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Dong W, Wu D, Yan C, Wu D. Mapping and Analysis of a Novel Genic Male Sterility Gene in Watermelon ( Citrullus lanatus). FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:639431. [PMID: 34539684 PMCID: PMC8442748 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.639431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2021] [Accepted: 03/19/2021] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Seed production is critical for watermelon production, which mostly involves first-generation hybrid varieties. However, watermelon hybrid seed production currently requires complex procedures, including artificial isolation and pollination. Therefore, the development and use of a male-sterile system to generate watermelon hybrids can simplify the process. The scarcity of male-sterile watermelon germplasm resources necessitates the use of molecular breeding methods. Unfortunately, the genes responsible for male sterility in watermelon have not been cloned. Thus, the genetic basis of the male sterility remains unknown. In this study, two DNA pools derived from male-sterile and normal plants in the F2 population were used for whole-genome resequencing. The Illumina high-throughput sequencing resulted in 62.99 Gbp clean reads, with a Q30 of 80% after filtering. On the basis of the SNP index association algorithm, eight candidate regions (0.32 Mb) related to specific traits were detected on chromosome 6. Expression pattern analyses and watermelon transformation studies generated preliminary evidence that Cla006625 encodes a pollen-specific leucine-rich repeat protein (ClaPEX1) influencing the male sterility of watermelon. The identification and use of genic male sterility genes will promote watermelon male sterility research and lay the foundation for the efficient application of seed production technology.
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- Wei Dong
- School of Life Science, Henan University, Kaifeng, China
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- Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- School of Life Science, Henan University, Kaifeng, China
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- School of Life Science, Henan University, Kaifeng, China
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Siddappa S, Marathe GK. What we know about plant arginases? PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2020; 156:600-610. [PMID: 33069114 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2020.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2020] [Accepted: 10/01/2020] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Nitrogen is one of the essential element required for plant growth and development. In plants, most of the nitrogen is stored in arginine. Hence, metabolism of arginine to urea by arginase and its further hydrolysis to ammonia by urease is involved in nitrogen recycling to meet the metabolic demands of growing plants. In this respect, plant arginases differ from that of animals. Animals excrete urea while plants recycle the urea. However, the studies on the biochemical and biophysical characteristics of plant arginase are limited when compared to animal arginase(s). In this review, the structural and biochemical characteristics of various plant arginases are discussed. Moreover, the significance of arginase in nitrogen recycling is explained and recent literature on function and activation of plant arginases in response to various environmental (biotic and abiotic) insults is also presented.
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- Shiva Siddappa
- Department of Studies in Biochemistry, University of Mysore, Manasagangothri, Mysuru, 570006, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Studies in Biochemistry, University of Mysore, Manasagangothri, Mysuru, 570006, Karnataka, India; Department of Studies in Molecular Biology, University of Mysore, Manasagangothri, Mysuru, 570006, Karnataka, India.
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Bioinformatic Identification and Analysis of Extensins in the Plant Kingdom. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0150177. [PMID: 26918442 PMCID: PMC4769139 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0150177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2015] [Accepted: 02/10/2016] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Extensins (EXTs) are a family of plant cell wall hydroxyproline-rich glycoproteins (HRGPs) that are implicated to play important roles in plant growth, development, and defense. Structurally, EXTs are characterized by the repeated occurrence of serine (Ser) followed by three to five prolines (Pro) residues, which are hydroxylated as hydroxyproline (Hyp) and glycosylated. Some EXTs have Tyrosine (Tyr)-X-Tyr (where X can be any amino acid) motifs that are responsible for intramolecular or intermolecular cross-linkings. EXTs can be divided into several classes: classical EXTs, short EXTs, leucine-rich repeat extensins (LRXs), proline-rich extensin-like receptor kinases (PERKs), formin-homolog EXTs (FH EXTs), chimeric EXTs, and long chimeric EXTs. To guide future research on the EXTs and understand evolutionary history of EXTs in the plant kingdom, a bioinformatics study was conducted to identify and classify EXTs from 16 fully sequenced plant genomes, including Ostreococcus lucimarinus, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, Volvox carteri, Klebsormidium flaccidum, Physcomitrella patens, Selaginella moellendorffii, Pinus taeda, Picea abies, Brachypodium distachyon, Zea mays, Oryza sativa, Glycine max, Medicago truncatula, Brassica rapa, Solanum lycopersicum, and Solanum tuberosum, to supplement data previously obtained from Arabidopsis thaliana and Populus trichocarpa. A total of 758 EXTs were newly identified, including 87 classical EXTs, 97 short EXTs, 61 LRXs, 75 PERKs, 54 FH EXTs, 38 long chimeric EXTs, and 346 other chimeric EXTs. Several notable findings were made: (1) classical EXTs were likely derived after the terrestrialization of plants; (2) LRXs, PERKs, and FHs were derived earlier than classical EXTs; (3) monocots have few classical EXTs; (4) Eudicots have the greatest number of classical EXTs and Tyr-X-Tyr cross-linking motifs are predominantly in classical EXTs; (5) green algae have no classical EXTs but have a number of long chimeric EXTs that are absent in embryophytes. Furthermore, phylogenetic analysis was conducted of LRXs, PERKs and FH EXTs, which shed light on the evolution of three EXT classes.
