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Duszyn M, Świeżawska-Boniecka B, Wong A, Jaworski K, Szmidt-Jaworska A. In Vitro Characterization of Guanylyl Cyclase BdPepR2 from Brachypodium distachyon Identified through a Motif-Based Approach. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22126243. [PMID: 34200573 PMCID: PMC8228174 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22126243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2021] [Revised: 06/07/2021] [Accepted: 06/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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In recent years, cyclic guanosine 3′,5′-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP) and guanylyl cyclases (GCs), which catalyze the formation of cGMP, were implicated in a growing number of plant processes, including plant growth and development and the responses to various stresses. To identify novel GCs in plants, an amino acid sequence of a catalytic motif with a conserved core was designed through bioinformatic analysis. In this report, we describe the performed analyses and consider the changes caused by the introduced modification within the GC catalytic motif, which eventually led to the description of a plasma membrane receptor of peptide signaling molecules—BdPepR2 in Brachypodium distachyon. Both in vitro GC activity studies and structural and docking analyses demonstrated that the protein could act as a GC and contains a highly conserved 14-aa GC catalytic center. However, we observed that in the case of BdPepR2, this catalytic center is altered where a methionine instead of the conserved lysine or arginine residues at position 14 of the motif, conferring higher catalytic activity than arginine and alanine, as confirmed through mutagenesis studies. This leads us to propose the expansion of the GC motif to cater for the identification of GCs in monocots. Additionally, we show that BdPepR2 also has in vitro kinase activity, which is modulated by cGMP.
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- Maria Duszyn
- Chair of Plant Physiology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Lwowska St. 1, PL 87-100 Torun, Poland; (B.Ś.-B.); (K.J.); (A.S.-J.)
- Correspondence:
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- Chair of Plant Physiology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Lwowska St. 1, PL 87-100 Torun, Poland; (B.Ś.-B.); (K.J.); (A.S.-J.)
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- Department of Biology, College of Science and Technology, Wenzhou-Kean University, 88 Daxue Road, Ouhai, Wenzhou 325060, China;
- Zhejiang Bioinformatics International Science and Technology Cooperation Center, Wenzhou-Kean University, Ouhai, Wenzhou 325060, China
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- Chair of Plant Physiology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Lwowska St. 1, PL 87-100 Torun, Poland; (B.Ś.-B.); (K.J.); (A.S.-J.)
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- Chair of Plant Physiology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Lwowska St. 1, PL 87-100 Torun, Poland; (B.Ś.-B.); (K.J.); (A.S.-J.)
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Turek I, Irving H. Moonlighting Proteins Shine New Light on Molecular Signaling Niches. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:1367. [PMID: 33573037 PMCID: PMC7866414 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22031367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2020] [Revised: 01/25/2021] [Accepted: 01/26/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Plants as sessile organisms face daily environmental challenges and have developed highly nuanced signaling systems to enable suitable growth, development, defense, or stalling responses. Moonlighting proteins have multiple tasks and contribute to cellular signaling cascades where they produce additional variables adding to the complexity or fuzziness of biological systems. Here we examine roles of moonlighting kinases that also generate 3',5'-cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) in plants. These proteins include receptor like kinases and lipid kinases. Their guanylate cyclase activity potentiates the development of localized cGMP-enriched nanodomains or niches surrounding the kinase and its interactome. These nanodomains contribute to allosteric regulation of kinase and other molecules in the immediate complex directly or indirectly modulating signal cascades. Effects include downregulation of kinase activity, modulation of other members of the protein complexes such as cyclic nucleotide gated channels and potential triggering of cGMP-dependent degradation cascades terminating signaling. The additional layers of information provided by the moonlighting kinases are discussed in terms of how they may be used to provide a layer of fuzziness to effectively modulate cellular signaling cascades.
