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Salami M, Heidari B, Alizadeh B, Batley J, Wang J, Tan XL, Dadkhodaie A, Richards C. Dissection of quantitative trait nucleotides and candidate genes associated with agronomic and yield-related traits under drought stress in rapeseed varieties: integration of genome-wide association study and transcriptomic analysis. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2024; 15:1342359. [PMID: 38567131 PMCID: PMC10985355 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1342359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2023] [Accepted: 02/26/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
Abstract
Introduction An important strategy to combat yield loss challenge is the development of varieties with increased tolerance to drought to maintain production. Improvement of crop yield under drought stress is critical to global food security. Methods In this study, we performed multiomics analysis in a collection of 119 diverse rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) varieties to dissect the genetic control of agronomic traits in two watering regimes [well-watered (WW) and drought stress (DS)] for 3 years. In the DS treatment, irrigation continued till the 50% pod development stage, whereas in the WW condition, it was performed throughout the whole growing season. Results The results of the genome-wide association study (GWAS) using 52,157 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) revealed 1,281 SNPs associated with traits. Six stable SNPs showed sequence variation for flowering time between the two irrigation conditions across years. Three novel SNPs on chromosome C04 for plant weight were located within drought tolerance-related gene ABCG16, and their pleiotropically effects on seed weight per plant and seed yield were characterized. We identified the C02 peak as a novel signal for flowering time, harboring 52.77% of the associated SNPs. The 288-kbps LD decay distance analysis revealed 2,232 candidate genes (CGs) associated with traits. The CGs BIG1-D, CAND1, DRG3, PUP10, and PUP21 were involved in phytohormone signaling and pollen development with significant effects on seed number, seed weight, and grain yield in drought conditions. By integrating GWAS and RNA-seq, 215 promising CGs were associated with developmental process, reproductive processes, cell wall organization, and response to stress. GWAS and differentially expressed genes (DEGs) of leaf and seed in the yield contrasting accessions identified BIG1-D, CAND1, and DRG3 genes for yield variation. Discussion The results of our study provide insights into the genetic control of drought tolerance and the improvement of marker-assisted selection (MAS) for breeding high-yield and drought-tolerant varieties.
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- Maryam Salami
- Department of Plant Production and Genetics, School of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
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- Department of Plant Production and Genetics, School of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
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- Oil Crops Research Department, Seed and Plant Improvement Institute, Agricultural Research Education and Extension, Organization, (AREEO), Karaj, Iran
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
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- School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China
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- Department of Plant Production and Genetics, School of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
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- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation, Fort Collins, CO, United States
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Wang K, Diaz S, Li L, Lohman JR, Liu X. CAND1 inhibits Cullin-2-RING ubiquitin ligases for enhanced substrate specificity. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2024; 31:323-335. [PMID: 38177676 PMCID: PMC10923007 DOI: 10.1038/s41594-023-01167-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2023] [Accepted: 10/29/2023] [Indexed: 01/06/2024]
Abstract
Through targeting essential cellular regulators for ubiquitination and serving as a major platform for discovering proteolysis-targeting chimera (PROTAC) drugs, Cullin-2 (CUL2)-RING ubiquitin ligases (CRL2s) comprise an important family of CRLs. The founding members of CRLs, the CUL1-based CRL1s, are known to be activated by CAND1, which exchanges the variable substrate receptors associated with the common CUL1 core and promotes the dynamic assembly of CRL1s. Here we find that CAND1 inhibits CRL2-mediated protein degradation in human cells. This effect arises due to altered binding kinetics, involving CAND1 and CRL2VHL, as we illustrate that CAND1 dramatically increases the dissociation rate of CRL2s but barely accelerates the assembly of stable CRL2s. Using PROTACs that differently recruit neo-substrates to CRL2VHL, we demonstrate that the inhibitory effect of CAND1 helps distinguish target proteins with different affinities for CRL2s, presenting a mechanism for selective protein degradation with proper pacing in the changing cellular environment.
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- Kankan Wang
- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
- Center for Plant Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.
- Center for Plant Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.
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Dong J, Li Y, Cheng S, Li X, Wei N. COP9 signalosome-mediated deneddylation of CULLIN1 is necessary for SCF EBF1 assembly in Arabidopsis thaliana. Cell Rep 2024; 43:113638. [PMID: 38184853 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113638] [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: 06/08/2023] [Revised: 11/06/2023] [Accepted: 12/15/2023] [Indexed: 01/09/2024] Open
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Functions of the SKP1-CUL1-F box (SCF) ubiquitin E3 ligases are essential in plants. The F box proteins (FBPs) are substrate receptors that recruit substrates and assemble an active SCF complex, but the regulatory mechanism underlying the FBPs binding to CUL1 to activate the SCF cycle is not fully understood. We show that Arabidopsis csn1-10 is defective in SCFEBF1-mediated PIF3 degradation during de-etiolation, due to impaired association of EBF1 with CUL1 in csn1-10. EBF1 preferentially associates with un-neddylated CUL1 that is deficient in csn1-10 and the EBF1-CUL1 binding is rescued by the neddylation inhibitor MLN4924. Furthermore, we identify a subset of FBPs with impaired binding to CUL1 in csn1-10, indicating their assembly to form SCF complexes may depend on COP9 signalosome (CSN)-mediated deneddylation of CUL1. This study reports that a key role of CSN-mediated CULLIN deneddylation is to gate the binding of the FBP-substrate module to CUL1, thus initiating the SCF cycle of substrate ubiquitination.
