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Wei Z, Wu ZC, Zang J, Zhao D, Guo W, Dai H. Genome-Wide Identification and Expression Pattern Analysis of the WNK Gene Family in Apple under Abiotic Stress and Colletotrichum siamense Infection. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:8528. [PMID: 39126096 PMCID: PMC11313067 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25158528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2024] [Revised: 07/28/2024] [Accepted: 08/01/2024] [Indexed: 08/12/2024] Open
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With-no-lysine kinase (WNK) is a unique serine/threonine kinase family member. WNK differs from other protein kinases by not having a standard lysine in subdomain II of the universally preserved kinase catalytic region. Conversely, the amino acid lysine located in subdomain I plays a crucial role in its phosphorylation. The WNK family has been reported to regulate Arabidopsis flowering, circadian rhythm, and abiotic stress. Eighteen members of the WNK gene family were discovered in apples in this research, and they were primarily grouped into five categories on the phylogenetic tree. Conserved domains and motifs also confirmed their identity as members of the WNK family. Promoter cis-acting element analysis indicated their potential role in responses to both abiotic stress and phytohormones. Furthermore, qRT-PCR analysis showed that the expression of MdWNK family genes was stimulated to different extents by Colletotrichum siamense, NaCl, mannitol, ABA, JA, and SA, with Colletotrichum siamense being the most prominent stimulant. MdWNK family genes were expressed across all apple tissues, with young fruits showing the greatest expression and roots showing the least expression. The research offered detailed insights into the MdWNK gene family, serving as a crucial basis for investigating the biological roles of MdWNK genes.
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- Ziwen Wei
- College of Horticulture, Shenyang Agricultural University, 120 Dongling Road, Shenyang 110866, China;
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- Analytical and Testing Center, Shenyang Agricultural University, 120 Dongling Road, Shenyang 110866, China; (Z.-C.W.); (J.Z.); (D.Z.)
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- Analytical and Testing Center, Shenyang Agricultural University, 120 Dongling Road, Shenyang 110866, China; (Z.-C.W.); (J.Z.); (D.Z.)
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- Analytical and Testing Center, Shenyang Agricultural University, 120 Dongling Road, Shenyang 110866, China; (Z.-C.W.); (J.Z.); (D.Z.)
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- College of Horticulture, Shenyang Agricultural University, 120 Dongling Road, Shenyang 110866, China;
- Analytical and Testing Center, Shenyang Agricultural University, 120 Dongling Road, Shenyang 110866, China; (Z.-C.W.); (J.Z.); (D.Z.)
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- College of Horticulture, Shenyang Agricultural University, 120 Dongling Road, Shenyang 110866, China;
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Guo Z, Guo J, Yu H, Huang H, Ye D, Liu T, Zhang X, Zhang L, Zheng Z, Wang Y, Li T. OsWNK9 regulates cadmium concentration in brown rice by restraining cadmium transport from straw to brown rice. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2024; 283:116810. [PMID: 39096692 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2024.116810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2024] [Revised: 06/28/2024] [Accepted: 07/25/2024] [Indexed: 08/05/2024]
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Selecting and breeding rice cultivars that enable strong cadmium (Cd) accumulation in rice straw but low accumulation in brown rice is a promising way to achieve Cd phytoremediation as well as to ensure the food safety of rice. Herein, we isolated a gene OsWNK9 from the quantitative trait locus associated with reducing Cd translocation from rice straw to brown rice and decreasing the Cd concentration in brown rice (BRCdC). Continuous strong expression of OsWNK9 was observed in nodes and internode and was induced after Cd supply. OsWNK9 was localized in the rice cell nucleus and participated in the regulation of Cd transport in yeast. Two independent oswnk9 rice mutants were generated via CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing and showed significantly higher BRCdC than that of the wild type (WT). The BRCdC of knockout oswnk9 mutants was 0.227 mg kg-1and 0.238 mg kg-1, increased by 14 % and 19 % compared with that of the WT due to the lower Cd allocation in the basal stem, internode, and node III, which was unrelated to Cd uptake. Interestingly, OsWNK9 could promote iron (Fe) accumulation in rice under Cd-contaminated conditions, suggesting that OsWNK9 is an ideal gene for Cd phytoremediation and Fe biofortification in rice to support safe food production.