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- Department of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Bendigo, VIC 3550, Australia;
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Chen J, Bellin D, Vandelle E. Measurement of Cyclic GMP During Plant Hypersensitive Disease Resistance Response. Methods Mol Biol 2019; 1743:143-151. [PMID: 29332293 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7668-3_13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Cyclic guanosine-3',5'-monophosphate (cGMP) is recognized as an important second messenger in plants, mediating intracellular signal in important physiological processes, including the hypersensitive disease resistance response induced by avirulent pathogens. In this context, the analysis of cGMP levels in infected plants requires an accurate and specific detection method allowing its quantification. Here, we describe an assay based on the Alphascreen technology, developed for animal cells and further adapted and optimized for the detection of cGMP in plants. The method is applied for the measurement of cGMP in Arabidopsis thaliana plants challenged with an avirulent strain of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato. This protocol includes the extraction of cGMP, the assay procedure and the calculation of cGMP concentration.
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- Jian Chen
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.,Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
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Gehring C, Turek IS. Cyclic Nucleotide Monophosphates and Their Cyclases in Plant Signaling. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 8:1704. [PMID: 29046682 PMCID: PMC5632652 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2017] [Accepted: 09/19/2017] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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The cyclic nucleotide monophosphates (cNMPs), and notably 3',5'-cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) and 3',5'-cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) are now accepted as key signaling molecules in many processes in plants including growth and differentiation, photosynthesis, and biotic and abiotic defense. At the single molecule level, we are now beginning to understand how cNMPs modify specific target molecules such as cyclic nucleotide-gated channels, while at the systems level, a recent study of the Arabidopsis cNMP interactome has identified novel target molecules with specific cNMP-binding domains. A major advance came with the discovery and characterization of a steadily increasing number of guanylate cyclases (GCs) and adenylate cyclases (ACs). Several of the GCs are receptor kinases and include the brassinosteroid receptor, the phytosulfokine receptor, the Pep receptor, the plant natriuretic peptide receptor as well as a nitric oxide sensor. We foresee that in the near future many more molecular mechanisms and biological roles of GCs and ACs and their catalytic products will be discovered and further establish cNMPs as a key component of plant responses to the environment.
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- Chris Gehring
- Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
- Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Halle, Germany
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Constitutive cyclic GMP accumulation in Arabidopsis thaliana compromises systemic acquired resistance induced by an avirulent pathogen by modulating local signals. Sci Rep 2016; 6:36423. [PMID: 27811978 PMCID: PMC5095659 DOI: 10.1038/srep36423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2016] [Accepted: 10/14/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The infection of Arabidopsis thaliana plants with avirulent pathogens causes the accumulation of cGMP with a biphasic profile downstream of nitric oxide signalling. However, plant enzymes that modulate cGMP levels have yet to be identified, so we generated transgenic A. thaliana plants expressing the rat soluble guanylate cyclase (GC) to increase genetically the level of cGMP and to study the function of cGMP in plant defence responses. Once confirmed that cGMP levels were higher in the GC transgenic lines than in wild-type controls, the GC transgenic plants were then challenged with bacterial pathogens and their defence responses were characterized. Although local resistance was similar in the GC transgenic and wild-type lines, differences in the redox state suggested potential cross-talk between cGMP and the glutathione redox system. Furthermore, large-scale transcriptomic and proteomic analysis highlighted the significant modulation of both gene expression and protein abundance at the infection site, inhibiting the establishment of systemic acquired resistance. Our data indicate that cGMP plays a key role in local responses controlling the induction of systemic acquired resistance in plants challenged with avirulent pathogens.
