:4120-30. [PMID: 18165327 PMCID: PMC2217656 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.107.055061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2007] [Revised: 10/20/2007] [Accepted: 11/23/2007] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Nitric oxide (NO) is a free radical product of cell metabolism that plays diverse and important roles in the regulation of cellular function. S-Nitrosylation is emerging as a specific and fundamental posttranslational protein modification for the transduction of NO bioactivity, but very little is known about its physiological functions in plants. We investigated the molecular mechanism for S-nitrosylation of peroxiredoxin II E (PrxII E) from Arabidopsis thaliana and found that this posttranslational modification inhibits the hydroperoxide-reducing peroxidase activity of PrxII E, thus revealing a novel regulatory mechanism for peroxiredoxins. Furthermore, we obtained biochemical and genetic evidence that PrxII E functions in detoxifying peroxynitrite (ONOO-), a potent oxidizing and nitrating species formed in a diffusion-limited reaction between NO and O2- that can interfere with Tyr kinase signaling through the nitration of Tyr residues. S-Nitrosylation also inhibits the ONOO- detoxification activity of PrxII E, causing a dramatic increase of ONOO--dependent nitrotyrosine residue formation. The same increase was observed in a prxII E mutant line after exposure to ONOO-, indicating that the PrxII E modulation of ONOO- bioactivity is biologically relevant. We conclude that NO regulates the effects of its own radicals through the S-nitrosylation of crucial components of the antioxidant defense system that function as common triggers for reactive oxygen species- and NO-mediated signaling events.
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- Maria C Romero-Puertas
- Dipartimento Scientifico e Tecnologico, Università degli Studi di Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy
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Queval G, Issakidis-Bourguet E, Hoeberichts FA, Vandorpe M, Gakière B, Vanacker H, Miginiac-Maslow M, Van Breusegem F, Noctor G. Conditional oxidative stress responses in the Arabidopsis photorespiratory mutant cat2 demonstrate that redox state is a key modulator of daylength-dependent gene expression, and define photoperiod as a crucial factor in the regulation of H2O2-induced cell death. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2007; 52:640-57. [PMID: 17877712 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2007.03263.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 279] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Photorespiration is a light-dependent source of H(2)O(2) in the peroxisomes, where concentrations of this signalling molecule are regulated by catalase. Growth of Arabidopsis knock-out mutants for CATALASE2 (cat2) in ambient air caused severely decreased rosette biomass, intracellular redox perturbation and activation of oxidative signalling pathways. These effects were absent when cat2 was grown at high CO(2) levels to inhibit photorespiration, but were re-established following a subsequent transfer to air. Growth of cat2 in air at different daylengths revealed that photoperiod is a critical determinant of the oxidative stress response. Decreased growth was observed in 8-h, 12-h and 16-h photoperiods, but lesion development was dependent on long days. Experiments at different light fluence rates showed that cell death in cat2 was linked to long days and not to total light exposure or the severity of oxidative stress. Perturbed intracellular redox state and oxidative signalling pathway induction were more prominent in short days than in long days, as evidenced by glutathione status and induction of defence genes and oxidative stress-responsive transcripts. Similar daylength-dependent effects were observed in the response of mature plants transferred from short days in high CO(2) conditions to ambient air conditions. Prior growth of plants with short days in air alleviated the cat2 cell-death phenotype in long days. Together, the data reveal the influence of photoperiodic events on redox signalling, and define distinct photoperiod-dependent strategies in the acclimation versus cell-death decision in stress conditions.
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- Guillaume Queval
- Institut de Biotechnologie des Plantes, Université de Paris Sud XI, 91405 Orsay cedex, France
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Barranco-Medina S, Krell T, Finkemeier I, Sevilla F, Lázaro JJ, Dietz KJ. Biochemical and molecular characterization of the mitochondrial peroxiredoxin PsPrxII F from Pisum sativum. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2007; 45:729-39. [PMID: 17881238 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2007.07.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2006] [Accepted: 07/25/2007] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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The pea peroxiredoxin homologue PsPrxII F of the Arabidopsis thaliana mitochondrial AtPrxII F was isolated as cDNA and genomic DNA, and characterized in respect to its biochemical and molecular properties. The deduced amino acid sequence contains an N-terminal targeting address for mitochondrial import. Mitochondrial location of PsPrxII F was confirmed by immunocytochemistry. The mature enzyme, without the transit peptide, has a molecular mass of 18.75 kDa, and, at positions 59 and 84, carries the two catalytic cysteinyl residues which are characteristic for this particular Prx subgroup. Activity of site-directed mutagenized C84S-variant lacking the so-called resolving Cys dropped to about 12% of WT Prx while C59S lost its peroxidatic activity completely. Likewise, WT PsPrxII F and C84S-variant but not C59S protected plasmid DNA against strand breakage in a mixed function oxidation assay. WT PrxII F and the variant proteins aggregated to high mass oligomers not yet described for type II Prx. Upon oxidation with hydrogen peroxide PsPrxII F focussed in a series of spots of distinct pI but similar molecular masses in two-dimensional gels indicating different oxidation states of the protein. Using this technique, partial oxidation was also detected in leaf extracts and isolated mitochondria. PsPrxII F mRNA and protein accumulated in cold and heavy metals treated pea plants suggesting a particular function under stress.
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- Sergio Barranco-Medina
- Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology of Plants, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, E-18008 Granada, Spain
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Chen ZY, Brown RL, Damann KE, Cleveland TE. Identification of Maize Kernel Endosperm Proteins Associated with Resistance to Aflatoxin Contamination by Aspergillus flavus. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2007; 97:1094-103. [PMID: 18944174 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-97-9-1094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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ABSTRACT Aflatoxins are carcinogens produced mainly by Aspergillus flavus during infection of susceptible crops such as maize (Zea mays). Previously, embryo proteins from maize genotypes resistant or susceptible to A. flavus infection were compared using proteomics, and resistance-associated proteins were identified. Here, we report the comparison of maize endosperm proteins from five resistant and five susceptible genotypes, and the identification of additional resistance-associated proteins using the same approach. Ten protein spots were upregulated twofold or higher in resistant lines compared with susceptible ones. Peptide sequencing of these proteins identified them as a globulin-2 protein, late embryogenesis abundant proteins (LEA3 and LEA14), a stress-related peroxiredoxin antioxidant (PER1), heat-shock proteins (HSP17.2), a cold-regulated protein (COR), and an antifungal trypsin-inhibitor protein (TI). The gene encoding one such upregulated protein, PER1, was cloned and overexpressed in Escherichia coli. The overexpressed PER1 protein demonstrated peroxidase activity in vitro. In addition, per1 expression was significantly higher in the resistant genotype Mp420 than in the susceptible genotype B73 during the late stage of kernel development, and was significantly induced upon A. flavus infection, suggesting that it may play an important role in enhancing kernel stress tolerance and aflatoxin resistance. The significance of other identified proteins to host resistance and stress tolerance also is discussed.
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Wakita M, Masuda S, Motohashi K, Hisabori T, Ohta H, Takamiya KI. The significance of type II and PrxQ peroxiredoxins for antioxidative stress response in the purple bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:27792-801. [PMID: 17644813 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m702855200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Two peroxiredoxins, classified as Type II and PrxQ, were characterized in the purple non-sulfur photosynthetic bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides. Both recombinant proteins showed remarkable thioredoxin-dependent peroxidase activity with broad substrate specificity in vitro. Nevertheless, PrxQ of R. sphaeroides, unlike typical PrxQs studied to date, does not contain one of the two conserved catalytic Cys residues. We found that R. sphaeroides PrxQ and other PrxQ-like proteins from several organisms conserve a different second Cys residue, indicating that these proteins should be categorized into a novel PrxQ subfamily. Disruption of either the Type II or PrxQ gene in R. sphaeroides had a dramatic effect on cell viability when the cells were grown under aerobic light or oxidative stress conditions created by exogenous addition of reactive oxygen species to the medium. Growth rates of the mutants were significantly decreased compared with that of wild type under aerobic but not anaerobic conditions. These results indicate that the peroxiredoxins are crucial for antioxidative stress response in this bacterium. The gene disruptants also demonstrated reduced levels of photopigment synthesis, suggesting that the peroxiredoxins are directly or indirectly involved in regulated synthesis of the photosynthetic apparatus.
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- Masahiro Wakita
- Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
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Singh AK, Sherman LA. Reflections on the function of IsiA, a cyanobacterial stress-inducible, Chl-binding protein. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2007; 93:17-25. [PMID: 17375369 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-007-9151-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2006] [Accepted: 02/19/2007] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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The isiA gene encodes a protein that is similar to the Photosystem II chlorophyll-binding protein CP43, but lacks the entire large lumenal loop of over 100 amino acids. What is the function of this IsiA protein? Research on IsiA has traveled a long and interesting path since it was first discovered by its large accumulation during growth under iron-limited conditions. What appeared to be a simple on-off switch for isiA based on iron concentration has developed into a much richer and more intriguing set of possibilities that involve its expression and function. We provide an overview of isiA transcriptional regulation by many environmental factors and its proposed functions. We also describe the response to oxidative stress by cells that lack the IsiA protein. It is now clear that isiA expression can be de-repressed in the presence of normal iron levels and that the regulatory mechanisms can be linked to the inter-relationship between iron homeostasis and oxidative stress. The de facto transcriptional control of isiA expression has expanded to include regulation at both the transcriptional and post-transcriptional levels.
