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Wang W, Zhang M, Hou X, Xiao B, Gao Y. Identification of the CsFtsH genes from Camellia sinensis reveals its potential role in leaf color phenotype. Gene 2024; 927:148672. [PMID: 38857713 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2024.148672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2024] [Revised: 05/10/2024] [Accepted: 06/07/2024] [Indexed: 06/12/2024]
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The filamentation temperature-sensitive H (FtsH) metalloprotease participates in the chloroplast photosystem II (PSII) repair cycle, playing a crucial role in regulating leaf coloration. However, the evolutionary history and biological function of the FtsH family in albino tea plants are still unknown. In this study, 35 CsFtsH members, including 7 CsFtsH-like (CsFtsHi1-CsFtsHi7) proteins, mapping onto 11 chromosomes in 6 subgroups, were identified in the 'Shuchazao2' tea genome, and their exon/intron structure, domain characteristics, collinearity, protein interaction network, and secondary structure were comprehensively analyzed. Furthermore, real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) analysis revealed that the expression levels of CsFtsH1/2/5/8 were significantly positively correlated with the leaf color of tea plants. The subcellular localization revealed that they were located in the chloroplast. The transgenic Arabidopsis has demonstrated that CsFtsH2 and CsFtsH5 could restore the chlorophyll content and chlorophyll fluorescence intensity in var1 and var2 mutants, respectively. Moreover, protein-protein interactions have confirmed that CsFtsH1 with CsFtsH5, and CsFtsH2 with CsFtsH8 could form a hetero-comples and function in chloroplasts. In summary, this study aims to not only increase the understanding of the underlying molecular mechanisms of CsFtsH but also to provide a solid and detailed theoretical foundation for the breeding of albino tea plant varieties.
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- Wenjing Wang
- College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China.
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- College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China.
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- College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China.
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- College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China; Fu Tea Research and Development Centre, Northwest A&F University, Jingyang 713700, China.
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- College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China; Fu Tea Research and Development Centre, Northwest A&F University, Jingyang 713700, China.
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Su J, Jiao Q, Jia T, Hu X. The photosystem-II repair cycle: updates and open questions. PLANTA 2023; 259:20. [PMID: 38091081 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-023-04295-w] [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: 03/01/2023] [Accepted: 11/15/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023]
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MAIN CONCLUSION The photosystem-II (PSII) repair cycle is essential for the maintenance of photosynthesis in plants. A number of novel findings have illuminated the regulatory mechanisms of the PSII repair cycle. Photosystem II (PSII) is a large pigment-protein complex embedded in the thylakoid membrane. It plays a vital role in photosynthesis by absorbing light energy, splitting water, releasing molecular oxygen, and transferring electrons for plastoquinone reduction. However, PSII, especially the PsbA (D1) core subunit, is highly susceptible to oxidative damage. To prevent irreversible damage, plants have developed a repair cycle. The main objective of the PSII repair cycle is the degradation of photodamaged D1 and insertion of newly synthesized D1 into the PSII complex. While many factors are known to be involved in PSII repair, the exact mechanism is still under investigation. In this review, we discuss the primary steps of PSII repair, focusing on the proteolytic degradation of photodamaged D1 and the factors involved.
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- Jinling Su
- International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety of the Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China
- Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China
- College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China
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- International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety of the Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China
- Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China
- College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China
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- International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety of the Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China.
- Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China.
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- International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety of the Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China.
- Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China.
- College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China.
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Ariga T, Sakuraba Y, Zhuo M, Yang M, Yanagisawa S. The Arabidopsis NLP7-HB52/54-VAR2 pathway modulates energy utilization in diverse light and nitrogen conditions. Curr Biol 2022; 32:5344-5353.e6. [PMID: 36332616 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.10.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2022] [Revised: 09/22/2022] [Accepted: 10/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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In plants, nitrate is the dominant nitrogen (N) source and a critical nutrient signal regulating various physiological and developmental processes.1,2,3,4 Nitrate-responsive gene regulatory networks are widely believed to control growth, development, and life cycle in addition to N acquisition and utilization,1,2,3,4 and NIN-LIKE PROTEIN (NLP) transcriptional activators have been identified as the master regulators governing the networks.5,6,7 However, it remains to be elucidated how nitrate signaling regulates respective physiological and developmental processes. Here, we have identified a new nitrate-activated transcriptional cascade involved in chloroplast development and the maintenance of chloroplast function in Arabidopsis. This cascade consisting of NLP7 and two homeodomain-leucine zipper (HD-Zip) class I transcription factors, HOMEOBOX PROTEIN52 (HB52) and HB54,8,9 was responsible for nitrate- and light-dependent expression of VAR2 encoding the FtsH2 subunit of the chloroplast FtsH protease involved in the quality control of photodamaged thylakoid membrane proteins.10,11 Consistently, the nitrate-activated NLP7-HB52/54-VAR2 pathway underpinned photosynthetic light energy utilization, especially in high light environments. Furthermore, genetically enhancing the NLP7-HB52/54-VAR2 pathway resulted in improved light energy utilization under high light and low N conditions, a superior agronomic trait. These findings shed light on a new role of nitrate signaling and a novel mechanism for integrating information on N nutrient and light environments, providing a hint for enhancing the light energy utilization of plants in low N environments.
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- Takuto Ariga
- Agro-Biotechnology Research Center, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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- Agro-Biotechnology Research Center, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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- Agro-Biotechnology Research Center, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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- Agro-Biotechnology Research Center, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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- Agro-Biotechnology Research Center, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan.
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Sedaghatmehr M, Stüwe B, Mueller-Roeber B, Balazadeh S. Heat shock factor HSFA2 fine-tunes resetting of thermomemory via plastidic metalloprotease FtsH6. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2022; 73:6394-6404. [PMID: 35705109 PMCID: PMC9578354 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erac257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2022] [Accepted: 06/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Plants 'memorize' stressful events and protect themselves from future, often more severe, stresses. To maximize growth after stress, plants 'reset' or 'forget' memories of stressful situations, which requires an intricate balance between stress memory formation and the degree of forgetfulness. HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 21 (HSP21) encodes a small heat shock protein in plastids of Arabidopsis thaliana. HSP21 functions as a key component of thermomemory, which requires a sustained elevated level of HSP21 during recovery from heat stress. A heat-induced metalloprotease, filamentation temperature-sensitive H6 (FtsH6), degrades HSP21 to its pre-stress abundance, thereby resetting memory during the recovery phase. The transcription factor heat shock factor A2 (HSFA2) activates downstream genes essential for mounting thermomemory, acting as a positive regulator in the process. Here, using a yeast one-hybrid screen, we identify HSFA2 as an upstream transactivator of the resetting element FtsH6. Constitutive and inducible overexpression of HSFA2 increases expression of FtsH6, whereas it is drastically reduced in the hsfa2 knockout mutant. Chromatin immunoprecipitation reveals in planta binding of HSFA2 to the FtsH6 promoter. Importantly, overexpression of HSFA2 improves thermomemory more profoundly in ftsh6 than wild-type plants. Thus, by activating both memory-supporting and memory-resetting genes, HSFA2 acts as a cellular homeostasis factor during thermomemory.
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße, Haus, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
- Center of Plant Systems Biology and Biotechnology (CPSBB), Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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Zou Y, Bozhkov PV. Chlamydomonas proteases: classification, phylogeny, and molecular mechanisms. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2021; 72:7680-7693. [PMID: 34468747 PMCID: PMC8643629 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erab383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2021] [Accepted: 08/13/2021] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Proteases can regulate myriad biochemical pathways by digesting or processing target proteins. While up to 3% of eukaryotic genes encode proteases, only a tiny fraction of proteases are mechanistically understood. Furthermore, most of the current knowledge about proteases is derived from studies of a few model organisms, including Arabidopsis thaliana in the case of plants. Proteases in other plant model systems are largely unexplored territory, limiting our mechanistic comprehension of post-translational regulation in plants and hampering integrated understanding of how proteolysis evolved. We argue that the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii has a number of technical and biological advantages for systematic studies of proteases, including reduced complexity of many protease families and ease of cell phenotyping. With this end in view, we share a genome-wide inventory of proteolytic enzymes in Chlamydomonas, compare the protease degradomes of Chlamydomonas and Arabidopsis, and consider the phylogenetic relatedness of Chlamydomonas proteases to major taxonomic groups. Finally, we summarize the current knowledge of the biochemical regulation and physiological roles of proteases in this algal model. We anticipate that our survey will promote and streamline future research on Chlamydomonas proteases, generating new insights into proteolytic mechanisms and the evolution of digestive and limited proteolysis.
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- Yong Zou
- Department of Molecular Sciences, Uppsala BioCenter, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Linnean Center for Plant Biology, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular Sciences, Uppsala BioCenter, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Linnean Center for Plant Biology, Uppsala, Sweden
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Wu Q, Han T, Yang L, Wang Q, Zhao Y, Jiang D, Ruan X. The essential roles of OsFtsH2 in developing the chloroplast of rice. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2021; 21:445. [PMID: 34598671 PMCID: PMC8485545 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-021-03222-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2021] [Accepted: 09/20/2021] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Filamentation temperature-sensitive H (FtsH) is an ATP-dependent zinc metalloprotease with ATPase activity, proteolysis activity and molecular chaperone-like activity. For now, a total of nine FtsH proteins have been encoded in rice, but their functions have not revealed in detail. In order to investigate the molecular mechanism of OsFtsH2 here, several osftsh2 knockout mutants were successfully generated by the CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing technology. RESULTS All the mutants exhibited a phenotype of striking albino leaf and could not survive through the stage of three leaves. OsFtsH2 was located in the chloroplast and preferentially expressed in green tissues. In addition, osftsh2 mutants could not form normal chloroplasts and had lost photosynthetic autotrophic capacity. RNA sequencing analysis indicated that many biological processes such as photosynthesis-related pathways and plant hormone signal transduction were significantly affected in osftsh2 mutants. CONCLUSIONS Overall, the results suggested OsFtsH2 to be essential for chloroplast development in rice.
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- Qingfei Wu
- School of Biological and Chemical Engineering, NingboTech University, Ningbo, 315100, China
- Ningbo Research Institute, Zhejiang University, Ningbo, 315100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, National Centre for Plant Gene Research (Beijing), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- School of Biological and Chemical Engineering, NingboTech University, Ningbo, 315100, China
- Ningbo Research Institute, Zhejiang University, Ningbo, 315100, China
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- School of Biological and Chemical Engineering, NingboTech University, Ningbo, 315100, China.
- Ningbo Research Institute, Zhejiang University, Ningbo, 315100, China.
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- School of Biological and Chemical Engineering, NingboTech University, Ningbo, 315100, China
- Ningbo Research Institute, Zhejiang University, Ningbo, 315100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- School of Biological and Chemical Engineering, NingboTech University, Ningbo, 315100, China.