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Świeżawska B, Jaworski K, Szewczuk P, Pawełek A, Szmidt-Jaworska A. Identification of a Hippeastrum hybridum guanylyl cyclase responsive to wounding and pathogen infection. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2015; 189:77-86. [PMID: 26523507 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2015.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2015] [Revised: 09/08/2015] [Accepted: 09/09/2015] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP) is a critical component of many (patho)physiological processes in plants whilst guanylyl cyclases (GCs) which catalyse the formation of cGMP from GTP have remained somewhat elusive. Consequently, the two major aims are the discovery of novel guanylyl cyclases and the identification of GC/cGMP mediated processes. To identify a novel GC from Hippeastrum hybridum plant and facilitate the preparation of guanylyl cyclase in an amount sufficient for further crystallographic studies, we have constructed an overproduction system for this enzyme. This gene encodes a protein of 256 amino acids, with a calculated molecular mass of 28kD. The predicted amino acid sequence contains all the typical features and shows a high identity to other plant GCs. The GST-HpGC1 was catalytically active in Escherichia coli cells and the purified, recombinant HpGC1 was able to convert GTP to cGMP in the presence of divalent cations. The used overexpression system yields a guanylyl cyclase as 6% of the bacterial cytosolic protein. Besides the identification of HpGC1 as a guanylyl cyclase, the study has shown that the level of HpCG1 mRNA changed during stress conditions. Both mechanical damage and a Peyronellaea curtisii (=Phoma narcissi) fungi infection led to an initial decrease in the HpGC1 transcript level, followed by a substantial increase during the remainder of the 48-h test cycle. Moreover, significant changes in cyclic GMP level were observed, taking the form of oscillations. In conclusion, our data unequivocally identified the product of the HpGC1 gene as a guanylyl cyclase and demonstrates that such an overproduction system can be successfully used in enzyme synthesis. Furthermore, they indicate a link between the causing stimulus (wounding, infection) and guanylyl cyclase expression and the increase in cGMP amplitude. Therefore, it is concluded that appearance of cyclic GMP as a mediator in defense and wound-healing mechanisms provides a clue to the regulation of these processes.
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Qin Y, Shen X, Wang N, Ding X. Characterization of a novel cyclase-like gene family involved in controlling stress tolerance in rice. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2015; 181:30-41. [PMID: 25974367 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2015.03.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2014] [Revised: 03/23/2015] [Accepted: 03/23/2015] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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A novel cyclase-like gene family (CYL) encodes proteins containing cyclase domain, but their functions are largely unknown. We report the systematic identification and characterization of CYL genes in the rice genome. Five putative CYL protein sequences (OsCYL1 to 4b) were identified. These sequences and other CYL homologs were classified into four subgroups based on phylogenetic analysis. Distinct diversification of these CYL proteins exists between plants and non-plants. The CYL family has conserved exon-intron structures, and the organizations of putative motifs in plants are specifically diverse. All OsCYL genes were expressed in a wide range of tissues or organs and were responsive to at least one of the abiotic stresses and hormone treatments applied. Protein OsCYL4a is targeted to the cell membrane. The overexpression of one stress-responsive gene OsCYL4a in rice resulted in decreased tolerance to salt, drought, cold, and oxidative stress. The expression levels of some abiotic stress-responsive factors, including H2O2-accumulating negative factors DST and OsSKIPa in OsCYL4a-overexpressing plants, were reduced compared with the wild type under normal condition and drought stress. These results suggest that rice CYL family may be functionally conserved polyketide cyclase, resulting in the rapid accumulation of reactive oxygen species to decrease tolerance to abiotic stresses.
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- Yonghua Qin
- Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory for Protection and Application of Special Plants in Wuling Area, College of Life Sciences, South Central University for Nationalities, Wuhan 430074, China; National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Center of Plant Gene Research (Wuhan), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory for Protection and Application of Special Plants in Wuling Area, College of Life Sciences, South Central University for Nationalities, Wuhan 430074, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Center of Plant Gene Research (Wuhan), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Tropical Crops Genetic Resources Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Resources and Germplasm Enhancement in Southern China, Ministry of Agriculture, Danzhou 571737, Hainan, China; National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Center of Plant Gene Research (Wuhan), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
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Mur LAJ, Mandon J, Persijn S, Cristescu SM, Moshkov IE, Novikova GV, Hall MA, Harren FJM, Hebelstrup KH, Gupta KJ. Nitric oxide in plants: an assessment of the current state of knowledge. AOB PLANTS 2013; 5:pls052. [PMID: 23372921 PMCID: PMC3560241 DOI: 10.1093/aobpla/pls052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 223] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2012] [Accepted: 12/12/2012] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS After a series of seminal works during the last decade of the 20th century, nitric oxide (NO) is now firmly placed in the pantheon of plant signals. Nitric oxide acts in plant-microbe interactions, responses to abiotic stress, stomatal regulation and a range of developmental processes. By considering the recent advances in plant NO biology, this review will highlight certain key aspects that require further attention. SCOPE AND CONCLUSIONS The following questions will be considered. While cytosolic nitrate reductase is an important source of NO, the contributions of other mechanisms, including a poorly defined arginine oxidizing activity, need to be characterized at the molecular level. Other oxidative pathways utilizing polyamine and hydroxylamine also need further attention. Nitric oxide action is dependent on its concentration and spatial generation patterns. However, no single technology currently available is able to provide accurate in planta measurements of spatio-temporal patterns of NO production. It is also the case that pharmaceutical NO donors are used in studies, sometimes with little consideration of the kinetics of NO production. We here include in planta assessments of NO production from diethylamine nitric oxide, S-nitrosoglutathione and sodium nitroprusside following infiltration of tobacco leaves, which could aid workers in their experiments. Further, based on current data it is difficult to define a bespoke plant NO signalling pathway, but rather NO appears to act as a modifier of other signalling pathways. Thus, early reports that NO signalling involves cGMP-as in animal systems-require revisiting. Finally, as plants are exposed to NO from a number of external sources, investigations into the control of NO scavenging by such as non-symbiotic haemoglobins and other sinks for NO should feature more highly. By crystallizing these questions the authors encourage their resolution through the concerted efforts of the plant NO community.