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- Jie Dong
- Institute of Crop Science, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Institute of Crop Science, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Institute of Crop Science, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, Peking University Institute of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Shandong Laboratory of Advanced Agriculture Sciences at Weifang, Weifang 261325, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China.
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Merchán-Gaitán JB, Mendes JHL, Nunes LEC, Buss DS, Rodrigues SP, Fernandes PMB. The Role of Plant Latex in Virus Biology. Viruses 2023; 16:47. [PMID: 38257746 PMCID: PMC10819414 DOI: 10.3390/v16010047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2023] [Revised: 12/21/2023] [Accepted: 12/25/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2024] Open
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At least 20,000 plant species produce latex, a capacity that appears to have evolved independently on numerous occasions. With a few exceptions, latex is stored under pressure in specialized cells known as laticifers and is exuded upon injury, leading to the assumption that it has a role in securing the plant after mechanical injury. In addition, a defensive effect against insect herbivores and fungal infections has been well established. Latex also appears to have effects on viruses, and laticifers are a hostile environment for virus colonization. Only one example of successful colonization has been reported: papaya meleira virus (PMeV) and papaya meleira virus 2 (PMeV2) in Carica papaya. In this review, a summary of studies that support both the pro- and anti-viral effects of plant latex compounds is provided. The latex components represent a promising natural source for the discovery of new pro- and anti-viral molecules in the fields of agriculture and medicine.
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- Multidisciplinary Core for Research in Biology, Campus Duque de Caxias, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Duque de Caxias 25240-005, RJ, Brazil; (J.H.L.M.); (L.E.C.N.)
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- Multidisciplinary Core for Research in Biology, Campus Duque de Caxias, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Duque de Caxias 25240-005, RJ, Brazil; (J.H.L.M.); (L.E.C.N.)
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- School of Life Sciences, Keele University, Newcastle ST5 5BG, UK;
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- Multidisciplinary Core for Research in Biology, Campus Duque de Caxias, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Duque de Caxias 25240-005, RJ, Brazil; (J.H.L.M.); (L.E.C.N.)
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Garcia SF, Pagano M. How "rock-and-roll" solved the cullin supply chain problem. Cell Res 2023; 33:741-742. [PMID: 37221268 PMCID: PMC10542374 DOI: 10.1038/s41422-023-00825-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023] Open
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- Sheena Faye Garcia
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, New York, NY, USA.
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Ye Y, Wang P, Zhang M, Abbas M, Zhang J, Liang C, Wang Y, Wei Y, Meng Z, Zhang R. UAV-based time-series phenotyping reveals the genetic basis of plant height in upland cotton. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2023; 115:937-951. [PMID: 37154288 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2023] [Revised: 04/28/2023] [Accepted: 05/02/2023] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
Abstract
Plant height (PH) is an important agronomic trait affecting crop architecture, biomass, resistance to lodging and mechanical harvesting. Elucidating the genetic governance of plant height is crucial because of the global demand for high crop yields. However, during the rapid growth period of plants the PH changes a lot on a daily basis, which makes it difficult to accurately phenotype the trait by hand on a large scale. In this study, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based remote-sensing phenotyping platform was applied to obtain time-series PHs of 320 upland cotton accessions in three different field trials. The results showed that the PHs obtained from UAV images were significantly correlated with ground-based manual measurements, for three trials (R2 = 0.96, 0.95 and 0.96). Two genetic loci on chromosomes A01 and A11 associated with PH were identified by genome-wide association studies (GWAS). GhUBP15 and GhCUL1 were identified to influence PH in further analysis. We obtained a time series of PH values for three field conditions based on remote sensing with UAV. The key genes identified in this study are of great value for the breeding of ideal plant architecture in cotton.
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- Yulu Ye
- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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Elander PH, Holla S, Sabljić I, Gutierrez-Beltran E, Willems P, Bozhkov PV, Minina EA. Interactome of Arabidopsis ATG5 Suggests Functions beyond Autophagy. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:12300. [PMID: 37569688 PMCID: PMC10418956 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241512300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2023] [Revised: 07/27/2023] [Accepted: 07/28/2023] [Indexed: 08/13/2023] Open
Abstract
Autophagy is a catabolic pathway capable of degrading cellular components ranging from individual molecules to organelles. Autophagy helps cells cope with stress by removing superfluous or hazardous material. In a previous work, we demonstrated that transcriptional upregulation of two autophagy-related genes, ATG5 and ATG7, in Arabidopsis thaliana positively affected agronomically important traits: biomass, seed yield, tolerance to pathogens and oxidative stress. Although the occurrence of these traits correlated with enhanced autophagic activity, it is possible that autophagy-independent roles of ATG5 and ATG7 also contributed to the phenotypes. In this study, we employed affinity purification and LC-MS/MS to identify the interactome of wild-type ATG5 and its autophagy-inactive substitution mutant, ATG5K128R Here we present the first interactome of plant ATG5, encompassing not only known autophagy regulators but also stress-response factors, components of the ubiquitin-proteasome system, proteins involved in endomembrane trafficking, and potential partners of the nuclear fraction of ATG5. Furthermore, we discovered post-translational modifications, such as phosphorylation and acetylation present on ATG5 complex components that are likely to play regulatory functions. These results strongly indicate that plant ATG5 complex proteins have roles beyond autophagy itself, opening avenues for further investigations on the complex roles of autophagy in plant growth and stress responses.
