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Roychowdhury R, Mishra S, Anand G, Dalal D, Gupta R, Kumar A, Gupta R. Decoding the molecular mechanism underlying salicylic acid (SA)-mediated plant immunity: an integrated overview from its biosynthesis to the mode of action. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2024; 176:e14399. [PMID: 38894599 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.14399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2024] [Revised: 05/05/2024] [Accepted: 05/16/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024]
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Salicylic acid (SA) is an important phytohormone, well-known for its regulatory role in shaping plant immune responses. In recent years, significant progress has been made in unravelling the molecular mechanisms underlying SA biosynthesis, perception, and downstream signalling cascades. Through the concerted efforts employing genetic, biochemical, and omics approaches, our understanding of SA-mediated defence responses has undergone remarkable expansion. In general, following SA biosynthesis through Avr effectors of the pathogens, newly synthesized SA undergoes various biochemical changes to achieve its active/inactive forms (e.g. methyl salicylate). The activated SA subsequently triggers signalling pathways associated with the perception of pathogen-derived signals, expression of defence genes, and induction of systemic acquired resistance (SAR) to tailor the intricate regulatory networks that coordinate plant immune responses. Nonetheless, the mechanistic understanding of SA-mediated plant immune regulation is currently limited because of its crosstalk with other signalling networks, which makes understanding this hormone signalling more challenging. This comprehensive review aims to provide an integrated overview of SA-mediated plant immunity, deriving current knowledge from diverse research outcomes. Through the integration of case studies, experimental evidence, and emerging trends, this review offers insights into the regulatory mechanisms governing SA-mediated immunity and signalling. Additionally, this review discusses the potential applications of SA-mediated defence strategies in crop improvement, disease management, and sustainable agricultural practices.
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- Rajib Roychowdhury
- Department of Plant Pathology and Weed Research, Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO) - Volcani Institute, Rishon Lezion, Israel
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Weed Research, Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO) - Volcani Institute, Rishon Lezion, Israel
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Weed Research, Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO) - Volcani Institute, Rishon Lezion, Israel
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- Department of Botany, Visva-Bharati Central University, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Weed Research, Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO) - Volcani Institute, Rishon Lezion, Israel
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- Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- College of General Education, Kookmin University, Seoul, South Korea
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Wu G, Wang W. Recent advances in understanding the role of two mitogen-activated protein kinase cascades in plant immunity. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2024; 75:2256-2265. [PMID: 38241698 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erae020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2023] [Accepted: 01/15/2024] [Indexed: 01/21/2024]
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The mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK/MPK) cascade is an important intercellular signaling module that regulates plant growth, development, reproduction, and responses to biotic and abiotic stresses. A MAPK cascade usually consists of a MAPK kinase kinase (MAPKKK/MEKK), a MAPK kinase (MAPKK/MKK/MEK), and a MAPK. The well-characterized MAPK cascades in plant immunity to date are the MEKK1-MKK1/2-MPK4 cascade and the MAPKKK3/4/5-MKK4/5-MPK3/6 cascade. Recently, major breakthroughs have been made in understanding the molecular mechanisms associated with the regulation of immune signaling by both of these MAPK cascades. In this review, we highlight the most recent advances in understanding the role of both MAPK cascades in activating plant defense and in suppressing or fine-tuning immune signaling. We also discuss the molecular mechanisms by which plants stabilize and maintain the activation of MAPK cascades during immune signaling. Based on this review, we reveal the complexity and importance of the MEKK1-MKK1/2-MPK4 cascade and the MAPKKK3/4/5-MKK4/5-MPK3/6 cascade, which are tightly controlled by their interacting partners or substrates, in plant immunity.
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- Guangheng Wu
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Eco-Industrial Green Technology, College of Ecology and Resources Engineering, Wuyi University, Wuyishan 354300, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ecological Control of Fujian-Taiwan Crop Pests, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Genetics, Breeding and Multiple Utilization of Crops, Plant Immunity Center, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
- Ministerial and Provincial Joint Innovation Centre for Safety Production of Cross-Strait Crops, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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Xu M, Wang K, Li J, Tan Z, Godana EA, Zhang H. Proteomic Analysis of Apple Response to Penicillium expansum Infection Based on Label-Free and Parallel Reaction Monitoring Techniques. J Fungi (Basel) 2022; 8:jof8121273. [PMID: 36547606 PMCID: PMC9780870 DOI: 10.3390/jof8121273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2022] [Revised: 12/01/2022] [Accepted: 12/01/2022] [Indexed: 12/07/2022] Open
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Blue mold, caused by Penicillium expansum, is the most destructive fungal disease of apples and causes great losses during the post-harvest storage of the fruit. Although some apple cultivars are resistant to P. expansum, there has been little information on the molecular mechanism of resistance. In this study, differential proteomic analysis was performed on apple samples infected and uninfected with P. expansum. Parallel reaction monitoring (PRM) technology was used to target and verify the expression of candidate proteins. The label-free technique identified 343 differentially expressed proteins, which were mainly associated with defense responses, metal ion binding, stress responses, and oxidative phosphorylation. The differential expression of enzymes related to reactive oxygen species (ROS) synthesis and scavenging, the activation of defense-related metabolic pathways, and the further production of pathogenesis-related proteins (PR proteins) during P. expansum infection in apples, and direct resistance to pathogen invasion were determined. This study reveals the mechanisms of apple response at the proteomic level with 9 h of P. expansum infection.
