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Zhong R, Zhou D, Phillips DR, Adams ER, Chen L, Rose JP, Wang BC, Ye ZH. A rice GT61 glycosyltransferase possesses dual activities mediating 2-O-xylosyl and 2-O-arabinosyl substitutions of xylan. PLANTA 2024; 259:115. [PMID: 38589536 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-024-04396-0] [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: 03/19/2024] [Indexed: 04/10/2024]
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MAIN CONCLUSION A member of the rice GT61 clade B is capable of transferring both 2-O-xylosyl and 2-O-arabinosyl residues onto xylan and another member specifically catalyses addition of 2-O-xylosyl residue onto xylan. Grass xylan is substituted predominantly with 3-O-arabinofuranose (Araf) as well as with some minor side chains, such as 2-O-Araf and 2-O-(methyl)glucuronic acid [(Me)GlcA]. 3-O-Arabinosylation of grass xylan has been shown to be catalysed by grass-expanded clade A members of the glycosyltransferase family 61. However, glycosyltransferases mediating 2-O-arabinosylation of grass xylan remain elusive. Here, we performed biochemical studies of two rice GT61 clade B members and found that one of them was capable of transferring both xylosyl (Xyl) and Araf residues from UDP-Xyl and UDP-Araf, respectively, onto xylooligomer acceptors, whereas the other specifically catalysed Xyl transfer onto xylooligomers, indicating that the former is a xylan xylosyl/arabinosyl transferase (named OsXXAT1 herein) and the latter is a xylan xylosyltransferase (named OsXYXT2). Structural analysis of the OsXXAT1- and OsXYXT2-catalysed reaction products revealed that the Xyl and Araf residues were transferred onto O-2 positions of xylooligomers. Furthermore, we demonstrated that OsXXAT1 and OsXYXT2 were able to substitute acetylated xylooligomers, but only OsXXAT1 could xylosylate GlcA-substituted xylooligomers. OsXXAT1 and OsXYXT2 were predicted to adopt a GT-B fold structure and molecular docking revealed candidate amino acid residues at the predicted active site involved in binding of the nucleotide sugar donor and the xylohexaose acceptor substrates. Together, our results establish that OsXXAT1 is a xylan 2-O-xylosyl/2-O-arabinosyl transferase and OsXYXT2 is a xylan 2-O-xylosyltransferase, which expands our knowledge of roles of the GT61 family in grass xylan synthesis.
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- Ruiqin Zhong
- Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA.
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Zhong R, Phillips DR, Ye ZH. Independent recruitment of glycosyltransferase family 61 members for xylan substitutions in conifers. PLANTA 2022; 256:70. [PMID: 36068444 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-022-03989-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2022] [Accepted: 08/31/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Several pine members of the gymnosperm-specific GT61 clades were demonstrated to be arabinosyltransferases and xylosyltransferases catalyzing the transfer of 2-O-Araf, 3-O-Araf and 2-O-Xyl side chains onto xylooligomer acceptors, indicating their possible involvement in Araf and Xyl substitutions of xylan in pine. Xylan in conifer wood is substituted at O-2 with methylglucuronic acid (MeGlcA) as well as at O-3 with arabinofuranose (Araf), which differs from xylan in dicot wood that is typically decorated with MeGlcA but not Araf. Currently, glycosyltransferases responsible for conifer xylan arabinosylation have not been identified. Here, we investigated the roles of pine glycosyltransferase family 61 (GT61) members in xylan substitutions. Biochemical characterization of four pine wood-associated GT61 members showed that they exhibited three distinct glycosyltransferase activities involved in xylan substitutions. Two of them catalyzed the addition of 2-O-α-Araf or 3-O-α-Araf side chains onto xylooligomer acceptors and thus were named Pinus taeda xylan 2-O-arabinosyltransferase 1 (PtX2AT1) and 3-O-arabinosyltransferase 1 (PtX3AT1), respectively. Two other pine GT61 members were found to be xylan 2-O-xylosyltransferases (PtXYXTs) adding 2-O-β-Xyl side chains onto xylooligomer acceptors. Furthermore, sequential reactions with PtX3AT1 and the PtGUX1 xylan glucuronyltransferase demonstrated that PtX3AT1 could efficiently arabinosylate glucuronic acid (GlcA)-substituted xylooligomers and likewise, PtGUX1 was able to add GlcA side chains onto 3-O-Araf-substituted xylooligomers. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that PtX2AT1, PtX3AT1 and PtXYXTs resided in three gymnosperm-specific GT61 clades that are separated from the grass-expanded GT61 clade harboring xylan 3-O-arabinosyltransferases and 2-O-xylosyltransferases, suggesting that they might have been recruited independently for xylan substitutions in gymnosperms. Together, our findings have established several pine GT61 members as xylan 2-O- and 3-O-arabinosyltransferases and 2-O-xylosyltransferases and they indicate that pine xylan might also be substituted with 2-O-Araf and 2-O-Xyl side chains.
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- Ruiqin Zhong
- Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA.
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He J, Rössner N, Hoang MTT, Alejandro S, Peiter E. Transport, functions, and interaction of calcium and manganese in plant organellar compartments. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2021; 187:1940-1972. [PMID: 35235665 PMCID: PMC8890496 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiab122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2020] [Accepted: 03/02/2021] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Calcium (Ca2+) and manganese (Mn2+) are essential elements for plants and have similar ionic radii and binding coordination. They are assigned specific functions within organelles, but share many transport mechanisms to cross organellar membranes. Despite their points of interaction, those elements are usually investigated and reviewed separately. This review takes them out of this isolation. It highlights our current mechanistic understanding and points to open questions of their functions, their transport, and their interplay in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), vesicular compartments (Golgi apparatus, trans-Golgi network, pre-vacuolar compartment), vacuoles, chloroplasts, mitochondria, and peroxisomes. Complex processes demanding these cations, such as Mn2+-dependent glycosylation or systemic Ca2+ signaling, are covered in some detail if they have not been reviewed recently or if recent findings add to current models. The function of Ca2+ as signaling agent released from organelles into the cytosol and within the organelles themselves is a recurrent theme of this review, again keeping the interference by Mn2+ in mind. The involvement of organellar channels [e.g. glutamate receptor-likes (GLR), cyclic nucleotide-gated channels (CNGC), mitochondrial conductivity units (MCU), and two-pore channel1 (TPC1)], transporters (e.g. natural resistance-associated macrophage proteins (NRAMP), Ca2+ exchangers (CAX), metal tolerance proteins (MTP), and bivalent cation transporters (BICAT)], and pumps [autoinhibited Ca2+-ATPases (ACA) and ER Ca2+-ATPases (ECA)] in the import and export of organellar Ca2+ and Mn2+ is scrutinized, whereby current controversial issues are pointed out. Mechanisms in animals and yeast are taken into account where they may provide a blueprint for processes in plants, in particular, with respect to tunable molecular mechanisms of Ca2+ versus Mn2+ selectivity.
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- Jie He
- Faculty of Natural Sciences III, Plant Nutrition Laboratory, Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, D-06099 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Faculty of Natural Sciences III, Plant Nutrition Laboratory, Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, D-06099 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Faculty of Natural Sciences III, Plant Nutrition Laboratory, Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, D-06099 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Faculty of Natural Sciences III, Plant Nutrition Laboratory, Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, D-06099 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Faculty of Natural Sciences III, Plant Nutrition Laboratory, Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, D-06099 Halle (Saale), Germany
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Mikolajczyk K, Bereznicka A, Szymczak-Kulus K, Haczkiewicz-Lesniak K, Szulc B, Olczak M, Rossowska J, Majorczyk E, Kapczynska K, Bovin N, Lisowska M, Kaczmarek R, Miazek A, Czerwinski M. Missing the sweet spot: one of the two N-glycans on human Gb3/CD77 synthase is expendable. Glycobiology 2021; 31:1145-1162. [PMID: 33978735 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwab041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2021] [Revised: 04/23/2021] [Accepted: 04/29/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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N-glycosylation is a ubiquitous posttranslational modification that may influence folding, subcellular localization, secretion, solubility and oligomerization of proteins. In this study, we examined the effects of N-glycans on the activity of human Gb3/CD77 synthase, which catalyzes the synthesis of glycosphingolipids with terminal Galα1 → 4Gal (Gb3 and the P1 antigen) and Galα1 → 4GalNAc disaccharides (the NOR antigen). The human Gb3/CD77 synthase contains two occupied N-glycosylation sites at positions N121 and N203. Intriguingly, we found that while the N-glycan at N203 is essential for activity and correct subcellular localization, the N-glycan at N121 is dispensable and its absence did not reduce, but, surprisingly, even increased the activity of the enzyme. The fully N-glycosylated human Gb3/CD77 synthase and its glycoform missing the N121 glycan correctly localized in the Golgi, whereas a glycoform without the N203 site partially mislocalized in the endoplasmic reticulum. A double mutein missing both N-glycans was inactive and accumulated in the endoplasmic reticulum. Our results suggest that the decreased specific activity of human Gb3/CD77 synthase glycovariants results from their improper subcellular localization and, to a smaller degree, a decrease in enzyme solubility. Taken together, our findings show that the two N-glycans of human Gb3/CD77 synthase have opposing effects on its properties, revealing a dual nature of N-glycosylation and potentially a novel regulatory mechanism controlling the biological activity of proteins.
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- Krzysztof Mikolajczyk
- Laboratory of Glycobiology, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Rudolfa Weigla St. 12, 53-114 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Glycobiology, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Rudolfa Weigla St. 12, 53-114 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Glycobiology, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Rudolfa Weigla St. 12, 53-114 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Ultrastructural Research, Faculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Chalubinskiego St. 6a, 50-368, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, Joliot-Curie St. 14A, 50-383 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, Joliot-Curie St. 14A, 50-383 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Flow Cytometry Core Facility, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Rudolfa Weigla St. 12, 53-114 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Faculty of Physiotherapy and Physical Education, Opole University of Technology, Proszkowska St. 76, 45-758 Opole, Poland
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- Department of Immunology of Infectious Diseases, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Rudolfa Weigla St. 12, 53-114 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry Russian Academy of Sciences, Miklukho-Maklaya St 16/10, Moscow 117997 Russia
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- Department of Tumor Immunology, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Rudolfa Weigla St. 12, 53-114 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Glycobiology, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Rudolfa Weigla St. 12, 53-114 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Tumor Immunology, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Rudolfa Weigla St. 12, 53-114 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Glycobiology, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Rudolfa Weigla St. 12, 53-114 Wroclaw, Poland
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Frank M, Kaulfürst-Soboll H, Fischer K, von Schaewen A. Complex-Type N-Glycans Influence the Root Hair Landscape of Arabidopsis Seedlings by Altering the Auxin Output. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:635714. [PMID: 33679849 PMCID: PMC7930818 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.635714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2020] [Accepted: 01/27/2021] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Roots supply plants with nutrients and water, besides anchoring them in the soil. The primary root with its lateral roots constitutes the central skeleton of the root system. In particular, root hairs increase the root surface, which is critical for optimizing uptake efficiency. During root-cell growth and development, many proteins that are components of, e.g., the cell wall and plasma membrane are constitutively transported through the secretory system and become posttranslationally modified. Here, the best-studied posttranslational modification is protein N-glycosylation. While alterations in the attachment/modification of N-glycans within the ER lumen results in severe developmental defects, the impact of Golgi-localized complex N-glycan modification, particularly on root development, has not been studied in detail. We report that impairment of complex-type N-glycosylation results in a differential response to synthetic phytohormones with earlier and increased root-hair elongation. Application of either the cytokinin BAP, the auxin NAA, or the ethylene precursor ACC revealed an interaction of auxin with complex N-glycosylation during root-hair development. Especially in gntI mutant seedlings, the early block of complex N-glycan formation resulted in an increased auxin sensitivity. RNA-seq experiments suggest that gntI roots have permanently elevated nutrient-, hypoxia-, and defense-stress responses, which might be a consequence of the altered auxin responsiveness.
