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Gupta D, Tuteja N. Chaperones and foldases in endoplasmic reticulum stress signaling in plants. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2011; 6:232-6. [PMID: 21427533 PMCID: PMC3121983 DOI: 10.4161/psb.6.2.15490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2011] [Revised: 03/15/2011] [Accepted: 03/15/2011] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Molecular chaperones and foldases are a diverse group of proteins that in vivo bind to misfolded or unfolded proteins (non-native or unstable proteins) and play important role in their proper folding. Stress conditions compel altered and heightened chaperone and foldase expression activity in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), which highlights the role of these proteins, due to which several of the proteins under these classes were identified as heat shock proteins. Different chaperones and foldases are active in different cellular compartment performing specific tasks. The review will discuss the role of the ER chaperones and foldases under stress conditions to maintain proper protein folding dynamics in the plant cells and recent advances in the field. The ER chaperones and foldases, which are described in article, are binding protein (BiP), glucose regulated protein (GRP94), protein-disulfide isomerase (PDI), peptidyl-prolyl isomerases (PPI), immunophilins, calnexin and calreticulin.
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- Dinesh Gupta
- International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India
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Llop-Tous I, Madurga S, Giralt E, Marzabal P, Torrent M, Ludevid MD. Relevant elements of a maize gamma-zein domain involved in protein body biogenesis. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:35633-44. [PMID: 20829359 PMCID: PMC2975188 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.116285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2010] [Revised: 09/08/2010] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The N-terminal proline-rich domain of γ-zein (Zera) plays an important role in protein body (PB) formation not only in the original host (maize seeds) but in a broad spectrum of eukaryotic cells. However, the elements within the Zera sequence that are involved in the biogenesis of PBs have not been clearly identified. Here, we focused on amino acid sequence motifs that could be involved in Zera oligomerization, leading to PB-like structures in Nicotiana benthamiana leaves. By using fusions of Zera with fluorescent proteins, we found that the lack of the repeat region (PPPVHL)(8) of Zera resulted in the secretion of the fusion protein but that this repeat by itself did not form PBs. Although the repeat region containing eight units was the most efficient for Zera self-assembly, shorter repeats of 4-6 units still formed small multimers. Based on site-directed mutagenesis of Zera cysteine residues and analysis of multimer formation, we conclude that the two N-terminal Cys residues of Zera (Cys(7) and Cys(9)) are critical for oligomerization. Immunoelectron microscopy and confocal studies on PB development over time revealed that early, small, Zera-derived oligomers were sequestered in buds along the rough ER and that the mature size of the PBs could be attained by both cross-linking of preformed multimers and the incorporation of new chains of Zera fusions synthesized by active membrane-bound ribosomes. Based on these results and on the behavior of the Zera structure determined by molecular dynamics simulation studies, we propose a model of Zera-induced PB biogenesis.
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- Immaculada Llop-Tous
- From the Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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- the Departament de Química Física and IQTCUB, Universidad de Barcelona, Martí Franquès 1, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- the Institut de Recerca Biomèdica, Parc Científic de Barcelona, Baldiri Reixac 10, 08028 Barcelona, Spain, and
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- From the Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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- From the Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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Qin C, Qian W, Wang W, Wu Y, Yu C, Jiang X, Wang D, Wu P. GDP-mannose pyrophosphorylase is a genetic determinant of ammonium sensitivity in Arabidopsis thaliana. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008; 105:18308-13. [PMID: 19011088 PMCID: PMC2587558 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0806168105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Higher plant species differ widely in their growth responses to ammonium (NH(4)(+)). However, the molecular genetic mechanisms underlying NH(4)(+) sensitivity in plants remain unknown. Here, we report that mutations in the Arabidopsis gene encoding GDP-mannose pyrophosphorylase (GMPase) essential for synthesizing GDP-mannose confer hypersensitivity to NH(4)(+). The in planta activities of WT and mutant GMPases all were inhibited by NH(4)(+), but the magnitude of the inhibition was significantly larger in the mutant. Despite the involvement of GDP-mannose in both l-ascorbic acid (AsA) and N-glycoprotein biosynthesis, defective protein glycosylation in the roots, rather than decreased AsA content, was linked to the hypersensitivity of GMPase mutants to NH(4)(+). We conclude that NH(4)(+) inhibits GMPase activity and that the level of GMPase activity regulates Arabidopsis sensitivity to NH(4)(+). Further analysis showed that defective N-glycosylation of proteins, unfolded protein response, and cell death in the roots are likely important downstream molecular events involved in the growth inhibition of Arabidopsis by NH(4)(+).