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- Meng Xu
- School of Food and Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
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- School of Food and Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
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- Analysis & Testing Center, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
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- School of Food and Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
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- School of Food and Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
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- School of Food and Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +86-511-88790211; Fax: +86-511-88780201
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Overexpression of McHB7 Transcription Factor from Mesembryanthemum crystallinum Improves Plant Salt Tolerance. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23147879. [PMID: 35887227 PMCID: PMC9318261 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23147879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2022] [Revised: 07/10/2022] [Accepted: 07/15/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Mesembryanthemum crystallinum (common ice plant) is one of the facultative halophyte plants, and it serves as a model for investigating the molecular mechanisms underlying its salt stress response and tolerance. Here we cloned one of the homeobox transcription factor (TF) genes, McHB7, from the ice plant, which has 60% similarity with the Arabidopsis AtHB7. Overexpression of the McHB7 in Arabidopsis (OE) showed that the plants had significantly elevated relative water content (RWC), chlorophyll content, superoxide dismutase (SOD), and peroxidase (POD) activities after salt stress treatment. Our proteomic analysis identified 145 proteins to be significantly changed in abundance, and 66 were exclusively increased in the OE plants compared to the wild type (WT). After salt treatment, 979 and 959 metabolites were significantly increased and decreased, respectively, in the OE plants compared to the WT. The results demonstrate that the McHB7 can improve photosynthesis, increase the leaf chlorophyll content, and affect the TCA cycle by regulating metabolites (e.g., pyruvate) and proteins (e.g., citrate synthase). Moreover, McHB7 modulates the expression of stress-related proteins (e.g., superoxide dismutase, dehydroascorbate reductase, and pyrroline-5-carboxylate synthase B) to scavenge reactive oxygen species and enhance plant salt tolerance.
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Sun Y, Yang H, Li J. Transcriptome Analysis Reveals the Response Mechanism of Frl-Mediated Resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. radicis-lycopersici (FORL) Infection in Tomato. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23137078. [PMID: 35806084 PMCID: PMC9267026 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23137078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2022] [Revised: 06/15/2022] [Accepted: 06/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/10/2022] Open
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Tomato Fusarium crown and root rot (FCRR) is an extremely destructive soil-borne disease. To date, studies have shown that only plants with tomato mosaic virus (TMV) resistance exhibit similar resistance to tomato Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. radicis-lycopersici (FORL) and have identified a single relevant gene, Frl, in Peruvian tomato. Due to the relative lack of research on FCRR disease-resistance genes in China and elsewhere, transcriptome data for FORL-resistant (cv. ‘19912’) and FORL-susceptible (cv. ‘Moneymaker’) tomato cultivars were analysed for the first time in this study. The number of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) was higher in Moneymaker than in 19912, and 189 DEGs in the ‘plant–pathogen interaction’ pathway were subjected to GO and KEGG enrichment analyses. MAPK and WRKY genes were enriched in major metabolic pathways related to plant disease resistance; thus, we focused on these two gene families. In the early stage of tomato infection, the content of JA and SA increased, but the change in JA was more obvious. Fourteen genes were selected for confirmation of their differential expression levels by qRT-PCR. This study provides a series of novel disease resistance resources for tomato breeding and genetic resources for screening and cloning FORL resistance genes.
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Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 4-Regulated Metabolic Networks. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23020880. [PMID: 35055063 PMCID: PMC8779387 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23020880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2021] [Revised: 01/07/2022] [Accepted: 01/11/2022] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Mitogen-activated protein kinase 4 (MPK4) was first identified as a negative regulator of systemic acquired resistance. It is also an important kinase involved in many other biological processes in plants, including cytokinesis, reproduction, and photosynthesis. Arabidopsis thaliana mpk4 mutant is dwarf and sterile. Previous omics studies including genomics, transcriptomics, and proteomics have revealed new functions of MPK4 in different biological processes. However, due to challenges in metabolomics, no study has touched upon the metabolomic profiles of the mpk4 mutant. What metabolites and metabolic pathways are potentially regulated by MPK4 are not known. Metabolites are crucial components of plants, and they play important roles in plant growth and development, signaling, and defense. Here we used targeted and untargeted metabolomics to profile metabolites in the wild type and the mpk4 mutant. We found that in addition to the jasmonic acid and salicylic acid pathways, MPK4 is involved in polyamine synthesis and photosynthesis. In addition, we also conducted label-free proteomics of the two genotypes. The integration of metabolomics and proteomics data allows for an insight into the metabolomic networks that are potentially regulated by MPK4.
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Identification of MPK4 kinase interactome using TurboID proximity labeling proteomics in Arabidopsis thaliana. Methods Enzymol 2022; 676:369-384. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2022.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Leissing F, Misch NV, Wang X, Werner L, Huang L, Conrath U, Beckers GJM. Purification of MAP-kinase protein complexes and identification of candidate components by XL-TAP-MS. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2021; 187:2381-2392. [PMID: 34609515 PMCID: PMC8644975 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiab446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2021] [Accepted: 08/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The purification of low-abundance protein complexes and detection of in vivo protein-protein interactions in complex biological samples remains a challenging task. Here, we devised crosslinking and tandem affinity purification coupled to mass spectrometry (XL-TAP-MS), a quantitative proteomics approach for analyzing tandem affinity-purified, crosslinked protein complexes from plant tissues. We exemplarily applied XL-TAP-MS to study the MKK2-Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MPK4) signaling module in Arabidopsis thaliana. A tandem affinity tag consisting of an in vivo-biotinylated protein domain flanked by two hexahistidine sequences was adopted to allow for the affinity-based isolation of formaldehyde-crosslinked protein complexes under fully denaturing conditions. Combined with 15N stable isotopic labeling and tandem MS we captured and identified a total of 107 MKK2-MPK4 module-interacting proteins. Consistent with the role of the MPK signaling module in plant immunity, many of the module-interacting proteins are involved in the biotic and abiotic stress response of Arabidopsis. Validation of binary protein-protein interactions by in planta split-luciferase assays and in vitro kinase assays disclosed several direct phosphorylation targets of MPK4. Together, the XL-TAP-MS approach purifies low abundance protein complexes from biological samples and discovers previously unknown protein-protein interactions.