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- Abhay K Singh
- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, Hansen Hall, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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Reichheld JP, Khafif M, Riondet C, Droux M, Bonnard G, Meyer Y. Inactivation of thioredoxin reductases reveals a complex interplay between thioredoxin and glutathione pathways in Arabidopsis development. THE PLANT CELL 2007; 19:1851-65. [PMID: 17586656 PMCID: PMC1955716 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.107.050849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 185] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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NADPH-dependent thioredoxin reductases (NTRs) are key regulatory enzymes determining the redox state of the thioredoxin system. The Arabidopsis thaliana genome has two genes coding for NTRs (NTRA and NTRB), both of which encode mitochondrial and cytosolic isoforms. Surprisingly, plants of the ntra ntrb knockout mutant are viable and fertile, although with a wrinkled seed phenotype, slower plant growth, and pollen with reduced fitness. Thus, in contrast with mammals, our data demonstrate that neither cytosolic nor mitochondrial NTRs are essential in plants. Nevertheless, in the double mutant, the cytosolic thioredoxin h3 is only partially oxidized, suggesting an alternative mechanism for thioredoxin reduction. Plant growth in ntra ntrb plants is hypersensitive to buthionine sulfoximine (BSO), a specific inhibitor of glutathione biosynthesis, and thioredoxin h3 is totally oxidized under this treatment. Interestingly, this BSO-mediated growth arrest is fully reversible, suggesting that BSO induces a growth arrest signal but not a toxic accumulation of activated oxygen species. Moreover, crossing ntra ntrb with rootmeristemless1, a mutant blocked in root growth due to strongly reduced glutathione synthesis, led to complete inhibition of both shoot and root growth, indicating that either the NTR or the glutathione pathway is required for postembryonic activity in the apical meristem.
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- Jean-Philippe Reichheld
- Laboratoire Génome et Développement des Plantes, Université de Perpignan, Unité Mixte de Recherche, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 5096, Perpignan, France.
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Trebst A. Inhibitors in the functional dissection of the photosynthetic electron transport system. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2007; 92:217-24. [PMID: 17647089 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-007-9213-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2007] [Accepted: 06/08/2007] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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The significance of inhibitors and artificial electron acceptor and donor systems as experimental tools for studying the photosynthetic system is described by reviewing early classical articles. The historical development in unravelling the role and sequence of electron carriers and energy conserving sites in the electron transport chain is acknowledged. Emphasis is given to inhibitors of the acceptor side of photosystem II and of the plastoquinol oxidation site in the cytochrome b6/f complex. Their role in regulatory processes under redox control is introduced.
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- Achim Trebst
- Plant Biochemistry, Ruhr-University, 44780 Bochum, Germany.
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Lemaire SD, Michelet L, Zaffagnini M, Massot V, Issakidis-Bourguet E. Thioredoxins in chloroplasts. Curr Genet 2007; 51:343-65. [PMID: 17431629 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-007-0128-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2007] [Revised: 03/05/2007] [Accepted: 03/09/2007] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Thioredoxins (TRXs) are small disulfide oxidoreductases of ca. 12 kDa found in all free living organisms. In plants, two chloroplastic TRXs, named TRX f and TRX m, were originally identified as light dependent regulators of several carbon metabolism enzymes including Calvin cycle enzymes. The availability of genome sequences revealed an unsuspected multiplicity of TRXs in photosynthetic eukaryotes, including new chloroplastic TRX types. Moreover, proteomic approaches and focused studies allowed identification of 90 potential chloroplastic TRX targets. Lately, recent studies suggest the existence of a complex interplay between TRXs and other redox regulators such as glutaredoxins (GRXs) or glutathione. The latter is involved in a post-translational modification, named glutathionylation that could be controlled by GRXs. Glutathionylation appears to specifically affect the activity of TRX f and other chloroplastic enzymes and could thereby constitute a previously undescribed regulatory mechanism of photosynthetic metabolism under oxidative stress. After summarizing the initial studies on TRX f and TRX m, this review will focus on the most recent developments with special emphasis on the contributions of genomics and proteomics to the field of TRXs. Finally, new emerging interactions with other redox signaling pathways and perspectives for future studies will also be discussed.
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- Stéphane D Lemaire
- Institut de Biotechnologie des Plantes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 8618, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Univ Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France.
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Wormuth D, Heiber I, Shaikali J, Kandlbinder A, Baier M, Dietz KJ. Redox regulation and antioxidative defence in Arabidopsis leaves viewed from a systems biology perspective. J Biotechnol 2007; 129:229-48. [PMID: 17207878 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2006.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2006] [Revised: 11/11/2006] [Accepted: 12/04/2006] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Redox regulation is a central control element in cell metabolism. It is employed to adjust photosynthesis and the antioxidant defence system of leaves to the prevailing environment. During recent years progress has been made in describing the redox-dependent alterations in metabolism, the thiol/disulfide proteome, the redox-dependent and cross-talking signalling pathways and the target genes of redox regulation. Some transcription factors have been identified as proteins that perform thiol/disulfide transitions linked to the redox-regulation of specific plant promoters. In addition first mathematical models have been designed to simulate antioxidant defence and predict its response. Taken together, a profound experimental data set has been generated which allows to approach a systems biology type of understanding of antioxidant defence in photosynthesising cells in the near future. Since oxidative stress is likely to limit plant growth under stress, such a systematic understanding of antioxidant defence will help to define novel targets for breeding stress-tolerant plants.
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- Dennis Wormuth
- Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants, Faculty of Biology, W5, Bielefeld University, 33501 Bielefeld, Germany
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Ahsan N, Lee DG, Lee SH, Kang KY, Lee JJ, Kim PJ, Yoon HS, Kim JS, Lee BH. Excess copper induced physiological and proteomic changes in germinating rice seeds. CHEMOSPHERE 2007; 67:1182-93. [PMID: 17182080 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.10.075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2006] [Revised: 09/11/2006] [Accepted: 10/25/2006] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Copper is an essential micronutrient for plants. Present at a high concentration in soil, copper is also regarded as a major toxicant to plant cells due to its potential inhibitory effects against many physiological and biochemical processes. The interference of germination-related proteins by heavy metals has not been well documented at the proteomic level. In the current study, physiological, biochemical and proteomic changes of germinating rice seeds were investigated under copper stress. Germination rate, shoot elongation, plant biomass, and water content were decreased, whereas accumulation of copper and TBARS content in seeds were increased significantly with increasing copper concentrations from 0.2mM to 1.5mM followed by germination. The SDS-PAGE showed the preliminary changes in the polypeptides patterns under copper stress. Protein profiles analyzed by two-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE) revealed that 25 protein spots were differentially expressed in copper-treated samples. Among them, 18 protein spots were up-regulated and 7 protein spots were down-regulated. These differentially displayed proteins were identified by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. The up-regulation of some antioxidant and stress-related proteins such as glyoxalase I, peroxiredoxin, aldose reductase, and some regulatory proteins such as DnaK-type molecular chaperone, UlpI protease, and receptor-like kinase clearly indicated that excess copper generates oxidative stress that might be disruptive to other important metabolic processes. Moreover, down-regulation of key metabolic enzymes like alpha-amylase or enolase revealed that the inhibition of seed germinations after exposure to excess copper not only affects starvation in water uptake by seeds but also results in failure in the reserve mobilization processes. These results indicate a good correlation between the physiological and biochemical changes in germinating rice seeds exposed to excess copper.
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- Nagib Ahsan
- Department of Animal Science and Biotechnology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, Republic of Korea
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Haberer K, Herbinger K, Alexou M, Tausz M, Rennenberg H. Antioxidative defence of old growth beech (Fagus sylvatica) under double ambient O3 concentrations in a free-air exposure system. PLANT BIOLOGY (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 2007; 9:215-26. [PMID: 17357016 DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-964824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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In this study the influence of chronic free-air ozone exposure and of different meteorological conditions in the very dry year 2003 and the more humid year 2004 on the antioxidative system in sun and shade leaves of adult FAGUS SYLVATICA trees were investigated. Contents of ascorbate, glutathione, and alpha-tocopherol, as well as chloroplast pigments were determined under ambient (1 x O(3)) and double ambient (2 x O(3)) ozone concentrations. Ozone affected the antioxidative system in June and July, causing lower ascorbate contents in the apoplastic space, a more oxidized redox state of ascorbate and glutathione and an increase in pigment contents predominantly in the shade crown. For all measured parameters significant differences between the years were observed. In 2004 the redox state of ascorbate and glutathione was in a more reduced state and leaf contents of alpha-tocopherol, pigments of the xanthophyll cycle, beta-carotene, lutein, neoxanthin, and alpha-carotene were lower compared to 2003. Contents of total glutathione and chlorophyll a + b were increased in the second year. These results indicate a strong influence of the drought conditions in 2003 on the antioxidative system of beech overruling the ozone effects. Shade leaves showed lower contents of ascorbate in both years and the redox states of ascorbate and glutathione were more oxidized compared to sun leaves. Contents of photoprotective and accessory pigments generally were enhanced and the de-epoxidation state of the xanthophyll cycle was lower in the shade compared to the sun crown. Exhibiting less antioxidants shade leaves seem to be more sensitive against ozone than sun leaves.
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- K Haberer
- Institute of Forest Botany and Tree Physiology, Albert Ludwigs University, Georges-Köhler-Allee 053/054, 79110 Freiburg, Germany.
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Caporaletti D, D'Alessio AC, Rodriguez-Suarez RJ, Senn AM, Duek PD, Wolosiuk RA. Non-reductive modulation of chloroplast fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase by 2-Cys peroxiredoxin. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2007; 355:722-7. [PMID: 17307139 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2007] [Accepted: 02/02/2007] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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2-Cys peroxiredoxin (2-Cys Prx) is a large group of proteins that participate in cell proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis, and photosynthesis. In the prevailing view, this ubiquitous peroxidase poises the concentration of H2O2 and, in so doing, regulates signal transduction pathways or protects macromolecules against oxidative damage. Here, we describe the first purification of 2-Cys Prx from higher plants and subsequently we show that the native and the recombinant forms of rapeseed leaves stimulate the activity of chloroplast fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (CFBPase), a key enzyme of the photosynthetic CO2 assimilation. The absence of reductants, the strict requirement of both fructose 1,6-bisphosphate and Ca2+, and the response of single mutants C174S and C179S CFBPase bring forward clear differences with the well-known stimulation mediated by reduced thioredoxin via the regulatory 170's loop of CFBPase. Taken together, these findings provide an unprecedented insight into chloroplast enzyme regulation wherein both 2-Cys Prx and the 170's loop of CFBPase exhibit novel functions.