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- Cheng Qin
- The State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; and
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- The State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosomal Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; and
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- The State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; and
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- The State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosomal Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; and
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- The State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosomal Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; and
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Kamauchi S, Wadahama H, Iwasaki K, Nakamoto Y, Nishizawa K, Ishimoto M, Kawada T, Urade R. Molecular cloning and characterization of two soybean protein disulfide isomerases as molecular chaperones for seed storage proteins. FEBS J 2008; 275:2644-58. [PMID: 18422652 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06412.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Protein disulfide isomerase family proteins play important roles in the folding of nascent polypeptides and the formation of disulfide bonds in the endoplasmic reticulum. In this study, we cloned two similar protein disulfide isomerase family genes from soybean leaf (Glycine max L. Merrill. cv Jack). The cDNAs encode proteins of 525 and 551 amino acids, named GmPDIL-1 and GmPDIL-2, respectively. Recombinant versions of GmPDIL-1 and GmPDIL-2 expressed in Escherichia coli exhibited oxidative refolding activity for denatured RNaseA. Genomic sequences of both GmPDIL-1 and GmPDIL-2 were cloned and sequenced. The comparison of soybean genomic sequences with those of Arabidopsis, rice and wheat showed impressive conservation of exon-intron structure across plant species. The promoter sequences of GmPDIL-1 apparently contain a cis-acting regulatory element functionally linked to unfolded protein response. GmPDIL-1, but not GmPDIL-2, expression was induced under endoplasmic reticulum-stress conditions. GmPDIL-1 and GmPDIL-2 promoters contain some predicted regulatory motifs for seed-specific expression. Both proteins were ubiquitously expressed in soybean tissues, including cotyledon, and localized to the endoplasmic reticulum. Data from coimmunoprecipitation experiments suggested that GmPDIL-1 and GmPDIL-2 associate with proglycinin, a precursor of the seed storage protein glycinin, and the alpha'-subunit of beta-conglycinin, a seed storage protein found in cotyledon cells under conditions that disrupt the folding of glycinin or beta-conglycinin, suggesting that GmPDIL-1 and GmPDIL-2 are involved in the proper folding or quality control of such storage proteins as molecular chaperones.
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- Shinya Kamauchi
- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Uji, Japan
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Hoeberichts FA, Vaeck E, Kiddle G, Coppens E, van de Cotte B, Adamantidis A, Ormenese S, Foyer CH, Zabeau M, Inzé D, Périlleux C, Van Breusegem F, Vuylsteke M. A Temperature-sensitive mutation in the Arabidopsis thaliana phosphomannomutase gene disrupts protein glycosylation and triggers cell death. J Biol Chem 2007; 283:5708-18. [PMID: 18086684 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m704991200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Eukaryotic phosphomannomutases (PMMs) catalyze the interconversion of mannose 6-phosphate to mannose 1-phosphate and are essential to the biosynthesis of GDP-mannose. As such, plant PMMs are involved in ascorbic acid (AsA) biosynthesis and N-glycosylation. We report on the conditional phenotype of the temperature-sensitive Arabidopsis thaliana pmm-12 mutant. Mutant seedlings were phenotypically similar to wild type seedlings when grown at 16-18 degrees C but died within several days after transfer to 28 degrees C. This phenotype was observed throughout both vegetative and reproductive development. Protein extracts derived from pmm-12 plants had lower PMM protein and enzyme activity levels. In vitro biochemical analysis of recombinant proteins showed that the mutant PMM protein was compromised in its catalytic efficiency (K cat/K m). Despite significantly decreased AsA levels in pmm-12 plants, AsA deficiency could not account for the observed phenotype. Since, at restrictive temperature, total glycoprotein patterns were altered and glycosylation of protein-disulfide isomerase was perturbed, we propose that a deficiency in protein glycosylation is responsible for the observed cell death phenotype.