- Ningbo Research Institute, Zhejiang University, Ningbo, 315100, China.
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What Antarctic Plants Can Tell Us about Climate Changes: Temperature as a Driver for Metabolic Reprogramming. Biomolecules 2021; 11:biom11081094. [PMID: 34439761 PMCID: PMC8392395 DOI: 10.3390/biom11081094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2021] [Accepted: 07/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Global warming is strongly affecting the maritime Antarctica climate and the consequent melting of perennial snow and ice covers resulted in increased colonization by plants. Colobanthus quitensis is a vascular plant highly adapted to the harsh environmental conditions of Antarctic Peninsula and understanding how the plant is responding to global warming is a new challenging target for modern cell physiology. To this aim, we performed differential proteomic analysis on C. quitensis plants grown in natural conditions compared to plants grown for one year inside open top chambers (OTCs) which determine an increase of about 4 °C at midday, mimicking the effect of global warming. A thorough analysis of the up- and downregulated proteins highlighted an extensive metabolism reprogramming leading to enhanced photoprotection and oxidative stress control as well as reduced content of cell wall components. Overall, OTCs growth seems to be advantageous for C. quitensis plants which could benefit from a better CO2 diffusion into the mesophyll and a reduced ROS-mediated photodamage.
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Ferguson JN, McAusland L, Smith KE, Price AH, Wilson ZA, Murchie EH. Rapid temperature responses of photosystem II efficiency forecast genotypic variation in rice vegetative heat tolerance. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2020; 104:839-855. [PMID: 32777163 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2020] [Revised: 06/22/2020] [Accepted: 07/22/2020] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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A key target for the improvement of Oryza sativa (rice) is the development of heat-tolerant varieties. This necessitates the development of high-throughput methodologies for the screening of heat tolerance. Progress has been made to this end via visual scoring and chlorophyll fluorescence; however, these approaches demand large infrastructural investments to expose large populations of adult plants to heat stress. To address this bottleneck, we investigated the response of the maximum quantum efficiency of photosystem II (PSII) to rapidly increasing temperatures in excised leaf segments of juvenile rice plants. Segmented models explained the majority of the observed variation in response. Coefficients from these models, i.e. critical temperature (Tcrit ) and the initial response (m1 ), were evaluated for their usability for forecasting adult heat tolerance, measured as the vegetative heat tolerance of adult rice plants through visual (stay-green) and chlorophyll fluorescence (ɸPSII) approaches. We detected substantial variation in heat tolerance of a randomly selected set of indica rice varieties. Both Tcrit and m1 were associated with measured heat tolerance in adult plants, highlighting their usability as high-throughput proxies. Variation in heat tolerance was associated with daytime respiration but not with photosynthetic capacity, highlighting a role for the non-photorespiratory release of CO2 in heat tolerance. To date, this represents the first published instance of genetic variation in these key gas-exchange traits being quantified in response to heat stress in a diverse set of rice accessions. These results outline an efficient strategy for screening heat tolerance and accentuate the need to focus on reduced rates of respiration to improve heat tolerance in rice.
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- John N Ferguson
- Division of Plant and Crop Science, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Sutton Bonington, Leicestershire, LE12 5RD, UK
- Future Food Beacon of Excellence, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Leicestershire, LE12 5RD, UK
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- Division of Plant and Crop Science, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Sutton Bonington, Leicestershire, LE12 5RD, UK
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- Division of Plant and Crop Science, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Sutton Bonington, Leicestershire, LE12 5RD, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB24 3UU, UK
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- Division of Plant and Crop Science, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Sutton Bonington, Leicestershire, LE12 5RD, UK
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- Division of Plant and Crop Science, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Sutton Bonington, Leicestershire, LE12 5RD, UK
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Rampino P, De Pascali M, Perrotta C, Gullì M. New gene functions are involved in the thermotolerance of the wild wheat relative Aegilops umbellulata. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2020; 156:115-124. [PMID: 32927153 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2020.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2020] [Revised: 09/01/2020] [Accepted: 09/01/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Wheat is one of the most important food crops in the world for human consumption, like all plants it is exposed to environmental stresses including high temperatures. The deleterious effect of high temperatures negatively affects plant growth and development, leading to reduced viability and yield. These effects can be reduced by improvement of thermotolerance through innovative breeding strategies, based on the expansion of the genetic pool available, by exploring important genetic functions from wheat wild progenitors. Improving the genetic thermotolerance characteristics of wheat requires greater understanding of genetic bases of thermotolerance, through identification of high temperature stress related genes. A good source of new useful alleles is given by Aegilops species characterized by thermotolerant habits. In this study we have classified as thermotolerant or thermosensitive, on the basis of physiologic tests, some accessions of wheat wild relative species belonging to Aegilops and Triticum genera. A thermotolerant accession of Aegilops umbellulata (AUM5) was selected, subjected to different thermal treatments and analyzed at transcriptional level. By differential display reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (DDRT-PCR), we investigated modulation of gene expression elicited by heat treatments. This approach allowed the identification of various transcript-derived fragments (TDFs) produced by AUM5 in response to different thermal treatments. The functions of the inducible unique genes in the molecular determination of thermotolerance process are discussed.
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- Patrizia Rampino
- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, University of Salento, Via Monteroni 165, 73100, Lecce, Italy.
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, University of Salento, Via Monteroni 165, 73100, Lecce, Italy
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, University of Salento, Via Monteroni 165, 73100, Lecce, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze, 11/A, 43124, Parma, Italy
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Mamaeva A, Taliansky M, Filippova A, Love AJ, Golub N, Fesenko I. The role of chloroplast protein remodeling in stress responses and shaping of the plant peptidome. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2020; 227:1326-1334. [PMID: 32320487 DOI: 10.1111/nph.16620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2019] [Accepted: 04/15/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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In addition to photosynthesis, chloroplasts perform a variety of important cellular functions in the plant cell, which can, for example, regulate plant responses to abiotic and biotic stress conditions. Under stress, intensive chloroplast protein remodeling and degradation can occur, releasing large numbers of endogenous peptides. These protein-derived peptides can be found intracellularly, but also in the plant secretome. Although the pathways of chloroplast protein degradation and the types of chloroplast proteases implicated in this process have received much attention, the role of the resulting peptides is less well understood. In this review we summarize the data on peptide generation processes during the remodeling of the chloroplast proteome under stress conditions and discuss the mechanisms leading to these changes. We also review the experimental evidence which supports the concept that peptides derived from chloroplast proteins can function as regulators of plant responses to (a)biotic stresses.
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- Anna Mamaeva
- Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics and Proteomics, Laboratory of Molecular Basis of Plant Stress Resistance, Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry Russian Academy of Sciences, Miklukho-Maklaya 16/10, 117997, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics and Proteomics, Laboratory of Molecular Basis of Plant Stress Resistance, Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry Russian Academy of Sciences, Miklukho-Maklaya 16/10, 117997, Moscow, Russian Federation
- The James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee, DD2 5DA, UK
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- Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics and Proteomics, Laboratory of Molecular Basis of Plant Stress Resistance, Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry Russian Academy of Sciences, Miklukho-Maklaya 16/10, 117997, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- The James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee, DD2 5DA, UK
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- Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics and Proteomics, Laboratory of Molecular Basis of Plant Stress Resistance, Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry Russian Academy of Sciences, Miklukho-Maklaya 16/10, 117997, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics and Proteomics, Laboratory of Molecular Basis of Plant Stress Resistance, Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry Russian Academy of Sciences, Miklukho-Maklaya 16/10, 117997, Moscow, Russian Federation
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Protective Roles of Cytosolic and Plastidal Proteasomes on Abiotic Stress and Pathogen Invasion. PLANTS 2020; 9:plants9070832. [PMID: 32630761 PMCID: PMC7412383 DOI: 10.3390/plants9070832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2020] [Revised: 06/30/2020] [Accepted: 06/30/2020] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Protein malfunction is typically caused by abiotic stressors. To ensure cell survival during conditions of stress, it is important for plant cells to maintain proteins in their respective functional conformation. Self-compartmentalizing proteases, such as ATP-dependent Clp proteases and proteasomes are designed to act in the crowded cellular environment, and they are responsible for degradation of misfolded or damaged proteins within the cell. During different types of stress conditions, the levels of misfolded or orphaned proteins that are degraded by the 26S proteasome in the cytosol and nucleus and by the Clp proteases in the mitochondria and chloroplasts increase. This allows cells to uphold feedback regulations to cellular-level signals and adjust to altered environmental conditions. In this review, we summarize recent findings on plant proteolytic complexes with respect to their protective functions against abiotic and biotic stressors.
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Proteomic analyses unraveling water stress response in two Eucalyptus species originating from contrasting environments for aridity. Mol Biol Rep 2020; 47:5191-5205. [PMID: 32564226 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-020-05594-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2020] [Accepted: 06/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Eucalyptus are widely cultivated in several regions of the world due to their adaptability to different climatic conditions and amenable to tree breeding programs. With changes in environmental conditions pointing to an increase in aridity in many areas of the globe, the demand for genetic materials that adapt to this situation is required. Therefore, the aim of this work was to identify contrasting differences between two Eucalyptus species under water stress through the identification of differentially abundant proteins. For this, total protein extraction was proceeded from leaves of both species maintained at 40 and 80% of field capacity (FC). The 80% FC water regime was considered as the control and the 40% FC, severe water stress. The proteins were separated by 2-DE with subsequent identification of those differentially abundant by liquid nanocromatography coupled to high resolution MS (Q-Exactive). Comparative proteomics allowed to identify four proteins (ATP synthase gamma and alpha, glutamine synthetase and a vacuolar protein) that were more abundant in drought-tolerant species and simultaneously less abundant or unchanged in the drought- sensitive species, an uncharacterized protein found exclusively in plants under drought stress and also 10 proteins (plastid-lipid, ruBisCO activase, ruBisCO, protease ClpA, transketolase, isoflavone reductase, ferredoxin-NADP reductase, malate dehydrogenase, aminobutyrate transaminase and sedoheptulose-1-bisphosphatase) induced exclusively in the drought-tolerant species in response to water stress. These results suggest that such proteins may play a crucial role as potential markers of water stress tolerance through the identification of species-specific proteins, and future targets for genetic engineering.