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- Franz Leissing
- Department of Plant Physiology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen 52056, Germany
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- Department of Plant Physiology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen 52056, Germany
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- Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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- Department of Plant Physiology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen 52056, Germany
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- Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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- Department of Plant Physiology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen 52056, Germany
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- Department of Plant Physiology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen 52056, Germany
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van Wijk KJ, Leppert T, Sun Q, Boguraev SS, Sun Z, Mendoza L, Deutsch EW. The Arabidopsis PeptideAtlas: Harnessing worldwide proteomics data to create a comprehensive community proteomics resource. THE PLANT CELL 2021; 33:3421-3453. [PMID: 34411258 PMCID: PMC8566204 DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koab211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2021] [Accepted: 08/13/2021] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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We developed a resource, the Arabidopsis PeptideAtlas (www.peptideatlas.org/builds/arabidopsis/), to solve central questions about the Arabidopsis thaliana proteome, such as the significance of protein splice forms and post-translational modifications (PTMs), or simply to obtain reliable information about specific proteins. PeptideAtlas is based on published mass spectrometry (MS) data collected through ProteomeXchange and reanalyzed through a uniform processing and metadata annotation pipeline. All matched MS-derived peptide data are linked to spectral, technical, and biological metadata. Nearly 40 million out of ∼143 million MS/MS (tandem MS) spectra were matched to the reference genome Araport11, identifying ∼0.5 million unique peptides and 17,858 uniquely identified proteins (only isoform per gene) at the highest confidence level (false discovery rate 0.0004; 2 non-nested peptides ≥9 amino acid each), assigned canonical proteins, and 3,543 lower-confidence proteins. Physicochemical protein properties were evaluated for targeted identification of unobserved proteins. Additional proteins and isoforms currently not in Araport11 were identified that were generated from pseudogenes, alternative start, stops, and/or splice variants, and small Open Reading Frames; these features should be considered when updating the Arabidopsis genome. Phosphorylation can be inspected through a sophisticated PTM viewer. PeptideAtlas is integrated with community resources including TAIR, tracks in JBrowse, PPDB, and UniProtKB. Subsequent PeptideAtlas builds will incorporate millions more MS/MS data.
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- Klaas J van Wijk
- Section of Plant Biology, School of Integrative Plant Sciences (SIPS), Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
- Authors for correspondence: (K.J.V.W.), (E.W.D.)
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- Institute for Systems Biology (ISB), Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
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- Computational Biology Service Unit, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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- Section of Plant Biology, School of Integrative Plant Sciences (SIPS), Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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- Institute for Systems Biology (ISB), Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
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- Institute for Systems Biology (ISB), Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
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- Institute for Systems Biology (ISB), Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
- Authors for correspondence: (K.J.V.W.), (E.W.D.)
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Martin K, Zhang T, Lin TT, Habowski AN, Zhao R, Tsai CF, Chrisler WB, Sontag RL, Orton DJ, Lu YJ, Rodland KD, Yang B, Liu T, Smith RD, Qian WJ, Waterman ML, Wiley HS, Shi T. Facile One-Pot Nanoproteomics for Label-Free Proteome Profiling of 50-1000 Mammalian Cells. J Proteome Res 2021; 20:4452-4461. [PMID: 34351778 PMCID: PMC8945255 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.1c00403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Recent advances in sample preparation enable label-free mass spectrometry (MS)-based proteome profiling of small numbers of mammalian cells. However, specific devices are often required to downscale sample processing volume from the standard 50-200 μL to sub-μL for effective nanoproteomics, which greatly impedes the implementation of current nanoproteomics methods by the proteomics research community. Herein, we report a facile one-pot nanoproteomics method termed SOPs-MS (surfactant-assisted one-pot sample processing at the standard volume coupled with MS) for convenient robust proteome profiling of 50-1000 mammalian cells. Building upon our recent development of SOPs-MS for label-free single-cell proteomics at a low μL volume, we have systematically evaluated its processing volume at 10-200 μL using 100 human cells. The processing volume of 50 μL that is in the range of volume for standard proteomics sample preparation has been selected for easy sample handling with a benchtop micropipette. SOPs-MS allows for reliable label-free quantification of ∼1200-2700 protein groups from 50 to 1000 MCF10A cells. When applied to small subpopulations of mouse colon crypt cells, SOPs-MS has revealed protein signatures between distinct subpopulation cells with identification of ∼1500-2500 protein groups for each subpopulation. SOPs-MS may pave the way for routine deep proteome profiling of small numbers of cells and low-input samples.
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- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, United States
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- Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Centre for Cancer Biomarker and Biotherapeutics, Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London EC1M 6BQ, United Kingdom
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- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States; Bioproducts, Sciences & Engineering Laboratory, Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Washington State University, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, United States
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- Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Corresponding Author Tujin Shi – Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States; Phone: (509) 371-6579;
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Xu M, Tian X, Ku T, Wang G, Zhang E. Global Identification and Systematic Analysis of Lysine Malonylation in Maize ( Zea mays L.). FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:728338. [PMID: 34490025 PMCID: PMC8417889 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.728338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2021] [Accepted: 08/02/2021] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Lysine malonylation is a kind of post-translational modifications (PTMs) discovered in recent years, which plays an important regulatory role in plants. Maize (Zea mays L.) is a major global cereal crop. Immunoblotting revealed that maize was rich in malonylated proteins. We therefore performed a qualitative malonylome analysis to globally identify malonylated proteins in maize. In total, 1,722 uniquely malonylated lysine residues were obtained in 810 proteins. The modified proteins were involved in various biological processes such as photosynthesis, ribosome and oxidative phosphorylation. Notably, a large proportion of the modified proteins (45%) were located in chloroplast. Further functional analysis revealed that 30 proteins in photosynthesis and 15 key enzymes in the Calvin cycle were malonylated, suggesting an indispensable regulatory role of malonylation in photosynthesis and carbon fixation. This work represents the first comprehensive survey of malonylome in maize and provides an important resource for exploring the function of lysine malonylation in physiological regulation of maize.
