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Gurrieri L, Sparla F, Zaffagnini M, Trost P. Dark complexes of the Calvin-Benson cycle in a physiological perspective. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2024; 155:48-58. [PMID: 36889996 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2023.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2022] [Revised: 02/27/2023] [Accepted: 03/01/2023] [Indexed: 03/08/2023]
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Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) and phosphoribulokinase (PRK) are two enzymes of the Calvin Benson cycle that stand out for some peculiar properties they have in common: (i) they both use the products of light reactions for catalysis (NADPH for GAPDH, ATP for PRK), (ii) they are both light-regulated through thioredoxins and (iii) they are both involved in the formation of regulatory supramolecular complexes in the dark or low photosynthetic conditions, with or without the regulatory protein CP12. In the complexes, enzymes are transiently inactivated but ready to recover full activity after complex dissociation. Fully active GAPDH and PRK are in large excess for the functioning of the Calvin-Benson cycle, but they can limit the cycle upon complex formation. Complex dissociation contributes to photosynthetic induction. CP12 also controls PRK concentration in model photosynthetic organisms like Arabidopsis thaliana and Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. The review combines in vivo and in vitro data into an integrated physiological view of the role of GAPDH and PRK dark complexes in the regulation of photosynthesis.
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- Libero Gurrieri
- University of Bologna, Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, Via Irnerio 42, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
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- University of Bologna, Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, Via Irnerio 42, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
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- University of Bologna, Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, Via Irnerio 42, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
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- University of Bologna, Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, Via Irnerio 42, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
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Simkin AJ, Alqurashi M, Lopez-Calcagno PE, Headland LR, Raines CA. Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase subunits A and B are essential to maintain photosynthetic efficiency. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2023; 192:2989-3000. [PMID: 37099455 PMCID: PMC11025378 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiad256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2023] [Revised: 03/16/2023] [Accepted: 03/30/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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In plants, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH; EC 1.2.1.12) reversibly converts 1,3-bisphosphoglycerate to glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate coupled with the reduction of NADPH to NADP+. The GAPDH enzyme that functions in the Calvin-Benson cycle is assembled either from 4 glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase A (GAPA) subunit proteins forming a homotetramer (A4) or from 2 GAPA and 2 glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase B (GAPB) subunit proteins forming a heterotetramer (A2B2). The relative importance of these 2 forms of GAPDH in determining the rate of photosynthesis is unknown. To address this question, we measured the photosynthetic rates of Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) plants containing reduced amounts of the GAPDH A and B subunits individually and jointly, using T-DNA insertion lines of GAPA and GAPB and transgenic GAPA and GAPB plants with reduced levels of these proteins. Here, we show that decreasing the levels of either the A or B subunits decreased the maximum efficiency of CO2 fixation, plant growth, and final biomass. Finally, these data showed that the reduction in GAPA protein to 9% wild-type levels resulted in a 73% decrease in carbon assimilation rates. In contrast, eliminating GAPB protein resulted in a 40% reduction in assimilation rates. This work demonstrates that the GAPA homotetramer can compensate for the loss of GAPB, whereas GAPB alone cannot compensate fully for the loss of the GAPA subunit.
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- Andrew J Simkin
- School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NJ, UK
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK
- School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK
- School of Molecular Biosciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK
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Marotta R, Del Giudice A, Gurrieri L, Fanti S, Swuec P, Galantini L, Falini G, Trost P, Fermani S, Sparla F. Unravelling the regulation pathway of photosynthetic AB-GAPDH. ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION D STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY 2022; 78:1399-1411. [DOI: 10.1107/s2059798322010014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2022] [Accepted: 10/13/2022] [Indexed: 03/08/2023]
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Oxygenic phototrophs perform carbon fixation through the Calvin–Benson cycle. Different mechanisms adjust the cycle and the light-harvesting reactions to rapid environmental changes. Photosynthetic glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) is a key enzyme in the cycle. In land plants, different photosynthetic GAPDHs exist: the most abundant isoform is formed by A2B2 heterotetramers and the least abundant by A4 homotetramers. Regardless of the subunit composition, GAPDH is the major consumer of photosynthetic NADPH and its activity is strictly regulated. While A4-GAPDH is regulated by CP12, AB-GAPDH is autonomously regulated through the C-terminal extension (CTE) of its B subunits. Reversible inhibition of AB-GAPDH occurs via the oxidation of a cysteine pair located in the CTE and the substitution of NADP(H) with NAD(H) in the cofactor-binding site. These combined conditions lead to a change in the oligomerization state and enzyme inhibition. SEC–SAXS and single-particle cryo-EM analysis were applied to reveal the structural basis of this regulatory mechanism. Both approaches revealed that spinach (A2B2)
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-GAPDH oligomers with n = 1, 2, 4 and 5 co-exist in a dynamic system. B subunits mediate the contacts between adjacent tetramers in A4B4 and A8B8 oligomers. The CTE of each B subunit penetrates into the active site of a B subunit of the adjacent tetramer, which in turn moves its CTE in the opposite direction, effectively preventing the binding of the substrate 1,3-bisphosphoglycerate in the B subunits. The whole mechanism is made possible, and eventually controlled, by pyridine nucleotides. In fact, NAD(H), by removing NADP(H) from A subunits, allows the entrance of the CTE into the active site of the B subunit, hence stabilizing inhibited oligomers.
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Gurrieri L, Fermani S, Zaffagnini M, Sparla F, Trost P. Calvin-Benson cycle regulation is getting complex. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 26:898-912. [PMID: 33893047 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2021.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2020] [Revised: 03/08/2021] [Accepted: 03/17/2021] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Oxygenic phototrophs use the Calvin-Benson cycle to fix CO2 during photosynthesis. In the dark, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) and phosphoribulokinase (PRK), two enzymes of the Calvin-Benson cycle, form an inactive complex with the regulatory protein CP12, mainly under the control of thioredoxins and pyridine nucleotides. In the light, complex dissociation allows GAPDH and PRK reactivation. The GAPDH/CP12/PRK complex is conserved from cyanobacteria to angiosperms and coexists in land plants with an autoassembling GAPDH that is analogously regulated. With the recently described 3D structures of PRK and GAPDH/CP12/PRK, the structural proteome of this ubiquitous regulatory system has been completed. This outcome opens a new avenue for understanding the regulatory potential of photosynthetic carbon fixation by laying the foundation for its knowledge-based manipulation.
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- Libero Gurrieri
- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, I-40126, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry Giacomo Ciamician, University of Bologna, I-40126 Bologna, Italy; CIRI Health Sciences and Technologies, University of Bologna, I-40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, I-40126, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, I-40126, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, I-40126, Bologna, Italy.
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Launay H, Shao H, Bornet O, Cantrelle FX, Lebrun R, Receveur-Brechot V, Gontero B. Flexibility of Oxidized and Reduced States of the Chloroplast Regulatory Protein CP12 in Isolation and in Cell Extracts. Biomolecules 2021; 11:biom11050701. [PMID: 34066751 PMCID: PMC8151241 DOI: 10.3390/biom11050701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2021] [Revised: 05/03/2021] [Accepted: 05/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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In the chloroplast, Calvin–Benson–Bassham enzymes are active in the reducing environment created in the light by electrons from the photosystems. In the dark, these enzymes are inhibited, mainly caused by oxidation of key regulatory cysteine residues. CP12 is a small protein that plays a role in this regulation with four cysteine residues that undergo a redox transition. Using amide-proton exchange with solvent, measured by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and mass-spectrometry, we confirmed that reduced CP12 is intrinsically disordered. Using real-time NMR, we showed that the oxidation of the two disulfide bridges is simultaneous. In oxidized CP12, the C23–C31 pair is in a region that undergoes a conformational exchange in the NMR-intermediate timescale. The C66–C75 pair is in the C-terminus that folds into a stable helical turn. We confirmed that these structural states exist in a physiologically relevant environment: a cell extract from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Consistent with these structural equilibria, the reduction is slower for the C66–C75 pair than for the C23–C31 pair. The redox mid-potentials for the two cysteine pairs differ and are similar to those found for glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase and phosphoribulokinase, consistent with the regulatory role of CP12.
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- Helene Launay
- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, BIP, UMR7281, F-13402 Marseille, France; (H.S.); (V.R.-B.)
- Correspondence: (H.L.); (B.G.)
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, BIP, UMR7281, F-13402 Marseille, France; (H.S.); (V.R.-B.)
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- NMR Platform, Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée, Aix Marseille Univ, F-13009 Marseille, France;
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- CNRS, ERL9002, Integrative Structural Biology, Univ. Lille, F-59658 Lille, France;
- U1167, INSERM, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, F-59019 Lille, France
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- Plate-forme Protéomique, Marseille Protéomique (MaP), IMM FR 3479, 31 Chemin Joseph Aiguier, F-13009 Marseille, France;
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, BIP, UMR7281, F-13402 Marseille, France; (H.S.); (V.R.-B.)
- Correspondence: (H.L.); (B.G.)
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Liu Y, Pan T, Tang Y, Zhuang Y, Liu Z, Li P, Li H, Huang W, Tu S, Ren G, Wang T, Wang S. Proteomic Analysis of Rice Subjected to Low Light Stress and Overexpression of OsGAPB Increases the Stress Tolerance. RICE (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2020; 13:30. [PMID: 32488648 PMCID: PMC7266901 DOI: 10.1186/s12284-020-00390-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2019] [Accepted: 05/11/2020] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Light provides the energy for photosynthesis and determines plant morphogenesis and development. Low light compromises photosynthetic efficiency and leads to crop yield loss. It remains unknown how rice responds to low light stress at a proteomic level. RESULTS In this study, the quantitative proteomic analysis with isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitation (iTRAQ) was used and 1221 differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) were identified from wild type rice plants grown in control or low light condition (17% light intensity of control), respectively. Bioinformatic analysis of DEPs indicated low light remarkably affects the abundance of chloroplastic proteins. Specifically, the proteins involved in carbon fixation (Calvin cycle), electron transport, and ATPase complex are severely downregulated under low light. Furthermore, overexpression of the downregulated gene encoding rice β subunit of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (OsGAPB), an enzyme in Calvin cycle, significantly increased the CO2 assimilation rate, chlorophyll content and fresh weight under low light conditions but have no obvious effect on rice growth and development under control light. CONCLUSION Our results revealed that low light stress on vegetative stage of rice inhibits photosynthesis possibly by decreasing the photosynthetic proteins and OsGAPB gene is a good candidate for manipulating rice tolerance to low light stress.