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- Manuel Frank
- Molecular Physiology of Plants, Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, University of Münster (WWU Münster), Münster, Germany
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Molecular Physiology of Plants, Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, University of Münster (WWU Münster), Münster, Germany
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- Molecular Physiology of Plants, Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, University of Münster (WWU Münster), Münster, Germany
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- Molecular Physiology of Plants, Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, University of Münster (WWU Münster), Münster, Germany
- *Correspondence: Antje von Schaewen,
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Mikolajczyk K, Kaczmarek R, Czerwinski M. How glycosylation affects glycosylation: the role of N-glycans in glycosyltransferase activity. Glycobiology 2020; 30:941-969. [PMID: 32363402 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwaa041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2019] [Revised: 04/22/2020] [Accepted: 04/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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N-glycosylation is one of the most important posttranslational modifications of proteins. It plays important roles in the biogenesis and functions of proteins by influencing their folding, intracellular localization, stability and solubility. N-glycans are synthesized by glycosyltransferases, a complex group of ubiquitous enzymes that occur in most kingdoms of life. A growing body of evidence shows that N-glycans may influence processing and functions of glycosyltransferases, including their secretion, stability and substrate/acceptor affinity. Changes in these properties may have a profound impact on glycosyltransferase activity. Indeed, some glycosyltransferases have to be glycosylated themselves for full activity. N-glycans and glycosyltransferases play roles in the pathogenesis of many diseases (including cancers), so studies on glycosyltransferases may contribute to the development of new therapy methods and novel glycoengineered enzymes with improved properties. In this review, we focus on the role of N-glycosylation in the activity of glycosyltransferases and attempt to summarize all available data about this phenomenon.
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- Krzysztof Mikolajczyk
- Laboratory of Glycobiology, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Weigla 12, 53-114 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Glycobiology, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Weigla 12, 53-114 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Glycobiology, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Weigla 12, 53-114 Wroclaw, Poland
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Stührwohldt N, Scholl S, Lang L, Katzenberger J, Schumacher K, Schaller A. The biogenesis of CLEL peptides involves several processing events in consecutive compartments of the secretory pathway. eLife 2020; 9:e55580. [PMID: 32297855 PMCID: PMC7162652 DOI: 10.7554/elife.55580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2020] [Accepted: 04/05/2020] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Post-translationally modified peptides are involved in many aspects of plant growth and development. The maturation of these peptides from their larger precursors is still poorly understood. We show here that the biogenesis of CLEL6 and CLEL9 peptides in Arabidopsis thaliana requires a series of processing events in consecutive compartments of the secretory pathway. Following cleavage of the signal peptide upon entry into the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), the peptide precursors are processed in the cis-Golgi by the subtilase SBT6.1. SBT6.1-mediated cleavage within the variable domain allows for continued passage of the partially processed precursors through the secretory pathway, and for subsequent post-translational modifications including tyrosine sulfation and proline hydroxylation within, and proteolytic maturation after exit from the Golgi. Activation by subtilases including SBT3.8 in post-Golgi compartments depends on the N-terminal aspartate of the mature peptides. Our work highlights the complexity of post-translational precursor maturation allowing for stringent control of peptide biogenesis.
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- Nils Stührwohldt
- Department of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Institute of Biology, University of HohenheimStuttgartGermany
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- Department of Cell Biology, Centre for Organismal Studies, Heidelberg UniversityHeidelbergGermany
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- Department of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Institute of Biology, University of HohenheimStuttgartGermany
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- Department of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Institute of Biology, University of HohenheimStuttgartGermany
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- Department of Cell Biology, Centre for Organismal Studies, Heidelberg UniversityHeidelbergGermany
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- Department of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Institute of Biology, University of HohenheimStuttgartGermany
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Lucas PL, Mathieu-Rivet E, Song PCT, Oltmanns A, Loutelier-Bourhis C, Plasson C, Afonso C, Hippler M, Lerouge P, Mati-Baouche N, Bardor M. Multiple xylosyltransferases heterogeneously xylosylate protein N-linked glycans in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2020; 102:230-245. [PMID: 31777161 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2019] [Revised: 10/24/2019] [Accepted: 11/05/2019] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
Abstract
Nowadays, little information is available regarding the N-glycosylation pathway in the green microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Recent investigation demonstrated that C. reinhardtii synthesizes linear oligomannosides. Maturation of these oligomannosides results in N-glycans that are partially methylated and carry one or two xylose residues. One xylose residue was demonstrated to be a core β(1,2)-xylose. Recently, N-glycoproteomic analysis performed on glycoproteins secreted by C. reinhardtii demonstrated that the xylosyltransferase A (XTA) was responsible for the addition of the core β(1,2)-xylose. Furthermore, another xylosyltransferase candidate named XTB was suggested to be involved in the xylosylation in C. reinhardtii. In the present study, we focus especially on the characterization of the structures of the xylosylated N-glycans from C. reinhardtii taking advantage of insertional mutants of XTA and XTB, and of the XTA/XTB double-mutant. The combination of mass spectrometry approaches allowed us to identify the major N-glycan structures bearing one or two xylose residues. They confirm that XTA is responsible for the addition of the core β(1,2)-xylose, whereas XTB is involved in the addition of the xylose residue onto the linear branch of the N-glycan as well as in the partial addition of the core β(1,2)-xylose suggesting that this transferase exhibits a low substrate specificity. Analysis of the double-mutant suggests that an additional xylosyltransferase is involved in the xylosylation process in C. reinhardtii. Additional putative candidates have been identified in the C. reinhardtii genome. Altogether, these results pave the way for a better understanding of the C. reinhardtii N-glycosylation pathway.
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- Pierre-Louis Lucas
- Laboratoire Glyco-MEV EA4358, Normandie University, UNIROUEN, Rouen, France
- Normandie University, UNIROUEN, SFR NORVEGE, Rouen, France
- Institute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine (IRIB), Normandie University, UNIROUEN, Rouen, France
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- Laboratoire Glyco-MEV EA4358, Normandie University, UNIROUEN, Rouen, France
- Normandie University, UNIROUEN, SFR NORVEGE, Rouen, France
- Institute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine (IRIB), Normandie University, UNIROUEN, Rouen, France
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- Institute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine (IRIB), Normandie University, UNIROUEN, Rouen, France
- Normandie University, UNIROUEN, Plate-Forme de Protéomique PISSARO, Rouen, France
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- Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Laboratoire Glyco-MEV EA4358, Normandie University, UNIROUEN, Rouen, France
- Normandie University, UNIROUEN, SFR NORVEGE, Rouen, France
- Institute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine (IRIB), Normandie University, UNIROUEN, Rouen, France
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- Normandie University, UNIROUEN, INSA Rouen, CNRS, COBRA, Rouen, France
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- Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
- Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan
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- Laboratoire Glyco-MEV EA4358, Normandie University, UNIROUEN, Rouen, France
- Normandie University, UNIROUEN, SFR NORVEGE, Rouen, France
- Institute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine (IRIB), Normandie University, UNIROUEN, Rouen, France
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- Laboratoire Glyco-MEV EA4358, Normandie University, UNIROUEN, Rouen, France
- Normandie University, UNIROUEN, SFR NORVEGE, Rouen, France
- Institute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine (IRIB), Normandie University, UNIROUEN, Rouen, France
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- Laboratoire Glyco-MEV EA4358, Normandie University, UNIROUEN, Rouen, France
- Normandie University, UNIROUEN, SFR NORVEGE, Rouen, France
- Institute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine (IRIB), Normandie University, UNIROUEN, Rouen, France
- Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), Paris, France
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Shao Z, Thomas Y, Hembach L, Xing X, Duan D, Moerschbacher BM, Bulone V, Tirichine L, Bowler C. Comparative characterization of putative chitin deacetylases from Phaeodactylum tricornutum and Thalassiosira pseudonana highlights the potential for distinct chitin-based metabolic processes in diatoms. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2019; 221:1890-1905. [PMID: 30288745 DOI: 10.1111/nph.15510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2018] [Accepted: 09/23/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Chitin is generally considered to be present in centric diatoms but not in pennate species. Many aspects of chitin biosynthetic pathways have not been explored in diatoms. We retrieved chitin metabolic genes from pennate (Phaeodactylum tricornutum) and centric (Thalassiosira pseudonana) diatom genomes. Chitin deacetylase (CDA) genes from each genome (PtCDA and TpCDA) were overexpressed in P. tricornutum. We performed comparative analysis of their sequence structure, phylogeny, transcriptional profiles, localization and enzymatic activities. The chitin relevant proteins show complex subcellular compartmentation. PtCDA was likely acquired by horizontal gene transfer from prokaryotes, whereas TpCDA has closer relationships with sequences in Opisthokonta. Using transgenic P. tricornutum lines expressing CDA-green fluorescent protein (GFP) fusion proteins, PtCDA predominantly localizes to Golgi apparatus whereas TpCDA localizes to endoplasmic reticulum/chloroplast endoplasmic reticulum membrane. CDA-GFP overexpression upregulated the transcription of chitin synthases and potentially enhanced the ability of chitin synthesis. Although both CDAs are active on GlcNAc5 , TpCDA is more active on the highly acetylated chitin polymer DA60. We have addressed the ambiguous characters of CDAs from P. tricornutum and T. pseudonana. Differences in localization, evolution, expression and activities provide explanations underlying the greater potential of centric diatoms for chitin biosynthesis. This study paves the way for in vitro applications of novel CDAs.
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- Zhanru Shao
- CAS Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 266071, Qingdao, China
- Institut de Biologie de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure (IBENS), Ecole Normale Supérieure, CNRS, INSERM, PSL Research University, 75005, Paris, France
- Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, 266237, Qingdao, China
- Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 266071, Qingdao, China
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- Institut de Biologie de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure (IBENS), Ecole Normale Supérieure, CNRS, INSERM, PSL Research University, 75005, Paris, France
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- Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Westphalian Wilhelm's-University Münster, 48143, Münster, Germany
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Cell Walls, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, University of Adelaide, Waite Campus, Urrbrae, SA 5064, Australia
- Adelaide Glycomics, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, University of Adelaide, Waite Campus, Urrbrae, SA 5064, Australia
- Division of Glycoscience, School of Biotechnology, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), AlbaNova University Centre, Stockholm, SE10691, Sweden
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 266071, Qingdao, China
- Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, 266237, Qingdao, China
- Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 266071, Qingdao, China
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- Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Westphalian Wilhelm's-University Münster, 48143, Münster, Germany
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Cell Walls, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, University of Adelaide, Waite Campus, Urrbrae, SA 5064, Australia
- Adelaide Glycomics, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, University of Adelaide, Waite Campus, Urrbrae, SA 5064, Australia
- Division of Glycoscience, School of Biotechnology, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), AlbaNova University Centre, Stockholm, SE10691, Sweden
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- Institut de Biologie de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure (IBENS), Ecole Normale Supérieure, CNRS, INSERM, PSL Research University, 75005, Paris, France
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- Institut de Biologie de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure (IBENS), Ecole Normale Supérieure, CNRS, INSERM, PSL Research University, 75005, Paris, France
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Tsunemitsu Y, Genga M, Okada T, Yamaji N, Ma JF, Miyazaki A, Kato SI, Iwasaki K, Ueno D. A member of cation diffusion facilitator family, MTP11, is required for manganese tolerance and high fertility in rice. PLANTA 2018; 248:231-241. [PMID: 29700611 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-018-2890-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2018] [Accepted: 04/03/2018] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Rice MTP11 is the trans-Golgi-localized transporter that is involved in Mn tolerance with MTP8.1, and it is required for normal fertility. Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is one of the most manganese (Mn)-tolerant species, and it is able to accumulate high levels of this metal in the leaves without showing toxic symptoms. The metal tolerance protein 8.1 (MTP8.1), a member of the Mn-cation diffusion facilitator (CDF) family, has been shown to play a central role in high Mn tolerance by sequestering Mn into vacuoles. Recently, rice MTP11 was identified as an Mn transporter that is localized to Golgi-associated compartments, but its exact role in Mn tolerance in planta has not yet been understood. Here, we investigated the role of MTP11 in rice Mn tolerance using knockout lines. Old leaves presented higher levels of constitutively expressed MTP11 than other tissues and MTP11 expression was also found in reproductive organs. Fused MTP11:green fluorescent protein was co-localized to trans-Golgi markers and differentiated from other Golgi-associated markers. Knockout of MTP11 in wild-type rice did not affect tolerance and accumulation of Mn and other heavy metals, but knockout in the mtp8.1 mutant showed exacerbated Mn sensitivity at the vegetative growth stage. Knockout of MTP11 alone resulted in decreased grain yield and fertility at the reproductive stage. Thus, MTP11 is a trans-Golgi localized transporter for Mn, which plays a role in Mn tolerance through intracellular Mn compartmentalization. It is also required for maintaining high fertility in rice.