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- Min Xu
- College of Agronomy, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China
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- College of Agronomy, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China
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- College of Agronomy, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China
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- Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Applied Mycology, College of Life Sciences, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China
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- College of Agronomy, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China
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Tsitsekian D, Daras G, Karamanou K, Templalexis D, Koudounas K, Malliarakis D, Koufakis T, Chatzopoulos D, Goumas D, Ntoukakis V, Hatzopoulos P, Rigas S. Clavibacter michiganensis Downregulates Photosynthesis and Modifies Monolignols Metabolism Revealing a Crosstalk with Tomato Immune Responses. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:8442. [PMID: 34445148 PMCID: PMC8395114 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22168442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2021] [Revised: 07/29/2021] [Accepted: 08/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The gram-positive pathogenic bacterium Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis (Cmm) causes bacterial canker disease in tomato, affecting crop yield and fruit quality. To understand how tomato plants respond, the dynamic expression profile of host genes was analyzed upon Cmm infection. Symptoms of bacterial canker became evident from the third day. As the disease progressed, the bacterial population increased in planta, reaching the highest level at six days and remained constant till the twelfth day post inoculation. These two time points were selected for transcriptomics. A progressive down-regulation of key genes encoding for components of the photosynthetic apparatus was observed. Two temporally separated defense responses were observed, which were to an extent interdependent. During the primary response, genes of the phenylpropanoid pathway were diverted towards the synthesis of monolignols away from S-lignin. In dicots, lignin polymers mainly consist of G- and S-units, playing an important role in defense. The twist towards G-lignin enrichment is consistent with previous findings, highlighting a response to generate an early protective barrier and to achieve a tight interplay between lignin recomposition and the primary defense response mechanism. Upon progression of Cmm infection, the temporal deactivation of phenylpropanoids coincided with the upregulation of genes that belong in a secondary response mechanism, supporting an elegant reprogramming of the host transcriptome to establish a robust defense apparatus and suppress pathogen invasion. This high-throughput analysis reveals a dynamic reorganization of plant defense mechanisms upon bacterial infection to implement an array of barriers preventing pathogen invasion and spread.
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- Dikran Tsitsekian
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Biotechnology, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, 11855 Athens, Greece; (D.T.); (G.D.); (K.K.); (D.T.); (K.K.)
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Biotechnology, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, 11855 Athens, Greece; (D.T.); (G.D.); (K.K.); (D.T.); (K.K.)
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Biotechnology, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, 11855 Athens, Greece; (D.T.); (G.D.); (K.K.); (D.T.); (K.K.)
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Biotechnology, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, 11855 Athens, Greece; (D.T.); (G.D.); (K.K.); (D.T.); (K.K.)
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Biotechnology, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, 11855 Athens, Greece; (D.T.); (G.D.); (K.K.); (D.T.); (K.K.)
- EA2106 Biomolécules et Biotechnologies Végétales, Université de Tours, 37200 Tours, France
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- Laboratory of Plant Pathology-Bacteriology, Department of Agriculture, School of Agricultural Sciences, Hellenic Mediterranean University, Estavromenos, 71004 Heraklio, Greece; (D.M.); (D.G.)
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- Laboratory of Plant Pathology-Bacteriology, Department of Agriculture, School of Agricultural Sciences, Hellenic Mediterranean University, Estavromenos, 71004 Heraklio, Greece; (D.M.); (D.G.)
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- School of Life Sciences and Warwick Integrative Synthetic Biology Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK;
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Biotechnology, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, 11855 Athens, Greece; (D.T.); (G.D.); (K.K.); (D.T.); (K.K.)
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Biotechnology, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, 11855 Athens, Greece; (D.T.); (G.D.); (K.K.); (D.T.); (K.K.)
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HopA1 Effector from Pseudomonas syringae pv syringae Strain 61 Affects NMD Processes and Elicits Effector-Triggered Immunity. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22147440. [PMID: 34299060 PMCID: PMC8306789 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22147440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2021] [Revised: 06/29/2021] [Accepted: 06/30/2021] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Pseudomonas syringae-secreted HopA1 effectors are important determinants in host range expansion and increased pathogenicity. Their recent acquisitions via horizontal gene transfer in several non-pathogenic Pseudomonas strains worldwide have caused alarming increase in their virulence capabilities. In Arabidopsis thaliana, RESISTANCE TO PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE 6 (RPS6) gene confers effector-triggered immunity (ETI) against HopA1pss derived from P. syringae pv. syringae strain 61. Surprisingly, a closely related HopA1pst from the tomato pathovar evades immune detection. These responsive differences in planta between the two HopA1s represents a unique system to study pathogen adaptation skills and host-jumps. However, molecular understanding of HopA1′s contribution to overall virulence remain undeciphered. Here, we show that immune-suppressive functions of HopA1pst are more potent than HopA1pss. In the resistance-compromised ENHANCED DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY 1 (EDS1) null-mutant, transcriptomic changes associated with HopA1pss-elicited ETI are still induced and carry resemblance to PAMP-triggered immunity (PTI) signatures. Enrichment of HopA1pss interactome identifies proteins with regulatory roles in post-transcriptional and translational processes. With our demonstration here that both HopA1 suppress reporter-gene translations in vitro imply that the above effector-associations with plant target carry inhibitory consequences. Overall, with our results here we unravel possible virulence role(s) of HopA1 in suppressing PTI and provide newer insights into its detection in resistant plants.
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Proteomics of Homeobox7 Enhanced Salt Tolerance in Mesembryanthemum crystallinum. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22126390. [PMID: 34203768 PMCID: PMC8232686 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22126390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2021] [Revised: 06/11/2021] [Accepted: 06/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Mesembryanthemum crystallinum (common ice plant) is a halophyte species that has adapted to extreme conditions. In this study, we cloned a McHB7 transcription factor gene from the ice plant. The expression of McHB7 was significantly induced by 500 mM NaCl and it reached the peak under salt treatment for 7 days. The McHB7 protein was targeted to the nucleus. McHB7-overexpressing in ice plant leaves through Agrobacterium-mediated transformation led to 25 times more McHB7 transcripts than the non-transformed wild type (WT). After 500 mM NaCl treatment for 7 days, the activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and peroxidase (POD) and water content of the transgenic plants were higher than the WT, while malondialdehyde (MDA) was decreased in the transgenic plants. A total of 1082 and 1072 proteins were profiled by proteomics under control and salt treatment, respectively, with 22 and 11 proteins uniquely identified under control and salt stress, respectively. Among the 11 proteins, 7 were increased and 4 were decreased after salt treatment. Most of the proteins whose expression increased in the McHB7 overexpression (OE) ice plants under high salinity were involved in transport regulation, catalytic activities, biosynthesis of secondary metabolites, and response to stimulus. The results demonstrate that the McHB7 transcription factor plays a positive role in improving plant salt tolerance.
