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Ly LK, Ho TM, Bui TP, Nguyen LT, Phan Q, Le NT, Khuat LTM, Le LH, Chu HH, Pham NB, Do PT. CRISPR/Cas9 targeted mutations of OsDSG1 gene enhanced salt tolerance in rice. Funct Integr Genomics 2024; 24:70. [PMID: 38565780 DOI: 10.1007/s10142-024-01347-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2024] [Revised: 03/19/2024] [Accepted: 03/19/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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Salinization is one of the leading causes of arable land shrinkage and rice yield decline, recently. Therefore, developing and utilizing salt-tolerant rice varieties have been seen as a crucial and urgent strategy to reduce the effects of saline intrusion and protect food security worldwide. In the current study, the CRISPR/Cas9 system was utilized to induce targeted mutations in the coding sequence of the OsDSG1, a gene involved in the ubiquitination pathway and the regulation of biochemical reactions in rice. The CRISPR/Cas9-induced mutations of the OsDSG1 were generated in a local rice cultivar and the mutant inheritance was validated at different generations. The OsDSG1 mutant lines showed an enhancement in salt tolerance compared to wild type plants at both germination and seedling stages indicated by increases in plant height, root length, and total fresh weight as well as the total chlorophyll and relative water contents under the salt stress condition. In addition, lower proline and MDA contents were observed in mutant rice as compared to wild type plants in the presence of salt stress. Importantly, no effect on seed germination and plant growth parameters was recorded in the CRISRP/Cas9-induced mutant rice under the normal condition. This study again indicates the involvement of the OsDSG1 gene in the salt resistant mechanism in rice and provides a potential strategy to enhance the tolerance of local rice varieties to the salt stress.
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- Linh Khanh Ly
- Institute of Biotechnology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, A10 Building, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, A10 Building, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, A10 Building, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, A10 Building, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, A10 Building, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, A10 Building, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, A10 Building, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Hanoi, Vietnam
- Graduate University of Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, A10 Building, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Hanoi, Vietnam.
- Graduate University of Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam.
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, A10 Building, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Hanoi, Vietnam.
- Graduate University of Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam.
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Cheng C, Wu Q, Wang M, Chen D, Li J, Shen J, Hou S, Zhang P, Qin L, Acharya BR, Lu X, Zhang W. Maize MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 20 mediates high-temperature-regulated stomatal movement. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2023; 193:2788-2805. [PMID: 37725401 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiad488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2023] [Accepted: 08/09/2023] [Indexed: 09/21/2023]
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High temperature induces stomatal opening; however, uncontrolled stomatal opening is dangerous for plants in response to high temperature. We identified a high-temperature sensitive (hts) mutant from the ethyl methane sulfonate (EMS)-induced maize (Zea mays) mutant library that is linked to a single base change in MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 20 (ZmMPK20). Our data demonstrated that hts mutants exhibit substantially increased stomatal opening and water loss rate, as well as decreased thermotolerance, compared to wild-type plants under high temperature. ZmMPK20-knockout mutants showed similar phenotypes as hts mutants. Overexpression of ZmMPK20 decreased stomatal apertures, water loss rate, and enhanced plant thermotolerance. Additional experiments showed that ZmMPK20 interacts with MAP KINASE KINASE 9 (ZmMKK9) and E3 ubiquitin ligase RPM1 INTERACTING PROTEIN 2 (ZmRIN2), a maize homolog of Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) RIN2. ZmMPK20 prevented ZmRIN2 degradation by inhibiting ZmRIN2 self-ubiquitination. ZmMKK9 phosphorylated ZmMPK20 and enhanced the inhibitory effect of ZmMPK20 on ZmRIN2 degradation. Moreover, we employed virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) to silence ZmMKK9 and ZmRIN2 in maize and heterologously overexpressed ZmMKK9 or ZmRIN2 in Arabidopsis. Our findings demonstrated that ZmMKK9 and ZmRIN2 play negative regulatory roles in high-temperature-induced stomatal opening. Accordingly, we propose that the ZmMKK9-ZmMPK20-ZmRIN2 cascade negatively regulates high-temperature-induced stomatal opening and balances water loss and leaf temperature, thus enhancing plant thermotolerance.
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- Chuang Cheng
- Key Laboratory of Plant Development and Environmental Adaption Biology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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- National-Regional Joint Engineering Research Center for Soil Pollution Control and Remediation in South China, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-environmental Pollution Control and Management, Institute of Eco-environmental and Soil Sciences, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Development and Environmental Adaption Biology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Development and Environmental Adaption Biology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Development and Environmental Adaption Biology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Development and Environmental Adaption Biology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Institute of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Peking University, Weifang 261000, China
- School of Municipal and Environmental Engineering, Shandong Jianzhu University, Jinan 250100, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Development and Environmental Adaption Biology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Institute of Advanced Agricultural Technology, Qilu Normal University, Jinan 250200, China
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- College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Institute of Advanced Agricultural Technology, Qilu Normal University, Jinan 250200, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Development and Environmental Adaption Biology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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Yang W, Wu K, Wang B, Liu H, Guo S, Guo X, Luo W, Sun S, Ouyang Y, Fu X, Chong K, Zhang Q, Xu Y. The RING E3 ligase CLG1 targets GS3 for degradation via the endosome pathway to determine grain size in rice. MOLECULAR PLANT 2021; 14:1699-1713. [PMID: 34216830 DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2021.06.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2021] [Revised: 06/26/2021] [Accepted: 06/27/2021] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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G-protein signaling and ubiquitin-dependent degradation are both involved in grain development in rice, but how these pathways are coordinated in regulating this process is unknown. Here, we show that Chang Li Geng 1 (CLG1), which encodes an E3 ligase, regulates grain size by targeting the Gγ protein GS3, a negative regulator of grain length, for degradation. Overexpression of CLG1 led to increased grain length, while overexpression of mutated CLG1 with changes in three conserved amino acids decreased grain length. We found that CLG1 physically interacts with and ubiquitinats GS3which is subsequently degraded through the endosome degradation pathway, leading to increased grain size. Furthermore, we identified a critical SNP in the exon 3 of CLG1 that is significantly associated with grain size variation in a core collection of cultivated rice. This SNP results in an amino acid substitution from Arg to Ser at position 163 of CLG1 that enhances the E3 ligase activity of CLG1 and thus increases rice grain size. Both the expression level of CLG1 and the SNP CLG1163S may be useful variations for manipulating grain size in rice.
