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Zhang T, Zhang C, Zhang X, Liang Z, Xia P. Multi-algorithm cooperation research of WRKY genes under nitrogen stress in Panax notoginseng. Protoplasma 2023; 260:1081-1096. [PMID: 36564534 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-022-01832-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2022] [Accepted: 12/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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WRKY transcription factors play an important role in the immune system and the innate defense response of plants. WRKY transcription factors have great feedback on nitrogen stress. In this study, bioinformatics was used to detect the WRKYs of Panax notoginseng (PnWRKYs). The response of PnWRKYs under nitrogen stress was also well studied. PnWRKYs were distributed on 11 chromosomes. According to PnWRKY and Arabidopsis thaliana WRKY (AtWRKY) domains, these PnWRKY proteins were divided into three groups by phylogenetic analysis. MEME analysis showed that almost every member contained motif 1 and motif 2. PlantCARE online predicted the cis-acting elements of the promoter. PnWRKY gene family members obtained 22 pairs of repeat fragments by collinearity analysis. The expression levels of PnWRKYs in different parts (roots, flowers, and leafs) were analyzed by the gene expression pattern. They reflected tissue-specific expressions. The qRT-PCR experiments were used to detect 74 PnWRKYs under nitrogen stress. The results showed that the expression levels of 8 PnWRKYs were significantly induced. The PnWRKY gene family may be involved in biotic/abiotic stresses and hormone induction. This study will not only lay the foundation to explore the functions of PnWRKYs but also provide candidate genes for the future improvement of P. notoginseng.
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- Tingting Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Plant Secondary Metabolism and Regulation of Zhejiang Province, College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, 310018, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Secondary Metabolism and Regulation of Zhejiang Province, College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, 310018, China
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- Tianjin TASLY Modern Chinese Medicine Resources Co., Ltd, Tianjin, 300402, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Secondary Metabolism and Regulation of Zhejiang Province, College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, 310018, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Secondary Metabolism and Regulation of Zhejiang Province, College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, 310018, China.
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Alegre S, Pascual J, Trotta A, Angeleri M, Rahikainen M, Brosche M, Moffatt B, Kangasjärvi S. Evolutionary conservation and post-translational control of S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine hydrolase in land plants. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0227466. [PMID: 32678822 PMCID: PMC7367456 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0227466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2019] [Accepted: 06/30/2020] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Trans-methylation reactions are intrinsic to cellular metabolism in all living organisms. In land plants, a range of substrate-specific methyltransferases catalyze the methylation of DNA, RNA, proteins, cell wall components and numerous species-specific metabolites, thereby providing means for growth and acclimation in various terrestrial habitats. Trans-methylation reactions consume vast amounts of S-adenosyl-L-methionine (SAM) as a methyl donor in several cellular compartments. The inhibitory reaction by-product, S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine (SAH), is continuously removed by SAH hydrolase (SAHH), which essentially maintains trans-methylation reactions in all living cells. Here we report on the evolutionary conservation and post-translational control of SAHH in land plants. We provide evidence suggesting that SAHH forms oligomeric protein complexes in phylogenetically divergent land plants and that the predominant protein complex is composed by a tetramer of the enzyme. Analysis of light-stress-induced adjustments of SAHH in Arabidopsis thaliana and Physcomitrella patens further suggests that regulatory actions may take place on the levels of protein complex formation and phosphorylation of this metabolically central enzyme. Collectively, these data suggest that plant adaptation to terrestrial environments involved evolution of regulatory mechanisms that adjust the trans-methylation machinery in response to environmental cues.
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- Sara Alegre
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Plant Biology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Plant Biology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Plant Biology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
- Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources, National Research Council of Italy, Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Plant Biology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Plant Biology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Program, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Plant Biology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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Yan A, Borg M, Berger F, Chen Z. The atypical histone variant H3.15 promotes callus formation in Arabidopsis thaliana. Development 2020; 147:dev184895. [PMID: 32439757 DOI: 10.1242/dev.184895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2019] [Accepted: 04/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Plants are capable of regenerating new organs after mechanical injury. The regeneration process involves genome-wide reprogramming of transcription, which usually requires dynamic changes in the chromatin landscape. We show that the histone 3 variant HISTONE THREE RELATED 15 (H3.15) plays an important role in cell fate reprogramming during plant regeneration in Arabidopsis H3.15 expression is rapidly induced upon wounding. Ectopic overexpression of H3.15 promotes cell proliferation to form a larger callus at the wound site, whereas htr15 mutation compromises callus formation. H3.15 is distinguished from other Arabidopsis histones by the absence of the lysine residue 27 that is trimethylated by the POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 2 (PRC2) in constitutively expressed H3 variants. Overexpression of H3.15 promotes the removal of the transcriptional repressive mark H3K27me3 from chromatin, which results in transcriptional de-repression of downstream genes, such as WUSCHEL RELATED HOMEOBOX 11 (WOX11). Our results reveal a new mechanism for a release from PRC2-mediated gene repression through H3.15 deposition into chromatin, which is involved in reprogramming cell fate to produce pluripotent callus cells.
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- An Yan
- Natural Sciences and Science Education, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, 1 Nanyang Walk, Singapore 637616, Singapore
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- Gregor Mendel Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna BioCenter, Dr. Bohr-Gasse 3, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Gregor Mendel Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna BioCenter, Dr. Bohr-Gasse 3, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Natural Sciences and Science Education, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, 1 Nanyang Walk, Singapore 637616, Singapore
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Romera-Branchat M, Severing E, Pocard C, Ohr H, Vincent C, Née G, Martinez-Gallegos R, Jang S, Andrés F, Madrigal P, Coupland G. Functional Divergence of the Arabidopsis Florigen-Interacting bZIP Transcription Factors FD and FDP. Cell Rep 2020; 31:107717. [PMID: 32492426 PMCID: PMC7273178 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.107717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2019] [Revised: 03/10/2020] [Accepted: 05/11/2020] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Flowering of many plant species depends on interactions between basic leucine zipper (bZIP) transcription factors and systemically transported florigen proteins. Members of the genus Arabidopsis contain two of these bZIPs, FD and FDP, which we show have largely complementary expression patterns in shoot apices before and during flowering. CRISPR-Cas9-induced null mutants for FDP flower slightly earlier than wild-type, whereas fd mutants are late flowering. Identical G-box sequences are enriched at FD and FDP binding sites, but only FD binds to genes involved in flowering and only fd alters their transcription. However, both proteins bind to genes involved in responses to the phytohormone abscisic acid (ABA), which controls developmental and stress responses. Many of these genes are differentially expressed in both fd and fdp mutant seedlings, which also show reduced ABA sensitivity. Thus, florigen-interacting bZIPs have distinct functions in flowering dependent on their expression patterns and, at earlier stages in development, play common roles in phytohormone signaling.
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- Maida Romera-Branchat
- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Carl-von-Linné-Weg 10, 50829 Cologne, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Carl-von-Linné-Weg 10, 50829 Cologne, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Carl-von-Linné-Weg 10, 50829 Cologne, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Carl-von-Linné-Weg 10, 50829 Cologne, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Carl-von-Linné-Weg 10, 50829 Cologne, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, University of Münster, Schlossplatz 7, 48143 Münster, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Carl-von-Linné-Weg 10, 50829 Cologne, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Carl-von-Linné-Weg 10, 50829 Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Biometry and Bioinformatics, Institute of Plant Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 60-479 Poznań, Poland
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- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Carl-von-Linné-Weg 10, 50829 Cologne, Germany.
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Fu J, Liu L, Liu Q, Shen Q, Wang C, Yang P, Zhu C, Wang Q. ZmMYC2 exhibits diverse functions and enhances JA signaling in transgenic Arabidopsis. Plant Cell Rep 2020; 39:273-288. [PMID: 31741037 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-019-02490-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2019] [Revised: 10/23/2019] [Accepted: 11/11/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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ZmMYC2 was identified as the key regulator of JA signaling in maize and exhibited diverse functions through binding to many gene promoters as well as enhanced JA signaling in transgenic Arabidopsis. The plant hormone jasmonate (JA) extensively coordinates plant growth, development and defensive responses. MYC2 is the master regulator of JA signaling and has been widely studied in many plant species. However, little is known about this transcription factor in maize. Here, we identified one maize transcription factor with amino acid identity of 47% to the well-studied Arabidopsis AtMYC2, named as ZmMYC2. Gene expression analysis demonstrated inducible expression patterns of ZmMYC2 in response to multiple plant hormone treatments, as well as biotic and abiotic stresses. The yeast two-hybrid assay indicated physical interaction among ZmMYC2 and JA signal repressors ZmJAZ14, ZmJAZ17, AtJAZ1 and AtJAZ9. ZmMYC2 overexpression in Arabidopsis myc2myc3myc4 restored the sensitivity to JA treatment, resulting in shorter root growth and inducible anthocyanin accumulation. Furthermore, overexpression of ZmMYC2 in Arabidopsis elevated resistance to Botrytis cinerea. Further ChIP-Seq analysis revealed diverse regulatory roles of ZmMYC2 in maize, especially in the signaling crosstalk between JA and auxin. Hence, we identified ZmMYC2 and characterized its roles in regulating JA-mediated growth, development and defense responses.
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- Jingye Fu
- Institute of Ecological Agriculture, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- Institute of Ecological Agriculture, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- Institute of Ecological Agriculture, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- Institute of Ecological Agriculture, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- Institute of Ecological Agriculture, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- Institute of Ecological Agriculture, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- Institute of Ecological Agriculture, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- Institute of Ecological Agriculture, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China.
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Chandler JW, Werr W. A phylogenetically conserved APETALA2/ETHYLENE RESPONSE FACTOR, ERF12, regulates Arabidopsis floral development. Plant Mol Biol 2020; 102:39-54. [PMID: 31807981 PMCID: PMC6976583 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-019-00936-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2019] [Accepted: 10/30/2019] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Arabidopsis ETHYLENE RESPONSE FACTOR12 (ERF12), the rice MULTIFLORET SPIKELET1 orthologue pleiotropically affects meristem identity, floral phyllotaxy and organ initiation and is conserved among angiosperms. Reproductive development necessitates the coordinated regulation of meristem identity and maturation and lateral organ initiation via positive and negative regulators and network integrators. We have identified ETHYLENE RESPONSE FACTOR12 (ERF12) as the Arabidopsis orthologue of MULTIFLORET SPIKELET1 (MFS1) in rice. Loss of ERF12 function pleiotropically affects reproductive development, including defective floral phyllotaxy and increased floral organ merosity, especially supernumerary sepals, at incomplete penetrance in the first-formed flowers. Wildtype floral organ number in early formed flowers is labile, demonstrating that floral meristem maturation involves the stabilisation of positional information for organogenesis, as well as appropriate identity. A subset of erf12 phenotypes partly defines a narrow developmental time window, suggesting that ERF12 functions heterochronically to fine-tune stochastic variation in wild type floral number and similar to MFS1, promotes meristem identity. ERF12 expression encircles incipient floral primordia in the inflorescence meristem periphery and is strong throughout the floral meristem and intersepal regions. ERF12 is a putative transcriptional repressor and genetically opposes the function of its relatives DORNRÖSCHEN, DORNRÖSCHEN-LIKE and PUCHI and converges with the APETALA2 pathway. Phylogenetic analysis suggests that ERF12 is conserved among all eudicots and appeared in angiosperm evolution concomitant with the generation of floral diversity.
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- J. W. Chandler
- Developmental Biology, Institute of Zoology, Cologne Biocenter, University of Cologne, Zuelpicher Straße 47b, 50674 Cologne, Germany
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- Developmental Biology, Institute of Zoology, Cologne Biocenter, University of Cologne, Zuelpicher Straße 47b, 50674 Cologne, Germany
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Baquero Forero A, Cvrčková F. SH3Ps-Evolution and Diversity of a Family of Proteins Engaged in Plant Cytokinesis. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20225623. [PMID: 31717902 PMCID: PMC6888108 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20225623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2019] [Revised: 11/04/2019] [Accepted: 11/06/2019] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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SH3P2 (At4g34660), an Arabidopsis thaliana SH3 and Bin/amphiphysin/Rvs (BAR) domain-containing protein, was reported to have a specific role in cell plate assembly, unlike its paralogs SH3P1 (At1g31440) and SH3P3 (At4g18060). SH3P family members were also predicted to interact with formins—evolutionarily conserved actin nucleators that participate in microtubule organization and in membrane–cytoskeleton interactions. To trace the origin of functional specialization of plant SH3Ps, we performed phylogenetic analysis of SH3P sequences from selected plant lineages. SH3Ps are present in charophytes, liverworts, mosses, lycophytes, gymnosperms, and angiosperms, but not in volvocal algae, suggesting association of these proteins with phragmoplast-, but not phycoplast-based cell division. Separation of three SH3P clades, represented by SH3P1, SH3P2, and SH3P3 of A. thaliana, appears to be a seed plant synapomorphy. In the yeast two hybrid system, Arabidopsis SH3P3, but not SH3P2, binds the FH1 and FH2 domains of the formin FH5 (At5g54650), known to participate in cytokinesis, while an opposite binding specificity was found for the dynamin homolog DRP1A (At5g42080), confirming earlier findings. This suggests that the cytokinetic role of SH3P2 is not due to its interaction with FH5. Possible determinants of interaction specificity of SH3P2 and SH3P3 were identified bioinformatically.