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- Zhipeng Guo
- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University (SAU), Huimin Road 211, Chengdu 611130, China
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University (SAU), Huimin Road 211, Chengdu 611130, China; Molecular Plant Nutrition, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Corrensstrasse 3, Gatersleben 06466, Germany
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University (SAU), Huimin Road 211, Chengdu 611130, China
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University (SAU), Huimin Road 211, Chengdu 611130, China
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University (SAU), Huimin Road 211, Chengdu 611130, China
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University (SAU), Huimin Road 211, Chengdu 611130, China
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University (SAU), Huimin Road 211, Chengdu 611130, China
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University (SAU), Huimin Road 211, Chengdu 611130, China
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University (SAU), Huimin Road 211, Chengdu 611130, China
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University (SAU), Huimin Road 211, Chengdu 611130, China
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University (SAU), Huimin Road 211, Chengdu 611130, China.
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Leung HS, Chan LY, Law CH, Li MW, Lam HM. Twenty years of mining salt tolerance genes in soybean. MOLECULAR BREEDING : NEW STRATEGIES IN PLANT IMPROVEMENT 2023; 43:45. [PMID: 37313223 PMCID: PMC10248715 DOI: 10.1007/s11032-023-01383-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2022] [Accepted: 04/12/2023] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Current combined challenges of rising food demand, climate change and farmland degradation exert enormous pressure on agricultural production. Worldwide soil salinization, in particular, necessitates the development of salt-tolerant crops. Soybean, being a globally important produce, has its genetic resources increasingly examined to facilitate crop improvement based on functional genomics. In response to the multifaceted physiological challenge that salt stress imposes, soybean has evolved an array of defences against salinity. These include maintaining cell homeostasis by ion transportation, osmoregulation, and restoring oxidative balance. Other adaptations include cell wall alterations, transcriptomic reprogramming, and efficient signal transduction for detecting and responding to salt stress. Here, we reviewed functionally verified genes that underly different salt tolerance mechanisms employed by soybean in the past two decades, and discussed the strategy in selecting salt tolerance genes for crop improvement. Future studies could adopt an integrated multi-omic approach in characterizing soybean salt tolerance adaptations and put our existing knowledge into practice via omic-assisted breeding and gene editing. This review serves as a guide and inspiration for crop developers in enhancing soybean tolerance against abiotic stresses, thereby fulfilling the role of science in solving real-life problems. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11032-023-01383-3.
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- Hoi-Sze Leung
- Center for Soybean Research of the State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, and School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR People’s Republic of China
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- Center for Soybean Research of the State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, and School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR People’s Republic of China
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- Center for Soybean Research of the State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, and School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR People’s Republic of China
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- Center for Soybean Research of the State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, and School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR People’s Republic of China
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- Center for Soybean Research of the State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, and School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR People’s Republic of China
- Shenzhen Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, 518000 People’s Republic of China
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Negi Y, Kumar K. Cloning, homology modelling and expression analysis of Oryza sativa WNK gene family. Int J Biol Macromol 2023; 229:994-1008. [PMID: 36608863 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2022.12.328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2022] [Revised: 12/17/2022] [Accepted: 12/26/2022] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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With No Lysine kinases (WNKs) represents a gene family that encodes Ser/Thr kinases, with anomalous disposition of catalytic lysine residue in subdomain I. In plants, WNKs had been linked to circadian rhythm, photoperiodic response and abiotic stress tolerance with mechanism yet undeciphered. In the present study, full-length CDS sequences of rice WNKs (OsWNK1 to 8) were cloned from indica cultivar IR64. A total of six highly conserved kinase subdomains were identified. Comparative analysis of protein sequences from six different species of rice showed varying magnitudes of substitution (76.2 %), deletion (15.4 %), and addition (8.4 %) events. ConSurf analysis coupled with CASTp results identified functional residues that were clustered together in modelled 3-D structures. Among post-translational modifications (PTMs) studied, 87.7 % of phosphorylation sites were predicted. Mined protein-protein interactions (PPIs) depicted OsWNKs to interact notably with other OsWNK members and with key proteins like PRR95 involved in photoperiodic response and protein phosphatase like PP2C involved in ABA signalling. Gene duplication analysis revealed two paralogous duplicated gene pairs: WNK6-WNK9 and WNK7-WNK8. Oryza sativa showed maximum syntenic relationship with Sorghum bicolor among the compared species. OsWNKs showed differential transcript expression profiles on treatment with plant growth regulators indicating its versatile role in plant growth and development.
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- Yogesh Negi
- Department of Biological Sciences, Birla Institute of Technology & Science Pilani, K. K. Birla Goa Campus, Goa 403726, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Birla Institute of Technology & Science Pilani, K. K. Birla Goa Campus, Goa 403726, India.
