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Wei M, Duan P, Zhao S, Gou B, Wang Y, Yang N, Ma Y, Ma Z, Zhang G, Wei B. Genome-wide identification of RUB activating enzyme and conjugating enzyme gene families and their expression analysis under abiotic stresses in Capsicum annuum. PROTOPLASMA 2023; 260:821-837. [PMID: 36322293 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-022-01816-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2022] [Accepted: 10/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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NEDD8/RUB, as a ubiquitin-like protein, participates in the post-translational modification of protein and requires unique E1, E2, and E3 enzymes to bind to its substrate. The RUB E1 activating enzyme and E2 conjugating enzyme play a significant role in the neddylation. However, it is unknown whether RUB E1 and E2 exist in pepper and what its function is. In this study, a total of three putative RUB E1 and five RUB E2 genes have been identified in the pepper genome. Subsequently, their physical and chemical properties, gene structure, conserved domains and motifs, phylogenetic relationship, and cis-acting elements were analyzed. The structure and conserved domain of RUB E1 and E2 are similar to that of Arabidopsis and tomato. The RUB E1 and E2 genes were randomly distributed on seven chromosomes, and there were two pairs of collinearity between pepper and Arabidopsis and eight pairs of collinearity between pepper and tomato. Phylogenetic analysis reveals that RUB E1 and E2 genes of pepper have a closer relationship with that of tomato, potato, and Nicotiana attenuate. The cis-elements of RUB E1 and E2 genes contained hormone response and stress response. RUB E1 and E2 genes were expressed in at least one tissue and CaRCE1.3 and CaRCE2.1 were exclusively expressed in flowers and anthers. Moreover, the expression of RUB E1 genes (CaECR1, CaAXR1.1, and CaAXR1.2) and RUB E2 genes (CaRCE1.1, CaRCE1.2, and CaRCE2.1) was increased to varying degrees under low-temperature, drought, salt, ABA, and IAA treatments, while CaRCE1.3 and CaRCE2.2 were down-regulated under low-temperature treatment. In addition, these genes were hardly expressed under MeJA treatment. In summary, this study provides a theoretical foundation to explore the role of RUB E1 and E2 in the response of plants to stress.
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- Min Wei
- College of Horticulture, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070, People's Republic of China
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- College of Horticulture, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070, People's Republic of China
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- College of Horticulture, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070, People's Republic of China
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- College of Horticulture, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070, People's Republic of China
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- College of Horticulture, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070, People's Republic of China
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- College of Horticulture, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070, People's Republic of China
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- College of Horticulture, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070, People's Republic of China
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- College of Horticulture, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070, People's Republic of China
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- College of Horticulture, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070, People's Republic of China
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- College of Horticulture, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070, People's Republic of China.
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Clemente-Moreno MJ, Omranian N, Sáez PL, Figueroa CM, Del-Saz N, Elso M, Poblete L, Orf I, Cuadros-Inostroza A, Cavieres LA, Bravo L, Fernie AR, Ribas-Carbó M, Flexas J, Nikoloski Z, Brotman Y, Gago J. Low-temperature tolerance of the Antarctic species Deschampsia antarctica: A complex metabolic response associated with nutrient remobilization. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2020; 43:1376-1393. [PMID: 32012308 DOI: 10.1111/pce.13737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2019] [Revised: 01/19/2020] [Accepted: 01/21/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The species Deschampsia antarctica (DA) is one of the only two native vascular species that live in Antarctica. We performed ecophysiological, biochemical, and metabolomic studies to investigate the responses of DA to low temperature. In parallel, we assessed the responses in a non-Antarctic reference species (Triticum aestivum [TA]) from the same family (Poaceae). At low temperature (4°C), both species showed lower photosynthetic rates (reductions were 70% and 80% for DA and TA, respectively) and symptoms of oxidative stress but opposite responses of antioxidant enzymes (peroxidases and catalase). We employed fused least absolute shrinkage and selection operator statistical modelling to associate the species-dependent physiological and antioxidant responses to primary metabolism. Model results for DA indicated associations with osmoprotection, cell wall remodelling, membrane stabilization, and antioxidant secondary metabolism (synthesis of flavonols and phenylpropanoids), coordinated with nutrient mobilization from source to sink tissues (confirmed by elemental analysis), which were not observed in TA. The metabolic behaviour of DA, with significant changes in particular metabolites, was compared with a newly compiled multispecies dataset showing a general accumulation of metabolites in response to low temperatures. Altogether, the responses displayed by DA suggest a compromise between catabolism and maintenance of leaf functionality.