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- Frank A Hoeberichts
- Department of Plant Systems Biology, Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), Ghent University, 9052 Gent, Belgium
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Jin H, Yan Z, Nam KH, Li J. Allele-specific suppression of a defective brassinosteroid receptor reveals a physiological role of UGGT in ER quality control. Mol Cell 2007; 26:821-30. [PMID: 17588517 PMCID: PMC1948852 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2007.05.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2007] [Revised: 04/11/2007] [Accepted: 05/16/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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UDP-glucose:glycoprotein glucosyltransferase (UGGT) is a presumed folding sensor of protein quality control in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Previous biochemical studies with nonphysiological substrates revealed that UGGT can glucosylate nonnative glycoproteins by recognizing subtle folding defects; however, its physiological function remains undefined. Here, we show that mutations in the Arabidopsis EBS1 gene suppressed the growth defects of a brassinosteroid (BR) receptor mutant, bri1-9, in an allele-specific manner by restoring its BR sensitivity. Using a map-based cloning strategy, we discovered that EBS1 encodes the Arabidopsis homolog of UGGT. We demonstrated that bri1-9 is retained in the ER through interactions with several ER chaperones and that ebs1 mutations significantly reduce the stringency of the retention-based ER quality control, allowing export of the structurally imperfect yet biochemically competent bri1-9 to the cell surface for BR perception. Thus, our discovery provides genetic support for a physiological role of UGGT in high-fidelity ER quality control.
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- Hua Jin
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1048, USA
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Secretory and transmembrane proteins are synthesized in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) in eukaryotic cells. Nascent polypeptide chains, which are translated on the rough ER, are translocated to the ER lumen and folded into their native conformation. When protein folding is inhibited because of mutations or unbalanced ratios of subunits of hetero-oligomeric proteins, unfolded or misfolded proteins accumulate in the ER in an event called ER stress. As ER stress often disturbs normal cellular functions, signal-transduction pathways are activated in an attempt to maintain the homeostasis of the ER. These pathways are collectively referred to as the unfolded protein response (UPR). There have been great advances in our understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying the UPR in yeast and mammals over the past two decades. In plants, a UPR analogous to those in yeast and mammals has been recognized and has recently attracted considerable attention. This review will summarize recent advances in the plant UPR and highlight the remaining questions that have yet to be addressed.
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- Reiko Urade
- Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan.
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Carvalho AP, Fernandes PA, Ramos MJ. Similarities and differences in the thioredoxin superfamily. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2005; 91:229-48. [PMID: 16098567 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2005.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/05/2005] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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There is growing interest in the proteins involved in protein folding. This is mainly due to the large number of human diseases related to defects in folding, which include cystic fibrosis, Alzheimer's and cancer. However, equally important as the oxidation and concomitant formation of disulfide bridges of the extracellular or secretory proteins is the reduction and maintenance in the reduced state of the proteins within the cell. Interestingly, the proteins that are responsible for maintenance of the reduced state belong to the same superfamily as those responsible for the formation of disulfide bridges: all are members of the thioredoxin superfamily. In this article, we highlight the main features of those thioredoxin-like proteins directly involved in the redox reactions. We describe their biological functions, cytoplasmic location, mechanisms of action, structures and active site features, and discuss the principal hypotheses concerning origins of the different reduction potentials and unusual pK(a)'s of the catalytic residues.
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- Alexandra P Carvalho
- Requimte, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Portugal.
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Tamura K, Yamada K, Shimada T, Hara-Nishimura I. Endoplasmic reticulum-resident proteins are constitutively transported to vacuoles for degradation. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2004; 39:393-402. [PMID: 15255868 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2004.02141.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Soluble endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-resident proteins have very long lives because of their ER residency. This residency depends largely on ER-retrieval signals at their C-terminus. We examined the long-term destiny of endogenous ER-resident proteins, a lumenal binding protein (BiP) and a protein disulfide isomerase (PDI), with cultured cells of Arabidopsis. ER residents, in contrast to vacuolar proteinases, were considerably degraded in cells at the stationary phase. A subcellular fractionation analysis suggested that ER residents were transported into the vacuoles, which accumulated the residents lacking the ER-retrieval signals. We showed that the PDI located in the vacuoles had high mannose glycans, but not complex glycans, which suggested that the ER resident was transported to the vacuoles independent of the medial/trans-Golgi complex. To visualize the pathway of transport of ER-resident proteins, tobacco BY-2 cells were transformed with a chimeric gene encoding an ER-targeted green fluorescent protein (30 kDa GFP-HDEL). In the transformed cells at the stationary phase, GFP fluorescence was observed in the vacuoles. A subcellular fractionation revealed that a trimmed form of 27 kDa GFP was localized in the vacuoles. Treatment with E-64d, an inhibitor of papain-type cysteine proteinases that inhibits the degradation of GFP in the vacuoles, resulted in a stable accumulation of 27 kDa GFP in the vacuoles, even in the logarithmic phase. Our results suggest that endogenous ER residents are transported constitutively to the vacuoles by bypassing the Golgi complex and are then degraded.