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Liu R, Vasupalli N, Hou D, Stalin A, Wei H, Zhang H, Lin X. Genome-wide identification and evolution of WNK kinases in Bambusoideae and transcriptional profiling during abiotic stress in Phyllostachys edulis. PeerJ 2022; 10:e12718. [PMID: 35070502 PMCID: PMC8761366 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.12718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2021] [Accepted: 12/09/2021] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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With-no-lysine (WNK) kinases play vital roles in abiotic stress response, circadian rhythms, and regulation of flowering time in rice, Arabidopsis, and Glycine max. However, there are no previous reports of WNKs in the Bambusoideae, although genome sequences are available for diploid, tetraploid, and hexaploid bamboo species. In the present study, we identified 41 WNK genes in five bamboo species and analysed gene evolution, phylogenetic relationship, physical and chemical properties, cis-elements, and conserved motifs. We predicted the structure of PeWNK proteins of moso bamboo and determined the exposed, buried, structural and functional amino acids. Real-time qPCR analysis revealed that PeWNK5, PeWNK7, PeWNK8, and PeWNK11 genes are involved in circadian rhythms. Analysis of gene expression of different organs at different developmental stages revealed that PeWNK genes are tissue-specific. Analysis of various abiotic stress transcriptome data (drought, salt, SA, and ABA) revealed significant gene expression levels in all PeWNKs except PeWNK11. In particular, PeWNK8 and PeWNK9 were significantly down- and up-regulated, respectively, after abiotic stress treatment. A co-expression network of PeWNK genes also showed that PeWNK2, PeWNK4, PeWNK7, and PeWNK8 were co-expressed with transcriptional regulators related to abiotic stress. In conclusion, our study identified the PeWNKs of moso bamboo involved in circadian rhythms and abiotic stress response. In addition, this study serves as a guide for future functional genomic studies of the WNK genes of the Bambusoideae.
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- RongXiu Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A & F University, Lin’an, Zhejiang, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A & F University, Lin’an, Zhejiang, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A & F University, Lin’an, Zhejiang, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A & F University, Lin’an, Zhejiang, China,State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhejiang A & F University, Lin’an, Zhejiang, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A & F University, Lin’an, Zhejiang, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A & F University, Lin’an, Zhejiang, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A & F University, Lin’an, Zhejiang, China
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Saddhe AA, Karle SB, Aftab T, Kumar K. With no lysine kinases: the key regulatory networks and phytohormone cross talk in plant growth, development and stress response. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2021; 40:2097-2109. [PMID: 34110446 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-021-02728-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2021] [Accepted: 06/03/2021] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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With No Lysine kinases (WNKs) are a distinct family of Serine/Threonine protein kinase with unique arrangement of catalytic residues in kinase domain. In WNK, an essential catalytic lysine requisite for attaching ATP and phosphorylation reaction is located in subdomain I, instead of subdomain II, which is essentially a typical feature of other Ser/Thr kinases. WNKs are identified in diverse organisms including multicellular and unicellular organisms. Mammalian WNKs are well characterized at structural and functional level, while plant WNKs are not explored much except few recent studies. Plant WNKs role in various physiological processes viz. ion maintenance, osmotic stress, pH homeostasis, circadian rhythms, regulation of flowering time, proliferation and organ development, and abiotic stresses are known, but the mechanisms involved are unclear. Plant WNKs are known to be involved in enhanced drought and salt stress response via ABA-signaling pathway, but the complete signaling cascade is yet to be elucidated. The current review will discuss the interplay between WNKs and growth regulators and their cross talks in plant growth and development. We have also highlighted the link between the stress phytohormones and WNK members in regulating abiotic stress responses in plants. The present review will provide an overall known mechanism on the involvement of WNKs in plant growth and development and abiotic stress response and highlight its role/applications in the development of stress-tolerant plants.
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- Ankush Ashok Saddhe
- Department of Biological Sciences, Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, K. K. Birla Goa Campus, Goa, 403 726, India
- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 16502, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, K. K. Birla Goa Campus, Goa, 403 726, India
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- Department of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, Uttar Pradesh, Aligarh, 202 002, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, K. K. Birla Goa Campus, Goa, 403 726, India.