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Garrido-Bigotes A, Valenzuela-Riffo F, Figueroa CR. Evolutionary Analysis of JAZ Proteins in Plants: An Approach in Search of the Ancestral Sequence. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20205060. [PMID: 31614709 PMCID: PMC6829463 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20205060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2019] [Revised: 10/09/2019] [Accepted: 10/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Jasmonates are phytohormones that regulate development, metabolism and immunity. Signal transduction is critical to activate jasmonate responses, but the evolution of some key regulators such as jasmonate-ZIM domain (JAZ) repressors is not clear. Here, we identified 1065 JAZ sequence proteins in 66 lower and higher plants and analyzed their evolution by bioinformatics methods. We found that the TIFY and Jas domains are highly conserved along the evolutionary scale. Furthermore, the canonical degron sequence LPIAR(R/K) of the Jas domain is conserved in lower and higher plants. It is noteworthy that degron sequences showed a large number of alternatives from gymnosperms to dicots. In addition, ethylene-responsive element binding factor-associated amphiphilic repression (EAR) motifs are displayed in all plant lineages from liverworts to angiosperms. However, the cryptic MYC2-interacting domain (CMID) domain appeared in angiosperms for the first time. The phylogenetic analysis performed using the Maximum Likelihood method indicated that JAZ ortholog proteins are grouped according to their similarity and plant lineage. Moreover, ancestral JAZ sequences were constructed by PhyloBot software and showed specific changes in the TIFY and Jas domains during evolution from liverworts to dicots. Finally, we propose a model for the evolution of the ancestral sequences of the main eight JAZ protein subgroups. These findings contribute to the understanding of the JAZ family origin and expansion in land plants.
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- Adrián Garrido-Bigotes
- Laboratorio de Epigenética Vegetal, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales, Universidad de Concepción; Concepción 4070386, Chile.
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- Institute of Biological Sciences, Campus Talca, Universidad de Talca, Talca 34655488, Chile.
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- Institute of Biological Sciences, Campus Talca, Universidad de Talca, Talca 34655488, Chile.
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Sall K, Dekkers BJW, Nonogaki M, Katsuragawa Y, Koyari R, Hendrix D, Willems LAJ, Bentsink L, Nonogaki H. DELAY OF GERMINATION 1-LIKE 4 acts as an inducer of seed reserve accumulation. Plant J 2019; 100:7-19. [PMID: 31359518 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2019] [Revised: 06/10/2019] [Accepted: 06/17/2019] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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More than 70% of global food supply depends on seeds. The major seed reserves, such as proteins, lipids, and polysaccharides, are produced during seed maturation. Here, we report that DELAY OF GERMINATION 1-LIKE 4 (DOGL4) is a major inducer of reserve accumulation during seed maturation. The DOGL family proteins are plant-specific proteins of largely unknown biochemical function. DOGL4 shares only limited homology in amino acid sequence with DOG1, a major regulator of seed dormancy. DOGL4 was identified as one of the outstanding abscisic acid (ABA)-induced genes in our RNA sequencing analysis, whereas DOG1 was not induced by ABA. Induction of DOGL4 caused the expression of 70 seed maturation-specific genes, even in germinating seeds, including the major seed reserves ALBUMIN, CRUCIFERIN and OLEOSIN. Although DOG1 affects the expression of many seed maturation genes, the major seed reserve genes induced by DOGL4 are not altered by the dog1 mutation. Furthermore, the reduced dormancy and longevity phenotypes observed in the dog1 seeds were not observed in the dogl4 mutants, suggesting that these two genes have limited functional overlap. Taken together, these results suggest that DOGL4 is a central factor mediating reserve accumulation in seeds, and that the two DOG1 family proteins have diverged over the course of evolution into independent regulators of seed maturation, but retain some overlapping function.
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- Khadidiatou Sall
- Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA
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- Wageningen Seed Laboratory, Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA
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- Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA
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- Wageningen Seed Laboratory, Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Wageningen Seed Laboratory, Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA
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Luo W, Xiao Y, Liang Q, Su Y, Xiao L. Identification of Potential Auxin-Responsive Small Signaling Peptides through a Peptidomics Approach in Arabidopsis thaliana. Molecules 2019; 24:E3146. [PMID: 31470600 PMCID: PMC6749465 DOI: 10.3390/molecules24173146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2019] [Revised: 08/14/2019] [Accepted: 08/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Small signaling peptides (SSPs) are a class of short peptides playing critical roles in plant growth and development. SSPs are also involved in the phytohormone signaling pathway. However, identification of mature SSPs is still a technical challenge because of their extremely low concentrations in plant tissue and complicated interference by many other metabolites. Here, we report an optimized protocol to extract SSPs based on protoplast extraction and to analyze SSPs based on tandem mass spectrometry peptidomics. Using plant protoplasts as the material, soluble peptides were directly extracted into phosphate buffer. The interference of non-signaling peptides was significantly decreased. Moreover, we applied the protocol to identify potential SSPs in auxin treated wild type and auxin biosynthesis defective mutant yuc2yuc6. Over 100 potential SSPs showed a response to auxin in Arabidopsis thaliana.
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- Weigui Luo
- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Phytohormones and Growth Development, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Phytohormones and Growth Development, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Phytohormones and Growth Development, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China.
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Phytohormones and Growth Development, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China.
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Marino G, Naranjo B, Wang J, Penzler JF, Kleine T, Leister D. Relationship of GUN1 to FUG1 in chloroplast protein homeostasis. Plant J 2019; 99:521-535. [PMID: 31002470 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2019] [Revised: 03/23/2019] [Accepted: 03/28/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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GUN1 integrates retrograde signals in chloroplasts but the underlying mechanism is elusive. FUG1, a chloroplast translation initiation factor, and GUN1 are co-expressed at the transcriptional level, and FUG1 co-immunoprecipitates with GUN1. We used mutants of GUN1 (gun1-103) and FUG1 (fug1-3) to analyse their functional relationship at the physiological and system-wide level, the latter including transcriptome and proteome analyses. Absence of GUN1 aggravates the effects of decreased FUG1 levels on chloroplast protein translation, resulting in transiently more pronounced phenotypes regarding photosynthesis, leaf colouration, growth and cold acclimation. The gun1-103 mutation also enhances variegation in the var2 mutant, increasing the fraction of white sectors, while fug1-3 suppresses the var2 phenotype. The transcriptomes of fug1-3 and gun1-103 plants are very similar, but absence of GUN1 alone has almost no effect on protein levels, whereas steady-state levels of chloroplast proteins are markedly decreased in fug1-3. In fug1 gun1 double mutants, effects on transcriptomes and particularly on proteomes are enhanced. Our results show that GUN1 function becomes critical when chloroplast proteostasis is perturbed by decreased rates of synthesis (fug1) or degradation (var2) of chloroplast proteins, or by low temperatures. The functions of FUG1 and GUN1 appear to be related, corroborating the view that GUN1 helps to maintain chloroplast protein homeostasis (proteostasis).
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- Giada Marino
- Plant Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Plant Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Plant Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Plant Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Plant Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Plant Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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Liu MM, Wang MM, Yang J, Wen J, Guo PC, Wu YW, Ke YZ, Li PF, Li JN, Du H. Evolutionary and Comparative Expression Analyses of TCP Transcription Factor Gene Family in Land Plants. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:E3591. [PMID: 31340456 PMCID: PMC6679135 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20143591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2019] [Revised: 07/15/2019] [Accepted: 07/19/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The plant-specific Teosinte-branched 1/Cycloidea/Proliferating (TCP) transcription factor genes are involved in plants' development, hormonal pathways, and stress response but their evolutionary history is uncertain. The genome-wide analysis performed here for 47 plant species revealed 535 TCP candidates in terrestrial plants and none in aquatic plants, and that TCP family genes originated early in the history of land plants. Phylogenetic analysis divided the candidate genes into Classes I and II, and Class II was further divided into CYCLOIDEA (CYC) and CINCINNATA (CIN) clades; CYC is more recent and originated from CIN in angiosperms. Protein architecture, intron pattern, and sequence characteristics were conserved in each class or clade supporting this classification. The two classes significantly expanded through whole-genome duplication during evolution. Expression analysis revealed the conserved expression of TCP genes from lower to higher plants. The expression patterns of Class I and CIN genes in different stages of the same tissue revealed their function in plant development and their opposite effects in the same biological process. Interaction network analysis showed that TCP proteins tend to form protein complexes, and their interaction networks were conserved during evolution. These results contribute to further functional studies on TCP family genes.
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- Ming-Ming Liu
- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China
- Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China
- Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China
- Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China
- Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China
- Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China
- Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China
- Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China
- Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China
- Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China.
- Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China.
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Xiong F, Ren JJ, Yu Q, Wang YY, Kong LJ, Otegui MS, Wang XL. AtBUD13 affects pre-mRNA splicing and is essential for embryo development in Arabidopsis. Plant J 2019; 98:714-726. [PMID: 30720904 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2019] [Revised: 01/24/2019] [Accepted: 01/30/2019] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Pre-mRNA splicing is an important step for gene expression regulation. Yeast Bud13p (bud-site selection protein 13) regulates the budding pattern and pre-mRNA splicing in yeast cells; however, no Bud13p homologs have been identified in plants. Here, we isolated two mutants that carry T-DNA insertions at the At1g31870 locus and shows early embryo lethality and seed abortion. At1g31870 encodes an Arabidopsis homolog of yeast Bud13p, AtBUD13. Although AtBUD13 homologs are widely distributed in eukaryotic organisms, phylogenetic analysis revealed that their protein domain organization is more complex in multicellular species. AtBUD13 is expressed throughout plant development including embryogenesis and AtBUD13 proteins is localized in the nucleus in Arabidopsis. RNA-seq analysis revealed that AtBUD13 mutation predominantly results in the intron retention, especially for shorter introns (≤100 bases). Within this group of genes, we identified 52 genes involved in embryogenesis, out of which 22 are involved in nucleic acid metabolism. Our results demonstrate that AtBUD13 plays critical roles in early embryo development by effecting pre-mRNA splicing.
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- Feng Xiong
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, 271018, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, 271018, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, 271018, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, 271018, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, 271018, China
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- Departments of Botany and Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, 53706, USA
- Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, 53706, USA
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, 271018, China
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Yuan J, Liu T, Yu Z, Li Y, Ren H, Hou X, Li Y. Genome-wide analysis of the Chinese cabbage IQD gene family and the response of BrIQD5 in drought resistance. Plant Mol Biol 2019; 99:603-620. [PMID: 30783953 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-019-00839-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2018] [Accepted: 02/09/2019] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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KEY MESSAGE Thirty-five IQD genes were identified and analysed in Chinese cabbage and BrIQD5 transgenic plants enhanced the drought resistance of plants. The IQD (IQ67-domain) family plays an important role in various abiotic stress responses in plant species. However, the roles of IQD genes in the Chinese cabbage response to abiotic stress remain unclear. Here, 35 IQD genes, from BrIQD1 to BrIQD35, were identified in Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa ssp. pekinensis). Based on the phylogenetic analysis, these genes were clustered into three subfamilies (I-III), and members within the same subfamilies shared conserved exon-intron distribution and motif composition. The 35 BrIQD genes were unevenly distributed on 9 of the 10 chromosomes with 4 segmental duplication events. Ka/Ks ratios showed that the duplicated BrIQDs had mainly experienced strong purifying selection. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction of 35 BrIQDs under PEG6000 indicated that BrIQD5 was significantly induced by PEG6000. To verify BrIQD5 function, BrIQD5 was heterologously overexpressed in tobacco and was silenced in Chinese cabbage. BrIQD5-overexpressed plants showed more tolerance to drought stress than wild-type plants, while BrIQD5-silenced plants in Chinese cabbage showed decreased drought tolerance. Additionally, six BrIQD5 potential interactive proteins were isolated by the yeast two-hybrid assay, including BrCaMa, BrCaMb and four other stress-related proteins. Motif IQ1 of BrIQD5 is important for the interaction with BrCaMa and BrCaMb, and the isoleucine in motif IQ1 is an essential amino acid for calmodulin binding to BrIQD5. The identification and cloning of the new Chinese cabbage drought tolerance genes will promote the drought-resistant breeding of Chinese cabbage and help to better understand the mechanism of IQD involved in the drought tolerance of plants.
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- Jingping Yuan
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Key Laboratory of Biology and Germplasm Enhancement of Horticultural Crops in East China, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Key Laboratory of Biology and Germplasm Enhancement of Horticultural Crops in East China, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Key Laboratory of Biology and Germplasm Enhancement of Horticultural Crops in East China, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Key Laboratory of Biology and Germplasm Enhancement of Horticultural Crops in East China, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Key Laboratory of Biology and Germplasm Enhancement of Horticultural Crops in East China, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Key Laboratory of Biology and Germplasm Enhancement of Horticultural Crops in East China, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Key Laboratory of Biology and Germplasm Enhancement of Horticultural Crops in East China, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China.
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Fernandes JB, Duhamel M, Seguéla-Arnaud M, Froger N, Girard C, Choinard S, Solier V, De Winne N, De Jaeger G, Gevaert K, Andrey P, Grelon M, Guerois R, Kumar R, Mercier R. FIGL1 and its novel partner FLIP form a conserved complex that regulates homologous recombination. PLoS Genet 2018; 14:e1007317. [PMID: 29608566 PMCID: PMC5897033 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1007317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2017] [Revised: 04/12/2018] [Accepted: 03/19/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Homologous recombination is central to repair DNA double-strand breaks, either accidently arising in mitotic cells or in a programed manner at meiosis. Crossovers resulting from the repair of meiotic breaks are essential for proper chromosome segregation and increase genetic diversity of the progeny. However, mechanisms regulating crossover formation remain elusive. Here, we identified through genetic and protein-protein interaction screens FIDGETIN-LIKE-1 INTERACTING PROTEIN (FLIP) as a new partner of the previously characterized anti-crossover factor FIDGETIN-LIKE-1 (FIGL1) in Arabidopsis thaliana. We showed that FLIP limits meiotic crossover together with FIGL1. Further, FLIP and FIGL1 form a protein complex conserved from Arabidopsis to human. FIGL1 interacts with the recombinases RAD51 and DMC1, the enzymes that catalyze the DNA strand exchange step of homologous recombination. Arabidopsis flip mutants recapitulate the figl1 phenotype, with enhanced meiotic recombination associated with change in counts of DMC1 and RAD51 foci. Our data thus suggests that FLIP and FIGL1 form a conserved complex that regulates the crucial step of strand invasion in homologous recombination. Homologous recombination is a DNA repair mechanism that is essential to preserve the integrity of genetic information and thus to prevent cancer formation. Homologous recombination is also used during sexual reproduction to generate genetic diversity in the offspring by shuffling parental chromosomes. Here, we identified a novel protein complex (FLIP-FIGL1) that regulates homologous recombination and is conserved from plants to mammals. This suggests the existence of a novel mode of regulation at a central step of homologous recombination.