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- Pernilla H. Elander
- Department of Molecular Sciences, Uppsala BioCenter, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Linnean Center for Plant Biology, 750-07 Uppsala, Sweden; (P.H.E.); (S.H.); (I.S.); (P.V.B.)
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- Department of Molecular Sciences, Uppsala BioCenter, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Linnean Center for Plant Biology, 750-07 Uppsala, Sweden; (P.H.E.); (S.H.); (I.S.); (P.V.B.)
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- Department of Molecular Sciences, Uppsala BioCenter, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Linnean Center for Plant Biology, 750-07 Uppsala, Sweden; (P.H.E.); (S.H.); (I.S.); (P.V.B.)
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- Instituto de Bioquımica Vegetal y Fotosıntesis, Universidad de Sevilla and Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientıficas, 41092 Sevilla, Spain;
- Departamento de Bioquimica Vegetal y Biologia Molecular, Facultad de Biologia, Universidad de Sevilla, 41012 Sevilla, Spain
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, 9052 Ghent, Belgium;
- Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Molecular Sciences, Uppsala BioCenter, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Linnean Center for Plant Biology, 750-07 Uppsala, Sweden; (P.H.E.); (S.H.); (I.S.); (P.V.B.)
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- Department of Molecular Sciences, Uppsala BioCenter, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Linnean Center for Plant Biology, 750-07 Uppsala, Sweden; (P.H.E.); (S.H.); (I.S.); (P.V.B.)
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Shaaban M, Clapperton JA, Ding S, Kunzelmann S, Mäeots ME, Maslen SL, Skehel JM, Enchev RI. Structural and mechanistic insights into the CAND1-mediated SCF substrate receptor exchange. Mol Cell 2023:S1097-2765(23)00418-5. [PMID: 37339624 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2023.05.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2023] [Revised: 05/15/2023] [Accepted: 05/25/2023] [Indexed: 06/22/2023]
Abstract
Modular SCF (SKP1-CUL1-Fbox) ubiquitin E3 ligases orchestrate multiple cellular pathways in eukaryotes. Their variable SKP1-Fbox substrate receptor (SR) modules enable regulated substrate recruitment and subsequent proteasomal degradation. CAND proteins are essential for the efficient and timely exchange of SRs. To gain structural understanding of the underlying molecular mechanism, we reconstituted a human CAND1-driven exchange reaction of substrate-bound SCF alongside its co-E3 ligase DCNL1 and visualized it by cryo-EM. We describe high-resolution structural intermediates, including a ternary CAND1-SCF complex, as well as conformational and compositional intermediates representing SR- or CAND1-dissociation. We describe in molecular detail how CAND1-induced conformational changes in CUL1/RBX1 provide an optimized DCNL1-binding site and reveal an unexpected dual role for DCNL1 in CAND1-SCF dynamics. Moreover, a partially dissociated CAND1-SCF conformation accommodates cullin neddylation, leading to CAND1 displacement. Our structural findings, together with functional biochemical assays, help formulate a detailed model for CAND-SCF regulation.
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- Mohammed Shaaban
- The Visual Biochemistry Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, NW1 1AT London, UK
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- The Visual Biochemistry Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, NW1 1AT London, UK
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- The Visual Biochemistry Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, NW1 1AT London, UK
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- Structural Biology Science Technology Platform, The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, NW1 1AT London, UK
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- The Visual Biochemistry Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, NW1 1AT London, UK
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- Proteomics Science Technology Platform, The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, NW1 1AT London, UK
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- Proteomics Science Technology Platform, The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, NW1 1AT London, UK
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- The Visual Biochemistry Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, NW1 1AT London, UK.
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Li L, Wang K, Zhou Y, Liu X. Review: A silent concert in developing plants: Dynamic assembly of cullin-RING ubiquitin ligases. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2023; 330:111662. [PMID: 36822503 PMCID: PMC10065934 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2023.111662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2022] [Revised: 01/27/2023] [Accepted: 02/20/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
Plants appear quiet: quietly, they break the ground, expand leaves, search for resources, alert each other to invaders, and heal their own wounds. In contrast to the stationary appearance, the inside world of a plant is full of movements: cells divide to increase the body mass and form new organs; signaling molecules migrate among cells and tissues to drive transcriptional cascades and developmental programs; macromolecules, such as RNAs and proteins, collaborate with different partners to maintain optimal organismal function under changing cellular and environmental conditions. All these activities require a dynamic yet appropriately controlled molecular network in plant cells. In this short review, we used the regulation of cullin-RING ubiquitin ligases (CRLs) as an example to discuss how dynamic biochemical processes contribute to plant development. CRLs comprise a large family of modular multi-unit enzymes that determine the activity and stability of diverse regulatory proteins playing crucial roles in plant growth and development. The mechanism governing the dynamic assembly of CRLs is essential for CRL activity and biological function, and it may provide insights and implications for the regulation of other dynamic multi-unit complexes involved in fundamental processes such as transcription, translation, and protein sorting in plants.