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Li Z, Fu Y, Shen J, Liang J. Upstream Open Reading Frame Mediated Translation of WNK8 Is Required for ABA Response in Arabidopsis. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms221910683. [PMID: 34639024 PMCID: PMC8509022 DOI: 10.3390/ijms221910683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2021] [Revised: 09/25/2021] [Accepted: 09/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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With no lysine (K) (WNK) kinases comprise a family of serine/threonine kinases belonging to an evolutionary branch of the eukaryotic kinome. These special kinases contain a unique active site and are found in a wide range of eukaryotes. The model plant Arabidopsis has been reported to have 11 WNK members, of which WNK8 functions as a negative regulator of abscisic acid (ABA) signaling. Here, we found that the expression of WNK8 is post-transcriptionally regulated through an upstream open reading frame (uORF) found in its 5′ untranslated region (5′-UTR). This uORF has been predicted to encode a conserved peptide named CPuORF58 in both monocotyledons and dicotyledons. The analysis of the published ribosome footprinting studies and the study of the frameshift CPuORF58 peptide with altered repression capability suggested that this uORF causes ribosome stalling. Plants transformed with the native WNK8 promoter driving WNK8 expression were comparable with wild-type plants, whereas the plants transformed with a similar construct with mutated CPuORF58 start codon were less sensitive to ABA. In addition, WNK8 and its downstream target RACK1 were found to synergistically coordinate ABA signaling rather than antagonistically modulating glucose response and flowering in plants. Collectively, these results suggest that the WNK8 expression must be tightly regulated to fulfill the demands of ABA response in plants.
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- Zhiyong Li
- Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China; (Y.F.); (J.S.)
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Design for Plant Cell Factory of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
- Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
- Correspondence: (Z.L.); (J.L.)
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- Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China; (Y.F.); (J.S.)
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- Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China; (Y.F.); (J.S.)
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- Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China; (Y.F.); (J.S.)
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Design for Plant Cell Factory of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
- Correspondence: (Z.L.); (J.L.)
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Manuka R, Saddhe AA, Srivastava AK, Kumar K, Penna S. Overexpression of rice OsWNK9 promotes arsenite tolerance in transgenic Arabidopsis plants. J Biotechnol 2021; 332:114-125. [PMID: 33864842 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2021.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2020] [Revised: 03/03/2021] [Accepted: 04/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Protein kinases are involved in the transfer of phosphate group to serine, threonine, and tyrosine residues of a target protein. With No Lysine (WNK) kinase is a member of the serine/threonine protein kinase family, which has conserved catalytic lysine (K) residue in subdomain I instead of being in subdomain II.The WNKs family members in plants are stress inducible and have been validated for their role in abiotic stress tolerance. In the present study, we have characterized Arabidopsis overexpressed lines of OsWNK9 regulated by the constitutive promoter under arsenite stress. Moreover, we have performed In silico expression analysis of OsWNK9 under nutrient deficiency and heavy metal stress. Three independent transgenic Arabidopsis (OsWNK9-OX T11, T12,andT13) lines showed tolerance to arsenite stress compared to wild-type (WT) plants. Under arsenite stress, transgenic lines T11, T12 and T13 showed 56.46, 57.8 and 51.66 % increased biomass respectively, as compared to WT plants. All three ArabidopsisOsWNK9-OX lines exhibited higher proline content, increased antioxidant enzyme activities and lower hydrogen peroxide levels under arsenite stress. Besides, the total antioxidant capacity in terms of DPPH (2, 2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl) free radical scavenging percentage was increased by 8-15 % in three independent OsWNK9-OX lines compared with those of WT plants. Protein-protein interaction analysis of OsWNK9 predicted interaction partners with protein kinase and oxidative stress-responsive protein. Co-expression analysis of OsWNK9 in phosphate deficiency and arsenate stress condition predicted various proteins including membrane transporter and transcription factors. Taken together, our results, for the first time, provide evidence that OsWNK9 could positively mediate arsenite stress tolerance in plants.
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- Rakesh Manuka
- Nuclear Agriculture and Biotechnology Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, 400084, India; Department of Biological Sciences, Birla Institute of Technology & Science Pilani, K. K. Birla Goa Campus, Goa, 403726, India; Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Institute of Advanced Research (IAR), Gandhinagar, Gujarat, 382426, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Birla Institute of Technology & Science Pilani, K. K. Birla Goa Campus, Goa, 403726, India; Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 16502 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Nuclear Agriculture and Biotechnology Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, 400084, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Birla Institute of Technology & Science Pilani, K. K. Birla Goa Campus, Goa, 403726, India.
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- Nuclear Agriculture and Biotechnology Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, 400084, India.