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- Joiselle Blanche Fernandes
- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, UMR1318 INRA-AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, RD10,Versailles, France
- Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, UMR1318 INRA-AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, RD10,Versailles, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, UMR1318 INRA-AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, RD10,Versailles, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, UMR1318 INRA-AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, RD10,Versailles, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, UMR1318 INRA-AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, RD10,Versailles, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, UMR1318 INRA-AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, RD10,Versailles, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, UMR1318 INRA-AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, RD10,Versailles, France
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Biochemistry, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- VIB Center for Medical Biotechnology, Ghent, Belgium
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, UMR1318 INRA-AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, RD10,Versailles, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, UMR1318 INRA-AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, RD10,Versailles, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris-Sud, CEA-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, UMR1318 INRA-AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, RD10,Versailles, France
- * E-mail: (RK); (RM)
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, UMR1318 INRA-AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, RD10,Versailles, France
- * E-mail: (RK); (RM)
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Christie JM, Suetsugu N, Sullivan S, Wada M. Shining Light on the Function of NPH3/RPT2-Like Proteins in Phototropin Signaling. Plant Physiol 2018; 176:1015-1024. [PMID: 28720608 PMCID: PMC5813532 DOI: 10.1104/pp.17.00835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2017] [Accepted: 07/12/2017] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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NRL proteins coordinate different aspects of phototropin signaling through signaling processes that are conserved in land plants and algae.
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- John M Christie
- Institute of Molecular, Cell, and Systems Biology, College of Medical, Veterinary, and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Molecular, Cell, and Systems Biology, College of Medical, Veterinary, and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
- Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Institute of Molecular, Cell, and Systems Biology, College of Medical, Veterinary, and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan
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Imam HT, Blindauer CA. Differential reactivity of closely related zinc(II)-binding metallothioneins from the plant Arabidopsis thaliana. J Biol Inorg Chem 2018; 23:137-154. [PMID: 29218630 PMCID: PMC5756572 DOI: 10.1007/s00775-017-1516-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2017] [Accepted: 11/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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The dynamics of metal binding to and transfer from metalloproteins involved in metal homeostasis are important for understanding cellular distribution of metal ions. The dicotyledonous plant Arabidopsis thaliana has two type 4 seed-specific metallothionein homologues, MT4a and MT4b, with likely roles in zinc(II) homeostasis. These two metallothioneins are 84% identical, with full conservation of all metal-binding cysteine and histidine residues. Yet, differences in their spatial and temporal expression patterns suggested divergence in their biological roles. To investigate whether biological functions are reflected in molecular properties, we compare aspects of zinc(II)-binding dynamics of full-length MT4a and MT4b, namely the pH dependence of zinc(II) binding and protein folding, and zinc(II) transfer to the chelator EDTA. UV-Vis and NMR spectroscopies as well as native electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry consistently showed that transfer from Zn6MT4a is considerably faster than from Zn6MT4b, with pseudo-first-order rate constants for the fastest observed step of k obs = 2.8 × 10-4 s-1 (MT4b) and k obs = 7.5 × 10-4 s-1 (MT4a) (5 µM protein, 500 µM EDTA, 25 mM Tris buffer, pH 7.33, 298 K). 2D heteronuclear NMR experiments allowed locating the most labile zinc(II) ions in domain II for both proteins. 3D homology models suggest that reactivity of this domain is governed by the local environment around the mononuclear Cys2His2 site that is unique to type 4 MTs. Non-conservative amino acid substitutions in this region affect local electrostatics as well as whole-domain dynamics, with both effects rendering zinc(II) ions bound to MT4a more reactive in metal transfer reactions. Therefore, domain II of MT4a is well suited to rapidly release its bound zinc(II) ions, in broad agreement with a previously suggested role of MT4a in zinc(II) transport and delivery to other proteins.
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- Hasan T Imam
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
- School of Chemistry, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, KY16 9ST, UK
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Kotliński M, Knizewski L, Muszewska A, Rutowicz K, Lirski M, Schmidt A, Baroux C, Ginalski K, Jerzmanowski A. Phylogeny-Based Systematization of Arabidopsis Proteins with Histone H1 Globular Domain. Plant Physiol 2017; 174:27-34. [PMID: 28298478 PMCID: PMC5411143 DOI: 10.1104/pp.16.00214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2017] [Accepted: 03/10/2017] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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H1 (or linker) histones are basic nuclear proteins that possess an evolutionarily conserved nucleosome-binding globular domain, GH1. They perform critical functions in determining the accessibility of chromatin DNA to trans-acting factors. In most metazoan species studied so far, linker histones are highly heterogenous, with numerous nonallelic variants cooccurring in the same cells. The phylogenetic relationships among these variants as well as their structural and functional properties have been relatively well established. This contrasts markedly with the rather limited knowledge concerning the phylogeny and structural and functional roles of an unusually diverse group of GH1-containing proteins in plants. The dearth of information and the lack of a coherent phylogeny-based nomenclature of these proteins can lead to misunderstandings regarding their identity and possible relationships, thereby hampering plant chromatin research. Based on published data and our in silico and high-throughput analyses, we propose a systematization and coherent nomenclature of GH1-containing proteins of Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana [L.] Heynh) that will be useful for both the identification and structural and functional characterization of homologous proteins from other plant species.
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- Maciej Kotliński
- Laboratory of Systems Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (M.K., A.J.)
- Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland (L.K., K.G.)
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (A.M., K.R., M.L., A.J.)
- Institute of Plant Biology and Zürich-Basel Plant Science Center, University of Zürich, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland (K.R., C.B.); and
- Centre for Organismal Studies, Heidelberg University, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany (A.S.)
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- Laboratory of Systems Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (M.K., A.J.)
- Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland (L.K., K.G.)
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (A.M., K.R., M.L., A.J.)
- Institute of Plant Biology and Zürich-Basel Plant Science Center, University of Zürich, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland (K.R., C.B.); and
- Centre for Organismal Studies, Heidelberg University, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany (A.S.)
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- Laboratory of Systems Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (M.K., A.J.)
- Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland (L.K., K.G.)
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (A.M., K.R., M.L., A.J.)
- Institute of Plant Biology and Zürich-Basel Plant Science Center, University of Zürich, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland (K.R., C.B.); and
- Centre for Organismal Studies, Heidelberg University, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany (A.S.)
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- Laboratory of Systems Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (M.K., A.J.)
- Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland (L.K., K.G.)
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (A.M., K.R., M.L., A.J.)
- Institute of Plant Biology and Zürich-Basel Plant Science Center, University of Zürich, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland (K.R., C.B.); and
- Centre for Organismal Studies, Heidelberg University, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany (A.S.)
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- Laboratory of Systems Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (M.K., A.J.)
- Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland (L.K., K.G.)
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (A.M., K.R., M.L., A.J.)
- Institute of Plant Biology and Zürich-Basel Plant Science Center, University of Zürich, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland (K.R., C.B.); and
- Centre for Organismal Studies, Heidelberg University, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany (A.S.)
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- Laboratory of Systems Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (M.K., A.J.)
- Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland (L.K., K.G.)
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (A.M., K.R., M.L., A.J.)
- Institute of Plant Biology and Zürich-Basel Plant Science Center, University of Zürich, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland (K.R., C.B.); and
- Centre for Organismal Studies, Heidelberg University, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany (A.S.)
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- Laboratory of Systems Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (M.K., A.J.);
- Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland (L.K., K.G.);
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (A.M., K.R., M.L., A.J.);
- Institute of Plant Biology and Zürich-Basel Plant Science Center, University of Zürich, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland (K.R., C.B.); and
- Centre for Organismal Studies, Heidelberg University, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany (A.S.)
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- Laboratory of Systems Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (M.K., A.J.)
- Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland (L.K., K.G.)
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (A.M., K.R., M.L., A.J.)
- Institute of Plant Biology and Zürich-Basel Plant Science Center, University of Zürich, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland (K.R., C.B.); and
- Centre for Organismal Studies, Heidelberg University, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany (A.S.)
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- Laboratory of Systems Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (M.K., A.J.);
- Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland (L.K., K.G.);
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (A.M., K.R., M.L., A.J.);
- Institute of Plant Biology and Zürich-Basel Plant Science Center, University of Zürich, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland (K.R., C.B.); and
- Centre for Organismal Studies, Heidelberg University, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany (A.S.)
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Gray JA, Shalit-Kaneh A, Chu DN, Hsu PY, Harmer SL. The REVEILLE Clock Genes Inhibit Growth of Juvenile and Adult Plants by Control of Cell Size. Plant Physiol 2017; 173:2308-2322. [PMID: 28254761 PMCID: PMC5373068 DOI: 10.1104/pp.17.00109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2017] [Accepted: 02/28/2017] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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The circadian clock is a complex regulatory network that enhances plant growth and fitness in a constantly changing environment. In Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), the clock is composed of numerous regulatory feedback loops in which REVEILLE8 (RVE8) and its homologs RVE4 and RVE6 act in a partially redundant manner to promote clock pace. Here, we report that the remaining members of the RVE8 clade, RVE3 and RVE5, play only minor roles in the regulation of clock function. However, we find that RVE8 clade proteins have unexpected functions in the modulation of light input to the clock and the control of plant growth at multiple stages of development. In seedlings, these proteins repress hypocotyl elongation in a daylength- and sucrose-dependent manner. Strikingly, adult rve4 6 8 and rve3 4 5 6 8 mutants are much larger than wild-type plants, with both increased leaf area and biomass. This size phenotype is associated with a faster growth rate and larger cell size and is not simply due to a delay in the transition to flowering. Gene expression and epistasis analysis reveal that the growth phenotypes of rve mutants are due to the misregulation of PHYTOCHROME INTERACTING FACTOR4 (PIF4) and PIF5 expression. Our results show that even small changes in PIF gene expression caused by the perturbation of clock gene function can have large effects on the growth of adult plants.
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- Jennifer A Gray
- Department of Plant Biology, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, California 95616
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- Department of Plant Biology, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, California 95616
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- Department of Plant Biology, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, California 95616
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- Department of Plant Biology, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, California 95616
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- Department of Plant Biology, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, California 95616
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Molesini B, Zanzoni S, Mennella G, Francese G, Losa A, L Rotino G, Pandolfini T. The Arabidopsis N-Acetylornithine Deacetylase Controls Ornithine Biosynthesis via a Linear Pathway with Downstream Effects on Polyamine Levels. Plant Cell Physiol 2017; 58:130-144. [PMID: 28064246 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcw167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2016] [Accepted: 09/22/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Arabidopsis thaliana At4g17830 codes for a protein showing sequence similarity with the Escherichia coli N-acetylornithine deacetylase (EcArgE), an enzyme implicated in the linear ornithine (Orn) biosynthetic pathway. In plants, N-acetylornithine deacetylase (NAOD) activity has yet to be demonstrated; however, At4g17830-silenced and mutant (atnaod) plants display an impaired reproductive phenotype and altered foliar levels of Orn and polyamines (PAs). Here, we showed the direct connection between At4g17830 function and Orn biosynthesis, demonstrating biochemically that At4g17830 codes for a NAOD. These results are the first experimental proof that Orn can be produced in Arabidopsis via a linear pathway. In this study, to identify the role of AtNAOD in reproductive organs, we carried out a transcriptomic analysis on atnaod mutant and wild-type flowers. In the atnaod mutant, the most relevant effects were the reduced expression of cysteine-rich peptide-coding genes, known to regulate male-female cross-talk during reproduction, and variation in the expression of genes involved in nitrogen:carbon (N:C) status. The atnaod mutant also exhibited increased levels of sucrose and altered sensitivity to glucose. We hypothesize that AtNAOD participates in Orn and PA homeostasis, contributing to maintain an optimal N:C balance during reproductive development.
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- Barbara Molesini
- Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l'analisi dell'economia agraria, Centro di Ricerca per l'Orticoltura, Pontecagnano-Faiano (Salerno), Italy
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- Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l'analisi dell'economia agraria, Centro di Ricerca per l'Orticoltura, Pontecagnano-Faiano (Salerno), Italy
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- Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l'analisi dell'economia agraria, Unità di ricerca per l'Orticoltura (ORL), Montanaso Lombardo (Lodi), Italy
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- Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l'analisi dell'economia agraria, Unità di ricerca per l'Orticoltura (ORL), Montanaso Lombardo (Lodi), Italy
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Hwang Y, Choi HS, Cho HM, Cho HT. Tracheophytes Contain Conserved Orthologs of a Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factor That Modulate ROOT HAIR SPECIFIC Genes. Plant Cell 2017; 29:39-53. [PMID: 28087829 PMCID: PMC5304353 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.16.00732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2016] [Revised: 12/05/2016] [Accepted: 01/11/2017] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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ROOT HAIR SPECIFIC (RHS) genes, which contain the root hair-specific cis-element (RHE) in their regulatory regions, function in root hair morphogenesis. Here, we demonstrate that an Arabidopsis thaliana basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor, ROOT HAIR DEFECTVE SIX-LIKE4 (RSL4), directly binds to the RHE in vitro and in vivo, upregulates RHS genes, and stimulates root hair formation in Arabidopsis. Orthologs of RSL4 from a eudicot (poplar [Populus trichocarpa]), a monocot (rice [Oryza sativa]), and a lycophyte (Selaginella moellendorffii) each restored root hair growth in the Arabidopsis rsl4 mutant. In addition, the rice and S. moellendorffii RSL4 orthologs bound to the RHE in in vitro and in vivo assays. The RSL4 orthologous genes contain RHEs in their promoter regions, and RSL4 was able to bind to its own RHEs in vivo and amplify its own expression. This process likely provides a positive feedback loop for sustainable root hair growth. When RSL4 and its orthologs were expressed in cells in non-root-hair positions, they induced ectopic root hair growth, indicating that these genes are sufficient to specify root hair formation. Our results suggest that RSL4 mediates root hair formation by regulating RHS genes and that this mechanism is conserved throughout the tracheophyte (vascular plant) lineage.