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- Lihong Li
- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States; Center for Plant Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States; Center for Plant Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States; Center for Plant Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States.
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Baek K, Scott DC, Henneberg LT, King MT, Mann M, Schulman BA. Systemwide disassembly and assembly of SCF ubiquitin ligase complexes. Cell 2023; 186:1895-1911.e21. [PMID: 37028429 PMCID: PMC10156175 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2023.02.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2022] [Revised: 02/06/2023] [Accepted: 02/27/2023] [Indexed: 04/09/2023]
Abstract
Cells respond to environmental cues by remodeling their inventories of multiprotein complexes. Cellular repertoires of SCF (SKP1-CUL1-F box protein) ubiquitin ligase complexes, which mediate much protein degradation, require CAND1 to distribute the limiting CUL1 subunit across the family of ∼70 different F box proteins. Yet, how a single factor coordinately assembles numerous distinct multiprotein complexes remains unknown. We obtained cryo-EM structures of CAND1-bound SCF complexes in multiple states and correlated mutational effects on structures, biochemistry, and cellular assays. The data suggest that CAND1 clasps idling catalytic domains of an inactive SCF, rolls around, and allosterically rocks and destabilizes the SCF. New SCF production proceeds in reverse, through SKP1-F box allosterically destabilizing CAND1. The CAND1-SCF conformational ensemble recycles CUL1 from inactive complexes, fueling mixing and matching of SCF parts for E3 activation in response to substrate availability. Our data reveal biogenesis of a predominant family of E3 ligases, and the molecular basis for systemwide multiprotein complex assembly.
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- Kheewoong Baek
- Department of Molecular Machines and Signaling, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried 82152, Germany
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- Department of Structural Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Department of Molecular Machines and Signaling, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried 82152, Germany
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- Department of Structural Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Department of Proteomics and Signal Transduction, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Machines and Signaling, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried 82152, Germany; Department of Structural Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA.
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Xin K, Zhang Y, Fan L, Qi Z, Feng C, Wang Q, Jiang C, Xu JR, Liu H. Experimental evidence for the functional importance and adaptive advantage of A-to-I RNA editing in fungi. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023; 120:e2219029120. [PMID: 36917661 PMCID: PMC10041177 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2219029120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2022] [Accepted: 02/13/2023] [Indexed: 03/16/2023] Open
Abstract
Adenosine-to-inosine (A-to-I) editing is the most prevalent type of RNA editing in animals, and it occurs in fungi specifically during sexual reproduction. However, it is debatable whether A-to-I RNA editing is adaptive. Deciphering the functional importance of individual editing sites is essential for the mechanistic understanding of the adaptive advantages of RNA editing. Here, by performing gene deletion for 17 genes with conserved missense editing (CME) sites and engineering underedited (ue) and overedited (oe) mutants for 10 CME sites using site-specific mutagenesis at the native locus in Fusarium graminearum, we demonstrated that two CME sites in CME5 and CME11 genes are functionally important for sexual reproduction. Although the overedited mutant was normal in sexual reproduction, the underedited mutant of CME5 had severe defects in ascus and ascospore formation like the deletion mutant, suggesting that the CME site of CME5 is co-opted for sexual development. The preediting residue of Cme5 is evolutionarily conserved across diverse classes of Ascomycota, while the postediting one is rarely hardwired into the genome, implying that editing at this site leads to higher fitness than a genomic A-to-G mutation. More importantly, mutants expressing only the underedited or the overedited allele of CME11 are defective in ascosporogenesis, while those expressing both alleles displayed normal phenotypes, indicating that concurrently expressing edited and unedited versions of Cme11 is more advantageous than either. Our study provides convincing experimental evidence for the long-suspected adaptive advantages of RNA editing in fungi and likely in animals.
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- Kaiyun Xin
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang, Shaanxi712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang, Shaanxi712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang, Shaanxi712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang, Shaanxi712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang, Shaanxi712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang, Shaanxi712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang, Shaanxi712100, China
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN47907
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang, Shaanxi712100, China
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Hu S, Yu K, Yan J, Shan X, Xie D. Jasmonate perception: Ligand-receptor interaction, regulation, and evolution. MOLECULAR PLANT 2023; 16:23-42. [PMID: 36056561 DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2022.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2022] [Revised: 08/10/2022] [Accepted: 08/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Phytohormones integrate external environmental and developmental signals with internal cellular responses for plant survival and multiplication in changing surroundings. Jasmonate (JA), which might originate from prokaryotes and benefit plant terrestrial adaptation, is a vital phytohormone that regulates diverse developmental processes and defense responses against various environmental stresses. In this review, we first provide an overview of ligand-receptor binding techniques used for the characterization of phytohormone-receptor interactions, then introduce the identification of the receptor COI1 and active JA molecules, and finally summarize recent advances on the regulation of JA perception and its evolution.