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- Kentaro Tamura
- Department of Botany, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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Lemaire SD, Miginiac-Maslow M. The thioredoxin superfamily in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2004; 82:203-20. [PMID: 16143836 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-004-1091-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2003] [Accepted: 02/23/2004] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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The thioredoxin (TRX) superfamily includes redox proteins such as thioredoxins, glutaredoxins (GRXs) and protein disulfide isomerases (PDI). These proteins share a common structural motif named the thioredoxin fold. They are involved in disulfide oxido-reduction and/or isomerization. The sequencing of the Arabidopsisgenome revealed an unsuspected multiplicity of TRX and GRX genes compared to other organisms. The availability of full Chlamydomonasgenome sequence offers the opportunity to determine whether this multiplicity is specific to higher plant species or common to all photosynthetic eukaryotes. We have previously shown that the multiplicity is more limited in Chlamydomonas for TRX and GRX families. We extend here our analysis to the PDI family. This paper presents a comparative analysis of the TRX, GRX and PDI families present in Arabidopsis,Chlamydomonas and Synechocystis. The putative subcellular localization of each protein and its relative expression level, based on EST data, have been investigated. This analysis provides a large overview of the redox regulatory systems present in Chlamydomonas. The data are discussed in view of recent results suggesting a complex cross-talk between the TRX, GRX and PDI redox regulatory networks.
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- Stéphane D Lemaire
- Institut de Biotechnologie des Plantes, Université Paris-Sud, UMR 8618 CNRS, Bâtiment 630, 91405, Orsay Cedex, France,
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Raychaudhuri A, Tipton PA. Cloning and expression of the gene for soybean hydroxyisourate hydrolase. Localization and implications for function and mechanism. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2002; 130:2061-8. [PMID: 12481089 PMCID: PMC166717 DOI: 10.1104/pp.011049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2002] [Revised: 07/22/2002] [Accepted: 07/28/2002] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The gene encoding hydroxyisourate hydrolase, a novel ureide-metabolizing enzyme, has been cloned from soybean (Glycine max). The gene encodes a protein that is 560 amino acids in length and contains a 31-amino acid signal sequence at the N terminus that is not present in the mature protein. The presence of two SKL motifs near the C terminus suggests that the protein resides in the peroxisome. This expectation is borne out by results from immunogold electron microscopy, which revealed that hydroxyisourate hydrolase was localized in the peroxisomes of uninfected root nodules. The gene encoding hydroxyisourate hydrolase was expressed in Escherichia coli, and soluble, catalytically active enzyme was purified to homogeneity. Sequence analysis revealed considerable homology with members of the beta-glucosidase family of enzymes. Two glutamate residues, E199 and E408, align with the conserved glutamates that play catalytic roles in the beta-glucosidases. However, the other residues that have been identified by crystallography to interact directly with the substrates in beta-glucosidases are not conserved in hydroxyisourate hydrolase. The E199A and E408A hydroxyisourate hydrolase mutants were devoid of detectable catalytic activity. Analysis of transcripts for hydroxyisourate hydrolase demonstrated that its level of expression was highest in the nodule; mRNA was detectable 12 d after infection and increased until 21 d postinfection, then declined. In a similar manner, immunodetection of hydroxyisourate hydrolase indicated preferential localization in the nodule; the amount of protein detected was maximal at 21 d postinfection. The pattern of expression of hydroxyisourate hydrolase matched that of urate oxidase, and supports the hypothesis that hydroxyisourate hydrolase plays a role in ureide metabolism.