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- Yangxuan Liu
- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
- Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yezin, Nay Pyi Taw, 05282, Myanmar
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- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Crop Research Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu, 610066, People's Republic of China
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- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, China.
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
- Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yezin, Nay Pyi Taw, 05282, Myanmar.
- School of Horticulture, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, China.
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Launay H, Receveur-Bréchot V, Carrière F, Gontero B. Orchestration of algal metabolism by protein disorder. Arch Biochem Biophys 2019; 672:108070. [PMID: 31408624 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2019.108070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2019] [Revised: 08/02/2019] [Accepted: 08/08/2019] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) are proteins that provide many functional advantages in a large number of metabolic and signalling pathways. Because of their high flexibility that endows them with pressure-, heat- and acid-resistance, IDPs are valuable metabolic regulators that help algae to cope with extreme conditions of pH, temperature, pressure and light. They have, however, been overlooked in these organisms. In this review, we present some well-known algal IDPs, including the conditionally disordered CP12, a protein involved in the regulation of CO2 assimilation, as probably the best known example, whose disorder content is strongly dependent on the redox conditions, and the essential pyrenoid component 1 that serves as a scaffold for ribulose-1, 5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase. We also describe how some enzymes are regulated by protein regions, called intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs), such as ribulose-1, 5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase activase, the A2B2 form of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase and the adenylate kinase. Several molecular chaperones, which are crucial for cell proteostasis, also display significant disorder propensities such as the algal heat shock proteins HSP33, HSP70 and HSP90. This review confirms the wide distribution of IDPs in algae but highlights that further studies are needed to uncover their full role in orchestrating algal metabolism.
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- Hélène Launay
- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, BIP UMR 7281, 31 Chemin Joseph Aiguier, Marseille Cedex 20, 13402, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, BIP UMR 7281, 31 Chemin Joseph Aiguier, Marseille Cedex 20, 13402, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, BIP UMR 7281, 31 Chemin Joseph Aiguier, Marseille Cedex 20, 13402, France.
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Scheibe R. Maintaining homeostasis by controlled alternatives for energy distribution in plant cells under changing conditions of supply and demand. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2019; 139:81-91. [PMID: 30203365 PMCID: PMC6373317 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-018-0583-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2018] [Accepted: 09/06/2018] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Plants depend on light energy for the generation of ATP and reductant as well as on supply of nutrients (inorganic C, N, and S compounds) to successfully produce biomass. Any excess of reducing power or lack of electron acceptors can lead to the formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Multiple systems are operating to avoid imbalances and subsequent oxidative stress by efficiently scavenging any formed ROS. Plants can sense an upcoming imbalance and correspondingly adapt to changed conditions not only by an increase of ROS scavengers, but also by using excess incoming light energy productively for assimilatory processes in actively metabolizing cells of growing leaves. CO2 assimilation in chloroplasts is controlled by various redox-regulated enzymes; their activation state is strictly linked to metabolism due to the effects of small molecules on their actual activation state. Shuttle systems for indirect transfer of reducing equivalents and ATP specifically distribute the energy fluxes between compartments for optimal biomass production. Integration of metabolic and redox signals involves the cytosolic enzyme glyceraldehyde-3-P dehydrogenase (GapC) and some of its many moonlighting functions. Its redox- and metabolite-dependent interactions with the mitochondrial outer membrane, the cytoskeleton, and its occurrence in the nucleus are examples of these additional functions. Induction of the genes required to achieve an optimal response suitable for the respective conditions allows for growth when plants are exposed to different light intensities and nutrient conditions with varying rates of energy input and different assimilatory pathways for its consumption are the required in the long term. A plant-specific respiratory pathway, the alternative oxidase (AOX), functions as a site to convert excess electrons into heat. For acclimation, any imbalance is sensed and elicits signal transduction to induce the required genes. Examples for regulated steps in this sequence of events are given in this review. Continuous adjustment under natural conditions allows for adaptive responses. In contrast, sudden light stress, as employed when analyzing stress responses in lab experiments, frequently results in cell destruction. Knowledge of all the flexible regulatory mechanisms, their responsiveness, and their interdependencies is needed when plant growth is to be engineered to optimize biomass and production of any desired molecules.
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- Renate Scheibe
- Department of Plant Physiology, Faculty of Biology and Chemistry, University of Osnabrueck, 49069, Osnabrueck, Germany.
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Shmakov NA, Vasiliev GV, Shatskaya NV, Doroshkov AV, Gordeeva EI, Afonnikov DA, Khlestkina EK. Identification of nuclear genes controlling chlorophyll synthesis in barley by RNA-seq. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2016; 16:245. [PMID: 28105957 PMCID: PMC5123340 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-016-0926-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND Albinism in plants is characterized by lack of chlorophyll and results in photosynthesis impairment, abnormal plant development and premature death. These abnormalities are frequently encountered in interspecific crosses and tissue culture experiments. Analysis of albino mutant phenotypes with full or partial chlorophyll deficiency can shed light on genetic determinants and molecular mechanisms of albinism. Here we report analysis of RNA-seq transcription profiling of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) near-isogenic lines, one of which is a carrier of mutant allele of the Alm gene for albino lemma and pericarp phenotype (line i:BwAlm). RESULTS 1221 genome fragments have statistically significant changes in expression levels between lines i:BwAlm and Bowman, with 148 fragments having increased expression levels in line i:BwAlm, and 1073 genome fragments, including 42 plastid operons, having decreased levels of expression in line i:BwAlm. We detected functional dissimilarity between genes with higher and lower levels of expression in i:BwAlm line. Genes with lower level of expression in the i:BwAlm line are mostly associated with photosynthesis and chlorophyll synthesis, while genes with higher expression level are functionally associated with vesicle transport. Differentially expressed genes are shown to be involved in several metabolic pathways; the largest fraction of such genes was observed for the Calvin-Benson-Bassham cycle. Finally, de novo assembly of transcriptome contains several transcripts, not annotated in current H. vulgare genome version. CONCLUSIONS Our results provide the new information about genes which could be involved in formation of albino lemma and pericarp phenotype. They demonstrate the interplay between nuclear and chloroplast genomes in this physiological process.
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- Nickolay A. Shmakov
- Institute of Cytology and Genetics SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Institute of Cytology and Genetics SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Institute of Cytology and Genetics SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia
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Chaturvedi S, Seo JK, Rao A. Functionality of host proteins in Cucumber mosaic virus replication: GAPDH is obligatory to promote interaction between replication-associated proteins. Virology 2016; 494:47-55. [DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2016.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2016] [Revised: 03/31/2016] [Accepted: 04/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Del Giudice A, Pavel NV, Galantini L, Falini G, Trost P, Fermani S, Sparla F. Unravelling the shape and structural assembly of the photosynthetic GAPDH-CP12-PRK complex from Arabidopsis thaliana by small-angle X-ray scattering analysis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 71:2372-85. [PMID: 26627646 DOI: 10.1107/s1399004715018520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2015] [Accepted: 10/03/2015] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Oxygenic photosynthetic organisms produce sugars through the Calvin-Benson cycle, a metabolism that is tightly linked to the light reactions of photosynthesis and is regulated by different mechanisms, including the formation of protein complexes. Two enzymes of the cycle, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) and phosphoribulokinase (PRK), form a supramolecular complex with the regulatory protein CP12 with the formula (GAPDH-CP122-PRK)2, in which both enzyme activities are transiently inhibited during the night. Small-angle X-ray scattering analysis performed on both the GAPDH-CP12-PRK complex and its components, GAPDH-CP12 and PRK, from Arabidopsis thaliana showed that (i) PRK has an elongated, bent and screwed shape, (ii) the oxidized N-terminal region of CP12 that is not embedded in the GAPDH-CP12 complex prefers a compact conformation and (iii) the interaction of PRK with the N-terminal region of CP12 favours the approach of two GAPDH tetramers. The interaction between the GAPDH tetramers may contribute to the overall stabilization of the GAPDH-CP12-PRK complex, the structure of which is presented here for the first time.
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- Department of Chemistry `G. Ciamician', University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology - FaBiT, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry `G. Ciamician', University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology - FaBiT, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Thieulin-Pardo G, Avilan L, Kojadinovic M, Gontero B. Fairy "tails": flexibility and function of intrinsically disordered extensions in the photosynthetic world. Front Mol Biosci 2015; 2:23. [PMID: 26042223 PMCID: PMC4436894 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2015.00023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2015] [Accepted: 05/04/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Intrinsically Disordered Proteins (IDPs), or protein fragments also called Intrinsically Disordered Regions (IDRs), display high flexibility as the result of their amino acid composition. They can adopt multiple roles. In globular proteins, IDRs are usually found as loops and linkers between secondary structure elements. However, not all disordered fragments are loops: some proteins bear an intrinsically disordered extension at their C- or N-terminus, and this flexibility can affect the protein as a whole. In this review, we focus on the disordered N- and C-terminal extensions of globular proteins from photosynthetic organisms. Using the examples of the A2B2-GAPDH and the α Rubisco activase isoform, we show that intrinsically disordered extensions can help regulate their “host” protein in response to changes in light, thereby participating in photosynthesis regulation. As IDPs are famous for their large number of protein partners, we used the examples of the NAC, bZIP, TCP, and GRAS transcription factor families to illustrate the fact that intrinsically disordered extremities can allow a protein to have an increased number of partners, which directly affects its regulation. Finally, for proteins from the cryptochrome light receptor family, we describe how a new role for the photolyase proteins may emerge by the addition of an intrinsically disordered extension, while still allowing the protein to absorb blue light. This review has highlighted the diverse repercussions of the disordered extension on the regulation and function of their host protein and outlined possible future research avenues.