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- María José Clemente-Moreno
- Research Group on Plant Biology under Mediterranean Conditions, Universitat de les Illes Balears (UIB)-Instituto de Agroecología y Economía del Agua (INAGEA), Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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- Systems Biology and Mathematical Modeling Group, Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
- Bioinformatics, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Laboratorio Cultivo de Tejidos Vegetales, Centro de Biotecnología, Departamento de Silvicultura, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Fisiología Vegetal, Departamento de Botánica, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile
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- Laboratorio Cultivo de Tejidos Vegetales, Centro de Biotecnología, Departamento de Silvicultura, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile
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- Laboratorio Cultivo de Tejidos Vegetales, Centro de Biotecnología, Departamento de Silvicultura, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile
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- Department of Life Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheva, Israel
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- ECOBIOSIS, Departamento de Botánica, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de Concepción and Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad-IEB, Concepción, Chile
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- Lab. de Fisiología y Biología Molecular Vegetal, Dpt. de Cs. Agronómicas y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Cs. Agropecuarias y Forestales, Instituto de Agroindustria, & Center of Plant, Soil Interaction and Natural Resources Biotechnology, Scientific and Technological Bioresource Nucleus, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile
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- Central Metabolism Group, Molecular Physiology Department, Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Potsdam, Germany
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- Research Group on Plant Biology under Mediterranean Conditions, Universitat de les Illes Balears (UIB)-Instituto de Agroecología y Economía del Agua (INAGEA), Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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- Research Group on Plant Biology under Mediterranean Conditions, Universitat de les Illes Balears (UIB)-Instituto de Agroecología y Economía del Agua (INAGEA), Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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- Systems Biology and Mathematical Modeling Group, Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
- Bioinformatics, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
- Center of Plant System Biology and Biotechnology (CPSBB), Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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- Department of Life Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheva, Israel
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- Research Group on Plant Biology under Mediterranean Conditions, Universitat de les Illes Balears (UIB)-Instituto de Agroecología y Economía del Agua (INAGEA), Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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Cui LH, Byun MY, Oh HG, Kim SJ, Lee J, Park H, Lee H, Kim WT. Poaceae Type II Galactinol Synthase 2 from Antarctic Flowering Plant Deschampsia antarctica and Rice Improves Cold and Drought Tolerance by Accumulation of Raffinose Family Oligosaccharides in Transgenic Rice Plants. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2020; 61:88-104. [PMID: 31513272 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcz180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2019] [Accepted: 09/07/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Deschampsia antarctica is a Poaceae grass that has adapted to and colonized Antarctica. When D. antarctica plants were subjected to cold and dehydration stress both in the Antarctic field and in laboratory experiments, galactinol, a precursor of raffinose family oligosaccharides (RFOs) and raffinose were highly accumulated, which was accompanied by upregulation of galactinol synthase (GolS). The Poaceae monocots have a small family of GolS genes, which are divided into two distinct groups called types I and II. Type II GolSs are highly expanded in cold-adapted monocot plants. Transgenic rice plants, in which type II D. antarctica GolS2 (DaGolS2) and rice GolS2 (OsGolS2) were constitutively expressed, were markedly tolerant to cold and drought stress as compared to the wild-type rice plants. The RFO contents and GolS enzyme activities were higher in the DaGolS2- and OsGolS2-overexpressing progeny than in the wild-type plants under both normal and stress conditions. DaGolS2 and OsGolS2 overexpressors contained reduced levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) relative to the wild-type plants after cold and drought treatments. Overall, these results suggest that Poaceae type II GolS2s play a conserved role in D. antarctica and rice in response to drought and cold stress by inducing the accumulation of RFO and decreasing ROS levels.
