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Faraji S, Ahmadizadeh M, Heidari P. Genome-wide comparative analysis of Mg transporter gene family between Triticum turgidum and Camelina sativa. Biometals 2021; 34:639-660. [PMID: 33783656 DOI: 10.1007/s10534-021-00301-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2020] [Accepted: 03/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Magnesium (Mg) as a bimetal plays critical roles in biochemical processes, membrane stability, and enzyme activity. Mg transporters (MGTs) are involving in maintaining Mg homeostasis in cells. Although the MGT family members have been identified in different plant species, there is no comprehensive analysis of the other plants' MGT genes. In the current study, 62 and 41 non-redundant putative MGT proteins were recognized into the genome of Camelina sativa, and Triticum turgidum and they were compared based on physicochemical properties, protein structure, expression, and interaction. All identified MGTs were classified into three subgroups, NIPA, CorA, and MRS2/MGT, based on conserved-motifs distribution. The results showed that the secondary structure pattern in NIPA and MRS2 subfamily members in both studied plant species were highly similar. Furthermore, MGTs encompass the conserved structures and the critical sites mainly in the metal ion and Mg2+ binding centers as well as the catalytic sites were observed. The highest numbers of protein channels were predicted in CorA proteins in both C. sativa and T. turgidum with 24 and 17 channel numbers, respectively. The Ser, Pro, Gly, Lys, Tyr, and Arg amino acids were predicted as the binding residues in MGTs channel regions. The expression pattern of identified genes demonstrated that MGT genes have diverse tissue-specific expression and stress response expression patterns. Besides, 147 co-expressed genes with MGTs were clustered into the eight co-expression nodes involved in N-glycan biosynthesis, protein processing in the endoplasmic reticulum, carbon metabolism, biosynthesis of amino acids, and endocytosis. In the present study, all interpretations are based on in silico predictions, which can be used in further studies related to functional genomics of MGT genes.
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- Sahar Faraji
- Department of Plant Breeding, Faculty of Crop Sciences, Sari Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University (SANRU), 4818168984, Sari, Iran
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Shahrood University of Technology, 3619995161, Shahrood, Iran.
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Hoepflinger MC, Geretschlaeger A, Sommer A, Hoeftberger M, Hametner C, Ueda T, Foissner I. Molecular Analysis and Localization of CaARA7 a Conventional RAB5 GTPase from Characean Algae. Traffic 2015; 16:534-54. [PMID: 25639563 PMCID: PMC4898595 DOI: 10.1111/tra.12267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2014] [Revised: 01/27/2015] [Accepted: 01/27/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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RAB5 GTPases are important regulators of endosomal membrane traffic. Among them Arabidopsis thaliana ARA7/RABF2b is highly conserved and homologues are present in fungal, animal and plant kingdoms. In land plants ARA7 and its homologues are involved in endocytosis and transport towards the vacuole. Here we report on the isolation of an ARA7 homologue (CaARA7/CaRABF2) in the highly evolved characean green alga Chara australis. It encodes a polypeptide of 202 amino acids with a calculated molecular mass of 22.2 kDa and intrinsic GTPase activity. Immunolabelling of internodal cells with a specific antibody reveals CaARA7 epitopes at multivesicular endosomes (MVEs) and at MVE-containing wortmannin (WM) compartments. When transiently expressed in epidermal cells of Nicotiana benthamiana leaves, fluorescently tagged CaARA7 localizes to small organelles (putative MVEs) and WM compartments, and partially colocalizes with AtARA7 and CaARA6, a plant specific RABF1 GTPase. Mutations in membrane anchoring and GTP binding sites alter localization of CaARA7 and affect GTPase activity, respectively. This first detailed study of a conventional RAB5 GTPase in green algae demonstrates that CaARA7 is similar to RAB5 GTPases from land plants and other organisms and shows conserved structure and localization.