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- Shuai Hu
- MOE Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Peking University-Tsinghua University-National Institute of Biological Sciences Joint Graduate Program, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen 518124, China; Kunpeng Institute of Modern Agriculture at Foshan, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Foshan 528200, China.
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- MOE Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
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- MOE Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; Peking University-Tsinghua University-National Institute of Biological Sciences Joint Graduate Program, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
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Pan J, Ahmad MZ, Zhu S, Chen W, Yao J, Li Y, Fang S, Li T, Yeboah A, He L, Zhang Y. Identification, Classification and Characterization Analysis of FBXL Gene in Cotton. Genes (Basel) 2022; 13:genes13122194. [PMID: 36553463 PMCID: PMC9777894 DOI: 10.3390/genes13122194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2022] [Revised: 11/14/2022] [Accepted: 11/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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F-box/LR (FBXL), Leucine-rich repeats in F-box proteins, belongs to the Skp1-Cullin1-F-box protein (SCF) E3 ligase family. FBXL genes play important roles in plant growth, such as plant hormones, responses to environmental stress, and floral organ development. Here, a total of 518 FBXL genes were identified and analyzed in six plant species. Phylogenetic analysis showed that AtFBXLs, VvFBXLs, and GrFBXLs were clustered into three subfamilies (Ⅰ-Ⅲ). Based on the composition of the F-box domain and carboxyl-terminal amino acid sequence, FBXL proteins were classified into three types (Type-A/-B/-C). Whole-genome duplication (WGD) along with tandem duplications and segmental contributed to the expansion of this gene family. The result indicates that four cotton species are also divided into three subfamilies. FBXLs in cotton were classified into three clades by phylogenetic and structural analyses. Furthermore, expression analyses indicated that the expression patterns of GhFBXLs in different cotton tissues were different. The highly expressed of GH_A07G2363 in 5-8 mm anthers, indicates that this gene might play a role in the reproductive process, providing candidate genes for future studies on cotton fertility materials. This study provides an original functional opinion and a useful interpretation of the FBXL protein family in cotton.
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- Jingwen Pan
- College of Agronomy, Tarim University, Alar 843300, China
- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang 455000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang 455000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang 455000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang 455000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang 455000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang 455000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang 455000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang 455000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang 455000, China
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- College of Agronomy, Tarim University, Alar 843300, China
- Correspondence: (L.H.); (Y.Z.)
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- College of Agronomy, Tarim University, Alar 843300, China
- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang 455000, China
- Correspondence: (L.H.); (Y.Z.)
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Du B, Wu J, Islam MS, Sun C, Lu B, Wei P, Liu D, Chen C. Genome-wide meta-analysis of QTL for morphological related traits of flag leaf in bread wheat. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0276602. [PMID: 36279291 PMCID: PMC9591062 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0276602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2022] [Accepted: 10/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Flag leaf is an important organ for photosynthesis of wheat plants, and a key factor affecting wheat yield. In this study, quantitative trait loci (QTL) for flag leaf morphological traits in wheat reported since 2010 were collected to investigate the genetic mechanism of these traits. Integration of 304 QTLs from various mapping populations into a high-density consensus map composed of various types of molecular markers as well as QTL meta-analysis discovered 55 meta-QTLs (MQTL) controlling morphological traits of flag leaves, of which 10 MQTLs were confirmed by GWAS. Four high-confidence MQTLs (MQTL-1, MQTL-11, MQTL-13, and MQTL-52) were screened out from 55 MQTLs, with an average confidence interval of 0.82 cM and a physical distance of 9.4 Mb, according to the definition of hcMQTL. Ten wheat orthologs from rice (7) and Arabidopsis (3) that regulated leaf angle, development and morphogenesis traits were identified in the hcMQTL region using comparative genomics, and were speculated to be potential candidate genes regulating flag leaf morphological traits in wheat. The results from this study provides valuable information for fine mapping and molecular markers assisted selection to improve morphological characters in wheat flag leaf.