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- Youra Hwang
- Department of Biological Sciences and Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
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Uygun S, Peng C, Lehti-Shiu MD, Last RL, Shiu SH. Utility and Limitations of Using Gene Expression Data to Identify Functional Associations. PLoS Comput Biol 2016; 12:e1005244. [PMID: 27935950 PMCID: PMC5147789 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2016] [Accepted: 11/13/2016] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Gene co-expression has been widely used to hypothesize gene function through guilt-by association. However, it is not clear to what degree co-expression is informative, whether it can be applied to genes involved in different biological processes, and how the type of dataset impacts inferences about gene functions. Here our goal is to assess the utility and limitations of using co-expression as a criterion to recover functional associations between genes. By determining the percentage of gene pairs in a metabolic pathway with significant expression correlation, we found that many genes in the same pathway do not have similar transcript profiles and the choice of dataset, annotation quality, gene function, expression similarity measure, and clustering approach significantly impacts the ability to recover functional associations between genes using Arabidopsis thaliana as an example. Some datasets are more informative in capturing coordinated expression profiles and larger data sets are not always better. In addition, to recover the maximum number of known pathways and identify candidate genes with similar functions, it is important to explore rather exhaustively multiple dataset combinations, similarity measures, clustering algorithms and parameters. Finally, we validated the biological relevance of co-expression cluster memberships with an independent phenomics dataset and found that genes that consistently cluster with leucine degradation genes tend to have similar leucine levels in mutants. This study provides a framework for obtaining gene functional associations by maximizing the information that can be obtained from gene expression datasets. There remain genes with no known function even in the most well studied, model species. One common way to hypothesize gene function is based on the assumption that genes with similar expression profiles tend to have similar functions. However, using datasets and biological pathway information from the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana as an example, we discovered that, although genes in the same pathways are functionally related, genes in only a subset of the pathways have highly similar expression patterns. In addition, our ability to hypothesize gene functions based on expression is significantly impacted by how the dataset is processed and combined as well as the methodology used to identify genes with similar expression. Therefore, multiple datasets and methods should be tested to maximize the functional information that we can get based on similarity in gene expression.
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- Sahra Uygun
- Genetics Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
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- Genetics Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
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Gordon CS, Rajagopalan N, Risseeuw EP, Surpin M, Ball FJ, Barber CJ, Buhrow LM, Clark SM, Page JE, Todd CD, Abrams SR, Loewen MC. Characterization of Triticum aestivum Abscisic Acid Receptors and a Possible Role for These in Mediating Fusairum Head Blight Susceptibility in Wheat. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0164996. [PMID: 27755583 PMCID: PMC5068739 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0164996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2016] [Accepted: 10/04/2016] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Abscisic acid (ABA) is a well-characterized plant hormone, known to mediate developmental aspects as well as both abiotic and biotic stress responses. Notably, the exogenous application of ABA has recently been shown to increase susceptibility to the fungal pathogen Fusarium graminearum, the causative agent of Fusarium head blight (FHB) in wheat and other cereals. However roles and mechanisms associated with ABA's modulation of pathogen responses remain enigmatic. Here the identification of putative ABA receptors from available genomic databases for Triticum aestivum (bread wheat) and Brachypodium distachyon (a model cereal) are reported. A number of these were cloned for recombinant expression and their functionality as ABA receptors confirmed by in vitro assays against protein phosphatases Type 2Cs. Ligand selectivity profiling of one of the wheat receptors (Ta_PYL2DS_FL) highlighted unique activities compared to Arabidopsis AtPYL5. Mutagenic analysis showed Ta_PYL2DS_FL amino acid D180 as being a critical contributor to this selectivity. Subsequently, a virus induced gene silencing (VIGS) approach was used to knockdown wheat Ta_PYL4AS_A (and similar) in planta, yielding plants with increased early stage resistance to FHB progression and decreased mycotoxin accumulation. Together these results confirm the existence of a family of ABA receptors in wheat and Brachypodium and present insight into factors modulating receptor function at the molecular level. That knockdown of Ta_PYL4AS_A (and similar) leads to early stage FHB resistance highlights novel targets for investigation in the future development of disease resistant crops.
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- Cameron S. Gordon
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Saskatchewan, 107 Wiggins Rd., Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5E5, Canada
- National Research Council of Canada, 110 Gymnasium Place, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0W9, Canada
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- National Research Council of Canada, 110 Gymnasium Place, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0W9, Canada
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- Valent BioSciences Corporation, 870 Technology Way, Libertyville, Illinois, 60048, United States of America
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- National Research Council of Canada, 110 Gymnasium Place, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0W9, Canada
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- National Research Council of Canada, 110 Gymnasium Place, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0W9, Canada
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- National Research Council of Canada, 110 Gymnasium Place, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0W9, Canada
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- National Research Council of Canada, 110 Gymnasium Place, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0W9, Canada
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- National Research Council of Canada, 110 Gymnasium Place, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0W9, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, 112 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5E2, Canada
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- National Research Council of Canada, 110 Gymnasium Place, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0W9, Canada
- Department of Chemistry, University of Saskatchewan, 110 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5C9, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Saskatchewan, 107 Wiggins Rd., Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5E5, Canada
- National Research Council of Canada, 110 Gymnasium Place, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0W9, Canada
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Bloch D, Pleskot R, Pejchar P, Potocký M, Trpkošová P, Cwiklik L, Vukašinović N, Sternberg H, Yalovsky S, Žárský V. Exocyst SEC3 and Phosphoinositides Define Sites of Exocytosis in Pollen Tube Initiation and Growth. Plant Physiol 2016; 172:980-1002. [PMID: 27516531 PMCID: PMC5047084 DOI: 10.1104/pp.16.00690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2016] [Accepted: 08/08/2016] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Polarized exocytosis is critical for pollen tube growth, but its localization and function are still under debate. The exocyst vesicle-tethering complex functions in polarized exocytosis. Here, we show that a sec3a exocyst subunit null mutant cannot be transmitted through the male gametophyte due to a defect in pollen tube growth. The green fluorescent protein (GFP)-SEC3a fusion protein is functional and accumulates at or proximal to the pollen tube tip plasma membrane. Partial complementation of sec3a resulted in the development of pollen with multiple tips, indicating that SEC3 is required to determine the site of pollen germination pore formation. Time-lapse imaging demonstrated that SEC3a and SEC8 were highly dynamic and that SEC3a localization on the apical plasma membrane predicts the direction of growth. At the tip, polar SEC3a domains coincided with cell wall deposition. Labeling of GFP-SEC3a-expressing pollen with the endocytic marker FM4-64 revealed the presence of subdomains on the apical membrane characterized by extensive exocytosis. In steady-state growing tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) pollen tubes, SEC3a displayed amino-terminal Pleckstrin homology-like domain (SEC3a-N)-dependent subapical membrane localization. In agreement, SEC3a-N interacted with phosphoinositides in vitro and colocalized with a phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) marker in pollen tubes. Correspondingly, molecular dynamics simulations indicated that SEC3a-N associates with the membrane by interacting with PIP2 However, the interaction with PIP2 is not required for polar localization and the function of SEC3a in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). Taken together, our findings indicate that SEC3a is a critical determinant of polar exocytosis during tip growth and suggest differential regulation of the exocytotic machinery depending on pollen tube growth modes.
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- Daria Bloch
- Department of Molecular Biology and Ecology of Plants, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel (D.B., H.S., S.Y.);Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, 165 02 Prague, Czech Republic (R.P., P.P., M.P., P.T., N.V., V.Ž.);J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, 182 23 Prague, Czech Republic (L.C.); andDepartment of Experimental Plant Biology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, 128 44 Prague, Czech Republic (N.V., V.Ž.)
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Ecology of Plants, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel (D.B., H.S., S.Y.);Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, 165 02 Prague, Czech Republic (R.P., P.P., M.P., P.T., N.V., V.Ž.);J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, 182 23 Prague, Czech Republic (L.C.); andDepartment of Experimental Plant Biology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, 128 44 Prague, Czech Republic (N.V., V.Ž.)
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Ecology of Plants, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel (D.B., H.S., S.Y.);Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, 165 02 Prague, Czech Republic (R.P., P.P., M.P., P.T., N.V., V.Ž.);J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, 182 23 Prague, Czech Republic (L.C.); andDepartment of Experimental Plant Biology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, 128 44 Prague, Czech Republic (N.V., V.Ž.)
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Ecology of Plants, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel (D.B., H.S., S.Y.);Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, 165 02 Prague, Czech Republic (R.P., P.P., M.P., P.T., N.V., V.Ž.);J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, 182 23 Prague, Czech Republic (L.C.); andDepartment of Experimental Plant Biology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, 128 44 Prague, Czech Republic (N.V., V.Ž.)
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Ecology of Plants, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel (D.B., H.S., S.Y.);Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, 165 02 Prague, Czech Republic (R.P., P.P., M.P., P.T., N.V., V.Ž.);J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, 182 23 Prague, Czech Republic (L.C.); andDepartment of Experimental Plant Biology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, 128 44 Prague, Czech Republic (N.V., V.Ž.)
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Ecology of Plants, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel (D.B., H.S., S.Y.);Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, 165 02 Prague, Czech Republic (R.P., P.P., M.P., P.T., N.V., V.Ž.);J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, 182 23 Prague, Czech Republic (L.C.); andDepartment of Experimental Plant Biology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, 128 44 Prague, Czech Republic (N.V., V.Ž.)
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Ecology of Plants, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel (D.B., H.S., S.Y.);Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, 165 02 Prague, Czech Republic (R.P., P.P., M.P., P.T., N.V., V.Ž.);J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, 182 23 Prague, Czech Republic (L.C.); andDepartment of Experimental Plant Biology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, 128 44 Prague, Czech Republic (N.V., V.Ž.)
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Ecology of Plants, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel (D.B., H.S., S.Y.);Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, 165 02 Prague, Czech Republic (R.P., P.P., M.P., P.T., N.V., V.Ž.);J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, 182 23 Prague, Czech Republic (L.C.); andDepartment of Experimental Plant Biology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, 128 44 Prague, Czech Republic (N.V., V.Ž.)
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Ecology of Plants, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel (D.B., H.S., S.Y.);Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, 165 02 Prague, Czech Republic (R.P., P.P., M.P., P.T., N.V., V.Ž.);J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, 182 23 Prague, Czech Republic (L.C.); andDepartment of Experimental Plant Biology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, 128 44 Prague, Czech Republic (N.V., V.Ž.)
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Ecology of Plants, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel (D.B., H.S., S.Y.);Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, 165 02 Prague, Czech Republic (R.P., P.P., M.P., P.T., N.V., V.Ž.);J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, 182 23 Prague, Czech Republic (L.C.); andDepartment of Experimental Plant Biology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, 128 44 Prague, Czech Republic (N.V., V.Ž.)
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Aranda-Sicilia MN, Aboukila A, Armbruster U, Cagnac O, Schumann T, Kunz HH, Jahns P, Rodríguez-Rosales MP, Sze H, Venema K. Envelope K+/H+ Antiporters AtKEA1 and AtKEA2 Function in Plastid Development. Plant Physiol 2016; 172:441-9. [PMID: 27443603 PMCID: PMC5074627 DOI: 10.1104/pp.16.00995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2016] [Accepted: 07/19/2016] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
Abstract
It is well established that thylakoid membranes of chloroplasts convert light energy into chemical energy, yet the development of chloroplast and thylakoid membranes is poorly understood. Loss of function of the two envelope K(+)/H(+) antiporters AtKEA1 and AtKEA2 was shown previously to have negative effects on the efficiency of photosynthesis and plant growth; however, the molecular basis remained unclear. Here, we tested whether the previously described phenotypes of double mutant kea1kea2 plants are due in part to defects during early chloroplast development in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). We show that impaired growth and pigmentation is particularly evident in young expanding leaves of kea1kea2 mutants. In proliferating leaf zones, chloroplasts contain much lower amounts of photosynthetic complexes and chlorophyll. Strikingly, AtKEA1 and AtKEA2 proteins accumulate to high amounts in small and dividing plastids, where they are specifically localized to the two caps of the organelle separated by the fission plane. The unusually long amino-terminal domain of 550 residues that precedes the antiport domain appears to tether the full-length AtKEA2 protein to the two caps. Finally, we show that the double mutant contains 30% fewer chloroplasts per cell. Together, these results show that AtKEA1 and AtKEA2 transporters in specific microdomains of the inner envelope link local osmotic, ionic, and pH homeostasis to plastid division and thylakoid membrane formation.
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- María Nieves Aranda-Sicilia
- Departimento de Bioquímica, Biología Celular, y Molecular de Plantas, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 18008 Granada, Spain (M.N.A.-S., A.A., O.C., M.P.R.-R., K.V.);Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720 (U.A.);Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, D-40225 Duesseldorf, Germany (T.S., P.J.);School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-4236 (H.-H.K.); andDepartment of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742 (H.S.)
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- Departimento de Bioquímica, Biología Celular, y Molecular de Plantas, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 18008 Granada, Spain (M.N.A.-S., A.A., O.C., M.P.R.-R., K.V.);Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720 (U.A.);Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, D-40225 Duesseldorf, Germany (T.S., P.J.);School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-4236 (H.-H.K.); andDepartment of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742 (H.S.)
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- Departimento de Bioquímica, Biología Celular, y Molecular de Plantas, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 18008 Granada, Spain (M.N.A.-S., A.A., O.C., M.P.R.-R., K.V.);Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720 (U.A.);Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, D-40225 Duesseldorf, Germany (T.S., P.J.);School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-4236 (H.-H.K.); andDepartment of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742 (H.S.)
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- Departimento de Bioquímica, Biología Celular, y Molecular de Plantas, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 18008 Granada, Spain (M.N.A.-S., A.A., O.C., M.P.R.-R., K.V.);Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720 (U.A.);Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, D-40225 Duesseldorf, Germany (T.S., P.J.);School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-4236 (H.-H.K.); andDepartment of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742 (H.S.)