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- Wensi Yang
- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Centre of Plant Gene Research (Wuhan), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Centre of Plant Gene Research (Wuhan), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Centre of Plant Gene Research (Wuhan), Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; Innovation Academy for Seed Design, CAS, Beijing 100101, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Centre of Plant Gene Research (Wuhan), Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China; Innovation Academy for Seed Design, CAS, Beijing 100101, China.
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Le TD, Gathignol F, Vu HT, Nguyen KL, Tran LH, Vu HTT, Dinh TX, Lazennec F, Pham XH, Véry AA, Gantet P, Hoang GT. Genome-Wide Association Mapping of Salinity Tolerance at the Seedling Stage in a Panel of Vietnamese Landraces Reveals New Valuable QTLs for Salinity Stress Tolerance Breeding in Rice. PLANTS 2021; 10:plants10061088. [PMID: 34071570 PMCID: PMC8228224 DOI: 10.3390/plants10061088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2021] [Revised: 05/18/2021] [Accepted: 05/25/2021] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Rice tolerance to salinity stress involves diverse and complementary mechanisms, such as the regulation of genome expression, activation of specific ion-transport systems to manage excess sodium at the cell or plant level, and anatomical changes that avoid sodium penetration into the inner tissues of the plant. These complementary mechanisms can act synergistically to improve salinity tolerance in the plant, which is then interesting in breeding programs to pyramidize complementary QTLs (quantitative trait loci), to improve salinity stress tolerance of the plant at different developmental stages and in different environments. This approach presupposes the identification of salinity tolerance QTLs associated with different mechanisms involved in salinity tolerance, which requires the greatest possible genetic diversity to be explored. To contribute to this goal, we screened an original panel of 179 Vietnamese rice landraces genotyped with 21,623 SNP markers for salinity stress tolerance under 100 mM NaCl treatment, at the seedling stage, with the aim of identifying new QTLs involved in the salinity stress tolerance via a genome-wide association study (GWAS). Nine salinity tolerance-related traits, including the salt injury score, chlorophyll and water content, and K+ and Na+ contents were measured in leaves. GWAS analysis allowed the identification of 26 QTLs. Interestingly, ten of them were associated with several different traits, which indicates that these QTLs act pleiotropically to control the different levels of plant responses to salinity stress. Twenty-one identified QTLs colocalized with known QTLs. Several genes within these QTLs have functions related to salinity stress tolerance and are mainly involved in gene regulation, signal transduction or hormone signaling. Our study provides promising QTLs for breeding programs to enhance salinity tolerance and identifies candidate genes that should be further functionally studied to better understand salinity tolerance mechanisms in rice.
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- Thao Duc Le
- National Key Laboratory for Plant Cell Biotechnology, Agricultural Genetics Institute, LMI RICE-2, Hanoi 00000, Vietnam; (T.D.L.); (H.T.V.); (L.H.T.); (X.H.P.)
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- UMR DIADE, Université de Montpellier, IRD, 34095 Montpellier, France; (F.G.); (F.L.)
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- National Key Laboratory for Plant Cell Biotechnology, Agricultural Genetics Institute, LMI RICE-2, Hanoi 00000, Vietnam; (T.D.L.); (H.T.V.); (L.H.T.); (X.H.P.)
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- Faculty of Agricultural Technology, University of Engineering and Technology, Hanoi 00000, Vietnam;
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- National Key Laboratory for Plant Cell Biotechnology, Agricultural Genetics Institute, LMI RICE-2, Hanoi 00000, Vietnam; (T.D.L.); (H.T.V.); (L.H.T.); (X.H.P.)
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agronomy, Vietnam National University of Agriculture, Hanoi 00000, Vietnam;
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- Incubation and Support Center for Technology and Science Enterprises, Hanoi 00000, Vietnam;
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- UMR DIADE, Université de Montpellier, IRD, 34095 Montpellier, France; (F.G.); (F.L.)
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- National Key Laboratory for Plant Cell Biotechnology, Agricultural Genetics Institute, LMI RICE-2, Hanoi 00000, Vietnam; (T.D.L.); (H.T.V.); (L.H.T.); (X.H.P.)
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- UMR BPMP, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, INRAE, Institut Agro, 34060 Montpellier, France;
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- UMR DIADE, Université de Montpellier, IRD, 34095 Montpellier, France; (F.G.); (F.L.)
- Department of Molecular Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Palacký University Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
- Correspondence: (P.G.); (G.T.H.); Tel.: +33-467-416-414 (P.G.); +84-397-600-496 (G.T.H.)