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- Daniel Caporaletti
- Instituto Leloir, Patricias Argentinas 435, C1405BWE Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Huang JK, Ken CF, Huang HM, Lin CT. Biochemical characterization of a novel 2-Cys peroxiredoxin from Antrodia camphorata. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2007; 74:84-92. [PMID: 17031636 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-006-0626-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2006] [Revised: 08/07/2006] [Accepted: 08/09/2006] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Peroxiredoxins (Prxs) play important roles in antioxidation and cell signaling. A gene encoding a novel 2-Cys Prx was identified based on sequence homology in an expressed sequence tag database of the Antrodia camphorata, a medicinal mushroom found only in Taiwan. The 2-Cys Prx cDNA (940 bp) encodes a protein of 188 amino acid residues with calculated molecular mass of 20,965 Da and a pI of 5.89. The coding region was subcloned into pAVD10, transformed into Escherichia coli, and expressed as a His-tagged fusion protein. The purified enzyme was characterized under various conditions. The Prx retained 68% activity after being heated at 60 degrees C for 2 min. It was stable under a broad pH range from 5 to 11. The enzyme activity was slightly decreased in the presence of 1% sodium dodecyl sulfate. The enzyme was somewhat susceptible to chymotrypsin treatment but resistant to digestion by trypsin.
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- Jenq-Kuen Huang
- Department of Chemistry, Western Illinois University, 1 University Circle, Macomb, IL 61455-1390, USA
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Rey P, Bécuwe N, Barrault MB, Rumeau D, Havaux M, Biteau B, Toledano MB. The Arabidopsis thaliana sulfiredoxin is a plastidic cysteine-sulfinic acid reductase involved in the photooxidative stress response. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2007; 49:505-14. [PMID: 17217469 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2006.02969.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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The 2-cysteine peroxiredoxins (2-Cys-Prxs) are antioxidants that reduce peroxides through a thiol-based mechanism. During catalysis, these ubiquitous enzymes are occasionally inactivated by the substrate-dependent oxidation of the catalytic cysteine to the sulfinic acid (-SO2H) form, and are reactivated by reduction by sulfiredoxin (Srx), an enzyme recently identified in yeast and in mammal cells. In plants, 2-Cys-Prxs constitute the most abundant Prxs and are located in chloroplasts. Here we have characterized the unique Srx gene in Arabidopsis thaliana (AtSrx) from a functional point of view, and analyzed the phenotype of two AtSrx knockout (AtSrx-) mutant lines. AtSrx is a chloroplastic enzyme displaying sulfinic acid reductase activity, as shown by the ability of the recombinant AtSrx to reduce the overoxidized 2-Cys-Prx form in vitro, and by the accumulation of the overoxidized Prx in mutant lines lacking Srx in vivo. Furthermore, AtSrx mutants exhibit an increased tolerance to photooxidative stress generated by high light combined with low temperature. These data establish that, as in yeast and in mammals, plant 2-Cys-Prxs are subject to substrate-mediated inactivation reversed by Srx, and suggest that the 2-Cys-Prx redox status and sulfiredoxin are parts of a signaling mechanism participating in plant responses to oxidative stress.
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- Pascal Rey
- CEA, DSV, DEVM, LEMP, Laboratoire d'Ecophysiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, UMR 6191 CNRS-CEA-Université de la Méditerranée, 13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, Cedex, France.
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Laxa M, König J, Dietz KJ, Kandlbinder A. Role of the cysteine residues in Arabidopsis thaliana cyclophilin CYP20-3 in peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase and redox-related functions. Biochem J 2007; 401:287-97. [PMID: 16928193 PMCID: PMC1698676 DOI: 10.1042/bj20061092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Cyps (cyclophilins) are ubiquitous proteins of the immunophilin superfamily with proposed functions in protein folding, protein degradation, stress response and signal transduction. Conserved cysteine residues further suggest a role in redox regulation. In order to get insight into the conformational change mechanism and functional properties of the chloroplast-located CYP20-3, site-directed mutagenized cysteine-->serine variants were generated and analysed for enzymatic and conformational properties under reducing and oxidizing conditions. Compared with the wild-type form, elimination of three out of the four cysteine residues decreased the catalytic efficiency of PPI (peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase) activity of the reduced CYP20-3, indicating a regulatory role of dithiol-disulfide transitions in protein function. Oxidation was accompanied by conformational changes with a predominant role in the structural rearrangement of the disulfide bridge formed between Cys(54) and Cys(171). The rather negative E(m) (midpoint redox potential) of -319 mV places CYP20-3 into the redox hierarchy of the chloroplast, suggesting the activation of CYP20-3 in the light under conditions of limited acceptor availability for photosynthesis as realized under environmental stress. Chloroplast Prx (peroxiredoxins) were identified as interacting partners of CYP20-3 in a DNA-protection assay. A catalytic role in the reduction of 2-Cys PrxA and 2-Cys PrxB was assigned to Cys(129) and Cys(171). In addition, it was shown that the isomerization and disulfide-reduction activities are two independent functions of CYP20-3 that both are regulated by the redox state of its active centre.
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- Miriam Laxa
- *Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants, Faculty of Biology, W5, Bielefeld University, 33501 Bielefeld, Germany
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- *Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants, Faculty of Biology, W5, Bielefeld University, 33501 Bielefeld, Germany
- †Division of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Microbiology, The Wellcome Trust Biocentre, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, U.K
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- *Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants, Faculty of Biology, W5, Bielefeld University, 33501 Bielefeld, Germany
- To whom correspondence should be addressed (email )
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- *Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants, Faculty of Biology, W5, Bielefeld University, 33501 Bielefeld, Germany
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Ikhmyangan EN, Vasilenko NL, Sinitsina OI, Buneva VN, Nevinsky GA. Substrate specificity of rat sera IgG antibodies with peroxidase and oxidoreductase activities. J Mol Recognit 2007; 19:432-40. [PMID: 16835846 DOI: 10.1002/jmr.787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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We have recently shown that intact IgGs from the sera of healthy Wistar rats oxidize 3,3'-diaminobenzidine (DAB) in the presence and in the absence of H(2)O(2) similar to horseradish peroxidase (HRP). Here we demonstrate for the first time that the peroxidase and oxidoreductase activities of IgGs can efficiently oxidize not only DAB but also o-phenylendiamine, phenol, p-dihydroquinone, alpha-naphthol, and NADH but, in contrast to HRP, cannot oxidize adrenalin. In contrast to IgGs, HRP cannot oxidize phenol, p-dihydroquinone, or alpha-naphthol in the absence of H(2)O(2). In contrast to plant and mammalian peroxidases, IgGs were more universal in their metal dependence. The specific wide repertoire of polyclonal peroxidase and oxidoreductase IgGs oxidizing various substances could play an important role in protecting the organism from oxidative stress and serve as an additional natural system destroying different toxic, carcinogenic, and mutagenic compounds.
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- Erdenechimeg N Ikhmyangan
- Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences, 10 Lavrentieva Avenue, Novosibirsk, Russia
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Wen L, Huang HM, Juang RH, Lin CT. Biochemical characterization of 1-Cys peroxiredoxin from Antrodia camphorata. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2007; 73:1314-22. [PMID: 17103164 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-006-0608-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2006] [Revised: 07/27/2006] [Accepted: 08/08/2006] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Antrodia camphorata is a unique medicinal mushroom found only in Taiwan. It has been used as a remedy for various diseases in folk medicine. Antrodia camphorata has been shown to exhibit antioxidative effects. Peroxiredoxins play important roles in antioxidation and cell signaling. A gene encoding an antioxidant enzyme, 1-cysteine peroxiredoxin (1-Cys Prx), was identified in an expressed sequence tag database of the A. camphorata and cloned by polymerase chain reaction. The 1-Cys Prx cDNA (837 bp, accession no. AY870325) contains an open reading frame encoding a protein of 223 amino acid residues with calculated molecular mass of 25,081 Da. The deduced protein shared 44-58% identity with 1-Cys Prx from Homo sapiens, Bos taurus, and Saccharomyces cerevisia. The sequence surrounding the conserved cysteine DFTPVCTTE is conserved. The coding sequence was subcloned into a vector, pET-20b (+), and transformed into Escherichia coli. The recombinant 1-Cys Prx was purified by Ni(2+)-nitrilotriacetic acid (Sepharose). The purified enzyme was characterized under various conditions. The enzyme is thermostable because its half-life of inactivation was 15.5 min at 60 degrees C. It was stable under alkaline pH range from 7.8 to 10.2. The enzyme showed decreased activity with increasing concentration of imidazole. The enzyme is sensitive to trypsin and chymotrypsin treatment.
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- Lisa Wen
- Department of Chemistry, Western Illinois University, 1 University Circle, Macomb, IL, 61455-1390, USA
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Peroxiredoxins carry out the efficient reduction of a typically broad range of peroxide substrates through an absolutely conserved, activated cysteine residue within a highly conserved active site pocket structure. Though details of reductive recycling after cysteine sulfenic acid formation at the active site vary among members of different Prx classes, local unfolding around the active site cysteine is likely generally required in these proteins for disulfide bond formation with a second resolving cysteine and/or for access of the reductant to the oxidized active site. The conformational change associated with the catalytic cycle and the redox-dependent decamer formation occurring in at least some typical 2-Cys Prxs have interesting implications in the interplay between active site loop dynamics, oligomerization state, catalytic efficiency and propensity toward inactivation during turnover in these important antioxidant enzymes.