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- Li Hua Cui
- Division of Life Science, Department of Systems Biology, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Korea
- Institute of Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Korea
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- Unit of Polar Genomics, Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon 21990, Korea
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- Division of Life Science, Department of Systems Biology, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Korea
- Institute of Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Korea
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- Division of Life Sciences, Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon 21990, Korea
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- Unit of Polar Genomics, Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon 21990, Korea
- Polar Science, University of Science & Technology, Daejeon 34113, Korea
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- Unit of Polar Genomics, Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon 21990, Korea
- Polar Science, University of Science & Technology, Daejeon 34113, Korea
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- Unit of Polar Genomics, Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon 21990, Korea
- Polar Science, University of Science & Technology, Daejeon 34113, Korea
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- Division of Life Science, Department of Systems Biology, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Korea
- Institute of Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Korea
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Cuadra P, Guajardo J, Carrasco-Orellana C, Stappung Y, Fajardo V, Herrera R. Differential expression after UV-B radiation and characterization of chalcone synthase from the Patagonian hairgrass Deschampsia antarctica. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2020; 169:112179. [PMID: 31669976 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2019.112179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2019] [Revised: 10/11/2019] [Accepted: 10/12/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Deschampsiaantarctica inhabits the maritime territory of Antarctica and South Patagonia. It grows under very harsh environmental conditions. The survival of this species in low freezing temperatures and under high levels of UV-B radiation may constitute some of the most remarkable adaptive plant responses and suggests that this plant possesses genes associated with cold and UV tolerance. Frequently, increased levels of flavonoids have been linked to highly UV-B irradiated plants. Studies examining the biosynthesis of flavonoids in D. antarctica may provide clues to its success in this extreme environment. In this study, we characterized the family of genes encoding chalcone synthase, a key enzyme of the flavonoid biosynthetic pathway. DaCHS was cloned, sequenced and characterized by using software tools. CHS contains two domains, the N-terminal domain ranges from amino acid 8 to 231 and the C-terminal domain ranges from amino acid 241 to 391. Sequence analysis of the three family members revealed a high degree of identity after comparison with other monocotyledons such as Oryza sativa L., Zea mays L. and Hordeum vulgare L. According to these results, DaCHS can be grouped together with H. vulgare CHS1 in the same branch. The phylogenetic tree was built using MEGA software and the neighbour join method with 1000 bootstrap replicates. A model of DaCHS was constructed by way of structural tools and key amino acid residues were identified at the active motif site.
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- Pedro Cuadra
- Universidad de Magallanes, Laboratorio de Productos Naturales, P.O. Box 113-D, Punta Arenas, Chile.
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- Universidad de Talca, Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas, 2 norte 685, P.O. Box 747, Talca, Chile
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- Universidad de Talca, Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas, 2 norte 685, P.O. Box 747, Talca, Chile
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- Universidad de Magallanes, Laboratorio de Productos Naturales, P.O. Box 113-D, Punta Arenas, Chile
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- Universidad de Talca, Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas, 2 norte 685, P.O. Box 747, Talca, Chile.
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Yang Y, Wang W, Xu T, Liu N, Wang H, Feng D. Heterologous expression of wheat TaRUB1 gene enhances disease resistance in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2017; 36:1985-1994. [PMID: 29032425 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-017-2221-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2017] [Accepted: 10/05/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Expression of TaRUB1 gene in Arabidopsis thaliana elevates the level of disease-related genes in response to pathogen invasion through the accumulation of callose, necrotic cells, and the outbreak of ROS. Ubiquitin (Ub) and ubiquitin-like proteins are highly conserved in sequence and can covalently bind and modify many intracellular proteins which can be recognized and degraded by 26S proteasome. Post-translational modification of proteins has become a hot research spot today. In the previous study, a cDNA of related-to-ubiquitin protein belonged to ubiquitin-like proteins, whose spatial structure comprised Ub and NEDD8, was obtained from wheat SN6306 by suppression-subtractive hybridization and was named TaRUB1. TaRUB1 is induced by wheat powdery mildew and significantly upregulated in resistant wheat SN6306. In this study, heterologous expression of TaRUB1 in A. thaliana was used to study the function of this gene in response to pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. Tomato DC3000 (Pst DC3000). Transgenic A. thaliana showed relatively fewer disease symptoms, accompanied by common inhibition of living body parasitic defense responses, accumulation of more callose and reactive oxygen species (ROS), and concentrated cell death, simultaneously antioxidant enzyme activities of superoxide dismutase, peroxidase, catalase, and ascorbate peroxidase were higher than those in wild-type (WT) plant after infection with Pst DC3000. Meanwhile, hypersensitive cell death, which was possibly ROS burst, was also observed in transgenic A. thaliana. By quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction analysis, some marker genes for hypersensitive response showed significantly higher transcriptional expression level in transgenic A. thaliana, which activates system-acquired resistance, than that of WT plants. Heterologous expression of TaRUB1 can significantly enhance resistance to Pst DC3000 in A. thaliana, suggesting that TaRUB1 is related to plant disease resistance.
