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Abstract
The many varied uses of starch in food and industrial applications often requires an understanding of its physicochemical properties and the detailed variations in granule structure that underpin these properties. The ability to manipulate storage starch structures depends on understanding the biosynthetic pathway, and in particular, how the many components of the pathway are coordinated and regulated. This article presents a current overview of starch structure and the known enzymes involved in the synthesis of the granule, with an emphasis on how current knowledge on the regulation of the pathway in cereals and other crops may be applied to the production of different functional starches.
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- Ian J. Tetlow
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, College of Biological Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada (e-mail: )
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99902
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Derelle E, Ferraz C, Rombauts S, Rouzé P, Worden AZ, Robbens S, Partensky F, Degroeve S, Echeynié S, Cooke R, Saeys Y, Wuyts J, Jabbari K, Bowler C, Panaud O, Piégu B, Ball SG, Ral JP, Bouget FY, Piganeau G, De Baets B, Picard A, Delseny M, Demaille J, Van de Peer Y, Moreau H. Genome analysis of the smallest free-living eukaryote Ostreococcus tauri unveils many unique features. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103:11647-52. [PMID: 16868079 PMCID: PMC1544224 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0604795103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 528] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.3] [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: 01/04/2006] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The green lineage is reportedly 1,500 million years old, evolving shortly after the endosymbiosis event that gave rise to early photosynthetic eukaryotes. In this study, we unveil the complete genome sequence of an ancient member of this lineage, the unicellular green alga Ostreococcus tauri (Prasinophyceae). This cosmopolitan marine primary producer is the world's smallest free-living eukaryote known to date. Features likely reflecting optimization of environmentally relevant pathways, including resource acquisition, unusual photosynthesis apparatus, and genes potentially involved in C(4) photosynthesis, were observed, as was downsizing of many gene families. Overall, the 12.56-Mb nuclear genome has an extremely high gene density, in part because of extensive reduction of intergenic regions and other forms of compaction such as gene fusion. However, the genome is structurally complex. It exhibits previously unobserved levels of heterogeneity for a eukaryote. Two chromosomes differ structurally from the other eighteen. Both have a significantly biased G+C content, and, remarkably, they contain the majority of transposable elements. Many chromosome 2 genes also have unique codon usage and splicing, but phylogenetic analysis and composition do not support alien gene origin. In contrast, most chromosome 19 genes show no similarity to green lineage genes and a large number of them are specialized in cell surface processes. Taken together, the complete genome sequence, unusual features, and downsized gene families, make O. tauri an ideal model system for research on eukaryotic genome evolution, including chromosome specialization and green lineage ancestry.
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- Evelyne Derelle
- Observatoire Océanologique, Laboratoire Arago, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7628, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique–Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, BP44, 66651 Banyuls sur Mer Cedex, France
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- Institut de Génétique Humaine, Unité Propre de Recherche 1142, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 141 Rue de Cardonille, 34396 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology and
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- Laboratoire Associé de l’Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (France), Ghent University, Technologiepark 927, 9052 Ghent, Belgium
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- Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology and
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- Station Biologique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7144, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique–Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, BP74, 29682 Roscoff Cedex, France
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology and
- Department of Applied Mathematics, Biometrics and Process Control, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Institut de Génétique Humaine, Unité Propre de Recherche 1142, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 141 Rue de Cardonille, 34396 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- Génome et Développement des Plantes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5096, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique–Université de Perpignan, 52, Avenue de Villeneuve, 66860 Perpignan, France
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology and
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology and
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- Département de Biologie, Formation de Recherche en Evolution 2910, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique–Ecole Normale Supérieure, 46 Rue d’Ulm, 75230 Paris Cedex 05, France; and
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Biologique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 8765, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique–Université Sciences et Technologies de Lille, 59655 Villeneuve d’Ascq, France
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- Génome et Développement des Plantes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5096, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique–Université de Perpignan, 52, Avenue de Villeneuve, 66860 Perpignan, France
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- Génome et Développement des Plantes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5096, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique–Université de Perpignan, 52, Avenue de Villeneuve, 66860 Perpignan, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Biologique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 8765, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique–Université Sciences et Technologies de Lille, 59655 Villeneuve d’Ascq, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Biologique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 8765, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique–Université Sciences et Technologies de Lille, 59655 Villeneuve d’Ascq, France
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- Observatoire Océanologique, Laboratoire Arago, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7628, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique–Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, BP44, 66651 Banyuls sur Mer Cedex, France
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- Observatoire Océanologique, Laboratoire Arago, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7628, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique–Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, BP44, 66651 Banyuls sur Mer Cedex, France
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- Department of Applied Mathematics, Biometrics and Process Control, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Observatoire Océanologique, Laboratoire Arago, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7628, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique–Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, BP44, 66651 Banyuls sur Mer Cedex, France
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- Génome et Développement des Plantes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5096, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique–Université de Perpignan, 52, Avenue de Villeneuve, 66860 Perpignan, France
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- Institut de Génétique Humaine, Unité Propre de Recherche 1142, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 141 Rue de Cardonille, 34396 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology and
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- Observatoire Océanologique, Laboratoire Arago, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7628, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique–Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, BP44, 66651 Banyuls sur Mer Cedex, France
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Abstract
Type II NADH dehydrogenases (NDH-2) are monomeric enzymes that catalyse quinone reduction and allow electrons to enter the respiratory chain in different organisms including higher plant mitochondria, bacteria and yeasts. In this study, an Agrobacterium tumefaciens gene encoding a putative alternative NADH dehydrogenase (AtuNDH-2) was isolated and expressed in Escherichia coli as a (His)6-tagged protein. The purified 46 kDa protein contains FAD as a prosthetic group and oxidizes both NADH and NADPH with similar Vmax values, but with a much higher affinity for NADH than for NADPH. AtuNDH-2 complements the growth (on a minimal medium) of an E. coli mutant strain deficient in both NDH-1 and NDH-2, and is shown to supply electrons to the respiratory chain when incubated with bacterial membranes prepared from this mutant. By measuring photosystem II chlorophyll fluorescence on thylakoid membranes prepared from the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, we show that AtuNDH-2 is able to stimulate NADH-dependent reduction of the plastoquinone pool. We discuss the possibility of using heterologous expression of NDH-2 enzymes to improve nonphotochemical reduction of plastoquinones and H2 production in C. reinhardtii.
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- Laetitia Bernard
- CEA Cadarache, Direction des Sciences du Vivant, Département d'Ecophysiologie Végétale et Microbiologie, Laboratoire de Bioénergétique et Biotechnologie [corrected] des Bactéries et Microalgues, UMR 6191 CNRS-CEA, Aix-Marseille II [corrected] France
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Wallace IS, Choi WG, Roberts DM. The structure, function and regulation of the nodulin 26-like intrinsic protein family of plant aquaglyceroporins. Biochim Biophys Acta 2006; 1758:1165-75. [PMID: 16716251 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2006.03.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2005] [Revised: 03/08/2006] [Accepted: 03/17/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
Abstract
The nodulin 26-like intrinsic protein family is a group of highly conserved multifunctional major intrinsic proteins that are unique to plants, and which transport a variety of uncharged solutes ranging from water to ammonia to glycerol. Based on structure-function studies, the NIP family can be subdivided into two subgroups (I and II) based on the identity of the amino acids in the selectivity-determining filter (ar/R region) of the transport pore. Both subgroups appear to contain multifunctional transporters with low to no water permeability and the ability to flux multiple uncharged solutes of varying sizes depending upon the composition of the residues of the ar/R filter. NIPs are subject to posttranslational phosphorylation by calcium-dependent protein kinases. In the case of the family archetype, soybean nodulin 26, phosphorylation has been shown to stimulate its transport activity and to be regulated in response to developmental as well as environmental cues, including osmotic stresses. NIPs tend to be expressed at low levels in the plant compared to other MIPs, and several exhibit cell or tissue specific expression that is subject to spatial and temporal regulation during development.
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- Ian S Wallace
- Department of Biochemistry, Cellular, and Molecular Biology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.
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99905
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Ferreira S, Hjernø K, Larsen M, Wingsle G, Larsen P, Fey S, Roepstorff P, Salomé Pais M. Proteome profiling of Populus euphratica Oliv. upon heat stress. Ann Bot 2006; 98:361-77. [PMID: 16740589 PMCID: PMC2803470 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcl106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [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: 05/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Populus euphratica is a light-demanding species ecologically characterized as a pioneer. It grows in shelter belts along riversides, being part of the natural desert forest ecosystems in China and Middle Eastern countries. It is able to survive extreme temperatures, drought and salt stress, marking itself out as an important plant species to study the mechanisms responsible for survival of woody plants under heat stress. METHODS Heat effects were evaluated through electrolyte leakage on leaf discs, and LT(50) was determined to occur above 50 degrees C. Protein accumulation profiles of leaves from young plants submitted to 42/37 degrees C for 3 d in a phytotron were determined through 2D-PAGE, and a total of 45 % of up- and downregulated proteins were detected. Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight (MALDI-TOF)/TOF analysis, combined with searches in different databases, enabled the identification of 82 % of the selected spots. KEY RESULTS Short-term upregulated proteins are related to membrane destabilization and cytoskeleton restructuring, sulfur assimilation, thiamine and hydrophobic amino acid biosynthesis, and protein stability. Long-term upregulated proteins are involved in redox homeostasis and photosynthesis. Late downregulated proteins are involved mainly in carbon metabolism. CONCLUSIONS Moderate heat response involves proteins related to lipid biogenesis, cytoskeleton structure, sulfate assimilation, thiamine and hydrophobic amino acid biosynthesis, and nuclear transport. Photostasis is achieved through carbon metabolism adjustment, a decrease of photosystem II (PSII) abundance and an increase of PSI contribution to photosynthetic linear electron flow. Thioredoxin h may have a special role in this process in P. euphratica upon moderate heat exposure.