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- Leslie B Poole
- Department of Biochemistry, Center for Structural Biology, BGTC, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA
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With 8 to 10 members, the peroxiredoxin gene family of each higher plant with known genome sequence is larger than in other eukaryotes. Likewise, the complexity of reductive regenerants is very high, e.g. the chloroplast 2-Cys Prx is reduced by various thioredoxins, cyclophilin Cyp20-3, the drought induced CDSP32 and the NADPH-dependent reductant NTRC. In the light of the apparent versatility of the peroxiredoxin system in plants, its specific and important functions in antioxidant defence, photosynthesis and stress adaptation, the review attempts a survey of present day knowledge on plant peroxiredoxins, their biochemical features and transcript regulation, as well as their function in photosynthesis, development, stress response and pathogenesis. The emerging evidence for plant Prx function in cell signaling is summarized.
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- Karl-Josef Dietz
- Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants, Faculty of Biology W5-134, University of Bielefeld, Germany
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Jones AME, Thomas V, Bennett MH, Mansfield J, Grant M. Modifications to the Arabidopsis defense proteome occur prior to significant transcriptional change in response to inoculation with Pseudomonas syringae. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2006; 142:1603-20. [PMID: 17028151 PMCID: PMC1676056 DOI: 10.1104/pp.106.086231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2006] [Accepted: 09/21/2006] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Alterations in the proteome of Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) leaves during responses to challenge by Pseudomonas syringae pv tomato DC3000 were analyzed using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. Protein changes characteristic of the establishment of disease, basal resistance, and resistance-gene-mediated resistance were examined by comparing responses to DC3000, a hrp mutant, and DC3000 expressing avrRpm1, respectively. The abundance of each protein identified was compared with that of selected transcripts obtained from comparable GeneChip experiments. We report changes in three subcellular fractions: total soluble protein, chloroplast enriched, and mitochondria enriched over four time points (1.5-6 h after inoculation). In total, 73 differential spots representing 52 unique proteins were successfully identified. Many of the changes in protein spot density occurred before significant transcriptional reprogramming was evident between treatments. The high proportion of proteins represented by more than one spot indicated that many of the changes to the proteome can be attributed to posttranscriptional modifications. Proteins found to show significant change after bacterial challenge are representative of two main functional groups: defense-related antioxidants and metabolic enzymes. Significant changes to photosystem II and to components of the mitochondrial permeability transition were also identified. Rapid communication between organelles and regulation of primary metabolism through redox-mediated signaling are supported by our data.
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- Alexandra M E Jones
- Department of Agricultural Science, Imperial College London, Wye TN25 5AH, United Kingdom.
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Dooki AD, Mayer-Posner FJ, Askari H, Zaiee AA, Salekdeh GH. Proteomic responses of rice young panicles to salinity. Proteomics 2006; 6:6498-507. [PMID: 17163441 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200600367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Rice (Oryza sativa) is most sensitive to salinity during the reproductive stage. We employed a proteomic approach to further understand the mechanism of plant responses to salinity at an early reproductive stage. Plants were grown in culture solution and salt stress imposed at panicle initiation. After 12 days of stress, young panicles were collected from control and salt stressed plants. The Na+ and K+ content of panicle and several yield components changed significantly in response to short-term salt stress. The collected panicles were sorted into three different sizes (7 +/- 1, 11 +/- 1, and 15 +/- 1 mm) and their proteome patterns were analyzed using 2-DE in triplicates. The expression pattern of 13 proteins significantly changed in all panicle sizes in response to stress. MS analysis of salt responsive proteins and 16 other highly abundant proteins of panicle led to the identification of proteins involved in several salt responsive mechanisms which may increase plant adaptation to salt stress including higher constitutive expression level and up-regulation of antioxidants, up-regulation of proteins involved in translation, transcription, signal transduction, and ATP generation. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first proteome analysis of plant young panicle which may enhance our understanding of plant molecular responses to salinity. Proteome reference map of rice young panicle is available at http://www.proteome.ir.
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Petersson UA, Kieselbach T, García-Cerdán JG, Schröder WP. The Prx Q protein ofArabidopsis thalianais a member of the luminal chloroplast proteome. FEBS Lett 2006; 580:6055-61. [PMID: 17054949 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2006] [Revised: 09/29/2006] [Accepted: 10/02/2006] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Peroxiredoxins have been discovered in many organisms ranging from eubacteria to mammals, and their known biological functions include both oxidant defense and signal transduction. The genome of Arabidopsis thaliana encodes for ten individual peroxiredoxins, of which four are located in the chloroplast. The best-characterized member of the chloroplast peroxiredoxins is 2-Cys Prx that is associated with the stroma side of the thylakoid membrane and is considered to participate in antioxidant defense and protection of photosynthesis. This study addressed the chloroplast peroxiredoxin Prx Q and showed that its subcellular location is the lumen of the thylakoid membrane. To get insight in the biological function of the Prx Q protein of Arabidopsis, the protein levels of the Prx Q protein in thylakoid membranes were studied under different light conditions and oxidative stress. A T-DNA knockout mutant of Prx Q did not show any visible phenotype and had normal photosynthetic performance with a slightly increased oxygen evolving activity.
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- Ulrika A Petersson
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Arrhenius Laboratories for Natural Sciences, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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Noguera-Mazon V, Krimm I, Walker O, Lancelin JM. Protein-protein interactions within peroxiredoxin systems. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2006; 89:277-90. [PMID: 17089212 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-006-9106-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2006] [Accepted: 09/11/2006] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Peroxiredoxin systems in plants were demonstrated involved in crucial roles related to reactive oxygenated species (ROS) metabolism and the linked cell signalling to ROS. Peroxiredoxins function as peroxidasic systems that combine at least a reactivating reductant agent like thioredoxins, and sometimes glutaredoxins and glutathion. In the past three years a number of peroxiredoxin structures were solved by crystallography in different experimental crystallisation conditions. The structures have revealed a significant propensity of peroxiredoxins for oligomerism that was confirmed by biophysical studies in solution using NMR and other methods as analytical ultra-centrifugation. These studies showed that quaternary structures of peroxiredoxins involve specific protein-protein interaction interfaces that rely upon the peroxiredoxin types and/or their redox conditions. The protein-protein interactions with the reactivating redoxins essentially lead to transient unstable complexes. We review herein the different protein-protein interactions characterized or deduced from those reports.
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- Valérie Noguera-Mazon
- Sciences Analytiques, ANABIO - RMN et Spectrométrie de Masse Biomoléculaires, CNRS UMR 5180, Université Claude Bernard - Lyon 1, Domaine Scientifique de La Doua, Ecole Supérieure de Chimie Physique Electronique de Lyon, F-69622, Villeurbanne, France
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Michelet L, Zaffagnini M, Massot V, Keryer E, Vanacker H, Miginiac-Maslow M, Issakidis-Bourguet E, Lemaire SD. Thioredoxins, glutaredoxins, and glutathionylation: new crosstalks to explore. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2006; 89:225-45. [PMID: 17089213 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-006-9096-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2006] [Accepted: 08/17/2006] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Oxidants are widely considered as toxic molecules that cells have to scavenge and detoxify efficiently and continuously. However, emerging evidence suggests that these oxidants can play an important role in redox signaling, mainly through a set of reversible post-translational modifications of thiol residues on proteins. The most studied redox system in photosynthetic organisms is the thioredoxin (TRX) system, involved in the regulation of a growing number of target proteins via thiol/disulfide exchanges. In addition, recent studies suggest that glutaredoxins (GRX) could also play an important role in redox signaling especially by regulating protein glutathionylation, a post-translational modification whose importance begins to be recognized in mammals while much less is known in photosynthetic organisms. This review focuses on oxidants and redox signaling with particular emphasis on recent developments in the study of functions, regulation mechanisms and targets of TRX, GRX and glutathionylation. This review will also present the complex emerging interplay between these three components of redox-signaling networks.
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- Laure Michelet
- Institut de Biotechnologie des Plantes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 8618, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Université Paris-Sud, Bâtiment 630, Orsay Cedex, 91405, France
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Pérez-Ruiz JM, Spínola MC, Kirchsteiger K, Moreno J, Sahrawy M, Cejudo FJ. Rice NTRC is a high-efficiency redox system for chloroplast protection against oxidative damage. THE PLANT CELL 2006; 18:2356-68. [PMID: 16891402 PMCID: PMC1560923 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.106.041541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 249] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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One of the mechanisms plants have developed for chloroplast protection against oxidative damage involves a 2-Cys peroxiredoxin, which has been proposed to be reduced by ferredoxin and plastid thioredoxins, Trx x and CDSP32, the FTR/Trx pathway. We show that rice (Oryza sativa) chloroplast NADPH THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE (NTRC), with a thioredoxin domain, uses NADPH to reduce the chloroplast 2-Cys peroxiredoxin BAS1, which then reduces hydrogen peroxide. The presence of both NTR and Trx-like domains in a single polypeptide is absolutely required for the high catalytic efficiency of NTRC. An Arabidopsis thaliana knockout mutant for NTRC shows irregular mesophyll cell shape, abnormal chloroplast structure, and unbalanced BAS1 redox state, resulting in impaired photosynthesis rate under low light. Constitutive expression of wild-type NTRC in mutant transgenic lines rescued this phenotype. Moreover, prolonged darkness followed by light/dark incubation produced an increase in hydrogen peroxide and lipid peroxidation in leaves and accelerated senescence of NTRC-deficient plants. We propose that NTRC constitutes an alternative system for chloroplast protection against oxidative damage, using NADPH as the source of reducing power. Since no light-driven reduced ferredoxin is produced at night, the NTRC-BAS1 pathway may be a key detoxification system during darkness, with NADPH produced by the oxidative pentose phosphate pathway as the source of reducing power.