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Zhang H, Li F, Li Z, Cheng J, Chen X, Wang Q, Joosten MH, Shan W, Du Y. Potato StMPK7 is a downstream component of StMKK1 and promotes resistance to the oomycete pathogen Phytophthora infestans. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2021; 22:644-657. [PMID: 33764635 PMCID: PMC8126187 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.13050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2020] [Revised: 02/05/2021] [Accepted: 02/16/2021] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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A cascade formed by phosphorylation events of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) takes part in plant stress responses. However, the roles of these MAPKs in resistance of potato (Solanum tuberosum) against Phytophthora pathogens is not well studied. Our previous work showed that a Phytophthora infestans RXLR effector targets and stabilizes the negative regulator of MAPK kinase 1 of potato (StMKK1). Because in Arabidopsis thaliana the AtMPK4 is the downstream phosphorylation target of AtMKK1, we performed a phylogenetic analysis and found that potato StMPK4/6/7 are closely related and are orthologs of AtMPK4/5/11/12. Overexpression of StMPK4/7 enhances plant resistance to P. infestans and P. parasitica. Yeast two-hybrid analysis revealed that StMPK7 interacts with StMKK1, and StMPK7 is phosphorylated on flg22 treatment and by expressing constitutively active StMKK1 (CA-StMKK1), indicating that StMPK7 is a direct downstream signalling partner of StMKK1. Overexpression of StMPK7 in potato enhances potato resistance to P. infestans. Constitutively active StMPK7 (CA-StMPK7; StMPK7D198G, E202A ) was found to promote immunity to Phytophthora pathogens and to trigger host cell death when overexpressed in Nicotiana benthamiana leaves. Cell death triggered by CA-StMPK7 is SGT1/RAR1-dependent. Furthermore, cell death triggered by CA-StMPK7 is suppressed on coexpression with the salicylate hydroxylase NahG, and StMPK7 activation promotes salicylic acid (SA)-responsive gene expression. We conclude that potato StMPK7 is a downstream signalling component of the phosphorelay cascade involving StMKK1 and StMPK7 plays a role in immunity to Phytophthora pathogens via an SA-dependent signalling pathway.
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- Houxiao Zhang
- College of HorticultureNorthwest A&F University and State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid AreasYanglingChina
- Shaanxi Engineering Research Center for VegetablesYanglingChina
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- College of HorticultureNorthwest A&F University and State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid AreasYanglingChina
- Shaanxi Engineering Research Center for VegetablesYanglingChina
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- College of HorticultureNorthwest A&F University and State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid AreasYanglingChina
- Shaanxi Engineering Research Center for VegetablesYanglingChina
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- College of HorticultureNorthwest A&F University and State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid AreasYanglingChina
- Shaanxi Engineering Research Center for VegetablesYanglingChina
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- College of HorticultureNorthwest A&F University and State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid AreasYanglingChina
- Shaanxi Engineering Research Center for VegetablesYanglingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas and College of Plant ProtectionNorthwest A&F UniversityYanglingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas and College of AgronomyNorthwest A&F UniversityYanglingChina
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- College of HorticultureNorthwest A&F University and State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid AreasYanglingChina
- Shaanxi Engineering Research Center for VegetablesYanglingChina
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Du W, Ruan C, Li J, Li H, Ding J, Zhao S, Jiang X. Quantitative proteomic analysis of Xanthoceras sorbifolium Bunge seedlings in response to drought and heat stress. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2021; 160:8-17. [PMID: 33445043 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2021.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2020] [Accepted: 01/04/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Yellowhorn (Xanthoceras sorbifolium Bunge) is a woody oil species that is widely distributed in northwestern China. To investigate the molecular mechanisms underlying the drought and heat tolerance response of yellowhorn seedlings, changes in protein abundance were analyzed via comparative proteomics. Drought and heat treatment of seedlings was applied in growth chamber, and the leaves were harvested after 7 days of treatment. The total protein was extracted, and comparative proteomic analysis was performed via isobaric tag for relative and absolute quantitation (iTRAQ). The abundance of most of the proteins associated with oxidative phosphorylation, NADH dehydrogenase and superoxide dismutase (SOD) was reduced. The differential proteins associated with photosynthesis enzymes indicated that stress had different effects on photosystem I (PSI) and photosystem II (PSII). After comprehensively analyzing the results, we speculated that drought and heat stress could hinder the synthesis of riboflavin, reducing NADH dehydrogenase content, which might further have an impact on energy utilization. Yellowhorn seedlings relied on Fe-Mn SOD enzymes rather than Cu/Zn SOD enzymes to remove reactive oxygen species (ROS). In addition, heat-shock proteins (HSPs) had significant increase and played a key role in stress response, which could be divided into two categories according to their transcription and translation efficiency. Over all, the results can provide a basis for understanding the molecular mechanism underlying resistance to drought and heat stress in yellowhorn and for subsequent research of posttranslational modification-related omics of key proteins.
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- Wei Du
- Institute of Plant Resources, Key Laboratory of Biotechnology and Bioresources Utilization, Ministry of Education, Dalian Nationalities University, Dalian, 116600, China
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- Institute of Plant Resources, Key Laboratory of Biotechnology and Bioresources Utilization, Ministry of Education, Dalian Nationalities University, Dalian, 116600, China.