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- National Key Laboratory for Plant Cell Biotechnology, Agricultural Genetics Institute, LMI RICE-2, Hanoi 00000, Vietnam; (T.D.L.); (H.T.V.); (L.H.T.); (X.H.P.)
- Correspondence: (P.G.); (G.T.H.); Tel.: +33-467-416-414 (P.G.); +84-397-600-496 (G.T.H.)
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Melo FV, Oliveira MM, Saibo NJM, Lourenço TF. Modulation of Abiotic Stress Responses in Rice by E3-Ubiquitin Ligases: A Promising Way to Develop Stress-Tolerant Crops. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:640193. [PMID: 33833769 PMCID: PMC8021960 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.640193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2020] [Accepted: 02/17/2021] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Plants are unable to physically escape environmental constraints and have, therefore, evolved a range of molecular and physiological mechanisms to maximize survival in an ever-changing environment. Among these, the post-translational modification of ubiquitination has emerged as an important mechanism to understand and improve the stress response. The ubiquitination of a given protein can change its abundance (through degradation), alter its localization, or even modulate its activity. Hence, ubiquitination increases the plasticity of the plant proteome in response to different environmental cues and can contribute to improve stress tolerance. Although ubiquitination is mediated by different enzymes, in this review, we focus on the importance of E3-ubiquitin ligases, which interact with the target proteins and are, therefore, highly associated with the mechanism specificity. We discuss their involvement in abiotic stress response and place them as putative candidates for ubiquitination-based development of stress-tolerant crops. This review covers recent developments in this field using rice as a reference for crops, highlighting the questions still unanswered.
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Kim JH, Khan IU, Lee CW, Kim DY, Jang CS, Lim SD, Park YC, Kim JH, Seo YW. Identification and analysis of a differentially expressed wheat RING-type E3 ligase in spike primordia development during post-vernalization. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2021; 40:543-558. [PMID: 33423075 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-020-02651-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2020] [Accepted: 12/06/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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We identified a RING-type E3 ligase (TaBAH1) protein in winter wheat that targets TaSAHH1 for degradation and might be involved in primordia development by regulating targeted protein degradation. Grain yield per spike in wheat (Triticum aestivum), is mainly determined prior to flowering during mature primordia development; however, the genes involved in primordia development have yet to be characterized. In this study, we demonstrated that, after vernalization for 50 days at 4 °C, there was a rapid acceleration in primordia development to the mature stages in the winter wheat cultivars Keumgang and Yeongkwang compared with the Chinese Spring cultivar. Although Yeongkwang flowers later than Keumgang under normal condition, it has the same heading time and reaches the WS9 stage of floral development after vernalization for 50 days. Using RNA sequencing, we identified candidate genes associated with primordia development in cvs. Keumgang and Yeongkwang, that are differentially expressed during wheat reproductive stages. Among these, the RING-type E3 ligase TaBAH1 (TraesCS5B01G373000) was transcriptionally upregulated between the double-ridge (WS2.5) stage and later stages of floret primordia development (WS10) after vernalization. Transient expression analysis indicated that TaBAH1 was localized to the plasma membrane and nucleus and was characterized by self-ubiquitination activity. Furthermore, we found that TaBAH1 interacts with TaSAHH1 to mediate its polyubiquitination and degradation through a 26S proteasomal pathway. Collectively, the findings of this study indicate that TaBAH1 might play a prominent role in post-vernalization floret primordia development.
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- Jae Ho Kim
- Department of Plant Biotechnology, Korea University, Seongbuk-Gu, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology, Korea University, Seongbuk-Gu, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology, Korea University, Seongbuk-Gu, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology, Korea University, Seongbuk-Gu, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Plant Genomics Laboratory, Department of Applied Plant Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 200-713, Republic of Korea
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- Plant Genomics Laboratory, Department of Applied Plant Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 200-713, Republic of Korea
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- Plant Genomics Laboratory, Department of Applied Plant Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 200-713, Republic of Korea
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- Plant Genomics Laboratory, Department of Applied Plant Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 200-713, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology, Korea University, Seongbuk-Gu, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea.
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Lim SD, Oh DG, Park YC, Jang CS. Molecular characterization of a RING E3 ligase SbHCI1 in sorghum under heat and abscisic acid stress. PLANTA 2020; 252:89. [PMID: 33064214 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-020-03469-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2020] [Accepted: 09/12/2020] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Molecular function ofRING E3 ligase SbHCI1is involved in ABA-mediated basal heat stress tolerancein sorghum. Global warming generally reduces plant survival, owing to the negative effects of high temperatures on plant development. However, little is known about the role of Really Interesting New Gene (RING) E3 ligase in the heat stress responses of plants. As such, the aim of the present study was to characterize the molecular functions of the Sorghum bicolor ortholog of the Oryza sativa gene for Heat- and Cold-Induced RING finger protein 1 (SbHCI1). Subcellular localization revealed that SbHCI1 was mainly associated with the cytosol and that it moved to the Golgi apparatus under heat stress conditions. The fluorescent signals of SbHCI1 substrate proteins were observed to migrate to the cytoplasm under heat stress conditions. Bimolecular fluorescence complementation (BiFC) and yeast two-hybrid (Y2H) assays revealed that SbHCI1 physically interacted with OsHCI1 ortholog partner proteins in the cytoplasm. Moreover, an in vitro ubiquitination assay revealed that SbHCI1 polyubiquitinated each of the three interacting proteins. The ectopic overexpression of SbHCI1 in Arabidopsis revealed that the protein was capable of inducing abscisic acid (ABA)-hypersensitivity and basal heat stress tolerance. Therefore, SbHCI1 possesses E3 ligase activity and may function as a positive regulator of heat stress responses through the modulation of interacting proteins.