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Kolosova N, Sherman D, Karlson D, Dudareva N. Cellular and subcellular localization of S-adenosyl-L-methionine:benzoic acid carboxyl methyltransferase, the enzyme responsible for biosynthesis of the volatile ester methylbenzoate in snapdragon flowers. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2001; 126:956-64. [PMID: 11457946 PMCID: PMC116452 DOI: 10.1104/pp.126.3.956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2001] [Revised: 02/04/2001] [Accepted: 02/12/2001] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The benzenoid ester, methylbenzoate is one of the most abundant scent compounds detected in the majority of snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus) varieties. It is produced in upper and lower lobes of petals by enzymatic methylation of benzoic acid in the reaction catalyzed by S-adenosyl-L-methionine:benzoic acid carboxyl methyltransferase (BAMT). To identify the location of methylbenzoate biosynthesis, we conducted an extensive immunolocalization study by light and electron microscopy at cellular and subcellular levels using antibodies against BAMT protein. BAMT was immunolocalized predominantly in the conical cells of the inner epidermal layer and, to a much lesser extent, in the cells of the outer epidermis of snapdragon flower petal lobes. It was also located in the inner epidermis of the corolla tube with little BAMT protein detected in the outer epidermis and in the yellow hairs within the tube on the bee's way to the nectar. These results strongly suggest that scent biosynthetic genes are expressed almost exclusively in the epidermal cells of floral organs. Immunogold labeling studies reveal that BAMT is a cytosolic enzyme, suggesting cytosolic location of methylbenzoate biosynthesis. The concentration of scent production on flower surfaces that face the pollinators during landing may increase pollination efficiency and also help to minimize the biosynthetic cost of advertising for pollinators.
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- N Kolosova
- Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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Lukowitz W, Nickle TC, Meinke DW, Last RL, Conklin PL, Somerville CR. Arabidopsis cyt1 mutants are deficient in a mannose-1-phosphate guanylyltransferase and point to a requirement of N-linked glycosylation for cellulose biosynthesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001; 98:2262-7. [PMID: 11226227 PMCID: PMC30126 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.051625798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 177] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Arabidopsis cyt1 mutants have a complex phenotype indicative of a severe defect in cell wall biogenesis. Mutant embryos arrest as wide, heart-shaped structures characterized by ectopic accumulation of callose and the occurrence of incomplete cell walls. Texture and thickness of the cell walls are irregular, and unesterified pectins show an abnormally diffuse distribution. To determine the molecular basis of these defects, we have cloned the CYT1 gene by a map-based approach and found that it encodes mannose-1-phosphate guanylyltransferase. A weak mutation in the same gene, called vtc1, has previously been identified on the basis of ozone sensitivity due to reduced levels of ascorbic acid. Mutant cyt1 embryos are deficient in N-glycosylation and have an altered composition of cell wall polysaccharides. Most notably, they show a 5-fold decrease in cellulose content. Characteristic aspects of the cyt1 phenotype, including radial swelling and accumulation of callose, can be mimicked with the inhibitor of N-glycosylation, tunicamycin. Our results suggest that N-glycosylation is required for cellulose biosynthesis and that a deficiency in this process can account for most phenotypic features of cyt1 embryos.
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- W Lukowitz
- Carnegie Institution of Washington, Department of Plant Biology, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
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Bauly JM, Sealy IM, Macdonald H, Brearley J, Dröge S, Hillmer S, Robinson DG, Venis MA, Blatt MR, Lazarus CM, Napier RM. Overexpression of auxin-binding protein enhances the sensitivity of guard cells to auxin. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2000; 124:1229-38. [PMID: 11080299 PMCID: PMC59221 DOI: 10.1104/pp.124.3.1229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2000] [Accepted: 07/09/2000] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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To explore the role of auxin-binding protein (ABP1) in planta, a number of transgenic tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) lines were generated. The wild-type KDEL endoplasmic reticulum targeting signal was mutated to HDEL, another common retention sequence in plants, and to KEQL or KDELGL to compromise its activity. The auxin-binding kinetics of these forms of ABP1 were found to be similar to those of ABP1 purified from maize (Zea mays). To test for a physiological response mediated by auxin, intact guard cells of the transgenic plants were impaled with double-barreled microelectrodes, and auxin-dependent changes in K(+) currents were recorded under voltage clamp. Exogenous auxin affected inwardly and outwardly rectifying K(+) currents in a dose-dependent manner. Auxin sensitivity was markedly enhanced in all plants overexpressing ABP1, irrespective of the form present. Immunogold electron microscopy was used to investigate the localization of ABP1 in the transgenic plants. All forms were detected in the endoplasmic reticulum and the KEQL and KDELGL forms passed further across the Golgi stacks than KDEL and HDEL forms. However, neither electron microscopy nor silver-enhanced immunogold epipolarization microscopy revealed differences in cell surface ABP1 abundance for any of the plants, including control plants, which indicated that overexpression of ABP1 alone was sufficient to confer increased sensitivity to added auxin. Jones et al. ([1998] Science 282: 1114-1117) found increased cell expansion in transgenic plants overexpressing wild-type ABP1. Single cell recordings extend this observation, with the demonstration that the auxin sensitivity of guard cell K(+) currents is mediated, at least in part, by ABP1.