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- Juan Manuel Pérez-Ruiz
- Instituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis, Centro de Investigaciones Científicas Isla de la Cartuja, 41092 Seville, Spain
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Moon JC, Jang HH, Chae HB, Lee JR, Lee SY, Jung YJ, Shin MR, Lim HS, Chung WS, Yun DJ, Lee KO, Lee SY. The C-type Arabidopsis thioredoxin reductase ANTR-C acts as an electron donor to 2-Cys peroxiredoxins in chloroplasts. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2006; 348:478-84. [PMID: 16884685 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.07.088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2006] [Accepted: 07/14/2006] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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2-Cys peroxiredoxins (Prxs) play important roles in the antioxidative defense systems of plant chloroplasts. In order to determine the interaction partner for these proteins in Arabidopsis, we used a yeast two-hybrid screening procedure with a C175S-mutant of Arabidopsis 2-Cys Prx-A as bait. A cDNA encoding an NADPH-dependent thioredoxin reductase (NTR) isotype C was identified and designated ANTR-C. We demonstrated that this protein effected efficient transfer of electrons from NADPH to the 2-Cys Prxs of chloroplasts. Interaction between 2-Cys Prx-A and ANTR-C was confirmed by a pull-down experiment. ANTR-C contained N-terminal TR and C-terminal Trx domains. It exhibited both TR and Trx activities and co-localized with 2-Cys Prx-A in chloroplasts. These results suggest that ANTR-C functions as an electron donor for plastidial 2-Cys Prxs and represents the NADPH-dependent TR/Trx system in chloroplasts.
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- Jeong Chan Moon
- Environmental Biotechnology National Core Research Center, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Republic of Korea
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Kohli A, Melendi PG, Abranches R, Capell T, Stoger E, Christou P. The Quest to Understand the Basis and Mechanisms that Control Expression of Introduced Transgenes in Crop Plants. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2006; 1:185-95. [PMID: 19521484 PMCID: PMC2634025 DOI: 10.4161/psb.1.4.3195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2006] [Accepted: 07/12/2006] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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We discuss mechanisms and factors that influence levels and stability of expressed heterologous proteins in crop plants. We have seen substantial progress in this field over the past two decades in model experimental organisms such as Arabidopsis and tobacco. There is no question such studies have resulted in furthering our understanding of key processes in the plant cell and the elaboration of sophisticated models to explain underlying mechanisms that might influence the fate, levels and stability of expression of recombinant heterologous proteins in plants. However, very often, such information is not applicable outside these laboratory experimental models. In order to generate a knowledge basis that can be used to achieve high levels and stability of heterologous proteins in relevant crop plants it is imperative to perform such studies on the target crops. With this in mind, we discuss key elements of the process at the DNA, RNA and protein levels. We believe it is essential to discuss recombinant protein production in crops in a holistic manner in order to develop a comprehensive knowledge base that will in turn serve plant biotechnology applications well.
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- Ajay Kohli
- Institute for Research on Environment & Sustainability (IRES); University of Newcastle upon Tyne; Newcastle, UK
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Quimica e Biologica; Plant Cell Biology Laboratory; Oeiras, Portugal and Universidade Nova de Lisboa
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- Biology VII; RWTH Aachen; Aachen, Germany
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- ICREA; Department de Produccio Vegetal I Ciencia Forestal; Lleida, Spain
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Vieira Dos Santos C, Rey P. Plant thioredoxins are key actors in the oxidative stress response. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2006; 11:329-34. [PMID: 16782394 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2006.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 214] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2006] [Revised: 04/20/2006] [Accepted: 05/25/2006] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Thioredoxins are ubiquitous disulfide reductases that regulate the redox status of target proteins. Although plant thioredoxins display a striking diversity not found in other organisms, many of their physiological roles have yet to be determined. Based on recent publications investigating thioredoxin targets and genetically modified plants, thioredoxins appear to play a fundamental role in plant tolerance of oxidative stress. They are involved in oxidative damage avoidance by supplying reducing power to reductases detoxifying lipid hydroperoxides or repairing oxidized proteins. Furthermore, other lines of evidence indicate that thioredoxins could act as regulators of scavenging mechanisms and as components of signalling pathways in the plant antioxidant network.
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- Christina Vieira Dos Santos
- CEA/Cadarache, DSV, DEVM, Laboratoire d'Ecophysiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Bâtiment 161, 13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance Cedex, France
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Cano A, Hernández-Ruiz J, Arnao MB. Changes in hydrophilic antioxidant activity in Avena sativa and Triticum aestivum leaves of different age during de-etiolation and high-light treatment. JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH 2006; 119:321-7. [PMID: 16628378 DOI: 10.1007/s10265-006-0275-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2005] [Accepted: 02/15/2006] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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The steady-state of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in plant cells is controlled by ROS-producing and scavenging agents. A large cellular pool of antioxidant metabolites is involved in their control. Variations in this antioxidant pool may be monitored by measuring changes in hydrophilic antioxidant activity (free radical-quenching activity of water-soluble components) and ascorbic acid levels. The de-etiolation process and induction of light stress in Avena sativa and Triticum aestivum leaves were used as physiological models to study the antioxidant status at different ages. The data showed that five-day-old green plants and de-etiolated plants of the same age have similar hydrophilic antioxidant activity ( approximately 8 mumol ASC equivalents g FW(-1)), which increases during the de-etiolation process. In oat and wheat, young leaves (five days old) had higher antioxidant status (hydrophilic antioxidant activity and ascorbic acid level) than old leaves (10 and 20 days old). High-light treatment caused a decrease in antioxidant status, especially in young leaves. Hydrophilic antioxidant activity and ascorbic acid levels recovered totally or partially after 30 or 60 min in the dark. This capacity also depends on age and species. The ascorbic acid/hydrophilic antioxidant activity ratio is presented as an indicator of antioxidant variations in response to stress, but taking into account the absolute levels of antioxidants.
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- Antonio Cano
- Department of Plant Physiology, Faculty of Murcia, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
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Barranco-Medina S, López-Jaramillo FJ, Bernier-Villamor L, Sevilla F, Lázaro JJ. Cloning, overexpression, purification and preliminary crystallographic studies of a mitochondrial type II peroxiredoxin from Pisum sativum. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 2006; 62:695-8. [PMID: 16820697 PMCID: PMC2242941 DOI: 10.1107/s1744309106023451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2006] [Accepted: 06/19/2006] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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A cDNA encoding an open reading frame of 199 amino acids corresponding to a type II peroxiredoxin from Pisum sativum with its transit peptide was isolated by RT-PCR. The 171-amino-acid mature protein (estimated molecular weight 18.6 kDa) was cloned into the pET3d vector and overexpressed in Escherichia coli. The recombinant protein was purified and crystallized by the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion technique. A full data set (98.2% completeness) was collected using a rotating-anode generator to a resolution of 2.8 angstroms from a single crystal flash-cooled at 100 K. X-ray data revealed that the protein crystallizes in space group P1, with unit-cell parameters a = 61.88, b = 66.40, c = 77.23 angstroms, alpha = 102.90, beta = 104.40, gamma = 99.07 degrees, and molecular replacement using a theoretical model predicted from the primary structure as a search model confirmed the presence of six molecules in the unit cell as expected from the Matthews coefficient. Refinement of the structure is in progress.
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- Sergio Barranco-Medina
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, E-18008 Granada, Spain
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, E-18008 Granada, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología del Estrés y Patología Vegetal, Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, E-30080 Murcia, Spain
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, E-18008 Granada, Spain
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Ströher E, Dietz KJ. Concepts and approaches towards understanding the cellular redox proteome. PLANT BIOLOGY (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 2006; 8:407-18. [PMID: 16906481 DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-923961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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The physiological activity of a significant subset of cell proteins is modified by the redox state of regulatory thiols. The cellular redox homeostasis depends on the balance between oxidation of thiols through oxygen and reactive oxygen species and reduction by thiol-disulfide transfer reactions. Novel and improved methodology has been designed during recent years to address the level of thiol/disulfide regulation on a genome-wide scale. The approaches are either based on gel electrophoresis or on chromatographic techniques coupled to high end mass spectrometry. The review addresses diagonal 2D-SDS-PAGE, targeted identification of specific redox-interactions, affinity chromatography with thioredoxins and glutaredoxins, gel-based and non-gel based labelling techniques with fluorophores (such as Cy3, Cy5, ICy), radioisotopes, or with isotope-coded affinity tags (ICAT), differential gel electrophoresis (DIGE) and combined fractional diagonal chromatography (COFRADIC). The extended methodological repertoire promises fast and new insight into the intricate regulation network of the redox proteome of animals, bacteria, and plants.
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- E Ströher
- Faculty of Biology--W5-134, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstrasse 25, 33501 Bielefeld, Germany
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Sarry JE, Kuhn L, Ducruix C, Lafaye A, Junot C, Hugouvieux V, Jourdain A, Bastien O, Fievet JB, Vailhen D, Amekraz B, Moulin C, Ezan E, Garin J, Bourguignon J. The early responses of Arabidopsis thaliana cells to cadmium exposure explored by protein and metabolite profiling analyses. Proteomics 2006; 6:2180-98. [PMID: 16502469 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200500543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 228] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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To get more insight into plant cell response to cadmium (Cd) stress, both proteomic and metabolomic "differential display" analyses were performed on Arabidopsis thaliana cells exposed to different concentrations of the toxic chemical. After a 24 h treatment, soluble proteins extracted from untreated and treated cells were separated by 2-D-PAGE and image analyses were performed to quantify and compare protein levels. Proteins up- and down-regulated in response to Cd were identified by MS and mapped into specific metabolic pathways and cellular processes, highlighting probable activation of the carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur metabolic pathways. For some of these proteins, Northern blot and RT-PCR analyses were performed to test transcript accumulation in response to Cd. In parallel, metabolite profiling analyses by LC coupled to ESI MS were initiated to better characterize the metabolic adaptation to the chemical stress. This study revealed that the main variation at the metabolite level came from the presence of six different families of phytochelatins, in A. thaliana cells treated with Cd, whose accumulation increases with Cd concentrations. Taken together these data provide an overview of the molecular and cellular changes elicited by Cd exposure.