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- Binbin Du
- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, West Anhui University, Lu’an, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, West Anhui University, Lu’an, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Science and Technology and the Key Lab of Crop Disease Monitoring & Safety Control in Hubei Province, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, West Anhui University, Lu’an, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, West Anhui University, Lu’an, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, West Anhui University, Lu’an, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, West Anhui University, Lu’an, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, West Anhui University, Lu’an, China
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Guijosa A, Freyria A, Espinosa‐Fernandez JR, Estrada‐Mena FJ, Armenta‐Quiroga AS, Ortega‐Treviño MF, Catalán R, Antonio‐Aguirre B, Villarreal‐Garza C, Perez‐Ortiz AC. Pharmacogenetics of taxane-induced neurotoxicity in breast cancer: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Clin Transl Sci 2022; 15:2403-2436. [PMID: 35892315 PMCID: PMC9579387 DOI: 10.1111/cts.13370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2022] [Revised: 05/09/2022] [Accepted: 06/20/2022] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Taxane-based chemotherapy regimens are used as first-line treatment for breast cancer. Neurotoxicity, mainly taxane-induced peripheral neuropathy (TIPN), remains the most important dose-limiting adverse event. Multiple genes may be associated with TIPN; however, the strength and direction of the association remain unclear. For this reason, we systematically reviewed observational studies of TIPN pharmacogenetic markers in breast cancer treatment. We conducted a systematic search of terms alluding to breast cancer, genetic markers, taxanes, and neurotoxicity in Ovid, ProQuest, PubMed, Scopus, Virtual Health, and Web of Science. We assessed the quality of evidence and bias profile. We extracted relevant variables and effect measures. Whenever possible, we performed random-effects gene meta-analyses and examined interstudy heterogeneity with meta-regression models and subgroup analyses. This study follows the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) and STrengthening the REporting of Genetic Association Studies (STREGA) reporting guidance. A total of 42 studies with 19,431 participants were included. These evaluated 262 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) across 121 genes. We conducted meta-analyses on 23 genes with 60 SNPs (19 studies and 6246 participants). Thirteen individual SNPs (ABCB1-rs2032582, ABCB1-rs3213619, BCL6/-rs1903216, /CAND1-rs17781082, CYP1B1-rs1056836, CYP2C8-rs10509681, CYP2C8-rs11572080, EPHA5-rs7349683, EPHA6-rs301927, FZD3-rs7001034, GSTP1-rs1138272, TUBB2A-rs9501929, and XKR4-rs4737264) and the overall SNPs' effect in four genes (CYP3A4, EphA5, GSTP1, and SLCO1B1) were statistically significantly associated with TIPN through meta-analysis. In conclusion, through systematic review and meta-analysis, we found that polymorphisms, and particularly 13 SNPs, are associated with TIPN, suggesting that genetics does play a role in interindividual predisposition. Further studies could potentially use these findings to develop individual risk profiles and guide decision making.
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- School of MedicineUniversidad PanamericanaMexico CityMexico
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- School of MedicineUniversidad PanamericanaMexico CityMexico,Thoracic Oncology UnitInstituto Nacional de CancerologíaMexico CityMexico
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- Breast Cancer Center, Hospital Zambrano Hellion TecSalud, Tecnologico de MonterreySan Pedro Garza GarcíaNuevo LeónMexico
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- School of MedicineUniversidad PanamericanaMexico CityMexico,Transplant CenterMassachusetts General HospitalBostonMassachusettsUSA
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Liu X, Luo M, Li M, Wei J. Transcriptomic Analysis Reveals LncRNAs Associated with Flowering of Angelica sinensis during Vernalization. Curr Issues Mol Biol 2022; 44:1867-1888. [PMID: 35678657 PMCID: PMC9164074 DOI: 10.3390/cimb44050128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2022] [Revised: 04/19/2022] [Accepted: 04/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Angelica sinensis is a “low-temperature and long-day” perennial plant that produces bioactive compounds such as phthalides, organic acids, and polysaccharides for various types of clinical agents, including those with cardio-cerebrovascular, hepatoprotective, and immunomodulatory effects. To date, the regulatory mechanism of flowering under the photoperiod has been revealed, while the regulatory network of flowering genes during vernalization, especially in the role of lncRNAs, has yet to be identified. Here, lncRNAs associated with flowering were identified based on the full-length transcriptomic analysis of A. sinensis at vernalization and freezing temperatures, and the coexpressed mRNAs of lncRNAs were validated by qRT-PCR. We obtained a total of 2327 lncRNAs after assessing the protein-coding potential of coexpressed mRNAs, with 607 lncRNAs aligned against the TAIR database of model plant Arabidopsis, 345 lncRNAs identified, and 272 lncRNAs characterized on the SwissProt database. Based on the biological functions of coexpressed mRNAs, the 272 lncRNAs were divided into six categories: (1) chromatin, DNA/RNA and protein modification; (2) flowering; (3) stress response; (4) metabolism; (5) bio-signaling; and (6) energy and transport. The differential expression levels of representatively coexpressed mRNAs were almost consistent with the flowering of A. sinensis. It can be concluded that the flowering of A. sinensis is positively or negatively regulated by lncRNAs, which provides new insights into the regulation mechanism of the flowering of A. sinensis.
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- Xiaoxia Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science, College of Life Science and Technology, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China; (X.L.); (M.L.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science, College of Life Science and Technology, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China; (X.L.); (M.L.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science, College of Life Science and Technology, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China; (X.L.); (M.L.)
- Correspondence: (M.L.); (J.W.)
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- Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100193, China
- Correspondence: (M.L.); (J.W.)