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- Yanlin Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Science, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, China.
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Distribution of rDNA and polyploidy in Deschampsia antarctica E. Desv. in Antarctic and Patagonic populations. Polar Biol 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s00300-016-1890-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Lee J, Noh EK, Park H, Lee H. Transcription factor profile analysis of the Antarctic vascular plant Deschampsia antarctica Desv. (Poaceae). Genes Genomics 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/s13258-013-0106-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Kim IS, Kim HY, Kim YS, Choi HG, Kang SH, Yoon HS. Expression of dehydrin gene from Arctic Cerastium arcticum increases abiotic stress tolerance and enhances the fermentation capacity of a genetically engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae laboratory strain. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2013; 97:8997-9009. [PMID: 23377791 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-013-4729-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2012] [Revised: 01/13/2013] [Accepted: 01/15/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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We investigated Arctic plants to determine if they have a specific mechanism enabling them to adapt to extreme environments because they are subject to such conditions throughout their life cycles. Among the cell defense systems of the Arctic mouse-ear chickweed Cerastium arcticum, we identified a stress-responsive dehydrin gene CaDHN that belongs to the SK5 subclass and contains conserved regions with one S segment at the N-terminus and five K segments from the N-terminus to the C-terminus. To investigate the molecular properties of CaDHN, the yeast Saccharomyces was transformed with CaDHN. CaDHN-expressing transgenic yeast (TG) cells recovered more rapidly from challenge with exogenous stimuli, including oxidants (hydrogen peroxide, menadione, and tert-butyl hydroperoxide), high salinity, freezing and thawing, and metal (Zn(2+)), than wild-type (WT) cells. TG cells were sensitive to copper, cobalt, and sodium dodecyl sulfate. In addition, the cell survival of TG cells was higher than that of WT cells when cells at the mid-log and stationary stages were exposed to increased ethanol concentrations. There was a significant difference in cultures that have an ethanol content >16 %. During glucose-based batch fermentation at generally used (30 °C) and low (18 °C) temperatures, TG cells produced a higher alcohol concentration through improved cell survival. Specifically, the final alcohol concentrations were 13.3 and 13.2 % in TG cells during fermentation at 30 and 18 °C, respectively, whereas they were 10.2 and 9.4 %, respectively, in WT cells under the same fermentation conditions. An in vitro assay revealed that purified CaDHN acted as a reactive oxygen species scavenger by neutralizing H2O2 and a chaperone by preventing high temperature-mediated catalase inactivation. Taken together, our results show that CaDHN expression in transgenic yeast confers tolerance to various abiotic stresses by improving redox homeostasis and enhances fermentation capacity, especially at low temperatures (18 °C).
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- Il-Sup Kim
- Advanced Bio-resource R&D Center, Department of Biology, College of Natural Sciences, Kyungpook National University, #1370 Sankyuk-dong, Buk-gu, Daegu, 702-701, Republic of Korea
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Boo SY, Wong CMVL, Rodrigues KF, Najimudin N, Murad AMA, Mahadi NM. Thermal stress responses in Antarctic yeast, Glaciozyma antarctica PI12, characterized by real-time quantitative PCR. Polar Biol 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/s00300-012-1268-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Dinamarca J, Sandoval-Alvarez A, Gidekel M, Gutiérrez-Moraga A. Differentially expressed genes induced by cold and UV-B in Deschampsia antarctica Desv. Polar Biol 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/s00300-012-1271-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Lütz C. Cell physiology of plants growing in cold environments. PROTOPLASMA 2010; 244:53-73. [PMID: 20521070 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-010-0161-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2010] [Accepted: 04/30/2010] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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The life of plants growing in cold extreme environments has been well investigated in terms of morphological, anatomical, and ecophysiological adaptations. In contrast, long-term cellular or metabolic studies have been performed by only a few groups. Moreover, a number of single reports exist, which often represent just a glimpse of plant behavior. The review draws together the literature which has focused on tissue and cellular adaptations mainly to low temperatures and high light. Most studies have been done with European alpine plants; comparably well studied are only two phanerogams found