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- Departimento de Bioquímica, Biología Celular, y Molecular de Plantas, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 18008 Granada, Spain (M.N.A.-S., A.A., O.C., M.P.R.-R., K.V.);Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720 (U.A.);Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, D-40225 Duesseldorf, Germany (T.S., P.J.);School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-4236 (H.-H.K.); andDepartment of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742 (H.S.)
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- Departimento de Bioquímica, Biología Celular, y Molecular de Plantas, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 18008 Granada, Spain (M.N.A.-S., A.A., O.C., M.P.R.-R., K.V.);Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720 (U.A.);Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, D-40225 Duesseldorf, Germany (T.S., P.J.);School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-4236 (H.-H.K.); andDepartment of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742 (H.S.)
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- Departimento de Bioquímica, Biología Celular, y Molecular de Plantas, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 18008 Granada, Spain (M.N.A.-S., A.A., O.C., M.P.R.-R., K.V.);Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720 (U.A.);Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, D-40225 Duesseldorf, Germany (T.S., P.J.);School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-4236 (H.-H.K.); andDepartment of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742 (H.S.)
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- Departimento de Bioquímica, Biología Celular, y Molecular de Plantas, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 18008 Granada, Spain (M.N.A.-S., A.A., O.C., M.P.R.-R., K.V.);Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720 (U.A.);Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, D-40225 Duesseldorf, Germany (T.S., P.J.);School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-4236 (H.-H.K.); andDepartment of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742 (H.S.)
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- Departimento de Bioquímica, Biología Celular, y Molecular de Plantas, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 18008 Granada, Spain (M.N.A.-S., A.A., O.C., M.P.R.-R., K.V.);Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720 (U.A.);Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, D-40225 Duesseldorf, Germany (T.S., P.J.);School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-4236 (H.-H.K.); andDepartment of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742 (H.S.)
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- Departimento de Bioquímica, Biología Celular, y Molecular de Plantas, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 18008 Granada, Spain (M.N.A.-S., A.A., O.C., M.P.R.-R., K.V.);Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720 (U.A.);Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, D-40225 Duesseldorf, Germany (T.S., P.J.);School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-4236 (H.-H.K.); andDepartment of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742 (H.S.)
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Hu DG, Sun CH, Sun MH, Hao YJ. MdSOS2L1 phosphorylates MdVHA-B1 to modulate malate accumulation in response to salinity in apple. Plant Cell Rep 2016; 35:705-18. [PMID: 26687966 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-015-1914-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2015] [Revised: 10/26/2015] [Accepted: 11/26/2015] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Salt-induced phosphorylation of MdVHA-B1 protein was mediated by MdSOS2L1 protein kinase, and thereby increasing malate content in apple. Salinity is an important environmental factor that influences malate accumulation in apple. However, the molecular mechanism by which salinity regulates this process is poorly understood. In this work, we found that MdSOS2L1, a novel AtSOS2-LIKE protein kinase, interacts with V-ATPase subunit MdVHA-B1. Furthermore, MdSOS2L1 directly phosphorylates MdVHA-B1 at Ser(396) site to modulate malate accumulation in response to salt stress. Meanwhile, a series of transgenic analyses in apple calli showed that the MdSOS2L1-MdVHAB1 pathway was involved in the regulation of malate accumulation. Finally, a viral vector-based transformation approach demonstrated that the MdSOS2L1-MdVHAB1 pathway also modulated malate accumulation in apple fruits with or without salt stress. Collectively, our findings provide a new insight into the mechanism by which MdSOS2L1 phosphorylates MdVHA-B1 to modulate malate accumulation in response to salinity in apple.
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- Da-Gang Hu
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, National Research Center for Apple Engineering and Technology, College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai-an, 271018, Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, National Research Center for Apple Engineering and Technology, College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai-an, 271018, Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, National Research Center for Apple Engineering and Technology, College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai-an, 271018, Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, National Research Center for Apple Engineering and Technology, College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai-an, 271018, Shandong, China.
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Kamimura N, Mori T, Nakabayashi R, Tsuji Y, Hishiyama S, Saito K, Masai E, Kajita S. Expression and functional analyses of a putative phenylcoumaran benzylic ether reductase in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell Rep 2016; 35:513-526. [PMID: 26601823 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-015-1899-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2015] [Revised: 10/19/2015] [Accepted: 11/04/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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A candidate gene for phenylcoumaran benzylic ether reductase in Arabidopsis thaliana encodes a peptide with predicted functional activity and plays a crucial role in secondary metabolism. Phenylcoumaran benzylic ether reductase (PCBER) is thought to be an enzyme crucial in the biosynthesis of 8-5'-linked neolignans. Genes of the enzyme have been isolated and characterized in several plant species. In this study, we cloned cDNA and the 5'-untranslated region of one PCBER candidate gene (At4g39230, designated AtPCBER1) from Arabidopsis thaliana. At the amino acid level, AtPCBER1 shows high sequence identity (64-71 %) with PCBERs identified from other plant species. Expression analyses of AtPCBER1 by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction and histochemical analysis of transgenic plants harboring the 5'-untranslated region of AtPCBER1 linked with gus coding sequence indicate that expression is induced by wounding and is expressed in most tissues, including flower, stem, leaf, and root. Catalytic analysis of recombinant AtPCBER1 with neolignan and lignans in the presence of NADPH suggests that the protein can reduce not only the 8-5'-linked neolignan, dehydrodiconiferyl alcohol, but also 8-8' linked lignans, pinoresinol, and lariciresinol, with lower activities. To investigate further, we performed metabolomic analyses of transgenic plants in which the target gene was up- or down-regulated. Our results indicate no significant effects of AtPCBER1 gene regulation on plant growth and development; however, levels of some secondary metabolites, including lignans, flavonoids, and glucosinolates, differ between wild-type and transgenic plants. Taken together, our findings indicate that AtPCBER1 encodes a polypeptide with PCBER activity and has a critical role in the biosynthesis of secondary metabolites in A. thaliana.
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- Naofumi Kamimura
- Department of Bioengineering, Nagaoka University of Technology, 1603-1 Kamitomioka-cho, Nagaoka, Niigata, 940-2188, Japan
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- Metabolomics Research Group, Center for Sustainable Resource Science, RIKEN, 1-7-22 Tsurumi, Kanagawa, 230-0045, Japan
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- Metabolomics Research Group, Center for Sustainable Resource Science, RIKEN, 1-7-22 Tsurumi, Kanagawa, 230-0045, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bio-Applications and Systems Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8588, Japan
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53726-4084, USA
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- Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, 1 Matsunosato, Ibaraki, 305-8687, Japan
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- Metabolomics Research Group, Center for Sustainable Resource Science, RIKEN, 1-7-22 Tsurumi, Kanagawa, 230-0045, Japan
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- Department of Bioengineering, Nagaoka University of Technology, 1603-1 Kamitomioka-cho, Nagaoka, Niigata, 940-2188, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bio-Applications and Systems Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8588, Japan.
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Inada N, Higaki T, Hasezawa S. Nuclear Function of Subclass I Actin-Depolymerizing Factor Contributes to Susceptibility in Arabidopsis to an Adapted Powdery Mildew Fungus. Plant Physiol 2016; 170:1420-34. [PMID: 26747284 PMCID: PMC4775110 DOI: 10.1104/pp.15.01265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2015] [Accepted: 01/05/2016] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Actin-depolymerizing factors (ADFs) are conserved proteins that function in regulating the structure and dynamics of actin microfilaments in eukaryotes. In this study, we present evidence that Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) subclass I ADFs, particularly ADF4, functions as a susceptibility factor for an adapted powdery mildew fungus. The null mutant of ADF4 significantly increased resistance against the adapted powdery mildew fungus Golovinomyces orontii. The degree of resistance was further enhanced in transgenic plants in which the expression of all subclass I ADFs (i.e. ADF1-ADF4) was suppressed. Microscopic observations revealed that the enhanced resistance of adf4 and ADF1-4 knockdown plants (ADF1-4Ri) was associated with the accumulation of hydrogen peroxide and cell death specific to G. orontii-infected cells. The increased resistance and accumulation of hydrogen peroxide in ADF1-4Ri were suppressed by the introduction of mutations in the salicylic acid- and jasmonic acid-signaling pathways but not by a mutation in the ethylene-signaling pathway. Quantification by microscopic images detected an increase in the level of actin microfilament bundling in ADF1-4Ri but not in adf4 at early G. orontii infection time points. Interestingly, complementation analysis revealed that nuclear localization of ADF4 was crucial for susceptibility to G. orontii. Based on its G. orontii-infected-cell-specific phenotype, we suggest that subclass I ADFs are susceptibility factors that function in a direct interaction between the host plant and the powdery mildew fungus.
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- Noriko Inada
- Laboratory of Plant Function Analysis, Plant Global Educational Project, Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan (N.I.); andDepartment of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Chiba 277-8562, Japan (T.H., S.H.)
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- Laboratory of Plant Function Analysis, Plant Global Educational Project, Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan (N.I.); andDepartment of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Chiba 277-8562, Japan (T.H., S.H.)
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- Laboratory of Plant Function Analysis, Plant Global Educational Project, Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan (N.I.); andDepartment of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Chiba 277-8562, Japan (T.H., S.H.)
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Olvera-Carrillo Y, Van Bel M, Van Hautegem T, Fendrych M, Huysmans M, Simaskova M, van Durme M, Buscaill P, Rivas S, Coll NS, Coppens F, Maere S, Nowack MK. A Conserved Core of Programmed Cell Death Indicator Genes Discriminates Developmentally and Environmentally Induced Programmed Cell Death in Plants. Plant Physiol 2015; 169:2684-99. [PMID: 26438786 PMCID: PMC4677882 DOI: 10.1104/pp.15.00769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2015] [Accepted: 09/30/2015] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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A plethora of diverse programmed cell death (PCD) processes has been described in living organisms. In animals and plants, different forms of PCD play crucial roles in development, immunity, and responses to the environment. While the molecular control of some animal PCD forms such as apoptosis is known in great detail, we still know comparatively little about the regulation of the diverse types of plant PCD. In part, this deficiency in molecular understanding is caused by the lack of reliable reporters to detect PCD processes. Here, we addressed this issue by using a combination of bioinformatics approaches to identify commonly regulated genes during diverse plant PCD processes in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). Our results indicate that the transcriptional signatures of developmentally controlled cell death are largely distinct from the ones associated with environmentally induced cell death. Moreover, different cases of developmental PCD share a set of cell death-associated genes. Most of these genes are evolutionary conserved within the green plant lineage, arguing for an evolutionary conserved core machinery of developmental PCD. Based on this information, we established an array of specific promoter-reporter lines for developmental PCD in Arabidopsis. These PCD indicators represent a powerful resource that can be used in addition to established morphological and biochemical methods to detect and analyze PCD processes in vivo and in planta.
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- Yadira Olvera-Carrillo
- Department of Plant Systems Biology, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie, and Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, 9052 Ghent, Belgium (Y.O.-C., M.V.B., T.V.H., M.F., M.H., M.S., M.v.D., F.C., S.M., M.K.N.);Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 441, and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 2594, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (P.B., S.R.); andCenter for Research in Agricultural Genomics, Bellaterra-Cerdanyola del Valles, 08193 Barcelona, Spain (N.S.C.)
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie, and Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, 9052 Ghent, Belgium (Y.O.-C., M.V.B., T.V.H., M.F., M.H., M.S., M.v.D., F.C., S.M., M.K.N.);Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 441, and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 2594, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (P.B., S.R.); andCenter for Research in Agricultural Genomics, Bellaterra-Cerdanyola del Valles, 08193 Barcelona, Spain (N.S.C.)
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie, and Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, 9052 Ghent, Belgium (Y.O.-C., M.V.B., T.V.H., M.F., M.H., M.S., M.v.D., F.C., S.M., M.K.N.);Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 441, and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 2594, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (P.B., S.R.); andCenter for Research in Agricultural Genomics, Bellaterra-Cerdanyola del Valles, 08193 Barcelona, Spain (N.S.C.)
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie, and Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, 9052 Ghent, Belgium (Y.O.-C., M.V.B., T.V.H., M.F., M.H., M.S., M.v.D., F.C., S.M., M.K.N.);Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 441, and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 2594, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (P.B., S.R.); andCenter for Research in Agricultural Genomics, Bellaterra-Cerdanyola del Valles, 08193 Barcelona, Spain (N.S.C.)
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie, and Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, 9052 Ghent, Belgium (Y.O.-C., M.V.B., T.V.H., M.F., M.H., M.S., M.v.D., F.C., S.M., M.K.N.);Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 441, and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 2594, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (P.B., S.R.); andCenter for Research in Agricultural Genomics, Bellaterra-Cerdanyola del Valles, 08193 Barcelona, Spain (N.S.C.)
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie, and Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, 9052 Ghent, Belgium (Y.O.-C., M.V.B., T.V.H., M.F., M.H., M.S., M.v.D., F.C., S.M., M.K.N.);Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 441, and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 2594, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (P.B., S.R.); andCenter for Research in Agricultural Genomics, Bellaterra-Cerdanyola del Valles, 08193 Barcelona, Spain (N.S.C.)
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie, and Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, 9052 Ghent, Belgium (Y.O.-C., M.V.B., T.V.H., M.F., M.H., M.S., M.v.D., F.C., S.M., M.K.N.);Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 441, and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 2594, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (P.B., S.R.); andCenter for Research in Agricultural Genomics, Bellaterra-Cerdanyola del Valles, 08193 Barcelona, Spain (N.S.C.)
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie, and Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, 9052 Ghent, Belgium (Y.O.-C., M.V.B., T.V.H., M.F., M.H., M.S., M.v.D., F.C., S.M., M.K.N.);Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 441, and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 2594, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (P.B., S.R.); andCenter for Research in Agricultural Genomics, Bellaterra-Cerdanyola del Valles, 08193 Barcelona, Spain (N.S.C.)
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie, and Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, 9052 Ghent, Belgium (Y.O.-C., M.V.B., T.V.H., M.F., M.H., M.S., M.v.D., F.C., S.M., M.K.N.);Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 441, and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 2594, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (P.B., S.R.); andCenter for Research in Agricultural Genomics, Bellaterra-Cerdanyola del Valles, 08193 Barcelona, Spain (N.S.C.)