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Chen J, Zhao J, Ning J, Liu Y, Xu J, Tian S, Zhang L, Sun MX. NtProRP1, a novel proline-rich protein, is an osmotic stress-responsive factor and specifically functions in pollen tube growth and early embryogenesis in Nicotiana tabacum. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2014; 37:499-511. [PMID: 23937639 DOI: 10.1111/pce.12174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2012] [Revised: 07/19/2013] [Accepted: 07/24/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Proline-rich proteins (PRPs) are known to play important roles in sexual plant reproduction. Most of the known proteins in the family were found in styles or pollen and modulate pollen tube growth. Here, we identified a novel member of the gene family, NtProRP1, which is preferentially expressed in tobacco pollen grains, pollen tubes and zygotes. NtProRP1 could be secreted into the extracellular space including the cell wall, and the predicted N-terminal signal peptide is crucial for its secretion. In NtProRP1-RNAi plants, pollen germination and pollen tube growth were significantly slower and showed zigzag or swell morphology in vitro. Early embryogenesis also exhibited aberrant development, indicative of its critical role in both pollen tube growth and early embryogenesis. Further investigation revealed that NtProRP1 plays a crucial role in osmotic stress response during pollen tube growth and is likely regulated by Tsi, a stress-responsive gene, suggesting that the regulatory mechanism is also involved in the stress response during sexual plant reproduction. These data provide evidence that NtProRP1 functions as a downstream factor of Tsi1 in the stress response and converges the stress signal into the modulation of pollen tube growth and early embryogenesis.
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- Junyi Chen
- Department of Cell and Development Biology, College of Life Science, State Key Laboratory of Plant Hybrid Rice, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China
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Lamport DT, Kieliszewski MJ, Chen Y, Cannon MC. Role of the extensin superfamily in primary cell wall architecture. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2011; 156:11-9. [PMID: 21415277 PMCID: PMC3091064 DOI: 10.1104/pp.110.169011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 174] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2010] [Accepted: 03/13/2011] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QG, United Kingdom (D.T.A.L.); Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701 (M.J.K., Y.C.); and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003 (M.C.C.)