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- Institute of Plant Resources, Key Laboratory of Biotechnology and Bioresources Utilization, Ministry of Education, Dalian Nationalities University, Dalian, 116600, China
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- Institute of Plant Resources, Key Laboratory of Biotechnology and Bioresources Utilization, Ministry of Education, Dalian Nationalities University, Dalian, 116600, China
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- Institute of Plant Resources, Key Laboratory of Biotechnology and Bioresources Utilization, Ministry of Education, Dalian Nationalities University, Dalian, 116600, China
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- Institute of Plant Resources, Key Laboratory of Biotechnology and Bioresources Utilization, Ministry of Education, Dalian Nationalities University, Dalian, 116600, China
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- Institute of Plant Resources, Key Laboratory of Biotechnology and Bioresources Utilization, Ministry of Education, Dalian Nationalities University, Dalian, 116600, China
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Podwyszyńska M, Markiewicz M, Broniarek-Niemiec A, Matysiak B, Marasek-Ciolakowska A. Apple Autotetraploids with Enhanced Resistance to Apple Scab ( Venturia inaequalis) Due to Genome Duplication-Phenotypic and Genetic Evaluation. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:E527. [PMID: 33430246 PMCID: PMC7825683 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22020527] [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: 11/16/2020] [Revised: 01/04/2021] [Accepted: 01/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Among the fungal diseases of apple trees, serious yield losses are due to an apple scab caused by Venturia inaequalis. Protection against this disease is based mainly on chemical treatments, which are currently very limited. Therefore, it is extremely important to introduce cultivars with reduced susceptibility to this pathogen. One of the important sources of variability for breeding is the process of polyploidization. Newly obtained polyploids may acquire new features, including increased resistance to diseases. In our earlier studies, numerous tetraploids have been obtained for several apple cultivars with 'Free Redstar' tetraploids manifesting enhanced resistance to apple scab. In the present study, tetraploids of 'Free Redstar' were assessed in terms of phenotype and genotype with particular emphasis on the genetic background of their increased resistance to apple scab. Compared to diploid plants, tetraploids (own-rooted plants) were characterized with poor growth, especially during first growing season. They had considerably shorter shoots, fewer branches, smaller stem diameter, and reshaped leaves. In contrast to own-rooted plants, in M9-grafted three-year old trees, no significant differences between diplo- and tetraploids were observed, either in morphological or physiological parameters, with the exceptions of the increased leaf thickness and chlorophyll content recorded in tetraploids. Significant differences between sibling tetraploid clones were recorded, particularly in leaf shape and some physiological parameters. The amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) analysis confirmed genetic polymorphism of tetraploid clones. Methylation-sensitive amplification polymorphism (MSAP) analysis showed that the level of DNA methylation was twice as high in young tetraploid plants as in a diploid donor tree, which may explain the weaker vigour of neotetraploids in the early period of their growth in the juvenile phase. Molecular analysis showed that 'Free Redstar' cultivar and their tetraploids bear six Rvi genes (Rvi5, Rvi6, Rvi8, Rvi11, Rvi14 and Rvi17). Transcriptome analysis confirmed enhanced resistance to apple scab of 'Free Redstar' tetraploids since the expression levels of genes related to resistance were strongly enhanced in tetraploids compared to their diploid counterparts.
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- Małgorzata Podwyszyńska
- Department of Applied Biology, Research Institute of Horticulture, Konstytucji 3 Maja 1/3 Street, 96-100 Skierniewice, Poland; (M.M.); (B.M.); (A.M.-C.)
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- Department of Applied Biology, Research Institute of Horticulture, Konstytucji 3 Maja 1/3 Street, 96-100 Skierniewice, Poland; (M.M.); (B.M.); (A.M.-C.)
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- Department of Phytopathology, Research Institute of Horticulture, Konstytucji 3 Maja 1/3 Street, 96-100 Skierniewice, Poland;
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- Department of Applied Biology, Research Institute of Horticulture, Konstytucji 3 Maja 1/3 Street, 96-100 Skierniewice, Poland; (M.M.); (B.M.); (A.M.-C.)
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- Department of Applied Biology, Research Institute of Horticulture, Konstytucji 3 Maja 1/3 Street, 96-100 Skierniewice, Poland; (M.M.); (B.M.); (A.M.-C.)
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PhosPhAt 4.0: An Updated Arabidopsis Database for Searching Phosphorylation Sites and Kinase-Target Interactions. Methods Mol Biol 2021; 2358:189-202. [PMID: 34270056 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1625-3_14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The PhosPhAt 4.0 database contains information on Arabidopsis phosphorylation sites identified by mass spectrometry in large-scale experiments from different research groups. So far PhosPhAt 4.0 has been one of the most significant large-scale data resources for plant phosphorylation studies. Functionalities of the web application, besides display of phosphorylation sites, include phosphorylation site prediction and kinase-target relationships retrieval. Here, we present an overview and user instructions for the PhosPhAt 4.0 database, with strong emphasis on recent renewals regarding protein annotation by SUBA4.0 and Mapman4, and additional phosphorylation site information imported from other databases, such as UniProt. Here, we provide a user guide for the retrieval of phosphorylation motifs from the kinase-target database and how to visualize these results. The improvements incorporated into the PhosPhAt 4.0 database have produced much more functionality and user flexibility for phosphoproteomic analysis.
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Xiang Q, Lott AA, Assmann SM, Chen S. Advances and perspectives in the metabolomics of stomatal movement and the disease triangle. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2021; 302:110697. [PMID: 33288010 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2020.110697] [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: 08/03/2020] [Revised: 09/26/2020] [Accepted: 09/28/2020] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Crops are continuously exposed to microbial pathogens that cause tremendous yield losses worldwide. Stomatal pores formed by pairs of specialized guard cells in the leaf epidermis represent a major route of pathogen entry. Guard cells have an essential role as a first line of defense against pathogens. Metabolomics is an indispensable systems biology tool that has facilitated discovery and functional studies of metabolites that regulate stomatal movement in response to pathogens and other environmental factors. Guard cells, pathogens and environmental factors constitute the "stomatal disease triangle". The aim of this review is to highlight recent advances toward understanding the stomatal disease triangle in the context of newly discovered signaling molecules, hormone crosstalk, and consequent molecular changes that integrate pathogens and environmental sensing into stomatal immune responses. Future perspectives on emerging single-cell studies, multiomics and molecular imaging in the context of stomatal defense are discussed. Advances in this important area of plant biology will inform rational crop engineering and breeding for enhanced stomatal defense without disruption of other pathways that impact crop yield.