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie, and Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, 9052 Ghent, Belgium (Y.O.-C., M.V.B., T.V.H., M.F., M.H., M.S., M.v.D., F.C., S.M., M.K.N.);Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 441, and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 2594, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (P.B., S.R.); andCenter for Research in Agricultural Genomics, Bellaterra-Cerdanyola del Valles, 08193 Barcelona, Spain (N.S.C.)
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie, and Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, 9052 Ghent, Belgium (Y.O.-C., M.V.B., T.V.H., M.F., M.H., M.S., M.v.D., F.C., S.M., M.K.N.);Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 441, and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 2594, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (P.B., S.R.); andCenter for Research in Agricultural Genomics, Bellaterra-Cerdanyola del Valles, 08193 Barcelona, Spain (N.S.C.)
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie, and Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, 9052 Ghent, Belgium (Y.O.-C., M.V.B., T.V.H., M.F., M.H., M.S., M.v.D., F.C., S.M., M.K.N.);Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 441, and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 2594, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (P.B., S.R.); andCenter for Research in Agricultural Genomics, Bellaterra-Cerdanyola del Valles, 08193 Barcelona, Spain (N.S.C.)
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie, and Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, 9052 Ghent, Belgium (Y.O.-C., M.V.B., T.V.H., M.F., M.H., M.S., M.v.D., F.C., S.M., M.K.N.);Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 441, and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 2594, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (P.B., S.R.); andCenter for Research in Agricultural Genomics, Bellaterra-Cerdanyola del Valles, 08193 Barcelona, Spain (N.S.C.)
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Li J, Dukowic-Schulze S, Lindquist IE, Farmer AD, Kelly B, Li T, Smith AG, Retzel EF, Mudge J, Chen C. The plant-specific protein FEHLSTART controls male meiotic entry, initializing meiotic synchronization in Arabidopsis. Plant J 2015; 84:659-71. [PMID: 26382719 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2015] [Revised: 07/28/2015] [Accepted: 09/02/2015] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Meiosis marks the transition from the sporophyte to the gametophyte generation in the life cycle of flowering plants, and creates genetic variations through homologous recombination. In most flowering plants, meiosis is highly synchronized within each anther, which is significant for efficient fertilization. To date, little is known about the molecular mechanisms of entry into meiosis and exit from it, and only a few genes in Arabidopsis have been characterized with a role in regulating meiotic progression. In this study, we report the functional characterization of a plant-specific basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) protein, FEHLSTART (FST), a defect in which leads to premature meiotic entry and asynchronous meiosis, and results in decreased seed yield. Investigation of the time course of meiosis showed that the onset of leptotene, the first stage of prophase I, frequently occurred earlier in fst-1 than in the wild type. Asynchronous meiosis followed, which could manifest in the disruption of regular spindle structures and symmetric cell divisions in fst-1 mutants during the meiosis I/II transition. In accordance with frequently accelerated meiotic entry, whole-transcriptome analysis of fst-1 anthers undergoing meiosis revealed that 19 circadian rhythm genes were affected and 47 pollen-related genes were prematurely expressed at a higher level. Taken together, we propose that FST is required for normal meiotic entry and the establishment of meiotic synchrony.
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- Junhua Li
- Department of Horticultural Science, University of Minnesota, 1970 Folwell Avenue, St Paul, MN, 55108, USA
- College of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan, 453007, China
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- Department of Horticultural Science, University of Minnesota, 1970 Folwell Avenue, St Paul, MN, 55108, USA
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- National Center for Genome Resources, 2935 Rodeo Park Drive E., Santa Fe, NM, 87505, USA
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- National Center for Genome Resources, 2935 Rodeo Park Drive E., Santa Fe, NM, 87505, USA
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- Department of Horticultural Science, University of Minnesota, 1970 Folwell Avenue, St Paul, MN, 55108, USA
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- Department of Horticultural Science, University of Minnesota, 1970 Folwell Avenue, St Paul, MN, 55108, USA
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- Department of Horticultural Science, University of Minnesota, 1970 Folwell Avenue, St Paul, MN, 55108, USA
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- National Center for Genome Resources, 2935 Rodeo Park Drive E., Santa Fe, NM, 87505, USA
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- National Center for Genome Resources, 2935 Rodeo Park Drive E., Santa Fe, NM, 87505, USA
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- Department of Horticultural Science, University of Minnesota, 1970 Folwell Avenue, St Paul, MN, 55108, USA
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Kucukoglu M, Nilsson O. CLE peptide signaling in plants - the power of moving around. Physiol Plant 2015; 155:74-87. [PMID: 26096704 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.12358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2015] [Revised: 06/12/2015] [Accepted: 06/15/2015] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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The CLAVATA3 (CLV3)/EMBRYO SURROUNDING REGION (ESR)-RELATED (CLE) gene family encodes small secreted peptide ligands in plants. These peptides function non-cell autonomously through interactions with plasma membrane-associated LEUCINE-RICH REPEAT RECEPTOR-LIKE KINASEs (LRR-RLKs). These interactions are critical for cell-to-cell communications and control a variety of developmental and physiological processes in plants, such as regulation of stem cell proliferation and differentiation in the meristems, embryo and endosperm development, vascular development and autoregulation of nodulation. Here, we review the current knowledge in the field of CLE polypeptide signaling.
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- Melis Kucukoglu
- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-90183, Umeå, Sweden
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- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-90183, Umeå, Sweden
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Bao Y, Song WM, Jin YL, Jiang CM, Yang Y, Li B, Huang WJ, Liu H, Zhang HX. Characterization of Arabidopsis Tubby-like proteins and redundant function of AtTLP3 and AtTLP9 in plant response to ABA and osmotic stress. Plant Mol Biol 2014; 86:471-83. [PMID: 25168737 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-014-0241-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2014] [Accepted: 08/15/2014] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Tubby and Tubby-like proteins (TLPs) play essential roles in the development and function of mammal neuronal cells. In addition to the conserved carboxyl (C)-terminal Tubby domain, which is required for their plasma membrane (PM) tethering, plant TLPs also possess an amino (N)-terminal F-box domain to interact with specific Arabidopsis Skp1-like (ASK) proteins as functional SCF-type E3 ligases. Here, we report the molecular characterization of Arabidopsis TLPs (AtTLPs). β-Glucuronidase staining showed overlapped but distinct expression patterns of AtTLPs in Arabidopsis. Yeast two-hybrid assays further revealed that AtTLP1, AtTLP3, AtTLP6, AtTLP7, AtTLP9, AtTLP10 and AtTLP11 all interacted with specific ASKs, but AtTLP2, AtTLP5 and AtTLP8 did not. Subcellular localization observations in both Arabidopsis protoplasts and tobacco pollen tubes indicated that all GFP-AtTLP fusion proteins, except GFP-AtTLP8 which lacks the conserved phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate binding sites, were targeted to the PM. Detailed studies on AtTLP3 demonstrated that AtTLP3 is a PM-tethered PIP2 binding protein which functions redundantly with AtTLP9 in abscisic acid (ABA)- and osmotic stress-mediated seed germination. Our results suggest that AtTLPs possibly work in multiple physiological and developmental processes in Arabidopsis, and AtTLP3 is also involved in ABA signaling pathway like AtTLP9 during seed germination and early seedling growth.
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- Yan Bao
- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 300 Fenglin Road, Shanghai, 200032, China
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Chaki M, Kovacs I, Spannagl M, Lindermayr C. Computational prediction of candidate proteins for S-nitrosylation in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLoS One 2014; 9:e110232. [PMID: 25333472 PMCID: PMC4204854 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2014] [Accepted: 09/17/2014] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Nitric oxide (NO) is an important signaling molecule that regulates many physiological processes in plants. One of the most important regulatory mechanisms of NO is S-nitrosylation-the covalent attachment of NO to cysteine residues. Although the involvement of cysteine S-nitrosylation in the regulation of protein functions is well established, its substrate specificity remains unknown. Identification of candidates for S-nitrosylation and their target cysteine residues is fundamental for studying the molecular mechanisms and regulatory roles of S-nitrosylation in plants. Several experimental methods that are based on the biotin switch have been developed to identify target proteins for S-nitrosylation. However, these methods have their limits. Thus, computational methods are attracting considerable attention for the identification of modification sites in proteins. Using GPS-SNO version 1.0, a recently developed S-nitrosylation site-prediction program, a set of 16,610 candidate proteins for S-nitrosylation containing 31,900 S-nitrosylation sites was isolated from the entire Arabidopsis proteome using the medium threshold. In the compartments "chloroplast," "CUL4-RING ubiquitin ligase complex," and "membrane" more than 70% of the proteins were identified as candidates for S-nitrosylation. The high number of identified candidates in the proteome reflects the importance of redox signaling in these compartments. An analysis of the functional distribution of the predicted candidates showed that proteins involved in signaling processes exhibited the highest prediction rate. In a set of 46 proteins, where 53 putative S-nitrosylation sites were already experimentally determined, the GPS-SNO program predicted 60 S-nitrosylation sites, but only 11 overlap with the results of the experimental approach. In general, a computer-assisted method for the prediction of targets for S-nitrosylation is a very good tool; however, further development, such as including the three dimensional structure of proteins in such analyses, would improve the identification of S-nitrosylation sites.
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- Mounira Chaki
- Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München-German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München-German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum München-German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München-German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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Aryal UK, Xiong Y, McBride Z, Kihara D, Xie J, Hall MC, Szymanski DB. A proteomic strategy for global analysis of plant protein complexes. Plant Cell 2014; 26:3867-82. [PMID: 25293756 PMCID: PMC4247564 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.114.127563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2014] [Revised: 08/11/2014] [Accepted: 09/18/2014] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Global analyses of protein complex assembly, composition, and location are needed to fully understand how cells coordinate diverse metabolic, mechanical, and developmental activities. The most common methods for proteome-wide analysis of protein complexes rely on affinity purification-mass spectrometry or yeast two-hybrid approaches. These methods are time consuming and are not suitable for many plant species that are refractory to transformation or genome-wide cloning of open reading frames. Here, we describe the proof of concept for a method allowing simultaneous global analysis of endogenous protein complexes that begins with intact leaves and combines chromatographic separation of extracts from subcellular fractions with quantitative label-free protein abundance profiling by liquid chromatography-coupled mass spectrometry. Applying this approach to the crude cytosolic fraction of Arabidopsis thaliana leaves using size exclusion chromatography, we identified hundreds of cytosolic proteins that appeared to exist as components of stable protein complexes. The reliability of the method was validated by protein immunoblot analysis and comparisons with published size exclusion chromatography data and the masses of known complexes. The method can be implemented with appropriate instrumentation, is applicable to any biological system, and has the potential to be further developed to characterize the composition of protein complexes and measure the dynamics of protein complex localization and assembly under different conditions.
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- Uma K Aryal
- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907 Department of Computer Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
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- Department of Statistics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
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- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907 Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
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Oleosins form a steric barrier surface on lipid droplets in cytoplasm, preventing them from contacting and coalescing with adjacent droplets. Oleosin genes have been detected in numerous plant species. However, the presence of oleosin genes in the most basally diverging lineage of land plants, liverworts, has not been reported previously. Thus we explored whether liverworts have an oleosin gene. In Marchantia polymorpha L., a thalloid liverwort, one predicted sequence was found that could encode oleosin, possessing the hallmark of oleosin, a proline knot (-PX5SPX3P-) motif. The phylogeny of the oleosin gene family in land plants was reconstructed based on both nucleotide and amino acid sequences of oleosins, from 31 representative species covering almost all the main lineages of land plants. Based on our phylogenetic trees, oleosin genes were classified into three groups: M-oleosins (defined here as a novel group distinct from the two previously known groups), low molecular weight isoform (L-oleosin), and high molecular weight isoform (H-oleosin), according to their amino-acid organization, phylogenetic relationships, expression tissues, and immunological characteristics. In liverworts, mosses, lycophytes, and gymnosperms, only M-oleosins have been described. In angiosperms, however, while this isoform remains and is highly expressed in the gametophyte pollen tube, two other isoforms also occur, L-oleosins and H-oleosins. Phylogenetic analyses suggest that the M-oleosin isoform is the precursor to the ancestor of L-oleosins and H-oleosins. The later two isoforms evolved by successive gene duplications in ancestral angiosperms. At the genomic level, most oleosins possess no introns. If introns are present, in both the L-isoform and the M-isoform a single intron inserts behind the central region, while in the H-isoform, a single intron is located at the 5'-terminus. This study fills a major gap in understanding functional gene evolution of oleosin in land plants, shedding new light on evolutionary transitions of lipid storage strategies.
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- Yuan Fang
- School of Life Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
- University and Jepson Herbaria, and Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United State of America
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- School of Life Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- University and Jepson Herbaria, and Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United State of America
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Candat A, Paszkiewicz G, Neveu M, Gautier R, Logan DC, Avelange-Macherel MH, Macherel D. The ubiquitous distribution of late embryogenesis abundant proteins across cell compartments in Arabidopsis offers tailored protection against abiotic stress. Plant Cell 2014; 26:3148-66. [PMID: 25005920 PMCID: PMC4145138 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.114.127316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) proteins are hydrophilic, mostly intrinsically disordered proteins, which play major roles in desiccation tolerance. In Arabidopsis thaliana, 51 genes encoding LEA proteins clustered into nine families have been inventoried. To increase our understanding of the yet enigmatic functions of these gene families, we report the subcellular location of each protein. Experimental data highlight the limits of in silico predictions for analysis of subcellular localization. Thirty-six LEA proteins localized to the cytosol, with most being able to diffuse into the nucleus. Three proteins were exclusively localized in plastids or mitochondria, while two others were found dually targeted to these organelles. Targeting cleavage sites could be determined for five of these proteins. Three proteins were found to be endoplasmic reticulum (ER) residents, two were vacuolar, and two were secreted. A single protein was identified in pexophagosomes. While most LEA protein families have a unique subcellular localization, members of the LEA_4 family are widely distributed (cytosol, mitochondria, plastid, ER, and pexophagosome) but share the presence of the class A α-helix motif. They are thus expected to establish interactions with various cellular membranes under stress conditions. The broad subcellular distribution of LEA proteins highlights the requirement for each cellular compartment to be provided with protective mechanisms to cope with desiccation or cold stress.