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- Jean-Emmanuel Sarry
- Département Réponse et Dynamique Cellulaires (DRDC), Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire Végétale, UMR 5168, CEA/CNRS/Université Joseph Fourier/INRA, CEA-Grenoble, Grenoble, France
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Ikhmyangan EN, Vasilenko NL, Buneva VN, Nevinsky GA. Metal ions-dependent peroxidase and oxidoreductase activities of polyclonal IgGs from the sera of Wistar rats. J Mol Recognit 2006; 19:91-105. [PMID: 16416456 DOI: 10.1002/jmr.761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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We present evidence showing that a small fraction of electrophoretically homogeneous IgGs from the sera of healthy Wistar rats is bound with several different Me2+ ions and oxidizes 3,3'-diaminobenzidine through a peroxidase activity in the presence of H2O2 and through an oxidoreductase activity in the absence of H2O2. During purification on Protein A-Sepharose and gel filtration, the polyclonal IgGs partially lose the Me2+ ions. Therefore, in the absence of external metal ions, the specific peroxidase activity of IgGs from the sera of different rats varied in the range 1.6-26% and increased up to 13-198% after addition of Fe2+ or Cu2+ ions as compared with horseradish peroxidase (HRP, taken for 100%). The oxidoreductase activity of HRP is 24-fold lower than its peroxidase activity, while oxidoreductase and peroxidase activities of IgGs are comparable. Oxidoreductase activities of different IgGs in the absence of external metal ions varied from 22 to 800%, and in the presence of Fe2+ or Cu2+ ions, from 37 to 1100% in comparison with the HRP oxidoreductase activity (100%). Chromatography of the IgGs on Chelex-100 leads to the adsorption of a small IgG fraction bound with metal ions and to its separation to many different subfractions demonstrating various affinities to the chelating resin and increased levels of the specific oxidoreductase and peroxidase activities. Antioxidant enzymes such as superoxide dismutases, catalases, and glutathione peroxidases are known to represent critical defense mechanisms for preventing oxidative modifications of DNA, proteins, and lipids. Peroxidase and oxidoreductase activity of antibodies may play an important role in the protection of organisms from oxidative stress and toxic compounds.
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- Erdenechimeg N Ikhmyangan
- Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences, 10 Lavrentieva Ave., Novosibirsk, Russia
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Rouhier N, Gama F, Wingsle G, Gelhaye E, Gans P, Jacquot JP. Engineering functional artificial hybrid proteins between poplar peroxiredoxin II and glutaredoxin or thioredoxin. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2006; 341:1300-8. [PMID: 16476584 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.01.099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2006] [Accepted: 01/21/2006] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The existence of natural peroxiredoxin-glutaredoxin hybrid enzymes in several bacteria is in line with previous findings indicating that poplar peroxiredoxin II can use glutaredoxin as an electron donor. This peroxiredoxin remains however unique since it also uses thioredoxin with a quite good efficiency. Based on the existing fusions, we have created artificial enzymes containing a poplar peroxiredoxin module linked to glutaredoxin or thioredoxin modules. The recombinant fusion enzymes folded properly into non-covalently bound homodimers or homotetramers. Two of the three protein constructs exhibit peroxidase activity, a reaction where the two modules need to function together, but they also display enzymatic activities specific of each module. In addition, mass spectrometry analyses indicate that the Prx module can be both glutathiolated or overoxidized in vitro. This is discussed in the light of the Prx reactivity.
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- Nicholas Rouhier
- UMR 1136 Interactions Arbres Mircoorganismes INRA-UHP, IFR 110 GEEF, Faculté des Sciences, 54506 Vandouevre-les-Nancy Cedex, France.
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Dai S, Li L, Chen T, Chong K, Xue Y, Wang T. Proteomic analyses ofOryza sativa mature pollen reveal novel proteins associated with pollen germination and tube growth. Proteomics 2006; 6:2504-29. [PMID: 16548068 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200401351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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As a highly reduced organism, pollen performs specialized functions to generate and carry sperm into the ovule by its polarily growing pollen tube. Yet the molecular genetic basis of these functions is poorly understood. Here, we identified 322 unique proteins, most of which were not reported previously to be in pollen, from mature pollen of Oryza sativa L. ssp japonica using a proteomic approach, 23% of them having more than one isoform. Functional classification reveals that an overrepresentation of the proteins was related to signal transduction (10%), wall remodeling and metabolism (11%), and protein synthesis, assembly and degradation (14%), as well as carbohydrate and energy metabolism (25%). Further, 11% of the identified proteins are functionally unknown and do not contain any conserved domain associated with known activities. These analyses also identified 5 novel proteins by de novo sequencing and revealed several important proteins, mainly involved in signal transduction (such as protein kinases, receptor kinase-interacting proteins, guanosine 5'-diphosphate dissociation inhibitors, C2 domain-containing proteins, cyclophilins), protein synthesis, assembly and degradation (such as prohibitin, mitochondrial processing peptidase, putative UFD1, AAA+ ATPase), and wall remodeling and metabolism (such as reversibly glycosylated polypeptides, cellulose synthase-like OsCsLF7). The study is the first close investigation, to our knowledge, of protein complement in mature pollen, and presents useful molecular information at the protein level to further understand the mechanisms underlying pollen germination and tube growth.
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- Shaojun Dai
- Key Laboratory of Photosynthesis & Environmental Molecular Physiology, Research Center for Molecular & Developmental Biology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, PR China
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Liu XP, Liu XY, Zhang J, Xia ZL, Liu X, Qin HJ, Wang DW. Molecular and functional characterization of sulfiredoxin homologs from higher plants. Cell Res 2006; 16:287-96. [PMID: 16541127 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cr.7310036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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By reducing cysteine-sulfinic acid in oxidized peroxiredoxin, sulfiredoxin (Srx) plays an important role in oxidation stress resistance in yeast and human cells. Here, we report the first molecular and functional characterization of Srx homolog from higher plants. Bioinformatic analysis revealed the presence of potential Srx encoding sequences in both monocot and dicot plant species. Putative plant Srx proteins exhibited significant identities to their orthologs from yeast and human, and contained the conserved signature sequence and residues essential for catalysis. However, unlike yeast and human orthologs, plant Srxs were all predicted to possess chloroplast transit peptide in their primary structure. The Srx proteins from Arabidopsis and rice (designated as AtSrx and OsSrx, respectively) complemented functional deficiency of Srx in the SRX1 deletion yeast cells. A GFP fusion protein of AtSrx was targeted to chloroplast in Arabidopsis mesophyll protoplast. AtSrx transcription occurred in both vegetative and reproductive organs, and the highest transcript level was detected in leaves. Under oxidation stress, AtSrx transcript level was substantially increased, which paralleled with enhanced transcription of 2-Cys peroxiredoxins that have been found essential in maintaining chloroplast redox balance. In addition to oxidation stress, osmotic/water deficit or cold treatments also raised AtSrx transcript level. Consistent with above findings, the knock-out mutant of AtSrx was significantly more susceptible to oxidation stress than wild type Arabidopsis plant. Taken together, the results of this work indicate the existence of functional Srx homolog in higher plants that is essential for plants to cope with oxidation stress.
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- Xian Peng Liu
- The State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Datun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China
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Lamkemeyer P, Laxa M, Collin V, Li W, Finkemeier I, Schöttler MA, Holtkamp V, Tognetti VB, Issakidis-Bourguet E, Kandlbinder A, Weis E, Miginiac-Maslow M, Dietz KJ. Peroxiredoxin Q of Arabidopsis thaliana is attached to the thylakoids and functions in context of photosynthesis. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2006; 45:968-81. [PMID: 16507087 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2006.02665.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Peroxiredoxin Q (Prx Q) is one out of 10 peroxiredoxins encoded in the genome of Arabidopsis thaliana, and one out of four that are targeted to plastids. Peroxiredoxin Q functions as a monomeric protein and represents about 0.3% of chloroplast proteins. It attaches to the thylakoid membrane and is detected in preparations enriched in photosystem II complexes. Peroxiredoxin Q decomposes peroxides using thioredoxin as an electron donor with a substrate preference of H(2)O(2) > cumene hydroperoxide >> butyl hydroperoxide >> linoleoyl hydroperoxide and insignificant affinity towards complex phospholipid hydroperoxide. Plants with decreased levels of Prx Q did not have an apparently different phenotype from wildtype at the plant level. However, similar to antisense 2-cysteine (2-Cys) Prx plants [Baier, M. et al. (2000)Plant Physiol., 124, 823-832], Prx Q-deficient plants had a decreased sensitivity to oxidants in a leaf slice test as indicated by chlorophyll a fluorescence measurements. Increased fluorescence ratios of photosystem II to I at 77 K and modified transcript levels of plastid- and nuclear-encoded proteins show that regulatory mechanisms are at work to compensate for the lack of Prx Q. Apparently Prx Q attaches to photosystem II and has a specific function distinct from 2-Cys peroxiredoxin in protecting photosynthesis. Its absence causes metabolic changes that are sensed and trigger appropriate compensatory responses.