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Sargent DJ, Clarke J, Simpson DW, Tobutt KR, Arús P, Monfort A, Vilanova S, Denoyes-Rothan B, Rousseau M, Folta KM, Bassil NV, Battey NH. An enhanced microsatellite map of diploid Fragaria. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2006; 112:1349-59. [PMID: 16505996 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-006-0237-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2005] [Accepted: 02/05/2006] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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A total of 45 microsatellites (SSRs) were developed for mapping in Fragaria. They included 31 newly isolated codominant genomic SSRs from F. nubicola and a further 14 SSRs, derived from an expressed sequence tagged library (EST-SSRs) of the cultivated strawberry, F. x ananassa. These, and an additional 64 previously characterised but unmapped SSRs and EST-SSRs, were scored in the diploid Fragaria interspecific F2 mapping population (FVxFN) derived from a cross between F. vesca 815 and F. nubicola 601. The cosegregation data of these 109 SSRs, and of 73 previously mapped molecular markers, were used to elaborate an enhanced linkage map. The map is composed of 182 molecular markers (175 microsatellites, six gene specific markers and one sequence-characterised amplified region) and spans 424 cM over seven linkage groups. The average marker spacing is 2.3 cM/marker and the map now contains just eight gaps longer than 10 cM. The transferability of the new SSR markers to the cultivated strawberry was demonstrated using eight cultivars. Because of the transferable nature of these markers, the map produced will provide a useful reference framework for the development of linkage maps of the cultivated strawberry and for the development of other key resources for Fragaria such as a physical map. In addition, the map now provides a framework upon which to place transferable markers, such as genes of known function, for comparative mapping purposes within Rosaceae.
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- D J Sargent
- East Malling Research (EMR), New Road, East Malling, Kent, ME19 6BJ, UK.
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De Cnodder T, Verbelen JP, Vissenberg K. The Control of Cell Size and Rate of Elongation in the Arabidopsis Root. THE EXPANDING CELL 2006. [DOI: 10.1007/7089_2006_078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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De Cnodder T, Vissenberg K, Van Der Straeten D, Verbelen JP. Regulation of cell length in the Arabidopsis thaliana root by the ethylene precursor 1-aminocyclopropane- 1-carboxylic acid: a matter of apoplastic reactions. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2005; 168:541-50. [PMID: 16313637 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2005.01540.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Treatment of the Arabidopsis thaliana root with the ethylene precursor 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC) immediately imposes a reduced maximal cell length beyond which further elongation is blocked. Here, we investigated possible apoplastic reactions involved in the inhibition of cell elongation. Five-day-old Arabidopsis seedlings were transferred to a growth medium supplemented with ACC and the effect on root cell length was recorded after 3 h of treatment. Altered characteristics in the apoplast of the nonelongating cells in the ACC-treated root, such as 'reactive oxygen species' (ROS) production and callose deposition, were detected using specific fluorochromes. The presence of functional hydroxyproline-rich glycoproteins (HRGPs) and the crosslinking of these cell-wall proteins are essential in limiting cell elongation. The ROS that drive the oxidative crosslinking of HRGPs, accumulate in the apoplast of cells in the zone where cell elongation stops. In the same cells, callose is deposited in the cell wall. The final cell length in the Arabidopsis root treated for a short period with ACC is determined in the zone of fast elongation. Both HRGPs crosslinking by ROS and callose deposition in the cell wall of this zone are suggested as causes for the reduced cell elongation.
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- T De Cnodder
- Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Campus Drie Eiken, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
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Plant-pathogen interactions involve highly complex series of reactions in disease development. Plants are endowed with both, resistance and defence genes. The activation of defence genes after contact with avirulence gene products of pathogens depends on signals transduced by leucine-rich repeats (LRRs) contained in resistance genes. Additionally, LRRs play roles for various actions following ligand recognition. Polygalacturonase inhibiting proteins (PGIPs), the only plant LRR protein with known ligands, are pectinase inhibitors, bound by ionic interactions to the extracellular matrix (ECM) of plant cells. They have a high affinity for fungal endopolygalacturonases (endoPGs). PGIP genes are organised in families encoding proteins with similar physical characteristics but different specificities. They are induced by infection and stress related signals. The molecular basis of PG-PGIP interaction serves as a model to understand the evolution of plant LRR proteins in recognising non-self-molecules. Extensins form a different class of structural proteins with repetitive sequences. They are also regulated by wounding and pathogen infection. Linkage of extensins with LRR motifs is highly significant in defending host tissues against pathogen invasion. Overexpression of PGIPs or expression of several PGIPs in a plant tissue, and perhaps manipulation of extensin expression could be possible strategies for disease management.
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- V Shanmugam
- Hill Area Tea Science Division, Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur 176 061, Himachal Pradesh, India.