in the coastal Antarctic. Plant adaptation in northern polar regions has always been of interest in terms of ecophysiology and plant propagation, but nowadays, this interest extends to the effects of global warming. More recently, metabolic and cellular investigations have included cold and UV resistance mechanisms. Low-temperature stress resistance in plants from cold environments reflects the climate conditions at the growth sites. It is now a matter of molecular analyses to find the induced genes and their products such as chaperones or dehydrins responsible for this resistance. Development of plants under snow or pollen tube growth at 0 degrees C shows that cell biology is needed to explain the stability and function of the cytoskeleton. Many results in this field are based on laboratory studies, but several publications show that it is not difficult to study cellular mechanisms with the plants adapted to a natural stress. Studies on high light and UV loads may be split in two parts. Many reports describe natural UV as harmful for the plants, but these studies were mainly conducted by shielding off natural UV (as controls). Other experiments apply additional UV in the field and have had practically no negative impact on metabolism. The latter group is supported by the observations that green overwintering plants increase their flavonoids under snow even in the absence of UV. Thus, their defense and antioxidant role dominates. Ultrastructural comparisons were unable to find special light adaptations in plants taken from polar regions vs. high alpine species. The only adaptation found at the subcellular level for most alpine and polar plants are protrusions of the chloroplast envelopes. They are seen as a demand for fast membrane transport requiring additional membrane surface area, whereby the increase in stroma volume may help to support carbohydrate formation. Plants forming such protrusions have to cope with a short vegetation time. These observations are connected to the question as to how photosynthesis works quite well even at or under zero temperatures. The interplay between plastids, mitochondria, and peroxisomes, known as photorespiration, seems to be more intense than in lowland plants. This organelle cooperation serves as a valve for a surplus in solar energy input under cold conditions. Additional metabolic acclimations are under investigation, such as the role of an alternative plastid terminal oxidase. Plants from cold environments may also be seen as ideal objects for studying the combined effects of high light plus cold resistance-from the molecular level to the whole plant adaptation. Modern instrumentation makes it possible to perform vital metabolic measurements under outdoor conditions, and research stations in remote polar and alpine areas provide support for scientists in the preparation of samples for later cellular studies in the home laboratory.
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- Cornelius Lütz
- Institute of Botany, University of Innsbruck, Sternwartestr. 15, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria.
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Sánchez-Venegas JR, Navarrete A, Dinamarca J, Bravo Ramírez LA, Moraga AG, Gidekel M. Cloning and constitutive expression of Deschampsia antarctica Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase in Pichia pastoris. BMC Res Notes 2009; 2:207. [PMID: 19821975 PMCID: PMC2770473 DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-2-207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2009] [Accepted: 10/12/2009] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Deschampsia antarctica shows tolerance to extreme environmental factors such as low temperature, high light intensity and an increasing UV radiation as result of the Antarctic ozone layer thinning. It is very likely that the survival of this species is due to the expression of genes that enable it to tolerate high levels of oxidative stress. On that account, we planned to clone the D. antarctica Cu/ZnSOD gene into Pichia pastoris and to characterize the heterologous protein. FINDINGS The Copper/Zinc superoxide dismutase (Cu/ZnSOD) gene, SOD gene, was isolated from a D. antarctica by cDNA library screening. This SOD gene was cloned in the expression vector pGAPZalphaA and successfully integrated into the genome of the yeast P. pastoris SMD1168H. A constitutive expression system for the expression of the recombinant SOD protein was used. The recombinant protein was secreted into the YPD culture medium as a glycosylated protein with a 32 mg/l expression yield. The purified recombinant protein possesses a specific activity of 440 U/mg. CONCLUSION D. antarctica Cu/ZnSOD recombinant protein was expressed in a constitutive system, and purified in a single step by means of an affinity column. The recombinant SOD was secreted to the culture medium as a glycoprotein, corresponding to approximately 13% of the total secreted protein. The recombinant protein Cu/ZnSOD maintains 60% of its activity after incubation at 40 degrees C for 30 minutes and it is stable (80% of activity) between -20 degrees C and 20 degrees C. The recombinant SOD described in this study can be used in various biotechnological applications.