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- Sílvia Ferreira
- Unit of Molecular Biology and Plant Biotechnology, Institute of Applied Science and Technology, Science Faculty of Lisbon University, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal.
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Saez A, Robert N, Maktabi MH, Schroeder JI, Serrano R, Rodriguez PL. Enhancement of abscisic acid sensitivity and reduction of water consumption in Arabidopsis by combined inactivation of the protein phosphatases type 2C ABI1 and HAB1. Plant Physiol 2006; 141:1389-99. [PMID: 16798945 PMCID: PMC1533955 DOI: 10.1104/pp.106.081018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Abscisic acid (ABA) plays a key role in plant responses to abiotic stress, particularly drought stress. A wide number of ABA-hypersensitive mutants is known, however, only a few of them resist/avoid drought stress. In this work we have generated ABA-hypersensitive drought-avoidant mutants by simultaneous inactivation of two negative regulators of ABA signaling, i.e. the protein phosphatases type 2C (PP2Cs) ABA-INSENSITIVE1 (ABI1) and HYPERSENSITIVE TO ABA1 (HAB1). Two new recessive loss-of-function alleles of ABI1, abi1-2 and abi1-3, were identified in an Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) T-DNA collection. These mutants showed enhanced responses to ABA both in seed and vegetative tissues, but only a limited effect on plant drought avoidance. In contrast, generation of double hab1-1 abi1-2 and hab1-1 abi1-3 mutants strongly increased plant responsiveness to ABA. Thus, both hab1-1 abi1-2 and hab1-1 abi1-3 were particularly sensitive to ABA-mediated inhibition of seed germination. Additionally, vegetative responses to ABA were reinforced in the double mutants, which showed a strong hypersensitivity to ABA in growth assays, stomatal closure, and induction of ABA-responsive genes. Transpirational water loss under drought conditions was noticeably reduced in the double mutants as compared to single parental mutants, which resulted in reduced water consumption of whole plants. Taken together, these results reveal cooperative negative regulation of ABA signaling by ABI1 and HAB1 and suggest that fine tuning of ABA signaling can be attained through combined action of PP2Cs. Finally, these results suggest that combined inactivation of specific PP2Cs involved in ABA signaling could provide an approach for improving crop performance under drought stress conditions.
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- Angela Saez
- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, E-46022 Valencia, Spain
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Abstract
Induced resistance to biotic attackers is thought to be mediated by responses elicited by jasmonic acid (JA), a subset of which are lipoxygenase 3 (LOX3) dependent. To understand the importance of LOX3-mediated insect resistance, we analysed the performance of Manduca sexta larvae on wild-type (WT) and on isogenic Nicotiana attenuata plants silenced in NaLOX3 expression and JA signalling, and we used Waldbauer nutritional indices to measure the pre- and post-ingestive effects. LOX3-mediated defenses reduced larval growth, consumption and frass production. These defenses reduced how efficiently late-instar larvae converted digested food to body mass (ECD). In contrast, LOX3-mediated defenses decreased approximate digestibility (AD) in early instar larvae without affecting the ECD and total food consumption. Larvae of all instars feeding on defended WT plants behaviourally compensate for their reduced body mass by consuming more food per unit of body mass gain. We suggest that larvae feeding on plants silenced in NaLOX3 expression (as-lox) initially increase their AD, which in turn enables them to consume more food in the later stages and consequently, to increase their ECD and efficiency of conversion of ingested food (ECI). We conclude that N. attenuata's oxylipin-mediated defenses are important for resisting attack from M. sexta larvae, and that Waldbauer nutritional assays reveal behavioural and physiological counter responses of insects to these plant defenses.
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- Cbgowda Rayapuram
- Department of Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany
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Abstract
Recent molecular studies on endophytic bacterial diversity have revealed a large richness of species. Endophytes promote plant growth and yield, suppress pathogens, may help to remove contaminants, solubilize phosphate, or contribute assimilable nitrogen to plants. Some endophytes are seedborne, but others have mechanisms to colonize the plants that are being studied. Bacterial mutants unable to produce secreted proteins are impaired in the colonization process. Plant genes expressed in the presence of endophytes provide clues as to the effects of endophytes in plants. Molecular analysis showed that plant defense responses limit bacterial populations inside plants. Some human pathogens, such as Salmonella spp., have been found as endophytes, and these bacteria are not removed by disinfection procedures that eliminate superficially occurring bacteria. Delivery of endophytes to the environment or agricultural fields should be carefully evaluated to avoid introducing pathogens.
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- Mónica Rosenblueth
- Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Nacional Autóma de México, Apdo. Postal 565-A, Cuernavaca, México
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Chakrabarti SK, Lutz KA, Lertwiriyawong B, Svab Z, Maliga P. Expression of the cry9Aa2 B.t. gene in tobacco chloroplasts confers resistance to potato tuber moth. Transgenic Res 2006; 15:481-8. [PMID: 16906448 DOI: 10.1007/s11248-006-0018-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2005] [Accepted: 03/22/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
Abstract
We report here the control of potato tuber moth (Phthorimaea operculella) by incorporating a truncated Bacillus thuringiensis cry9Aa2 gene in the plastid genome. Plasmids pSKC84 and pSKC85 are derivatives of a new polycistronic plastid transformation vector, pPRV312L, that carries spectinomycin resistance (aadA) as a selective marker and targets insertions in the trnI-trnA intergenic region. The Cry9Aa2 N-terminal region (82.1 kDa; 734 amino acids) was expressed in a cassette, which consists of 49 nucleotides of the cry9Aa2 leader and the 3'-untranslated region of the plastid rbcL gene (TrbcL), and relies on readthrough transcription from the plastid rRNA operon. In a tobacco leaf bioassay, expression of Cry9Aa2 conferred resistance to potato tuber moth. In accordance, the Cry9Aa2 insecticidal protein accumulated to high levels, approximately 10% of the total soluble cellular protein and approximately 20% in the membrane fraction. However, high-level Cry9Aa2 expression significantly delayed plant development. Thus, a practical system to control potato tuber moth by Cry9Aa2 expression calls for down-regulation of its expression.
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Frey A, Boutin JP, Sotta B, Mercier R, Marion-Poll A. Regulation of carotenoid and ABA accumulation during the development and germination of Nicotiana plumbaginifolia seeds. Planta 2006; 224:622-32. [PMID: 16482436 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-006-0231-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2005] [Accepted: 01/19/2006] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
Abstract
Abscisic acid (ABA) is derived from epoxycarotenoid cleavage and regulates seed development and maturation. A detailed carotenoid analysis was undertaken to study the contribution of epoxycarotenoid synthesis to the regulation of ABA accumulation in Nicotiana plumbaginifolia developing seeds. Maximal accumulation of xanthophylls occurred at mid-development in wild type seeds, when total ABA levels also peaked. In contrast, in ABA-deficient mutants xanthophyll synthesis was delayed, in agreement with the retardation in seed maturation. Seed dormancy was restored in mutants impaired in the conversion of zeaxanthin into violaxanthin by zeaxanthin epoxidase (ZEP), by the introduction of the Arabidopsis AtZEP gene under the control of promoters inducing expression during later stages of seed development compared to wild type NpZEP, and in dry and imbibed seeds. Alterations in the timing and level of ZEP expression did not highly affect the temporal regulation of ABA accumulation in transgenic seeds, despite notable perturbations in xanthophyll accumulation. Therefore, major regulatory control of ABA accumulation might occur downstream of epoxycarotenoid synthesis.
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- Anne Frey
- INRA-INAPG, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, UMR204, Laboratoire de Biologie des Semences, 78026 Versailles Cedex, France
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Abstract
Vesicle traffic is essential for cell homeostasis, growth and development in plants, as it is in other eukaryotes, and is facilitated by a superfamily of proteins known as soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive fusion protein attachment protein receptors (SNAREs). Although SNAREs are well-conserved across phylla, genomic analysis for two model angiosperm species available to date, rice and Arabidopsis, highlights common patterns of divergence from other eukaryotes. These patterns are associated with the expansion of some gene subfamilies of SNAREs, the absence of others and the appearance of new proteins that show no significant homologies to SNAREs of mammals, yeast or Drosophila. Recent findings indicate that the functions of these plant SNAREs also extend beyond the conventional 'housekeeping' activities associated with vesicle trafficking. A number of SNAREs have been implicated in environmental responses as diverse as stomata movements and gravisensing as well as sensitivity to salt and drought. These proteins are essential for signal transduction and response and, in most cases, appear also to maintain additional roles in membrane trafficking. One common theme to this added functionality lies in control of non-SNARE proteins, notably ion channels. Other examples include interactions between the SNAREs and scaffolding or other structural components within the plant cell.
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- Jens-Uwe Sutter
- Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biophysics, IBLS - Plant Sciences, Bower Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, USA
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Abstract
The NAD(P)H:quinone acceptor oxidoreductase (NQO) gene family belongs to the flavoprotein clan and, in the human genome, consists of two genes (NQO1 and NQO2). These two genes encode cytosolic flavoenzymes that catalyse the beneficial two-electron reduction of quinones to hydroquinones. This reaction prevents the unwanted one-electron reduction of quinones by other quinone reductases; one-electron reduction results in the formation of reactive oxygen species, generated by redox cycling of semiquinones in the presence of molecular oxygen. Both the mammalian NQO1 and NQO2 genes are upregulated as a part of the oxidative stress response and are inexplicably overexpressed in particular types of tumours. A non-synonymous mutation in the NQO1 gene, leading to absence of enzyme activity, has been associated with an increased risk of myeloid leukaemia and other types of blood dyscrasia in workers exposed to benzene. NQO2 has a melatonin-binding site, which may explain the anti-oxidant role of melatonin. An ancient NQO3 subfamily exists in eubacteria and the authors suggest that there should be additional divisions of the NQO family to include the NQO4 subfamily in fungi and NQO5 subfamily in archaebacteria. Interestingly, no NQO genes could be identified in the worm, fly, sea squirt or plants; because these taxa carry quinone reductases capable of one- and two-electron reductions, there has been either convergent evolution or redundancy to account for the appearance of these enzyme functions whenever they have been needed during evolution.