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- Gabriel Thieulin-Pardo
- UMR 7281, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Aix-Marseille Université Marseille, France
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- UMR 7281, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Aix-Marseille Université Marseille, France
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- UMR 7281, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Aix-Marseille Université Marseille, France
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- UMR 7281, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Aix-Marseille Université Marseille, France
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Balsera M, Uberegui E, Schürmann P, Buchanan BB. Evolutionary development of redox regulation in chloroplasts. Antioxid Redox Signal 2014; 21:1327-55. [PMID: 24483204 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2013.5817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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SIGNIFICANCE The post-translational modification of thiol groups stands out as a key strategy that cells employ for metabolic regulation and adaptation to changing environmental conditions. Nowhere is this more evident than in chloroplasts-the O2-evolving photosynthetic organelles of plant cells that are fitted with multiple redox systems, including the thioredoxin (Trx) family of oxidoreductases functional in the reversible modification of regulatory thiols of proteins in all types of cells. The best understood member of this family in chloroplasts is the ferredoxin-linked thioredoxin system (FTS) by which proteins are modified via light-dependent disulfide/dithiol (S-S/2SH) transitions. RECENT ADVANCES Discovered in the reductive activation of enzymes of the Calvin-Benson cycle in illuminated chloroplast preparations, recent studies have extended the role of the FTS far beyond its original boundaries to include a spectrum of cellular processes. Together with the NADP-linked thioredoxin reductase C-type (NTRC) and glutathione/glutaredoxin systems, the FTS also plays a central role in the response of chloroplasts to different types of stress. CRITICAL ISSUES The comparisons of redox regulatory networks functional in chloroplasts of land plants with those of cyanobacteria-prokaryotes considered to be the ancestors of chloroplasts-and different types of algae summarized in this review have provided new insight into the evolutionary development of redox regulation, starting with the simplest O2-evolving organisms. FUTURE DIRECTIONS The evolutionary appearance, mode of action, and specificity of the redox regulatory systems functional in chloroplasts, as well as the types of redox modification operating under diverse environmental conditions stand out as areas for future study.
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- Monica Balsera
- 1 Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Salamanca , Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Salamanca, Spain
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Bo V, Curtis T, Lysenko A, Saqi M, Swift S, Tucker A. Discovering study-specific gene regulatory networks. PLoS One 2014; 9:e106524. [PMID: 25191999 PMCID: PMC4156366 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2014] [Accepted: 08/01/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Microarrays are commonly used in biology because of their ability to simultaneously measure thousands of genes under different conditions. Due to their structure, typically containing a high amount of variables but far fewer samples, scalable network analysis techniques are often employed. In particular, consensus approaches have been recently used that combine multiple microarray studies in order to find networks that are more robust. The purpose of this paper, however, is to combine multiple microarray studies to automatically identify subnetworks that are distinctive to specific experimental conditions rather than common to them all. To better understand key regulatory mechanisms and how they change under different conditions, we derive unique networks from multiple independent networks built using glasso which goes beyond standard correlations. This involves calculating cluster prediction accuracies to detect the most predictive genes for a specific set of conditions. We differentiate between accuracies calculated using cross-validation within a selected cluster of studies (the intra prediction accuracy) and those calculated on a set of independent studies belonging to different study clusters (inter prediction accuracy). Finally, we compare our method's results to related state-of-the art techniques. We explore how the proposed pipeline performs on both synthetic data and real data (wheat and Fusarium). Our results show that subnetworks can be identified reliably that are specific to subsets of studies and that these networks reflect key mechanisms that are fundamental to the experimental conditions in each of those subsets.
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- Valeria Bo
- Department of Information System and Computing, Brunel University, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Information System and Computing, Brunel University, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Information System and Computing, Brunel University, London, United Kingdom
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Michelet L, Zaffagnini M, Morisse S, Sparla F, Pérez-Pérez ME, Francia F, Danon A, Marchand CH, Fermani S, Trost P, Lemaire SD. Redox regulation of the Calvin-Benson cycle: something old, something new. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2013; 4:470. [PMID: 24324475 PMCID: PMC3838966 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 266] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2013] [Accepted: 10/30/2013] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Reversible redox post-translational modifications such as oxido-reduction of disulfide bonds, S-nitrosylation, and S-glutathionylation, play a prominent role in the regulation of cell metabolism and signaling in all organisms. These modifications are mainly controlled by members of the thioredoxin and glutaredoxin families. Early studies in photosynthetic organisms have identified the Calvin-Benson cycle, the photosynthetic pathway responsible for carbon assimilation, as a redox regulated process. Indeed, 4 out of 11 enzymes of the cycle were shown to have a low activity in the dark and to be activated in the light through thioredoxin-dependent reduction of regulatory disulfide bonds. The underlying molecular mechanisms were extensively studied at the biochemical and structural level. Unexpectedly, recent biochemical and proteomic studies have suggested that all enzymes of the cycle and several associated regulatory proteins may undergo redox regulation through multiple redox post-translational modifications including glutathionylation and nitrosylation. The aim of this review is to detail the well-established mechanisms of redox regulation of Calvin-Benson cycle enzymes as well as the most recent reports indicating that this pathway is tightly controlled by multiple interconnected redox post-translational modifications. This redox control is likely allowing fine tuning of the Calvin-Benson cycle required for adaptation to varying environmental conditions, especially during responses to biotic and abiotic stresses.
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- Laure Michelet
- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire des Eucaryotes, FRE3354 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Université Pierre et Marie CurieParis, France
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- Laboratory of Plant Redox Biology, Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology (FaBiT), University of BolognaBologna, Italy
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire des Eucaryotes, FRE3354 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Université Pierre et Marie CurieParis, France
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- Laboratory of Plant Redox Biology, Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology (FaBiT), University of BolognaBologna, Italy
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire des Eucaryotes, FRE3354 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Université Pierre et Marie CurieParis, France
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- Laboratory of Plant Redox Biology, Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology (FaBiT), University of BolognaBologna, Italy
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire des Eucaryotes, FRE3354 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Université Pierre et Marie CurieParis, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire des Eucaryotes, FRE3354 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Université Pierre et Marie CurieParis, France
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- Department of Chemistry “G. Ciamician”, University of BolognaBologna, Italy
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- Laboratory of Plant Redox Biology, Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology (FaBiT), University of BolognaBologna, Italy
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire des Eucaryotes, FRE3354 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Université Pierre et Marie CurieParis, France
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Carmo-Silva AE, Salvucci ME. The regulatory properties of Rubisco activase differ among species and affect photosynthetic induction during light transitions. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2013; 161:1645-55. [PMID: 23417088 PMCID: PMC3613445 DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.213348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2012] [Accepted: 02/14/2013] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Rubisco's catalytic chaperone, Rubisco activase (Rca), uses the energy from ATP hydrolysis to restore catalytic competence to Rubisco. In Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), inhibition of Rca activity by ADP is fine tuned by redox regulation of the α-isoform. To elucidate the mechanism for Rca regulation in species containing only the redox-insensitive β-isoform, the response of activity to ADP was characterized for different Rca forms. When assayed in leaf extracts, Rubisco activation was significantly inhibited by physiological ratios of ADP to ATP in species containing both α-Rca and β-Rca (Arabidopsis and camelina [Camelina sativa]) or just the β-Rca (tobacco [Nicotiana tabacum]). However, Rca activity was insensitive to ADP inhibition in an Arabidopsis transformant, rwt43, which expresses only Arabidopsis β-Rca, although not in a transformant of Arabidopsis that expresses a tobacco-like β-Rca. ATP hydrolysis by recombinant Arabidopsis β-Rca was much less sensitive to inhibition by ADP than recombinant tobacco β-Rca. Mutation of 17 amino acids in the tobacco β-Rca to the corresponding Arabidopsis residues reduced ADP sensitivity. In planta, Rubisco deactivated at low irradiance except in the Arabidopsis rwt43 transformant containing an ADP-insensitive Rca. Induction of CO2 assimilation after transition from low to high irradiance was much more rapid in the rwt43 transformant compared with plants containing ADP-sensitive Rca forms. The faster rate of photosynthetic induction and a greater enhancement of growth under a fluctuating light regime by the rwt43 transformant compared with wild-type Arabidopsis suggests that manipulation of Rca regulation might provide a strategy for enhancing photosynthetic performance in certain variable light environments.
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- United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Arid-Land Agricultural Research Center, Maricopa, Arizona 85138
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Seidler NW. Dynamic oligomeric properties. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2013; 985:207-47. [PMID: 22851451 DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4716-6_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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This chapter provides a foundation for further research into the relationship between dynamic oligomeric properties and functional diversity. The structural basis that underlies the conformational sub-states of the GAPDH oligomer is discussed. The issue of protein stability is given a thorough analysis, since it is well-established that the primary strategy for protein oligomerization is to stabilize conformation. Several factors that affect oligomerization are described, including chemical modification by synthetic reagents. The effects of native substrates and coenzymes are also discussed. The curious feature of chloride ions having a de-stabilizing effect on native GAPDH structure is described. Additionally, the role of adenine dinucleotides in tetramer-dimer equilibrium dynamics is suggested to be a major part of the physiological regulation of GAPDH structure and function. This chapter also contends that a vast amount of useful information can come from comparative analyses of diverse species, particularly regarding protein stability and subunit-subunit interaction. Lastly, the concept of domain exchange is introduced as a means of understanding the stabilization of dynamic oligomers, suggesting that inter-subunit contacts may also be a way of masking docking sites to other proteins.
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- Norbert W Seidler
- Department of Biochemistry, Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, Kansas City, MO, USA
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Tien YC, Chuankhayan P, Huang YC, Chen CD, Alikhajeh J, Chang SL, Chen CJ. Crystal structures of rice (Oryza sativa) glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase complexes with NAD and sulfate suggest involvement of Phe37 in NAD binding for catalysis. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2012; 80:389-403. [PMID: 22903596 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-012-9953-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2012] [Accepted: 08/06/2012] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Cytosolic Oryza sativa glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (OsGAPDH), the enzyme involved in the ubiquitous glycolysis, catalyzes the oxidative phosphorylation of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate to 1,3-biphosphoglycerate (BPG) using nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) as an electron acceptor. We report crystal structures of OsGAPDH in three conditions of NAD-free, NAD-bound and sulfate-soaked forms to discuss the molecular determinants for coenzyme specificity. The structure of OsGAPDH showed a homotetramer form with each monomer comprising three domains-NAD-binding, catalytic and S-loop domains. NAD binds to each OsGAPDH subunits with some residues forming positively charged grooves that attract sulfate anions, as a simulation of phosphate groups in the product BPG. Phe37 not only forms a bottleneck to improve NAD-binding but also combines with Pro193 and Asp35 as key conserved residues for NAD-specificity in OsGAPDH. The binding of NAD alters the side-chain conformation of Phe37 with a 90° rotation related to the adenine moiety of NAD, concomitant with clamping the active site about 0.6 Å from the "open" to "closed" form, producing an increased affinity specific for NAD. Phe37 exists only in higher organisms, whereas it is replaced by other residues (Thr or Leu) with smaller side chains in lower organisms, which makes a greater distance between Leu34 and NAD of E. coli GAPDH than that between Phe37 and NAD of OsGAPDH. We demonstrated that Phe37 plays a crucial role in stabilizing NAD binding or intermediating of apo-holo transition, resulting in a greater NAD-dependent catalytic efficiency using site-directed mutagenesis. Phe37 might be introduced by evolution generating a catalytic advantage in cytosolic GAPDH.