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- J M Bauly
- Horticulture Research International, Wellesbourne, Warwick CV35 9EF, United Kingdom.
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Two-Oxoacid-Dependent Dioxygenases: Inefficient Enzymes or Evolutionary Driving Force? ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2000. [DOI: 10.1016/s0079-9920(00)80009-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/16/2023]
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Wojtaszek P, Smith CG, Bolwell GP. Ultrastructural localisation and further biochemical characterisation of prolyl 4-hydroxylase from Phaseolus vulgaris: comparative analysis. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 1999; 31:463-77. [PMID: 10224670 DOI: 10.1016/s1357-2725(98)00126-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Prolyl 4-hydroxylase (EC 1.14.11.2), the enzyme responsible for the post-translational hydroxylation of peptide proline, has been well described in animals but has been little studied in plants. The best characterised example is the enzyme from French bean (Phaseolus vulgaris). In this study, the biochemical properties of this plant enzyme were examined in more detail and, using specific polyclonal antibodies, the localisation of the enzyme was determined. Both alpha- and beta-subunits did not show multiple forms, suggesting a relatively broad specificity of the enzyme complex with respect to the target hydroxylated amino acid sequences. Antibodies to the mammalian and Chlamydomonas enzymes cross-react with the higher plant subunits, indicating that some epitopes are highly conserved. The P. vulgaris enzyme was inhibited by analogues of oxoglutarate, but was not susceptible to doxorubicin. Inhibition of the bean enzyme by an oxaloglycine derivative resulted in the retention of the target (hydroxy)proline-rich protein in the endomembrane system. Immunolocalisation of the enzyme showed close association with the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus in root tip cells of P. vulgaris or Tropaeolum majus. This localisation was particularly pronounced in Golgi-associated vesicles of young root tip cells of T. majus, cell types where rapid synthesis and deposition of wall material was observed. These data are consistent with the hypothesis, proposed by Bolwell [G.P. Bolwell, Dynamic aspects of the plant extracellular matrix, Int. Rev. Cytol. 146 (1993) 261-324], that protein hydroxylation must be completed before the glycosylation of the target (hydroxy)proline-rich glycoproteins in the Golgi stack.
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- P Wojtaszek
- Division of Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London, Egham, Surrey, UK
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Kersey R, Inoue K, Schubert KR, Dixon RA. Immunolocalization of two lignin O-methyltransferases in stems of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.). PROTOPLASMA 1999; 209:46-57. [PMID: 18987794 DOI: 10.1007/bf01415700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/1999] [Accepted: 04/28/1999] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Caffeic acid 3-O-methyltransferase (COMT) and caffeoyl CoA 3-O-methyltransferase (CCOMT) catalyze parallel reactions that are believed to be involved in the biosynthesis of lignin monomers. Antisera specific for alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) COMT or CCOMT were raised against the enzymes expressed inEscherichia coli, and were used for immunolocalization studies in lignifying alfalfa stem tissue. Both COMT and CCOMT were localized to xylem parenchyma cells, as assessed by light microscopy and immunocytochemistry. Electron microscopy revealed that both enzymes were located in the cytoplasm of xylem parenchyma cells, and to a lesser extent, in the cytoplasm of phloem cells. There was no significant difference in the localization pattern of COMT and CCOMT, suggesting that the two enzymes may be part of a metabolic grid leading to production of lignin monomers in lignifying tissue of mature alfalfa stem internodes.