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- Vasilis Vasiliou
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80262, USA.
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Bakthavatsalam D, Meijer HJG, Noegel AA, Govers F. Novel phosphatidylinositol phosphate kinases with a G-protein coupled receptor signature are shared by Dictyostelium and Phytophthora. Trends Microbiol 2006; 14:378-82. [PMID: 16876997 DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2006.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2005] [Revised: 06/30/2006] [Accepted: 07/18/2006] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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G-protein coupled receptors (GPCR) and phosphatidylinositol phosphate kinases (PIPK) are important key switches in signal transduction pathways. A novel class of proteins was identified in the genomes of two unrelated organisms that harbor both a GPCR and a PIPK domain. Dictyostelium discoideum contains one GPCR-PIPK, which is crucial in cell-density sensing, and the genomes of Phytophthora sojae and Phytophthora ramorum each encode twelve GPCR-PIPKs. Intriguingly, these are currently the only species that have these two domains combined in one protein. Here, the structural and regulatory characteristics of GPCR-PIPKs are presented and discussed. It is hypothesized that, upon activation, GPCR-PIPKs are able to trigger heterotrimeric G-protein signaling and phosphoinositide second-messenger synthesis.
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- Deenadayalan Bakthavatsalam
- Centre for Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry I, Medical Faculty and Centre for Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne, D-50931 Cologne, Germany.
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Moon JC, Jang HH, Chae HB, Lee JR, Lee SY, Jung YJ, Shin MR, Lim HS, Chung WS, Yun DJ, Lee KO, Lee SY. The C-type Arabidopsis thioredoxin reductase ANTR-C acts as an electron donor to 2-Cys peroxiredoxins in chloroplasts. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2006; 348:478-84. [PMID: 16884685 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.07.088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2006] [Accepted: 07/14/2006] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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2-Cys peroxiredoxins (Prxs) play important roles in the antioxidative defense systems of plant chloroplasts. In order to determine the interaction partner for these proteins in Arabidopsis, we used a yeast two-hybrid screening procedure with a C175S-mutant of Arabidopsis 2-Cys Prx-A as bait. A cDNA encoding an NADPH-dependent thioredoxin reductase (NTR) isotype C was identified and designated ANTR-C. We demonstrated that this protein effected efficient transfer of electrons from NADPH to the 2-Cys Prxs of chloroplasts. Interaction between 2-Cys Prx-A and ANTR-C was confirmed by a pull-down experiment. ANTR-C contained N-terminal TR and C-terminal Trx domains. It exhibited both TR and Trx activities and co-localized with 2-Cys Prx-A in chloroplasts. These results suggest that ANTR-C functions as an electron donor for plastidial 2-Cys Prxs and represents the NADPH-dependent TR/Trx system in chloroplasts.
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- Jeong Chan Moon
- Environmental Biotechnology National Core Research Center, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Republic of Korea
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Singer T, Fan Y, Chang HS, Zhu T, Hazen SP, Briggs SP. A high-resolution map of Arabidopsis recombinant inbred lines by whole-genome exon array hybridization. PLoS Genet 2006; 2:e144. [PMID: 17044735 PMCID: PMC1564425 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0020144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2006] [Accepted: 07/27/2006] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Recombinant populations were the basis for Mendel's first genetic experiments and continue to be key to the study of genes, heredity, and genetic variation today. Genotyping several hundred thousand loci in a single assay by hybridizing genomic DNA to oligonucleotide arrays provides a powerful technique to improve precision linkage mapping. The genotypes of two accessions of Arabidopsis were compared by using a 400,000 feature exon-specific oligonucleotide array. Around 16,000 single feature polymorphisms (SFPs) were detected in ~8,000 of the ~26,000 genes represented on the array. Allelic variation at these loci was measured in a recombinant inbred line population, which defined the location of 815 recombination breakpoints. The genetic linkage map had a total length of 422.5 cM, with 676 informative SFP markers representing intervals of ~0.6 cM. One hundred fifteen single gene intervals were identified. Recombination rate, SFP distribution, and segregation in this population are not uniform. Many genomic regions show a clustering of recombination events including significant hot spots. The precise haplotype structure of the recombinant population was defined with unprecedented accuracy and resolution. The resulting linkage map allows further refinement of the hundreds of quantitative trait loci identified in this well-studied population. Highly variable recombination rates along each chromosome and extensive segregation distortion were observed in the population. A goal of many genetic studies is to discover the underlying genetic condition (the genotype) of a specific physical manifestation in an organism (the phenotype), such as diabetes in humans or leaf rust in cultivated wheat. A limitation to making such discoveries is the ability to resolve genotype. Gene arrays carry representations of the genome, called features, at high-density on a surface the size of a thumbnail. In this study, microarrays designed to measure gene expression were used to detect DNA sequence polymorphisms. DNA from two different Arabidopsis strains was hybridized to arrays representing nearly the entire coding region of the genome. Differences in hybridization intensity indicated differences in DNA sequence. The sequence differences, termed single feature polymorphisms, were then assayed in a population of 100 plants derived through inbreeding the progeny from the two parental strains. The precise location of the genetic recombination breakpoints was defined for each line. As a result, Singer et al. were able to generate one of the first very high-resolution genotyping data sets in a multicellular organism that allowed the construction of a high-resolution genetic map of Arabidopsis. This map will greatly facilitate attempts to make definitive associations between genotypes and phenotypes.
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- Tatjana Singer
- Torrey Mesa Research Institute, Syngenta Research and Technology, San Diego, California, United States of America.
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Abstract
Ferritin protein nanocages that form iron oxy biominerals in the central nanometer cavity are nature's answer to managing iron and oxygen; gene deletions are lethal in mammals and render bacteria more vulnerable to host release of antipathogen oxidants. The multifunctional, multisubunit proteins couple iron with oxygen (maxi-ferritins) or hydrogen peroxide (mini-ferritins) at catalytic sites that are related to di-iron sites oxidases, ribonucleotide reductase, methane monooxygenase and fatty acid desaturases, and synthesize mineral precursors. Gated pores, distributed symmetrically around the ferritin cages, control removal of iron by reductants and chelators. Gene regulation of ferritin, long known to depend on iron and, in animals, on a noncoding messenger RNA (mRNA) structure linked in a combinatorial array to functionally related mRNA of iron transport, has recently been shown to be linked to an array of proteins for antioxidant responses such as thioredoxin and quinone reductases. Ferritin DNA responds more to oxygen signals, and ferritin mRNA responds more to iron signals. Ferritin genes (DNA and RNA) and protein function at the intersection of iron and oxygen chemistry in biology.
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- Elizabeth C Theil
- CHORI (Children's Hospital Research Institute Oakland), 5700 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland, CA 94609, USA.
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Abstract
Over the past 200 years emissions of toxic heavy metals have risen tremendously and significantly exceed those from natural sources for practically all metals. Uptake and accumulation by crop plants represents the main entry pathway for potentially health-threatening toxic metals into human and animal food. Of major concern are the metalloids arsenic (As) and selenium (Se), and the metals cadmium (Cd), mercury (Hg), and lead (Pb). This review discusses the molecular mechanisms of toxic metal accumulation in plants and algae, the responses to metal exposure, as well as our understanding of metal tolerance and its evolution. The main emphasis will be on cadmium, which is by far the most widely studied of the non-essential toxic metals/metalloids. Entry via Zn2+, Fe2+, and Ca2+ transporters is the molecular basis of Cd2+ uptake into plant cells. Much less is known about the partitioning of non-essential metals and about the genes underlying the enormous diversity among plants with respect to Cd accumulation in different tissues. Numerous studies have described symptoms and responses of plants upon toxic metal exposure. Mysterious are primary targets of toxicity, the degree of specificity of responses, the sensing and the signaling events that lead to transcriptional activation. All plants apparently possess a basal tolerance of toxic non-essential metals. For Cd and As, this is largely dependent on the phytochelatin pathway. Not understood is the molecular biology of Cd hypertolerance in certain plant species such as the metallophytes Arabidopsis halleri or Thlaspi caerulescens.
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- S Clemens
- Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzenbiochemie, Weinberg 3, 06120 Halle/Saale, Germany.
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Atherton HJ, Bailey NJ, Zhang W, Taylor J, Major H, Shockcor J, Clarke K, Griffin JL. A combined 1H-NMR spectroscopy- and mass spectrometry-based metabolomic study of the PPAR-alpha null mutant mouse defines profound systemic changes in metabolism linked to the metabolic syndrome. Physiol Genomics 2006; 27:178-86. [PMID: 16868074 DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00060.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
The mobilization of triacylglycerides from storage in adipocytes to the liver is a vital response to the fasting state in mammalian metabolism. This is accompanied by a rapid translational activation of genes encoding mitochondrial, microsomal, and peroxisomal beta-oxidation in the liver, in part under the regulation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-alpha (PPAR-alpha). A failure to express PPAR-alpha results in profound metabolic perturbations in muscle tissue as well as the liver. These changes represent a number of deficits that accompany diabetes, dyslipidemia, and the metabolic syndrome. In this study, the metabolic role of PPAR-alpha has been investigated in heart, skeletal muscle, liver, and adipose tissue of PPAR-alpha null mice at 1 mo of age using metabolomics. To maximize the coverage of the metabolome in these tissues, (1)H-NMR spectroscopy, magic angle spinning (1)H-NMR spectroscopy, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry were used to examine metabolites in aqueous tissue extracts and intact tissue. The data were analyzed by the multivariate approaches of principal components analysis and partial least squares. Across all tissues, there was a profound decrease in glucose and a number of amino acids, including glutamine and alanine, and an increase in lactate, demonstrating that a failure to express PPAR-alpha results in perturbations in glycolysis, the citric acid cycle, and gluconeogenesis. Furthermore, despite PPAR-alpha being weakly expressed in adipose tissue, a profound metabolic perturbation was detected in this tissue.