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- Marion C. Hoepflinger
- Department of Cell Biology/Plant Physiology, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstrasse 34, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Cell Biology/Plant Physiology, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstrasse 34, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Cell Biology/Plant Physiology, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstrasse 34, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Cell Biology/Plant Physiology, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstrasse 34, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Organismic Biology, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstrasse 34, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033 Japan
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- Department of Cell Biology/Plant Physiology, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstrasse 34, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
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Liu ZL, Luo C, Dong L, Van Toan C, Wei PX, He XH. Molecular characterization and expression analysis of a GTP-binding protein (MiRab5) in Mangifera indica. Gene 2014; 540:86-91. [PMID: 24560931 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2014.02.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2013] [Revised: 02/14/2014] [Accepted: 02/17/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The Rab family, the largest branch of Ras small GTPases, plays a crucial role in the vesicular transport in plants. The members of Rab family act as molecular switches that regulate the fusion of vesicles with target membranes through conformational changes. However, little is known about the Rab5 gene involved in fruit ripening and stress response. In this study, the MiRab5 gene was isolated from stress-induced Mangifera indica. The full-length cDNA sequence was 984bp and contained an open reading frame of 600bp, which encoded a 200 amino acid protein with a molecular weight of 21.83kDa and a theoretical isoelectric point of 6.99. The deduced amino acid sequence exhibited high homology with tomato (91% similarity) and contains all five characteristic Rab motifs. Real-time quantitative RT-PCR analysis demonstrated that MiRab5 was ubiquitously expressed in various mango tree tissues at different levels. The expression of MiRab5 was up-regulated during later stages of fruit ripening. Moreover, MiRab5 was generally up-regulated in response to various abiotic stresses (cold, salinity, and PEG treatments). Recombinant MiRab5 protein was successfully expressed and purified. SDS-PAGE and western blot analysis indicated that the expressed protein was recognized by the anti-6-His antibody. These results provide insights into the role of the MiRab5 gene family in fruit ripening and stress responses in the mango plant.
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- Zhao-liang Liu
- College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, PR China
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- College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, PR China
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- College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, PR China
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- College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, PR China
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- College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, PR China
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- College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, PR China; Guangxi Crop Genetic Improvement and Biotechnology Laboratory, Nanning 530007, PR China.
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Liu Y, Li J. Endoplasmic reticulum-mediated protein quality control in Arabidopsis. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2014; 5:162. [PMID: 24817869 PMCID: PMC4012192 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2013] [Accepted: 04/07/2014] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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A correct three-dimensional structure is crucial for the physiological functions of a protein, yet the folding of proteins to acquire native conformation is a fundamentally error-prone process. Eukaryotic organisms have evolved a highly conserved endoplasmic reticulum-mediated protein quality control (ERQC) mechanism to monitor folding processes of secretory and membrane proteins, allowing export of only correctly folded proteins to their physiological destinations, retaining incompletely/mis-folded ones in the ER for additional folding attempts, marking and removing terminally misfolded ones via a unique multiple-step degradation process known as ER-associated degradation (ERAD). Most of our current knowledge on ERQC and ERAD came from genetic and biochemical investigations in yeast and mammalian cells. Recent studies in the reference plant Arabidopsis thaliana uncovered homologous components and similar mechanisms in plants for monitoring protein folding and for retaining, repairing, and removing misfolded proteins. These studies also revealed critical roles of the plant ERQC/ERAD systems in regulating important biochemical/physiological processes, such as abiotic stress tolerance and plant defense. In this review, we discuss our current understanding about the molecular components and biochemical mechanisms of the plant ERQC/ERAD system in comparison to yeast and mammalian systems.
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- *Correspondence: Jianming Li, Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, 4085 Natural Science Building, 830 North University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1048, USA e-mail:
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Gonçalves S, Cairney J, Rodríguez MP, Cánovas F, Oliveira M, Miguel C. PpRab1, a Rab GTPase from maritime pine is differentially expressed during embryogenesis. Mol Genet Genomics 2007; 278:273-82. [PMID: 17562081 DOI: 10.1007/s00438-007-0247-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2006] [Accepted: 05/07/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Rab-related small GTP-binding proteins are known to be involved in the regulation of the vesicular transport system in eukaryotic cells. We report the characterization of a previously isolated full-length cDNA PpRab1 from Pinus pinaster. Amino acid sequence analysis revealed the presence of G1-G5 conserved domains of the GTPase Ras superfamily and a double cysteine motif in the C-terminal, characteristic of Rab proteins. The PpRab1 protein shows high sequence similarity to several Rab1 GTP-binding proteins in plants. Phylogenetic analysis showed that, within the Ras superfamily, PpRab1 is more closely related to the Rab family and within this, PpRab1 protein was found to cluster with Arabidopsis subfamily AtRABE, whose members are known to regulate ER-to-Golgi membrane trafficking steps. PpRab1 transcripts were expressed at constitutively high levels for the initial stages of zygotic embryo development, and then their relative abundance decreased as embryo matures. The PpRab1 transcript is not embryo-specific as it was found in roots, cotyledons and hypocotyls. An increase in PpRab1 expression level was observed when seeds are germinated and collected at successive time points of development. In situ RT-PCR analysis revealed an expression signal in early zygotic embryos. In view of the proposed roles of Rab1 GTP-binding protein, the possible function of the protein encoded by PpRab1 in embryogenesis is discussed.