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- Adrien Candat
- Université d'Angers, UMR 1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, F-49045 Angers, France INRA, UMR 1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, F-49045 Angers, France
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- Université d'Angers, UMR 1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, F-49045 Angers, France
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- INRA, UMR 1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, F-49045 Angers, France
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- Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7275, F-06560 Valbonne, France
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- Université d'Angers, UMR 1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, F-49045 Angers, France
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- Université d'Angers, UMR 1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, F-49045 Angers, France
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Cerný M, Jedelský PL, Novák J, Schlosser A, Brzobohatý B. Cytokinin modulates proteomic, transcriptomic and growth responses to temperature shocks in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell Environ 2014; 37:1641-55. [PMID: 24393122 DOI: 10.1111/pce.12270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2013] [Revised: 12/27/2013] [Accepted: 12/30/2013] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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As sessile organisms, plants must sense environmental conditions and adjust their growth and development processes accordingly, through adaptive responses regulated by various internal factors, including hormones. A key environmental factor is temperature, but temperature-sensing mechanisms are not fully understood despite intense research. We investigated proteomic responses to temperature shocks (15 min cold or heat treatments) with and without exogenous applications of cytokinin in Arabidopsis. Image and mass spectrometric analysis of the two-dimensionally separated proteins detected 139 differentially regulated spots, in which 148 proteins were identified, most of which have not been previously linked to temperature perception. More than 70% of the temperature-shock response proteins were modulated by cytokinin, mostly in a similar manner as heat shock. Data mining of previous transcriptomic datasets supported extensive interactions between temperature and cytokinin signalling. The biological significance of this finding was tested by assaying an independent growth response of Arabidopsis seedlings to heat stress: hypocotyl elongation. This response was strongly inhibited in mutants with deficiencies in cytokinin signalling or endogenous cytokinin levels. Thus, cytokinins may directly participate in heat signalling in plants. Finally, large proportions of both temperature-shock and cytokinin responsive proteomes co-localize to the chloroplast, which might therefore host a substantial proportion of the temperature response machinery.
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- Martin Cerný
- Laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology, Institute of Biophysics AS CR, v.v.i and CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Mendel University in Brno, CZ-613 00, Brno, Czech Republic
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Cheon J, Fujioka S, Dilkes BP, Choe S. Brassinosteroids regulate plant growth through distinct signaling pathways in Selaginella and Arabidopsis. PLoS One 2013; 8:e81938. [PMID: 24349155 PMCID: PMC3862569 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2013] [Accepted: 10/28/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Brassinosteroids (BRs) are growth-promoting steroid hormones that regulate diverse physiological processes in plants. Most BR biosynthetic enzymes belong to the cytochrome P450 (CYP) family. The gene encoding the ultimate step of BR biosynthesis in Arabidopsis likely evolved by gene duplication followed by functional specialization in a dicotyledonous plant-specific manner. To gain insight into the evolution of BRs, we performed a genomic reconstitution of Arabidopsis BR biosynthetic genes in an ancestral vascular plant, the lycophyte Selaginella moellendorffii. Selaginella contains four members of the CYP90 family that cluster together in the CYP85 clan. Similar to known BR biosynthetic genes, the Selaginella CYP90s exhibit eight or ten exons and Selaginella produces a putative BR biosynthetic intermediate. Therefore, we hypothesized that Selaginella CYP90 genes encode BR biosynthetic enzymes. In contrast to typical CYPs in Arabidopsis, Selaginella CYP90E2 and CYP90F1 do not possess amino-terminal signal peptides, suggesting that they do not localize to the endoplasmic reticulum. In addition, one of the three putative CYP reductases (CPRs) that is required for CYP enzyme function co-localized with CYP90E2 and CYP90F1. Treatments with a BR biosynthetic inhibitor, propiconazole, and epi-brassinolide resulted in greatly retarded and increased growth, respectively. This suggests that BRs promote growth in Selaginella, as they do in Arabidopsis. However, BR signaling occurs through different pathways than in Arabidopsis. A sequence homologous to the Arabidopsis BR receptor BRI1 was absent in Selaginella, but downstream components, including BIN2, BSU1, and BZR1, were present. Thus, the mechanism that initiates BR signaling in Selaginella seems to differ from that in Arabidopsis. Our findings suggest that the basic physiological roles of BRs as growth-promoting hormones are conserved in both lycophytes and Arabidopsis; however, different BR molecules and BRI1-based membrane receptor complexes evolved in these plants.
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- Jinyeong Cheon
- School of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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- RIKEN Advanced Science Institute, Wako-shi, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
- * E-mail: (SC); (BD)
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- School of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
- Convergence Research Center for Functional Plant Products, Advanced Institutes of Convergence Technology, Suwon, Gyeonggi, Korea
- Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
- * E-mail: (SC); (BD)
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The highly ordered process of senescence forms the final stage of leaf development; a large set of senescence-associated genes (SAGs) execute this orderly dismantling of the photosynthetic apparatus and remobilization of cellular components. A number of transcription factors (TFs) modulate SAG expression to promote or delay senescence. Here we show that NAC016, the previously uncharacterized senescence-associated NAM/ATAF1/2/CUC2 (senNAC) TF in Arabidopsis thaliana, promotes senescence. Leaves of nac016 mutants remained green under senescence-inducing conditions, and leaves of NAC016-overexpressing (NAC016-OX) plants senesced early. Under dark-induced senescence (DIS) conditions, nac016 mutants had low ion leakage, and retained the proper balance of photosystem proteins and normal grana thylakoid shape much longer than wild-type plants, suggesting that nac016 acts as a functional stay-green type senescence mutant. Under DIS conditions, SAGs (NYC1, PPH, SGR1/NYE1 and WRKY22), including senNACs (JUB1, NAP, ORE1, ORS1 and VNI2), were down-regulated in nac016 mutants and up-regulated in NAC016-OX plants. In addition to its role in senescence, NAC016 also affects abiotic stress. Under salt and oxidative stress conditions, NAC016 expression rapidly increased in developing leaves, possibly to promote senescence. Indeed, under the stress conditions, nac016 mutants stayed green and NAC016-OX plants senesced rapidly. To identify direct targets of the NAC016 TF in the regulation of leaf senescence, we conducted yeast one-hybrid assays, which strongly suggested that NAC016 binds to the promoters of NAP and ORS1. Based on these results, we propose that NAC016 regulatory mechanisms promoting leaf senescence exhibit cross-talk with the salt and oxidative stress-responsive signaling pathways.
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- Ye-Sol Kim
- Department of Plant Science, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, and Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 151-921, Republic of Korea
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Kim MH, Kim Y, Kim JW, Lee HS, Lee WS, Kim SK, Wang ZY, Kim SH. Identification of Arabidopsis BAK1-associating receptor-like kinase 1 (BARK1) and characterization of its gene expression and brassinosteroid-regulated root phenotypes. Plant Cell Physiol 2013; 54:1620-34. [PMID: 23921992 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pct106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Brassinosteroids (BRs) activate the BRI1 and BAK1/SERK3 membrane receptor complex, which leads to a wide range of changes in gene expression, plant growth and development. As an initial step to elucidate additional roles of BAK1, we cloned a BAK1-binding protein, BAK1-Associating Receptor-Like Kinase 1 (BARK1), and characterized its gene expression and root phenotypes. BARK1 is a putative membrane LRR-RLK (leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinase) protein that specifically binds to BAK1 and its homologs. Careful examination of BARK1 expression using transgenic plants expressing a green fluorescent protein (GFP) reporter under the control of the native BARK1 promoter (BARK1p::GFP) revealed that this gene is ubiquitously expressed in most plant tissues, and shows especially strong expression in the xylem vasculature of primary and lateral roots as well as in mature pollen. Interestingly, the expression of the BARK1 gene was increased in the BR biosynthetic loss-of-function mutant, det2, and a loss-of-function mutant of BR signaling, bak1-3. In contrast, this gene was down-regulated in the bzr1-1D plant, which is a BR signal gain-of-function mutant. BARK1-overexpressing transgenic plants clearly enhanced primary root growth in a dose-dependent manner, and their roots were hypersensitive to BR-induced root growth inhibition. In addition, both the number and density of lateral roots were dramatically increased in the BARK1 transgenic plants in a dose-dependent manner. Together with observations that ARF (AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR) genes are up-regulated in the BARK1 overexpressor, we suggest that the BARK1 overexpressor phenotype with more lateral roots is partly due to the increased expression of ARF genes in this genetic background. In conclusion, BAK1-interacting BARK1 protein may be involved in BR-mediated plant growth and development such as in lateral roots via auxin regulation.
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- Min Hee Kim
- Division of Biological Science and Technology, Yonsei University, Wonju, 220-710, Korea
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Yoshida T, Kawabe A. Importance of gene duplication in the evolution of genomic imprinting revealed by molecular evolutionary analysis of the type I MADS-box gene family in Arabidopsis species. PLoS One 2013; 8:e73588. [PMID: 24039992 PMCID: PMC3764040 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2013] [Accepted: 07/25/2013] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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The pattern of molecular evolution of imprinted genes is controversial and the entire picture is still to be unveiled. Recently, a relationship between the formation of imprinted genes and gene duplication was reported in genome-wide survey of imprinted genes in Arabidopsis thaliana. Because gene duplications influence the molecular evolution of the duplicated gene family, it is necessary to investigate both the pattern of molecular evolution and the possible relationship between gene duplication and genomic imprinting for a better understanding of evolutionary aspects of imprinted genes. In this study, we investigated the evolutionary changes of type I MADS-box genes that include imprinted genes by using relative species of Arabidopsis thaliana (two subspecies of A. lyrata and three subspecies of A. halleri). A duplicated gene family enables us to compare DNA sequences between imprinted genes and its homologs. We found an increased number of gene duplications within species in clades containing the imprinted genes, further supporting the hypothesis that local gene duplication is one of the driving forces for the formation of imprinted genes. Moreover, data obtained by phylogenetic analysis suggested “rapid evolution” of not only imprinted genes but also its closely related orthologous genes, which implies the effect of gene duplication on molecular evolution of imprinted genes.
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- Takanori Yoshida
- Faculty of Life Science, Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
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- Faculty of Life Science, Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
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Lenz H, Dombinov V, Dreistein J, Reinhard MR, Gebert M, Knoop V. Magnesium deficiency phenotypes upon multiple knockout of Arabidopsis thaliana MRS2 clade B genes can be ameliorated by concomitantly reduced calcium supply. Plant Cell Physiol 2013; 54:1118-31. [PMID: 23628997 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pct062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Plant MRS2 membrane protein family members have been shown to play important roles in magnesium uptake and homeostasis. Single and double knockouts for two Arabidopsis thaliana genes, AtMRS2-1 and AtMRS2-5, have previously not shown significant phenotypes even under limiting Mg(2+) supply although both are strongly expressed already in early seedlings. Together with AtMRS2-10, these genes form clade B of the AtMRS2 gene family. We now succeeded in obtaining homozygous AtMRS2-1/10 double and AtMRS2-1/5/10 triple knockout lines after selection under increased magnesium supply. Although wilting early, both new mutant lines develop fully and are also fertile under standard magnesium supply, but show severe developmental retardation under limiting Mg(2+) concentrations. To investigate nutrient dependency of germination and seedling development under various conditions, including variable supplies of Mg(2+), Ca(2+), Zn(2+), Mn(2+), Co(2+), Cd(2+) and Cu(2+), in a reproducible and economical way, we employed a small-scale liquid culturing system in 24-well plate set-ups. This allowed the growth and monitoring of individual plantlets of different mutant lines under several nutritional conditions in parallel, and the scoring and statistical evaluation of developmental stages and biomass accumulation. Detrimental effects of higher concentrations of these elements were similar in mutants and the wild type. However, growth retardation phenotypes seen upon hydroponic cultivation under low Mg(2+) could be ameliorated when Ca(2+) concentrations were concomitantly lowered, supporting indications for an important interplay of these two most abundant divalent cations in the nutrient homeostasis of plants.
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- Henning Lenz
- Abteilung Molekulare Evolution, IZMB-Institut für Zelluläre und Molekulare Botanik, Universität Bonn, Kirschallee 1, D-53115 Bonn, Germany
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Gendre D, McFarlane HE, Johnson E, Mouille G, Sjödin A, Oh J, Levesque-Tremblay G, Watanabe Y, Samuels L, Bhalerao RP. Trans-Golgi network localized ECHIDNA/Ypt interacting protein complex is required for the secretion of cell wall polysaccharides in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 2013; 25:2633-46. [PMID: 23832588 PMCID: PMC3753388 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.113.112482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The secretion of cell wall polysaccharides through the trans-Golgi network (TGN) is required for plant cell elongation. However, the components mediating the post-Golgi secretion of pectin and hemicellulose, the two major cell wall polysaccharides, are largely unknown. We identified evolutionarily conserved YPT/RAB GTPase Interacting Protein 4a (YIP4a) and YIP4b (formerly YIP2), which form a TGN-localized complex with ECHIDNA (ECH) in Arabidopsis thaliana. The localization of YIP4 and ECH proteins at the TGN is interdependent and influences the localization of VHA-a1 and SYP61, which are key components of the TGN. YIP4a and YIP4b act redundantly, and the yip4a yip4b double mutants have a cell elongation defect. Genetic, biochemical, and cell biological analyses demonstrate that the ECH/YIP4 complex plays a key role in TGN-mediated secretion of pectin and hemicellulose to the cell wall in dark-grown hypocotyls and in secretory cells of the seed coat. In keeping with these observations, Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy analysis revealed that the ech and yip4a yip4b mutants exhibit changes in their cell wall composition. Overall, our results reveal a TGN subdomain defined by ECH/YIP4 that is required for the secretion of pectin and hemicellulose and distinguishes the role of the TGN in secretion from its roles in endocytic and vacuolar trafficking.