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- Petra Lamkemeyer
- Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants, Bielefeld University, 33501 Bielefeld, Germany
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Noctor G. Metabolic signalling in defence and stress: the central roles of soluble redox couples. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2006; 29:409-25. [PMID: 17080595 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2005.01476.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 241] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Plant growth and development are driven by electron transfer reactions. Modifications of redox components are both monitored and induced by cells, and are integral to responses to environmental change. Key redox compounds in the soluble phase of the cell are NAD, NADP, glutathione and ascorbate--all of which interact strongly with reactive oxygen. This review takes an integrated view of the NAD(P)-glutathione-ascorbate network. These compounds are considered not as one-dimensional 'reductants' or 'antioxidants' but as redox couples that can act together to condition cellular redox tone or that can act independently to transmit specific information that tunes signalling pathways. Emphasis is placed on recent developments highlighting the complexity of redox-dependent defence reactions, and the importance of interactions between the reduction state of soluble redox couples and their concentration in mediating dynamic signalling in response to stress. Signalling roles are assessed within the context of interactions with reactive oxygen, phytohormones and calcium, and the biochemical reactions through which redox couples could be sensed are discussed.
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- Graham Noctor
- Institut de Biotechnologie des Plantes, UMR CNRS 8618, Université de Paris XI, 91405 Orsay cedex, France.
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Groten K, Dutilleul C, van Heerden PDR, Vanacker H, Bernard S, Finkemeier I, Dietz KJ, Foyer CH. Redox regulation of peroxiredoxin and proteinases by ascorbate and thiols during pea root nodule senescence. FEBS Lett 2006; 580:1269-76. [PMID: 16455082 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.01.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2005] [Revised: 01/12/2006] [Accepted: 01/13/2006] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Redox factors contributing to nodule senescence were studied in pea. The abundance of the nodule cytosolic peroxiredoxin but not the mitochondrial peroxiredoxin protein was modulated by ascorbate. In contrast to redox-active antioxidants such as ascorbate and cytosolic peroxiredoxin that decreased during nodule development, maximal extractable nodule proteinase activity increased progressively as the nodules aged. Cathepsin-like activities were constant throughout development but serine and cysteine proteinase activities increased during senescence. Senescence-induced cysteine proteinase activity was inhibited by cysteine, dithiotreitol, or E-64. Senescence-dependent decreases in redox-active factors, particularly ascorbate and peroxiredoxin favour decreased redox-mediated inactivation of cysteine proteinases.
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- Karin Groten
- Crop Performance and Improvement Division, Rothamsted Research, West Common, Harpenden, Hertfordshire AL5 2JQ, UK
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Meyer AJ, Hell R. Glutathione homeostasis and redox-regulation by sulfhydryl groups. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2005; 86:435-57. [PMID: 16315075 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-005-8425-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2005] [Accepted: 06/06/2005] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Continuous control of metabolism and developmental processes is a key feature of live cells. Cysteine thiol residues of proteins are both exceptionally useful in terms of structural and regulatory aspects, but at the same time exceptionally vulnerable to oxidation. Conserved cysteines thus are highly important for the function of metabolic enzymes and for signaling processes underlying responses to environmental factors. The underlying mechanism for the central role of thiol-mediated redox control in cellular metabolism is the ability of the cysteine-thiols to reversibly change their redox state followed by changes of structural, catalytic or regulatory functions. The cellular glutathione/glutathione disulfide redox buffer is present in cells at millimolar concentrations and forms one major basis of redox homeostasis by which protein thiols can maintain their redox state or oxidized protein thiols can be reverted to their reduced state. Besides acting as redox buffer, glutathione also acts as an electron donor for both scavenging of reactive oxygen, e.g. from photosynthesis and respiration, and metabolic reactions such as reduction of hydroperoxides and lipidperoxides or sulfate assimilation. The central role of glutathione is further emphasized by its involvement in signaling processes and the crosstalk of redox signaling processes with other means of signaling including protein glutathionylation and control of transcription factors. The present review aims at highlighting the key functions of glutathione in thiol-mediated redox control and its interplay with other protein-thiol-based redox systems.
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- Andreas J Meyer
- Heidelberg Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 360, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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Stork T, Michel KP, Pistorius EK, Dietz KJ. Bioinformatic analysis of the genomes of the cyanobacteria Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 and Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 for the presence of peroxiredoxins and their transcript regulation under stress. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2005; 56:3193-206. [PMID: 16284092 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eri316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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The genomes of the cyanobacteria Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 and Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 encode five and six open reading frames (ORFs), respectively, with similarity to peroxide-detoxifying peroxiredoxins (Prx). In addition to one highly conserved gene each for 2-Cys Prx and 1-Cys Prx, the Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 genome contains one TypeII Prx and two PrxQ-like ORFs, while Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 has four PrxQ-like ORFs. The transcript regulation of all these bioinformatically identified genes was analysed under selected stress conditions, i.e. light limitation and light stress, hydrogen peroxide, methylviologen, salinity, as well as nitrogen- and iron-deficiency. The results on specific time- and stress-dependent regulation of transcript amounts suggest conserved as well as variable functions of these putative Prx-s in antioxidant defence. The results are discussed in the context of evolution and physiological function, particularly in relation to photosynthesis.
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- Tina Stork
- Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants, Faculty of Biology, University of Bielefeld, Universitätsstrasse 25, D-33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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Castro AJ, Carapito C, Zorn N, Magné C, Leize E, Van Dorsselaer A, Clément C. Proteomic analysis of grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) tissues subjected to herbicide stress. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2005; 56:2783-95. [PMID: 16216849 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eri271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis coupled to mass spectrometry analysis was used to examine for the first time the effect of a herbicide (flumioxazin) on a crop species (Vitis vinifera L.) at the proteome level. Examination of 2-D maps derived from chemically stressed tissues revealed the presence of 33 spots displaying a differential expression pattern. The presence of stress responsive proteins in the different plant organs analysed suggests that flumioxazin could act systemically. Among the responsive proteins, some photosynthesis-related proteins, including several fragments of the enzyme Rubisco, were identified. This effect suggests that photosynthesis could be impaired by the herbicide. The induction of several enzymatic antioxidant systems was also observed, probably as a result of an oxidative stress. Moreover, the photorespiration pathway was stimulated, as suggested by the induction of some key enzymes involved in this process. Changes in carbon metabolism-associated proteins presumably reflect altered patterns of carbon flux in response to impaired photosynthesis and an increased need for osmotic adjustment in affected tissues. Finally, plant defences were stimulated as revealed by the induction of a set of proteins belonging to the pathogenesis-related 10 class, suggesting that they could play an essential role in cell defence mechanisms against flumioxazin.
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- Antonio J Castro
- Laboratoire de Stress, Défenses et Reproduction des Plantes, URVVC UPRES EA 2069, Université de Reims Champagne Ardenne, UFR Sciences, BP 1039 Moulin de la Housse, F-51687 Reims cedex 2, France
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Majeran W, Cai Y, Sun Q, van Wijk KJ. Functional differentiation of bundle sheath and mesophyll maize chloroplasts determined by comparative proteomics. THE PLANT CELL 2005; 17:3111-40. [PMID: 16243905 PMCID: PMC1276033 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.105.035519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 180] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2005] [Revised: 09/05/2005] [Accepted: 09/24/2005] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Chloroplasts of maize (Zea mays) leaves differentiate into specific bundle sheath (BS) and mesophyll (M) types to accommodate C4 photosynthesis. Consequences for other plastid functions are not well understood but are addressed here through a quantitative comparative proteome analysis of purified M and BS chloroplast stroma. Three independent techniques were used, including cleavable stable isotope coded affinity tags. Enzymes involved in lipid biosynthesis, nitrogen import, and tetrapyrrole and isoprenoid biosynthesis are preferentially located in the M chloroplasts. By contrast, enzymes involved in starch synthesis and sulfur import preferentially accumulate in BS chloroplasts. The different soluble antioxidative systems, in particular peroxiredoxins, accumulate at higher levels in M chloroplasts. We also observed differential accumulation of proteins involved in expression of plastid-encoded proteins (e.g., EF-Tu, EF-G, and mRNA binding proteins) and thylakoid formation (VIPP1), whereas others were equally distributed. Enzymes related to the C4 shuttle, the carboxylation and regeneration phase of the Calvin cycle, and several regulators (e.g., CP12) distributed as expected. However, enzymes involved in triose phosphate reduction and triose phosphate isomerase are primarily located in the M chloroplasts, indicating that the M-localized triose phosphate shuttle should be viewed as part of the BS-localized Calvin cycle, rather than a parallel pathway.
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- Wojciech Majeran
- Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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Peltier JB, Cai Y, Sun Q, Zabrouskov V, Giacomelli L, Rudella A, Ytterberg AJ, Rutschow H, van Wijk KJ. The oligomeric stromal proteome of Arabidopsis thaliana chloroplasts. Mol Cell Proteomics 2005; 5:114-33. [PMID: 16207701 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m500180-mcp200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 269] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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This study presents an analysis of the stromal proteome in its oligomeric state extracted from highly purified chloroplasts of Arabidopsis thaliana. 241 proteins (88% with predicted cTP), mostly assembled in oligomeric complexes, were identified by mass spectrometry with emphasis on distinguishing between paralogues. This is critical because different paralogues in a gene family often have different subcellular localizations and/or different expression patterns and functions. The native protein masses were determined for all identified proteins. Comparison with the few well characterized stromal complexes from A. thaliana confirmed the accuracy of the native mass determination, and by extension, the usefulness of the native mass data for future in-depth protein interaction studies. Resolved protein interactions are discussed and compared with an extensive collection of native mass data of orthologues in other plants and bacteria. Relative protein expression levels were estimated from spot intensities and also provided estimates of relative concentrations of individual proteins. No such quantification has been reported so far. Surprisingly proteins dedicated to chloroplast protein synthesis, biogenesis, and fate represented nearly 10% of the total stroma protein mass. Oxidative pentose phosphate pathway, glycolysis, and Calvin cycle represented together about 75%, nitrogen assimilation represented 5-7%, and all other pathways such as biosynthesis of e.g. fatty acids, amino acids, nucleotides, tetrapyrroles, and vitamins B(1) and B(2) each represented less than 1% of total protein mass. Several proteins with diverse functions outside primary carbon metabolism, such as the isomerase ROC4, lipoxygenase 2 involved in jasmonic acid biosynthesis, and a carbonic anhydrase (CA1), were surprisingly abundant in the range of 0.75-1.5% of the total stromal mass. Native images with associated information are available via the Plastid Proteome Database.