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- Helen J Atherton
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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Abstract
The goal of artificial photosynthesis is to use the energy of the sun to make high-energy chemicals for energy production. One approach, described here, is to use light absorption and excited-state electron transfer to create oxidative and reductive equivalents for driving relevant fuel-forming half-reactions such as the oxidation of water to O2 and its reduction to H2. In this "integrated modular assembly" approach, separate components for light absorption, energy transfer, and long-range electron transfer by use of free-energy gradients are integrated with oxidative and reductive catalysts into single molecular assemblies or on separate electrodes in photelectrochemical cells. Derivatized porphyrins and metalloporphyrins and metal polypyridyl complexes have been most commonly used in these assemblies, with the latter the focus of the current account. The underlying physical principles--light absorption, energy transfer, radiative and nonradiative excited-state decay, electron transfer, proton-coupled electron transfer, and catalysis--are outlined with an eye toward their roles in molecular assemblies for energy conversion. Synthetic approaches based on sequential covalent bond formation, derivatization of preformed polymers, and stepwise polypeptide synthesis have been used to prepare molecular assemblies. A higher level hierarchial "assembly of assemblies" strategy is required for a working device, and progress has been made for metal polypyridyl complex assemblies based on sol-gels, electropolymerized thin films, and chemical adsorption to thin films of metal oxide nanoparticles.
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- James H Alstrum-Acevedo
- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB #3290, 27599-3290, USA
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Abstract
DNA methylation is a stable epigenetic mark for transcriptional gene silencing in diverse organisms including plants and many animals. In contrast to the well characterized mechanism of DNA methylation by methyltransferases, the mechanisms and function of active DNA demethylation have been controversial. Genetic evidence suggested that the DNA glycosylase domain-containing protein ROS1 of Arabidopsis is a putative DNA demethylase, because loss-of-function ros1 mutations cause DNA hypermethylation and enhance transcriptional gene silencing. We report here the biochemical characterization of ROS1 and the effect of its overexpression on the DNA methylation of target genes. Our data suggest that the DNA glycosylase activity of ROS1 removes 5-methylcytosine from the DNA backbone and then its lyase activity cleaves the DNA backbone at the site of 5-methylcytosine removal by successive beta- and delta-elimination reactions. Overexpression of ROS1 in transgenic plants led to a reduced level of cytosine methylation and increased expression of a target gene. These results demonstrate that ROS1 is a 5-methylcytosine DNA glycosylase/lyase important for active DNA demethylation in Arabidopsis.
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- Fernanda Agius
- Center for Plant Cell Biology, Institute for Integrative Genome Biology and Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521
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- Center for Plant Cell Biology, Institute for Integrative Genome Biology and Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521
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- Center for Plant Cell Biology, Institute for Integrative Genome Biology and Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521
- *To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Palopoli N, Busi MV, Fornasari MS, Gomez-Casati D, Ugalde R, Parisi G. Starch-synthase III family encodes a tandem of three starch-binding domains. Proteins 2006; 65:27-31. [PMID: 16862594 DOI: 10.1002/prot.21007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Abstract
The starch-synthase III (SSIII), with a total of 1025 residues, is one of the enzymes involved in plants starch synthesis. SSIII from Arabidopsis thaliana contains a putative N-terminal transit peptide followed by a 557-amino acid SSIII-specific domain (SSIII-SD) with three internal repeats and a C-terminal catalytic domain of 450 amino acids. Here, using computational characterization techniques, we show that each of the three internal repeats encodes a starch-binding domain (SBD). Although the SSIII from A. thaliana and its close homologous proteins show no detectable sequence similarity with characterized SBD sequences, the amino acid residues known to be involved in starch binding are well conserved.
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- Nicolás Palopoli
- Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Bernal, Argentina
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Kapoor A, Agarwal M, Andreucci A, Zheng X, Gong Z, Hasegawa PM, Bressan RA, Zhu JK. Mutations in a conserved replication protein suppress transcriptional gene silencing in a DNA-methylation-independent manner in Arabidopsis. Curr Biol 2006; 15:1912-8. [PMID: 16271867 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2005.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [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: 07/21/2005] [Revised: 09/01/2005] [Accepted: 09/02/2005] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Mutations in the DNA glycosylase/lyase ROS1 cause transcriptional silencing of the linked RD29A-LUC and 35S-NPTII transgenes in Arabidopsis. We report here that mutations in the Arabidopsis RPA2 locus release the silencing of 35S-NPTII but not RD29A-LUC in the ros1 mutant background. The rpa2 mutation also leads to enhanced expression of some transposons. Neither DNA methylation nor siRNAs at any of the reactivated loci are blocked by rpa2. Histone H3 methylation at lysine 4 was increased and histone H3 methylation at lysine 9 was decreased at the 35S promoter in the ros1rpa2 mutant compared to the ros1 background. RPA2 encodes a nuclear protein similar to the second subunit of the replication protein A conserved from yeast to mammals. Ectopic expression of the Arabidopsis RPA2 could complement the yeast rfa2 (rpa2) mutant. These results suggest an essential role of RPA2 in the maintenance of transcriptional gene silencing at specific loci in a DNA-methylation-independent manner. In addition, we found that rpa2 mutants are hypersensitive to the genotoxic agent methyl methanesulphonate, and the RPA2 protein interacts with ROS1 in vitro and in vivo, suggesting that RPA2 also functions together with ROS1 in DNA repair.
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- Avnish Kapoor
- Institute for Integrative Genome Biology and Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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Facella P, Lopez L, Chiappetta A, Bitonti MB, Giuliano G, Perrotta G. CRY-DASHgene expression is under the control of the circadian clock machinery in tomato. FEBS Lett 2006; 580:4618-24. [PMID: 16876787 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.07.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2006] [Revised: 07/11/2006] [Accepted: 07/11/2006] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Abstract
Recently a new member of the blue-light photoreceptor family, CRY-DASH, was reported in Arabidopsis, though its distinctive biological functions are still unclear. We characterized the CRY-DASH gene of tomato and evidenced that its mRNA is expressed in both seeds and adult organs showing diurnal and circadian fluctuations. Moreover, the CRY-DASH transcription pattern is altered in both in a cry1a mutant and in a transgenic CRY2 overexpressor suggesting that CRY-DASH regulation must be mediated at least partially by an interaction of CRY1a and CRY2 with the timekeeping mechanism.
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- Paolo Facella
- ENEA, Trisaia Research Center, S.S. 106 Jonica, 75026 Rotondella (MT), Italy
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Deschamps P, Haferkamp I, Dauvillée D, Haebel S, Steup M, Buléon A, Putaux JL, Colleoni C, d'Hulst C, Plancke C, Gould S, Maier U, Neuhaus HE, Ball S. Nature of the periplastidial pathway of starch synthesis in the cryptophyte Guillardia theta. Eukaryot Cell 2006; 5:954-63. [PMID: 16757743 PMCID: PMC1489276 DOI: 10.1128/ec.00380-05] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
Abstract
The nature of the periplastidial pathway of starch biosynthesis was investigated with the model cryptophyte Guillardia theta. The storage polysaccharide granules were shown to be composed of both amylose and amylopectin fractions with a chain length distribution and crystalline organization very similar to those of starch from green algae and land plants. Most starch granules displayed a shape consistent with biosynthesis occurring around the pyrenoid through the rhodoplast membranes. A protein with significant similarity to the amylose-synthesizing granule-bound starch synthase 1 from green plants was found as the major polypeptide bound to the polysaccharide matrix. N-terminal sequencing of the mature protein proved that the precursor protein carries a nonfunctional transit peptide in its bipartite topogenic signal sequence which is cleaved without yielding transport of the enzyme across the two inner plastid membranes. The enzyme was shown to display similar affinities for ADP and UDP-glucose, while the V(max) measured with UDP-glucose was twofold higher. The granule-bound starch synthase from Guillardia theta was demonstrated to be responsible for the synthesis of long glucan chains and therefore to be the functional equivalent of the amylose-synthesizing enzyme of green plants. Preliminary characterization of the starch pathway suggests that Guillardia theta utilizes a UDP-glucose-based pathway to synthesize starch.
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Krause F, Scheckhuber CQ, Werner A, Rexroth S, Reifschneider NH, Dencher NA, Osiewacz HD. OXPHOS Supercomplexes: respiration and life-span control in the aging model Podospora anserina. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2006; 1067:106-15. [PMID: 16803975 DOI: 10.1196/annals.1354.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
Abstract
Recent biochemical evidence has indicated the existence of respiratory supercomplexes as well as ATP synthase oligomers in the inner mitochondrial membrane of different eukaryotes. We have studied the organization of the respiratory chain of a wild-type strain and of two long-lived mutants of the filamentous fungus Podospora anserina. This aging model is able to respire by either the standard or the alternative pathway. In the latter, electrons are directly transferred from ubiquinol to the alternative oxidase (AOX) and thus bypass complexes III and IV. We showed that the two pathways are composed of distinct respiratory supercomplexes. These data are of significance for the understanding of both respiratory pathways as well as of life-span control and aging.