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- Sung Don Lim
- Plant Genomics Lab, Department of Bio-Resources Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 24341, Republic of Korea
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- Plant Genomics Lab, Department of Bio-Resources Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 24341, Republic of Korea
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- Plant Genomics Lab, Department of Bio-Resources Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 24341, Republic of Korea
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- Plant Genomics Lab, Department of Bio-Resources Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 24341, Republic of Korea.
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Yu SG, Kim JH, Cho NH, Oh TR, Kim WT. Arabidopsis RING E3 ubiquitin ligase JUL1 participates in ABA-mediated microtubule depolymerization, stomatal closure, and tolerance response to drought stress. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2020; 103:824-842. [PMID: 32314432 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14775] [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: 12/23/2019] [Revised: 03/28/2020] [Accepted: 03/31/2020] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Ubiquitination is a critical post-translational protein modification that has been implicated in diverse cellular processes, including abiotic stress responses, in plants. In the present study, we identified and characterized a T-DNA insertion mutant in the At5g10650 locus. Compared to wild-type Arabidopsis plants, at5g10650 progeny were hyposensitive to ABA at the germination stage. At5g10650 possessed a single C-terminal C3HC4-type Really Interesting New Gene (RING) motif, which was essential for ABA-mediated germination and E3 ligase activity in vitro. At5g10650 was closely associated with microtubules and microtubule-associated proteins in Arabidopsis and tobacco leaf cells. Localization of At5g10650 to the nucleus was frequently observed. Unexpectedly, At5g10650 was identified as JAV1-ASSOCIATED UBIQUITIN LIGASE1 (JUL1), which was recently reported to participate in the jasmonate signaling pathway. The jul1 knockout plants exhibited impaired ABA-promoted stomatal closure. In addition, stomatal closure could not be induced by hydrogen peroxide and calcium in jul1 plants. jul1 guard cells accumulated wild-type levels of H2 O2 after ABA treatment. These findings indicated that JUL1 acts downstream of H2 O2 and calcium in the ABA-mediated stomatal closure pathway. Typical radial arrays of microtubules were maintained in jul1 guard cells after exposure to ABA, H2 O2 , and calcium, which in turn resulted in ABA-hyposensitive stomatal movements. Finally, jul1 plants were markedly more susceptible to drought stress than wild-type plants. Overall, our results suggest that the Arabidopsis RING E3 ligase JUL1 plays a critical role in ABA-mediated microtubule disorganization, stomatal closure, and tolerance to drought stress.
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- Seong Gwan Yu
- Department of Systems Biology and Division of Life Science, Yonsei University, Seoul, 03722, Korea
- Institute of Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul, 03722, Korea
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- Department of Systems Biology and Division of Life Science, Yonsei University, Seoul, 03722, Korea
- Institute of Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul, 03722, Korea
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- Department of Systems Biology and Division of Life Science, Yonsei University, Seoul, 03722, Korea
- Institute of Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul, 03722, Korea
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- Department of Systems Biology and Division of Life Science, Yonsei University, Seoul, 03722, Korea
- Institute of Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul, 03722, Korea
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- Department of Systems Biology and Division of Life Science, Yonsei University, Seoul, 03722, Korea
- Institute of Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul, 03722, Korea
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Kim JH, Lim SD, Jang CS. Oryza sativa drought-, heat-, and salt-induced RING finger protein 1 (OsDHSRP1) negatively regulates abiotic stress-responsive gene expression. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2020; 103:235-252. [PMID: 32206999 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-020-00989-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2019] [Accepted: 03/02/2020] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Plants are sessile and unable to avoid environmental stresses, such as drought, high temperature, and high salinity, which often limit the overall plant growth. Plants have evolved many complex mechanisms to survive these abiotic stresses via post-translational modifications. Recent evidence suggests that ubiquitination plays a crucial role in regulating abiotic stress responses in plants by regulating their substrate proteins. Here, we reported the molecular function of a RING finger E3 ligase, Oryza sativa Drought, Heat and Salt-induced RING finger protein 1 (OsDHSRP1), involved in regulating plant abiotic stress tolerance via the Ub/26S proteasome system. The OsDHSRP1 gene transcripts were highly expressed under various abiotic stresses such as NaCl, drought, and heat and the phytohormone abscisic acid (ABA). In addition, in vitro ubiquitination assays demonstrated that the OsDHSRP1 protein possesses a RING-H2 type domain that confers ligase functionality. The results of yeast two-hybrid (Y2H), in vitro pull-down, and bimolecular fluorescence complementation assays support that OsDHSRP1 is able to regulate two substrates, O. sativa glyoxalase (OsGLYI-11.2) and O. sativa abiotic stress-induced cysteine proteinase 1 (OsACP1). We further confirmed that these two substrate proteins were ubiquitinated by OsDHSRP1 E3 ligase and caused protein degradation via the Ub/26S proteasome system. The Arabidopsis plants overexpressing OsDHSRP1 exhibited hypersensitivity to drought, heat, and NaCl stress and a decrease in their germination rates and root lengths compared to the control plants because the degradation of the OsGLYI-11.2 protein maintained lower glyoxalase levels, which increased the methylglyoxal amount in transgenic Arabidopsis plants. However, the OsDHSRP1-overexpressing plants showed no significant difference when treated with ABA. Our finding supports the hypothesis that the OsDHSRP1 E3 ligase acts as a negative regulator, and the degradation of its substrate proteins via ubiquitination plays important roles in regulating various abiotic stress responses via an ABA-independent pathway.