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- Luis A. J. Mur
- Institute of Environmental and Rural Science, Aberystwyth University, Edward Llwyd Building, Aberystwyth SY23 3DA, UK
- Corresponding author's e-mail address:
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- Life Science Trace Gas Facility, Molecular and Laser Physics, Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, PO Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Life Science Trace Gas Facility, Molecular and Laser Physics, Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, PO Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Life Science Trace Gas Facility, Molecular and Laser Physics, Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, PO Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Botanicheskaya 35, Moscow 127276, Russia
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- Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Botanicheskaya 35, Moscow 127276, Russia
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- Institute of Environmental and Rural Science, Aberystwyth University, Edward Llwyd Building, Aberystwyth SY23 3DA, UK
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- Life Science Trace Gas Facility, Molecular and Laser Physics, Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, PO Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Section of Crop Genetics and Biotechnology, Aarhus University, Forsøgsvej 1, DK-4200 Slagelse, Denmark
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RB, UK
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Mulaudzi T, Ludidi N, Ruzvidzo O, Morse M, Hendricks N, Iwuoha E, Gehring C. Identification of a novel Arabidopsis thaliana nitric oxide-binding molecule with guanylate cyclase activity in vitro. FEBS Lett 2011; 585:2693-7. [PMID: 21820435 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2011.07.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2011] [Revised: 07/19/2011] [Accepted: 07/19/2011] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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While there is evidence of nitric oxide (NO)-dependent signalling via the second messenger cyclic guanosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cGMP) in plants, guanylate cyclases (GCs), enzymes that catalyse the formation of cGMP from guanosine 5'-triphosphate (GTP) have until recently remained elusive and none of the candidates identified to-date are NO-dependent. Using both a GC and heme-binding domain specific (H-NOX) search motif, we have identified an Arabidopsis flavin monooxygenase (At1g62580) and shown electrochemically that it binds NO, has a higher affinity for NO than for O(2) and that this molecule can generate cGMP from GTP in vitro in an NO-dependent manner.
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- Takalani Mulaudzi
- Department of Biotechnology, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa
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Dubovskaya LV, Bakakina YS, Kolesneva EV, Sodel DL, McAinsh MR, Hetherington AM, Volotovski ID. cGMP-dependent ABA-induced stomatal closure in the ABA-insensitive Arabidopsis mutant abi1-1. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2011; 191:57-69. [PMID: 21371039 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03661.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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• The drought hormone abscisic acid (ABA) is widely known to produce reductions in stomatal aperture in guard cells. The second messenger cyclic guanosine 3', 5'-monophosphate (cGMP) is thought to form part of the signalling pathway by which ABA induces stomatal closure. • We have examined the signalling events during cGMP-dependent ABA-induced stomatal closure in wild-type Arabidopsis plants and plants of the ABA-insensitive Arabidopsis mutant abi1-1. • We show that cGMP acts downstream of hydrogen peroxide (H(2) O(2) ) and nitric oxide (NO) in the signalling pathway by which ABA induces stomatal closure. H(2) O(2) - and NO-induced increases in the cytosolic free calcium concentration ([Ca(2+) ](cyt) ) were cGMP-dependent, positioning cGMP upstream of [Ca(2+) ](cyt) , and involved the action of the type 2C protein phosphatase ABI1. Increases in cGMP were mediated through the stimulation of guanylyl cyclase by H(2) O(2) and NO. We identify nucleoside diphosphate kinase as a new cGMP target protein in Arabidopsis. • This study positions cGMP downstream of ABA-induced changes in H(2) O(2) and NO, and upstream of increases in [Ca(2+) ](cyt) in the signalling pathway leading to stomatal closure.