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Halder T, Liu H, Chen Y, Yan G, Siddique KHM. Identification of Candidate Genes for Root Traits Using Genotype-Phenotype Association Analysis of Near-Isogenic Lines in Hexaploid Wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.). Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:3579. [PMID: 33808237 PMCID: PMC8038026 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22073579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2021] [Revised: 03/09/2021] [Accepted: 03/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Global wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) production is constrained by different biotic and abiotic stresses, which are increasing with climate change. An improved root system is essential for adaptability and sustainable wheat production. In this study, 10 pairs of near-isogenic lines (NILs)-targeting four genomic regions (GRs) on chromosome arms 4BS, 4BL, 4AS, and 7AL of hexaploid wheat-were used to phenotype root traits in a semi-hydroponic system. Seven of the 10 NIL pairs significantly differed between their isolines for 11 root traits. The NIL pairs targeting qDSI.4B.1 GR varied the most, followed by the NIL pair targeting qDT.4A.1 and QHtscc.ksu-7A GRs. For pairs 5-7 targeting qDT.4A.1 GR, pair 6 significantly differed in the most root traits. Of the 4 NIL pairs targeting qDSI.4B.1 GR, pairs 2 and 4 significantly differed in 3 and 4 root traits, respectively. Pairs 9 and 10 targeting QHtscc.ksu-7A GR significantly differed in 1 and 4 root traits, respectively. Using the wheat 90K Illumina iSelect array, we identified 15 putative candidate genes associated with different root traits in the contrasting isolines, in which two UDP-glycosyltransferase (UGT)-encoding genes, TraesCS4A02G185300 and TraesCS4A02G442700, and a leucine-rich repeat receptor-like protein kinase (LRR-RLK)-encoding gene, TraesCS4A02G330900, also showed important functions for root trait control in other crops. This study characterized, for the first time, that these GRs control root traits in wheat, and identified candidate genes, although the candidate genes will need further confirmation and validation for marker-assisted wheat breeding.
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- Tanushree Halder
- UWA School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia; (H.L.); (Y.C.); (G.Y.)
- The UWA Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka 1207, Bangladesh
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- UWA School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia; (H.L.); (Y.C.); (G.Y.)
- The UWA Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
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- UWA School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia; (H.L.); (Y.C.); (G.Y.)
- The UWA Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
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- UWA School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia; (H.L.); (Y.C.); (G.Y.)
- The UWA Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
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- UWA School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia; (H.L.); (Y.C.); (G.Y.)
- The UWA Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
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Cao-Pham AH, Urano D, Ross-Elliott TJ, Jones AM. Nudge-nudge, WNK-WNK (kinases), say no more? THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2018; 220:35-48. [PMID: 29949669 DOI: 10.1111/nph.15276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2017] [Accepted: 05/01/2018] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Contents Summary 35 I Overview of animal and plant WNK kinases 35 II. Structure: domains and topology 36 III. Phylogeny-evolutionary relationships 41 IV. Plant WNK kinase distribution and regulation of WNK expression and activity 41 V. Functions of WNK family members in physiology and development 41 VI. Say no more? Still many questions to be answered 45 Acknowledgements 46 References 46 SUMMARY: WITH NO LYSINE (WNK) kinases are serine/threonine kinases uniquely characterized by an anomalous placement of a catalytic lysine, hence their moniker. In animals, WNK protein kinases play critical roles in protein trafficking of components that mediate renal ion transport processes and regulate osmoregulation of cell volume. In plants, the WNK kinase gene family is larger and more diverse. Recent studies revealed WNK kinase roles in orchestrating the trafficking of an ion channel, a lipid kinase complex in animals, and a heterotrimeric G protein signaling component in plants that is necessary for signal transduction. For this reason, new attention is geared toward investigating the mechanisms adopted by WNK kinases to nudge intracellular proteins to their destinations. In this review, the functions of WNK kinases in protein trafficking are derived from what we have learned from the model organism Arabidopsis thaliana. To place this new idea in context, we provide the predicted WNK kinase structures, their predicted expression patterns, a speculated evolutionary pathway, and the regulatory roles of plant WNKs in transport processes and other physiologies. We brazenly predict that the WNK kinases in both plants and animals will soon be recognized as a nexus for trafficking-based signal transduction.