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- Yueh-Chu Tien
- Life Science Group, Scientific Research Division, National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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Scheibe R, Dietz KJ. Reduction-oxidation network for flexible adjustment of cellular metabolism in photoautotrophic cells. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2012; 35:202-16. [PMID: 21410714 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2011.02319.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Photosynthesis generates the energy carriers NADPH and ATP to be consumed in assimilatory processes. Continuous energy conversion and optimal use of the available light energy are only guaranteed when all reduction-oxidation (redox) processes are tightly controlled. A robust network links metabolism with regulation and signalling. Information on the redox situation is generated and transferred by various redox components that are parts of this network. Any imbalance in the network is sensed, and the information is transmitted in order to elicit a response at the various levels of regulation and in the different cellular compartments. Redox information within the chloroplast is derived from intersystem electron transport, the ferredoxin-NADP oxidoreductase (FNR)/NADPH branch of the redox network, the thioredoxin branch and from reactive oxygen species (ROS), resulting in a high diversity of responses that are able to adjust photosynthesis, as well as poising and antioxidant systems accordingly in each specific situation. Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) represents a central step in CO(2) reduction and in carbohydrate oxidation involving both forms of energy, namely NAD(P)H and ATP, with its various isoforms that are located in plastids, cytosol and nucleus. GAPDH is used as an example to demonstrate complexity, flexibility and robustness of the regulatory redox network in plants.
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- Renate Scheibe
- Plant Physiology, University of Osnabrueck, 49069 Osnabrueck, Germany
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Howard TP, Lloyd JC, Raines CA. Inter-species variation in the oligomeric states of the higher plant Calvin cycle enzymes glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase and phosphoribulokinase. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2011; 62:3799-805. [PMID: 21498632 PMCID: PMC3134340 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/err057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2010] [Revised: 02/07/2011] [Accepted: 02/08/2011] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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In darkened leaves the Calvin cycle enzymes glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) and phosphoribulokinase (PRK) form a regulatory multi-enzyme complex with the small chloroplast protein CP12. GAPDH also forms a high molecular weight regulatory mono-enzyme complex. Given that there are different reports as to the number and subunit composition of these complexes and that enzyme regulatory mechanisms are known to vary between species, it was reasoned that protein-protein interactions may also vary between species. Here, this variation is investigated. This study shows that two different tetramers of GAPDH (an A2B2 heterotetramer and an A4 homotetramer) have the capacity to form part of the PRK/GAPDH/CP12 complex. The role of the PRK/GAPDH/CP12 complex is not simply to regulate the 'non-regulatory' A4 GAPDH tetramer. This study also demonstrates that the abundance and nature of PRK/GAPDH/CP12 interactions are not equal in all species and that whilst NAD enhances complex formation in some species, this is not sufficient for complex formation in others. Furthermore, it is shown that the GAPDH mono-enzyme complex is more abundant as a 2(A2B2) complex, rather than the larger 4(A2B2) complex. This smaller complex is sensitive to cellular metabolites indicating that it is an important regulatory isoform of GAPDH. This comparative study has highlighted considerable heterogeneity in PRK and GAPDH protein interactions between closely related species and the possible underlying physiological basis for this is discussed.
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- Thomas P Howard
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK.
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Erales J, Mekhalfi M, Woudstra M, Gontero B. Molecular mechanism of NADPH-glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase regulation through the C-terminus of CP12 in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Biochemistry 2011; 50:2881-8. [PMID: 21366264 DOI: 10.1021/bi1020259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) consists of four GapA subunits. This A4 GAPDH is not autonomously regulated, as the regulatory cysteine residues present on GapB subunits are missing in GapA subunits. The regulation of A4 GAPDH is provided by another protein, CP12. To determine the molecular mechanisms of regulation of A4 GAPDH, we mutated three residues (R82, R190, and S195) of GAPDH of C. reinhardtii. Kinetic studies of GAPDH mutants showed the importance of residue R82 in the specificity of GAPDH for NADPH, as previously shown for the spinach enzyme. The cofactor NADPH was not stabilized through the 2'-phosphate by the serine 195 residue of the algal GAPDH, unlike the case in spinach. The mutation of R190 also led to a structural change that was not observed in the spinach enzyme. This mutation led to a loss of activity for NADPH and NADH, indicating the crucial role of this residue in maintaining the algal GAPDH structure. Finally, the interaction between GAPDH mutants and wild-type and mutated CP12 was analyzed by immunoblotting experiments, surface plasmon resonance, and kinetic studies. The results obtained with these approaches highlight the involvement of the last residue of CP12, Asp80, in modulating the activity of GAPDH by preventing access of the cofactor NADPH to the active site. These results help us to bridge the gap between our knowledge of structure and our understanding of functional biology in GAPDH regulation.
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- Jenny Erales
- Laboratoire d'Enzymologie de complexes supramoléculaires, BIP-UPR 9036, BIP-CNRS, IMM-Aix-Marseille Universities, 31 chemin J. Aiguier, 13402 Marseille Cedex 20, France
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Marri L, Pesaresi A, Valerio C, Lamba D, Pupillo P, Trost P, Sparla F. In vitro characterization of Arabidopsis CP12 isoforms reveals common biochemical and molecular properties. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2010; 167:939-50. [PMID: 20399532 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2010.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2009] [Revised: 01/27/2010] [Accepted: 02/15/2010] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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In oxygenic photosynthetic organisms, the activities of two Calvin cycle enzymes (glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, GAPDH and phosphoribulokinase, PRK) are regulated by CP12-mediated complex formation. The Arabidopsis genome contains three genes encoding different CP12 isoforms (CP12-1, At2g47400; CP12-2, At3g62410 and CP12-3, At1g76560), all plastid-targeted, as demonstrated by localization in the chloroplast stroma of CP12 precursor sequences fused with the green fluorescence protein (GFP). The disorder predictor PONDR classified Arabidopsis CP12s as largely disordered proteins, and circular dichroism spectra confirmed these predictions. Based on sequence similarity, 66 CP12s from different organisms were identified and clustered in six types, with CP12-1 and -2 grouping together with other largely disordered sequences (Type I), while a lower level of disorder was predicted within the cluster including CP12-3 (Type II). The three Arabidopsis CP12 isoforms were expressed as mature recombinant forms and purified to homogeneity. Redox titrations demonstrated that the four conserved cysteines of each CP12 isoform could form two internal disulfide bridges with different midpoint redox potentials (E(m,7.9) -326 mV and -350 mV in both CP12-1 and CP12-2; E(m,7.9) -332 mV and -373 mV in CP12-3). In agreement with their similar redox properties, all CP12 isoforms formed, in vitro, a supramolecular complex with GAPDH and PRK, with comparable inhibitory effects on both enzyme activities. In order to test whether CP12 isoforms might have broader regulatory functions than regulating Calvin cycle enzymes, CP12 proteins were analyzed for their capacity to bind plastidial glycolytic GAPDH (GapCp). To this purpose, the mature form of Arabidopsis GapCp2 was cloned, expressed in recombinant form and purified to homogeneity. However, contrary to expectations, no CP12 isoform was able to bind GapCp2 under any of the conditions tested.
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- Lucia Marri
- Department of Experimental Evolutionary Biology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Fermani S, Sparla F, Marri L, Thumiger A, Pupillo P, Falini G, Trost P. Structure of photosynthetic glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (isoform A4) from Arabidopsis thaliana in complex with NAD. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 2010; 66:621-6. [PMID: 20516587 DOI: 10.1107/s1744309110013527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2010] [Accepted: 04/12/2010] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The crystal structure of the A(4) isoform of photosynthetic glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) from Arabidopsis thaliana, expressed in recombinant form and complexed with NAD, is reported. The crystals, which were grown in 2.4 M ammonium sulfate and 0.1 M sodium citrate, belonged to space group I222. The asymmetric unit includes ten subunits, i.e. two independent tetramers plus a dimer that generates a third tetramer by a crystallographic symmetry operation. The crystal structure was solved by molecular replacement and refined to an R factor of 23.7% and an R(free) factor of 28.9% at 2.6 A resolution. In the final model, each subunit binds one NAD(+) molecule and two sulfates, which occupy the P(s) and the P(i) anion-binding sites. Detailed knowledge of this structure is instrumental for structural investigation of supramolecular complexes of A(4)-GAPDH, phosphoribulokinase and CP12, which are involved in the regulation of photosynthesis in the model plant A. thaliana.
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- Simona Fermani
- Department of Chemistry, University of Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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Erales J, Lignon S, Gontero B. CP12 from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, a permanent specific "chaperone-like" protein of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:12735-44. [PMID: 19287002 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m808254200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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A new role is reported for CP12, a highly unfolded and flexible protein, mainly known for its redox function with A(4) glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH). Both reduced and oxidized CP12 can prevent the in vitro thermal inactivation and aggregation of GAPDH from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. This mechanism is thus not redox-dependent. The protection is specific to CP12, because other proteins, such as bovine serum albumin, thioredoxin, and a general chaperone, Hsp33, do not fully prevent denaturation of GAPDH. Furthermore, CP12 acts as a specific chaperone, since it does not protect other proteins, such as catalase, alcohol dehydrogenase, or lysozyme. The interaction between CP12 and GAPDH is necessary to prevent the aggregation and inactivation, since the mutant C66S that does not form any complex with GAPDH cannot accomplish this protection. Unlike the C66S mutant, the C23S mutant that lacks the N-terminal bridge is partially able to protect and to slow down the inactivation and aggregation. Tryptic digestion coupled to mass spectrometry confirmed that the S-loop of GAPDH is the interaction site with CP12. Thus, CP12 not only has a redox function but also behaves as a specific "chaperone-like protein" for GAPDH, although a stable and not transitory interaction is observed. This new function of CP12 may explain why it is also present in complexes involving A(2)B(2) GAPDHs that possess a regulatory C-terminal extension (GapB subunit) and therefore do not require CP12 to be redox-regulated.