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- Frank Krause
- Physical Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany.
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Murata J, Bienzle D, Brandle JE, Sensen CW, De Luca V. Expressed sequence tags from Madagascar periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus). FEBS Lett 2006; 580:4501-7. [PMID: 16870181 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.07.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2006] [Revised: 06/29/2006] [Accepted: 07/07/2006] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
The Madagascar periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus) is well known to produce the chemotherapeutic anticancer agents, vinblastine and vincristine. In spite of its importance, no expressed sequence tag (EST) analysis of this plant has been reported. Two cDNA libraries were generated from RNA isolated from the base part of young leaves and from root tips to select 9,824 random clones for unidirectional sequencing, to yield 3,327 related sequences and 1,696 singletons by cluster analysis. Putative functions of 3,663 clones were assigned, from 5,023 non-redundant ESTs to establish a resource for transcriptome analysis and gene discovery in this medicinal plant.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jun Murata
- Department of Biological Sciences, Brock University, 500 Glenridge Avenue, St. Catharines, Ont., Canada L2S3A1
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Pospíšil P, Šnyrychová I, Kruk J, Strzałka K, Nauš J. Evidence that cytochrome b559 is involved in superoxide production in photosystem II: effect of synthetic short-chain plastoquinones in a cytochrome b559 tobacco mutant. Biochem J 2006; 397:321-7. [PMID: 16569212 PMCID: PMC1513276 DOI: 10.1042/bj20060068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [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: 01/10/2006] [Revised: 03/24/2006] [Accepted: 03/29/2006] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
Light-induced production of superoxide (O2*-) in spinach PSII (photosystem II) membrane particles was studied using EPR spin-trapping spectroscopy. The presence of exogenous PQs (plastoquinones) with a different side-chain length (PQ-n, n isoprenoid units in the side-chain) enhanced O2*- production in the following order: PQ-1>PQ-2>>PQ-9. In PSII membrane particles isolated from the tobacco cyt (cytochrome) b559 mutant which carries a single-point mutation in the beta-subunit and also has a decreased amount of the alpha-subunit, the effect of PQ-1 was less than in the wild-type. The increase in LP (low-potential) cyt b559 content, induced by the incubation of spinach PSII membrane particles at low pH, resulted in a significant increase in O2*- formation in the presence of PQ-1, whereas it had little effect on O2*- production in the absence of PQ-1. The enhancement of O2*- formation induced by PQ-1 was not abolished by DCMU [3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea]. Under anaerobic conditions, dark oxidation of LP cyt b559 increased, as pH was decreased. The presence of molecular oxygen significantly enhanced dark oxidation of LP cyt b559. Based on these findings it is suggested that short-chain PQs stimulate O2*- production via a mechanism that involves electron transfer from Pheo- (pheophytin) to LP cyt b559 and subsequent auto-oxidation of LP cyt b559.
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Key Words
- cytochrome b559 (cyt b559)
- electron paramagnetic resonance (epr)
- plastoquinone (pq)
- photosystem ii (psii)
- spin-trapping
- superoxide radical
- chl, chlorophyll
- cyt, cytochrome
- dcmu, 3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea
- desferal, deferoxamine mesylate
- empo, 2-ethoxycarbonyl-2-methyl-3,4-dihydro-2h-pyrrole-1-oxide
- hp, high-potential
- lp, low-potential
- p680, photosystem ii electron donor formed by chl a molecules
- pheo, pheophytin
- pq, plastoquinone
- pq-n, pq with n isoprenoid units in the side-chain
- psii, photosystem ii
- qa, primary quinone electron acceptor in psii
- qb, secondary quinone electron acceptor in psii
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Affiliation(s)
- Pavel Pospíšil
- *Laboratory of Biophysics, Department of Experimental Physics, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, tř. Svobody 26, 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- *Laboratory of Biophysics, Department of Experimental Physics, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, tř. Svobody 26, 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- †Department of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, ul. Gronostajowa 7, 30-387 Krakow, Poland
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- †Department of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, ul. Gronostajowa 7, 30-387 Krakow, Poland
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- *Laboratory of Biophysics, Department of Experimental Physics, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, tř. Svobody 26, 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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Abstract
SUMMARY
Nitric oxide (NO) is a free radical implicated in numerous cell signaling,physiological and pathophysiological processes of eukaryotic cells. Here, we describe the production of NO as part of the cellular stress response of the symbiotic sea anemone Aiptasia pallida, which hosts dinoflagellates from the genus Symbiodinium. We show that exposure to elevated temperatures induces symbiotic anemones to produce high levels of NO, leading to the collapse of the symbiosis. These results shed light on the poorly understood cellular mechanism through which elevated seawater temperature causes the release of symbiotic algae from symbiotic cnidarians, a detrimental process known as coral (cnidarian) bleaching. The results presented here show that the host cell is a major source of NO during exposure to elevated temperatures and that this constitutes a cytotoxic response leading to bleaching. These results have important evolutionary implications as the observed NO production in these basal metazoans displays many parallels to the cytotoxic inflammatory response to pathogens, a well-understood process in mammalian model systems.
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- Santiago Perez
- Department of Zoology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.
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Abstract
Plants have evolved a powerful immune system to defend against infection by most microbial organisms. However, successful pathogens, such as Pseudomonas syringae, have developed countermeasures and inject virulence proteins into the host plant cell to suppress immunity and cause devastating diseases. Despite intensive research efforts, the molecular targets of bacterial virulence proteins that are important for plant disease development have remained obscure. Here, we show that a conserved P. syringae virulence protein, HopM1, targets an immunity-associated protein, AtMIN7, in Arabidopsis thaliana. HopM1 mediates the destruction of AtMIN7 via the host proteasome. Our results illustrate a strategy by which a bacterial pathogen exploits the host proteasome to subvert host immunity and causes infection in plants.
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- Kinya Nomura
- Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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Miller AE, Fischer AJ, Laurence T, Hollars CW, Saykally RJ, Lagarias JC, Huser T. Single-molecule dynamics of phytochrome-bound fluorophores probed by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103:11136-41. [PMID: 16844775 PMCID: PMC1544054 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0604724103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [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] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) was used to investigate the hydrodynamic and photophysical properties of PR1 (phytofluor red 1), an intensely red fluorescent biliprotein variant of the truncated cyanobacterial phytochrome 1 (Cph1Delta, which consists of the N-terminal 514 amino acids). Single-molecule diffusion measurements showed that PR1 has excellent fluorescence properties at the single-molecule level, making it an interesting candidate for red fluorescent protein fusions. FCS measurements for probing dimer formation in solution over a range of protein concentrations were enabled by addition of Cph1Delta apoprotein (apoCph1Delta) to nanomolar solutions of PR1. FCS brightness analysis showed that heterodimerization of PR1 with apoCph1Delta altered the chemical environment of the PR1 chromophore to further enhance its fluorescence emission. Fluorescence correlation measurements also revealed interactions between apoCph1Delta and the red fluorescent dyes Cy5.18 and Atto 655 but not Alexa Fluor 660. The concentration dependence of protein:dye complex formation indicated that Atto 655 interacted with, or influenced the formation of, the apoCph1 dimer. These studies presage the utility of phytofluor tags for probing single-molecule dynamics in living cells in which the fluorescence signal can be controlled by the addition of various chromophores that have different structures and photophysical properties, thereby imparting different types of information, such as dimer formation or the presence of open binding faces on a protein.
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- Abigail E. Miller
- *Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
- Chemistry and Materials Science Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550; and
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- Section of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616
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- Chemistry and Materials Science Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550; and
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- Chemistry and Materials Science Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550; and
- National Science Foundation Center for Biophotonics Science and Technology, Sacramento, CA 95817
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- Section of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616
- To whom correspondence may be addressed at:
Section of Molecular and Cellular Biology, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616. E-mail:
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- Chemistry and Materials Science Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550; and
- National Science Foundation Center for Biophotonics Science and Technology, Sacramento, CA 95817
- To whom correspondence may be addressed at:
National Science Foundation Center for Biophotonics, 2700 Stockton Boulevard, Suite 1400, Sacramento, CA 95817. E-mail:
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Hsiao YY, Tsai WC, Kuoh CS, Huang TH, Wang HC, Wu TS, Leu YL, Chen WH, Chen HH. Comparison of transcripts in Phalaenopsis bellina and Phalaenopsis equestris (Orchidaceae) flowers to deduce monoterpene biosynthesis pathway. BMC Plant Biol 2006; 6:14. [PMID: 16836766 PMCID: PMC1540424 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-6-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2006] [Accepted: 07/13/2006] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Floral scent is one of the important strategies for ensuring fertilization and for determining seed or fruit set. Research on plant scents has hampered mainly by the invisibility of this character, its dynamic nature, and complex mixtures of components that are present in very small quantities. Most progress in scent research, as in other areas of plant biology, has come from the use of molecular and biochemical techniques. Although volatile components have been identified in several orchid species, the biosynthetic pathways of orchid flower fragrance are far from understood. We investigated how flower fragrance was generated in certain Phalaenopsis orchids by determining the chemical components of the floral scent, identifying floral expressed-sequence-tags (ESTs), and deducing the pathways of floral scent biosynthesis in Phalaneopsis bellina by bioinformatics analysis. RESULTS The main chemical components in the P. bellina flower were shown by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry to be monoterpenoids, benzenoids and phenylpropanoids. The set of floral scent producing enzymes in the biosynthetic pathway from glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate (G3P) to geraniol and linalool were recognized through data mining of the P. bellina floral EST database (dbEST). Transcripts preferentially expressed in P. bellina were distinguished by comparing the scent floral dbEST to that of a scentless species, P. equestris, and included those encoding lipoxygenase, epimerase, diacylglycerol kinase and geranyl diphosphate synthase. In addition, EST filtering results showed that transcripts encoding signal transduction and Myb transcription factors and methyltransferase, in addition to those for scent biosynthesis, were detected by in silico hybridization of the P. bellina unigene database against those of the scentless species, rice and Arabidopsis. Altogether, we pinpointed 66% of the biosynthetic steps from G3P to geraniol, linalool and their derivatives. CONCLUSION This systems biology program combined chemical analysis, genomics and bioinformatics to elucidate the scent biosynthesis pathway and identify the relevant genes. It integrates the forward and reverse genetic approaches to knowledge discovery by which researchers can study non-model plants.
