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Zhen Z, Zhang G, Yang L, Ma N, Li Q, Ma Y, Niu X, Zhang KQ, Yang J. Characterization and functional analysis of calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinases (CaMKs) in the nematode-trapping fungus Arthrobotrys oligospora. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2018; 103:819-832. [PMID: 30417308 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-018-9504-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2018] [Revised: 11/01/2018] [Accepted: 11/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Abstract
Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinases (CaMKs) are unique second-messenger molecules that impact almost all cellular processes in eukaryotes. In this study, five genes encoding different CaMKs were characterized in the nematode-trapping fungus Arthrobotrys oligospora. These CaMKs, which were retrieved from the A. oligospora genome according to their orthologs in fungi such as Aspergillus nidulans and Neurospora crassa, were expressed at a low level in vitro during mycelial growth stages. Five deletion mutants corresponding to these CaMKs led to growth defects in different media and increased sensitivity to several environmental stresses, including H2O2, menadione, SDS, and Congo red; they also reduced the ability to produce conidia and traps, thus causing a deficiency in nematicidal ability as well. In addition, the transcriptional levels of several typical sporulation-related genes, such as MedA, VelB, and VeA, were down-regulated in all ΔCaMK mutants compared with the wild-type (WT) strain. Moreover, these mutants exhibited hypersensitivity to heat shock and ultraviolet-radiation stresses compared with the WT strain. These results suggest that the five CaMKs in A. oligospora are involved in regulating multiple cellular processes, such as growth, environmental stress tolerance, conidiation, trap formation, and virulence.
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- Zhengyi Zhen
- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, People's Republic of China
- School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory for Microbial Resources of the Ministry of Education, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, People's Republic of China
- School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory for Microbial Resources of the Ministry of Education, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, People's Republic of China
- School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory for Microbial Resources of the Ministry of Education, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, People's Republic of China
- School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory for Microbial Resources of the Ministry of Education, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, People's Republic of China
- School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory for Microbial Resources of the Ministry of Education, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, People's Republic of China
- School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory for Microbial Resources of the Ministry of Education, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, People's Republic of China
- School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory for Microbial Resources of the Ministry of Education, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, People's Republic of China
- School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory for Microbial Resources of the Ministry of Education, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, People's Republic of China.
- School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, People's Republic of China.
- Key Laboratory for Microbial Resources of the Ministry of Education, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, People's Republic of China.
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Yamashita M, Sueyoshi N, Yamada H, Katayama S, Senga Y, Takenaka Y, Ishida A, Kameshita I, Shigeri Y. Characterization of CoPK02, a Ca 2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase in mushroom Coprinopsis cinerea. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2018; 82:1335-1343. [PMID: 29673297 DOI: 10.1080/09168451.2018.1462692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
Abstract
We surveyed genome sequences from the basidiomycetous mushroom Coprinopsis cinerea and isolated a cDNA homologous to CMKA, a calmodulin-dependent protein kinase (CaMK) in Aspergillus nidulans. We designated this sequence, encoding 580 amino acids with a molecular weight of 63,987, as CoPK02. CoPK02 possessed twelve subdomains specific to protein kinases and exhibited 43, 35, 40% identity with rat CaMKI, CaMKII, CaMKIV, respectively, and 40% identity with CoPK12, one of the CaMK orthologs in C. cinerea. CoPK02 showed significant autophosphorylation activity and phosphorylated exogenous proteins in the presence of Ca2+/CaM. By the CaM-overlay assay we confirmed that the C-terminal sequence (Trp346-Arg358) was the calmodulin-binding site, and that the binding of Ca2+/CaM to CoPK02 was reduced by the autophosphorylation of CoPK02. Since CoPK02 evolved in a different clade from CoPK12, and showed different gene expression compared to that of CoPK32, which is homologous to mitogen-activated protein kinase-activated protein kinase, CoPK02 and CoPK12 might cooperatively regulate Ca2+-signaling in C. cinerea.
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- Masashi Yamashita
- a Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Life Sciences , Kagawa University , Miki-Cho , Japan
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- a Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Life Sciences , Kagawa University , Miki-Cho , Japan
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- a Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Life Sciences , Kagawa University , Miki-Cho , Japan
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- a Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Life Sciences , Kagawa University , Miki-Cho , Japan
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- a Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Life Sciences , Kagawa University , Miki-Cho , Japan.,b Biomedical Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) , Tsukuba , Japan
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- c Department of Physiology , Nippon Medical School , Bunkyo-ku, Japan
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- d Laboratory of Molecular Brain Science, Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences , Hiroshima University , Higashi-Hiroshima , Japan
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- a Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Life Sciences , Kagawa University , Miki-Cho , Japan
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- e Health Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) , Takamatsu , Japan
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