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- Lyudmila V Dubovskaya
- National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Institute of Biophysics and Cell Engineering, Minsk 220072, Academicheskaya 27, Belarus
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- National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Institute of Biophysics and Cell Engineering, Minsk 220072, Academicheskaya 27, Belarus
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- National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Institute of Biophysics and Cell Engineering, Minsk 220072, Academicheskaya 27, Belarus
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- National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Institute of Biophysics and Cell Engineering, Minsk 220072, Academicheskaya 27, Belarus
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- Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, UK
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- National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Institute of Biophysics and Cell Engineering, Minsk 220072, Academicheskaya 27, Belarus
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Kwezi L, Ruzvidzo O, Wheeler JI, Govender K, Iacuone S, Thompson PE, Gehring C, Irving HR. The phytosulfokine (PSK) receptor is capable of guanylate cyclase activity and enabling cyclic GMP-dependent signaling in plants. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:22580-8. [PMID: 21504901 PMCID: PMC3121402 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.168823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2010] [Revised: 04/10/2011] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Phytosulfokines (PSKs) are sulfated pentapeptides that stimulate plant growth and differentiation mediated by the PSK receptor (PSKR1), which is a leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinase. We identified a putative guanylate cyclase (GC) catalytic center in PSKR1 that is embedded within the kinase domain and hypothesized that the GC works in conjunction with the kinase in downstream PSK signaling. We expressed the recombinant complete kinase (cytoplasmic) domain of AtPSKR1 and show that it has serine/threonine kinase activity using the Ser/Thr peptide 1 as a substrate with an approximate K(m) of 7.5 μm and V(max) of 1800 nmol min(-1) mg(-1) of protein. This same recombinant protein also has GC activity in vitro that is dependent on the presence of either Mg(2+) or Mn(2+). Overexpression of the full-length AtPSKR1 receptor in Arabidopsis leaf protoplasts raised the endogenous basal cGMP levels over 20-fold, indicating that the receptor has GC activity in vivo. In addition, PSK-α itself, but not the non-sulfated backbone, induces rapid increases in cGMP levels in protoplasts. Together these results indicate that the PSKR1 contains dual GC and kinase catalytic activities that operate in vivo and that this receptor constitutes a novel class of enzymes with overlapping catalytic domains.
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- Lusisizwe Kwezi
- From the Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Action, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University (Parkville campus), 381 Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
- the Department of Biotechnology, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, 7535, South Africa, and
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- the Department of Biotechnology, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, 7535, South Africa, and
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- From the Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Action, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University (Parkville campus), 381 Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
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- the Department of Biotechnology, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, 7535, South Africa, and
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- From the Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Action, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University (Parkville campus), 381 Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
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- From the Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Action, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University (Parkville campus), 381 Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
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- the Department of Biotechnology, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, 7535, South Africa, and
- the Division of Chemistry, Life Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, 4700 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- From the Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Action, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University (Parkville campus), 381 Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
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Teng Y, Xu W, Ma M. cGMP is required for seed germination in Arabidopsis thaliana. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2010; 167:885-9. [PMID: 20170981 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2010.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2009] [Revised: 01/29/2010] [Accepted: 01/29/2010] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Cyclic guanosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cGMP) is an important second messenger in animals, and is emerging as a player in regulatory functions in plants. In this study, we investigated the role of cGMP in seed germination in Arabidopsis thaliana (Col-0). We demonstrated that both, a membrane-permeant analogue of cGMP (8-Br-cGMP) and the cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase (PDE) inhibitor Tadalafil promoted A. thaliana seed germination, whereas the guanylate cyclase inhibitor LY 83583 (6-anilino-5,8-quinolinedione; LY) inhibited it. LY blocked gibberellic acid (GA)-induced seed germination, whereas GA and 8-Br-cGMP co-treatment increased the germination rate and more effectively overcame LY-inhibition than 8-Br-cGMP alone. The gibberellin biosynthesis inhibitor paclobutrazol (PAC) also blocked 8-Br-cGMP and Tadalafil promotion of seed germination. Furthermore, 8-Br-cGMP and Tadalafil decreased abscisic acid (ABA) sensitivity during seed germination. These findings highlight that cGMP is a positive regulator and plays a crucial role in Arabidopsis seed germination. Furthermore, both GA and cGMP are required for seed germination.