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- Anh H Cao-Pham
- Department of Biology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA
- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 117543, Singapore
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- Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory and Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 117604, Singapore
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- Department of Biology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA
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- Department of Biology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA
- Department of Pharmacology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA
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Yan J, Li G, Guo X, Li Y, Cao X. Genome-wide classification, evolutionary analysis and gene expression patterns of the kinome in Gossypium. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0197392. [PMID: 29768506 PMCID: PMC5955557 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0197392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2018] [Accepted: 05/01/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The protein kinase (PK, kinome) family is one of the largest families in plants and regulates almost all aspects of plant processes, including plant development and stress responses. Despite their important functions, comprehensive functional classification, evolutionary analysis and expression patterns of the cotton PK gene family has yet to be performed on PK genes. In this study, we identified the cotton kinomes in the Gossypium raimondii, Gossypium arboretum, Gossypium hirsutum and Gossypium barbadense genomes and classified them into 7 groups and 122-24 subfamilies using software HMMER v3.0 scanning and neighbor-joining (NJ) phylogenetic analysis. Some conserved exon-intron structures were identified not only in cotton species but also in primitive plants, ferns and moss, suggesting the significant function and ancient origination of these PK genes. Collinearity analysis revealed that 16.6 million years ago (Mya) cotton-specific whole genome duplication (WGD) events may have played a partial role in the expansion of the cotton kinomes, whereas tandem duplication (TD) events mainly contributed to the expansion of the cotton RLK group. Synteny analysis revealed that tetraploidization of G. hirsutum and G. barbadense contributed to the expansion of G. hirsutum and G. barbadense PKs. Global expression analysis of cotton PKs revealed stress-specific and fiber development-related expression patterns, suggesting that many cotton PKs might be involved in the regulation of the stress response and fiber development processes. This study provides foundational information for further studies on the evolution and molecular function of cotton PKs.
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- Jun Yan
- College of Information Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, Shandong, PR China
- College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, Shandong, PR China
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- College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, Shandong, PR China
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- College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, Shandong, PR China
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- College of Information Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, Shandong, PR China
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- College of Information Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, Shandong, PR China
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Manuka R, Saddhe AA, Kumar K. Expression of OsWNK9 in Arabidopsis conferred tolerance to salt and drought stress. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2018; 270:58-71. [PMID: 29576087 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2018.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2017] [Revised: 02/07/2018] [Accepted: 02/08/2018] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
Abstract
With No Lysine (WNK) kinase belongs to ser/thr protein kinase group in which conserved catalytic lysine (K) residue of subdomain II is shifted to subdomain I. In this study, we cloned full-length coding region of WNK9 from Oryza sativa (OsWNK9) and performed in silico studies to confirm the presence of all kinase signature regulatory elements. The transcript analysis revealed that OsWNK9 was strongly down regulated under salinity, drought and ABA stress in shoots. Constitutive expression of OsWNK9 in Arabidopsis thaliana imparted increased tolerance to salt, drought, and ABA stress. Transgenic lines showed healthy phenotypes such as green leaves, achieved higher fresh weight and longer roots under salt, drought and ABA stress as compared to wild-type (WT). Transgenic plants showed better seed germination, higher chlorophyll retention and less water loss under salt and drought stress compared to WT. Promoter/gene expression studies revealed that OsWNK9 were expressed throughout plant tissues with higher expression in roots. Subcellular localization studies of OsWNK9 showed their presence in the nucleus. The transcript analysis of abiotic stress marker genes and ABA dependent genes showed they were highly expressed in transgenic lines compared to WT in response to salt and drought stress. The endogenous ABA level under salt and drought stress in transgenic lines was higher than WT. The results indicated that OsWNK9 may regulate salt and drought response in ABA dependent manner.
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- Rakesh Manuka
- Department of Biological Sciences, Birla Institute of Technology & Science Pilani, K. K. Birla Goa Campus, Goa, 403726, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Birla Institute of Technology & Science Pilani, K. K. Birla Goa Campus, Goa, 403726, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Birla Institute of Technology & Science Pilani, K. K. Birla Goa Campus, Goa, 403726, India.