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- Jaime R Sánchez-Venegas
- Laboratorio de Biología Molecular Aplicada, Instituto de Agroindustrias, Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias y Forestales, Universidad de La Frontera, Casilla 54-D, Temuco-Chile
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- Departamento de Botánica, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción-Chile
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- Laboratorio de Biología Molecular Aplicada, Instituto de Agroindustrias, Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias y Forestales, Universidad de La Frontera, Casilla 54-D, Temuco-Chile
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- Departamento de Botánica, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción-Chile
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- Laboratorio de Biología Molecular Aplicada, Instituto de Agroindustrias, Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias y Forestales, Universidad de La Frontera, Casilla 54-D, Temuco-Chile
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- Laboratorio de Biología Molecular Aplicada, Instituto de Agroindustrias, Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias y Forestales, Universidad de La Frontera, Casilla 54-D, Temuco-Chile
- VentureLab, Escuela de Negocios, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Av. Diagonal Las Torres 2700, Peñalolén, Santiago-Chile
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Rouhier N, Lemaire SD, Jacquot JP. The role of glutathione in photosynthetic organisms: emerging functions for glutaredoxins and glutathionylation. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PLANT BIOLOGY 2008; 59:143-66. [PMID: 18444899 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.59.032607.092811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 238] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Glutathione, a tripeptide with the sequence gamma-Glu-Cys-Gly, exists either in a reduced form with a free thiol group or in an oxidized form with a disulfide between two identical molecules. We describe here briefly the pathways involved in the synthesis, reduction, polymerization, and degradation of glutathione, as well as its distribution throughout the plant and its redox buffering capacities. The function of glutathione in xenobiotic and heavy metal detoxification, plant development, and plant-pathogen interactions is also briefly discussed. Several lines of evidence indicate that glutathione and glutaredoxins (GRXs) are implicated in the response to oxidative stress through the regeneration of enzymes involved in peroxide and methionine sulfoxide reduction. Finally, emerging functions for plant GRXs and glutathione concern the regulation of protein activity via glutathionylation and the capacity of some GRXs to bind iron sulfur centers and for some of them to transfer FeS clusters into apoproteins.
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- Nicolas Rouhier
- Unité Mixte de Recherches, 1136 INRA-UHP Interaction Arbres-Microorganismes, IFR 110 GEEF, Nancy University, Faculté des Sciences, 54506 Vandoeuvre Cedex, France.
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Zeng LR, Vega-Sánchez ME, Zhu T, Wang GL. Ubiquitination-mediated protein degradation and modification: an emerging theme in plant-microbe interactions. Cell Res 2006; 16:413-26. [PMID: 16699537 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cr.7310053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Post-translational modification is central to protein stability and to the modulation of protein activity. Various types of protein modification, such as phosphorylation, methylation, acetylation, myristoylation, glycosylation, and ubiquitination, have been reported. Among them, ubiquitination distinguishes itself from others in that most of the ubiquitinated proteins are targeted to the 26S proteasome for degradation. The ubiquitin/26S proteasome system constitutes the major protein degradation pathway in the cell. In recent years, the importance of the ubiquitination machinery in the control of numerous eukaryotic cellular functions has been increasingly appreciated. Increasing number of E3 ubiquitin ligases and their substrates, including a variety of essential cellular regulators have been identified. Studies in the past several years have revealed that the ubiquitination system is important for a broad range of plant developmental processes and responses to abiotic and biotic stresses. This review discusses recent advances in the functional analysis of ubiquitination-associated proteins from plants and pathogens that play important roles in plant-microbe interactions.
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- Li-Rong Zeng
- Department of Plant Pathology and Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
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Tang M, Lü S, Jing Y, Zhou X, Sun J, Shen S. Isolation and identification of a cold-inducible gene encoding a putative DRE-binding transcription factor from Festuca arundinacea. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2005; 43:233-9. [PMID: 15854831 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2005.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2004] [Accepted: 01/26/2005] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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A new DRE-binding protein gene FaDREB1 encoded for an AP2/ERFBP-type transcription factor was isolated by RACE-PCR from Festuca arundinacea Schreb seedlings. Its cDNA was sequenced with 988 bp, from which a protein with 216 amino acid residues was deduced with a predicted molecular mass of 23.479 kDa and a pI of 4.70. A search of the Protein Blast data revealed that this protein can be classified as a typical member of the AP2/EREBP family of DNA-binding proteins. The tissue organ-specific expression pattern of the FaDREB1 gene showed that its transcripts were abundant in leaves and leaf sheaths, and scarce in roots. Southern blot analysis indicated that it is a multiple-copy gene. Its mRNA accumulation profiles made clear that its expression was strongly induced by cold treatment, weakly induced by drought and salt stress, but did not respond to ABA treatment. It was concluded that the protein FaDREB1 may be involved in the process of plant response to cold stress through an ABA-independent pathway.
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- Mingjuan Tang
- Key Laboratory of Plant Photosynthesis and Environmental Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
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