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- Yu-Yun Hsiao
- Department of Life Sciences, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Sciences, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
- Department of Biological Science and Technology, Chung-Hwa College of Medical Technology, Tainan Hsien 717, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Sciences, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
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- Institue of Information Management, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
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- Institue of Information Management, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Natural Products, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Sciences, National University of Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung 811, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Sciences, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
- Institute of Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
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Abstract
Cytochrome P450 (P450) enzymes are some of the most versatile redox proteins known. The basic P450 reactions include C-hydroxylation, heteroatom oxygenation, heteroatom release (dealkylation), and epoxide formation. Mechanistic explanations for these reactions have been advanced. A number of more complex P450 reactions also occur, and these can be understood largely in the context of the basic chemical mechanisms and subsequent rearrangements. The list discussed here updates a 2001 review and includes chlorine oxygenation, aromatic dehalogenation, formation of diindole products, dimer formation via Diels-Alder reactions of products, ring coupling and also ring formation, reductive activation (e.g., aristolochic acid), ring contraction (piperidine nitroxide radical), oxidation of troglitazone, cleavage of amino oxazoles and a 1,2,4-oxadiazole ring, bioactivation of a dihydrobenzoxathiin, and oxidative aryl migration.
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- Emre M Isin
- Department of Biochemistry and Center in Molecular Toxicology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 638 Robinson Research Building, 23rd and Pierce Avenues, Nashville, TN 37232-0146, USA
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Hiltbrunner A, Viczián A, Bury E, Tscheuschler A, Kircher S, Tóth R, Honsberger A, Nagy F, Fankhauser C, Schäfer E. Nuclear accumulation of the phytochrome A photoreceptor requires FHY1. Curr Biol 2006; 15:2125-30. [PMID: 16332538 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2005.10.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2005] [Revised: 10/13/2005] [Accepted: 10/14/2005] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The phytochrome family of red/far-red (R/FR)-responsive photoreceptors plays a key role throughout the life cycle of plants . Arabidopsis has five phytochromes, phyA-phyE, among which phyA and phyB play the most predominant functions . Light-regulated nuclear accumulation of the phytochromes is an important regulatory step of this pathway, but to this date no factor specifically required for this event has been identified . Among all phyA signaling mutants, fhy1 and fhy3 (far-red elongated hypocotyl 1 and 3) have the most severe hyposensitive phenotype, indicating that they play particularly important roles . FHY1 is a small plant-specific protein of unknown function localized both in the nucleus and the cytoplasm . Here we show that FHY1 is specifically required for the light-regulated nuclear accumulation of phyA but not phyB. Moreover, phyA accumulation is only slightly affected in fhy3, indicating that the diminished nuclear accumulation of phyA observed in fhy1 seedlings is not simply a general consequence of reduced phyA signaling. By in vitro pull-down and yeast two-hybrid analyses, we demonstrate that FHY1 physically interacts with phyA, preferentially in its active Pfr form. Furthermore, FHY1 and phyA colocalize in planta. We therefore identify the first component required for light-regulated phytochrome nuclear accumulation.
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- Andreas Hiltbrunner
- Institut für Biologie II/Botanik, Albert Ludwigs Universität, Schänzlestrasse 1, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany
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Mochida K, Kawaura K, Shimosaka E, Kawakami N, Shin-I T, Kohara Y, Yamazaki Y, Ogihara Y. Tissue expression map of a large number of expressed sequence tags and its application to in silico screening of stress response genes in common wheat. Mol Genet Genomics 2006; 276:304-12. [PMID: 16832693 DOI: 10.1007/s00438-006-0120-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2005] [Accepted: 03/14/2006] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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In order to assess global changes in gene expression patterns in stress-induced tissues, we conducted large-scale analysis of expressed sequence tags (ESTs) in common wheat. Twenty-one cDNA libraries derived from stress-induced tissues, such as callus, as well as liquid cultures and abiotic stress conditions (temperature treatment, desiccation, photoperiod, moisture and ABA) were constructed. Several thousand colonies were randomly selected from each of these 21 cDNA libraries and sequenced from both the 5' and 3' ends. By computing abundantly expressed ESTs, correlated expression patterns of genes across the tissues were monitored. Furthermore, the relationships between gene expression profiles among the stress-induced tissues were inferred from the gene expression patterns. Multi-dimensional analysis of EST data is analogous to microarray experiments. As an example, genes specifically induced and/or suppressed by cold acclimation and heat-shock treatments were selected in silico. Four hundred and ninety genes showing fivefold induction or 218 genes for suppression in comparison to the control expression level were selected. These selected genes were annotated with the BLAST search. Furthermore, gene ontology was conducted for these genes with the InterPro search. Because genes regulated in response to temperature treatment were successfully selected, this method can be applied to other stress-treated tissues. Then, the method was applied to screen genes in response to abiotic stresses such as drought and ABA treatments. In silico selection of screened genes from virtual display should provide a powerful tool for functional plant genomics.
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- Keiichi Mochida
- Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology, Shiga, 526-0829, Japan
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Downes BP, Saracco SA, Lee SS, Crowell DN, Vierstra RD. MUBs, a family of ubiquitin-fold proteins that are plasma membrane-anchored by prenylation. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:27145-57. [PMID: 16831869 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m602283200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [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] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Ubiquitin (Ub)-fold proteins are rapidly emerging as an important class of eukaryotic modifiers, which often exert their influence by post-translational addition to other intracellular proteins. Despite assuming a common beta-grasp three-dimensional structure, their functions are highly diverse because of distinct surface features and targets and include tagging proteins for selective breakdown, nuclear import, autophagic recycling, vesicular trafficking, polarized morphogenesis, and the stress response. Here we describe a novel family of Membrane-anchored Ub-fold (MUB) proteins that are present in animals, filamentous fungi, and plants. Extending from the C terminus of the Ub-fold is typically a cysteine-containing CAAX (where A indicates aliphatic amino acid) sequence that can direct the attachment of either a 15-carbon farnesyl or a 20-carbon geranylgeranyl moiety in vitro. Modified forms of several MUBs were detected in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana, suggesting that these MUBs are prenylated in vivo. Both cell fractionation and confocal microscopic analyses of Arabidopsis plants expressing GFP-MUB fusions showed that the modified forms are membrane-anchored with a significant enrichment on the plasma membrane. This plasma membrane location was blocked in vivo in prenyltransferase mutants and by mevinolin, which inhibits the synthesis of prenyl groups. In addition to the five MUBs with CAAX boxes, Arabidopsis has one MUB variant with a cysteine-rich C terminus distinct from the CAAX box that is also membrane-anchored, possibly through the attachment of a long chain acyl group. Although the physiological role(s) of MUBs remain unknown, the discovery of these prenylated forms further expands the diversity and potential functions of Ub-fold proteins in eukaryotic biology.
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- Brian P Downes
- Department of Genetics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1574, USA
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Zhang W, Sun Y, Timofejeva L, Chen C, Grossniklaus U, Ma H. Regulation of Arabidopsis tapetum development and function by DYSFUNCTIONAL TAPETUM1 (DYT1) encoding a putative bHLH transcription factor. Development 2006; 133:3085-95. [PMID: 16831835 DOI: 10.1242/dev.02463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 301] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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In flowering plants, male fertility depends on proper cell differentiation in the anther. However, relatively little is known about the genes that regulate anther cell differentiation and function. Here, we report the analysis of a new Arabidopsis male sterile mutant, dysfunctional tapetum1 (dyt1). The dyt1 mutant exhibits abnormal anther morphology beginning at anther stage 4, with tapetal cells that have excess and/or enlarged vacuoles and lack the densely stained cytoplasm typical of normal tapetal cells. The mutant meiocytes are able to complete meiosis I, but they do not have a thick callose wall; they often fail to complete meiotic cytokinesis and eventually collapse. DYT1 encodes a putative bHLH transcription factor and is strongly expressed in the tapetum from late anther stage 5 to early stage 6, and at a lower level in meiocytes. In addition, the level of DYT1 mRNA is reduced in the sporocyteless/nozzle (spl/nzz) and excess microsporocytes1/extra sporogenous cell (ems1/exs) mutants; together with the mutant phenotypes, this suggests that DYT1 acts downstream of SPL/NZZ and EMS1/EXS. RT-PCR results showed that the expression levels of many tapetum-preferential genes are reduced significantly in the dyt1 mutant, indicating that DYT1 is important for the expression of tapetum genes. Our results support the hypothesis that DYT1 is a crucial component of a genetic network that controls anther development and function.