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Yu Y, Wang N, Hu R, Xiang F. Genome-wide identification of soybean WRKY transcription factors in response to salt stress. SPRINGERPLUS 2016; 5:920. [PMID: 27386364 PMCID: PMC4927560 DOI: 10.1186/s40064-016-2647-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2015] [Accepted: 06/22/2016] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Members of the large family of WRKY transcription factors are involved in a wide range of developmental and physiological processes, most particularly in the plant response to biotic and abiotic stress. Here, an analysis of the soybean genome sequence allowed the identification of the full complement of 188 soybean WRKY genes. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that soybean WRKY genes were classified into three major groups (I, II, III), with the second group further categorized into five subgroups (IIa-IIe). The soybean WRKYs from each group shared similar gene structures and motif compositions. The location of the GmWRKYs was dispersed over all 20 soybean chromosomes. The whole genome duplication appeared to have contributed significantly to the expansion of the family. Expression analysis by RNA-seq indicated that in soybean root, 66 of the genes responded rapidly and transiently to the imposition of salt stress, all but one being up-regulated. While in aerial part, 49 GmWRKYs responded, all but two being down-regulated. RT-qPCR analysis showed that in the whole soybean plant, 66 GmWRKYs exhibited distinct expression patterns in response to salt stress, of which 12 showed no significant change, 35 were decreased, while 19 were induced. The data present here provide critical clues for further functional studies of WRKY gene in soybean salt tolerance.
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- Yanchong Yu
- />The Key Laboratory of Plant Cell Engineering and Germplasm Innovation, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100 Shandong China
- />Shandong Key Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, 266109 Shandong China
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- />The Key Laboratory of Plant Cell Engineering and Germplasm Innovation, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100 Shandong China
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- />Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Songling Road No. 189, Qingdao, 266101 Shandong China
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- />The Key Laboratory of Plant Cell Engineering and Germplasm Innovation, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100 Shandong China
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Manuka R, Saddhe AA, Kumar K. Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of WNK kinase gene family in rice. Comput Biol Chem 2015; 59 Pt A:56-66. [DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiolchem.2015.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2015] [Revised: 07/31/2015] [Accepted: 09/04/2015] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Meister R, Rajani MS, Ruzicka D, Schachtman DP. Challenges of modifying root traits in crops for agriculture. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2014; 19:779-88. [PMID: 25239776 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2014.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2014] [Revised: 08/05/2014] [Accepted: 08/21/2014] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Roots play an essential role in the acquisition of water and minerals from soils. Measuring crop root architecture and assaying for changes in function can be challenging, but examples have emerged showing that modifications to roots result in higher yield and increased stress tolerance. In this review, we focus mainly on the molecular genetic advances that have been made in altering root system architecture and function in crop plants, as well as phenotyping methods. The future for the modification of crop plant roots looks promising based on recent advances, but there are also important challenges ahead.
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- Robert Meister
- Monsanto Company, 700 Chesterfield Parkway, Chesterfield, MO 63017, USA
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- Monsanto Company, 700 Chesterfield Parkway, Chesterfield, MO 63017, USA
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- Monsanto Company, 700 Chesterfield Parkway, Chesterfield, MO 63017, USA
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- University of Nebraska Lincoln, Center for Plant Science Innovation, E243 Beadle, Lincoln, NE 68588-0660, USA.
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Zhang B, Liu K, Zheng Y, Wang Y, Wang J, Liao H. Disruption of AtWNK8 enhances tolerance of Arabidopsis to salt and osmotic stresses via modulating proline content and activities of catalase and peroxidase. Int J Mol Sci 2013; 14:7032-47. [PMID: 23535337 PMCID: PMC3645675 DOI: 10.3390/ijms14047032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2012] [Revised: 03/04/2013] [Accepted: 03/07/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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With no lysine kinases (WNKs) play important roles in plant growth and development. However, its role in salt and osmotic stress tolerance is unclear. Here, we report that AtWNK8 is mainly expressed in primary root, hypocotyl, stamen and pistil and is induced by NaCl and sorbitol treatment. Compared to the wild-type, the T-DNA knock-out wnk8 mutant was more tolerant to severe salinity and osmotic stresses, as indicated by 27% and 198% more fresh weight in the NaCl and sorbitol treatment, respectively. The wnk8 mutant also accumulated 1.43-fold more proline than the wild-type in the sorbitol treatment. Under NaCl and sorbitol stresses, catalase (CAT) activity in wnk8 mutant was 1.92- and 3.7-times of that in Col-0, respectively. Similarly, under salt and osmotic stress conditions, peroxidase (POD) activities in wnk8 mutant were 1.81- and 1.58-times of that in Col-0, respectively. Taken together, we revealed that maintaining higher CAT and POD activities might be one of the reasons that the disruption of AtWNK8 enhances the tolerance to salt stress, and accumulating more proline and higher activities of CAT and POD might result in the higher tolerance of WNK8 to osmotic stress.
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- Baige Zhang
- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Root Biology Center, College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; E-Mails: (B.Z.); (K.L.); (Y.Z.); (Y.W.); (H.L.)