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- Yuta Tsunemitsu
- Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Science, Kochi University, 200 Otsu, Monobe, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8502, Japan
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- Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Science, Kochi University, 200 Otsu, Monobe, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8502, Japan
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- Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Science, Kochi University, 200 Otsu, Monobe, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8502, Japan
- Kochi Agricultural Research Center, 1100, Hataeda, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-0023, Japan
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- Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, 2-20-1, Chuo, Kurashiki, Okayama, 710-0046, Japan
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- Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, 2-20-1, Chuo, Kurashiki, Okayama, 710-0046, Japan
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- Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Science, Kochi University, 200 Otsu, Monobe, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8502, Japan
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- Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Science, Kochi University, 200 Otsu, Monobe, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8502, Japan
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- Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Science, Kochi University, 200 Otsu, Monobe, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8502, Japan
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- Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Science, Kochi University, 200 Otsu, Monobe, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8502, Japan.
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Zhong R, Cui D, Phillips DR, Ye ZH. A Novel Rice Xylosyltransferase Catalyzes the Addition of 2-O-Xylosyl Side Chains onto the Xylan Backbone. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2018; 59:554-565. [PMID: 29325159 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcy003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2017] [Accepted: 01/03/2018] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Xylan is a major hemicellulose in both primary and secondary walls of grass species. It consists of a linear backbone of β-1,4-linked xylosyl residues that are often substituted with monosaccharides and disaccharides. Xylosyl substitutions directly on the xylan backbone have not been reported in grass species, and genes responsible for xylan substitutions in grass species have not been well elucidated. Here, we report functional characterization of a rice (Oryza sativa) GT61 glycosyltransferase, XYXT1 (xylan xylosyltransferase1), for its role in xylan substitutions. XYXT1 was found to be ubiquitously expressed in different rice organs and its encoded protein was targeted to the Golgi, the site for xylan biosynthesis. When expressed in the Arabidopsis gux1/2/3 triple mutant, in which xylan was completely devoid of sugar substitutions, XYXT1 was able to add xylosyl side chains onto xylan. Glycosyl linkage analysis and comprehensive structural characterization of xylooligomers generated by xylanase digestion of xylan from transgenic Arabidopsis plants expressing XYXT1 revealed that the side chain xylosyl residues were directly attached to the xylan backbone at O-2, a substituent not present in wild-type Arabidopsis xylan. XYXT1 was unable to add xylosyl residues onto the arabinosyl side chains of xylan when it was co-expressed with OsXAT2 (Oryza sativa xylan arabinosyltransferase2) in the gux1/2/3 triple mutant. Furthermore, we showed that recombinant XYXT1 possessed an activity transferring xylosyl side chains onto xylooligomer acceptors, whereas recombinant OsXAT2 catalyzed the addition of arabinosyl side chains onto xylooligomer acceptors. Our findings from both an in vivo gain-of-function study and an in vitro recombinant protein activity assay demonstrate that XYXT1 is a novel β-1,2-xylosyltransferase mediating the addition of xylosyl side chains onto xylan.
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- Ruiqin Zhong
- Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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Ito Y, Uemura T, Nakano A. The Golgi entry core compartment functions as a COPII-independent scaffold for ER-to-Golgi transport in plant cells. J Cell Sci 2018; 131:jcs.203893. [PMID: 28839076 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.203893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2017] [Accepted: 08/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Many questions remain about how the stacked structure of the Golgi is formed and maintained. In our previous study, we challenged this question using tobacco BY-2 cells and revealed that, upon Brefeldin A (BFA) treatment, previously undescribed small punctate structures containing a particular subset of cis-Golgi proteins are formed adjacent to the ER-exit sites and act as scaffolds for Golgi regeneration after BFA removal. In this study, we analyzed these structures further. The proteins that localize to these punctate structures originate from the cis-most cisternae. 3D time-lapse observations show that the trans-Golgi marker is transported through these structures during Golgi regeneration. These data indicate that the cis-most cisternae have a specialized region that receives cargo from the ER, which becomes obvious upon BFA treatment. Expression of a dominant mutant form of SAR1 does not affect the formation of the punctate structures. We propose to call these punctate structures the 'Golgi entry core compartment' (GECCO). They act as receivers for the rest of the Golgi materials and are formed independently of the COPII machinery.This article has an associated First Person interview with the first author of the paper.
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- Yoko Ito
- Live Cell Super-Resolution Imaging Research Team, RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Laboratory of Developmental Cell Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Live Cell Super-Resolution Imaging Research Team, RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.,Laboratory of Developmental Cell Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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Pedersen CT, Loke I, Lorentzen A, Wolf S, Kamble M, Kristensen SK, Munch D, Radutoiu S, Spillner E, Roepstorff P, Thaysen-Andersen M, Stougaard J, Dam S. N-glycan maturation mutants in Lotus japonicus for basic and applied glycoprotein research. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2017; 91:394-407. [PMID: 28407380 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2016] [Revised: 03/27/2017] [Accepted: 04/03/2017] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Studies of protein N-glycosylation are important for answering fundamental questions on the diverse functions of glycoproteins in plant growth and development. Here we generated and characterised a comprehensive collection of Lotus japonicusLORE1 insertion mutants, each lacking the activity of one of the 12 enzymes required for normal N-glycan maturation in the glycosylation machinery. The inactivation of the individual genes resulted in altered N-glycan patterns as documented using mass spectrometry and glycan-recognising antibodies, indicating successful identification of null mutations in the target glyco-genes. For example, both mass spectrometry and immunoblotting experiments suggest that proteins derived from the α1,3-fucosyltransferase (Lj3fuct) mutant completely lacked α1,3-core fucosylation. Mass spectrometry also suggested that the Lotus japonicus convicilin 2 was one of the main glycoproteins undergoing differential expression/N-glycosylation in the mutants. Demonstrating the functional importance of glycosylation, reduced growth and seed production phenotypes were observed for the mutant plants lacking functional mannosidase I, N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase I, and α1,3-fucosyltransferase, even though the relative protein composition and abundance appeared unaffected. The strength of our N-glycosylation mutant platform is the broad spectrum of resulting glycoprotein profiles and altered physiological phenotypes that can be produced from single, double, triple and quadruple mutants. This platform will serve as a valuable tool for elucidating the functional role of protein N-glycosylation in plants. Furthermore, this technology can be used to generate stable plant mutant lines for biopharmaceutical production of glycoproteins displaying relative homogeneous and mammalian-like N-glycosylation features.
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- Carina T Pedersen
- Centre for Carbohydrate Recognition and Signalling, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, DK-8000, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, DK-5230, Odense M, Denmark
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- Department of Engineering, Aarhus University, DK-8000, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Centre for Carbohydrate Recognition and Signalling, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, DK-8000, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Centre for Carbohydrate Recognition and Signalling, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, DK-8000, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Centre for Carbohydrate Recognition and Signalling, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, DK-8000, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Centre for Carbohydrate Recognition and Signalling, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, DK-8000, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Engineering, Aarhus University, DK-8000, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, DK-5230, Odense M, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia
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- Centre for Carbohydrate Recognition and Signalling, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, DK-8000, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Centre for Carbohydrate Recognition and Signalling, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, DK-8000, Aarhus, Denmark
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Yamagami A, Saito C, Nakazawa M, Fujioka S, Uemura T, Matsui M, Sakuta M, Shinozaki K, Osada H, Nakano A, Asami T, Nakano T. Evolutionarily conserved BIL4 suppresses the degradation of brassinosteroid receptor BRI1 and regulates cell elongation. Sci Rep 2017; 7:5739. [PMID: 28720789 PMCID: PMC5515986 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-06016-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2016] [Accepted: 06/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
Abstract
Brassinosteroids (BRs), plant steroid hormones, play important roles in plant cell elongation and differentiation. To investigate the mechanisms of BR signaling, we previously used the BR biosynthesis inhibitor Brz as a chemical biology tool and identified the Brz-insensitive-long hypocotyl4 mutant (bil4). Although the BIL4 gene encodes a seven-transmembrane-domain protein that is evolutionarily conserved in plants and animals, the molecular function of BIL4 in BR signaling has not been elucidated. Here, we demonstrate that BIL4 is expressed in early elongating cells and regulates cell elongation in Arabidopsis. BIL4 also activates BR signaling and interacts with the BR receptor brassinosteroid insensitive 1 (BRI1) in endosomes. BIL4 deficiency increases the localization of BRI1 in the vacuoles. Our results demonstrate that BIL4 regulates cell elongation and BR signaling via the regulation of BRI1 localization.
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- Ayumi Yamagami
- Gene Discovery Research Group, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
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- Molecular Membrane Biology Laboratory, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan.,Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- RIKEN Genomic Science Center, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045, Japan
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- Chemical Biology Research Group, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Synthetic Genomics Research Group, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Ochanomizu University, Ohtsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 112-8610, Japan
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- Gene Discovery Research Group, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
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- Chemical Biology Research Group, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
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- Molecular Membrane Biology Laboratory, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan.,Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan.,Live Cell Super-Resolution Imaging Research Team, RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
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- Gene Discovery Research Group, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan.,Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, The University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan.,King Abdulaziz University, Department of Biochemistry, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia.,CREST, JST (Japan Science and Technology Agency), Kawaguchi, Saitama, 332-0012, Japan
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- Gene Discovery Research Group, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan. .,CREST, JST (Japan Science and Technology Agency), Kawaguchi, Saitama, 332-0012, Japan.
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Egorova KS, Toukach PV. CSDB_GT: a new curated database on glycosyltransferases. Glycobiology 2016; 27:285-290. [PMID: 28011601 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cww137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2016] [Revised: 10/11/2016] [Accepted: 11/07/2016] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Glycosyltransferases (GTs) are carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZy) involved in the synthesis of natural glycan structures. The application of CAZy is highly demanded in biotechnology and pharmaceutics. However, it is being hindered by the lack of high-quality and comprehensive repositories of the research data accumulated so far. In this paper, we describe a new curated Carbohydrate Structure Glycosyltransferase Database (CSDB_GT). Currently, CSDB_GT provides ca. 780 activities exhibited by GTs, as well as several other CAZy, found in Arabidopsis thaliana and described in ca. 180 publications. It covers most published data on A. thaliana GTs with evidenced functions. CSDB_GT is linked to the Carbohydrate Structure Database (CSDB), which stores data on archaeal, bacterial, fungal and plant glycans. The CSDB_GT data are supported by experimental evidences and can be traced to original publications. CSDB_GT is freely available at http://csdb.glycoscience.ru/gt.html.