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Theis J, Lang J, Spaniol B, Ferté S, Niemeyer J, Sommer F, Zimmer D, Venn B, Mehr SF, Mühlhaus T, Wollman FA, Schroda M. The Chlamydomonas deg1c Mutant Accumulates Proteins Involved in High Light Acclimation. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2019; 181:1480-1497. [PMID: 31604811 PMCID: PMC6878023 DOI: 10.1104/pp.19.01052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2019] [Accepted: 09/27/2019] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Degradation of periplasmic proteins (Deg)/high temperature requirement A (HtrA) proteases are ATP-independent Ser endopeptidases that perform key aspects of protein quality control in all domains of life. Here, we characterized Chlamydomonas reinhardtii DEG1C, which together with DEG1A and DEG1B is orthologous to Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) Deg1 in the thylakoid lumen. We show that DEG1C is localized to the stroma and the periphery of thylakoid membranes. Purified DEG1C exhibited high proteolytic activity against unfolded model substrates and its activity increased with temperature and pH. DEG1C forms monomers, trimers, and hexamers that are in dynamic equilibrium. DEG1C protein levels increased upon nitrogen, sulfur, and phosphorus starvation; under heat, oxidative, and high light stress; and when Sec-mediated protein translocation was impaired. DEG1C depletion was not associated with any obvious aberrant phenotypes under nonstress conditions, high light exposure, or heat stress. However, quantitative shotgun proteomics revealed differences in the abundance of 307 proteins between a deg1c knock-out mutant and the wild type under nonstress conditions. Among the 115 upregulated proteins are PSII biogenesis factors, FtsH proteases, and proteins normally involved in high light responses, including the carbon dioxide concentrating mechanism, photorespiration, antioxidant defense, and photoprotection. We propose that the lack of DEG1C activity leads to a physiological state of the cells resembling that induced by high light intensities and therefore triggers high light protection responses.
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- Jasmine Theis
- Molekulare Biotechnologie & Systembiologie, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Paul-Ehrlich D-67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Molekulare Biotechnologie & Systembiologie, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Paul-Ehrlich D-67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Molekulare Biotechnologie & Systembiologie, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Paul-Ehrlich D-67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Laboratoire de Physiologie Membranaire et Moléculaire du Chloroplaste, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, UMR CNRS/UPMC 7141, Paris, France
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- Molekulare Biotechnologie & Systembiologie, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Paul-Ehrlich D-67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Molekulare Biotechnologie & Systembiologie, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Paul-Ehrlich D-67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Molekulare Biotechnologie & Systembiologie, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Paul-Ehrlich D-67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Molekulare Biotechnologie & Systembiologie, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Paul-Ehrlich D-67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Molekulare Biotechnologie & Systembiologie, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Paul-Ehrlich D-67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Molekulare Biotechnologie & Systembiologie, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Paul-Ehrlich D-67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Laboratoire de Physiologie Membranaire et Moléculaire du Chloroplaste, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, UMR CNRS/UPMC 7141, Paris, France
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- Molekulare Biotechnologie & Systembiologie, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Paul-Ehrlich D-67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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Huber CV, Jakobs BD, Mishra LS, Niedermaier S, Stift M, Winter G, Adamska I, Funk C, Huesgen PF, Funck D. DEG10 contributes to mitochondrial proteostasis, root growth, and seed yield in Arabidopsis. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2019; 70:5423-5436. [PMID: 31225599 PMCID: PMC6793672 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erz294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2018] [Accepted: 06/11/2019] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Maintaining mitochondrial proteome integrity is especially important under stress conditions to ensure a continued ATP supply for protection and adaptation responses in plants. Deg/HtrA proteases are important factors in the cellular protein quality control system, but little is known about their function in mitochondria. Here we analyzed the expression pattern and physiological function of Arabidopsis thaliana DEG10, which has homologs in all photosynthetic eukaryotes. Both expression of DEG10:GFP fusion proteins and immunoblotting after cell fractionation showed an unambiguous subcellular localization exclusively in mitochondria. DEG10 promoter:GUS fusion constructs showed that DEG10 is expressed in trichomes but also in the vascular tissue of roots and aboveground organs. DEG10 loss-of-function mutants were impaired in root elongation, especially at elevated temperature. Quantitative proteome analysis revealed concomitant changes in the abundance of mitochondrial respiratory chain components and assembly factors, which partially appeared to depend on altered mitochondrial retrograde signaling. Under field conditions, lack of DEG10 caused a decrease in seed production. Taken together, our findings demonstrate that DEG10 affects mitochondrial proteostasis, is required for optimal root development and seed set under challenging environmental conditions, and thus contributes to stress tolerance of plants.
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- Catharina V Huber
- Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstraße, Konstanz, Germany
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- Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstraße, Konstanz, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Umeå University, Linnaeus väg, Umeå, Sweden
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- Central Institute for Engineering, Electronics and Analytics, ZEA-3 Analytics, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Wilhelm-Johnen-Straße, Jülich, Germany
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- Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstraße, Konstanz, Germany
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- Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstraße, Konstanz, Germany
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- Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstraße, Konstanz, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Umeå University, Linnaeus väg, Umeå, Sweden
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- Central Institute for Engineering, Electronics and Analytics, ZEA-3 Analytics, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Wilhelm-Johnen-Straße, Jülich, Germany
- Medical Faculty and University Hospital, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstraße, Konstanz, Germany
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Kato Y, Sakamoto W. Phosphorylation of the Chloroplastic Metalloprotease FtsH in Arabidopsis Characterized by Phos-Tag SDS-PAGE. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:1080. [PMID: 31552075 PMCID: PMC6747001 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.01080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2019] [Accepted: 08/08/2019] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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FtsH is an essential ATP-dependent metalloprotease for protein quality control in the thylakoid membrane of Arabidopsis thaliana chloroplasts. It is required for chloroplast development during leaf growth, and particularly for the specific degradation of photo-damaged D1 protein in the photosystem II (PSII) complex to maintain photosynthesis activity. In the thylakoid membrane, the reversible phosphorylation of proteins is known to control the activity and remodeling of photosynthetic complexes, and previous studies implicate that FtsH is also phosphorylated. We therefore assessed the phosphorylation status of FtsH and its possible role in the regulatory mechanism in this study. The phosphorylation level of FtsHs that compose the FtsH heterohexameric complex was investigated by phosphate-affinity gel electrophoresis using a Phos-Tag molecule. Phos-tag SDS-PAGE of thylakoid proteins and subsequent immunoblot analysis showed that both type A (FtsH1/5) and type B (FtsH2/8) subunits were separable into phosphorylated and non-phosphorylated forms. Neither different light conditions nor the lack of two major thylakoid kinases, STN7 and STN8, resulted in any clear difference in FtsH phosphorylation, suggesting that this process is independent of the light-dependent regulation of photosynthesis-related proteins. Site-directed mutagenesis of putatively phosphorylated Ser or Thr residues into Ala demonstrated that Ser-212 may play a role in FtsH stability in the thylakoid membranes. Different phosphorylation status of FtsH oligomers analyzed by two-dimensional clear-native/Phos-tag SDS-PAGE implied that phosphorylation partially affects FtsH complex formation or its stability.
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Kato Y, Hyodo K, Sakamoto W. The Photosystem II Repair Cycle Requires FtsH Turnover through the EngA GTPase. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2018; 178:596-611. [PMID: 30131421 PMCID: PMC6181060 DOI: 10.1104/pp.18.00652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2018] [Accepted: 08/08/2018] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Specific degradation of photodamaged D1, the photosystem II (PSII) reaction center protein, is a crucial step in the PSII repair cycle to maintain photosynthesis activity. Processive proteolysis by the FtsH protease is fundamental to cooperative D1 degradation. Here, we attempted to purify the FtsH complex to elucidate its regulation mechanisms and substrate recognition in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). Unlike previously reported prokaryotic and mitochondrial FtsHs, the Arabidopsis chloroplastic FtsH does not appear to form a megacomplex with prohibition-like proteins but instead accumulates as smaller complexes. The copurified fraction was enriched with a partial PSII intermediate presumably undergoing repair, although its precise properties were not fully clarified. In addition, we copurified a bacteria-type GTPase localized in chloroplasts, EngA, and confirmed its interaction with FtsH by subsequent pull-down and bimolecular fluorescence complementation assays. While the engA mutation is embryo lethal, the transgenic lines overexpressing EngA (EngA-OX) showed leaf variegation reminiscent of the variegated mutant lacking FtsH2. EngA-OX was revealed to accumulate more cleaved D1 fragments and reactive oxygen species than the wild type, indicative of compromised PSII repair. Based on these results and the fact that FtsH becomes more stable in EngA-OX, we propose that EngA negatively regulates FtsH stability. We demonstrate that proper FtsH turnover is crucial for PSII repair in the chloroplasts of Arabidopsis. Consistent with the increased turnover of FtsH under high-light conditions in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, our findings underline the rapid turnover of not only D1 but also FtsH proteases in the PSII repair cycle.
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- Yusuke Kato
- Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, Kurashiki, Okayama 710-0046, Japan
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- Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, Kurashiki, Okayama 710-0046, Japan
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- Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, Kurashiki, Okayama 710-0046, Japan
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Kato Y, Sakamoto W. FtsH Protease in the Thylakoid Membrane: Physiological Functions and the Regulation of Protease Activity. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 9:855. [PMID: 29973948 PMCID: PMC6019477 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2018] [Accepted: 06/01/2018] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Protein homeostasis in the thylakoid membranes is dependent on protein quality control mechanisms, which are necessary to remove photodamaged and misfolded proteins. An ATP-dependent zinc metalloprotease, FtsH, is the major thylakoid membrane protease. FtsH proteases in the thylakoid membranes of Arabidopsis thaliana form a hetero-hexameric complex consisting of four FtsH subunits, which are divided into two types: type A (FtsH1 and FtsH5) and type B (FtsH2 and FtsH8). An increasing number of studies have identified the critical roles of FtsH in the biogenesis of thylakoid membranes and quality control in the photosystem II repair cycle. Furthermore, the involvement of FtsH proteolysis in a singlet oxygen- and EXECUTER1-dependent retrograde signaling mechanism has been suggested recently. FtsH is also involved in the degradation and assembly of several protein complexes in the photosynthetic electron-transport pathways. In this minireview, we provide an update on the functions of FtsH in thylakoid biogenesis and describe our current understanding of the D1 degradation processes in the photosystem II repair cycle. We also discuss the regulation mechanisms of FtsH protease activity, which suggest the flexible oligomerization capability of FtsH in the chloroplasts of seed plants.