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- Jenny Erales
- Laboratoire d'Enzymologie de Complexes Supramoléculaires, UPR 9036, Bioénergétique et Ingénierie des Protéines, Marseille Cedex 20, France
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Marri L, Zaffagnini M, Collin V, Issakidis-Bourguet E, Lemaire SD, Pupillo P, Sparla F, Miginiac-Maslow M, Trost P. Prompt and easy activation by specific thioredoxins of calvin cycle enzymes of Arabidopsis thaliana associated in the GAPDH/CP12/PRK supramolecular complex. MOLECULAR PLANT 2009; 2:259-69. [PMID: 19825612 DOI: 10.1093/mp/ssn061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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The Calvin cycle enzymes glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) and phosphoribulokinase (PRK) can form under oxidizing conditions a supramolecular complex with the regulatory protein CP12. Both GAPDH and PRK activities are inhibited within the complex, but they can be fully restored by reduced thioredoxins (TRXs). We have investigated the interactions of eight different chloroplast thioredoxin isoforms (TRX f1, m1, m2, m3, m4, y1, y2, x) with GAPDH (A(4), B(4), and B(8) isoforms), PRK and CP12 (isoform 2), all from Arabidopsis thaliana. In the complex, both A(4)-GAPDH and PRK were promptly activated by TRX f1, or more slowly by TRXs m1 and m2, but all other TRXs were ineffective. Free PRK was regulated by TRX f1, m1, or m2, while B(4)- and B(8)-GAPDH were absolutely specific for TRX f1. Interestingly, reductive activation of PRK caged in the complex was much faster than reductive activation of free oxidized PRK, and activation of A(4)-GAPDH in the complex was much faster (and less demanding in terms of reducing potential) than activation of free oxidized B(4)- or B(8)-GAPDH. It is proposed that CP12-assembled supramolecular complex may represent a reservoir of inhibited enzymes ready to be released in fully active conformation following reduction and dissociation of the complex by TRXs upon the shift from dark to low light. On the contrary, autonomous redox-modulation of GAPDH (B-containing isoforms) would be more suited to conditions of very active photosynthesis.
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- Lucia Marri
- Laboratory of Molecular Plant Physiology, Department of Experimental Evolutionary Biology, University of Bologna, Via Irnerio 42, I-40126 Bologna, Italy
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Erales J, Gontero B, Maberly SC. SPECIFICITY AND FUNCTION OF GLYCERALDEHYDE-3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE IN A FRESHWATER DIATOM, ASTERIONELLA FORMOSA (BACILLARIOPHYCEAE)(1). JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY 2008; 44:1455-1464. [PMID: 27039860 DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2008.00600.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The plastidic glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) catalyzes the only reductive step in the Calvin cycle and exists as different forms of which GapC1 enzyme is present in chromalveolates, such as diatoms. Biochemical studies on diatoms are still fragmentary, and, thus, in this report, GAPDH from the freshwater diatom Asterionella formosa Hassall has been purified and kinetically characterized. It is a homotetrameric enzyme with a molecular mass of ~150 ± 15 kDa. The enzyme showed Michaelis-Menten kinetics with respect to both cofactors, NADPH and NADH, with a 16-fold greater catalytic constant for NADPH. The Km for NADPH was 140 μM, the lowest affinity reported, while the catalytic constant, 815 s(-1) , is the highest reported. The Km for NADH was 93 μM, and the catalytic constant was 50 s(-1) , both are similar to reported values for other types of GAPDH. The GapC1 enzyme, like the Chlamydomonas reinhardtii A4 GAPDH, exhibits a cooperative behavior toward the substrate, 1,3-bisphosphoglyceric acid (BPGA), with both cofactors. Mass spectrometry analysis showed that when GapC1 enzyme was purified without reducing agents, it copurified with a small protein with a mass of 8.2 kDa. This protein was recognized by antibodies against CP12. When associated with this protein, GAPDH displayed a lag that disappeared upon incubation with reducing agent in the presence of either BPGA or NADPH as a consequence of dissociation of the GAPDH/CP12 complex. Thus, as in other species of algae and higher plants, regulation of GapC1 enzyme in A. formosa may occur through association-dissociation processes linked to dark-light transitions.
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- Jenny Erales
- Laboratoire de Bioénergétique et Ingénierie des Protéines, 31 Chemin Joseph Aiguier, 13 402 Marseille Cedex 20 FranceCentre for Ecology and Hydrology, Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg, Lancaster LA1 4AP, UK
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- Laboratoire de Bioénergétique et Ingénierie des Protéines, 31 Chemin Joseph Aiguier, 13 402 Marseille Cedex 20 FranceCentre for Ecology and Hydrology, Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg, Lancaster LA1 4AP, UK
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- Laboratoire de Bioénergétique et Ingénierie des Protéines, 31 Chemin Joseph Aiguier, 13 402 Marseille Cedex 20 FranceCentre for Ecology and Hydrology, Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg, Lancaster LA1 4AP, UK
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Singh P, Kaloudas D, Raines CA. Expression analysis of the Arabidopsis CP12 gene family suggests novel roles for these proteins in roots and floral tissues. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2008; 59:3975-85. [PMID: 18974062 PMCID: PMC2576635 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ern236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2008] [Revised: 08/26/2008] [Accepted: 08/27/2008] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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The chloroplast protein CP12 has been shown to regulate the activity of two Calvin cycle enzymes, phosphoribulokinase (PRK) and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH), by the reversible formation of a multiprotein complex. In Arabidopsis there are three CP12 genes, CP12-1, CP12-2, and CP12-3, and expression analysis suggested that the function of these proteins may not be restricted to the Calvin cycle. Reverse transcription-PCR analysis was used here to investigate further the expression patterns of the three CP12 Arabidopsis genes together with the genes encoding plastid GAPDH (GAPA-1 and GAPB), PRK (PRK), and plastid NAD-dependent GAPDH (GAPCp1 and GAPCp2) during development, in response to changes in light, temperature, and anaerobic conditions. Expression of the CP12-2 gene was similar to that of the Calvin cycle enzymes PRK and GAPDH. However, this was not the case for CP12-1 and -3 which were both expressed in roots. Analysis of transgenic Arabidopsis lines expressing CP12::GUS fusion constructs revealed that the CP12 genes display different spatiotemporal expression patterns. The CP12-1 gene was expressed in root tips whilst CP12-3::GUS expression was evident throughout the root tissue. The most unexpected finding was that all three CP12 genes were expressed in floral tissues; CP12-1 and CP12-2 expression was detected in the sepals and the style of the flower, while in contrast CP12-3::GUS expression was restricted to the stigma and anthers. Taken together, the data suggest that the redox-sensitive CP12 proteins may have a wider role in non-photosynthetic plastids, throughout the plant life cycle.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK
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Forty years ago, ferredoxin (Fdx) was shown to activate fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase in illuminated chloroplast preparations, thereby laying the foundation for the field now known as "redox biology." Enzyme activation was later shown to require the ubiquitous protein thioredoxin (Trx), reduced photosynthetically by Fdx via an enzyme then unknown-ferredoxin:thioredoxin reductase (FTR). These proteins, Fdx, FTR, and Trx, constitute a regulatory ensemble, the "Fdx/Trx system." The redox biology field has since grown beyond all expectations and now embraces a spectrum of processes throughout biology. Progress has been notable with plants that possess not only the plastid Fdx/Trx system, but also the earlier known NADP/Trx system in the cytosol, endoplasmic reticulum, and mitochondria. Plants contain at least 19 types of Trx (nine in chloroplasts). In this review, we focus on the structure and mechanism of action of members of the photosynthetic Fdx/Trx system and on biochemical processes linked to Trx. We also summarize recent evidence that extends the Fdx/Trx system to amyloplasts-heterotrophic plastids functional in the biosynthesis of starch and other cell components. The review highlights the plant as a model system to uncover principles of redox biology that apply to other organisms.
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- Peter Schürmann
- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Université de Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
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Howard TP, Metodiev M, Lloyd JC, Raines CA. Thioredoxin-mediated reversible dissociation of a stromal multiprotein complex in response to changes in light availability. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008; 105:4056-61. [PMID: 18322016 PMCID: PMC2268787 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0710518105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2007] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A Calvin cycle multiprotein complex including phosphoribulokinase (PRK), glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH), and a small protein, CP12, has previously been identified. In this article, we have studied this complex in leaves and have shown that dissociation and reassociation of the PRK/GAPDH/CP12 complex occurs in a time frame of minutes, allowing for rapid regulation of enzyme activity. Furthermore, we have shown that the extent of formation and dissociation of the PRK/GAPDH/CP12 complex correlates with the quantity of light. These data provide evidence linking the status of this complex with the rapid and subtle regulation of GAPDH and PRK activities in response to fluctuations in light availability. We have also demonstrated that dissociation of this complex depends on electron transport chain activity and that the major factor involved in the dissociation of the pea complex was thioredoxin f. We show here that both PRK and GAPDH are present in the reduced form in leaves in the dark, but are inactive, demonstrating the role of the PRK/GAPDH/CP12 complex in deactivating these enzymes in response to reductions in light intensity. Based on our data, we propose a model for thioredoxin f-mediated activation of PRK and GAPDH by two mechanisms: directly through reduction of disulfide bonds within these enzymes and indirectly by mediating the breakdown of the complex in response to changes in light intensity.
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- Thomas P. Howard
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex CO4 3SQ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex CO4 3SQ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex CO4 3SQ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex CO4 3SQ, United Kingdom
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Marri L, Trost P, Trivelli X, Gonnelli L, Pupillo P, Sparla F. Spontaneous Assembly of Photosynthetic Supramolecular Complexes as Mediated by the Intrinsically Unstructured Protein CP12. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:1831-8. [DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m705650200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Fermani S, Sparla F, Falini G, Martelli PL, Casadio R, Pupillo P, Ripamonti A, Trost P. Molecular mechanism of thioredoxin regulation in photosynthetic A2B2-glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007; 104:11109-14. [PMID: 17573533 PMCID: PMC1904167 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0611636104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Chloroplast glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) is a light-regulated, NAD(P)H-dependent enzyme involved in plant photosynthetic carbon reduction. Unlike lower photosynthetic organisms, which only contain A(4)-GAPDH, the major GAPDH isoform of land plants is made up of A and B subunits, the latter containing a C-terminal extension (CTE) with fundamental regulatory functions. Light-activation of AB-GAPDH depends on the redox state of a pair of cysteines of the CTE, which can form a disulfide bond under control of thioredoxin f, leading to specific inhibition of the NADPH-dependent activity. The tridimensional structure of A(2)B(2)-GAPDH from spinach chloroplasts, crystallized in the oxidized state, shows that each disulfide-containing CTE is docked into a deep cleft between a pair of A and B subunits. The structure of the CTE was derived from crystallographic data and computational modeling and confirmed by site-specific mutagenesis. Structural analysis of oxidized A(2)B(2)-GAPDH and chimeric mutant [A+CTE](4)-GAPDH revealed that Arg-77, which is essential for coenzyme specificity and high NADPH-dependent activity, fails to interact with NADP in these kinetically inhibited GAPDH tetramers and is attracted instead by negative residues of oxidized CTE. Other subtle changes in catalytic domains and overall conformation of the tetramers were noticed in oxidized A(2)B(2)-GAPDH and [A+CTE](4)-GAPDH, compared with fully active A(4)-GAPDH. The CTE is envisioned as a redox-sensitive regulatory domain that can force AB-GAPDH into a kinetically inhibited conformation under oxidizing conditions, which also occur during dark inactivation of the enzyme in vivo.