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- Ksenia S Egorova
- N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky prospect 47, Moscow, Russia
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- N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky prospect 47, Moscow, Russia
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Liu X, Hempel F, Stork S, Bolte K, Moog D, Heimerl T, Maier UG, Zauner S. Addressing various compartments of the diatom model organism Phaeodactylum tricornutum via sub-cellular marker proteins. ALGAL RES 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2016.10.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Yamashita S, Yamaguchi H, Waki T, Aoki Y, Mizuno M, Yanbe F, Ishii T, Funaki A, Tozawa Y, Miyagi-Inoue Y, Fushihara K, Nakayama T, Takahashi S. Identification and reconstitution of the rubber biosynthetic machinery on rubber particles from Hevea brasiliensis. eLife 2016; 5. [PMID: 27790974 PMCID: PMC5110245 DOI: 10.7554/elife.19022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2016] [Accepted: 10/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Natural rubber (NR) is stored in latex as rubber particles (RPs), rubber molecules surrounded by a lipid monolayer. Rubber transferase (RTase), the enzyme responsible for NR biosynthesis, is believed to be a member of the cis-prenyltransferase (cPT) family. However, none of the recombinant cPTs have shown RTase activity independently. We show that HRT1, a cPT from Heveabrasiliensis, exhibits distinct RTase activity in vitro only when it is introduced on detergent-washed HeveaRPs (WRPs) by a cell-free translation-coupled system. Using this system, a heterologous cPT from Lactucasativa also exhibited RTase activity, indicating proper introduction of cPT on RP is the key to reconstitute active RTase. RP proteomics and interaction network analyses revealed the formation of the protein complex consisting of HRT1, rubber elongation factor (REF) and HRT1-REF BRIDGING PROTEIN. The RTase activity enhancement observed for the complex assembled on WRPs indicates the HRT1-containing complex functions as the NR biosynthetic machinery. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.19022.001
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, Saitama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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Yamashita S, Yamaguchi H, Waki T, Aoki Y, Mizuno M, Yanbe F, Ishii T, Funaki A, Tozawa Y, Miyagi-Inoue Y, Fushihara K, Nakayama T, Takahashi S. Identification and reconstitution of the rubber biosynthetic machinery on rubber particles from Hevea brasiliensis. eLife 2016; 5:e19022. [PMID: 27790974 DOI: 10.7554/elife.19022.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2016] [Accepted: 10/25/2016] [Indexed: 05/24/2023] Open
Abstract
Natural rubber (NR) is stored in latex as rubber particles (RPs), rubber molecules surrounded by a lipid monolayer. Rubber transferase (RTase), the enzyme responsible for NR biosynthesis, is believed to be a member of the cis-prenyltransferase (cPT) family. However, none of the recombinant cPTs have shown RTase activity independently. We show that HRT1, a cPT from Heveabrasiliensis, exhibits distinct RTase activity in vitro only when it is introduced on detergent-washed HeveaRPs (WRPs) by a cell-free translation-coupled system. Using this system, a heterologous cPT from Lactucasativa also exhibited RTase activity, indicating proper introduction of cPT on RP is the key to reconstitute active RTase. RP proteomics and interaction network analyses revealed the formation of the protein complex consisting of HRT1, rubber elongation factor (REF) and HRT1-REF BRIDGING PROTEIN. The RTase activity enhancement observed for the complex assembled on WRPs indicates the HRT1-containing complex functions as the NR biosynthetic machinery.
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, Saitama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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Takano S, Matsuda S, Funabiki A, Furukawa JI, Yamauchi T, Tokuji Y, Nakazono M, Shinohara Y, Takamure I, Kato K. The rice RCN11 gene encodes β1,2-xylosyltransferase and is required for plant responses to abiotic stresses and phytohormones. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2015; 236:75-88. [PMID: 26025522 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2015.03.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2015] [Revised: 03/17/2015] [Accepted: 03/30/2015] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
Abstract
Seed germination rates and plant development and growth under abiotic stress are important aspects of crop productivity. Here, our characterization of the rice (Oryza sativa L.) mutant reduced culm number11 (rcn11) showed that RCN11 controls growth of plants exposed to abnormal temperature, salinity and drought conditions. RCN11 also mediates root aerenchyma formation under oxygen-deficient conditions and ABA sensitivity during seed germination. Molecular studies showed that the rcn11 mutation resulted from a 966-bp deletion that caused loss of function of β1,2-xylosyltransferase (OsXylT). This enzyme is located in the Golgi apparatus where it catalyzes the transfer of xylose from UDP-xylose to the core β-linked mannose of N-glycans. RCN11/OsXylT promoter activity was observed in the basal part of the shoot containing the shoot and axillary meristems and in the base of crown roots. The level of RCN11/OsXylT expression was regulated by multiple phytohormones and various abiotic stresses suggesting that plant specific N-glycosylation is regulated by multiple signals in rice plants. The present study is the first to demonstrate that rice β1,2-linked xylose residues on N-glycans are critical for seed germination and plant development and growth under conditions of abiotic stress.
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- Sho Takano
- Department of Agro-environmental Science, Obihiro University of Agricultural and Veterinary Medicine, 2-11 Nishi, Inada, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080-8555, Japan
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- Department of Agro-environmental Science, Obihiro University of Agricultural and Veterinary Medicine, 2-11 Nishi, Inada, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080-8555, Japan
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- Department of Agro-environmental Science, Obihiro University of Agricultural and Veterinary Medicine, 2-11 Nishi, Inada, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080-8555, Japan
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- Graduate School of Advanced Life Science, Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Biology, Hokkaido University, Kita 10 Nishi 8, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0810, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8601, Japan
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- Department of Food Science, Obihiro University of Agricultural and Veterinary Medicine, 2-11 Nishi, Inada, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080-8555, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8601, Japan
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- Graduate School of Advanced Life Science, Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Biology, Hokkaido University, Kita 10 Nishi 8, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0810, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Kita 9 Nishi 9, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8589, Japan
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- Department of Agro-environmental Science, Obihiro University of Agricultural and Veterinary Medicine, 2-11 Nishi, Inada, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080-8555, Japan.
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Yoo JY, Ko KS, Seo HK, Park S, Fanata WID, Harmoko R, Ramasamy NK, Thulasinathan T, Mengiste T, Lim JM, Lee SY, Lee KO. Limited Addition of the 6-Arm β1,2-linked N-Acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) Residue Facilitates the Formation of the Largest N-Glycan in Plants. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:16560-72. [PMID: 26001781 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.653162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The most abundant N-glycan in plants is the paucimannosidic N-glycan with core β1,2-xylose and α1,3-fucose residues (Man3XylFuc(GlcNAc)2). Here, we report a mechanism in Arabidopsis thaliana that efficiently produces the largest N-glycan in plants. Genetic and biochemical evidence indicates that the addition of the 6-arm β1,2-GlcNAc residue by N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase II (GnTII) is less effective than additions of the core β1,2-xylose and α1,3-fucose residues by XylT, FucTA, and FucTB in Arabidopsis. Furthermore, analysis of gnt2 mutant and 35S:GnTII transgenic plants shows that the addition of the 6-arm non-reducing GlcNAc residue to the common N-glycan acceptor GlcNAcMan3(GlcNAc)2 inhibits additions of the core β1,2-xylose and α1,3-fucose residues. Our findings indicate that plants limit the rate of the addition of the 6-arm GlcNAc residue to the common N-glycan acceptor as a mechanism to facilitate formation of the prevalent N-glycans with Man3XylFuc(GlcNAc)2 and (GlcNAc)2Man3XylFuc(GlcNAc)2 structures.
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- Jae Yong Yoo
- From the Division of Applied Life Science and Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Center, Gyeongsang National University, 501 Jinju-daero, Jinju 660-701, Korea
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- From the Division of Applied Life Science and Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Center, Gyeongsang National University, 501 Jinju-daero, Jinju 660-701, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Changwon National University, 9-Sarim, Changwon 641-773, Korea, and
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- Department of Chemistry, Changwon National University, 9-Sarim, Changwon 641-773, Korea, and
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- From the Division of Applied Life Science and Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Center, Gyeongsang National University, 501 Jinju-daero, Jinju 660-701, Korea
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- From the Division of Applied Life Science and Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Center, Gyeongsang National University, 501 Jinju-daero, Jinju 660-701, Korea
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- From the Division of Applied Life Science and Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Center, Gyeongsang National University, 501 Jinju-daero, Jinju 660-701, Korea
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- From the Division of Applied Life Science and Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Center, Gyeongsang National University, 501 Jinju-daero, Jinju 660-701, Korea
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
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- Department of Chemistry, Changwon National University, 9-Sarim, Changwon 641-773, Korea, and
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- From the Division of Applied Life Science and Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Center, Gyeongsang National University, 501 Jinju-daero, Jinju 660-701, Korea
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- From the Division of Applied Life Science and Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Center, Gyeongsang National University, 501 Jinju-daero, Jinju 660-701, Korea,
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Ko K. Expression of recombinant vaccines and antibodies in plants. Monoclon Antib Immunodiagn Immunother 2015; 33:192-8. [PMID: 24937251 DOI: 10.1089/mab.2014.0049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Plants are able to perform post-translational maturations of therapeutic proteins required for their functional biological activity and suitable in vivo pharmacokinetics. Plants can be a low-cost, large-scale production platform of recombinant biopharmaceutical proteins such as vaccines and antibodies. Plants, however, lack mechanisms of processing authentic human N-glycosylation, which imposes a major limitation in their use as an expression system for therapeutic glycoproducts. Efforts have been made to circumvent plant-specific N-glycosylation, as well as to supplement the plant's endogenous system with human glycosyltransferases for non-immunogenic and humanized N-glycan production. Herein we review studies on the potential of plants to serve as production systems for therapeutic and prophylactic biopharmaceuticals. We have especially focused on recombinant vaccines and antibodies and new expression strategies to overcome the existing problems associated with their production in plants.
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- Kisung Ko
- Department of Medicine, Therapeutic Protein Engineering Lab, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University , Seoul, Korea
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Gookin TE, Assmann SM. Significant reduction of BiFC non-specific assembly facilitates in planta assessment of heterotrimeric G-protein interactors. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2014; 80:553-67. [PMID: 25187041 PMCID: PMC4260091 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2014] [Revised: 07/29/2014] [Accepted: 08/04/2014] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Protein networks and signaling cascades are key mechanisms for intra- and intercellular signal transduction. Identifying the interacting partners of a protein can provide vital clues regarding its physiological role. The bimolecular fluorescence complementation (BiFC) assay has become a routine tool for in vivo analysis of protein-protein interactions and their subcellular location. Although the BiFC system has improved since its inception, the available options for in planta analysis are still subject to very low signal-to-noise ratios, and a systematic comparison of BiFC confounding background signals has been lacking. Background signals can obscure weak interactions, provide false positives, and decrease confidence in true positives. To overcome these problems, we performed an extensive in planta analysis of published BiFC fragments used in metazoa and plants, and then developed an optimized single vector BiFC system which utilizes monomeric Venus (mVenus) split at residue 210, and contains an integrated mTurquoise2 marker to precisely identify transformed cells in order to distinguish true negatives. Here we provide our streamlined double ORF expression (pDOE) BiFC system, and show that our advance in BiFC methodology functions even with an internally fused mVenus210 fragment. We illustrate the efficacy of the system by providing direct visualization of Arabidopsis MLO1 interacting with a calmodulin-like (CML) protein, and by showing that heterotrimeric G-protein subunits Gα (GPA1) and Gβ (AGB1) interact in plant cells. We further demonstrate that GPA1 and AGB1 each physically interact with PLDα1 in planta, and that mutation of the so-called PLDα1 'DRY' motif abolishes both of these interactions.