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Held MA, Tan L, Kamyab A, Hare M, Shpak E, Kieliszewski MJ. Di-isodityrosine is the intermolecular cross-link of isodityrosine-rich extensin analogs cross-linked in vitro. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:55474-82. [PMID: 15465824 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m408396200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Extensins are cell wall hydroxyproline-rich glycoproteins that form covalent networks putatively involving tyrosyl and lysyl residues in cross-links catalyzed by one or more extensin peroxidases. The precise cross-links remain to be chemically identified both as network components in muro and as enzymic products generated in vitro with native extensin monomers as substrates. However, some extensin monomers contain variations within their putative cross-linking motifs that complicate cross-link identification. Other simpler extensins are recalcitrant to isolation including the ubiquitous P3-type extensin whose major repetitive motif, Hyp)(4)-Ser-Hyp-Ser-(Hyp)(4)-Tyr-Tyr-Tyr-Lys, is of particular interest, not least because its Tyr-Tyr-Tyr intramolecular isodityrosine cross-link motifs are also putative candidates for further intermolecular cross-linking to form di-isodityrosine. Therefore, we designed a set of extensin analogs encoding tandem repeats of the P3 motif, including Tyr --> Phe and Lys --> Leu variations. Expression of these P3 analogs in Nicotiana tabacum cells yielded glycoproteins with virtually all Pro residues hydroxylated and subsequently arabinosylated and with likely galactosylated Ser residues. This was consistent with earlier analyses of P3 glycopeptides isolated from cell wall digests and the predictions of the Hyp contiguity hypothesis. The tyrosine-rich P3 analogs also contained isodityrosine, formed in vivo. Significantly, these isodityrosine-containing analogs were further cross-linked in vitro by an extensin peroxidase to form the tetra-tyrosine intermolecular cross-link amino acid di-isodityrosine. This is the first identification of an inter-molecular cross-link amino acid in an extensin module and corroborates earlier suggestions that di-isodityrosine represents one mechanism for cross-linking extensins in muro.
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- Michael A Held
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, USA
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Chen H, McCaig BC, Melotto M, He SY, Howe GA. Regulation of plant arginase by wounding, jasmonate, and the phytotoxin coronatine. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:45998-6007. [PMID: 15322128 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m407151200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In mammalian cells, induced expression of arginase in response to wound trauma and pathogen infection plays an important role in regulating the metabolism of L-arginine to either polyamines or nitric oxide (NO). In higher plants, which also utilize arginine for the production of polyamines and NO, the potential role of arginase as a control point for arginine homeostasis has not been investigated. Here, we report the characterization of two genes (LeARG1 and LeARG2) from Lycopersicon esculentum (tomato) that encode arginase. Phylogenic analysis showed that LeARG1 and -2, like all other plant arginases, are more similar to agmatinase than to arginases from vertebrates, fungi, and bacteria. Nevertheless, recombinant LeARG1 and -2 exhibited specificity for L-arginine over agmatine and related guanidino substrates. The plant enzymes, like mammalian arginases, were inhibited (K(i) approximately 14 microM) by the NO precursor N(G)-hydroxy-L-arginine. These results indicate that plant arginases define a distinct group of ureohydrolases that function as authentic L-arginases. LeARG1 and LeARG2 transcripts accumulated to their highest levels in reproductive tissues. In leaves, LeARG2 expression and arginase activity were induced in response to wounding and treatment with jasmonic acid (JA), a potent signal for plant defense responses. Wound- and JA-induced expression of LeARG2 was not observed in the tomato jasmonic acid-insensitive1 mutant, indicating that this response is strictly dependent on an intact JA signal transduction pathway. Infection of wild-type plants with a virulent strain of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato also up-regulated LeARG2 expression and arginase activity. This response was mediated by the bacterial phytotoxin coronatine, which exerts its virulence effects by co-opting the host JA signaling pathway. These results highlight striking similarities in the regulation of arginase in plants and animals and suggest that stress-induced arginase may perform similar roles in diverse biological systems.