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Li L, Garsamo M, Yuan J, Wang X, Lam SH, Varala K, Boavida LC, Zhou Y, Liu X. CAND1 is required for pollen viability in Arabidopsis thaliana-a test of the adaptive exchange hypothesis. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:866086. [PMID: 35968124 PMCID: PMC9366119 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.866086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2022] [Accepted: 07/04/2022] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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The dynamic assembly of SKP1•CUL1•F-box protein (SCF) ubiquitin ligases is important for protein ubiquitination and degradation. This process is enabled by CAND1, which exchanges F-box proteins associated with the common CUL1 scaffold, and thereby, recycles the limited CUL1 core and allows diverse F-box proteins to assemble active SCFs. Previous human cell biological and computational studies have led to the adaptive exchange hypothesis, which suggests that the CAND1-mediated exchange confers plasticity on the SCF system, allowing cells to tolerate large variations in F-box protein expression. Here, we tested this hypothesis using Arabidopsis thaliana, a multicellular organism expressing hundreds of F-box protein genes at variable levels in different tissues. The cand1 null mutant in Arabidopsis is viable but produce almost no seeds. Bioinformatic, cell biological, and developmental analyses revealed that the low fertility in the cand1 mutant is associated with cell death in pollen, where the net expression of F-box protein genes is significantly higher than any other Arabidopsis tissue. In addition, we show that the transmission efficiency of the cand1 null allele was reduced through the male but not the female gametophyte. Our results suggest that CAND1 activity is essential in cells or tissues expressing high levels of F-box proteins. This finding is consistent with the proposed adaptive exchange hypothesis, demonstrating the necessity of the evolutionarily conserved CAND1-mediated exchange system in the development of a multicellular organism.
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- Lihong Li
- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States
- Center for Plant Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States
- Center for Plant Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States
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- Center for Plant Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States
- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States
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- Center for Plant Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States
- Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States
- Center for Plant Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States
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- Center for Plant Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States
- Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States
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- Center for Plant Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States
- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States
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- Center for Plant Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States
- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States
- Center for Plant Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States
- *Correspondence: Xing Liu,
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Harper JW, Schulman BA. Cullin-RING Ubiquitin Ligase Regulatory Circuits: A Quarter Century Beyond the F-Box Hypothesis. Annu Rev Biochem 2021; 90:403-429. [PMID: 33823649 PMCID: PMC8217159 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-biochem-090120-013613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Cullin-RING ubiquitin ligases (CRLs) are dynamic modular platforms that regulate myriad biological processes through target-specific ubiquitylation. Our knowledge of this system emerged from the F-box hypothesis, posited a quarter century ago: Numerous interchangeable F-box proteins confer specific substrate recognition for a core CUL1-based RING E3 ubiquitin ligase. This paradigm has been expanded through the evolution of a superfamily of analogous modular CRLs, with five major families and over 200 different substrate-binding receptors in humans. Regulation is achieved by numerous factors organized in circuits that dynamically control CRL activation and substrate ubiquitylation. CRLs also serve as a vast landscape for developing small molecules that reshape interactions and promote targeted ubiquitylation-dependent turnover of proteins of interest. Here, we review molecular principles underlying CRL function, the role of allosteric and conformational mechanisms in controlling substrate timing and ubiquitylation, and how the dynamics of substrate receptor interchange drives the turnover of selected target proteins to promote cellular decision-making.
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- J Wade Harper
- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA;
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- Department of Molecular Machines and Signaling, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried 82152, Germany;
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Proofing Direct-Seeded Rice with Better Root Plasticity and Architecture. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22116058. [PMID: 34199720 PMCID: PMC8199995 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22116058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2021] [Revised: 05/30/2021] [Accepted: 06/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The underground reserve (root) has been an uncharted research territory with its untapped genetic variation yet to be exploited. Identifying ideal traits and breeding new rice varieties with efficient root system architecture (RSA) has great potential to increase resource-use efficiency and grain yield, especially under direct-seeded rice, by adapting to aerobic soil conditions. In this review, we tried to mine the available research information on the direct-seeded rice (DSR) root system to highlight the requirements of different root traits such as root architecture, length, number, density, thickness, diameter, and angle that play a pivotal role in determining the uptake of nutrients and moisture at different stages of plant growth. RSA also faces several stresses, due to excess or deficiency of moisture and nutrients, low or high temperature, or saline conditions. To counteract these hindrances, adaptation in response to stress becomes essential. Candidate genes such as early root growth enhancer PSTOL1, surface rooting QTL qSOR1, deep rooting gene DRO1, and numerous transporters for their respective nutrients and stress-responsive factors have been identified and validated under different circumstances. Identifying the desired QTLs and transporters underlying these traits and then designing an ideal root architecture can help in developing a suitable DSR cultivar and aid in further advancement in this direction.
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Molecular variation in a functionally divergent homolog of FCA regulates flowering time in Arabidopsis thaliana. Nat Commun 2020; 11:5830. [PMID: 33203912 PMCID: PMC7673134 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-19666-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2020] [Accepted: 10/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The identification and functional characterization of natural variants in plants are essential for understanding phenotypic adaptation. Here we identify a molecular variation in At2g47310 that contributes to the natural variation in flowering time in Arabidopsis thaliana accessions. This gene, which we term SISTER of FCA (SSF), functions in an antagonistic manner to its close homolog FCA. Genome-wide association analysis screens two major haplotypes of SSF associated with the natural variation in FLC expression, and a single polymorphism, SSF-N414D, is identified as a main contributor. The SSF414N protein variant interacts more strongly with CUL1, a component of the E3 ubiquitination complex, than the SSF414D form, mediating differences in SSF protein degradation and FLC expression. FCA and SSF appear to have arisen through gene duplication after dicot-monocot divergence, with the SSF-N414D polymorphism emerging relatively recently within A. thaliana. This work provides a good example for deciphering the functional importance of natural polymorphisms in different organisms. Natural variation represents valuable source for gene discovery. Here, the authors show that a homolog of Flowering Control Locus A (FCA) functions in an antagonistic manner to FCA in regulating Arabidopsis flowering time through interacting with CUL1-E3 and modulating FLC expression.