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- Delphine Gendre
- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, S-901 83 Umea, Sweden
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- Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, S-901 83 Umea, Sweden
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Unité Mixte de Recherche 1318, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique–AgroParisTech, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique Centre de Versailles-Grignon, 78026 Versailles cedex, France
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- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, S-901 83 Umea, Sweden
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- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, S-901 83 Umea, Sweden
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- Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, S-901 83 Umea, Sweden
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Armbruster U, Labs M, Pribil M, Viola S, Xu W, Scharfenberg M, Hertle AP, Rojahn U, Jensen PE, Rappaport F, Joliot P, Dörmann P, Wanner G, Leister D. Arabidopsis CURVATURE THYLAKOID1 proteins modify thylakoid architecture by inducing membrane curvature. Plant Cell 2013; 25:2661-78. [PMID: 23839788 PMCID: PMC3753390 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.113.113118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 174] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2013] [Revised: 06/07/2013] [Accepted: 06/20/2013] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Chloroplasts of land plants characteristically contain grana, cylindrical stacks of thylakoid membranes. A granum consists of a core of appressed membranes, two stroma-exposed end membranes, and margins, which connect pairs of grana membranes at their lumenal sides. Multiple forces contribute to grana stacking, but it is not known how the extreme curvature at margins is generated and maintained. We report the identification of the CURVATURE THYLAKOID1 (CURT1) protein family, conserved in plants and cyanobacteria. The four Arabidopsis thaliana CURT1 proteins (CURT1A, B, C, and D) oligomerize and are highly enriched at grana margins. Grana architecture is correlated with the CURT1 protein level, ranging from flat lobe-like thylakoids with considerably fewer grana margins in plants without CURT1 proteins to an increased number of membrane layers (and margins) in grana at the expense of grana diameter in overexpressors of CURT1A. The endogenous CURT1 protein in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp PCC6803 can be partially replaced by its Arabidopsis counterpart, indicating that the function of CURT1 proteins is evolutionary conserved. In vitro, Arabidopsis CURT1A proteins oligomerize and induce tubulation of liposomes, implying that CURT1 proteins suffice to induce membrane curvature. We therefore propose that CURT1 proteins modify thylakoid architecture by inducing membrane curvature at grana margins.
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- Ute Armbruster
- Plant Molecular Biology (Botany), Department Biology I, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 81252 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Plant Molecular Biology (Botany), Department Biology I, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 81252 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Plant Molecular Biology (Botany), Department Biology I, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 81252 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
- Mass Spectrometry Unit, Department Biology I, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, 81252 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Plant Molecular Biology (Botany), Department Biology I, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 81252 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Plant Molecular Biology (Botany), Department Biology I, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 81252 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Plant Molecular Biology (Botany), Department Biology I, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 81252 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Plant Molecular Biology (Botany), Department Biology I, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 81252 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Plant Molecular Biology (Botany), Department Biology I, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 81252 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Villum Kann Rasmussen Research Centre “Pro-Active Plants,” Department of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 1871 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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- Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique/Unité Mixte de Recherche–Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 7141, 75005 Paris, France
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- Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique/Unité Mixte de Recherche–Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 7141, 75005 Paris, France
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- Institut für Molekulare Physiologie und Biotechnologie der Pflanzen, Universität Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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- Ultrastrukturforschung, Department Biology I, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 81252 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Plant Molecular Biology (Botany), Department Biology I, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 81252 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
- PhotoLab Trentino–Joint Initiative of the University of Trento (Centre for Integrative Biology) and the Edmund Mach Foundation (Research and Innovation Centre), 38010 San Michele all'Adige (Trento) Italy
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Ohtani M, Demura T, Sugiyama M. Arabidopsis root initiation defective1, a DEAH-box RNA helicase involved in pre-mRNA splicing, is essential for plant development. Plant Cell 2013; 25:2056-69. [PMID: 23771891 PMCID: PMC3723612 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.113.111922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Pre-mRNA splicing is a critical process in gene expression in eukaryotic cells. A multitude of proteins are known to be involved in pre-mRNA splicing in plants; however, the physiological roles of only some of these have been examined. Here, we investigated the developmental roles of a pre-mRNA splicing factor by analyzing root initiation defective1-1 (rid1-1), an Arabidopsis thaliana mutant previously shown to have severe defects in hypocotyl dedifferentiation and de novo meristem formation in tissue culture under high-temperature conditions. Phenotypic analysis in planta indicated that RID1 is differentially required during development and has roles in processes such as meristem maintenance, leaf morphogenesis, and root morphogenesis. RID1 was identified as encoding a DEAH-box RNA helicase implicated in pre-mRNA splicing. Transient expression analysis using intron-containing reporter genes showed that pre-mRNA splicing efficiency was affected by the rid1 mutation, which supported the presumed function of RID1 in pre-mRNA splicing. Our results collectively suggest that robust levels of pre-mRNA splicing are critical for several specific aspects of plant development.
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- Misato Ohtani
- Biomass Engineering Program Cooperation Division, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan.
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Nishimura K, Asakura Y, Friso G, Kim J, Oh SH, Rutschow H, Ponnala L, van Wijk KJ. ClpS1 is a conserved substrate selector for the chloroplast Clp protease system in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 2013; 25:2276-301. [PMID: 23898032 PMCID: PMC3723626 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.113.112557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2013] [Revised: 05/24/2013] [Accepted: 06/06/2013] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Whereas the plastid caseinolytic peptidase (Clp) P protease system is essential for plant development, substrates and substrate selection mechanisms are unknown. Bacterial ClpS is involved in N-degron substrate selection and delivery to the ClpAP protease. Through phylogenetic analysis, we show that all angiosperms contain ClpS1 and some species also contain ClpS1-like protein(s). In silico analysis suggests that ClpS1 is the functional homolog of bacterial ClpS. We show that Arabidopsis thaliana ClpS1 interacts with plastid ClpC1,2 chaperones. The Arabidopsis ClpS1 null mutant (clps1) lacks a visible phenotype, and no genetic interactions with ClpC/D chaperone or ClpPR core mutants were observed. However, clps1, but not clpc1-1, has increased sensitivity to the translational elongation inhibitor chloramphenicol suggesting a link between translational capacity and ClpS1. Moreover, ClpS1 was upregulated in clpc1-1, and quantitative proteomics of clps1, clpc1, and clps1 clpc1 showed specific molecular phenotypes attributed to loss of ClpC1 or ClpS1. In particular, clps1 showed alteration of the tetrapyrrole pathway. Affinity purification identified eight candidate ClpS1 substrates, including plastid DNA repair proteins and Glu tRNA reductase, which is a control point for tetrapyrrole synthesis. ClpS1 interaction with five substrates strictly depended on two conserved ClpS1 residues involved in N-degron recognition. ClpS1 function, substrates, and substrate recognition mechanisms are discussed.
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- Kenji Nishimura
- Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
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- Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
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- Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
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- Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
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- Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
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- Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
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- Computational Biology Service Unit, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 14853
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- Computational Biology Service Unit, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 14853
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Sauer M, Delgadillo MO, Zouhar J, Reynolds GD, Pennington JG, Jiang L, Liljegren SJ, Stierhof YD, De Jaeger G, Otegui MS, Bednarek SY, Rojo E. MTV1 and MTV4 encode plant-specific ENTH and ARF GAP proteins that mediate clathrin-dependent trafficking of vacuolar cargo from the trans-Golgi network. Plant Cell 2013; 25:2217-35. [PMID: 23771894 PMCID: PMC3723622 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.113.111724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2013] [Revised: 05/14/2013] [Accepted: 05/30/2013] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Many soluble proteins transit through the trans-Golgi network (TGN) and the prevacuolar compartment (PVC) en route to the vacuole, but our mechanistic understanding of this vectorial trafficking step in plants is limited. In particular, it is unknown whether clathrin-coated vesicles (CCVs) participate in this transport step. Through a screen for modified transport to the vacuole (mtv) mutants that secrete the vacuolar protein VAC2, we identified MTV1, which encodes an epsin N-terminal homology protein, and MTV4, which encodes the ADP ribosylation factor GTPase-activating protein nevershed/AGD5. MTV1 and NEV/AGD5 have overlapping expression patterns and interact genetically to transport vacuolar cargo and promote plant growth, but they have no apparent roles in protein secretion or endocytosis. MTV1 and NEV/AGD5 colocalize with clathrin at the TGN and are incorporated into CCVs. Importantly, mtv1 nev/agd5 double mutants show altered subcellular distribution of CCV cargo exported from the TGN. Moreover, MTV1 binds clathrin in vitro, and NEV/AGD5 associates in vivo with clathrin, directly linking these proteins to CCV formation. These results indicate that MTV1 and NEV/AGD5 are key effectors for CCV-mediated trafficking of vacuolar proteins from the TGN to the PVC in plants.
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- Michael Sauer
- Departamento Molecular de Plantas, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas), 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento Molecular de Plantas, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas), 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento Molecular de Plantas, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas), 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica, 28223 Madrid, Spain
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- School of Life Sciences, Centre for Cell and Developmental Biology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Biology, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi 38677-1848
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- Zentrum für Molekularbiologie der Pflanzen, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Botany, University of Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- Departamento Molecular de Plantas, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas), 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Kasmati AR, Töpel M, Khan NZ, Patel R, Ling Q, Karim S, Aronsson H, Jarvis P. Evolutionary, molecular and genetic analyses of Tic22 homologues in Arabidopsis thaliana chloroplasts. PLoS One 2013; 8:e63863. [PMID: 23675512 PMCID: PMC3652856 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2013] [Accepted: 04/05/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The Tic22 protein was previously identified in pea as a putative component of the chloroplast protein import apparatus. It is a peripheral protein of the inner envelope membrane, residing in the intermembrane space. In Arabidopsis, there are two Tic22 homologues, termed atTic22-III and atTic22-IV, both of which are predicted to localize in chloroplasts. These two proteins defined clades that are conserved in all land plants, which appear to have evolved at a similar rates since their separation >400 million years ago, suggesting functional conservation. The atTIC22-IV gene was expressed several-fold more highly than atTIC22-III, but the genes exhibited similar expression profiles and were expressed throughout development. Knockout mutants lacking atTic22-IV were visibly normal, whereas those lacking atTic22-III exhibited moderate chlorosis. Double mutants lacking both isoforms were more strongly chlorotic, particularly during early development, but were viable and fertile. Double-mutant chloroplasts were small and under-developed relative to those in wild type, and displayed inefficient import of precursor proteins. The data indicate that the two Tic22 isoforms act redundantly in chloroplast protein import, and that their function is non-essential but nonetheless required for normal chloroplast biogenesis, particularly during early plant development.
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- Ali Reza Kasmati
- University of Leicester, Department of Biology, Leicester, United Kingdom
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- University of Leicester, Department of Biology, Leicester, United Kingdom
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- University of Gothenburg, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- University of Leicester, Department of Biology, Leicester, United Kingdom
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- University of Leicester, Department of Biology, Leicester, United Kingdom
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- University of Gothenburg, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- University of Gothenburg, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- University of Leicester, Department of Biology, Leicester, United Kingdom
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Basha E, Jones C, Blackwell AE, Cheng G, Waters ER, Samsel KA, Siddique M, Pett V, Wysocki V, Vierling E. An unusual dimeric small heat shock protein provides insight into the mechanism of this class of chaperones. J Mol Biol 2013; 425:1683-96. [PMID: 23416558 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2013.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2012] [Revised: 02/07/2013] [Accepted: 02/08/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Small heat shock proteins (sHSPs) are virtually ubiquitous stress proteins that are also found in many normal tissues and accumulate in diseases of protein folding. They generally act as ATP-independent chaperones to bind and stabilize denaturing proteins that can be later reactivated by ATP-dependent Hsp70/DnaK, but the mechanism of substrate capture by sHSPs remains poorly understood. A majority of sHSPs form large oligomers, a property that has been linked to their effective chaperone action. We describe AtHsp18.5 from Arabidopsis thaliana, demonstrating that it is dimeric and exhibits robust chaperone activity, which adds support to the model that suboligomeric sHSP forms are a substrate binding species. Notably, like oligomeric sHSPs, when bound to substrate, AtHsp18.5 assembles into large complexes, indicating that reformation of sHSP oligomeric contacts is not required for assembly of sHSP-substrate complexes. Monomers of AtHsp18.5 freely exchange between dimers but fail to coassemble in vitro with dodecameric plant cytosolic sHSPs, suggesting that AtHsp18.5 does not interact by coassembly with these other sHSPs in vivo. Data from controlled proteolysis and hydrogen-deuterium exchange coupled with mass spectrometry show that the N- and C-termini of AtHsp18.5 are highly accessible and lack stable secondary structure, most likely a requirement for substrate interaction. Chaperone activity of a series of AtHsp18.5 truncation mutants confirms that the N-terminal arm is required for substrate protection and that different substrates interact differently with the N-terminal arm. In total, these data imply that the core α-crystallin domain of the sHSPs is a platform for flexible arms that capture substrates to maintain their solubility.
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- Eman Basha
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
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Meinke DW. A survey of dominant mutations in Arabidopsis thaliana. Trends Plant Sci 2013; 18:84-91. [PMID: 22995285 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2012.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2012] [Revised: 08/03/2012] [Accepted: 08/13/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Following the recent publication of a comprehensive dataset of 2400 genes with a loss-of-function mutant phenotype in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), questions remain concerning the diversity of dominant mutations in Arabidopsis. Most of these dominant phenotypes are expected to result from inappropriate gene expression, novel protein function, or disrupted protein complexes. This review highlights the major classes of dominant mutations observed in model organisms and presents a collection of 200 Arabidopsis genes associated with a dominant or semidominant phenotype. Emphasis is placed on mutants identified through forward genetic screens of mutagenized or activation-tagged populations. These datasets illustrate the variety of genetic changes and protein functions that underlie dominance in Arabidopsis and may ultimately contribute to phenotypic variation in flowering plants.
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- David W Meinke
- Department of Botany, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA.
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