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- Timothy E Gookin
- Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State UniversityUniversity Park, PA, 16802, USA
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- Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State UniversityUniversity Park, PA, 16802, USA
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Nguema-Ona E, Vicré-Gibouin M, Gotté M, Plancot B, Lerouge P, Bardor M, Driouich A. Cell wall O-glycoproteins and N-glycoproteins: aspects of biosynthesis and function. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2014; 5:499. [PMID: 25324850 PMCID: PMC4183102 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2014] [Accepted: 09/08/2014] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Cell wall O-glycoproteins and N-glycoproteins are two types of glycomolecules whose glycans are structurally complex. They are both assembled and modified within the endomembrane system, i.e., the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and the Golgi apparatus, before their transport to their final locations within or outside the cell. In contrast to extensins (EXTs), the O-glycan chains of arabinogalactan proteins (AGPs) are highly heterogeneous consisting mostly of (i) a short oligo-arabinoside chain of three to four residues, and (ii) a larger β-1,3-linked galactan backbone with β-1,6-linked side chains containing galactose, arabinose and, often, fucose, rhamnose, or glucuronic acid. The fine structure of arabinogalactan chains varies between, and within plant species, and is important for the functional activities of the glycoproteins. With regards to N-glycans, ER-synthesizing events are highly conserved in all eukaryotes studied so far since they are essential for efficient protein folding. In contrast, evolutionary adaptation of N-glycan processing in the Golgi apparatus has given rise to a variety of organism-specific complex structures. Therefore, plant complex-type N-glycans contain specific glyco-epitopes such as core β,2-xylose, core α1,3-fucose residues, and Lewis(a) substitutions on the terminal position of the antenna. Like O-glycans, N-glycans of proteins are essential for their stability and function. Mutants affected in the glycan metabolic pathways have provided valuable information on the role of N-/O-glycoproteins in the control of growth, morphogenesis and adaptation to biotic and abiotic stresses. With regards to O-glycoproteins, only EXTs and AGPs are considered herein. The biosynthesis of these glycoproteins and functional aspects are presented and discussed in this review.
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- Eric Nguema-Ona
- Laboratoire de Glycobiologie et Matrice Extracellulaire Végétale, UPRES EA 4358, Institut de Recherche et d’Innovation Biomédicale, Grand Réseau de Recherche-Végétal, Agronomie, Sol, Innovation, UFR des Sciences et Techniques, Normandie Université – Université de RouenMont-Saint-Aignan, France
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- Laboratoire de Glycobiologie et Matrice Extracellulaire Végétale, UPRES EA 4358, Institut de Recherche et d’Innovation Biomédicale, Grand Réseau de Recherche-Végétal, Agronomie, Sol, Innovation, UFR des Sciences et Techniques, Normandie Université – Université de RouenMont-Saint-Aignan, France
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- Laboratoire de Glycobiologie et Matrice Extracellulaire Végétale, UPRES EA 4358, Institut de Recherche et d’Innovation Biomédicale, Grand Réseau de Recherche-Végétal, Agronomie, Sol, Innovation, UFR des Sciences et Techniques, Normandie Université – Université de RouenMont-Saint-Aignan, France
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- Laboratoire de Glycobiologie et Matrice Extracellulaire Végétale, UPRES EA 4358, Institut de Recherche et d’Innovation Biomédicale, Grand Réseau de Recherche-Végétal, Agronomie, Sol, Innovation, UFR des Sciences et Techniques, Normandie Université – Université de RouenMont-Saint-Aignan, France
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- Laboratoire de Glycobiologie et Matrice Extracellulaire Végétale, UPRES EA 4358, Institut de Recherche et d’Innovation Biomédicale, Grand Réseau de Recherche-Végétal, Agronomie, Sol, Innovation, UFR des Sciences et Techniques, Normandie Université – Université de RouenMont-Saint-Aignan, France
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- Laboratoire de Glycobiologie et Matrice Extracellulaire Végétale, UPRES EA 4358, Institut de Recherche et d’Innovation Biomédicale, Grand Réseau de Recherche-Végétal, Agronomie, Sol, Innovation, UFR des Sciences et Techniques, Normandie Université – Université de RouenMont-Saint-Aignan, France
- Institut Universitaire de FranceParis, France
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- Laboratoire de Glycobiologie et Matrice Extracellulaire Végétale, UPRES EA 4358, Institut de Recherche et d’Innovation Biomédicale, Grand Réseau de Recherche-Végétal, Agronomie, Sol, Innovation, UFR des Sciences et Techniques, Normandie Université – Université de RouenMont-Saint-Aignan, France
- Plate-Forme de Recherche en Imagerie Cellulaire de Haute-Normandie, Institut de Recherche et d’Innovation Biomédicale, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Normandie UniversitéMont-Saint-Aignan, France
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Perrine-Walker FM, Kouchi H, Ridge RW. Endoplasmic reticulum-targeted GFP reveals ER remodeling in Mesorhizobium-treated Lotus japonicus root hairs during root hair curling and infection thread formation. PROTOPLASMA 2014; 251:817-826. [PMID: 24337802 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-013-0584-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2013] [Accepted: 10/30/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) of the model legume Lotus japonicus was visualized using green fluorescent protein (GFP) fused with the KDEL sequence to investigate the changes in the root hair cortical ER in the presence or absence of Mesorhizobium loti using live fluorescence imaging. Uninoculated root hairs displayed dynamic forms of ER, ranging from a highly condensed form to an open reticulum. In the presence of M. loti, a highly dynamic condensed form of the ER linked with the nucleus was found in deformed, curled, and infected root hairs, similar to that in uninoculated and inoculated growing zone I and II root hairs. An open reticulum was primarily found in mature inoculated zone III root hairs, similar to that found in inactive deformed/curled root hairs and infected root hairs with aborted infection threads. Co-imaging of GFP-labeled ER with light transmission demonstrated a correlation between the mobility of the ER and other organelles and the directionality of the cytoplasmic streaming in root hairs in the early stages of infection thread formation and growth. ER remodeling in root hair cells is discussed in terms of possible biological significance during root hair growth, deformation/curling, and infection in the Mesorhizobium-L. japonicus symbiosis.
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- F M Perrine-Walker
- Department of Life Science, Division of Natural Sciences, International Christian University, Mitaka, 181-8585, Tokyo, Japan,
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Loos A, Steinkellner H. Plant glyco-biotechnology on the way to synthetic biology. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2014; 5:523. [PMID: 25339965 PMCID: PMC4189330 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2014] [Accepted: 09/16/2014] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Plants are increasingly being used for the production of recombinant proteins. One reason is that plants are highly amenable to glycan engineering processes and allow the production of therapeutic proteins with increased efficacies due to optimized glycosylation profiles. Removal and insertion of glycosylation reactions by knock-out/knock-down approaches and introduction of glycosylation enzymes have paved the way for the humanization of the plant glycosylation pathway. The insertion of heterologous enzymes at exactly the right stage of the existing glycosylation pathway has turned out to be of utmost importance. To enable such precise targeting chimeric enzymes have been constructed. In this short review we will exemplify the importance of correct targeting of glycosyltransferases, we will give an overview of the targeting mechanism of glycosyltransferases, describe chimeric enzymes used in plant N-glycosylation engineering and illustrate how plant glycoengineering builds on the tools offered by synthetic biology to construct such chimeric enzymes.
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- *Correspondence: Herta Steinkellner, Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Muthgasse 18, 1190 Vienna, Austria e-mail:
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Cholera toxin B subunit (CTB) is widely used as a carrier molecule and mucosal adjuvant and for the expression of fusion proteins of interest. CTB-fusion proteins are also expressed in plants, but the N-glycan structures of CTB have not been clarified. To gain insights into the N-glycosylation and N-glycans of CTB expressed in plants, we expressed CTB in rice seeds with an N-terminal glutelin signal and a C-terminal KDEL sequence and analyzed its N-glycosylation and N-glycan structures. CTB was successfully expressed in rice seeds in two forms: a form with N-glycosylation at Asn32 that included both plant-specific N-glycans and small oligomannosidic N-glycans and a non-N-glycosylated form. N-Glycan analysis of CTB showed that approximately 50 % of the N-glycans had plant-specific M3FX structures and that almost none of the N-glycans was of high-mannose-type N-glycan even though the CTB expressed in rice seeds contains a C-terminal KDEL sequence. These results suggest that the CTB expressed in rice was N-glycosylated through the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and Golgi N-glycosylation machinery without the ER retrieval.
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Schoberer J, Liebminger E, Botchway SW, Strasser R, Hawes C. Time-resolved fluorescence imaging reveals differential interactions of N-glycan processing enzymes across the Golgi stack in planta. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2013; 161:1737-54. [PMID: 23400704 PMCID: PMC3613452 DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.210757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2012] [Accepted: 02/10/2013] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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N-Glycan processing is one of the most important cellular protein modifications in plants and as such is essential for plant development and defense mechanisms. The accuracy of Golgi-located processing steps is governed by the strict intra-Golgi localization of sequentially acting glycosidases and glycosyltransferases. Their differential distribution goes hand in hand with the compartmentalization of the Golgi stack into cis-, medial-, and trans-cisternae, which separate early from late processing steps. The mechanisms that direct differential enzyme concentration are still unknown, but the formation of multienzyme complexes is considered a feasible Golgi protein localization strategy. In this study, we used two-photon excitation-Förster resonance energy transfer-fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy to determine the interaction of N-glycan processing enzymes with differential intra-Golgi locations. Following the coexpression of fluorescent protein-tagged amino-terminal Golgi-targeting sequences (cytoplasmic-transmembrane-stem [CTS] region) of enzyme pairs in leaves of tobacco (Nicotiana spp.), we observed that all tested cis- and medial-Golgi enzymes, namely Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) Golgi α-mannosidase I, Nicotiana tabacum β1,2-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase I, Arabidopsis Golgi α-mannosidase II (GMII), and Arabidopsis β1,2-xylosyltransferase, form homodimers and heterodimers, whereas among the late-acting enzymes Arabidopsis β1,3-galactosyltransferase1 (GALT1), Arabidopsis α1,4-fucosyltransferase, and Rattus norvegicus α2,6-sialyltransferase (a nonplant Golgi marker), only GALT1 and medial-Golgi GMII were found to form a heterodimer. Furthermore, the efficiency of energy transfer indicating the formation of interactions decreased considerably in a cis-to-trans fashion. The comparative fluorescence lifetime imaging of several full-length cis- and medial-Golgi enzymes and their respective catalytic domain-deleted CTS clones further suggested that the formation of protein-protein interactions can occur through their amino-terminal CTS region.
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- Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Muthgasse 18, 1190 Vienna, Austria (J.S., E.L., R.S.)
- Department of Biological and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP, United Kingdom (J.S., C.H.); and
- Research Complex at Harwell, Central Laser Facility, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell-Oxford, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom (S.W.B.)
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- Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Muthgasse 18, 1190 Vienna, Austria (J.S., E.L., R.S.)
- Department of Biological and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP, United Kingdom (J.S., C.H.); and
- Research Complex at Harwell, Central Laser Facility, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell-Oxford, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom (S.W.B.)
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- Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Muthgasse 18, 1190 Vienna, Austria (J.S., E.L., R.S.)
- Department of Biological and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP, United Kingdom (J.S., C.H.); and
- Research Complex at Harwell, Central Laser Facility, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell-Oxford, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom (S.W.B.)
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- Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Muthgasse 18, 1190 Vienna, Austria (J.S., E.L., R.S.)
- Department of Biological and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP, United Kingdom (J.S., C.H.); and
- Research Complex at Harwell, Central Laser Facility, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell-Oxford, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom (S.W.B.)