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- Sónia Gonçalves
- Forest Biotech Lab, Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica (IBET)/Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica (ITQB), Quinta do Marquês, 2784-505 Oeiras, Portugal
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Hanton SL, Bortolotti LE, Renna L, Stefano G, Brandizzi F. Crossing the divide--transport between the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus in plants. Traffic 2005; 6:267-77. [PMID: 15752133 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2005.00278.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The transport of proteins between the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and the Golgi apparatus in plants is an exciting and constantly expanding topic, which has attracted much attention in recent years. The study of protein transport within the secretory pathway is a relatively new field, dating back to the 1970s for mammalian cells and considerably later for plants. This may explain why COPI- and COPII-mediated transport between the ER and the Golgi in plants is only now becoming clear, while the existence of these pathways in other organisms is relatively well documented. We summarize current knowledge of these protein transport routes, as well as highlighting key differences between those of plant systems and those of mammals and yeast. These differences have necessitated the study of plant-specific aspects of protein transport in the early secretory pathway, and this review discusses recent developments in this area. Advances in live-cell-imaging technology have allowed the observation of protein movement in vivo, giving a new insight into many of the processes involved in vesicle formation and protein trafficking. The use of these new technologies has been combined with more traditional methods, such as protein biochemistry and electron microscopy, to increase our understanding of the transport routes in the cell.
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- Sally L Hanton
- Department of Biology, 112 Science Place, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5E2, Canada.
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Renna L, Hanton SL, Stefano G, Bortolotti L, Misra V, Brandizzi F. Identification and characterization of AtCASP, a plant transmembrane Golgi matrix protein. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2005; 58:109-22. [PMID: 16028120 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-005-4618-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2005] [Accepted: 03/28/2005] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Golgins are a family of coiled-coil proteins that are associated with the Golgi apparatus. They are necessary for tethering events in membrane fusion and may act as structural support for Golgi cisternae. Here we report on the identification of an Arabidopsis golgin which is a homologue of CASP, a known transmembrane mammalian and yeast golgin. Similar to its homologues, the plant CASP contains a long N-terminal coiled-coil region protruding into the cytosol and a C-terminal transmembrane domain with amino acid residues which are highly conserved across species. Through fluorescent protein tagging experiments, we show that plant CASP localizes at the plant Golgi apparatus and that the C-terminus of this protein is sufficient for its localization, as has been shown for its mammalian counterpart. In addition, we demonstrate that the plant CASP is able to localize at the mammalian Golgi apparatus. However, mutagenesis of a conserved tyrosine in the transmembrane domain revealed that it is necessary for ER export and Golgi localization of the Arabidopsis CASP in mammalian cells, but is not required for its correct localization in plant cells. These data suggest that mammalian and plant cells have different mechanisms for concentrating CASP in the Golgi apparatus.