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- Wei Zhang
- Department of Biology and the Huck Institutes of Life Sciences, the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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Shao HB, Guo QJ, Chu LY, Zhao XN, Su ZL, Hu YC, Cheng JF. Understanding molecular mechanism of higher plant plasticity under abiotic stress. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2006; 54:37-45. [PMID: 16914294 DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2006.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2006] [Revised: 07/02/2006] [Accepted: 07/07/2006] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Higher plants play the most important role in keeping a stable environment on the earth, which regulate global circumstances in many ways in terms of different levels (molecular, individual, community, and so on), but the nature of the mechanism is gene expression and control temporally and spatially at the molecular level. In persistently changing environment, there are many adverse stress conditions such as cold, drought, salinity and UV-B (280-320 mm), which influence plant growth and crop production greatly. Plants differ from animals in many aspects, but the important may be that plants are more easily influenced by environment than animals. Plants have a series of fine mechanisms for responding to environmental changes, which has been established during their long-period evolution and artificial domestication. These mechanisms are involved in many aspects of anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, genetics, development, evolution and molecular biology, in which the adaptive machinery related to molecular biology is the most important. The elucidation of it will extremely and purposefully promote the sustainable utilization of plant resources and make the best use of its current potential under different scales. This molecular mechanism at least include environmental signal recognition (input), signal transduction (many cascade biochemical reactions are involved in this process), signal output, signal responses and phenotype realization, which is a multi-dimensional network system and contain many levels of gene expression and regulation. We will focus on the molecular adaptive machinery of higher plant plasticity under abiotic stresses.
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- Hong-Bo Shao
- Molecular Biology Laboratory, Bio-informatics College, Chongqing University of Posts & Telecom, Chongqing 400065, People's Republic of China.
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Gabaldón C, López-Serrano M, Pomar F, Merino F, Cuello J, Pedreño MA, Barceló AR. Characterization of the last step of lignin biosynthesis in Zinnia elegans suspension cell cultures. FEBS Lett 2006; 580:4311-6. [PMID: 16842784 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.06.088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2006] [Accepted: 06/28/2006] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The last step of lignin biosynthesis in Zinnia elegans suspension cell cultures (SCCs) catalyzed by peroxidase (ZePrx) has been characterized. The k(3) values shown by ZePrx for the three monolignols revealed that sinapyl alcohol was the best substrate, and were proportional to their oxido/reduction potentials, signifying that these reactions are driven exclusively by redox thermodynamic forces. Feeding experiments demonstrate that cell wall lignification in SCCs is controlled by the rate of supply of H(2)O(2). The results also showed that sites for monolignol beta-O-4 cross-coupling in cell walls may be saturated, suggesting that the growth of the lineal lignin macromolecule is not infinite.
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- Carlos Gabaldón
- Department of Plant Biology, University of Murcia, E-30100 Murcia, Spain
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Fahlgren N, Montgomery TA, Howell MD, Allen E, Dvorak SK, Alexander AL, Carrington JC. Regulation of AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR3 by TAS3 ta-siRNA affects developmental timing and patterning in Arabidopsis. Curr Biol 2006; 16:939-44. [PMID: 16682356 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.03.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 397] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.1] [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: 02/15/2006] [Revised: 03/12/2006] [Accepted: 03/21/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
Abstract
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) and trans-acting siRNAs (ta-siRNAs) in plants form through distinct pathways, although they function as negative regulators of mRNA targets by similar mechanisms . Three ta-siRNA gene families (TAS1, TAS2, and TAS3) are known in Arabidopsis thaliana. Biogenesis of TAS3 ta-siRNAs, which target mRNAs encoding several AUXIN RESPONSE FACTORs (including ARF3/ETTIN and ARF4 ) involves miR390-guided processing of primary transcripts, conversion of a precursor to dsRNA through RNA-DEPENDENT RNA POLYMERASE6 (RDR6) activity, and sequential DICER-LIKE4 (DCL4)-mediated cleavage events. We show that the juvenile-to-adult phase transition is normally suppressed by TAS3 ta-siRNAs, in an ARGONAUTE7-dependent manner, through negative regulation of ARF3 mRNA. Expression of a nontargeted ARF3 mutant (ARF3mut) in a wild-type background reproduced the phase-change phenotypes detected in rdr6-15 and dcl4-2 mutants, which lose all ta-siRNAs. Expression of either ARF3 or ARF3mut in rdr6-15 plants, in which both endogenous and transgenic copies of ARF3 were derepressed, resulted in further acceleration of phase change and severe morphological and patterning defects of leaves and floral organs. In light of the functions of ARF3 and ARF4 in organ asymmetry, these data reveal multiple roles for TAS3 ta-siRNA-mediated regulation of ARF genes in developmental timing and patterning.
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- Noah Fahlgren
- Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing and Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97330, USA
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Müller S, Han S, Smith LG. Two kinesins are involved in the spatial control of cytokinesis in Arabidopsis thaliana. Curr Biol 2006; 16:888-94. [PMID: 16682350 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.03.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [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: 02/13/2006] [Revised: 03/02/2006] [Accepted: 03/03/2006] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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In plant cells, the plane of division is anticipated at the onset of mitosis by the presence of a preprophase band (PPB) of microtubules and F-actin at a cortical site that circumscribes the nucleus. During cytokinesis, the microtubule- and F-actin-based phragmoplast facilitates construction of a new cell wall and is guided to the forecast division site. Proper execution of this process is essential for establishing the cellular framework of plant tissues. The microtubule binding protein TANGLED1 (TAN1) of maize is a key player in the determination of division planes . Lack of TAN1 leads to misguided phragmoplasts and mispositioned cell walls in maize. In a yeast two-hybrid screen for TAN1-interacting proteins, a pair of related kinesins was identified that shares significant sequence homology with two kinesin-12 genes in Arabidopsis thaliana (A. thaliana): PHRAGMOPLAST ORIENTING KINESIN 1 and 2 (POK1, POK2). POK1 and POK2 are expressed in tissues enriched for dividing cells. The phenotype of pok1;pok2 double mutants strongly resembles that of maize tan1 mutants, characterized by misoriented mitotic cytoskeletal arrays and misplaced cell walls. We propose that POK1 and POK2 participate in the spatial control of cytokinesis, perhaps via an interaction with the A. thaliana TAN1 homolog, ATN.
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- Sabine Müller
- Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA.
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Xie X, Wang Y, Williamson L, Holroyd GH, Tagliavia C, Murchie E, Theobald J, Knight MR, Davies WJ, Leyser HMO, Hetherington AM. The identification of genes involved in the stomatal response to reduced atmospheric relative humidity. Curr Biol 2006; 16:882-7. [PMID: 16682349 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.03.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [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: 01/17/2006] [Revised: 03/03/2006] [Accepted: 03/03/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Stomatal pores of higher plants close in response to decreases in atmospheric relative humidity (RH). This is believed to be a mechanism that prevents the plant from losing excess water when exposed to a dry atmosphere and as such is likely to have been of evolutionary significance during the colonization of terrestrial environments by the embryophytes. We have conducted a genetic screen, based on infrared thermal imaging, to identify Arabidopsis genes involved in the stomatal response to reduced RH. Here we report the characterization of two genes, identified during this screen, which are involved in the guard cell reduced RH signaling pathway. Both genes encode proteins known to be involved in guard cell ABA signaling. OST1 encodes a protein kinase involved in ABA-mediated stomatal closure while ABA2 encodes an enzyme involved in ABA biosynthesis. These results suggest, in contrast to previously published work, that ABA plays a role in the signal transduction pathway connecting decreases in RH to reductions in stomatal aperture. The identification of OST1 as a component required in stomatal RH and ABA signal transduction supports the proposition that guard cell signaling is organized as a network in which some intracellular signaling proteins are shared among different stimuli.
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- Xiaodong Xie
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Lancaster, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, United Kingdom
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Cheng NH, Liu JZ, Brock A, Nelson RS, Hirschi KD. AtGRXcp, an Arabidopsis chloroplastic glutaredoxin, is critical for protection against protein oxidative damage. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:26280-8. [PMID: 16829529 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m601354200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Glutaredoxins (Grxs) are ubiquitous small heat-stable disulfide oxidoreductases and members of the thioredoxin (Trx) fold protein family. In bacterial, yeast, and mammalian cells, Grxs appear to be involved in maintaining cellular redox homeostasis. However, in plants, the physiological roles of Grxs have not been fully characterized. Recently, an emerging subgroup of Grxs with one cysteine residue in the putative active motif (monothiol Grxs) has been identified but not well characterized. Here we demonstrate that a plant protein, AtGRXcp, is a chloroplast-localized monothiol Grx with high similarity to yeast Grx5. In yeast expression assays, AtGRXcp localized to the mitochondria and suppressed the sensitivity of yeast grx5 cells to H2O2 and protein oxidation. AtGRXcp expression can also suppress iron accumulation and partially rescue the lysine auxotrophy of yeast grx5 cells. Analysis of the conserved monothiol motif suggests that the cysteine residue affects AtGRXcp expression and stability. In planta, AtGRXcp expression was elevated in young cotyledons, green tissues, and vascular bundles. Analysis of atgrxcp plants demonstrated defects in early seedling growth under oxidative stresses. In addition, atgrxcp lines displayed increased protein carbonylation within chloroplasts. Thus, this work describes the initial functional characterization of a plant monothiol Grx and suggests a conserved biological function in protecting cells against protein oxidative damage.
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- Ning-Hui Cheng
- Plant Physiology Group, United States Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
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Hughes RK, Belfield EJ, Ashton R, Fairhurst SA, Göbel C, Stumpe M, Feussner I, Casey R. Allene oxide synthase from Arabidopsis thaliana (CYP74A1) exhibits dual specificity that is regulated by monomer-micelle association. FEBS Lett 2006; 580:4188-94. [PMID: 16831431 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.06.075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2006] [Accepted: 06/26/2006] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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We investigate the effects of detergent on the kinetics and oligomeric state of allene oxide synthase (AOS) from Arabidopsis thaliana (CYP74A1). We show that detergent-free CYP74A1 is monomeric and highly water soluble with dual specificity, but has relatively low activity. Detergent micelles promote a 48-fold increase in k(cat)/K(m) (to 5.9 x 10(7)M(-1)s(-1)) with concomitant changes in the spin state equilibrium of the haem-iron due to the binding of a single detergent micelle to the protein monomer, which is atypical of P450 enzymes. This mechanism is shown to be an important determinant of the substrate specificity of CYP74A1. CYP74A1 may be suited for structural resolution of the first plant cytochrome P450 and its 9-AOS activity and behaviour in vitro has implications for its role in planta.