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- Ju Hee Kim
- Plant Genomics Laboratory, Department of Bio-Resources Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 200-713, South Korea
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- Plant Genomics Laboratory, Department of Bio-Resources Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 200-713, South Korea
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- Plant Genomics Laboratory, Department of Bio-Resources Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 200-713, South Korea.
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Park YC, Choi SY, Kim JH, Jang CS. Molecular Functions of Rice Cytosol-Localized RING Finger Protein 1 in Response to Salt and Drought and Comparative Analysis of Its Grass Orthologs. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2019; 60:2394-2409. [PMID: 31292649 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcz133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2019] [Accepted: 07/02/2019] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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In higher plants, the post-translational modification of target proteins via the attachment of molecules such as ubiquitin (Ub) mediates a variety of cellular functions via the Ub/26S proteasome system. Here, a really interesting new gene (RING)-H2 type E3 ligase, which regulates target proteins via the Ub/26S proteasome system, was isolated from a rice plant, and its other grass orthologs were examined to determine the evolution of its molecular function during speciation. The gene encoding Oryza sativa cytoplasmic-localized RING finger protein 1 (OsCLR1) was highly expressed under salt and drought stresses. By contrast, the three grass orthologs, SbCLR1 from Sorghum bicolor, ZmCLR1 from Zea mays and TaCLR1 from Triticum aestivum, showed different responses to these stresses. Despite these differences, all four orthologs exhibited E3 ligase activity with cytosol-targeted localization, demonstrating conserved molecular functions. Although OsCLR1-overexpressing plants showed higher survival rates under both salt and drought stresses than that of the wild type (WT) plants, this pattern was not observed in the other orthologs. In addition, OsCLR1-overexpressing plants exhibited lower germination rates in ABA than that of WT plants, whereas the three ortholog CLR1-overexpressing plants showed rates similar to the WT plants. These results indicate the positive regulation of OsCLR1 in response to salt and drought in an ABA-dependent manner. Despite the molecular functions of the three CLR1 orthologs remaining largely unknown, our results provide an insight into the evolutionary fate of CLR1 grass orthologs during speciation after the divergence from a common ancestor.
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- Yong Chan Park
- Plant Genomics Laboratory, Department of Bio-Resources Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
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- Plant Genomics Laboratory, Department of Bio-Resources Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
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- Plant Genomics Laboratory, Department of Bio-Resources Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
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- Plant Genomics Laboratory, Department of Bio-Resources Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
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Park YC, Lim SD, Moon JC, Jang CS. A rice really interesting new gene H2-type E3 ligase, OsSIRH2-14, enhances salinity tolerance via ubiquitin/26S proteasome-mediated degradation of salt-related proteins. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2019; 42:3061-3076. [PMID: 31325169 DOI: 10.1111/pce.13619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2019] [Accepted: 07/12/2019] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Salinity is a deleterious abiotic stress factor that affects growth, productivity, and physiology of crop plants. Strategies for improving salinity tolerance in plants are critical for crop breeding programmes. Here, we characterized the rice (Oryza sativa) really interesting new gene (RING) H2-type E3 ligase, OsSIRH2-14 (previously named OsRFPH2-14), which plays a positive role in salinity tolerance by regulating salt-related proteins including an HKT-type Na+ transporter (OsHKT2;1). OsSIRH2-14 expression was induced in root and shoot tissues treated with NaCl. The OsSIRH2-14-EYFP fusion protein was predominately expressed in the cytoplasm, Golgi, and plasma membrane of rice protoplasts. In vitro pull-down assays and bimolecular fluorescence complementation assays revealed that OsSIRH2-14 interacts with salt-related proteins, including OsHKT2;1. OsSIRH2-14 E3 ligase regulates OsHKT2;1 via the 26S proteasome system under high NaCl concentrations but not under normal conditions. Compared with wild type plants, OsSIRH2-14-overexpressing rice plants showed significantly enhanced salinity tolerance and reduced Na+ accumulation in the aerial shoot and root tissues. These results suggest that the OsSIRH2-14 RING E3 ligase positively regulates the salinity stress response by modulating the stability of salt-related proteins.
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- Yong Chan Park
- Plant Genomics Lab, Department of Applied Plant Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 24341, Republic of Korea
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- Plant Genomics Lab, Department of Applied Plant Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 24341, Republic of Korea
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- Plant Genomics Lab, Department of Applied Plant Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 24341, Republic of Korea
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- Plant Genomics Lab, Department of Applied Plant Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 24341, Republic of Korea
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Suratanee A, Chokrathok C, Chutimanukul P, Khrueasan N, Buaboocha T, Chadchawan S, Plaimas K. Two-State Co-Expression Network Analysis to Identify Genes Related to Salt Tolerance in Thai rice. Genes (Basel) 2018; 9:E594. [PMID: 30501128 PMCID: PMC6316690 DOI: 10.3390/genes9120594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2018] [Revised: 11/08/2018] [Accepted: 11/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Khao Dawk Mali 105 (KDML105) rice is one of the most important crops of Thailand. It is a challenging task to identify the genes responding to salinity in KDML105 rice. The analysis of the gene co-expression network has been widely performed to prioritize significant genes, in order to select the key genes in a specific condition. In this work, we analyzed the two-state co-expression networks of KDML105 rice under salt-stress and normal grown conditions. The clustering coefficient was applied to both networks and exhibited significantly different structures between the salt-stress state network and the original (normal-grown) network. With higher clustering coefficients, the genes that responded to the salt stress formed a dense cluster. To prioritize and select the genes responding to the salinity, we investigated genes with small partners under normal conditions that were highly expressed and were co-working with many more partners under salt-stress conditions. The results showed that the genes responding to the abiotic stimulus and relating to the generation of the precursor metabolites and energy were the great candidates, as salt tolerant marker genes. In conclusion, in the case of the complexity of the environmental conditions, gaining more information in order to deal with the co-expression network provides better candidates for further analysis.