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Kirienko DR, Luo A, Sylvester AW. Reliable transient transformation of intact maize leaf cells for functional genomics and experimental study. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2012; 159:1309-18. [PMID: 22706447 PMCID: PMC3425180 DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.199737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2012] [Accepted: 06/07/2012] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Maize (Zea mays) transformation routinely produces stable transgenic lines essential for functional genomics; however, transient expression of target proteins in maize cells is not yet routine. Such techniques are critical for rapid testing of transgene constructs and for experimental studies. Here, we report bombardment methods that depend on leaf developmental stage and result in successful expression with broad applications. Fluorescent marker genes were constructed and bombarded into five developmental regions in a growing maize leaf. Expression efficiency was highest in the basal-most 3 cm above the ligule of an approximately 50-cm growing adult leaf. Straightforward dissection procedures provide access to the receptive leaf regions, increasing efficiency from less than one transformant per cm(2) to over 21 transformants per cm(2). Successful expression was routine for proteins from full genomic sequences driven by native regulatory regions and from complementary DNA sequences driven by the constitutive maize polyubiquitin promoter and a heterologous terminator. Four tested fusion proteins, maize PROTEIN DISULFIDE ISOMERASE-Yellow Fluorescent Protein, GLOSSY8a-monomeric Red Fluorescent Protein and maize XYLOSYLTRANSFERASE, and maize Rho-of-Plants7-monomeric Teal Fluorescent Protein, localized as predicted in the endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi, and plasma membrane, respectively. Localization patterns were similar between transient and stable modes of expression, and cotransformation was equally successful. Coexpression was also demonstrated by transiently transforming cells in a stable line expressing a second marker protein, thus increasing the utility of a single stable transformant. Given the ease of dissection procedures, this method replaces heterologous expression assays with a more direct, native, and informative system, and the techniques will be useful for localization, colocalization, and functional studies.
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Barbosa Viana AA, Pelegrini PB, Grossi-de-Sá MF. Plant biofarming: Novel insights for peptide expression in heterologous systems. Biopolymers 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/bip.22089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Kajiura H, Okamoto T, Misaki R, Matsuura Y, Fujiyama K. Arabidopsis β1,2-xylosyltransferase: Substrate specificity and participation in the plant-specific N-glycosylation pathway. J Biosci Bioeng 2012; 113:48-54. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2011.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2011] [Revised: 09/17/2011] [Accepted: 09/20/2011] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Ruiz-May E, Kim SJ, Brandizzi F, Rose JKC. The secreted plant N-glycoproteome and associated secretory pathways. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2012; 3:117. [PMID: 22685447 PMCID: PMC3368311 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2012.00117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2012] [Accepted: 05/15/2012] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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N-Glycosylation is a common form of eukaryotic protein post-translational modification, and one that is particularly prevalent in plant cell wall proteins. Large scale and detailed characterization of N-glycoproteins therefore has considerable potential in better understanding the composition and functions of the cell wall proteome, as well as those proteins that reside in other compartments of the secretory pathway. While there have been numerous studies of mammalian and yeast N-glycoproteins, less is known about the population complexity, biosynthesis, structural variation, and trafficking of their plant counterparts. However, technical developments in the analysis of glycoproteins and the structures the glycans that they bear, as well as valuable comparative analyses with non-plant systems, are providing new insights into features that are common among eukaryotes and those that are specific to plants, some of which may reflect the unique nature of the plant cell wall. In this review we present an overview of the current knowledge of plant N-glycoprotein synthesis and trafficking, with particular reference to those that are cell wall localized.
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- Eliel Ruiz-May
- Department of Plant Biology, Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY, USA
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- Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, MI, USA
- DOE Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, MI, USA
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- Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, MI, USA
- DOE Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, MI, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY, USA
- *Correspondence: Jocelyn K. C. Rose, Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University, 412 Mann Library Building, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA. e-mail:
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Driouich A, Follet-Gueye ML, Bernard S, Kousar S, Chevalier L, Vicré-Gibouin M, Lerouxel O. Golgi-mediated synthesis and secretion of matrix polysaccharides of the primary cell wall of higher plants. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2012; 3:79. [PMID: 22639665 PMCID: PMC3355623 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2012.00079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2012] [Accepted: 04/09/2012] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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The Golgi apparatus of eukaryotic cells is known for its central role in the processing, sorting, and transport of proteins to intra- and extra-cellular compartments. In plants, it has the additional task of assembling and exporting the non-cellulosic polysaccharides of the cell wall matrix including pectin and hemicelluloses, which are important for plant development and protection. In this review, we focus on the biosynthesis of complex polysaccharides of the primary cell wall of eudicotyledonous plants. We present and discuss the compartmental organization of the Golgi stacks with regards to complex polysaccharide assembly and secretion using immuno-electron microscopy and specific antibodies recognizing various sugar epitopes. We also discuss the significance of the recently identified Golgi-localized glycosyltransferases responsible for the biosynthesis of xyloglucan (XyG) and pectin.
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- Azeddine Driouich
- Laboratoire ‶Glycobiologie et Matrice Extracellulaire Végétale″, UPRES EA 4358, Institut Federatif de Recherche Multidisciplinaire sur les Peptides, Plate-forme de Recherche en Imagerie Cellulaire de Haute Normandie, Université de RouenMont Saint Aignan, France
- *Correspondence: Azeddine Driouich, Laboratoire “Glycobiologie et Matrice Extracellulaire Végétale” UPRES EA 4358, Institut Federatif de Recherche Multidisciplinaire sur les Peptides, Plate-forme de Recherche en Imagerie Cellulaire de Haute Normandie, Université de Rouen, Rue Tesnière, Bâtiment Henri Gadeau de Kerville, 76821. Mont Saint Aignan, Cedex, France. e-mail:
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- Laboratoire ‶Glycobiologie et Matrice Extracellulaire Végétale″, UPRES EA 4358, Institut Federatif de Recherche Multidisciplinaire sur les Peptides, Plate-forme de Recherche en Imagerie Cellulaire de Haute Normandie, Université de RouenMont Saint Aignan, France
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- Laboratoire ‶Glycobiologie et Matrice Extracellulaire Végétale″, UPRES EA 4358, Institut Federatif de Recherche Multidisciplinaire sur les Peptides, Plate-forme de Recherche en Imagerie Cellulaire de Haute Normandie, Université de RouenMont Saint Aignan, France
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- Centre de Recherches sur les Macromolécules végétales–CNRS, Université Joseph FourierGrenoble, France
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- Institut des Matériaux/UMR6634/CNRS, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université de RouenSt. Etienne du Rouvray Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire ‶Glycobiologie et Matrice Extracellulaire Végétale″, UPRES EA 4358, Institut Federatif de Recherche Multidisciplinaire sur les Peptides, Plate-forme de Recherche en Imagerie Cellulaire de Haute Normandie, Université de RouenMont Saint Aignan, France
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- Centre de Recherches sur les Macromolécules végétales–CNRS, Université Joseph FourierGrenoble, France
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Kim DS, Shao Y, Lee JH, Yoon JS, Park SR, Choo YK, Hwang KA, Ko KS. Expression of Anti-breast Cancer Monoclonal Antibody in Transgenic Plant. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.5338/kjea.2011.30.4.390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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Minamisawa N, Sato M, Cho KH, Ueno H, Takechi K, Kajikawa M, Yamato KT, Ohyama K, Toyooka K, Kim GT, Horiguchi G, Takano H, Ueda T, Tsukaya H. ANGUSTIFOLIA, a plant homolog of CtBP/BARS, functions outside the nucleus. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2011; 68:788-99. [PMID: 21801251 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2011.04731.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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CtBP/BARS is a unique protein family in having quite diversified cellular functions, intercellular localizations, and developmental roles. ANGUSTIFOLIA (AN) is the sole homolog of CtBP/BARS from Arabidopsis thaliana, although it has plant AN-specific motifs and a long C-terminus. Previous studies suggested that AN would function in the nucleus as a transcriptional co-repressor, as CtBPs function in animals; however, precise verification has been lacking. In this paper, we isolated a homologous gene (MAN) of AN from liverwort, Marchantia polymorpha. Transformation of the Arabidopsis an-1 mutant with 35S-driven MAN completely complemented the an-1 phenotype, although it lacks the putative nuclear localization signal (NLS) that exists in AN proteins isolated from other plant species. We constructed several plasmids for expressing modified ANs with amino acid substitutions in known motifs. The results clearly indicated that modified AN with mutations in the putative NLS-like domain could complement the an-1 phenotype. Therefore, we re-examined localization of AN using several techniques. Our results demonstrated that AN localizes on punctuate structures around the Golgi, partially overlapping with a trans-Golgi network resident, which highlighted an unexpected link between leaf development and membrane trafficking. We should reconsider the roles and evolutionary traits of AN based on these findings.
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- Naoko Minamisawa
- Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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Madison SL, Nebenführ A. Live-cell imaging of dual-labeled Golgi stacks in tobacco BY-2 cells reveals similar behaviors for different cisternae during movement and brefeldin A treatment. MOLECULAR PLANT 2011; 4:896-908. [PMID: 21873295 DOI: 10.1093/mp/ssr067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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In plant cells, the Golgi apparatus consists of numerous stacks that, in turn, are composed of several flattened cisternae with a clear cis-to-trans polarity. During normal functioning within living cells, this unusual organelle displays a wide range of dynamic behaviors such as whole stack motility, constant membrane flux through the cisternae, and Golgi enzyme recycling through the ER. In order to further investigate various aspects of Golgi stack dynamics and integrity, we co-expressed pairs of established Golgi markers in tobacco BY-2 cells to distinguish sub-compartments of the Golgi during monensin treatments, movement, and brefeldin A (BFA)-induced disassembly. A combination of cis and trans markers revealed that Golgi stacks remain intact as they move through the cytoplasm. The Golgi stack orientation during these movements showed a slight preference for the cis side moving ahead, but trans cisternae were also found at the leading edge. During BFA treatments, the different sub-compartments of about half of the observed stacks fused with the ER sequentially; however, no consistent order could be detected. In contrast, the ionophore monensin resulted in swelling of trans cisternae while medial and particularly cis cisternae were mostly unaffected. Our results thus demonstrate a remarkable equivalence of the different cisternae with respect to movement and BFA-induced fusion with the ER. In addition, we propose that a combination of dual-label fluorescence microscopy and drug treatments can provide a simple alternative approach to the determination of protein localization to specific Golgi sub-compartments.
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- Stephanie L Madison
- Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-0840, USA
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Schoberer J, Strasser R. Sub-compartmental organization of Golgi-resident N-glycan processing enzymes in plants. MOLECULAR PLANT 2011; 4:220-8. [PMID: 21307368 PMCID: PMC3063520 DOI: 10.1093/mp/ssq082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2010] [Accepted: 12/17/2010] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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In all eukaryotes, the Golgi apparatus is the main site of protein glycosylation. It is widely accepted that the glycosidases and glycosyltransferases involved in N-glycan processing are found concentrated within the Golgi stack where they provide their function. This means that enzymes catalyzing early steps in the processing pathway are located mainly at the cis-side, whereas late-acting enzymes mostly locate to the trans-side of the stacks, creating a non-uniform distribution along the cis-trans axis of the Golgi. There is compelling evidence that the information for their sorting to specific Golgi cisternae depends on signals encoded in the proteins themselves as well as on the trafficking machinery that recognizes these signals and it is believed that cisternal sub-compartmentalization is achieved and maintained by a combination of retention and retrieval mechanisms. Yet, the signals, mechanism(s), and molecular factors involved are still unknown. Here, we address recent findings and summarize the current understanding of this fundamental process in plant cell biology.