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- Qingyuan Xiang
- Department of Biology, University of Florida Genetics Institute, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Florida Genetics Institute, Gainesville, FL, USA; Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Florida, FL, USA
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- Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Florida Genetics Institute, Gainesville, FL, USA; Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Florida, FL, USA; Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry Facility, University of Florida, FL, USA.
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Zhou Q, Meng Q, Tan X, Ding W, Ma K, Xu Z, Huang X, Gao H. Protein Phosphorylation Changes During Systemic Acquired Resistance in Arabidopsis thaliana. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:748287. [PMID: 34858456 PMCID: PMC8632492 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.748287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2021] [Accepted: 10/08/2021] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Systemic acquired resistance (SAR) in plants is a defense response that provides resistance against a wide range of pathogens at the whole-plant level following primary infection. Although the molecular mechanisms of SAR have been extensively studied in recent years, the role of phosphorylation that occurs in systemic leaves of SAR-induced plants is poorly understood. We used a data-independent acquisition (DIA) phosphoproteomics platform based on high-resolution mass spectrometry in an Arabidopsis thaliana model to identify phosphoproteins related to SAR establishment. A total of 8011 phosphorylation sites from 3234 proteins were identified in systemic leaves of Pseudomonas syringae pv. maculicola ES4326 (Psm ES4326) and mock locally inoculated plants. A total of 859 significantly changed phosphoproteins from 1119 significantly changed phosphopeptides were detected in systemic leaves of Psm ES4326 locally inoculated plants, including numerous transcription factors and kinases. A variety of defense response-related proteins were found to be differentially phosphorylated in systemic leaves of Psm ES4326 locally inoculated leaves, suggesting that these proteins may be functionally involved in SAR through phosphorylation or dephosphorylation. Significantly changed phosphoproteins were enriched mainly in categories related to response to abscisic acid, regulation of stomatal movement, plant-pathogen interaction, MAPK signaling pathway, purine metabolism, photosynthesis-antenna proteins, and flavonoid biosynthesis. A total of 28 proteins were regulated at both protein and phosphorylation levels during SAR. RT-qPCR analysis revealed that changes in phosphorylation levels of proteins during SAR did not result from changes in transcript abundance. This study provides comprehensive details of key phosphoproteins associated with SAR, which will facilitate further research on the molecular mechanisms of SAR.
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- Qingfeng Zhou
- College of Biology and Food, Shangqiu Normal University, Shangqiu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Ministry of Education, Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi’an, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Ministry of Education, Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi’an, China
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- Shanghai Omicsspace Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China
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- College of Biology and Food, Shangqiu Normal University, Shangqiu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Ministry of Education, Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi’an, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Ministry of Education, Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi’an, China
- *Correspondence: Xuan Huang,
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- College of Biology and Food, Shangqiu Normal University, Shangqiu, China
- Hang Gao,
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Mona M, Kobeissy F, Park YJ, Miller R, Saleh W, Koh J, Yoo MJ, Chen S, Cha S. Secretome Analysis of Inductive Signals for BM-MSC Transdifferentiation into Salivary Gland Progenitors. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:E9055. [PMID: 33260559 PMCID: PMC7730006 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21239055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2020] [Revised: 11/20/2020] [Accepted: 11/23/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Severe dry mouth in patients with Sjögren's Syndrome, or radiation therapy for patients with head and neck cancer, significantly compromises their oral health and quality of life. The current clinical management of xerostomia is limited to palliative care as there are no clinically-proven treatments available. Previously, our studies demonstrated that mouse bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (mMSCs) can differentiate into salivary progenitors when co-cultured with primary salivary epithelial cells. Transcription factors that were upregulated in co-cultured mMSCs were identified concomitantly with morphological changes and the expression of acinar cell markers, such as α-amylase (AMY1), muscarinic-type-3-receptor(M3R), aquaporin-5(AQP5), and a ductal cell marker known as cytokeratin 19(CK19). In the present study, we further explored inductive molecules in the conditioned media that led to mMSC reprogramming by high-throughput liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry and systems biology. Our approach identified ten differentially expressed proteins based on their putative roles in salivary gland embryogenesis and development. Additionally, systems biology analysis revealed six candidate proteins, namely insulin-like growth factor binding protein-7 (IGFBP7), cysteine-rich, angiogenetic inducer, 61(CYR61), agrin(AGRN), laminin, beta 2 (LAMB2), follistatin-like 1(FSTL1), and fibronectin 1(FN1), for their potential contribution to mMSC transdifferentiation during co-culture. To our knowledge, our study is the first in the field to identify soluble inductive molecules that drive mMSC into salivary progenitors, which crosses lineage boundaries.
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- Mahmoud Mona
- Oral and Maxillofacial Diagnostic Sciences, University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA; (M.M.); (R.M.)
- Oral Biology, University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA;
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- Division of Viral Products, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD 20993, USA;
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- Oral and Maxillofacial Diagnostic Sciences, University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA; (M.M.); (R.M.)
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- Oral Medicine and Periodontology Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt;
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- Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA; (J.K.); (S.C.)
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- Department of Biology, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY 13699, USA;
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- Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA; (J.K.); (S.C.)
- Department of Biology, Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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- Oral and Maxillofacial Diagnostic Sciences, University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA; (M.M.); (R.M.)
- Oral Biology, University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
- Center for Orphaned Autoimmune Disorders, University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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Zhang T, Schneider JD, Lin C, Koh J, Chen S. Proteomics data of SNF1-related protein kinase 2.4 interacting proteins revealed by immunoprecipitation-mass spectrometry. Data Brief 2020; 32:106326. [PMID: 33005707 PMCID: PMC7519261 DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2020.106326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2020] [Revised: 09/05/2020] [Accepted: 09/16/2020] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Identification of kinase substrates is a prerequisite for elucidating the mechanism by which a kinase transduces internal or external stimuli to cellular responses. Conventional methods to profile this type of protein-protein interaction typically deal with one kinase-substrate pair at a time. Mass spectrometry-based proteomics, on the other hand, can determine putative kinase-substrate pairs at a large-scale in an unbiased manner. In this study, we identified the interacting partners of SNF1-related protein kinase 2.4 (SnRK2.4) via immunoprecipitation coupled with mass spectrometry. Proteins from stable transgenic Arabidopsis plants overexpressing a FLAG-tagged SnRK2.4 (cloned from Brassica napus) were pulled down using an anti-FLAG antibody. The protein components were then identified by mass spectrometry. In parallel, proteins from wild type plants were also analyzed, providing a list of nonspecific binding proteins that were further removed from the candidate SnRK2.4-interacting protein list. Our data identified over 30 putative SnRK2.4 interacting partners, which included many key players in stress responses, transport, and cellular metabolic processes.