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- Yao Teng
- Key Laboratory of Photosynthesis and Environmental Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, PR China
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The evolution of guanylyl cyclases as multidomain proteins: conserved features of kinase-cyclase domain fusions. J Mol Evol 2009; 68:587-602. [PMID: 19495554 DOI: 10.1007/s00239-009-9242-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2008] [Accepted: 04/21/2009] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Guanylyl cyclases (GCs) are enzymes that generate cyclic GMP and regulate different physiologic and developmental processes in a number of organisms. GCs possess sequence similarity to class III adenylyl cyclases (ACs) and are present as either membrane-bound receptor GCs or cytosolic soluble GCs. We sought to determine the evolution of GCs using a large-scale bioinformatic analysis and found multiple lineage-specific expansions of GC genes in the genomes of many eukaryotes. Moreover, a few GC-like proteins were identified in prokaryotes, which come fused to a number of different domains, suggesting allosteric regulation of nucleotide cyclase activity. Eukaryotic receptor GCs are associated with a kinase homology domain (KHD), and phylogenetic analysis of these proteins suggest coevolution of the KHD and the associated cyclase domain as well as a conservation of the sequence and the size of the linker region between the KHD and the associated cyclase domain. Finally, we also report the existence of mimiviral proteins that contain putative active kinase domains associated with a cyclase domain, which could suggest early evolution of the fusion of these two important domains involved in signal transduction.
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Szmidt-Jaworska A, Jaworski K, Kopcewicz J. Effect of light on soluble guanylyl cyclase activity in Pharbitis nil seedlings. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 2008; 93:9-15. [PMID: 18674925 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2008.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2008] [Revised: 05/29/2008] [Accepted: 06/04/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
Abstract
Cyclic GMP acts as a chemical switch in plant cells to modulate cellular reactions. However, its metabolism has not been extensively explored and is still poorly understood. Previous experiments suggest that an endogenous cGMP system could participate in the mechanism of phytochrome controlled photoperiodic flower induction in Pharbitis nil. In order to gain further information on the role of cGMP, we have begun to study the enzyme of cGMP synthesis. In this article, the presence of the enzyme with guanylyl cyclase (GC) activity in soluble protein fractions of P. nil is reported. A large portion of the enzymatic activity is present in the cotyledons, where enzyme activity amounted to 0.45 pmol cGMP/min/mg protein. The enzyme exhibited a K(m) 0.5mM for GTP. A plot of 1/v versus 1/[GTP] was linear and V(max) was 0.74 pmol cGMP/min/mg protein. It was shown that the anti-sGC antibody recognise a 40 kDa protein. Moreover, the NO-donor, sodium nitroprusside (SNP) and YC-1, as a NO-independent stimulator, enhanced enzyme activity. The NS 2028 (a potent GC inhibitor) treatments provoked a 3-fold reduction of the enzyme activity in comparison to the untreated fractions. Furthermore, the influence of light on GC activity was analysed. It was noted that cGMP level increased in cool white light, and darkness inhibited enzyme activity. Exposure to blue light acts to stimulate cGMP formation, whereas in red light a rapid decrease in GC activity was observed that returned to the high level when far-red light was applied after the red light treatment. The results presented in this work strongly argue that an enzyme with guanylyl cyclase activity is present in P. nil organs and its activity is controlled by light via the photoreceptors-dependent pathways.
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Affiliation(s)
- Adriana Szmidt-Jaworska
- Nicolaus Copernicus University, Institute of General and Molecular Biology, Department of Plant Physiology and Morphogenesis, Gagarina Street 9, PL 87-100 Torun, Poland.
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