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- Luciana Renna
- Department of Biology, 112 Science Place, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5E2, Canada
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Nahm MY, Kim SW, Yun D, Lee SY, Cho MJ, Bahk JD. Molecular and biochemical analyses of OsRab7, a rice Rab7 homolog. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2003; 44:1341-9. [PMID: 14701929 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcg163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Rab7 is a small GTP-binding protein important in early to late endosome/lysosome vesicular transport in mammalian cells. We have isolated a Rab7 cDNA clone, OsRab7, from a cold-treated rice cDNA library by the subtraction screening method. The cDNA encodes a polypeptide of 206 amino acids with a calculated molecular mass of about 23 kDa. Its predicted amino acid sequence shows significantly high identity with the sequences of other Rab7 proteins. His-tagged OsRab7 bound to radiolabeled GTPgammaS in a specific and stoichiometric manner. Biochemical and structural properties of the Rab7 wild type (WT) protein were compared to those of Q67L and T22N mutants. The detergent 3-([3-cholamidopropyl]dimethylammonio)-1-propane sulfonate (CHAPS) increased the guanine nucleotide binding and hydrolysis activities of Rab7WT. The OsRab7Q67L mutant showed much lower GTPase activity compared to the WT protein untreated with CHAPS, and the T22N mutant showed no GTP binding activity at all. The OsRab7Q67L mutant was constitutively active for guanine nucleotide binding while the T22N mutant (dominant negative) showed no guanine nucleotide binding activity. When bound to GTP, the Rab7WT and the Q67L mutants were protected from tryptic proteolysis. The cleavage pattern of the Rab7T22N mutant, however, was not affected by GTP addition. Northern and Western blot analyses suggested that OsRab7 is distributed in various tissues of rice. Furthermore, expression of a rice Rab7 gene was differentially regulated by various environmental stimuli such as cold, NaCl, dehydration, and ABA. In addition, subcellular localization of OsRab7 was investigated in the Arabidopsis protoplasts by a double-labeling experiment using GFP-fused OsRab7 and FM4-64. GFP-OsRab7 is localized to the vacuolar membrane, suggesting that OsRab7 is implicated in a vesicular transport to the vacuole in plant cells.
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- Min Yeop Nahm
- Division of Applied Life Science (BK21), Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 660-701 Korea
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Rutherford S, Moore I. The Arabidopsis Rab GTPase family: another enigma variation. CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2002; 5:518-28. [PMID: 12393015 DOI: 10.1016/s1369-5266(02)00307-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 246] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The Arabidopsis genome sequence reveals that gene families such as the Rab GTPase family, which encodes key determinants of vesicle-targeting specificity, are considerably more diverse in plants and mammals than in yeast. In mammals, this diversity appears to reflect the complexity of membrane trafficking. Phylogenetic analyses indicate that, despite its large size, the Arabidopsis Rab family lacks most of the Rab subclasses found in mammals. The Arabidopsis Rab family has, however, undergone a distinct 'adaptive radiation' that has given rise to proteins that may perform plant-specific functions.
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- Stephen Rutherford
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3RB, UK.
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Takeuchi M, Ueda T, Yahara N, Nakano A. Arf1 GTPase plays roles in the protein traffic between the endoplasmic reticulum and the Golgi apparatus in tobacco and Arabidopsis cultured cells. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2002; 31:499-515. [PMID: 12182707 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313x.2002.01372.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Arf GTPases are known to be key regulators of vesicle budding in various steps of membrane traffic in yeast and animal cells. We cloned the Arabidopsis Arf1 homologue, AtArf1, and examined its function. AtArf1 complements yeast arf1 arf2 mutants and its GFP-fusion is localized to the Golgi apparatus in plant cells like its animal counterpart. The expression of dominant negative mutants of AtArf1 in tobacco and Arabidopsis cultured cells affected the localization of co-expressed GFP-tagged proteins in a variety of ways. AtArf1 Q71L and AtArf1 T31N, GTP- and GDP-fixed mutants, respectively, changed the localization of a cis-Golgi marker, AtErd2-GFP, from the Golgi apparatus to the endoplasmic reticulum but not that of GFP-AtRer1B or GFP-AtSed5. GFP-AtRer1B and GFP-AtSed5 were accumulated in aberrant structures of the Golgi by AtArf1 Q71L. A soluble vacuolar protein, sporamin-GFP, was also located to the ER by AtArf1 Q71L. These results indicate that AtArf1 play roles in the vesicular transport between the ER and the Golgi and in the maintenance of the normal Golgi organization in plant cells.