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- R Kersey
- Department of Botany and Microbiology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, USA
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Coughlan SJ, Hastings C, Winfrey R. Cloning and characterization of the calreticulin gene from Ricinus communis L. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1997; 34:897-911. [PMID: 9290642 DOI: 10.1023/a:1005822327479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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A full-length cDNA encoding a calreticulin-like protein was isolated by immune-screening a germinating castor bean endosperm cDNA library with antisera raised to the total lumenal fraction of purified plant endoplasmic reticulum. The calcium-binding properties of the recombinant protein were characterized and shown to be essentially identical to those reported for the mammalian calreticulin. Calcium overlays and immune blot analysis confirmed the endoplasmic lumenal identity of this reticuloplasmin. Probing protein blots of endoplasmic reticulum subfractions with radio-iodinated calreticulin showed specific associations with various polypeptides including one identified as the abundant reticuloplasmin protein disulfide isomerase. Characterization of the corresponding genomic clones revealed that calreticulin is encoded by a single gene of 3 kb in castor. The full genomic sequence reveals the presence of 12 introns, 12 translated exons, and one exon containing the last three amino acids of the translated sequence and the 3'-untranslated region of the gene. Northern blot analysis of RNA isolated from various organ tissues showed a basal constitutive level of expression throughout the plant, but more abundant mRNA being detected in tissues active in secretion. This was confirmed by analysis of transgenic tobacco plants containing 1.8 kb of 5'-untranslated genomic sequence fused to the beta-glucuronidase reporter gene (GUS) showed a more localized pattern of expression. Activity being localized to the vasculature (phloem, root hairs and root tip) in vegetative tissue, and being strongly expressed in the floral organs including the developing and germinating seed.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- Calcium/metabolism
- Calcium-Binding Proteins/genetics
- Calreticulin
- Ricinus communis/genetics
- Cell Compartmentation
- Chromatography, Affinity
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- Endoplasmic Reticulum/genetics
- Escherichia coli/genetics
- Gene Expression
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
- Gene Library
- Genes, Plant
- Genes, Reporter
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Plants, Toxic
- Promoter Regions, Genetic/genetics
- Protein Binding
- RNA, Messenger/isolation & purification
- RNA, Plant/isolation & purification
- Recombinant Proteins/metabolism
- Ribonucleoproteins/genetics
- Seeds/genetics
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sequence Homology
- Tissue Distribution
- Transformation, Genetic
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- S J Coughlan
- Trait and Technology Development Department, Pioneer-Hi-Bred International, Johnston, IA 50131-1004, USA
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Boston RS, Viitanen PV, Vierling E. Molecular chaperones and protein folding in plants. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1996; 32:191-222. [PMID: 8980480 DOI: 10.1007/bf00039383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 282] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Protein folding in vivo is mediated by an array of proteins that act either as 'foldases' or 'molecular chaperones'. Foldases include protein disulfide isomerase and peptidyl prolyl isomerase, which catalyze the rearrangement of disulfide bonds or isomerization of peptide bonds around Pro residues, respectively. Molecular chaperones are a diverse group of proteins, but they share the property that they bind substrate proteins that are in unstable, non-native structural states. The best understood chaperone systems are HSP70/DnaK and HSP60/GroE, but considerable data support a chaperone role for other proteins, including HSP100, HSP90, small HSPs and calnexin. Recent research indicates that many, if not all, cellular proteins interact with chaperones and/or foldases during their lifetime in the cell. Different chaperone and foldase systems are required for synthesis, targeting, maturation and degradation of proteins in all cellular compartments. Thus, these diverse proteins affect an exceptionally broad array of cellular processes required for both normal cell function and survival of stress conditions. This review summarizes our current understanding of how these proteins function in plants, with a major focus on those systems where the most detailed mechanistic data are available, or where features of the chaperone/foldase system or substrate proteins are unique to plants.
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- R S Boston
- Department of Botany, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27695, USA
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Boston RS, Viitanen PV, Vierling E. Molecular chaperones and protein folding in plants. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1996. [PMID: 8980480 DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-0353-1_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Protein folding in vivo is mediated by an array of proteins that act either as 'foldases' or 'molecular chaperones'. Foldases include protein disulfide isomerase and peptidyl prolyl isomerase, which catalyze the rearrangement of disulfide bonds or isomerization of peptide bonds around Pro residues, respectively. Molecular chaperones are a diverse group of proteins, but they share the property that they bind substrate proteins that are in unstable, non-native structural states. The best understood chaperone systems are HSP70/DnaK and HSP60/GroE, but considerable data support a chaperone role for other proteins, including HSP100, HSP90, small HSPs and calnexin. Recent research indicates that many, if not all, cellular proteins interact with chaperones and/or foldases during their lifetime in the cell. Different chaperone and foldase systems are required for synthesis, targeting, maturation and degradation of proteins in all cellular compartments. Thus, these diverse proteins affect an exceptionally broad array of cellular processes required for both normal cell function and survival of stress conditions. This review summarizes our current understanding of how these proteins function in plants, with a major focus on those systems where the most detailed mechanistic data are available, or where features of the chaperone/foldase system or substrate proteins are unique to plants.