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- Apichat Suratanee
- Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Applied Science, King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok 10800, Thailand.
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- Advanced Virtual and Intelligent Computing (AVIC) Center, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.
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- Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.
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- Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.
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- Advanced Virtual and Intelligent Computing (AVIC) Center, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.
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Role of the Ubiquitin Proteasome System in Plant Response to Abiotic Stress. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2018; 343:65-110. [PMID: 30712675 DOI: 10.1016/bs.ircmb.2018.05.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Ubiquitination is a prevalent post-translation modification system that is involved in almost all aspects of eukaryotic biology. It involves the attachment of ubiquitin, a small, highly conserved protein to selected substrates. The most notable function of ubiquitin is the targeting of modified proteins to the multi-proteolytic 26S proteasome complex for degradation. The ubiquitin proteasome system (UPS) regulates the abundance of numerous enzymes, structural and regulatory proteins ensuring proper cellular function. Plants utilize the UPS to facilitate cellular changes required to respond to and tolerate adverse growth conditions. In this review, the regulatory role of the UPS in responses to abiotic stress is discussed, particularly the function of ubiquitin-dependent degradation in the suppression, activation and attenuation or termination of stress signaling.
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Cho SK, Ryu MY, Kim JH, Hong JS, Oh TR, Kim WT, Yang SW. RING E3 ligases: key regulatory elements are involved in abiotic stress responses in plants. BMB Rep 2018; 50:393-400. [PMID: 28712388 PMCID: PMC5595168 DOI: 10.5483/bmbrep.2017.50.8.128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2017] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Plants are constantly exposed to a variety of abiotic stresses, such as drought, heat, cold, flood, and salinity. To survive under such unfavorable conditions, plants have evolutionarily developed their own resistant-mechanisms. For several decades, many studies have clarified specific stress response pathways of plants through various molecular and genetic studies. In particular, it was recently discovered that ubiquitin proteasome system (UPS), a regulatory mechanism for protein turn over, is greatly involved in the stress responsive pathways. In the UPS, many E3 ligases play key roles in recognizing and tethering poly-ubiquitins on target proteins for subsequent degradation by the 26S proteasome. Here we discuss the roles of RING ligases that have been defined in related to abiotic stress responses in plants.
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- Seok Keun Cho
- Department of Systems Biology, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Korea
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- Department of Systems Biology, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Korea
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- Department of Systems Biology, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Korea
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- Department of Systems Biology, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Korea
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- Department of Systems Biology, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Korea
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- Department of Systems Biology, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Korea
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- Department of Systems Biology, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Korea; Section of Plant Biochemistry, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, DK-1871 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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Chapagain S, Park YC, Kim JH, Jang CS. Oryza sativa salt-induced RING E3 ligase 2 (OsSIRP2) acts as a positive regulator of transketolase in plant response to salinity and osmotic stress. PLANTA 2018; 247:925-939. [PMID: 29285618 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-017-2838-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2017] [Accepted: 12/21/2017] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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A rice gene (OsSIRP2) encoding the RING Ub E3 ligase was highly induced under salinity stress and physically interacted with a transketolase (OsTKL1). Overexpression of OsSIRP2 conferred salinity and osmotic stress tolerance in plants. The RING E3 ligases play a vital role in post transitional modification through ubiquitination-mediated protein degradation that mediate plants responses during abiotic stresses and signal transduction. In this study, we report an Oryza sativa salt induced Really Interesting New Gene (RING) finger protein 2 gene (OsSIRP2) and elucidate its role under salinity and osmotic stress. The transcript levels of OsSIRP2 in rice leaves were induced in response to different abiotic stresses, such as salt, drought, heat, and abscisic acid (ABA) exposure. In vitro ubiquitination revealed that the OsSIRP2 protein formed poly-ubiquitin products, whereas a single amino acid substitution in OsSIRP2 (OsSIRP2C149A) in the RING domain did not form ubiquitinated substrates, supporting the hypothesis that E3 ligase activity requires the functional RING domain. Using the yeast two-hybrid (Y2H) assay, O. sativa transketolase 1 (OsTKL1) was identified as an interacting partner. OsSIRP2 was localized in the nucleus, whereas its interacting partner (OsTKL1) was localized in the cytosol and plastids in the rice protoplasts. Fluorescence signals between OsSIRP2 and OsTKL1 were observed in the cytosol. The pull-down assay confirmed the physical interaction between OsSIRP2 and OsTKL1. In vitro ubiquitination assay and in vitro protein degradation assay revealed that OsSIRP2 ubiquitinates OsTKL1 and enhances the degradation of OsTKL1 through the 26S proteasomal pathway. Heterogeneous overexpression of OsSIRP2 resulted in conferring tolerance against salinity and osmotic stress. Overall, our findings suggest that OsSIRP2 may be associated with plant responses to abiotic stresses and act as a positive regulator of salt and osmotic stress tolerance.