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- Hui Chen
- Department of Energy-Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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Baumberger N, Doesseger B, Guyot R, Diet A, Parsons RL, Clark MA, Simmons MP, Bedinger P, Goff SA, Ringli C, Keller B. Whole-genome comparison of leucine-rich repeat extensins in Arabidopsis and rice. A conserved family of cell wall proteins form a vegetative and a reproductive clade. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2003; 131:1313-26. [PMID: 12644681 PMCID: PMC166891 DOI: 10.1104/pp.102.014928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2002] [Revised: 11/05/2002] [Accepted: 12/12/2002] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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We have searched the Arabidopsis and rice (Oryza sativa) genomes for homologs of LRX1, an Arabidopsis gene encoding a novel type of cell wall protein containing a leucine-rich repeat (LRR) and an extensin domain. Eleven and eight LRX (LRR/EXTENSIN) genes have been identified in these two plant species, respectively. The LRX gene family encodes proteins characterized by a short N-terminal domain, a domain with 10 LRRs, a cysteine-rich motif, and a variable C-terminal extensin-like domain. Phylogenetic analysis performed on the conserved domains indicates the existence of two major clades of LRX proteins that arose before the eudicot/monocot divergence and then diversified independently in each lineage. In Arabidopsis, gene expression studies by northern hybridization and promoter::uidA fusions showed that the two phylogenetic clades represent a specialization into "reproductive" and "vegetative" LRXs. The four Arabidopsis genes of the "reproductive" clade are specifically expressed in pollen, whereas the seven "vegetative" genes are predominantly expressed in various sporophytic tissues. This separation into two expression classes is also supported by previous studies on maize (Zea mays) and tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) LRX homologs and by information on available rice ESTs. The strong conservation of the amino acids responsible for the putative recognition specificity of the LRR domain throughout the family suggests that the LRX proteins interact with similar ligands.
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- Nicolas Baumberger
- Institute of Plant Biology, University of Zurich, CH-8008 Zurich, Switzerland
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Karpinska B, Karlsson M, Schinkel H, Streller S, Süss KH, Melzer M, Wingsle G. A novel superoxide dismutase with a high isoelectric point in higher plants. expression, regulation, and protein localization. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2001; 126:1668-77. [PMID: 11500564 PMCID: PMC117165 DOI: 10.1104/pp.126.4.1668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2000] [Revised: 02/08/2001] [Accepted: 04/19/2001] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Several isoforms of superoxide dismutase (SOD) with a high isoelectric point (pI) have been identified by isoelectric focusing chromatography in protein extracts from Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) needles. One of these isoforms, a CuZn-SOD with a pI of about 10 and thus denoted hipI-SOD, has been isolated and purified to apparent homogeneity. A cDNA encoding the hipI-SOD protein was cloned and sequenced. Northern hybridization of mRNA isolated from different organs and tissues showed that hipI-SOD has a markedly different pattern of expression compared with chloroplastic and cytosolic SOD. Furthermore, the transcript levels of hipI-SOD and cytosolic SOD were found to respond differently to mechanical wounding, treatment with oxidized glutathione, paraquat, and ozone. Immunogold electron microscopy localized the hipI-SOD in the plasma membrane of sieve cells and the Golgi apparatus of albuminous cells. Moreover, high protein density was also detected in extracellular spaces such as secondary cell wall thickenings of the xylem and sclerenchyma and in intercellular spaces of parenchyma cells.
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- B Karpinska
- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Faculty of Forestry, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 901 83 Umeå, Sweden
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Baumberger N, Ringli C, Keller B. The chimeric leucine-rich repeat/extensin cell wall protein LRX1 is required for root hair morphogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana. Genes Dev 2001; 15:1128-39. [PMID: 11331608 PMCID: PMC312681 DOI: 10.1101/gad.200201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 173] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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In plants, the cell wall is a major determinant of cell morphogenesis. Cell enlargement depends on the tightly regulated expansion of the wall, which surrounds each cell. However, the qualitative and quantitative mechanisms controlling cell wall enlargement are still poorly understood. Here, we report the molecular and functional characterization of LRX1, a new Arabidopsis gene that encodes a chimeric leucine-rich repeat/extensin protein. LRX1 is expressed in root hair cells and the protein is specifically localized in the wall of the hair proper, where it becomes insolubilized during development. lrx1-null mutants, isolated by a reverse-genetic approach, develop root hairs that frequently abort, swell, or branch. Complementation and overexpression experiments using modified LRX1 proteins indicate that the interaction with the cell wall is important for LRX1 function. These results suggest that LRX1 is an extracellular component of a mechanism regulating root hair morphogenesis and elongation by controlling either polarized growth or cell wall formation and assembly.