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Cui X, Wei Y, Xie XL, Chen LN, Zhang SH. Mitochondrial and peroxisomal Lon proteases play opposing roles in reproduction and growth but co-function in the normal development, stress resistance and longevity of Thermomyces lanuginosus. Fungal Genet Biol 2017; 103:42-54. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2017.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2017] [Revised: 03/21/2017] [Accepted: 04/09/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Ravinder R, Goyal N. Cloning, characterization and subcellular localization of Nuclear LIM interactor interacting factor gene from Leishmania donovani. Gene 2017; 611:1-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2017.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2016] [Revised: 02/04/2017] [Accepted: 02/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Wang F, Qi Y, Malnoë A, Choquet Y, Wollman FA, de Vitry C. The High Light Response and Redox Control of Thylakoid FtsH Protease in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. MOLECULAR PLANT 2017; 10:99-114. [PMID: 27702692 DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2016.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2016] [Revised: 09/07/2016] [Accepted: 09/17/2016] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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In Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, the major protease involved in the maintenance of photosynthetic machinery in thylakoid membranes, the FtsH protease, mostly forms large hetero-oligomers (∼1 MDa) comprising FtsH1 and FtsH2 subunits, whatever the light intensity for growth. Upon high light exposure, the FtsH subunits display a shorter half-life, which is counterbalanced by an increase in FTSH1/2 mRNA levels, resulting in the modest upregulation of FtsH1/2 proteins. Furthermore, we found that high light increases the protease activity through a hitherto unnoticed redox-controlled reduction of intermolecular disulfide bridges. We isolated a Chlamydomonas FTSH1 promoter-deficient mutant, ftsh1-3, resulting from the insertion of a TOC1 transposon, in which the high light-induced upregulation of FTSH1 gene expression is largely lost. In ftsh1-3, the abundance of FtsH1 and FtsH2 proteins are loosely coupled (decreased by 70% and 30%, respectively) with no formation of large and stable homo-oligomers. Using strains exhibiting different accumulation levels of the FtsH1 subunit after complementation of ftsh1-3, we demonstrate that high light tolerance is tightly correlated with the abundance of the FtsH protease. Thus, the response of Chlamydomonas to light stress involves higher levels of FtsH1/2 subunits associated into large complexes with increased proteolytic activity.
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- Fei Wang
- Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7141, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 75005, France
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- Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7141, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 75005, France
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- Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7141, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 75005, France
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- Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7141, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 75005, France
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- Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7141, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 75005, France
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- Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7141, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 75005, France.
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Tang L, Yao A, Tang Y, Liu J, Liu X, Qiu R. Transcriptional up-regulation of genes involved in photosynthesis of the Zn/Cd hyperaccumulator Sedum alfredii in response to zinc and cadmium. CHEMOSPHERE 2016; 164:190-200. [PMID: 27591370 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.08.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2016] [Revised: 07/25/2016] [Accepted: 08/04/2016] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Zinc (Zn) and cadmium (Cd) are two closely related chemical elements with very different biological roles in photosynthesis. Zinc plays unique biochemical functions in photosynthesis. Previous studies suggested that in some Zn/Cd hyperaccumulators, many steps in photosynthesis may be Cd tolerant or even Cd stimulated. Using RNA-seq data, we found not only that Cd and Zn both up-regulated the CA1 gene, which encodes a β class carbonic anhydrase (CA) in chloroplasts, but that a large number of other Zn up-regulated genes in the photosynthetic pathway were also significantly up-regulated by Cd in leaves of the Zn/Cd hyperaccumulator Sedum alfredii. These genes also include chloroplast genes involved in transcription and translation (rps18 and rps14), electron transport and ATP synthesis (atpF and ccsA), Photosystem II (PSBI, PSBM, PSBK, PSBZ/YCF9, PSBO-1, PSBQ, LHCB1.1, LHCB1.4, LHCB2.1, LHCB4.3 and LHCB6) and Photosystem I (PSAE-1, PSAF, PSAH2, LHCA1 and LHCA4). Cadmium and Zn also up-regulated the VAR1 gene, which encodes the ATP-dependent zinc metalloprotease FTSH 5 (a member of the FtsH family), and the DAG gene, which influences chloroplast differentiation and plastid development, and the CP29 gene, which supports RNA processing in chloroplasts and has a potential role in signal-dependent co-regulation of chloroplast genes. Further morphological parameters (dry biomass, cross-sectional thickness, chloroplast size, chlorophyll content) and chlorophyll fluorescence parameters confirmed that leaf photosynthesis of S. alfredii responded to Cd much as it did to Zn, which will contribute to our understanding of the positive effects of Zn and Cd on growth of this plant.
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- Lu Tang
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, PR China
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- Department of Land Resource and Environment, School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, PR China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, PR China; Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology (Sun Yat-sen University), Guangzhou, PR China.
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science & Institute of Laser Life Science, College of Biophotonics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, PR China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, PR China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, PR China; Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology (Sun Yat-sen University), Guangzhou, PR China.
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Identification of a second PAD1 in Brettanomyces bruxellensis LAMAP2480. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 2016; 110:291-296. [PMID: 27771809 DOI: 10.1007/s10482-016-0793-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2016] [Accepted: 10/18/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Volatile phenols are aromatic compounds produced by some yeasts of the genus Brettanomyces as defense against the toxicity of hydroxycinnamic acids (p-coumaric acid, ferulic acid and caffeic acid). The origin of these compounds in winemaking involves the sequential action of two enzymes: coumarate decarboxylase and vinylphenol reductase. The first one converts hydroxycinnamic acids into hydroxystyrenes, which are then reduced to ethyl derivatives by vinylphenol reductase. Volatile phenols derived from p-coumaric acid (4-vinylphenol and 4-ethylphenol) have been described as the major contributors to self-defeating aromas associated with stable, gouache, wet mouse, etc., which generates large economic losses in the wine industry. The gene responsible for the production of 4-vinylphenol from p-coumaric acid has been identified as PAD1, which encodes a phenylacrylic acid decarboxylase. PAD1 has been described for many species, among them Candida albicans, Candida dubliniensis, Debaryomyces hansenii and Pichia anomala. In Brettanomyces bruxellensis LAMAP2480, a 666 bp reading frame (DbPAD) encodes a coumarate decarboxylase. Recent studies have reported the existence of a new reading frame belonging to DbPAD called DbPAD2 of 531 bp, which could encode a protein with similar enzymatic activity to PAD1. The present study confirmed that the transformation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain BY4722 with reading frame DbPAD2 under the control of the B. bruxellensis ACT1 promoter, encodes an enzyme with coumarate decarboxylase activity. This work has provided deeper insight into the origin of aroma defects in wine due to contamination by Brettanomyces spp.
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Wang F, Liu J, Chen M, Zhou L, Li Z, Zhao Q, Pan G, Zaidi SHR, Cheng F. Involvement of Abscisic Acid in PSII Photodamage and D1 Protein Turnover for Light-Induced Premature Senescence of Rice Flag Leaves. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0161203. [PMID: 27532299 PMCID: PMC4988704 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0161203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2016] [Accepted: 08/01/2016] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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D1 protein in the PSII reaction center is the major target of photodamage, and it exhibits the highest turnover rate among all the thylakoid proteins. In this paper, rice psf (premature senescence of flag leaves) mutant and its wild type were used to investigate the genotype-dependent alteration in PSII photo-damage and D1 protein turnover during leaf senescence and its relation to ABA accumulation in senescent leaves. The symptom and extent of leaf senescence of the psf mutant appeared to be sunlight-dependent under natural field condition. The psf also displayed significantly higher levels of ABA accumulation in senescent leaves than the wild type. However, the premature senescence lesion of psf leaves could be alleviated by shaded treatment, concomitantly with the strikingly suppressed ABA level in the shaded areas of flag leaves. The change in ABA concentration contributed to the regulation of shade-delayed leaf senescence. The participation of ABA in the timing of senescence initiation and in the subsequent rate of leaf senescence was closely associated with PSII photodamage and D1 protein turnover during leaf senescence, in which the transcriptional expression of several key genes (psbA, psbB, psbC and OsFtsH2) involved in D1 protein biosynthesis and PSII repair cycle was seriously suppressed by the significantly increased ABA level. This response resulted in the low rate of D1 protein synthesis and impaired repair recovery in the presence of ABA. The psf showed evidently decreased D1 protein amount in the senescent leaves. Both the inhibition of de novo synthesized D1 protein and the slow rate of proteolytic removal for the photodamaged D1 protein was among the most crucial steps for the linkage between light-dependent leaf senescence and the varying ABA concentration in psf mutant leaves. OsFtsH2 transcriptional expression possibly played an important role in the regulation of D1 protein turnover and PSII repair cycle in relation to ABA mediated leaf senescence.
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- Fubiao Wang
- Institute of Crop Science, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Institute of Crop Science, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Crop Production, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, China
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- Institute of Crop Science, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Institute of Crop Science, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Crop Production, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Crop Science, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Institute of Crop Science, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Institute of Crop Science, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Institute of Crop Science, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Crop Production, Nanjing, China
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Järvi S, Suorsa M, Tadini L, Ivanauskaite A, Rantala S, Allahverdiyeva Y, Leister D, Aro EM. Thylakoid-Bound FtsH Proteins Facilitate Proper Biosynthesis of Photosystem I. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2016; 171:1333-43. [PMID: 27208291 PMCID: PMC4902603 DOI: 10.1104/pp.16.00200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2016] [Accepted: 04/29/2016] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Thylakoid membrane-bound FtsH proteases have a well-characterized role in degradation of the photosystem II (PSII) reaction center protein D1 upon repair of photodamaged PSII. Here, we show that the Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) var1 and var2 mutants, devoid of the FtsH5 and FtsH2 proteins, respectively, are capable of normal D1 protein turnover under moderate growth light intensity. Instead, they both demonstrate a significant scarcity of PSI complexes. It is further shown that the reduced level of PSI does not result from accelerated photodamage of the PSI centers in var1 or var2 under moderate growth light intensity. On the contrary, radiolabeling experiments revealed impaired synthesis of the PsaA/B reaction center proteins of PSI, which was accompanied by the accumulation of PSI-specific assembly factors. psaA/B transcript accumulation and translation initiation, however, occurred in var1 and var2 mutants as in wild-type Arabidopsis, suggesting problems in later stages of PsaA/B protein expression in the two var mutants. Presumably, the thylakoid membrane-bound FtsH5 and FtsH2 have dual functions in the maintenance of photosynthetic complexes. In addition to their function as a protease in the degradation of the photodamaged D1 protein, they also are required, either directly or indirectly, for early assembly of the PSI complexes.
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- Sari Järvi
- Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry, University of Turku, FI-20520 Turku, Finland (S.J., M.S., A.I., S.R., Y.A., E.-M.A.); andPlant Molecular Biology (Botany), Department of Biology I, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany (L.T., D.L.)
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- Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry, University of Turku, FI-20520 Turku, Finland (S.J., M.S., A.I., S.R., Y.A., E.-M.A.); andPlant Molecular Biology (Botany), Department of Biology I, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany (L.T., D.L.)
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- Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry, University of Turku, FI-20520 Turku, Finland (S.J., M.S., A.I., S.R., Y.A., E.-M.A.); andPlant Molecular Biology (Botany), Department of Biology I, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany (L.T., D.L.)
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- Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry, University of Turku, FI-20520 Turku, Finland (S.J., M.S., A.I., S.R., Y.A., E.-M.A.); andPlant Molecular Biology (Botany), Department of Biology I, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany (L.T., D.L.)
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- Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry, University of Turku, FI-20520 Turku, Finland (S.J., M.S., A.I., S.R., Y.A., E.-M.A.); andPlant Molecular Biology (Botany), Department of Biology I, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany (L.T., D.L.)