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- Jean-Benoit Peltier
- Department of Plant Biology, Cornell Theory Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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da Silva FG, Iandolino A, Al-Kayal F, Bohlmann MC, Cushman MA, Lim H, Ergul A, Figueroa R, Kabuloglu EK, Osborne C, Rowe J, Tattersall E, Leslie A, Xu J, Baek J, Cramer GR, Cushman JC, Cook DR. Characterizing the grape transcriptome. Analysis of expressed sequence tags from multiple Vitis species and development of a compendium of gene expression during berry development. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2005; 139:574-97. [PMID: 16219919 PMCID: PMC1255978 DOI: 10.1104/pp.105.065748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2005] [Revised: 07/28/2005] [Accepted: 08/04/2005] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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We report the analysis and annotation of 146,075 expressed sequence tags from Vitis species. The majority of these sequences were derived from different cultivars of Vitis vinifera, comprising an estimated 25,746 unique contig and singleton sequences that survey transcription in various tissues and developmental stages and during biotic and abiotic stress. Putatively homologous proteins were identified for over 17,752 of the transcripts, with 1,962 transcripts further subdivided into one or more Gene Ontology categories. A simple structured vocabulary, with modules for plant genotype, plant development, and stress, was developed to describe the relationship between individual expressed sequence tags and cDNA libraries; the resulting vocabulary provides query terms to facilitate data mining within the context of a relational database. As a measure of the extent to which characterized metabolic pathways were encompassed by the data set, we searched for homologs of the enzymes leading from glycolysis, through the oxidative/nonoxidative pentose phosphate pathway, and into the general phenylpropanoid pathway. Homologs were identified for 65 of these 77 enzymes, with 86% of enzymatic steps represented by paralogous genes. Differentially expressed transcripts were identified by means of a stringent believability index cutoff of > or =98.4%. Correlation analysis and two-dimensional hierarchical clustering grouped these transcripts according to similarity of expression. In the broadest analysis, 665 differentially expressed transcripts were identified across 29 cDNA libraries, representing a range of developmental and stress conditions. The groupings revealed expected associations between plant developmental stages and tissue types, with the notable exception of abiotic stress treatments. A more focused analysis of flower and berry development identified 87 differentially expressed transcripts and provides the basis for a compendium that relates gene expression and annotation to previously characterized aspects of berry development and physiology. Comparison with published results for select genes, as well as correlation analysis between independent data sets, suggests that the inferred in silico patterns of expression are likely to be an accurate representation of transcript abundance for the conditions surveyed. Thus, the combined data set reveals the in silico expression patterns for hundreds of genes in V. vinifera, the majority of which have not been previously studied within this species.
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Mizohata E, Sakai H, Fusatomi E, Terada T, Murayama K, Shirouzu M, Yokoyama S. Crystal structure of an archaeal peroxiredoxin from the aerobic hyperthermophilic crenarchaeon Aeropyrum pernix K1. J Mol Biol 2005; 354:317-29. [PMID: 16214169 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2005] [Revised: 08/31/2005] [Accepted: 09/06/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Peroxiredoxins (Prxs) are thiol-dependent peroxidases that catalyze the detoxification of various peroxide substrates such as H2O2, peroxinitrite, and hydroperoxides, and control some signal transduction in eukaryotic cells. Prxs are found in all cellular organisms and represent an enormous superfamily. Recent genome sequencing projects and biochemical studies have identified a novel subfamily, the archaeal Prxs. Their primary sequences are similar to those of the 1-Cys Prxs, which use only one cysteine residue in catalysis, while their catalytic properties resemble those of the typical 2-Cys Prxs, which utilize two cysteine residues from adjacent monomers within a dimer in catalysis. We present here the X-ray crystal structure of an archaeal Prx from the aerobic hyperthermophilic crenarchaeon, Aeropyrum pernix K1, determined at 2.3 A resolution (Rwork of 17.8% and Rfree of 23.0%). The overall subunit arrangement of the A.pernix archaeal Prx is a toroid-shaped pentamer of homodimers, or an (alpha2)5 decamer, as observed in the previously reported crystal structures of decameric Prxs. The basic folding topology and the peroxidatic active site structure are essentially the same as those of the 1-Cys Prx, hORF6, except that the C-terminal extension of the A.pernix archaeal Prx forms a unique helix with its flanking loops. The thiol group of the peroxidatic cysteine C50 is overoxidized to sulfonic acid. Notably, the resolving cysteine C213 forms the intra-monomer disulfide bond with the third cysteine, C207, which should be a unique structural characteristic in the many archaeal Prxs that retain two conserved cysteine residues in the C-terminal region. The conformational flexibility near the intra-monomer disulfide linkage might be necessary for the dramatic structural rearrangements that occur in the catalytic cycle.
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- Eiichi Mizohata
- RIKEN Genomic Sciences Center, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan
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Topanurak S, Sinchaikul S, Phutrakul S, Sookkheo B, Chen ST. Proteomics viewed on stress response of thermophilic bacteriumBacillus stearothermophilus TLS33. Proteomics 2005; 5:3722-30. [PMID: 16127733 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200401254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Thermophilic bacterium Bacillus stearothermophilus TLS33, isolated from a hot spring in Chiang Mai, Thailand, usually produces many enzymes that are very useful for industrial applications. However, the functional properties and mechanisms of this bacterium under stress conditions are rarely reported and still need more understanding on how the bacterium can survive in stress environments. In this study, we examined the oxidative stress induced proteins of this bacterium by proteomic approach combining two-dimensional electrophoresis and mass spectrometry. When the bacterium encountered oxidative stress, peroxiredoxin, as an antioxidant enzyme, is one of the interesting stressed proteins which appeared to be systematically increased with different pI. There are four isoforms of peroxiredoxin, denoted as Prx I, Prx II, Prx III and Prx IV, which are observed at the same molecular weight of 27 kDa but differ in pI values of 5.0, 4.87, 4.81 and 4.79, respectively. The H2O2 concentration directly increased Prx II, Prx III and Prx IV intensities, but decreased Prx I intensity. These shifting of peroxiredoxin isoforms may occur by a post-translational modification. Otherwise, the longer time of oxidative stress had not affected the expression level of peroxiredoxin isoforms. Therefore, this finding of peroxiredoxin intends to know the bacterial adaptation under oxidative stress. Otherwise, this protein plays an important role in many physiological processes and able to use in the industrial applications.
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- Supachai Topanurak
- Institute of Biological Chemistry and Genomics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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Ikhmyangan EN, Vasilenko NL, Buneva VN, Nevinsky GA. IgG antibodies with peroxidase-like activity from the sera of healthy Wistar rats. FEBS Lett 2005; 579:3960-4. [PMID: 15993881 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2005.06.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2005] [Revised: 06/08/2005] [Accepted: 06/09/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Various catalytic antibodies or abzymes (Abzs) have been detected recently in the sera of patients and animals with many autoimmune diseases, where their presence is most probably associated with autoimmunization. Normal humans or animals usually do not contain Abzs. In contrast, polyclonal Abzs from healthy humans and animals have an intrinsic superoxide dismutase activity and catalyze formation of H(2)O(2) (Wentworth et al., 2000, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA; 2001, Science). Here, we present the first evidence showing that highly purified native IgGs from the sera of healthy Wistar rats interact with H(2)O(2) and possess peroxidase-like activity. Specific peroxidase activity of IgG preparations from the sera of 10 rats varied in the range 1.6-27% as compared with that for horseradish peroxidase (100%). Antioxidant enzymes such as superoxide dismutases, catalases, and glutathione peroxidases are known to represent critical defence mechanisms for preventing oxidative modifications of DNA, proteins, and lipids. Antioxidant peroxidase activity of Abzs can also play an important role in the protection of organisms from oxidative stress as well as in oxidation of toxic compounds.
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- Erdenechimeg N Ikhmyangan
- Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences, Lavrentiev Avenue, 10, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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Requejo R, Tena M. Proteome analysis of maize roots reveals that oxidative stress is a main contributing factor to plant arsenic toxicity. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2005; 66:1519-28. [PMID: 15964037 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2005.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2005] [Revised: 04/29/2005] [Accepted: 05/03/2005] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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To gain insight into plant responses to arsenic, the effect of arsenic exposure on maize (Zea mays L.) root proteome has been examined. Maize seedlings were fed hydroponically with 300 microM sodium arsenate or 250 microM sodium arsenite for 24 h, and changes in differentially displayed proteins were studied by two-dimensional electrophoresis and digital image analysis. About 10% of total detected maize root proteins (67 out of 700) were up- or down-regulated by arsenic, among which 20 were selected as being quite reproducibly affected by the metalloid. These were analyzed by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry and 11 of them could be identified by comparing their peptide mass fingerprints against protein- and expressed sequence tag-databases. The set of identified maize root proteins highly responsive to arsenic exposure included a major and functionally homogeneous group of seven enzymes involved in cellular homeostasis for redox perturbation (e.g., three superoxide dismutases, two glutathione peroxidases, one peroxiredoxin, and one p-benzoquinone reductase) besides four additional, functionally heterogeneous, proteins (e.g., ATP synthase, succinyl-CoA synthetase, cytochrome P450 and guanine nucleotide-binding protein beta subunit). These findings strongly suggest that the induction of oxidative stress is a main process underlying arsenic toxicity in plants.
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- Raquel Requejo
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ETSIAM, University of Córdoba, Apartado 3048, 14080 Córdoba, Spain
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