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- N Baumberger
- Institute of Plant Biology, University of Zürich, CH-8008 Zürich, Switzerland
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Uchida K, Muramatsu T, Jamet E, Furuya M. Control of expression of a gene encoding an extensin by phytochrome and a blue light receptor in spores of Adiantum capillus-veneris L. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1998; 15:813-819. [PMID: 9807820 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313x.1998.00264.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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In the present study, using a newly developed fluorescent differential display technique, we have carried out large-scale screening for genes whose expression was regulated by phytochrome and antagonistically by a blue light receptor in the spores of the fern Adiantum capillus-veneris L. Spores after imbibition were briefly irradiated with red, red/blue or blue light and collected 8 h after the irradiation. Total RNA was isolated from each sample and used to make cDNA with an oligo-dT primer. The cDNA was then used as a template for PCR with the oligo-dT primer and 80 arbitrary primers. The resulting PCR products were analyzed by an automated fluorescent DNA sequencer. Among 8000 displayed bands, we identified 15 up-regulated and four down-regulated bands by red light, and this red light effect was irreversibly reversed by blue light. We cloned one of the up-regulated cDNA fragments and used it to screen a cDNA library prepared from the spores. The isolated insert is predicted to encode Ser-(Pro)n repeats and showed homology with cell wall-associated extensins. The expression of this cDNA was induced 8 h after a red light treatment and the red light induction was photoreversibly prevented by far-red light and photoirreversibly by blue light. The mRNA of this gene was detectable 4 h after red light irradiation and gradually increased in germinating spores.
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- K Uchida
- Hitachi Advanced Research Laboratory, Saitama, Japan
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Brady JD, Sadler IH, Fry SC. Pulcherosine, an oxidatively coupled trimer of tyrosine in plant cell walls: its role in cross-link formation. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 1998; 47:349-53. [PMID: 9433813 DOI: 10.1016/s0031-9422(97)00592-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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An oxidatively coupled trimer of tyrosine has been isolated from hydrolysates of primary cell walls of a tomato cell culture. UV-absorption, fluorescence and 1H NMR spectra showed that the trimer was pulcherosine, composed of isodityrosine and tyrosine oxidatively coupled via a biphenyl linkage such that the aromatic core is 2,2'-dihydroxy-3-phenoxybiphenyl. Pulcherosine could act as an intermediate in the conversion of isodityrosine to the tetramer, di-isodityrosine. Steric considerations show that the three tyrosine units of pulcherosine could not be near-neighbour residues within a single polypeptide chain. Pulcherosine therefore forms inter-polypeptide cross-links and/or wide intra-polypeptide loops.
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- J D Brady
- Edinburgh Cell Wall Group, Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology, Edinburgh, U.K
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Brady JD, Sadler IH, Fry SC. Di-isodityrosine, a novel tetrametric derivative of tyrosine in plant cell wall proteins: a new potential cross-link. Biochem J 1996; 315 ( Pt 1):323-7. [PMID: 8670125 PMCID: PMC1217189 DOI: 10.1042/bj3150323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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A novel amino acid, di-isodityrosine, has been isolated from hydrolysates of cell walls of tomato cell culture. Analysis by UV spectrometry, partial derivatization with 2,4-dinitrofluorobenzene and mass and NMR spectrometry show that the compound is composed to two molecules of isodityrosine, joined by a biphenyl linkage. The possible reactions involved in the formation of this molecule in vivo are discussed, as is the possibility that it could form an interpolypeptide linkage between cell wall proteins such as extensin, and hence aid in the insolubilization of the protein in the wall.