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- Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry, University of Turku, FI-20520 Turku, Finland (S.J., M.S., A.I., S.R., Y.A., E.-M.A.); andPlant Molecular Biology (Botany), Department of Biology I, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany (L.T., D.L.)
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- Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry, University of Turku, FI-20520 Turku, Finland (S.J., M.S., A.I., S.R., Y.A., E.-M.A.); andPlant Molecular Biology (Botany), Department of Biology I, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany (L.T., D.L.)
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- Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry, University of Turku, FI-20520 Turku, Finland (S.J., M.S., A.I., S.R., Y.A., E.-M.A.); andPlant Molecular Biology (Botany), Department of Biology I, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany (L.T., D.L.)
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Yoshioka-Nishimura M. Close Relationships Between the PSII Repair Cycle and Thylakoid Membrane Dynamics. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2016; 57:1115-22. [PMID: 27017619 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcw050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2015] [Accepted: 02/26/2016] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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In chloroplasts, a three-dimensional network of thylakoid membranes is formed by stacked grana and interconnecting stroma thylakoids. The grana are crowded with photosynthetic proteins, where PSII-light harvesting complex II (LHCII) supercomplexes often show semi-crystalline arrays for efficient energy trapping, transfer and use. Although light is essential for photosynthesis, PSII is damaged by reactive oxygen species that are generated from primary photochemical reactions when plants are exposed to excess light. Because PSII complexes are embedded in the lipid bilayers of thylakoid membranes, their functions are affected by the conditions of the lipids. Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spin trapping measurements showed that singlet oxygen was formed through peroxidation of thylakoid lipids, suggesting that lipid peroxidation can damage proteins, including the D1 protein. After photodamage, PSII is restored by a specific repair system in thylakoid membranes. In the PSII repair cycle, phosphorylation and dephosphorylation of the PSII proteins control the timing of PSII disassembly and subsequent degradation of the D1 protein. Under light stress, stacked grana turn into unstacked thylakoids with bent grana margins. These structural changes may be closely linked to the mechanisms of the PSII repair cycle because PSII can move more easily from the grana core to the stroma thylakoids through an expanded stromal gap between each thylakoid. Thus, plants modulate the structure of thylakoid membranes under high light to carry out efficient PSII repair. This review focuses on the behavior of the PSII complex and the active role of structural changes to thylakoid membranes under light stress.
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- Miho Yoshioka-Nishimura
- Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Okayama, 700-8530 Japan
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Rurek M, Woyda-Ploszczyca AM, Jarmuszkiewicz W. Biogenesis of mitochondria in cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis) curds subjected to temperature stress and recovery involves regulation of the complexome, respiratory chain activity, organellar translation and ultrastructure. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2015; 1847:399-417. [PMID: 25617518 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2015.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2014] [Revised: 12/05/2014] [Accepted: 01/16/2015] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The biogenesis of the cauliflower curd mitochondrial proteome was investigated under cold, heat and the recovery. For the first time, two dimensional fluorescence difference gel electrophoresis was used to study the plant mitochondrial complexome in heat and heat recovery. Particularly, changes in the complex I and complex III subunits and import proteins, and the partial disintegration of matrix complexes were observed. The presence of unassembled subunits of ATP synthase was accompanied by impairment in mitochondrial translation of its subunit. In cold and heat, the transcription profiles of mitochondrial genes were uncorrelated. The in-gel activities of respiratory complexes were particularly affected after stress recovery. Despite a general stability of respiratory chain complexes in heat, functional studies showed that their activity and the ATP synthesis yield were affected. Contrary to cold stress, heat stress resulted in a reduced efficiency of oxidative phosphorylation likely due to changes in alternative oxidase (AOX) activity. Stress and stress recovery differently modulated the protein level and activity of AOX. Heat stress induced an increase in AOX activity and protein level, and AOX1a and AOX1d transcript level, while heat recovery reversed the AOX protein and activity changes. Conversely, cold stress led to a decrease in AOX activity (and protein level), which was reversed after cold recovery. Thus, cauliflower AOX is only induced by heat stress. In heat, contrary to the AOX activity, the activity of rotenone-insensitive internal NADH dehydrogenase was diminished. The relevance of various steps of plant mitochondrial biogenesis to temperature stress response and recovery is discussed.
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- Michal Rurek
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań, Poland.
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- Department of Bioenergetics, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań, Poland
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- Department of Bioenergetics, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań, Poland
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Organization, function and substrates of the essential Clp protease system in plastids. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2014; 1847:915-30. [PMID: 25482260 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2014.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2014] [Accepted: 11/20/2014] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Intra-plastid proteolysis is essential in plastid biogenesis, differentiation and plastid protein homeostasis (proteostasis). We provide a comprehensive review of the Clp protease system present in all plastid types and we draw lessons from structural and functional information of bacterial Clp systems. The Clp system plays a central role in plastid development and function, through selective removal of miss-folded, aggregated, or otherwise unwanted proteins. The Clp system consists of a tetradecameric proteolytic core with catalytically active ClpP and inactive ClpR subunits, hexameric ATP-dependent chaperones (ClpC,D) and adaptor protein(s) (ClpS1) enhancing delivery of subsets of substrates. Many structural and functional features of the plastid Clp system are now understood though extensive reverse genetics analysis combined with biochemical analysis, as well as large scale quantitative proteomics for loss-of-function mutants of Clp core, chaperone and ClpS1 subunits. Evolutionary diversification of Clp system across non-photosynthetic and photosynthetic prokaryotes and organelles is illustrated. Multiple substrates have been suggested based on their direct interaction with the ClpS1 adaptor or screening of different loss-of-function protease mutants. The main challenge is now to determine degradation signals (degrons) in Clp substrates and substrate delivery mechanisms, as well as functional interactions of Clp with other plastid proteases. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Chloroplast Biogenesis.
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Sakuraba Y, Lee SH, Kim YS, Park OK, Hörtensteiner S, Paek NC. Delayed degradation of chlorophylls and photosynthetic proteins in Arabidopsis autophagy mutants during stress-induced leaf yellowing. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2014; 65:3915-25. [PMID: 24510943 PMCID: PMC4106435 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Plant autophagy, one of the essential proteolysis systems, balances proteome and nutrient levels in cells of the whole plant. Autophagy has been studied by analysing Arabidopsis thaliana autophagy-defective atg mutants, but the relationship between autophagy and chlorophyll (Chl) breakdown during stress-induced leaf yellowing remains unclear. During natural senescence or under abiotic-stress conditions, extensive cell death and early yellowing occurs in the leaves of atg mutants. A new finding is revealed that atg5 and atg7 mutants exhibit a functional stay-green phenotype under mild abiotic-stress conditions, but leaf yellowing proceeds normally in wild-type leaves under these conditions. Under mild salt stress, atg5 leaves retained high levels of Chls and all photosystem proteins and maintained a normal chloroplast structure. Furthermore, a double mutant of atg5 and non-functional stay-green nonyellowing1-1 (atg5 nye1-1) showed a much stronger stay-green phenotype than either single mutant. Taking these results together, it is proposed that autophagy functions in the non-selective catabolism of Chls and photosynthetic proteins during stress-induced leaf yellowing, in addition to the selective degradation of Chl-apoprotein complexes in the chloroplasts through the senescence-induced STAY-GREEN1/NYE1 and Chl catabolic enzymes.
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- Yasuhito Sakuraba
- Department of Plant Science, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, and Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-921, Korea
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- Department of Plant Science, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, and Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-921, Korea
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- Department of Plant Science, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, and Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-921, Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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- Department of Plant Science, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, and Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-921, Korea
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Yoshioka-Nishimura M, Nanba D, Takaki T, Ohba C, Tsumura N, Morita N, Sakamoto H, Murata K, Yamamoto Y. Quality control of photosystem II: direct imaging of the changes in the thylakoid structure and distribution of FtsH proteases in spinach chloroplasts under light stress. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2014; 55:1255-65. [PMID: 24891560 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcu079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Under light stress, the reaction center-binding protein D1 of PSII is photo-oxidatively damaged and removed from PSII complexes by proteases located in the chloroplast. A protease considered to be responsible for degradation of the damaged D1 protein is the metalloprotease FtsH. We showed previously that the active hexameric FtsH protease is abundant at the grana margin and the grana end membranes, and this homo-complex removes the photodamaged D1 protein in the grana. Here, we showed a change in the distribution of FtsH in spinach thylakoids during excessive illumination by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and immunogold labeling of FtsH. The change in distribution of the protease was accompanied by structural changes to the thylakoids, which we detected using spinach leaves by TEM after chemical fixation of the samples. Quantitative analyses showed several characteristic changes in the structure of the thylakoids, including shrinkage of the grana, outward bending of the marginal portions of the thylakoids and an increase in the height of the grana stacks under excessive illumination. The increase in the height of the grana stacks may include swelling of the thylakoids and an increase in the partition gaps between the thylakoids. These data strongly suggest that excessive illumination induces partial unstacking of the thylakoids, which enables FtsH to access easily the photodamaged D1 protein. Finally three-dimensional tomography of the grana was recorded to observe the effect of light stress on the overall structure of the thylakoids.
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- Miho Yoshioka-Nishimura
- Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Okayama, 700-8530 JapanThese authors contributed equally to this work.
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- Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Okayama, 700-8530 JapanThese authors contributed equally to this work
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- Techinical support center, JEOL, Akishima, 196-0022 Japan
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- Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Okayama, 700-8530 Japan
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- Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Okayama, 700-8530 Japan
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- Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Okayama, 700-8530 Japan
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- Ushimado Marine Institute, Okayama University, Setouchi, 701-4303 Japan
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- National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, 444-8585 Japan
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- Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Okayama, 700-8530 Japan
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Distelfeld A, Avni R, Fischer AM. Senescence, nutrient remobilization, and yield in wheat and barley. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2014; 65:3783-98. [PMID: 24470467 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ert477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 151] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Cereals including wheat and barley are of primary importance to ensure food security for the 21st century. A combination of lab- and field-based approaches has led to a considerably improved understanding of the importance of organ and particularly of whole-plant (monocarpic) senescence for wheat and barley yield and quality. A delicate balance between senescence timing, grain nutrient content, nutrient-use efficiency, and yield needs to be considered to (further) improve cereal varieties for a given environment and end use. The recent characterization of the Gpc-1 (NAM-1) genes in wheat and barley demonstrates the interdependence of these traits. Lines or varieties with functional Gpc-1 genes demonstrate earlier senescence and enhanced grain protein and micronutrient content but, depending on the environment, somewhat reduced yields. A major effort is needed to dissect regulatory networks centred on additional wheat and barley transcription factors and signalling pathways influencing the senescence process. Similarly, while important molecular details of nutrient (particularly nitrogen) remobilization from senescing organs to developing grains have been identified, important knowledge gaps remain. The genes coding for the major proteases involved in senescence-associated plastidial protein degradation are largely unknown. Membrane transport proteins involved in the different transport steps occurring between senescing organ (such as leaf mesophyll) cells and protein bodies in the endosperm of developing grains remain to be identified or further characterized. Existing data suggest that an improved understanding of all these steps will reveal additional, important targets for continued cereal improvement.