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- S. Fermani
- *Department of Chemistry, University of Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy; and
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- Laboratory of Molecular Plant Physiology and
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- *Department of Chemistry, University of Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy; and
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- Biocomputing Group, Department of Experimental Evolutionary Biology, University of Bologna, Via Irnerio 42, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Biocomputing Group, Department of Experimental Evolutionary Biology, University of Bologna, Via Irnerio 42, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Plant Physiology and
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- *Department of Chemistry, University of Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy; and
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- Laboratory of Molecular Plant Physiology and
- To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Trost P, Fermani S, Marri L, Zaffagnini M, Falini G, Scagliarini S, Pupillo P, Sparla F. Thioredoxin-dependent regulation of photosynthetic glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase: autonomous vs. CP12-dependent mechanisms. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2006; 89:263-75. [PMID: 17031544 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-006-9099-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2006] [Accepted: 08/21/2006] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Regulation of the Calvin-Benson cycle under varying light/dark conditions is a common property of oxygenic photosynthetic organisms and photosynthetic glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) is one of the targets of this complex regulatory system. In cyanobacteria and most algae, photosynthetic GAPDH is a homotetramer of GapA subunits which do not contain regulatory domains. In these organisms, dark-inhibition of the Calvin-Benson cycle involves the formation of a kinetically inhibited supramolecular complex between GAPDH, the regulatory peptide CP12 and phosphoribulokinase. Conditions prevailing in the dark, i.e. oxidation of thioredoxins and low NADP(H)/NAD(H) ratio promote aggregation. Although this regulatory system has been inherited in higher plants, these phototrophs contain in addition a second type of GAPDH subunits (GapB) resulting from the fusion of GapA with the C-terminal half of CP12. Heterotetrameric A(2)B(2)-GAPDH constitutes the major photosynthetic GAPDH isoform of higher plants chloroplasts and coexists with CP12 and A(4)-GAPDH. GapB subunits of A(2)B(2)-GAPDH have inherited from CP12 a regulatory domain (CTE for C-terminal extension) which makes the enzyme sensitive to thioredoxins and pyridine nucleotides, resembling the GAPDH/CP12/PRK system. The two systems are similar in other respects: oxidizing conditions and low NADP(H)/NAD(H) ratios promote aggregation of A(2)B(2)-GAPDH into strongly inactivated A(8)B(8)-GAPDH hexadecamers, and both CP12 and CTE specifically affect the NADPH-dependent activity of GAPDH. The alternative, lower activity with NADH is always unaffected. Based on the crystal structure of spinach A(4)-GAPDH and the analysis of site-specific mutants, a model of the autonomous (CP12-independent) regulatory mechanism of A(2)B(2)-GAPDH is proposed. Both CP12 and CTE seem to regulate different photosynthetic GAPDH isoforms according to a common and ancient molecular mechanism.
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- P Trost
- Laboratory of Molecular Plant Physiology, Department of Evolutionary Experimental Biology, University of Bologna, Via Irnerio 42, Bologna, 40126, Italy.
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Lebreton S, Andreescu S, Graciet E, Gontero B. Mapping of the interaction site of CP12 with glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. FEBS J 2006; 273:3358-69. [PMID: 16803460 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2006.05342.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The 8.5 kDa chloroplast protein CP12 is essential for assembly of the phosphoribulokinase/glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) complex from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. After reduction of this complex with thioredoxin, phosphoribulokinase is released but CP12 remains tightly associated with GAPDH and downregulates its NADPH-dependent activity. We show that only incubation with reduced thioredoxin and the GAPDH substrate 1,3-bisphosphoglycerate leads to dissociation of the GAPDH/CP12 complex. Consequently, a significant twofold increase in the NADPH-dependent activity of GAPDH was observed. 1,3-Bisphosphoglycerate or reduced thioredoxin alone weaken the association, causing a smaller increase in GAPDH activity. CP12 thus behaves as a negative regulator of GAPDH activity. A mutant lacking the C-terminal disulfide bridge is unable to interact with GAPDH, whereas absence of the N-terminal disulfide bridge does not prevent the association with GAPDH. Trypsin-protection experiments indicated that GAPDH may be also bound to the central alpha-helix of CP12 which includes residues at position 36 (D) and 39 (E). Mutants of CP12 (D36A, E39A and E39K) but not D36K, reconstituted the GAPDH/CP12 complex. Although the dissociation constants measured by surface plasmon resonance were 2.5-75-fold higher with these mutants than with wild-type CP12 and GAPDH, they remained low. For the D36K mutation, we calculated a 7 kcal.mol(-1) destabilizing effect, which may correspond to loss of the stabilizing effect of an ionic bond for the interaction between GAPDH and CP12. It thus suggests that electrostatic forces are responsible for the interaction between GAPDH and CP12.
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- Sandrine Lebreton
- Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS-Universités Paris VI et Paris VII, France
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Petersen J, Teich R, Becker B, Cerff R, Brinkmann H. The GapA/B Gene Duplication Marks the Origin of Streptophyta (Charophytes and Land Plants). Mol Biol Evol 2006; 23:1109-18. [PMID: 16527864 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msj123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Independent evidence from morphological, ultrastructural, biochemical, and molecular data have shown that land plants originated from charophycean green algae. However, the branching order within charophytes is still unresolved, and contradictory phylogenies about, for example,the position of the unicellular green alga Mesostigma viride are difficult to reconcile. A comparison of nuclear-encoded Calvin cycle glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenases (GAPDH) indicates that a crucial duplication of the GapA gene occurred early in land plant evolution. The duplicate called GapB acquired a characteristic carboxy-terminal extension (CTE) from the general regulator of the Calvin cycle CP12. This CTE is responsible for thioredoxin-dependent light/dark regulation. In this work, we established GapA, GapB, and CP12 sequences from bryophytes, all orders of charophyte as well as chlorophyte green algae, and the glaucophyte Cyanophora paradoxa. Comprehensive phylogenetic analyses of all available plastid GAPDH sequences suggest that glaucophytes and green plants are sister lineages and support a positioning of Mesostigma basal to all charophycean algae. The exclusive presence of GapB in terrestrial plants, charophytes, and Mesostigma dates the GapA/B gene duplication to the common ancestor of Streptophyta. The conspicuously high degree of GapB sequence conservation suggests an important metabolic role of the newly gained regulatory function. Because the GapB-mediated protein aggregation most likely ensures the complete blockage of the Calvin cycle at night, we propose that this mechanism is also crucial for efficient starch mobilization. This innovation may be one prerequisite for the development of storage tissues in land plants.
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- Jörn Petersen
- Institut für Genetik, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany.
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Marri L, Trost P, Pupillo P, Sparla F. Reconstitution and properties of the recombinant glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase/CP12/phosphoribulokinase supramolecular complex of Arabidopsis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2005; 139:1433-43. [PMID: 16258009 PMCID: PMC1283778 DOI: 10.1104/pp.105.068445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Calvin cycle enzymes glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) and phosphoribulokinase (PRK) form together with the regulatory peptide CP12 a supramolecular complex in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) that could be reconstituted in vitro using purified recombinant proteins. Both enzyme activities were strongly influenced by complex formation, providing an effective means for regulation of the Calvin cycle in vivo. PRK and CP12, but not GapA (A(4) isoform of GAPDH), are redox-sensitive proteins. PRK was reversibly inhibited by oxidation. CP12 has no enzymatic activity, but it changed conformation depending on redox conditions. GapA, a bispecific NAD(P)-dependent dehydrogenase, specifically formed a binary complex with oxidized CP12 when bound to NAD. PRK did not interact with either GapA or CP12 singly, but oxidized PRK could form with GapA/CP12 a stable ternary complex of about 640 kD (GapA/CP12/PRK). Exchanging NADP for NAD, reducing CP12, or reducing PRK were all conditions that prevented formation of the complex. Although GapA activity was little affected by CP12 alone, the NADPH-dependent activity of GapA embedded in the GapA/CP12/PRK complex was 80% inhibited in respect to the free enzyme. The NADH activity was unaffected. Upon binding to GapA/CP12, the activity of oxidized PRK dropped from 25% down to 2% the activity of the free reduced enzyme. The supramolecular complex was dissociated by reduced thioredoxins, NADP, 1,3-bisphosphoglycerate (BPGA), or ATP. The activity of GapA was only partially recovered after complex dissociation by thioredoxins, NADP, or ATP, and full GapA activation required BPGA. NADP, ATP, or BPGA partially activated PRK, but full recovery of PRK activity required thioredoxins. The reversible formation of the GapA/CP12/PRK supramolecular complex provides novel possibilities to finely regulate GapA ("non-regulatory" GAPDH isozyme) and PRK (thioredoxin sensitive) in a coordinated manner.