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- Sandeep Chapagain
- Plant Genomics Laboratory, Department of Applied Plant Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 24341, Korea
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- Plant Genomics Laboratory, Department of Applied Plant Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 24341, Korea
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- Plant Genomics Laboratory, Department of Applied Plant Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 24341, Korea
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- Plant Genomics Laboratory, Department of Applied Plant Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 24341, Korea.
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Park YC, Chapagain S, Jang CS. The microtubule-associated RING finger protein 1 (OsMAR1) acts as a negative regulator for salt-stress response through the regulation of OCPI2 (O. sativa chymotrypsin protease inhibitor 2). PLANTA 2018; 247:875-886. [PMID: 29260397 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-017-2834-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2017] [Accepted: 12/15/2017] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Our results suggest that a rice E3 ligase, OsMAR1, physically interacts with a cytosolic protein OCPI2 and may play an important role under salinity stress. Salt is an important abiotic stressor that negatively affects plant growth phases and alters development. Herein, we found that a rice gene, OsMAR1 (Oryza sativa microtubule-associated RING finger protein 1), encoding the RING E3 ligase was highly expressed in response to high salinity, water deficit, and ABA treatment. Fluorescence signals of its recombinant proteins were clearly associated with the microtubules in rice protoplasts. Yeast two-hybrid (Y2H) and bimolecular fluorescence complementation (BiFC) showed that OsMAR1 interacted with a cytosolic protein OCPI2 (O. sativa chymotrypsin protease inhibitor 2) and led to its degradation via the 26S proteasome. Heterogeneous overexpression of OsMAR1 in Arabidopsis showed retarded root growth compared with that of control plants, and then led to hypersensitivity phenotypes under high salinity stress. Taken together, OsMAR1 negatively regulates the salt-stress response via the regulation of the OCPI2 protein in rice.
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- Yong Chan Park
- Plant Genomics Lab, Department of Applied Plant Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 200-713, Republic of Korea
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- Plant Genomics Lab, Department of Applied Plant Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 200-713, Republic of Korea
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- Plant Genomics Lab, Department of Applied Plant Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 200-713, Republic of Korea.
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Lim SD, Yim WC, Liu D, Hu R, Yang X, Cushman JC. A Vitis vinifera basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor enhances plant cell size, vegetative biomass and reproductive yield. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2018; 16:1595-1615. [PMID: 29520945 PMCID: PMC6096725 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2017] [Accepted: 01/22/2018] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Strategies for improving plant size are critical targets for plant biotechnology to increase vegetative biomass or reproductive yield. To improve biomass production, a codon-optimized helix-loop-helix transcription factor (VvCEB1opt ) from wine grape was overexpressed in Arabidopsis thaliana resulting in significantly increased leaf number, leaf and rosette area, fresh weight and dry weight. Cell size, but typically not cell number, was increased in all tissues resulting in increased vegetative biomass and reproductive organ size, number and seed yield. Ionomic analysis of leaves revealed the VvCEB1opt -overexpressing plants had significantly elevated, K, S and Mo contents relative to control lines. Increased K content likely drives increased osmotic potential within cells leading to greater cellular growth and expansion. To understand the mechanistic basis of VvCEB1opt action, one transgenic line was genotyped using RNA-Seq mRNA expression profiling and revealed a novel transcriptional reprogramming network with significant changes in mRNA abundance for genes with functions in delayed flowering, pathogen-defence responses, iron homeostasis, vesicle-mediated cell wall formation and auxin-mediated signalling and responses. Direct testing of VvCEB1opt -overexpressing plants showed that they had significantly elevated auxin content and a significantly increased number of lateral leaf primordia within meristems relative to controls, confirming that cell expansion and organ number proliferation were likely an auxin-mediated process. VvCEB1opt overexpression in Nicotiana sylvestris also showed larger cells, organ size and biomass demonstrating the potential applicability of this innovative strategy for improving plant biomass and reproductive yield in crops.
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- Sung Don Lim
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyUniversity of Nevada, RenoRenoNVUSA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyUniversity of Nevada, RenoRenoNVUSA
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- Biosciences DivisionOak Ridge National LaboratoryOak RidgeTNUSA
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- Biosciences DivisionOak Ridge National LaboratoryOak RidgeTNUSA
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- Biosciences DivisionOak Ridge National LaboratoryOak RidgeTNUSA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyUniversity of Nevada, RenoRenoNVUSA
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Park YC, Chapagain S, Jang CS. A Negative Regulator in Response to Salinity in Rice: Oryza sativa Salt-, ABA- and Drought-Induced RING Finger Protein 1 (OsSADR1). PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2018; 59:575-589. [PMID: 29361060 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcy009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2017] [Accepted: 01/12/2018] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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RING (Really Interesting New Gene) finger proteins play crucial roles in abiotic stress responses in plants. We report the RING finger E3 ligase gene, an Oryza sativa salt, ABA and drought stress-induced RING finger protein 1 gene (OsSADR1). We demonstrated that although OsSAR1 possesses E3 ligase activity, a single amino acid substitution (OsSADR1C168A) in the RING domain resulted in no E3 ligase activity, suggesting that the activity of most E3s is specified by the RING domain. Additional assays substantiated that OsSADR1 interacts with three substrates-no E3 ligase acti and OsPIRIN, and mediates their proteolysis via the 26S proteasome pathway. For OsSADR1, approximately 62% of the transient signals were in the cytosol and 38% in the nucleus. However, transiently expressed OsSADR1 was primarily expressed in the nucleus (70%) in 200 mM salt-treated rice protoplasts. The two nucleus-localized proteins (OsSNAC2 and OsGRAS44) interacted with OsSADR1 in the cytosol and nucleus. Heterogeneous overexpression of OsSADR1 in Arabidopsis resulted in sensitive phenotypes for salt- and mannitol-responsive seed germination and seedling growth. With ABA, OsSADR1 overexpression in plants produced highly tolerant phenotypes, with morphological changes in root length and stomatal closure. The ABA-tolerant transgenic plants also showed hypersensitivity phenotypes under severe water deficit conditions. Taken together, OsSADR1 may act as a regulator in abiotic stress responses by modulating target protein levels.