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- Assaf Distelfeld
- Faculty of Life Sciences, Department of Molecular Biology and Ecology of Plants, Tel Aviv University, 69978, Israel
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- Faculty of Life Sciences, Department of Molecular Biology and Ecology of Plants, Tel Aviv University, 69978, Israel
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- Department of Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology, 119 Plant BioScience Building, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717-3150, USA
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Lu X, Zhang D, Li S, Su Y, Liang Q, Meng H, Shen S, Fan Y, Liu C, Zhang C. FtsHi4 is essential for embryogenesis due to its influence on chloroplast development in Arabidopsis. PLoS One 2014; 9:e99741. [PMID: 24964212 PMCID: PMC4070914 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2014] [Accepted: 05/17/2014] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Chloroplast formation is associated with embryo development and seedling growth. However, the relationship between chloroplast differentiation and embryo development remains unclear. Five FtsHi genes that encode proteins with high similarity to FtsH proteins, but lack Zn2+-binding motifs, are present in the Arabidopsis genome. In this study, we showed that T-DNA insertion mutations in the Arabidopsis FtsHi4 gene resulted in embryo arrest at the globular-to-heart-shaped transition stage. Transmission electron microscopic analyses revealed abnormal plastid differentiation with a severe defect in thylakoid formation in the mutant embryos. Immunocytological studies demonstrated that FtsHi4 localized in chloroplasts as a thylakoid membrane-associated protein, supporting its essential role in thylakoid membrane formation. We further showed that FtsHi4 forms protein complexes, and that there was a significant reduction in the accumulation of D2 and PsbO (two photosystem II proteins) in mutant ovules. The role of FtsHi4 in chloroplast development was confirmed using an RNA-interfering approach. Additionally, mutations in other FtsHi genes including FtsHi1, FtsHi2, and FtsHi5 caused phenotypic abnormalities similar to ftshi4 with respect to plastid differentiation during embryogenesis. Taken together, our data suggest that FtsHi4, together with FtsHi1, FtsHi2, and FtsHi5 are essential for chloroplast development in Arabidopsis.
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- Xiaoduo Lu
- Department of Life Sciences, Qilu Normal University, Jinan, China
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- Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Life Sciences, Qilu Normal University, Jinan, China
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- School of Biology and Basic Medical Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
- National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement (NFCRI), Beijing, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- School of Biology and Basic Medical Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
- National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement (NFCRI), Beijing, China
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- Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
- National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement (NFCRI), Beijing, China
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Daras G, Rigas S, Tsitsekian D, Zur H, Tuller T, Hatzopoulos P. Alternative transcription initiation and the AUG context configuration control dual-organellar targeting and functional competence of Arabidopsis Lon1 protease. MOLECULAR PLANT 2014; 7:989-1005. [PMID: 24646630 DOI: 10.1093/mp/ssu030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Cellular homeostasis relies on components of protein quality control including chaperones and proteases. In bacteria and eukaryotic organelles, Lon proteases play a critical role in removing irreparably damaged proteins and thereby preventing the accumulation of deleterious degradation-resistant aggregates. Gene expression, live-cell imaging, immunobiochemical, and functional complementation approaches provide conclusive evidence for Lon1 dual-targeting to chloroplasts and mitochondria. Dual-organellar deposition of Lon1 isoforms depends on both transcriptional regulation and alternative translation initiation via leaky ribosome scanning from the first AUG sequence context that deviates extensively from the optimum Kozak consensus. Organelle-specific Lon1 targeting results in partial complementation of Arabidopsis lon1-1 mutants, whereas full complementation is solely accomplished by dual-organellar targeting. Both the optimal and non-optimal AUG sequence contexts are functional in yeast and facilitate leaky ribosome scanning complementing the pim1 phenotype when the mitochondrial presequence is used. Bioinformatic search identified a limited number of Arabidopsis genes with Lon1-type dual-targeting sequence organization. Lon4, the paralog of Lon1, has an ambiguous presequence likely evolved from the twin presequences of an ancestral Lon1-like gene, generating a single dual-targeted protein isoform. We postulate that Lon1 and its subfunctional paralog Lon4 evolved complementary subsets of transcriptional and posttranscriptional regulatory components responsive to environmental cues for dual-organellar targeting.
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- Gerasimos Daras
- Department of Biotechnology, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, Athens 118 55, Greece
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- Department of Biotechnology, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, Athens 118 55, Greece
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- Department of Biotechnology, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, Athens 118 55, Greece
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- School of Computer Science, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Department of Biotechnology, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, Athens 118 55, Greece.
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Barth J, Bergner SV, Jaeger D, Niehues A, Schulze S, Scholz M, Fufezan C. The interplay of light and oxygen in the reactive oxygen stress response of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii dissected by quantitative mass spectrometry. Mol Cell Proteomics 2014; 13:969-89. [PMID: 24482124 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m113.032771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Light and oxygen are factors that are very much entangled in the reactive oxygen species (ROS) stress response network in plants, algae and cyanobacteria. The first obligatory step in understanding the ROS network is to separate these responses. In this study, a LC-MS/MS based quantitative proteomic approach was used to dissect the responses of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii to ROS, light and oxygen employing an interlinked experimental setup. Application of novel bioinformatics tools allow high quality retention time alignment to be performed on all LC-MS/MS runs increasing confidence in protein quantification, overall sequence coverage and coverage of all treatments measured. Finally advanced hierarchical clustering yielded 30 communities of co-regulated proteins permitting separation of ROS related effects from pure light effects (induction and repression). A community termed redox(II) was identified that shows additive effects of light and oxygen with light as the first obligatory step. Another community termed 4-down was identified that shows repression as an effect of light but only in the absence of oxygen indicating ROS regulation, for example, possibly via product feedback inhibition because no ROS damage is occurring. In summary the data demonstrate the importance of separating light, O₂ and ROS responses to define marker genes for ROS responses. As revealed in this study, an excellent candidate is DHAR with strong ROS dependent induction profiles.
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- Johannes Barth
- Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, University of Muenster, Schlossplatz 8, 48143 Münster
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Malnoë A, Wang F, Girard-Bascou J, Wollman FA, de Vitry C. Thylakoid FtsH protease contributes to photosystem II and cytochrome b6f remodeling in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii under stress conditions. THE PLANT CELL 2014; 26:373-90. [PMID: 24449688 PMCID: PMC3963582 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.113.120113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2013] [Revised: 11/28/2013] [Accepted: 12/18/2013] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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FtsH is the major thylakoid membrane protease found in organisms performing oxygenic photosynthesis. Here, we show that FtsH from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii forms heterooligomers comprising two subunits, FtsH1 and FtsH2. We characterized this protease using FtsH mutants that we identified through a genetic suppressor approach that restored phototrophic growth of mutants originally defective for cytochrome b6f accumulation. We thus extended the spectrum of FtsH substrates in the thylakoid membranes beyond photosystem II, showing the susceptibility of cytochrome b6f complexes (and proteins involved in the ci heme binding pathway to cytochrome b6) to FtsH. We then show how FtsH is involved in the response of C. reinhardtii to macronutrient stress. Upon phosphorus starvation, photosynthesis inactivation results from an FtsH-sensitive photoinhibition process. In contrast, we identified an FtsH-dependent loss of photosystem II and cytochrome b6f complexes in darkness upon sulfur deprivation. The D1 fragmentation pattern observed in the latter condition was similar to that observed in photoinhibitory conditions, which points to a similar degradation pathway in these two widely different environmental conditions. Our experiments thus provide extensive evidence that FtsH plays a major role in the quality control of thylakoid membrane proteins and in the response of C. reinhardtii to light and macronutrient stress.
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Rigas S, Daras G, Tsitsekian D, Alatzas A, Hatzopoulos P. Evolution and significance of the Lon gene family in Arabidopsis organelle biogenesis and energy metabolism. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2014; 5:145. [PMID: 24782883 PMCID: PMC3990055 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2013] [Accepted: 03/26/2014] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Lon is the first identified ATP-dependent protease highly conserved across all kingdoms. Model plant species Arabidopsis thaliana has a small Lon gene family of four members. Although these genes share common structural features, they have distinct properties in terms of gene expression profile, subcellular targeting and substrate recognition motifs. This supports the notion that their functions under different environmental conditions are not necessarily redundant. This article intends to unravel the biological role of Lon proteases in energy metabolism and plant growth through an evolutionary perspective. Given that plants are sessile organisms exposed to diverse environmental conditions and plant organelles are semi-autonomous, it is tempting to suggest that Lon genes in Arabidopsis are paralogs. Adaptive evolution through repetitive gene duplication events of a single archaic gene led to Lon genes with complementing sets of subfunctions providing to the organism rapid adaptability for canonical development under different environmental conditions. Lon1 function is adequately characterized being involved in mitochondrial biogenesis, modulating carbon metabolism, oxidative phosphorylation and energy supply, all prerequisites for seed germination and seedling establishment. Lon is not a stand-alone proteolytic machine in plant organelles. Lon in association with other nuclear-encoded ATP-dependent proteases builds up an elegant nevertheless, tight interconnected circuit. This circuitry channels properly and accurately, proteostasis and protein quality control among the distinct subcellular compartments namely mitochondria, chloroplasts, and peroxisomes.
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- *Correspondence: Polydefkis Hatzopoulos, Department of Biotechnology, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, Athens 118 55, Greece e-mail:
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Putarjunan A, Liu X, Nolan T, Yu F, Rodermel S. Understanding chloroplast biogenesis using second-site suppressors of immutans and var2. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2013; 116:437-53. [PMID: 23703455 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-013-9855-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2013] [Accepted: 05/15/2013] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Chloroplast biogenesis is an essential light-dependent process involving the differentiation of photosynthetically competent chloroplasts from precursors that include undifferentiated proplastids in leaf meristems, as well as etioplasts in dark-grown seedlings. The mechanisms that govern these developmental processes are poorly understood, but entail the coordinated expression of nuclear and plastid genes. This coordination is achieved, in part, by signals generated in response to the metabolic and developmental state of the plastid that regulate the transcription of nuclear genes for photosynthetic proteins (retrograde signaling). Variegation mutants are powerful tools to understand pathways of chloroplast biogenesis, and over the years our lab has focused on immutans (im) and variegated2 (var2), two nuclear gene-induced variegations of Arabidopsis. im and var2 are among the best-characterized chloroplast biogenesis mutants, and they define the genes for plastid terminal oxidase (PTOX) and the AtFtsH2 subunit of the thylakoid FtsH metalloprotease complex, respectively. To gain insight into the function of these proteins, forward and reverse genetic approaches have been used to identify second-site suppressors of im and var2 that replace or bypass the need for PTOX and AtFtsH2 during chloroplast development. In this review, we provide a brief update of im and var2 and the functions of PTOX and AtFtsH2. We then summarize information about second-site suppressors of im and var2 that have been identified to date, and describe how they have provided insight into mechanisms of photosynthesis and pathways of chloroplast development.