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- Lucia Marri
- Laboratory of Molecular Plant Physiology, Department of Experimental Evolutionary Biology, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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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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Sparla F, Zaffagnini M, Wedel N, Scheibe R, Pupillo P, Trost P. Regulation of photosynthetic GAPDH dissected by mutants. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2005; 138:2210-9. [PMID: 16055685 PMCID: PMC1183408 DOI: 10.1104/pp.105.062117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) of higher plants catalyzes an NADPH-consuming reaction, which is part of the Calvin cycle. This reaction is regulated by light via thioredoxins and metabolites, while a minor NADH-dependent activity is constant and constitutive. The major native isozyme is formed by A- and B-subunits in stoichiometric ratio (A2B2, A8B8), but tetramers of recombinant B-subunits (GapB) display similar regulatory features to A2B2-GAPDH. The C-terminal extension (CTE) of B-subunits is essential for thioredoxin-mediated regulation and NAD-induced aggregation to partially inactive oligomers (A8B8, B8). Deletion mutant B(minCTE) is redox insensitive and invariably tetrameric, and chimeric mutant A(plusCTE) acquired redox sensitivity and capacity to aggregate to very large oligomers in presence of NAD. Redox regulation principally affects the turnover number, without significantly changing the affinity for either 1,3-bisphosphoglycerate or NADPH. Mutant R77A of GapB, B(R77A), is down-regulated and mimics the behavior of oxidized GapB under any redox condition, whereas mutant B(E362Q) is constantly up-regulated, resembling reduced GapB. Despite their redox insensitivity, both B(R77A) and B(E362Q) mutants are notably prone to aggregate in presence of NAD. Based on structural data and current functional analysis, a model of GAPDH redox regulation is presented. Formation of a disulfide in the CTE induces a conformational change of the GAPDH with repositioning of the terminal amino acid Glu-362 in the proximity of Arg-77. The latter residue is thus distracted from binding the 2'-phosphate of NADP, with the final effect that the enzyme relaxes to a conformation leading to a slower NADPH-dependent catalytic activity.
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- Francesca Sparla
- Laboratory of Molecular Plant Physiology, Department of Biology, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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Sparla F, Fermani S, Falini G, Zaffagnini M, Ripamonti A, Sabatino P, Pupillo P, Trost P. Coenzyme site-directed mutants of photosynthetic A4-GAPDH show selectively reduced NADPH-dependent catalysis, similar to regulatory AB-GAPDH inhibited by oxidized thioredoxin. J Mol Biol 2004; 340:1025-37. [PMID: 15236965 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2004] [Revised: 05/25/2004] [Accepted: 06/03/2004] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Chloroplast glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) of higher plants uses both NADP(H) and NAD(H) as coenzyme and consists of one (GapA) or two types of subunits (GapA, GapB). AB-GAPDH is regulated in vivo through the action of thioredoxin and metabolites, showing higher kinetic preference for NADPH in the light than in darkness due to a specific effect on kcat(NADPH). Previous crystallographic studies on spinach chloroplast A4-GAPDH complexed with NADP or NAD showed that residues Thr33 and Ser188 are involved in NADP over NAD selectivity by interacting with the 2'-phosphate group of NADP. This suggested a possible involvement of these residues in the regulatory mechanism. Mutants of recombinant spinach GapA (A4-GAPDH) with Thr33 or Ser188 replaced by Ala (T33A, S188A and double mutant T33A/S188A) were produced, expressed in Escherichia coli, and compared to wild-type recombinant A4-GAPDH, in terms of crystal structures and kinetic properties. Affinity for NADPH was decreased significantly in all mutants, and kcat(NADPH) was lowered in mutants carrying the substitution of Ser188. NADH-dependent activity was unaffected. The decrease of kcat/Km of the NADPH-dependent reaction in Ser188 mutants resembles the behaviour of AB-GAPDH inhibited by oxidized thioredoxin, as confirmed by steady-state kinetic analysis of native enzyme. A significant expansion of size of the A4-tetramer was observed in the S188A mutant compared to wild-type A4. We conclude that in the absence of interactions between Ser188 and the 2'-phosphate group of NADP, the enzyme structure relaxes to a less compact conformation, which negatively affects the complex catalytic cycle of GADPH. A model based on this concept might be developed to explain the in vivo light-regulation of the GAPDH.
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- Francesca Sparla
- Laboratorio di Fisiologia molecolare delle piante, Dipartimento di Biologia Evoluzionistica Sperimentale, via Irnerio 42, Università di Bologna, I-40126 Bologna, Italy
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Graciet E, Lebreton S, Gontero B. Emergence of new regulatory mechanisms in the Benson-Calvin pathway via protein-protein interactions: a glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase/CP12/phosphoribulokinase complex. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2004; 55:1245-54. [PMID: 15047759 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erh107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Protein-protein interactions are involved in many metabolic pathways. This review will focus on the role of such associations in CO2 assimilation (Benson-Calvin cycle) and especially on the involvement of a GAPDH/CP12/PRK complex which has been identified in many photosynthetic organisms and may have an important role in the regulation of CO2 assimilation. The emergence of new kinetic and regulatory properties as a consequence of protein-protein interactions will be addressed as well as some of the questions raised by the existence of these supramolecular complexes such as composition, function, and assembly pathways. The presence and role of small intrinsically unstructured proteins like the 8.5 kDa protein CP12, involved in the regulation and/or assembly of these complexes will be discussed.
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- Emmanuelle Graciet
- Laboratoire d'ingéniérie des protéines et contrôle métabolique, Département Biologie des génomes, Institut Jacques Monod, UMR 7592 CNRS, Universités Paris VI-VII, 2 place Jussieu, F-75251 Paris cedex 05, France
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In green parts of the plant, during illumination ATP and NAD(P)H act as energy sources that are generated mainly in photosynthesis and respiration, whereas in darkness, glycolysis, respiration and the oxidative pentose-phosphate pathway (OPP) generate the required energy forms. In non-green parts, sugar oxidation in glycolysis, respiration and OPP are the only means of producing energy. For energy-consuming reactions, the delivery of NADPH, NADH, reduced ferredoxin and ATP has to take place at the required rates and in the specific compartments, since the pool sizes of these energy carriers are rather limited and, in general, they are not directly transported across biomembranes. Indirect transport of reducing equivalents can be achieved by malateoxaloacetate shuttles, involving malate dehydrogenase (MDH) for the interconversion. Isoenzymes of MDH are present in each cellular compartment. Chloroplasts contain the redox-controlled NADP-MDH that is only active in the light. In addition, a plastid NAD-MDH that is permanently active and is present in all plastid types has been found. Export of excess NAD(P)H through the malate valves will allow for the continued production of ATP (1) in photosynthesis, and (2) in oxidative phosphorylation. In the latter case, the coupled production of NADH is catalysed by the bispecific NAD(P)-GAPDH (GapAB) in chloroplasts that is active with NAD even in darkness, or by the specific plastid NAD-GAPDH (GapCp) in non-green tissues. When plants are subjected to conditions such as high light, high CO(2), NH(4) (+) nutrition, cold stress, which require changed activities of the enzymes of the malate valves, changed expression levels of the MDH isoforms can be observed. In nodules, the induction of a nodule-specific plastid NAD-MDH indicates the changed requirements for energy supply during N(2) fixation. Furthermore, the induction of glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase isoforms by ammonium and of ferredoxin and ferredoxin-NADP reductase by nitrate has been described. All these findings are in line with the assumption that a changed redox state caused by metabolic variability leads to the induction of enzymes involved in redox poise.
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- Renate Scheibe
- Pflanzenphysiologie, FB Biologie/Chemie, Universität Osnabrück, D-49069 Osnabrück, Germany
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Lebreton S, Graciet E, Gontero B. Modulation, via protein-protein interactions, of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase activity through redox phosphoribulokinase regulation. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:12078-84. [PMID: 12556449 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m213096200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The activity of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) embedded in the phosphoribulokinase (PRK).GAPDH.CP12 complex was increased 2-3-fold by reducing agents. This occurred by interaction with PRK as the cysteinyl sulfhydryls (4 SH/subunit) of GAPDH within the complex were unchanged whatever the redox state of the complex. But isolated GAPDH was not activated. Alkylation plus mass spectrometry also showed that PRK had one disulfide bridge and three SH groups per monomer in the active oxidized complex. Reduction disrupted this disulfide bridge to give 2 more SH groups and a much more active enzyme. We assessed the kinetics and dynamics of the interactions between PRK and GAPDH/CP12 using biosensors to measure complex formation in real time. The apparent equilibrium binding constant for GAPDH/CP12 and PRK was 14 +/- 1.6 nm for oxidized PRK and 62 +/- 10 nm for reduced PRK. These interactions were neither pH- nor temperature-dependent. Thus, the dynamics of PRK.GAPDH.CP12 complex formation and GAPDH activity are modulated by the redox state of PRK.
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- Sandrine Lebreton
- Institut Jacques Monod, UMR 7592 CNRS, Universités Paris VI-VII, 2 place Jussieu, 75251 Paris cedex 05, France
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Chloroplasts have developed a light-dependent system for the control of the activities of key enzymes involved in assimilatory (photosynthetic) and dissimilatory pathways, which allows a switch between these opposing pathways to prevent futile cycling. This regulatory system, known as the ferredoxin/thioredoxin system, consists of several proteins constituting a redox cascade that transmits the light signal perceived by chlorophyll to selected target proteins, thereby influencing their activity. A central component of the redox cascade is a novel enzyme, the ferredoxin:thioredoxin reductase, which is capable of reducing a disulfide bridge with the help of an iron-sulfur cluster. Recent developments on the elucidation of the structures of several implicated proteins and on the mechanism of signal transfer have greatly improved our understanding of this regulatory mechanism. This review describes the components of the redox cascade, the principal target proteins, and the mechanism of action of the light-signal transfer.
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- Peter Schürmann
- Laborotoire de Biochimie Végétale, Université de Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
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Graciet E, Lebreton S, Camadro JM, Gontero B. Characterization of native and recombinant A4 glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase. Kinetic evidence for confromation changes upon association with the small protein CP12. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2003; 270:129-36. [PMID: 12492483 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03372.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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A4 glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) was purified from the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and was also overexpressed in Escherichia coli. Both purified A4 tetramers of recombinant and native GAPDH were characterized for the first time. The pH optimum for both native and recombinant enzymes was close to 7.8. The pKs of the residues involved in catalysis indicate that a cysteine and a histidine may take part in catalysis by chloroplast GAPDH, as is the case for glycolytic GAPDH. Native and recombinant GAPDH show Michaelis-Menten kinetics with respect to their cofactors, NADH and NADPH, with greater specificity for NADPH. The kinetic parameters are similar to those of the heterotetrameric A2B2 spinach chloroplast GAPDH. Native C. reinhardtii and recombinant GAPDHs exhibit a cooperative behavior towards the substrate 1,3-bisphosphoglycerate (BPGA). This positive cooperativity is specific to the C. reinhardtii enzyme, as higher plant A2B2 GAPDHs show Michaelis-Menten kinetics. Native GAPDH has twofold lower catalytic constant and K0.5 for BPGA than recombinant GAPDH. Mass spectrometry analysis of native GAPDH shows that it is a complex of GAPDH and the small protein CP12. In vitro reconstitution assays indicate that the kinetic differences are the result conformation changes of GAPDH upon association with CP12.