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- Richard K Hughes
- John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom.
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Vanden Berghe W, Dijsselbloem N, Vermeulen L, Ndlovu 'MN, Boone E, Haegeman G. Attenuation of mitogen- and stress-activated protein kinase-1-driven nuclear factor-kappaB gene expression by soy isoflavones does not require estrogenic activity. Cancer Res 2006; 66:4852-62. [PMID: 16651441 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-05-2957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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We have analyzed in molecular detail how soy isoflavones (genistein, daidzein, and biochanin A) suppress nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB)-driven interleukin-6 (IL6) expression. In addition to its physiologic immune function as an acute stress cytokine, sustained elevated expression levels of IL6 promote chronic inflammatory disorders, aging frailty, and tumorigenesis. Our results in estrogen-unresponsive fibroblasts, mitogen- and stress-activated protein kinase (MSK) knockout cells, and estrogen receptor (ER)-deficient breast tumor cells show that phytoestrogenic isoflavones can selectively block nuclear NF-kappaB transactivation of specific target genes (in particular IL6), independently of their estrogenic activity. This occurs via attenuation of mitogen-activated protein/extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) kinase (MEK) and ERK activity, which further down-regulates MSK-dependent NF-kappaB p65 and histone H3 phosphorylation. As constitutive NF-kappaB and MSK activity are hallmarks of aggressive metastatic ER-deficient breast cancer, the MSK signaling pathway may become an attractive target for chemotherapy.
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- Wim Vanden Berghe
- Laboratory for Eukaryotic Gene Expression and Signal Transduction, Department of Molecular Biology, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium.
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Daher W, Browaeys E, Pierrot C, Jouin H, Dive D, Meurice E, Dissous C, Capron M, Tomavo S, Doerig C, Cailliau K, Khalife J. Regulation of protein phosphatase type 1 and cell cycle progression by PfLRR1, a novel leucine-rich repeat protein of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Mol Microbiol 2006; 60:578-90. [PMID: 16629662 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05119.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The protein called 'suppressor of the dis2 mutant (sds22+)' is an essential regulator of cell division in fission and budding yeasts, where its deletion causes mitotic arrest. Its role in cell cycle control appears to be mediated through the activation of protein phosphatase type 1 (PP1) in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. We have identified the Plasmodium falciparum Sds22 orthologue, which we designated PfLRR1 as it belongs to the leucine-rich repeat protein family. We showed by glutathione-S-transferase pull-down assay that the PfLRR1 gene product interacts with PfPP1, that the PfLRR1-PfPP1 complex is present in parasite extracts and that PfLRR1 inhibits PfPP1 activity. Functional studies in Xenopus oocytes revealed that PfLRR1 interacted with endogenous PP1 and overcame the G2/M cell cycle checkpoint by promoting progression to germinal vesicle breakdown (GVBD). Confirmatory results showing the appearance of GVBD were observed when oocytes were treated with anti-PP1 antibodies or okadaic acid. Taken together, these observations suggest that PfLRR1 can regulate the cell cycle by binding to PP1 and regulating its activity.
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- Wassim Daher
- Unité Inserm 547/IPL, Institut Pasteur, 1 rue du Pr Calmette, B.P. 245, 59019 Lille cedex, France
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A cDNA encoding metallothionein (MT) was isolated from a library constructed with poly A(+) RNA purified from 48 h etiolated cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) cotyledons. This cDNA encodes a deduced protein with 63 residues and a molecular weight of 6.3 kDa. The protein has 10 cysteines of which 4 are within the CXXCXCXXXXXC amino-terminus motif and six are within the CXCXXXCXCXXCXC carboxyl-terminus motif characteristic of the type III MT (MT3). The cotton MT3 protein sequence is 76.2, 69.8, 66.7, 60.3 and 33.5% identical to MT3 from Carica papaya, Rubus idaeus, Ribes nigrum, Citrus unshiu, and Gossypium hirsutum type I MT, respectively. A fusion protein was constructed by producing PCR primers for the 5' and 3' ends of the cotton MT3 cDNA and ligating the PCR product inframe at the 3' end of a bacterial glutathione S-transferase (GST) gene in the pGEX3 vector. The 5' PCR primer incorporated a segment of the cotton MT3 noncoding region, resulting in an addition of 9 residues to the MT3 (after Factor Xa digestion site) which increased the size of the expressed protein to 72 residues and 7.6 kDa. Expression of the 7.6 kDa protein in bacteria was confirmed by SDS-PAGE. Induction and accumulation of the GST-MT3 protein began inhibiting bacterial growth after 1 h. Addition of Cu (1 muM to 1 mM), 1 mM cysteine, or 1 mM cystine to the media did not rescue growth. Additionally, this protein was evaluated for its ability to bind Cd, Cu, Ni and Zn in the bacterial expression system. We found that cotton MT3 preferentially binds Cu.
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- Robin H Jordan
- Department of Biological Sciences, Delta State University, Cleveland, MS, USA
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Rudella A, Friso G, Alonso JM, Ecker JR, van Wijk KJ. Downregulation of ClpR2 leads to reduced accumulation of the ClpPRS protease complex and defects in chloroplast biogenesis in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 2006; 18:1704-21. [PMID: 16766689 PMCID: PMC1488914 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.106.042861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Plastids contain tetradecameric Clp protease core complexes, with five ClpP Ser-type proteases, four nonproteolytic ClpR, and two associated ClpS proteins. Accumulation of total ClpPRS complex decreased twofold to threefold in an Arabidopsis thaliana T-DNA insertion mutant in CLPR2 designated clpr2-1. Differential stable isotope labeling of the ClpPRS complex with iTRAQ revealed a fivefold reduction in assembled ClpR2 accumulation and twofold to fivefold reductions in the other subunits. A ClpR2:(his)(6) fusion protein that incorporated into the chloroplast ClpPRS complex fully complemented clpr2-1. The reduced accumulation of the ClpPRS protease complex led to a pale-green phenotype with delayed shoot development, smaller chloroplasts, decreased thylakoid accumulation, and increased plastoglobule accumulation. Stromal ClpC1 and 2 were both recruited to the thylakoid surface in clpr2-1. The thylakoid membrane of clpr2-1 showed increased carotenoid content, partial inactivation of photosystem II, and upregulated thylakoid proteases and stromal chaperones, suggesting an imbalance in chloroplast protein homeostasis and a well-coordinated network of proteolysis and chaperone activities. Interestingly, a subpopulation of PsaF and several light-harvesting complex II proteins accumulated in the thylakoid with unprocessed chloroplast transit peptides. We conclude that ClpR2 cannot be functionally replaced by other ClpP/R homologues and that the ClpPRS complex is central to chloroplast biogenesis, thylakoid protein homeostasis, and plant development.
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- Andrea Rudella
- Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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Attolico AD, De Tullio MC. Increased ascorbate content delays flowering in long-day grown Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. Plant Physiol Biochem 2006; 44:462-6. [PMID: 17023170 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2006.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2006] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Flowering requires the integration of different inductive stimuli, including light, temperature and hormones. In an attempt to assess whether ascorbate (ASC) could contribute to the control of flowering time, we analyzed the effects of increased ASC content on the transition to the reproductive stage in the facultative long-day plant Arabidopsis thaliana. ASC content was increased by spraying leaves with the ASC precursor L-galactono-gamma-lactone. Our data show that increased ASC content did not affect vegetative growth, whereas a significant delay (5 days in average) in flower production occurred in ASC-overproducing plants. Higher ASC availability resulted in delayed expression of LEAFY (LFY), the gene encoding for a key transcription factor integrating different flowering-inductive pathways. On the contrary, spraying with gibberellin under the same condition caused both early LFY expression and early flowering. The possible role of ASC in the transition to the reproductive stage is discussed.
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- A D Attolico
- Dipartimento di Biologia e Patologia Vegetale, Università di Bari, Via E. Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italia
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Genkov T, Du YC, Spreitzer RJ. Small-subunit cysteine-65 substitutions can suppress or induce alterations in the large-subunit catalytic efficiency and holoenzyme thermal stability of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase. Arch Biochem Biophys 2006; 451:167-74. [PMID: 16723113 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2006.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2006] [Revised: 04/13/2006] [Accepted: 04/14/2006] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, an L290F substitution in the chloroplast-encoded large-subunit of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) causes decreases in carboxylation Vmax, CO2/O2 specificity, and thermal stability. Analysis of photosynthesis-competent revertants selected at the 35 degrees C restrictive temperature identified a rare C65S suppressor substitution in the nuclear-encoded small subunit. C65S enhances catalysis and CO2/O2 specificity in the absence of other wild-type small subunits, and restores thermal stability in vivo. C65S, C65A, and C65P mutant strains were created. C65S and C65A enzymes have normal catalysis, but C65P Rubisco, which contains land-plant Pro, has decreases in carboxylation Vmax/Km and CO2/O2 specificity. In contrast to other small-subunit substitutions that affect specificity, Cys-65 contacts the large subunit, and the C65P substitution does not cause a decrease in holoenzyme thermal stability in vivo or in vitro. Further analysis of the C65P protein may identify structural alterations that influence catalysis separate from those that affect stability.
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- Todor Genkov
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588-0664, USA
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