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- Aarthi Putarjunan
- Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
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Towards a critical understanding of the photosystem II repair mechanism and its regulation during stress conditions. FEBS Lett 2013; 587:3372-81. [DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2013.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2013] [Revised: 09/10/2013] [Accepted: 09/11/2013] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Luciński R, Jackowski G. AtFtsH heterocomplex-mediated degradation of apoproteins of the major light harvesting complex of photosystem II (LHCII) in response to stresses. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2013; 170:1082-1089. [PMID: 23598180 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2013.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2013] [Revised: 03/13/2013] [Accepted: 03/14/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Chloroplastic heterocomplex consisting of AtFtsH1, 2, 5 and 8 proteases, integrally bound to thylakoid membrane was shown to play a critical role in degradation of photodamaged PsbA molecules, inherent to photosystem II (PSII) repair cycle and in plastid development. As no one thylakoid bound apoproteins besides PsbA has been identified as target for the heterocomplex-mediated degradation we investigated the significance of this protease complex in degradation of apoproteins of the major light harvesting complex of photosystem II (LHCII) in response to various stressing conditions and in stress-related changes in overall composition of LHCII trimers of PSII-enriched membranes (BBY particles). To reach this goal a combination of approaches was applied based on immunoblotting, in vitro degradation and non-denaturing isoelectrofocusing. Exposure of Arabidopsis thaliana leaves to desiccation, cold and high irradiance led to a step-wise disappearance of Lhcb1 and Lhcb2, while Lhcb3 level remained unchanged, except for high irradiance which caused significant Lhcb3 decrease. Furthermore, it was demonstrated that stress-dependent disappearance of Lhcb1-3 is a proteolytic phenomenon for which a metalloprotease is responsible. No changes in Lhcb1-3 level were observed due to exposition of var1-1 mutant leaves to the three stresses clearly pointing to the involvement of AtFtsH heterocomplex in the desiccation, cold and high irradiance-dependent degradation of Lhcb1 and Lhcb2 and in high irradiance-dependent degradation of Lhcb3. Non-denaturing isoelectrofocusing analyses revealed that AtFtsH heterocomplex-dependent differential Lhcb1-3 disappearance behaviour following desiccation stress was accompanied by modulations in abundances of individual LHCII trimers of BBY particles and that LHCII of var1-1 resisted the modulations.
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- Robert Luciński
- Department of Plant Physiology, Institute of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, ul. Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań, Poland.
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Zienkiewicz M, Kokoszka N, Bacławska I, Drożak A, Romanowska E. Light intensity and quality stimulated Deg1-dependent cleavage of PSII components in the chloroplasts of maize. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2013; 67:126-136. [PMID: 23563498 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2013.02.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2013] [Accepted: 02/26/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Recent studies have revealed that photo damages inducing high white light illumination of C3-type plant Arabidopsis thaliana promotes Deg1-mediated degradation of not only photosystem II core proteins D1/D2 but also minor LHCII proteins CP26, CP29 and PSII-associated PsbS protein. Using biochemical and immunological approaches we show that that the substrate pool of the heterologously expressed Deg1 ortholog protease from C4-type plant Zea mays is very similar to that of the A. thaliana in both mesophyll and bundle sheath chloroplasts. The Deg1-mediated degradation of photosystem II components has been observed after high light and red light treatment of maize leaves, while far red light did not induce Deg1-mediated degradation. Moreover, two isoforms of the Deg1 protease have been identified. Their genes are localized in chromosomes 6 and 8. The Pull-Down assay indicated that both proteins were able to bind the same set of chloroplast proteins, nevertheless in vitro digestion of Z. mays thylakoids in the form of inside-out vesicles has raveled that only Deg1 found in chromosome 8 exhibited proteolytic activity. Interestingly, the relative amount of Deg1 proteases in Z. mays bundle sheath chloroplasts (BS) is significantly higher than in mesophyll chloroplasts (M) in spite of lower content of PSII (∼20%) in BS.
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- Maksymilian Zienkiewicz
- University of Warsaw, Department of Molecular Plant Physiology, Miecznikowa 1, 02-096 Warsaw, Poland.
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- University of Warsaw, Department of Molecular Plant Physiology, Miecznikowa 1, 02-096 Warsaw, Poland
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- University of Warsaw, Department of Molecular Plant Physiology, Miecznikowa 1, 02-096 Warsaw, Poland
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- University of Warsaw, Department of Molecular Plant Physiology, Miecznikowa 1, 02-096 Warsaw, Poland
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- University of Warsaw, Department of Molecular Plant Physiology, Miecznikowa 1, 02-096 Warsaw, Poland
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Kosmala A, Perlikowski D, Pawłowicz I, Rapacz M. Changes in the chloroplast proteome following water deficit and subsequent watering in a high- and a low-drought-tolerant genotype of Festuca arundinacea. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2012; 63:6161-6172. [PMID: 23045610 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ers265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Festuca arundinacea is one of the most drought-tolerant species within the Lolium-Festuca complex and was used as a model for research aimed at identifying the chloroplast components involved in the proteomic response for drought stress in forage grasses. Individual F. arundinacea genotypes with contrasting levels of drought tolerance, the high-drought-tolerant (HDT) and the low-drought-tolerant (LDT) genotypes, were selected for comparative physiological and proteomic work. Measurements of water uptake, chlorophyll fluorescence, relative water content, electrolyte leakage, and gas exchange during drought and rewatering periods were followed by investigations on accumulation levels of chloroplast proteins before drought conditions, on d 3 and 11 of drought treatment, and after 10 d of subsequent watering, using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. The proteins that were accumulated differentially between the selected plants were then identified by mass spectrometry. The LDT genotype revealed lower levels of water uptake and relative water content as drought progressed, and this was accompanied by lower levels of transpiration and net photosynthesis, and a higher level of electrolyte leakage observed in this genotype. Eighty-two protein accumulation profiles were compared between the HDT and LDT genotypes and ten proteins were shown to be differentially accumulated between them. The functions of the selected proteins in plant cells and their probable influence on the process of recovery after drought treatment in F. arundinacea are discussed.
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- Arkadiusz Kosmala
- Institute of Plant Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Strzeszynska 34, 60-479 Poznan, Poland.
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Kato Y, Sun X, Zhang L, Sakamoto W. Cooperative D1 degradation in the photosystem II repair mediated by chloroplastic proteases in Arabidopsis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2012; 159:1428-39. [PMID: 22698923 PMCID: PMC3425188 DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.199042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Light energy constantly damages photosynthetic apparatuses, ultimately causing impaired growth. Particularly, the sessile nature of higher plants has allowed chloroplasts to develop unique mechanisms to alleviate the irreversible inactivation of photosynthesis. Photosystem II (PSII) is known as a primary target of photodamage. Photosynthetic organisms have evolved the so-called PSII repair cycle, in which a reaction center protein, D1, is degraded rapidly in a specific manner. Two proteases that perform processive or endopeptidic degradation, FtsH and Deg, respectively, participate in this cycle. To examine the cooperative D1 degradation by these proteases, we engaged Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) mutants lacking FtsH2 (yellow variegated2 [var2]) and Deg5/Deg8 (deg5 deg8) in detecting D1 cleaved fragments. We detected several D1 fragments only under the var2 background, using amino-terminal or carboxyl-terminal specific antibodies of D1. The appearance of these D1 fragments was inhibited by a serine protease inhibitor and by deg5 deg8 mutations. Given the localization of Deg5/Deg8 on the luminal side of thylakoid membranes, we inferred that Deg5/Deg8 cleaves D1 at its luminal loop connecting the transmembrane helices C and D and that the cleaved products of D1 are the substrate for FtsH. These D1 fragments detected in var2 were associated with the PSII monomer, dimer, and partial disassembly complex but not with PSII supercomplexes. It is particularly interesting that another processive protease, Clp, was up-regulated and appeared to be recruited from stroma to the thylakoid membrane in var2, suggesting compensation for FtsH deficiency. Together, our data demonstrate in vivo cooperative degradation of D1, in which Deg cleavage assists FtsH processive degradation under photoinhibitory conditions.
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The influence of ATP-dependent proteases on a variety of nucleoid-associated processes. J Struct Biol 2012; 179:181-92. [PMID: 22683345 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2012.05.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2012] [Revised: 05/24/2012] [Accepted: 05/26/2012] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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ATP-dependent proteases are crucial components of all living cells and are involved in a variety of responses to physiological and environmental changes. Nucleoids are dynamic nucleoprotein complexes present in bacteria and eukaryotic organelles (mitochondria and plastids) and are the place where the majority of cellular responses to stress begin. These structures are actively remodeled in reaction to changing environmental and physiological conditions. The levels of nucleoid protein components (e.g. DNA-stabilizing proteins, transcription factors, replication proteins) therefore have to be continually regulated. ATP-dependent proteases have all the characteristics needed to fulfill this requirement. Some of them bind nucleic acids, but above all, they control and maintain the level of many DNA-binding proteins. In this review we will discuss the roles of the Lon, ClpAP, ClpXP, HslUV and FtsH proteases in the maintenance, stability, transcription and repair of DNA in eubacterial and mitochondrial nucleoids.
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Rigas S, Daras G, Tsitsekian D, Hatzopoulos P. The multifaceted role of Lon proteolysis in seedling establishment and maintenance of plant organelle function: living from protein destruction. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2012; 145:215-223. [PMID: 22023720 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2011.01537.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Intracellular selective proteolysis is an important post-translational regulatory mechanism maintaining protein quality control by removing defective, damaged or even deleterious protein aggregates. The ATP-dependent Lon protease is a key component of protein quality control that is highly conserved across the kingdoms of living organisms. Major advancements have been made in bacteria and in non-plant organisms to understand the role of Lon in protection against protein oxidation, ageing and neurodegenerative diseases. This review presents the progress currently made in plants. The Lon gene family in Arabidopsis consists of four members that produce distinct protein isoforms localized in several organelles. Lon1 and Lon4 that potentially originate from a recent gene duplication event are dual-targeted to mitochondria and chloroplasts through distinct mechanisms revealing divergent evolution. Arabidopsis mutant analysis showed that mitochondria and peroxisomes biogenesis or maintenance of function is modulated by Lon1 and Lon2, respectively. Consequently, the lack of Lon selective proteolysis leading to growth retardation and impaired seedling establishment can be attributed to defects in the oil reserve mobilization pathway. The current progress in Arabidopsis research uncovers the role of Lon in the proteome homeostasis of plant organelles and stimulates biotechnology scenarios of plant tolerance against harsh abiotic conditions because of climate instability.