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- Masaki Takeuchi
- Molecular Membrane Biology Laboratory, Plant Science Center, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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Ueda T, Yamaguchi M, Uchimiya H, Nakano A. Ara6, a plant-unique novel type Rab GTPase, functions in the endocytic pathway of Arabidopsis thaliana. EMBO J 2001; 20:4730-41. [PMID: 11532937 PMCID: PMC125591 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/20.17.4730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 399] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Ara6 of Arabidopsis thaliana is a novel member of the Rab/Ypt GTPase family with unique structural features. It resembles Rab5 GTPases best, but lacks a large part of the C-terminal hypervariable region and the cysteine motif, and instead harbors an extra stretch of amino acid residues containing myristoylation and palmitoylation sites at the N-terminus. Ara6 is tightly associated with membranes and is expressed constitutively. In contrast, the conventional Rab5 ortholog, Ara7, is highly expressed only in actively dividing cells. Examination of green fluorescent protein (GFP)-tagged proteins indicates that both Ara6 and Ara7 are distributed on a subpopulation of endosomes and suggests their roles in endosomal fusion. The endosomal localization of Ara6 requires N-terminal fatty acylation, nucleotide binding and the C-terminal amino acid sequence coordinately. Proteins similar to Ara6 are found only in higher plants and thus represent a novel class of Rab GTPases regulating endocytic function in a plant- specific manner.
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- Takashi Ueda
- Molecular Membrane Biology Laboratory, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198 and
Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan Corresponding author e-mail:
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- Molecular Membrane Biology Laboratory, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198 and
Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan Corresponding author e-mail:
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- Molecular Membrane Biology Laboratory, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198 and
Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan Corresponding author e-mail:
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Kang JG, Yun J, Kim DH, Chung KS, Fujioka S, Kim JI, Dae HW, Yoshida S, Takatsuto S, Song PS, Park CM. Light and brassinosteroid signals are integrated via a dark-induced small G protein in etiolated seedling growth. Cell 2001; 105:625-36. [PMID: 11389832 DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(01)00370-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Plant growth and development are regulated through coordinated interactions between light and phytohormones. Here, we demonstrate that a dark-induced small G protein, pea Pra2, regulates a variant cytochrome P450 that catalyzes C-2 hydroxylation in brassinosteroid biosynthesis. The cytochrome P450 is dark-induced and predominantly expressed in the rapidly elongating zone of etiolated pea epicotyls, where Pra2 is also most abundant. Transgenic plants with reduced Pra2 exhibit a dark-specific dwarfism, which is completely rescued by exogenous brassinolide. Overexpression of the cytochrome P450 results in enhanced hypocotyl growth even in the light, which phenocopies the etiolated hypocotyls. We therefore propose that Pra2 and its orthologs are molecular mediators for the cross-talk between light and brassinosteroids in the etiolation process in plants.
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- J G Kang
- Kumho Life and Environmental Science Laboratory, 1 Oryong-dong, Buk-gu, Kwangju 500-712, South Korea
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Takeuchi M, Ueda T, Sato K, Abe H, Nagata T, Nakano A. A dominant negative mutant of sar1 GTPase inhibits protein transport from the endoplasmic reticulum to the Golgi apparatus in tobacco and Arabidopsis cultured cells. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2000; 23:517-25. [PMID: 10972878 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313x.2000.00823.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Protein secretion plays an important role in plant cells as it does in animal and yeast cells, but the tools to study molecular events of plant secretion are very limited. We have focused on the Sar1 GTPase, which is essential for the vesicle formation from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) in yeast, and have previously shown that tobacco and Arabidopsis SAR1 complement yeast sar1 mutants. In this study, we have established a transient expression system of GFP-fusion proteins in tobacco and Arabidopsis cultured cells. By utilizing confocal laser scanning microscopy, we demonstrate that a dominant negative mutant of Arabidopsis Sar1 inhibits the ER-to-Golgi transport of Golgi membrane proteins, AtErd2 and AtRer1B, and locates them to the ER. The same mutant Sar1 also blocks the exit from the ER of a vacuolar storage protein, sporamin. These results not only provide the first evidence that the Sar1 GTPase functions in the ER-to-Golgi transport in plant cells, but also prove that conditional expression of dominant mutants of secretory machinery can be a useful tool in manipulating vesicular trafficking.
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- M Takeuchi
- Molecular Membrane Biology Laboratory, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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