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- Yong Chan Park
- Plant Genomics Lab, Department of Applied Plant Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 200-713, Republic of Korea
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- Plant Genomics Lab, Department of Applied Plant Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 200-713, Republic of Korea
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- Plant Genomics Lab, Department of Applied Plant Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 200-713, Republic of Korea
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Functional diversity of RING E3 ligases of major cereal crops in response to abiotic stresses. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s12892-017-0104-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Hwang SG, Chapagain S, Han AR, Park YC, Park HM, Kim YH, Jang CS. Molecular characterization of rice arsenic-induced RING finger E3 ligase 2 (OsAIR2) and its heterogeneous overexpression in Arabidopsis thaliana. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2017; 161:372-384. [PMID: 28766720 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.12607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2017] [Revised: 06/16/2017] [Accepted: 07/10/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Arsenic (As) accumulation adversely affects the growth and productivity of plants and poses a serious threat to human health and food security. In this study, we identified one As-responsive Really Interesting New Gene (RING) E3 ubiquitin ligase gene from rice root tissues during As stress. We named it Oryza sativa As-Induced RING E3 ligase 2 (OsAIR2). Expression of OsAIR2 was induced under various abiotic stress conditions, including heat, salt, drought and As exposure. Results of an in vitro ubiquitination assay showed that OsAIR2 possesses an E3 ligase activity. Within the cell, OsAIR2 was found to be localized to the Golgi apparatus. Using yeast two-hybrid (Y2H) assay, the 3-ketoacyl-CoA thiolase (KAT) protein was identified as an interaction partner. We found that the O. sativa KAT1 (OsKAT1) is localized to the cytosol and peroxisomes. Moreover, in vitro pull-down assay verified the physical interaction between OsAIR2 and OsKAT1. Interestingly, in vitro ubiquitination assay and in vivo proteasomal degradation assay revealed that OsAIR2 ubiquitinates OsKAT1 and promotes the degradation of OsKAT1 via the 26S proteasome degradation pathway. Heterogeneous overexpression of OsAIR2 in Arabidopsis improved the seed germination and increased the root length under arsenate stress conditions. Therefore, these results suggest that OsAIR2 may be associated with the plant response to As stress and acts as a positive regulator of As stress tolerance.
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- Sun-Goo Hwang
- Plant Genomics Laboratory, Department of Applied Plant Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 24341, South Korea
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- Plant Genomics Laboratory, Department of Applied Plant Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 24341, South Korea
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- Plant Genomics Laboratory, Department of Applied Plant Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 24341, South Korea
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- Plant Genomics Laboratory, Department of Applied Plant Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 24341, South Korea
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- Plant Genomics Laboratory, Department of Applied Plant Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 24341, South Korea
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- Department of Crop Science and Biotechnology, Dankook University, Cheonan, 31116, South Korea
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- Plant Genomics Laboratory, Department of Applied Plant Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 24341, South Korea
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Hwang SG, Kim JJ, Lim SD, Park YC, Moon JC, Jang CS. Molecular dissection of Oryza sativa salt-induced RING Finger Protein 1 (OsSIRP1): possible involvement in the sensitivity response to salinity stress. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2016; 158:168-79. [PMID: 27118216 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.12459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2016] [Accepted: 03/15/2016] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Ubiquitination-mediated protein degradation via Really Interesting New Gene (RING) E3 ligase plays an important role in plant responses to abiotic stress conditions. Many plant studies have found that RING proteins regulate the perception of various abiotic stresses and signal transduction. In this study, Oryza sativa salt-induced RING Finger Protein 1 (OsSIRP1) gene was selected randomly from 44 Oryza sativa RING Finger Proteins (OsRFPs) genes highly expressed in rice roots exposed to salinity stress. Transcript levels of OsSIRP1 in rice leaves after various stress treatments, including salt, heat, drought and hormone abscisic acid (ABA), were observed. Poly-ubiquitinated products of OsSIRP1 were investigated via an in vitro ubiquitination assay.35S:OsSIRP1-EYFP was distributed in the cytosol of untreated and salt-treated rice protoplasts. Heterogeneous overexpression of OsSIRP1 in Arabidopsis reduced tolerance for salinity stress during seed germination and root growth. Our findings indicate that OsSIRP1 acts as a negative regulator of salinity stress tolerance mediated by the ubiquitin 26S proteasome system.
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- Sun-Goo Hwang
- Plant Genomics Laboratory, Department of Applied Plant Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 200-713, Korea
- Agriculture and Life Sciences Research Institute, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 200-713, Korea
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- Plant Genomics Laboratory, Department of Applied Plant Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 200-713, Korea
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- Plant Genomics Laboratory, Department of Applied Plant Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 200-713, Korea
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- Plant Genomics Laboratory, Department of Applied Plant Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 200-713, Korea
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- Plant Genomics Laboratory, Department of Applied Plant Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 200-713, Korea
- Agriculture and Life Sciences Research Institute, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 200-713, Korea
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- Plant Genomics Laboratory, Department of Applied Plant Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 200-713, Korea.
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