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- Tong Zhang
- Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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- Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.,Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.,Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.,Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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Zhang T, Gaffrey MJ, Monroe ME, Thomas DG, Weitz KK, Piehowski PD, Petyuk VA, Moore RJ, Thrall BD, Qian WJ. Block Design with Common Reference Samples Enables Robust Large-Scale Label-Free Quantitative Proteome Profiling. J Proteome Res 2020; 19:2863-2872. [PMID: 32407631 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.0c00310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Label-free quantitative proteomics has become an increasingly popular tool for profiling global protein abundances. However, one major limitation is the potential performance drift of the LC-MS platform over time, which, in turn, limits its utility for analyzing large-scale sample sets. To address this, we introduce an experimental and data analysis scheme based on a block design with common references within each block for enabling large-scale label-free quantification. In this scheme, a large number of samples (e.g., >100 samples) are analyzed in smaller and more manageable blocks, minimizing instrument drift and variability within individual blocks. Each designated block also contains common reference samples (e.g., controls) for normalization across all blocks. We demonstrated the robustness of this approach by profiling the proteome response of human macrophage THP-1 cells to 11 engineered nanomaterials at two different doses. A total of 116 samples were analyzed in six blocks, yielding an average coverage of 4500 proteins per sample. Following a common reference-based correction, 2537 proteins were quantified with high reproducibility without any imputation of missing values from 116 data sets. The data revealed the consistent quantification of proteins across all six blocks, as illustrated by the highly consistent abundances of house-keeping proteins in all samples and the high levels of correlation among samples from different blocks. The data also demonstrated that label-free quantification is robust and accurate enough to quantify even very subtle abundance changes as well as large fold-changes. Our streamlined workflow is easy to implement and can be readily adapted to other large cohort studies for reproducible label-free proteome quantification.
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- Tong Zhang
- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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Singh R, Liyanage R, Gupta C, Lay JO, Pereira A, Rojas CM. The Arabidopsis Proteins AtNHR2A and AtNHR2B Are Multi-Functional Proteins Integrating Plant Immunity With Other Biological Processes. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:232. [PMID: 32194606 PMCID: PMC7064621 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2019] [Accepted: 02/14/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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AtNHR2A (Arabidopsis thaliana nonhost resistance 2A) and AtNHR2B (Arabidopsis thaliana nonhost resistance 2B) are two proteins that participate in nonhost resistance, a broad-spectrum mechanism of plant immunity that protects plants against the majority of potential pathogens. AtNHR2A and AtNHR2B are localized to the cytoplasm, chloroplasts, and other subcellular compartments of unknown identity. The multiple localizations of AtNHR2A and AtNHR2B suggest that these two proteins are highly dynamic and versatile, likely participating in multiple biological processes. In spite of their importance, the specific functions of AtNHR2A and AtNHR2B have not been elucidated. Thus, to aid in the functional characterization of these two proteins and identify the biological processes in which these proteins operate, we used immunoprecipitation coupled with mass spectrometry (IP-MS) to identify proteins interacting with AtNHR2A and AtNHR2B and to generate their interactome network. Further validation of three of the identified proteins provided new insights into specific pathways and processes related to plant immunity where AtNHR2A and AtNHR2B participate. Moreover, the comprehensive analysis of the AtNHR2A- and AtNHR2B-interacting proteins using published empirical information revealed that the functions of AtNHR2A and AtNHR2B are not limited to plant immunity but encompass other biological processes.
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- Raksha Singh
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States
- Crop Production and Pest Control Research Unit, U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States
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- Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States
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- Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States
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Zhang T, Chhajed S, Schneider JD, Feng G, Song WY, Chen S. Proteomic characterization of MPK4 signaling network and putative substrates. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2019; 101:325-339. [PMID: 31399934 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-019-00908-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2019] [Accepted: 08/06/2019] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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KEY MESSAGE Combining genetic engineering of MPK4 activity and quantitative proteomics, we established an in planta system that enables rapid study of MPK4 signaling networks and potential substrate proteins. Mitogen activated protein kinase 4 (MPK4) is a multifunctional kinase that regulates various signaling events in plant defense, growth, light response and cytokinesis. The question of how a single protein modulates many distinct processes has spurred extensive research into the physiological outcomes resulting from genetic perturbation of MPK4. However, the mechanism by which MPK4 functions is still poorly understood due to limited data on the MPK4 networks including substrate proteins and downstream pathways. Here we introduce an experimental system that combines genetic engineering of kinase activity and quantitative proteomics to rapidly study the signaling networks of MPK4. First, we transiently expressed a constitutively active (MPK4CA) and an inactive (MPK4IN) version of a Brassica napus MPK4 (BnMPK4) in Nicotiana benthamiana leaves. Proteomics analysis revealed that BnMPK4 activation affects multiple pathways (e.g., metabolism, redox regulation, jasmonic acid biosynthesis and stress responses). Furthermore, BnMPK4 activation also increased protein phosphorylation in the phosphoproteome, from which putative MPK4 substrates were identified. Using protein kinase assay, we validated that a transcription factor TCP8-like (TCP8) and a PP2A regulatory subunit TAP46-like (TAP46) were indeed phosphorylated by BnMPK4. Taken together, we demonstrated the utility of proteomics and phosphoproteomics in elucidating kinase signaling networks and in identification of downstream substrates.
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- Tong Zhang
- Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA
- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Lab, Richland, WA, 99354, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA
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- Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA
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- Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA
- Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA.
- Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA.
- Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA.
- Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry, Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA.
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