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- Jennifer Schoberer
- School of Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Headington Campus, Gipsy Lane, Oxford, OX3 0BP, UK
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- Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
- To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail , fax +43 1 47654 6392, tel. +43 1 47654 6700
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Baïet B, Burel C, Saint-Jean B, Louvet R, Menu-Bouaouiche L, Kiefer-Meyer MC, Mathieu-Rivet E, Lefebvre T, Castel H, Carlier A, Cadoret JP, Lerouge P, Bardor M. N-glycans of Phaeodactylum tricornutum diatom and functional characterization of its N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase I enzyme. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:6152-64. [PMID: 21169367 PMCID: PMC3057864 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.175711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2010] [Revised: 12/08/2010] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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N-glycosylation, a major co- and post-translational event in the synthesis of proteins in eukaryotes, is unknown in aquatic photosynthetic microalgae. In this paper, we describe the N-glycosylation pathway in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. Bio-informatic analysis of its genome revealed the presence of a complete set of sequences potentially encoding for proteins involved in the synthesis of the lipid-linked Glc(3)Man(9)GlcNAc(2)-PP-dolichol N-glycan, some subunits of the oligosaccharyltransferase complex, as well as endoplasmic reticulum glucosidases and chaperones required for protein quality control and, finally, the α-mannosidase I involved in the trimming of the N-glycan precursor into Man-5 N-glycan. Moreover, one N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase I, a Golgi glycosyltransferase that initiates the synthesis of complex type N-glycans, was predicted in the P. tricornutum genome. We demonstrated that this gene encodes for an active N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase I, which is able to restore complex type N-glycans maturation in the Chinese hamster ovary Lec1 mutant, defective in its endogeneous N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase I. Consistent with these data, the structural analyses of N-linked glycans demonstrated that P. tricornutum proteins carry mainly high mannose type N-glycans ranging from Man-5 to Man-9. Although representing a minor glycan population, paucimannose N-glycans were also detected, suggesting the occurrence of an N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase I-dependent maturation of N-glycans in this diatom.
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- Bérengère Baïet
- Université de Rouen, Laboratoire Glycobiologie et Matrice Extracellulaire Végétale, Faculté des Sciences, 76821 Mont-Saint-Aignan Cédex, France
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Yin BJ, Gao T, Zheng NY, Li Y, Tang SY, Liang LM, Xie Q. Generation of glyco-engineered BY2 cell lines with decreased expression of plant-specific glycoepitopes. Protein Cell 2011; 2:41-7. [PMID: 21337008 PMCID: PMC4875288 DOI: 10.1007/s13238-011-1007-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2010] [Accepted: 01/06/2011] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Plants are known to be efficient hosts for the production of mammalian therapeutic proteins. However, plants produce complex N-glycans bearing β1,2-xylose and core α1,3-fucose residues, which are absent in mammals. The immunogenicity and allergenicity of plant-specific Nglycans is a key concern in mammalian therapy. In this study, we amplified the sequences of 2 plant-specific glycosyltransferases from Nicotiana tabacum L. cv Bright Yellow 2 (BY2), which is a well-established cell line widely used for the expression of therapeutic proteins. The expression of the endogenous xylosyltranferase (XylT) and fucosyltransferase (FucT) was downregulated by using RNA interference (RNAi) strategy. The xylosylated and core fucosylated N-glycans were significantly, but not completely, reduced in the glycoengineered lines. However, these RNAi-treated cell lines were stable and viable and did not exhibit any obvious phenotype. Therefore, this study may provide an effective and promising strategy to produce recombinant glycoproteins in BY2 cells with humanized N-glycoforms to avoid potential immunogenicity.
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- Bo-jiao Yin
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, National Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Datun Road, Beijing, 100101 China
- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen (Zhongshan) University, 135 Xingang Road W, Guangzhou, 510275 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, National Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Datun Road, Beijing, 100101 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, National Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Datun Road, Beijing, 100101 China
- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen (Zhongshan) University, 135 Xingang Road W, Guangzhou, 510275 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen (Zhongshan) University, 135 Xingang Road W, Guangzhou, 510275 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, National Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Datun Road, Beijing, 100101 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen (Zhongshan) University, 135 Xingang Road W, Guangzhou, 510275 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, National Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Datun Road, Beijing, 100101 China
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Chevalier L, Bernard S, Ramdani Y, Lamour R, Bardor M, Lerouge P, Follet-Gueye ML, Driouich A. Subcompartment localization of the side chain xyloglucan-synthesizing enzymes within Golgi stacks of tobacco suspension-cultured cells. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2010; 64:977-89. [PMID: 21143678 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2010.04388.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Xyloglucan is the dominant hemicellulosic polysaccharide of the primary cell wall of dicotyledonous plants that plays a key role in plant development. It is well established that xyloglucan is assembled within Golgi stacks and transported in Golgi-derived vesicles to the cell wall. It is also known that the biosynthesis of xyloglucan requires the action of glycosyltransferases including α-1,6-xylosyltransferase, β-1,2-galactosyltransferase and α-1,2-fucosyltransferase activities responsible for the addition of xylose, galactose and fucose residues to the side chains. There is, however, a lack of knowledge on how these enzymes are distributed within subcompartments of Golgi stacks. We have undertaken a study aiming at mapping these glycosyltransferases within Golgi stacks using immunogold-electron microscopy. To this end, we generated transgenic lines of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) BY-2 suspension-cultured cells expressing either the α-1,6-xylosyltransferase, AtXT1, the β-1,2-galactosyltransferase, AtMUR3, or the α-1,2-fucosyltransferase AtFUT1 of Arabidopsis thaliana fused to green-fluorescent protein (GFP). Localization of the fusion proteins within the endomembrane system was assessed using confocal microscopy. Additionally, tobacco cells were high pressure-frozen/freeze-substituted and subjected to quantitative immunogold labelling using anti-GFP antibodies to determine the localization patterns of the enzymes within subtypes of Golgi cisternae. The data demonstrate that: (i) all fusion proteins, AtXT1-GFP, AtMUR3-GFP and AtFUT1-GFP are specifically targeted to the Golgi apparatus; and (ii) AtXT1-GFP is mainly located in the cis and medial cisternae, AtMUR3-GFP is predominantly associated with medial cisternae and AtFUT1-GFP mostly detected over trans cisternae suggesting that initiation of xyloglucan side chains occurs in early Golgi compartments in tobacco cells.
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- Laurence Chevalier
- Laboratoire 'Glycobiologie et Matrice Extracellulaire Végétale,' UPRES EA 4358, Institut Fédératif de Recherche Multidisciplinaire sur les Peptides 23, Plate-forme de Recherche en Imagerie Cellulaire de Haute Normandie (PRIMACEN), IBiSA, Université de Rouen, 76821 Mont-Saint Aignan Cedex, France
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Assay and heterologous expression in Pichia pastoris of plant cell wall type-II membrane anchored glycosyltransferases. Glycoconj J 2010; 26:1235-46. [PMID: 19455420 PMCID: PMC2793385 DOI: 10.1007/s10719-009-9242-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2008] [Revised: 04/27/2009] [Accepted: 04/29/2009] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Two Arabidopsis xylosyltransferases, designated RGXT1 and RGXT2, were recently expressed in Baculovirus transfected insect cells and by use of the free sugar assay shown to catalyse transfer of D-xylose from UDP-α-D-xylose to L-fucose and derivatives hereof. We have now examined expression of RGXT1 and RGXT2 in Pichia pastoris and compared the two expression systems. Pichia transformants, expressing soluble, secreted forms of RGXT1 and RGXT2 with an N- or C-terminal Flag-tag, accumulated recombinant, hyper-glycosylated proteins at levels between 6 and 16 mg protein • L-1 in the media fractions. When incubated with 0.5 M L-fucose and UDP-D-xylose all four RGXT1 and RGXT2 variants catalyzed transfer of D-xylose onto L-fucose with estimated turnover numbers between 0.15 and 0.3 sec-1, thus demonstrating that a free C-terminus is not required for activity. N- and O-glycanase treatment resulted in deglycosylation of all four proteins, and this caused a loss of xylosyltransferase activity for the C-terminally but not the N-terminally Flag-tagged proteins. The RGXT1 and RGXT2 proteins displayed an absolute requirement for Mn2+ and were active over a broad pH range. Simple dialysis of media fractions or purification on phenyl Sepharose columns increased enzyme activities 2-8 fold enabling direct verification of the product formed in crude assay mixtures using electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. Pichia expressed and dialysed RGXT variants yielded activities within the range 0.011 to 0.013 U (1 U = 1 nmol conversion of substrate • min-1 • µl medium-1) similar to those of RGXT1 and RGXT2 expressed in Baculovirus transfected insect Sf9 cells. In summary, the data presented suggest that Pichia is an attractive host candidate for expression of plant glycosyltransferases.
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Khalil MFM, Kajiura H, Fujiyama K, Koike K, Ishida N, Tanaka N. The impact of the overexpression of human UDP-galactose transporter gene hUGT1 in tobacco plants. J Biosci Bioeng 2010; 109:159-69. [PMID: 20129101 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2009.07.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2009] [Revised: 07/22/2009] [Accepted: 07/24/2009] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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When the human UDP-galactose transporter 1 gene (hUGT1) was introduced into tobacco plants, the plants displayed enhanced growth during cultivation, and axillary shoots had an altered determinate growth habit, elongating beyond the primary shoots and having a sympodial growth pattern similar to that observed in tomatoes at a late cultivation stage. The architecture and properties of tissues in hUGT1-transgenic plants were also altered. The leaves had an increase in thickness, due to an increased amount of spongy tissue, and a higher content of chlorophyll a and b; the stems had an increased number of xylem vessels and accumulated lignin and arabinogalactan proteins (AGPs). Some of these characteristics resembled a gibberellin (GA)-responsive phenotype, suggesting involvement of GA. RT-PCR-based analysis of genes involved in GA biosynthesis suggested that the GA biosynthetic pathway was not activated. However, an increase in the proportion of galactose in polysaccharide side chains of AGPs was detected. These results suggested that because of higher UDP-galactose transport from the cytosol to the Golgi apparatus, galactose incorporation into polysaccharide side chains of AGP is involved in the gibberellin response, resulting in morphological and architectural changes.
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Boulaflous A, Saint-Jore-Dupas C, Herranz-Gordo MC, Pagny-Salehabadi S, Plasson C, Garidou F, Kiefer-Meyer MC, Ritzenthaler C, Faye L, Gomord V. Cytosolic N-terminal arginine-based signals together with a luminal signal target a type II membrane protein to the plant ER. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2009; 9:144. [PMID: 19995436 PMCID: PMC2799409 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-9-144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2009] [Accepted: 12/08/2009] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND In eukaryotic cells, the membrane compartments that constitute the exocytic pathway are traversed by a constant flow of lipids and proteins. This is particularly true for the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), the main "gateway of the secretory pathway", where biosynthesis of sterols, lipids, membrane-bound and soluble proteins, and glycoproteins occurs. Maintenance of the resident proteins in this compartment implies they have to be distinguished from the secretory cargo. To this end, they must possess specific ER localization determinants to prevent their exit from the ER, and/or to interact with receptors responsible for their retrieval from the Golgi apparatus. Very few information is available about the signal(s) involved in the retention of membrane type II protein in the ER but it is generally accepted that sorting of ER type II cargo membrane proteins depends on motifs mainly located in their cytosolic tails. RESULTS Here, using Arabidopsis glucosidase I as a model, we have identified two types of signals sufficient for the location of a type II membrane protein in the ER. A first signal is located in the luminal domain, while a second signal corresponds to a short amino acid sequence located in the cytosolic tail of the membrane protein. The cytosolic tail contains at its N-terminal end four arginine residues constitutive of three di-arginine motifs (RR, RXR or RXXR) independently sufficient to confer ER localization. Interestingly, when only one di-arginine motif is present, fusion proteins are located both in the ER and in mobile punctate structures, distinct but close to Golgi bodies. Soluble and membrane ER protein markers are excluded from these punctate structures, which also do not colocalize with an ER-exit-site marker. It is hypothesized they correspond to sites involved in Golgi to ER retrotransport. CONCLUSION Altogether, these results clearly show that cytosolic and luminal signals responsible for ER retention could coexist in a same type II membrane protein. These data also suggest that both retrieval and retention mechanisms govern protein residency in the ER membrane. We hypothesized that mobile punctate structures not yet described at the ER/Golgi interface and tentatively named GERES, could be involved in retrieval mechanisms from the Golgi to the ER.