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Scheibe R, Wedel N, Vetter S, Emmerlich V, Sauermann SM. Co-existence of two regulatory NADP-glyceraldehyde 3-P dehydrogenase complexes in higher plant chloroplasts. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2002; 269:5617-24. [PMID: 12423361 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2002.03269.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Light/dark modulation of the higher plant Calvin-cycle enzymes phosphoribulokinase (PRK) and NADP-dependent glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (NADP- GAPDH-A2B2) involves changes of their aggregation state in addition to redox changes of regulatory cysteines. Here we demonstrate that plants possess two different complexes containing the inactive forms (a) of NADP-GAPDH and PRK and (b) of only NADP-GAPDH, respectively, in darkened chloroplasts. While the 550-kDa PRK/GAPDH/CP12 complex is dissociated and activated upon reduction alone, activation and dissociation of the 600-kDa A8B8 complex of NADP-GAPDH requires incubation with dithiothreitol and the effector 1,3-bisphosphoglycerate. In the light, PRK is therefore completely in its activated state under all conditions, even in low light, while GAPDH activation in the light is characterized by a two-step mechanism with 60-70% activation under most conditions in the light, and the activation of the remaining 30-40% occurring only when 1,3-bisphosphoglycerate levels are strongly increasing. In vitro studies with the purified components and coprecipitation experiments from fresh stroma using polyclonal antisera confirm the existence of these two aggregates. Isolated oxidized PRK alone does not reaggregate after it has been purified in its reduced form; only in the presence of both CP12 and purified NADP-GAPDH, some of the PRK reaggregates. Recombinant GapA/GapB constructs form the A8B8 complex immediately upon expression in E. coli.
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- Renate Scheibe
- Plant Physiology, University of Osnabrueck, Germany; Planton GmbH, Kiel, Germany
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Sparla F, Pupillo P, Trost P. The C-terminal extension of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase subunit B acts as an autoinhibitory domain regulated by thioredoxins and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:44946-52. [PMID: 12270927 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m206873200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The regulatory isoform of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) is a light-activated enzyme constituted by subunits GapA and GapB. The NADPH-dependent activity of regulatory GAPDH from spinach chloroplasts was affected by the redox potential (E(m,7.9), -353 +/- 11 mV) through the action of thioredoxin f. The redox dependence of recombinant GapB (E(m,7.9), -347 +/- 9 mV) was similar to native GAPDH, whereas GapA was essentially redox-insensitive. GapB mutants having one or two C-terminal cysteines mutated into serines (C358S, C349S, C349S/C358S) were less redox-sensitive than GapB. Different mutants with other cysteines substituted by serines (C18S, C274S, C285S) still showed strong redox regulation. Fully active GapB was a tetramer of B-subunits, and, when incubated with NAD, it associated to a high molecular weight oligomer showing low NADPH-dependent activity. The C-terminal GapB mutants (C358S, C349S, C349S/C358S) were active tetramers unable to aggregate to higher oligomers in the presence of NAD, whereas other mutants (C18S, C274S, C285S) again behaved like GapB. We conclude that a regulatory disulfide, between Cys-349 and Cys-358 of the C-terminal extension of GapB, does form in the presence of oxidized thioredoxin. This covalent modification is required for the NAD-dependent association into higher oligomers and inhibition of the NADPH-activity. By leading to GAPDH autoinhibition, thioredoxin and NAD may thus concur to the dark inactivation of the enzyme in vivo.
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- Francesca Sparla
- Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Department of Biology, University of Bologna, Via Irnerio 42, Bologna I-40126, Italy
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Graciet E, Lebreton S, Camadro JM, Gontero B. Thermodynamic analysis of the emergence of new regulatory properties in a phosphoribulokinase-glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase complex. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:12697-702. [PMID: 11815615 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111121200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase and phosphoribulokinase exist as stable enzymes and as part of a complex in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. We show here that phosphoribulokinase exerts an imprinting on glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase, which affects its catalysis by decreasing the energy barrier of the reactions with NADH or NADPH by 3.8 +/- 0.5 and 1.3 +/- 0.3 kJ.mol(-1). Phosphoribulokinase and glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase within the complex are regulated by NADP(H) but not by NAD(H). The activities of the metastable phosphoribulokinase and glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase released from the complex preincubated with NADP(H) are different from those of the metastable enzymes released from the untreated complex. NADP(H) increases phosphoribulokinase and NADPH-glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase activities with a (~)K(0.5 (NADP)) of 0.68 +/- 0.16 mm and a (~)K(0.5 (NADPH)) of 2.93 +/- 0.87 mm and decreases NADH-dependent activity. 1 mm NADP increases the energy barrier of the NADH-glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase-dependent reaction by 1.8 +/- 0.2 kJ.mol(-1) and decreases that of the reactions catalyzed by phosphoribulokinase and NADPH-glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase by 3 +/- 0.2 and 1.2 +/- 0.3 kJ.mol(-1), respectively. These cofactors have no effect on the independent stable enzymes. Therefore, protein-protein interactions may give rise to new regulatory properties.
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- Emmanuelle Graciet
- Institut Jacques Monod, UMR 7592 CNRS-Universités Paris VI-VII, 2 Place Jussieu, 75 251 Paris Cedex 05, France
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Mouche F, Gontero B, Callebaut I, Mornon JP, Boisset N. Striking conformational change suspected within the phosphoribulokinase dimer induced by interaction with GAPDH. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:6743-9. [PMID: 11741988 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m106401200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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A multitechnique approach was used to study the [glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase](2 x 4)-[phosphoribulokinase](2 x 2) multienzymatic complex of the alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. On the one hand, each component of the complex was compared with known atomic structures of related enzymes or of similar enzymes originating from different organisms. On the other hand, the overall low resolution architecture of the whole complex was studied using cryoelectron microscopy and image processing techniques. The dimers of phosphoribulokinase are suspected to undergo a dramatic change in activity during a cycle of binding and detaching from tetramers of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase. This is likely supported by strong structural differences between the modeled phosphoribulokinase dimers and the counterpart in the three-dimensional reconstruction volume of the whole complex obtained from cryoelectron microscope images.
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- Fabrice Mouche
- Laboratoire de Minéralogie Cristallographie Paris, CNRS, UMR-7590, Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, Case 115, 4 Place Jussieu, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France
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Fermani S, Ripamonti A, Sabatino P, Zanotti G, Scagliarini S, Sparla F, Trost P, Pupillo P. Crystal structure of the non-regulatory A(4 )isoform of spinach chloroplast glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase complexed with NADP. J Mol Biol 2001; 314:527-42. [PMID: 11846565 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.5172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Here, we report the first crystal structure of a photosynthetic glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) complexed with NADP. The enzyme, purified from spinach chloroplasts, is constituted of a single type of subunit (A) arranged in homotetramers. It shows non-regulated NADP-dependent and NAD-dependent activities, with a preference for NADP. The structure has been solved to 3.0 A resolution by molecular replacement. The crystals belong to space group C222 with three monomers in the asymmetric unit. One of the three monomers generates a tetramer using the space group 222 point symmetry and a very similar tetramer is generated by the other two monomers, related by a non-crystallographic symmetry, using a crystallographic 2-fold axis. The protein reveals a large structural homology with known GAPDHs both in the cofactor-binding domain and in regions of the catalytic domain. Like all other GAPDHs investigated so far, the A(4)-GAPDH belongs to the Rossmann fold family of dehydrogenases. However, unlike most dehydrogenases of this family, the adenosine 2'-phosphate group of NADP does not form a salt-bridge with any positively charged residue in its surroundings, being instead set in place by hydrogen bonds with a threonine residue belonging to the Rossmann fold and a serine residue located in the S-loop of a symmetry-related monomer. While increasing our knowledge of an important photosynthetic enzyme, these results contribute to a general understanding of NADP versus NAD recognition in pyridine nucleotide-dependent enzymes. Although the overall structure of A(4)-GAPDH is similar to that of the cytosolic GAPDH from bacteria and eukaryotes, the chloroplast tetramer is peculiar, in that it can actually be considered a dimer of dimers, since monomers are bound in pairs by a disulphide bridge formed across Cys200 residues. This bridge is not found in other cytosolic or chloroplast GAPDHs from animals, bacteria, or plants other than spinach.
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- S Fermani
- Dipartimento di Chimica "G. Ciamician", Università di Bologna, via Selmi 2, Bologna, 40126, Italia.
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Qi J, Isupov MN, Littlechild JA, Anderson LE. Chloroplast glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase contains a single disulfide bond located in the C-terminal extension to the B subunit. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:35247-52. [PMID: 11438534 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m103855200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Mass mapping analysis based on cyanylation and CN-induced cleavage indicates that the two cysteine residues in the C-terminal extension of the B subunit of the light-activated pea leaf chloroplast glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase form a disulfide bond. No evidence was found for a disulfide bond in the A subunit, nor was there any indication of a second disulfide bond in the B subunit. The availability of the structure of the extended glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase from the archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus allows modeling of the B subunit. As modeled, the two cysteine residues in the extension are positioned to form an interdomain disulfide cross-link.
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- J Qi
- Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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Tang GL, Wang YF, Bao JS, Chen HB. Two-cistron system overexpression of chloroplast glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase subunit B and B-derivatives from spinach in Escherichia coli. Protein Expr Purif 2001; 22:31-7. [PMID: 11388796 DOI: 10.1006/prep.2001.1413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A gene coding for the subunit B (GapB) of chloroplast glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase from spinach and its two derivatives (GapBc) lacking the GapB-specific C-terminal extension have been cloned by RT-PCR. These three genes have been overexpressed with full activity in Escherichia coli when a two-cistron expression system controlled by an inducible promoter P(trc) is used. With a suitable base composition of the first cistron, the expression level of GapB and the derivatives GapBc are expressed up to 15-20% of the total cell protein and around 20 mg of recombinant GapBcs with full activity are purified from 1 liter of cultured bacteria. The specific activity of the two derivatives GapBc (40-60 u/mg) is similar to that of GapA (50-70 u/mg) and lower than that of reported GapBc derivative (E. Baalmann, R. Scheibe, R. Cerff, and W. Martin, 1996, Plant Mol. Biol. 32, 505-513).
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- G L Tang
- State Key Laboratory of Bio-organic and Natural Products Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fenglin Road, 354, Shanghai 200032, People's Republic of China
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