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- R S Boston
- Department of Botany, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27695, USA
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Shimoni Y, Galili G. Intramolecular disulfide bonds between conserved cysteines in wheat gliadins control their deposition into protein bodies. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:18869-74. [PMID: 8702547 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.31.18869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Following synthesis, wheat gliadin storage proteins are deposited into protein bodies inside the endomembrane system in a way that enables not only their efficient accumulation and dehydration during seed maturation, but also their rapid rehydration and degradation during germination. In the present report, we studied the mechanism of gliadin deposition and whether it was controlled by the conformation of these proteins. Although gliadins are generally known to be insoluble in aqueous solutions, sucrose gradient analysis showed that a considerable amount of these proteins appeared as relatively soluble monomers in developing grains. In vitro reduction of the intramolecular disulfide bonds that are present in natural monomeric gliadins caused their precipitation into insoluble aggregates. In addition, pulse-chase experiments in the absence or presence of reducing agents showed that formation of intramolecular disulfide bonds also played a major role in folding and deposition of the gliadins in vivo. Our results imply that following sequestration into the endoplasmic reticulum, the gliadins fold into relatively soluble monomers, which are incompetent for rapid aggregation and gradually assemble into protein bodies. This pattern of deposition apparently depends on the conformation of the gliadins, which is stabilized by intramolecular disulfide bonds formed between the conserved cysteines. The contribution of this study to the understanding of the evolution and function of gliadins is discussed.
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- Y Shimoni
- Department of Plant Genetics, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- P R Shewry
- Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Bristol, U.K
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Bar-Peled M, Conceicao A, Frigerio L, Raikhel NV. Expression and Regulation of aERD2, a Gene Encoding the KDEL Receptor Homolog in Plants, and Other Genes Encoding Proteins Involved in ER-Golgi Vesicular Trafficking. THE PLANT CELL 1995; 7:667-676. [PMID: 12242382 PMCID: PMC160814 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.7.6.667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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aERD2 and aSAR1 of Arabidopsis are functional homologs of yeast genes encoding proteins essential for endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-to-Golgi transport. The regulation of these secretory pathway genes in yeast, mammals, and plants is not known. High levels of expression of aERD2 and aSAR1 were observed in roots, flowers, and inflorescence stems, with the highest levels being detected in roots. The aSAR1 transcript levels were highest in young leaves and declined during leaf maturation. Low levels of aERD2 were detected in both young and fully mature leaves when compared with roots. In situ hybridization showed that trichomes accumulate more aERD2 transcript as the leaf expands, whereas aSAR1 is expressed equally in all leaf cell types. Treating plants with tunicamycin, a drug that blocks N-glycosylation in the ER, or with cold shock, known to block secretory protein transport, led to a marked accumulation of aERD2 and aSAR1 transcripts. The Arabidopsis ARF gene, which encodes a GTPase probably involved in Golgi vesicle traffic, was not affected by these treatments. This study is an essential first step toward understanding the regulation of genes that encode proteins involved in vesicular trafficking.
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- M. Bar-Peled
- Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1312
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Shimoni Y, Zhu XZ, Levanony H, Segal G, Galili G. Purification, characterization, and intracellular localization of glycosylated protein disulfide isomerase from wheat grains. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1995; 108:327-35. [PMID: 7784507 PMCID: PMC157338 DOI: 10.1104/pp.108.1.327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Wheat (Triticum aestivum) storage proteins fold and assemble into complexes that are linked by intra- and intermolecular disulfide bonds, but it is not yet clear whether these processes are spontaneous or require the assistance of endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-resident enzymes and molecular chaperones. Aiming to unravel these processes, we have purified and characterized the enzyme protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) from wheat endosperm, as well as studied its developmental expression and intracellular localization. This ER-resident enzyme was previously shown to be involved in the formation of disulfide bonds in secretory proteins. Wheat PDI appears as a 60-kD glycoprotein and is among the most abundant proteins within the ER of developing grains. PDI is notably upregulated in developing endosperm in comparison to embryos, leaves, and roots. In addition, the increase in PDI expression in grains appears at relatively early stages of development, preceding the onset of storage protein accumulation by several days. Subcellular localization analysis and immunogold labeling of electron micrographs showed that PDI is not only present in the lumen of the ER but is also co-localized with the storage proteins in the dense protein bodies. These observations are consistent with the hypothesis that PDI is involved in the assembly of wheat storage proteins within the ER.
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- Y Shimoni
- Department of Plant Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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