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- J D Brady
- Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K
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Parmentier Y, Durr A, Marbach J, Hirsinger C, Criqui MC, Fleck J, Jamet E. A novel wound-inducible extensin gene is expressed early in newly isolated protoplasts of Nicotiana sylvestris. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1995; 29:279-92. [PMID: 7579179 DOI: 10.1007/bf00043652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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A cDNA clone (6PExt 1.2) encoding a novel extensin was isolated from a cDNA library made from 6 h old mesophyll protoplasts of Nicotiana sylvestris. The screening was performed with a heterologous probe from carrot. The encoded polypeptide showed features characteristic of hydroxyproline-rich glycoproteins such as Ser-(Pro)4 repeats and a high content in Tyr and Lys residues. The presence of four Tyr-X-Tyr-Lys motifs suggests the possibility for intramolecular isodityrosine cross-links whereas three Val-Tyr-Lys motifs may participate in intermolecular cross-links. The analysis of genomic DNA gel blots using both the N. sylvestris and the carrot clones as probes showed that the 6PExt 1.2 gene belongs to a complex multigene family encoding extensin and extensin-related polypeptides in N. sylvestris as well as in related Nicotianeae including a laboratory hybrid. This was confirmed by the analysis of RNA gel blots: a set of mRNAs ranging in size from 0.3 kb to 3.5 kb was found by the carrot extensin probe. The 6PExt 1.2 probe found a 1.2 kb mRNA in protoplasts and in wounded tissues as well as a 0.9 kb mRNA which seemed to be stem-specific. The gene encoding 6PExt 1.2 was induced by wounding in protoplasts, in leaf strips and after Agrobacterium tumefaciens infection of stems.
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- Y Parmentier
- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, UPR CNRS 406, Strasbourg, France
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Wojtaszek P, Trethowan J, Bolwell GP. Specificity in the immobilisation of cell wall proteins in response to different elicitor molecules in suspension-cultured cells of French bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1995; 28:1075-1087. [PMID: 7548825 DOI: 10.1007/bf00032668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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A characteristic of the defence response is the immobilisation of wall proteins possibly through the formation of covalent cross-links and the subsequent barrier formation against pathogens. A requirement for this is the generation of active oxygen species, particularly hydrogen peroxide. In the present work, we examine in depth the requirement for H2O2 and the specificity of the immobilisation with respect to particular wall proteins. Salt-extractable wall proteins were analysed for hydroxyproline content and the subset of proteins with this post-translational modification was found to be small. About 50 proteins were found to be easily salt-extractable and in response to elicitor treatment about 5 were found to be specifically immobilised. Immobilisation was very rapid and completed within 15 min after elicitation, and dependent upon the type of elicitor and the intensity of the production of active oxygen species. N-terminal sequencing and amino acid analysis revealed that, apart from one polypeptide, all immobilised proteins were (hydroxy)proline-containing glycoproteins with O-linked oligosaccharide side chains. In contrast, N-linked glycoproteins were not immobilised. N-terminal protein sequencing revealed the immobilised HRGPs to be novel, but both extensin and PRP-like. Implications of these findings for both pathogenic and symbiotic processes are also discussed.
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- P Wojtaszek
- Division of Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London, Egham, Surrey, UK
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Park YS, Song OK, Hong SW, Kwak JM, Cho MJ, Nam HG. Frequent in-frame length variations are found in the diverged simple repeat sequences of the protein-coding regions of two putative protein kinase genes of Brassica napus. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1995; 27:829-833. [PMID: 7727761 DOI: 10.1007/bf00020237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Two putative protein kinase cDNA clones were isolated from Brassica napus by screening with a putative protein kinase cDNA clone of Arabidopsis thaliana. The deduced amino acid sequences show a distinct modular composition, consisting of a possible protein kinase catalytic region at the amino terminus and a highly acidic region encoded from diverged simple repeat sequences at the carboxy terminus. Comparison of the nucleotide sequences encoding this acidic region revealed a high rate of in-frame length variation, while preserving the acidic characteristics. Similar variation is also found in the noncoding regions of these clones.