- Vegetable Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Root Biology Center, College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; E-Mails: (B.Z.); (K.L.); (Y.Z.); (Y.W.); (H.L.)
- Life science and Technology School, Zhanjiang Normal University, Zhanjiang 524048, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Root Biology Center, College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; E-Mails: (B.Z.); (K.L.); (Y.Z.); (Y.W.); (H.L.)
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Root Biology Center, College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; E-Mails: (B.Z.); (K.L.); (Y.Z.); (Y.W.); (H.L.)
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institute of Plant Biology, School of Sciences, Fudan University, 220 Handan Road, Shanghai 200433, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Root Biology Center, College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; E-Mails: (B.Z.); (K.L.); (Y.Z.); (Y.W.); (H.L.)
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Root Biology Center, College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; E-Mails: (B.Z.); (K.L.); (Y.Z.); (Y.W.); (H.L.)
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Urano D, Phan N, Jones JC, Yang J, Huang J, Grigston J, Taylor JP, Jones AM. Endocytosis of the seven-transmembrane RGS1 protein activates G-protein-coupled signalling in Arabidopsis. Nat Cell Biol 2012; 14:1079-88. [PMID: 22940907 PMCID: PMC3463750 DOI: 10.1038/ncb2568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2011] [Accepted: 07/27/2012] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Signal transduction typically begins by ligand-dependent activation of a concomitant partner that is otherwise in its resting state. However, in cases where signal activation is constitutive by default, the mechanism of regulation is unknown. The Arabidopsis thaliana heterotrimeric Gα protein self-activates without accessory proteins, and is kept in its resting state by the negative regulator, AtRGS1 (regulator of G-protein signalling 1), which is the prototype of a seven-transmembrane receptor fused with an RGS domain. Endocytosis of AtRGS1 by ligand-dependent endocytosis physically uncouples the GTPase-accelerating activity of AtRGS1 from the Gα protein, permitting sustained activation. Phosphorylation of AtRGS1 by AtWNK8 kinase causes AtRGS1 endocytosis, required for both G-protein-mediated sugar signalling and cell proliferation. In animals, receptor endocytosis results in signal desensitization, whereas in plants, endocytosis results in signal activation. These findings reveal how different organisms rearrange a regulatory system to result in opposite outcomes using similar phosphorylation-dependent endocytosis mechanisms.
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- Daisuke Urano
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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Luo X, Cui N, Zhu Y, Cao L, Zhai H, Cai H, Ji W, Wang X, Zhu D, Li Y, Bai X. Over-expression of GsZFP1, an ABA-responsive C2H2-type zinc finger protein lacking a QALGGH motif, reduces ABA sensitivity and decreases stomata size. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2012; 169:1192-202. [PMID: 22705253 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2012.03.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2011] [Revised: 03/26/2012] [Accepted: 03/27/2012] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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A cDNA of the gene GsZFP1 was cloned from Glycine soja. GsZFP1 encodes a protein with one C2H2-type zinc finger motif. The QALGGH motif, which exists in most plant C2H2-type zinc finger proteins (ZFPs), does not exist in GsZFP1. Real-time RT-PCR revealed that GsZFP1 expression was significantly up-regulated by exogenous ABA, both in leaves and roots. Over-expression of this gene, in Arabidopsis thaliana, resulted in a reduced sensitivity to ABA during seed germination and seedling growth. Transcript levels of some stress and ABA marker genes, including RD29A, RD22, NCED3, COR47, COR15A and KIN1 were increased, in the GsZFP1 over-expression lines, when plants were treated with exogenous ABA. We further studied the effects of GsZFP1 over-expression on the regulation of genes involved in ABA signaling. Negative ABA signaling regulators, such as ABI1 and ABI2, were up-regulated in over-expression lines, while positive ABA signaling regulators, such as ABF4, ABI5, GTG1, GTG2, PYR1/RCAR11, PYL2/RCAR13, SnRK2.2 and SnRK2.3, were down-regulated, in comparison to wild type plants. GsZFP1 over-expression lines also exhibited small stomata, impairment of ABA-induced stomata closure. The data presented, herein, suggests that GsZFP1 plays a crucial role in ABA signaling in A. thaliana, GsZFP1 may be a promising gene for negative regulating ABA signaling. Our findings broaden our understanding of this C2H2 ZFP subtype's function, and add to the body of evidence that has been developed in earlier studies.
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- Xiao Luo
- Plant Bioengineering Laboratory, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China
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