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- Aurélia Boulaflous
- Laboratoire GLYCAD, IFRMP 23, Université de Rouen, 76821 Mont Saint Aignan Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire GLYCAD, IFRMP 23, Université de Rouen, 76821 Mont Saint Aignan Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire GLYCAD, IFRMP 23, Université de Rouen, 76821 Mont Saint Aignan Cedex, France
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- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des plantes, 12 rue du Général Zimmer, 67084 Strasbourg Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire GLYCAD, IFRMP 23, Université de Rouen, 76821 Mont Saint Aignan Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire GLYCAD, IFRMP 23, Université de Rouen, 76821 Mont Saint Aignan Cedex, France
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Kajiura H, Koiwa H, Nakazawa Y, Okazawa A, Kobayashi A, Seki T, Fujiyama K. Two Arabidopsis thaliana Golgi alpha-mannosidase I enzymes are responsible for plant N-glycan maturation. Glycobiology 2009; 20:235-47. [PMID: 19914916 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwp170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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N-Glycosylation is an important post-translational modification that occurs in many secreted and membrane proteins in eukaryotic cells. Golgi alpha-mannosidase I hydrolases (MANI) are key enzymes that play a role in the early N-glycan modification pathway in the Golgi apparatus. In Arabidopsis thaliana, two putative MANI genes, AtMANIa (At3g21160) and AtMANIb (At1g51590), were identified. Biochemical analysis using bacterially produced recombinant AtMANI isoforms revealed that both AtMANI isoforms encode 1-deoxymannojirimycin-sensitive alpha-mannosidase I and act on Man(8)GlcNAc(2) and Man(9)GlcNAc(2) structures to yield Man(5)GlcNAc(2). Structures of hydrolytic intermediates accumulated in the AtMANI reactions indicate that AtMANIs employ hydrolytic pathways distinct from those of mammalian MANIs. In planta, AtMANI-GFP/DsRed fusion proteins were detected in the Golgi stacks. Arabidopsis mutant lines manIa-1, manIa-2, manIb-1, and manIb-2 showed N-glycan profiles similar to that of wild type. On the other hand, the manIa manIb double mutant lines produced Man(8)GlcNAc(2) as the predominant N-glycan and lacked plant-specific complex and hybrid N-glycans. These data indicate that either AtMANIa or AtMANIb can function as the Golgi alpha-mannosidase I that produces the Man(5)GlcNAc(2) N-glycan structure necessary for complex N-glycan synthesis.
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- Hiroyuki Kajiura
- International Center for Biotechnology, Osaka University, Suita-shi, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Karg SR, Kallio PT. The production of biopharmaceuticals in plant systems. Biotechnol Adv 2009; 27:879-894. [PMID: 19647060 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2009.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2009] [Revised: 07/15/2009] [Accepted: 07/17/2009] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Biopharmaceuticals present the fastest growing segment in the pharmaceutical industry, with an ever widening scope of applications. Whole plants as well as contained plant cell culture systems are being explored for their potential as cheap, safe, and scalable production hosts. The first plant-derived biopharmaceuticals have now reached the clinic. Many biopharmaceuticals are glycoproteins; as the Golgi N-glycosylation machinery of plants differs from the mammalian machinery, the N-glycoforms introduced on plant-produced proteins need to be taken into consideration. Potent systems have been developed to change the plant N-glycoforms to a desired or even superior form compared to the native mammalian N-glycoforms. This review describes the current status of biopharmaceutical production in plants for industrial applications. The recent advances and tools which have been utilized to generate glycoengineered plants are also summarized and compared with the relevant mammalian systems whenever applicable.
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- Saskia R Karg
- Institute of Microbiology, ETH Zurich, Wolfgang-Pauli Strasse 10, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland.
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- Institute of Microbiology, ETH Zurich, Wolfgang-Pauli Strasse 10, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland.
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Zhou Y, Li S, Qian Q, Zeng D, Zhang M, Guo L, Liu X, Zhang B, Deng L, Liu X, Luo G, Wang X, Li J. BC10, a DUF266-containing and Golgi-located type II membrane protein, is required for cell-wall biosynthesis in rice (Oryza sativa L.). THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2009; 57:446-62. [PMID: 18939965 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2008.03703.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Glycosyltransferases (GTs) are one of the largest enzyme groups required for the synthesis of complex wall polysaccharides and glycoproteins in plants. However, due to the limited number of related mutants that have observable phenotypes, the biological function(s) of most GTs in cell-wall biosynthesis and assembly have remained elusive. We report here the isolation and in-depth characterization of a brittle rice mutant, brittle culm 10 (bc10). bc10 plants show pleiotropic phenotypes, including brittleness of the plant body and retarded growth. The BC10 gene was cloned through a map-based approach, and encodes a Golgi-located type II membrane protein that contains a domain designated as 'domain of unknown function 266' (DUF266) and represents a multiple gene family in rice. BC10 has low sequence similarity with the domain to a core 2 beta-1,6-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase (C2GnT), and its in vitro enzymatic activity suggests that it functions as a glycosyltransferase. Monosaccharide analysis of total and fractioned wall residues revealed that bc10 showed impaired cellulose biosynthesis. Immunolocalization and isolation of arabinogalactan proteins (AGPs) in the wild-type and bc10 showed that the level of AGPs in the mutant is significantly affected. BC10 is mainly expressed in the developing sclerenchyma and vascular bundle cells, and its deficiency causes a reduction in the levels of cellulose and AGPs, leading to inferior mechanical properties.
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- Yihua Zhou
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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Farrokhi N, Hrmova M, Burton RA, Fincher GB. Heterologous and cell free protein expression systems. Methods Mol Biol 2009; 513:175-198. [PMID: 19347659 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-427-8_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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In recognition of the fact that a relatively small percentage of 'named' genes in databases have any experimental proof for their annotation, attention is shifting towards the more accurate assignment of functions to individual genes in a genome. The central objective will be to reduce our reliance on nucleotide or amino acid sequence similarities as a means to define the functions of genes and to annotate genome sequences. There are many unsolved technical difficulties associated with the purification of specific proteins from extracts of biological material, especially where the protein is present in low abundance, has multiple isoforms or is found in multiple post-translationally modified forms. The relative ease with which cDNAs can be cloned has led to the development of methods through which cDNAs from essentially any source can be expressed in a limited range of suitable host organisms, so that sufficient levels of the encoded proteins can be generated for functional analysis. Recently, these heterologous expression systems have been supplemented by more robust prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell-free protein synthesis systems. In this chapter, common host systems for heterologous expression are reviewed and the current status of cell-free expression systems will be presented. New approaches to overcoming the special problems encountered during the expression of membrane-associated proteins will also be addressed. Methodological considerations, including the characteristics of codon usage in the expressed DNA, peptide tags that facilitate subsequent purification of the expressed proteins and the role of post-translational modifications, are examined.
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- Naser Farrokhi
- Department of Biological Sciences, California State University, Long Beach, CA, USA
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Burton RA, Collins HM, Fincher GB. The Role of Endosperm Cell Walls in Barley Malting Quality. ADVANCED TOPICS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN CHINA 2009. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-01279-2_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Frey AD, Karg SR, Kallio PT. Expression of rat beta(1,4)-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase III in Nicotiana tabacum remodels the plant-specific N-glycosylation. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2009; 7:33-48. [PMID: 18778316 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2008.00370.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Plant N-linked glycans differ substantially from their mammalian counterparts, mainly with respect to modifications of the core glycan, which typically contains a beta(1,2)-xylose and an alpha(1,3)-fucose. The addition of a bisecting N-acetylglucosamine residue by beta(1,4)-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase III (GnTIII) is known to control the processing of N-linked glycans in mammals, for example by preventing alpha(1,6)-fucosylation of the core glycan. In order to outcompete plant-specific beta(1,2)-xylose and alpha(1,3)-fucose modifications, rat GnTIII was expressed either with its native localization domain (GnTIII) or with the cytoplasmic tail, transmembrane domain and stem region (CTS) of Arabidopsis thaliana mannosidase II (ManII) (GnTIII(A.th.)). Both CTSs targeted enhanced yellow fluorescent protein (eYFP) to a brefeldin A-sensitive compartment, indicative of Golgi localization. GnTIII expression increased the fraction of N-glycans devoid of xylose and fucose from 13% +/- 7% in wild-type plants to 60% +/- 8% in plants expressing GnTIII(A.th.). N-Glycans of plants expressing rat GnTIII contained three major glycan structures of complex bisected, complex, or hybrid bisected type, accounting for 70%-85% of the total N-glycans. On expression of GnTIII(A.th.), N-glycans displayed a higher heterogeneity and were of hybrid type. Co-expression of A. thaliana ManII significantly increased the amount of complex bisected structures relative to the plants expressing GnTIII or GnTIII(A.th.), whereas co-expression of human ManII did not redirect the pool of hybrid structures towards complex-type structures. The method described offers the advantage that it can be implemented in any desired plant system for effective removal of beta(1,2)-xylose and alpha(1,3)-fucose from the N-glycan.
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- Alexander D Frey
- Institute of Microbiology, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland.
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Plants have emerged in the past decade as a suitable alternative to the current production systems for recombinant pharmaceutical proteins and, today their potential for low-cost production of high quality, much safer and biologically active mammalian proteins is largely documented. Among various plant expression systems being explored, genetically modified suspension-cultured plant cells offer a promising system for production of biopharmaceuticals. Indeed, when compared to other plant-based production platforms that have been explored, suspension-cultured plant cells have the advantage of being totally devoid of problems associated with the vagaries of weather, pest, soil and gene flow in the environment. Because of short growth cycles, the timescale needed for the production of recombinant proteins in plant cell culture can be counted in days or weeks after transformation compared to months needed for the production in transgenic plants. Moreover, recovery and purification of recombinant proteins from plant biomass is an expensive and technically challenging business that may amount to 80-94% of the final product cost. One additional advantage of plant cell culture is that the recombinant protein fused with a signal sequence can be expressed and secreted into the culture medium, and therefore recovered and purified in the absence of large quantities of contaminating proteins. Consequently, the downstream processing of proteins extracted from plant cell culture medium is less expensive, which may/does balance the higher costs of fermentation. When needed for clinical use, recombinant proteins are easily produced in suspension-cultured plant cells under certified, controllable and sterile conditions that offer improved safety and provide advantages for good manufacturing practices and regulatory compliance. In this chapter, we present basic protocols for rapid generation of transgenic suspension-cultured cells of Nicotiana tabacum, Oriza sativa and Arabidopis thaliana. These systems are powerful tools for plant-made pharmaceuticals production in highly controlled conditions.
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Sado PE, Tessier D, Vasseur M, Elmorjani K, Guillon F, Saulnier L. Integrating genes and phenotype: a wheat-Arabidopsis-rice glycosyltransferase database for candidate gene analyses. Funct Integr Genomics 2008; 9:43-58. [PMID: 19005709 DOI: 10.1007/s10142-008-0100-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2008] [Revised: 10/20/2008] [Accepted: 10/20/2008] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Glycosyltransferases (GTs) constitute a very large multi-gene superfamily, containing several thousand members identified in sequenced organisms especially in plants. GTs are key enzymes involved in various biological processes such as cell wall formation, storage polysaccharides biosynthesis, and glycosylation of various metabolites. GTs have been identified in rice (Oryza sativa) and Arabidopsis thaliana, but their precise function has been demonstrated biochemically for only a few. In this work we have established a repertoire of virtually all the wheat (Triticum aestivum) GT sequences, using the large publicly available banks of expressed sequences. Based on sequence similarity with Arabidopsis and rice GTs compiled in the carbohydrate active enzyme database (CAZY), we have identified and classified these wheat sequences. The results were used to feed a searchable database available on the web ( http://wwwappli.nantes.inra.fr:8180/GTIDB ) that can be used for initiating an exhaustive candidate gene survey in wheat applied to a particular biological process. This is illustrated through the identification of GT families which are expressed during cell wall formation in wheat grain maturation.
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- Pierre-Etienne Sado
- INRA, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Unité de Recherche Biopolymères, Interactions, Assemblages, 44316, Nantes Cedex 3, France.
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