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- Y S Park
- Department of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Kyungbuk, South Korea
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Bown DP, Bolwell GP, Gatehouse JA. Characterisation of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) extensins: a novel extensin-like cDNA from dormant tubers. Gene 1993; 134:229-33. [PMID: 8262381 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(93)90098-n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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A cDNA library from dormant potato tubers was screened for extensin (Ext)-like cDNAs (PTEL). The cDNAs recovered were partially sequenced and could be divided into two classes. One class, containing the repeating amino acid (aa) motifs, SPPPPSPKYVYK and SPPPPSPSPPPPYYYK, constitutes the potato counterpart of the tomato Ext-encoding gene previously isolated by Zhou et al. [Plant Mol. Biol. 20 (1992) 5-17]. A full-length cDNA from the second class was fully sequenced. The product of this cDNA has the repetitive sequence and proline-rich composition typical of Ext. Features worthy of note are the signal peptide sequence, which shares close homology with signal sequences of a number of Ext of diverse origin, and the presence of a novel, histidine-rich motif (SPPPHHHHPVYK) repeated within the sequence. Wounding of the potato tuber causes a marked increase in Ext-like mRNAs, although the species induced are not those present in dormant tissue.
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- D P Bown
- Department of Biological Sciences, Durham University, UK
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Coupe SA, Taylor JE, Isaac PG, Roberts JA. Identification and characterization of a proline-rich mRNA that accumulates during pod development in oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.). PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1993; 23:1223-1232. [PMID: 8292786 DOI: 10.1007/bf00042355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Pod development in oilseed rape (Brassica napus) culminates in a process known as dehiscence (shatter) which can result in the loss of seed before the crop is harvested. In order to investigate the biochemical and the genetic basis controlling this process, a cDNA library was constructed from the dehiscence zone of developing pods. This resulted in the isolation of a cDNA clone (SAC51). The mRNA encoded by SAC51 had a transcript size of ca. 700 nucleotides and was found, by northern analysis, to accumulate preferentially in the dehiscence zone of the pod and in no other part of the plant analysed. The predicted polypeptide is rich in the amino acids proline (14.2%) and leucine (14.2%). The sequence of the polypeptide has more than 40% amino acid sequence identity with polypeptides isolated from carrot embryos, maize roots, soybean seeds and young tomato fruit. The function of these proteins is unknown. Genomic Southern analysis suggests that SAC51 is encoded by a single gene or small gene family. The role of the peptide in the development of pods of oilseed rape is discussed.
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- S A Coupe
- Department of Physiology and Environmental Science, Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Nottingham, Loughborough, Leics, UK
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Josè M, Puigdomènech P. Structure and expression of genes coding for structural proteins of the plant cell wall. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 1993; 125:259-282. [PMID: 33874499 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1993.tb03881.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The best-known protein components of the plant cell wall have highly repetitive, proline-rich sequences. The use of recombinant DNA approaches has enabled complete sequences of these proteins to be determined and features of the expression of the corresponding genes to be examined. These results, coupled with the use of immunological techniques, have shown that proline-rich proteins are interesting probes to study developmental and defence processes in plants. In this review, the sequence and expression of different groups of proline-rich proteins in plants are presented. These groups include hydroxyproline-rich glycoproteins (HRGP) or extensins, proline-rich proteins (PRP) and glycine-rich proteins (GRP). The specific features of each group and the possible functions of these proteins are discussed, as well as the data available on the mechanisms controlling the expression of their corresponding genes. Contents Summary 259 I. Introduction 259 II. Hydroxypioline-rich glycoproteins (HRGPs) 261 III. Proline-rich proteins (PRPs) 270 IV. Glycine-rich proteins (GRPs) 274 V. Concluding remarks 277 References 279.
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- Matilde Josè
- Departament de Genètica Molecular. CID-CSIC. Jordi Girona, 18.08034, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Genètica Molecular. CID-CSIC. Jordi Girona, 18.08034, Barcelona, Spain
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A novel human cDNA with a predicted protein similar to lysyl oxidase maps to chromosome 15q24-q25. J Biol Chem 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)46643-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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New nucleotide sequence data on the EMBL File Server. Nucleic Acids Res 1992; 20:6119-40. [PMID: 1461752 PMCID: PMC334492 DOI: 10.1093/nar/20.22.6119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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