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- Stamatis Rigas
- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, Athens 118 55, Greece
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FtsHs are a well-characterized family of membrane bound proteases containing an AAA (ATPase associated with various cellular activities) and a Zn(2+) metalloprotease domain. FtsH proteases are found in eubacteria, animals and plants and are known to have a crucial role in housekeeping proteolysis of membrane proteins. In Arabidopsis thaliana, 12 FtsH family members are present (FtsH 1-12) and their subcellular localization is restricted to mitochondria and chloroplasts. In addition, five genes coding for proteins homologous to FtsH (FtsHi 1-5) have been detected in the genome, lacking the conserved zinc-binding motif HEXXH, which presumably renders them inactive for proteolysis. These inactive FtsHs as well as nine of the active FtsHs are thought to be localized in the chloroplast. In this article, we shortly summarize the recent findings on plastidic FtsH proteases in text and figures. We will mainly focus on FtsH 1, 2, 5 and 8 localized in the thylakoid membrane and known for their importance in photosynthesis.
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- Raik Wagner
- Department of Chemistry, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
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Moldavski O, Levin-Kravets O, Ziv T, Adam Z, Prag G. The hetero-hexameric nature of a chloroplast AAA+ FtsH protease contributes to its thermodynamic stability. PLoS One 2012; 7:e36008. [PMID: 22558304 PMCID: PMC3339871 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2012] [Accepted: 03/29/2012] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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FtsH is an evolutionary conserved membrane-bound metalloprotease complex. While in most prokaryotes FtsH is encoded by a single gene, multiple FtsH genes are found in eukaryotes. Genetic and biochemical data suggest that the Arabidopsis chloroplast FtsH is a hetero-hexamer. This raises the question why photosynthetic organisms require a heteromeric complex, whereas in most bacteria a homomeric one is sufficient. To gain structural information of the possible complexes, the Arabidopsis FtsH2 (type B) and FtsH5 (type A) were modeled. An in silico study with mixed models of FtsH2/5 suggests that heteromeric hexamer structure with ratio of 4:2 is more likely to exists. Specifically, calculation of the buried surface area at the interfaces between neighboring subunits revealed that a hetero-complex should be thermodynamically more stable than a homo-hexamer, due to the presence of additional hydrophobic and hydrophilic interactions. To biochemically assess this model, we generated Arabidopsis transgenic plants, expressing epitope-tagged FtsH2 and immuno-purified the protein. Mass-spectrometry analysis showed that FtsH2 is associated with FtsH1, FtsH5 and FtsH8. Interestingly, we found that 'type B' subunits (FtsH2 and FtsH8) were 2-3 fold more abundant than 'type A' (FtsH1 and FtsH5). The biochemical data corroborate the in silico model and suggest that the thylakoid FtsH hexamer is composed of two 'type A' and four 'type B' subunits.
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- Ofer Moldavski
- The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the Institute for Structural Biology, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Biology, Smoler Proteomics Center, Technion, Haifa, Israel
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- The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the Institute for Structural Biology, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Zienkiewicz M, Ferenc A, Wasilewska W, Romanowska E. High light stimulates Deg1-dependent cleavage of the minor LHCII antenna proteins CP26 and CP29 and the PsbS protein in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLANTA 2012; 235:279-288. [PMID: 21877139 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-011-1505-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2011] [Accepted: 08/10/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The chloroplast Deg1 protein performs proteolytic cleavage of the photodamaged D1 protein of the photosystem II (PSII) reaction center, PSII extrinsic subunit PsbO and the soluble electron carrier plastocyanin. Using biochemical, immunological and mass spectrometry approaches we showed that the heterogeneously expressed Deg1 protease from Arabidopsis thaliana can be responsible for the degradation of the monomeric light-harvesting complex antenna subunits of PSII (LHCII), CP26 and CP29, as well as PSII-associated PsbS (CP22/NPQ4) protein. The results may indicate that cytochrome b (6) protein and two previously unknown thylakoid proteins, Ptac16 and an 18.3-kDa protein, may be the substrates for Deg1. The interaction of Deg1 with the PsbS protein and the minor LHCII subunits implies its involvement in the regulation of both excess energy dissipation and state transition adaptation processes.
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- Maksymilian Zienkiewicz
- Department of Molecular Plant Physiology, University of Warsaw, Miecznikowa 1, 02-096 Warsaw, Poland.
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Kato Y, Kouso T, Sakamoto W. Variegated tobacco leaves generated by chloroplast FtsH suppression: implication of FtsH function in the maintenance of thylakoid membranes. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2012; 53:391-404. [PMID: 22197884 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcr189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Mutants lacking a thylakoid membrane-bound metalloprotease, FtsH, are known to cause leaf variegation in Arabidopsis. However, the effect of reduced FtsH levels on leaf variegation has scarcely been examined in other plants. In this study, we performed RNA interference (RNAi) by which FtsH expression was suppressed in tobacco. The resulting FtsH knock-down tobacco plants showed variegation in their leaves, and a negative correlation between the degree of variegation and the level of FtsH, which supported earlier observations in Arabidopsis. A decrease of NtFtsH2 as well as NtFtsH1 suggested that these are the two major isoforms comprising the FtsH complex in tobacco chloroplasts. The RNAi tobacco lines also showed photoinhibition-vulnerable phenotypes, as evidenced by high-light-sensitive PSII activity and retarded degradation of D1 protein. Interestingly, the formation of variegated sectors during leaf development appeared to differ between Arabidopsis and tobacco. In contrast to the formation of variegation in Arabidopsis, the yellow sectors in FtsH RNAi tobacco emerged from green leaves at a late stage of leaf development. A series of cytological observations implied that thylakoid membranes were dismantled after development had already occurred. Late formation of variegation in FtsH RNAi tobacco suggested that the heteromeric FtsH complex is important for maintaining thylakoid membranes.
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- Yusuke Kato
- Institute of Plant Science and Resources (IPSR), Okayama University, Kurashiki, Okayama, 710-0046 Japan
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Li L, Nelson CJ, Solheim C, Whelan J, Millar AH. Determining degradation and synthesis rates of arabidopsis proteins using the kinetics of progressive 15N labeling of two-dimensional gel-separated protein spots. Mol Cell Proteomics 2012; 11:M111.010025. [PMID: 22215636 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m111.010025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The growth and development of plant tissues is associated with an ordered succession of cellular processes that are reflected in the appearance and disappearance of proteins. The control of the kinetics of protein turnover is central to how plants can rapidly and specifically alter protein abundance and thus molecular function in response to environmental or developmental cues. However, the processes of turnover are largely hidden during periods of apparent steady-state protein abundance, and even when proteins accumulate it is unclear whether enhanced synthesis or decreased degradation is responsible. We have used a (15)N labeling strategy with inorganic nitrogen sources coupled to a two-dimensional fluorescence difference gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry analysis of two-dimensional IEF/SDS-PAGE gel spots to define the rate of protein synthesis (K(S)) and degradation (K(D)) of Arabidopsis cell culture proteins. Through analysis of MALDI-TOF/TOF mass spectra from 120 protein spots, we were able to quantify K(S) and K(D) for 84 proteins across six functional groups and observe over 65-fold variation in protein degradation rates. K(S) and K(D) correlate with functional roles of the proteins in the cell and the time in the cell culture cycle. This approach is based on progressive (15)N labeling that is innocuous for the plant cells and, because it can be used to target analysis of proteins through the use of specific gel spots, it has broad applicability.
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- Lei Li
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology & Centre for Comparative Analysis of Biomolecular Networks, M316, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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Adamiec M, Luciński R, Jackowski G. The irradiance dependent transcriptional regulation of AtCLPB3 expression. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2011; 181:449-456. [PMID: 21889051 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2011.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2010] [Revised: 07/11/2011] [Accepted: 07/13/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Transcript abundance analysis was applied to determine whether expression of genes coding for 50 principal constituents of chloroplast and mitochondria proteolytic machinery, i.e. isoforms of proteases and regulatory subunits of Clp and FtsH families as well as Deg group of chymotrypsin family are differentially expressed in response to acclimation to elevated irradiance. Of 50 genes analysed only a single one coding for ClpB3 regulatory subunit was found to be up-regulated and gene coding for Deg2 to be down-regulated significantly during acclimation to excessive irradiance conditions. Hierarchical clustering of transcript abundance data revealed that CLPB3 co-expressed tightly with genes coding for PAP1, GBF6 and bHLH family member transcription factors during the acclimation. It was found that CLPB3 contains cis-regulatory elements able to bind all three transcription factors. By performing analyses of publicly available transcriptomic data sets from a range of long-term abiotic stresses we suggest that PAP1 may mediate condition-dependent transcriptional response of CLPB3, induced by a group of long-term abiotic stresses.
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- Małgorzata Adamiec
- Department of Plant Physiology, Institute of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, ul. Umultowska 89, Poznań, Poland
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Yin Z, Meng F, Song H, Wang X, Chao M, Zhang G, Xu X, Deng D, Yu D. GmFtsH9 expression correlates with in vivo photosystem II function: chlorophyll a fluorescence transient analysis and eQTL mapping in soybean. PLANTA 2011; 234:815-27. [PMID: 21638036 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-011-1445-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2011] [Accepted: 05/17/2011] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Filamentation temperature-sensitive H (FtsH) is an ATP-dependent zinc metalloprotease involved in diverse biological functions. There are 12 FtsH proteins in Arabidopsis, among which AtFtsH2 plays an important role in regulating the turnover of photosystem II (PSII) reaction center D1 protein and the development of the photosynthetic apparatus. Here, we have identified 11 FtsH genes in the soybean genome by a bioinformatics approach. These soybean FtsH genes corresponded to seven Arabidopsis FtsH genes, suggesting that the main characteristics of soybean FtsH genes were formed before the evolutionary split of soybean and Arabidopsis. Phylogenetic analyses allowed us to clone a soybean AtFtsH2-like gene designated as GmFtsH9. The predicted protein of GmFtsH9 consists of 690 amino acids and contains three typical FtsH proteins conserved domains. The expression level of GmFtsH9 was determined in a soybean recombinant inbred line population under a pot experiment conducted for measuring chlorophyll a fluorescence transient parameters, photosynthetic CO(2) fixation rate (P (N)), and seed yield. Expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) mapping revealed two trans-acting eQTLs for GmFtsH9. The significant correlation of gene expression level with chlorophyll a fluorescence transient parameters and the presence of overlapping eQTL (QTL) between gene expression level and chlorophyll a fluorescence transient parameters indicated that GmFtsH9 could be involved in regulating PSII function. These results further lead to the understanding of the mechanism underlying FtsH gene expression, and contribute to the development of marker-assisted selection breeding programs for modulating soybean FtsH gene expression.
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- Zhitong Yin
- National Center for Soybean Improvement, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
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