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Abraham-Juárez MJ, Schrager-Lavelle A, Man J, Whipple C, Handakumbura P, Babbitt C, Bartlett M. Evolutionary Variation in MADS Box Dimerization Affects Floral Development and Protein Abundance in Maize. THE PLANT CELL 2020; 32:3408-3424. [PMID: 32873631 PMCID: PMC7610293 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.20.00300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2020] [Revised: 08/19/2020] [Accepted: 09/01/2020] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Interactions between MADS box transcription factors are critical in the regulation of floral development, and shifting MADS box protein-protein interactions are predicted to have influenced floral evolution. However, precisely how evolutionary variation in protein-protein interactions affects MADS box protein function remains unknown. To assess the impact of changing MADS box protein-protein interactions on transcription factor function, we turned to the grasses, where interactions between B-class MADS box proteins vary. We tested the functional consequences of this evolutionary variability using maize (Zea mays) as an experimental system. We found that differential B-class dimerization was associated with subtle, quantitative differences in stamen shape. In contrast, differential dimerization resulted in large-scale changes to downstream gene expression. Differential dimerization also affected B-class complex composition and abundance, independent of transcript levels. This indicates that differential B-class dimerization affects protein degradation, revealing an important consequence for evolutionary variability in MADS box interactions. Our results highlight complexity in the evolution of developmental gene networks: changing protein-protein interactions could affect not only the composition of transcription factor complexes but also their degradation and persistence in developing flowers. Our results also show how coding change in a pleiotropic master regulator could have small, quantitative effects on development.
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- María Jazmín Abraham-Juárez
- Biology Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 01003 Massachusetts
- CONACYT-Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica A.C., 78216 San Luis Potosi, Mexico
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- Biology Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 01003 Massachusetts
- Biology Department, Colorado Mesa University, Grand Junction, 81501 Colorado
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- Biology Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 01003 Massachusetts
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- Biology Department, Brigham Young University, Provo, 84602 Utah
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- Biology Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 01003 Massachusetts
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, 99354 Washington
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- Biology Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 01003 Massachusetts
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- Biology Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 01003 Massachusetts
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Li H, Hu J, Pang J, Zhao L, Yang B, Kang X, Wang A, Xu T, Yang Z. Rho GTPase ROP1 Interactome Analysis Reveals Novel ROP1-Associated Pathways for Pollen Tube Polar Growth in Arabidopsis. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21197033. [PMID: 32987815 PMCID: PMC7582345 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21197033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2020] [Revised: 09/09/2020] [Accepted: 09/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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ROP (Rho-like GTPases from plants) GTPases are polarly localized key regulators of polar growth in pollen tubes and other cells in plants. However, how ROP GTPases are regulated and how they control polar growth remains to be fully understood. To gain new insights into ROP-dependent mechanisms underlying polar cell growth, we characterized the interactome of ROP1 GTPase that controls Arabidopsis pollen tube (PT) tip growth, an extreme form of polar cell growth. We established an efficient method for culturing Arabidopsis pollen tubes in liquid medium, which was used for immunoprecipitation/mass spectrometry-based identification of ROP1-associated proteins. A total of 654 candidates were isolated from the ROP1 interactome in Arabidopsis pollen tubes, and GO (Gene Ontology) classification and pathway analysis revealed multiple uncharacterized ROP1-dependent processes including translation, cell wall modification, post transcriptional modification, and ion homeostasis, in addition to known ROP1-dependent pathways. The ROP1-interactome data was further supported by the co-expression of the candidate interactors in highly mature pollen with PT germination and growth defects being discovered in 25% (8/32) of the candidate mutant genes. Taken together, our work uncovers valuable information for the identification and functional elucidation of ROP-associated proteins in the regulation of polar growth, and provides a reliable reference to identify critical regulators of polar cell growth in the future.
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- Hui Li
- CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences/Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201602, China; (J.H.); (L.Z.); (B.Y.); (X.K.); (T.X.)
- Center for Plant Cell Biology, Institute of Integrative Genome Biology, and Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA 92508, USA;
- Correspondence:
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- CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences/Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201602, China; (J.H.); (L.Z.); (B.Y.); (X.K.); (T.X.)
- Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China; (J.P.); (A.W.)
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- CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences/Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201602, China; (J.H.); (L.Z.); (B.Y.); (X.K.); (T.X.)
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- CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences/Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201602, China; (J.H.); (L.Z.); (B.Y.); (X.K.); (T.X.)
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- CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences/Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201602, China; (J.H.); (L.Z.); (B.Y.); (X.K.); (T.X.)
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- School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China; (J.P.); (A.W.)
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- CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences/Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201602, China; (J.H.); (L.Z.); (B.Y.); (X.K.); (T.X.)
- FAFU-UCR Joint Center for Horticultural Biology and Metabolomics, Institute of Science and Technology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Center for Plant Cell Biology, Institute of Integrative Genome Biology, and Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA 92508, USA;
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Cheng W, Yin S, Tu Y, Mei H, Wang Y, Yang Y. SlCAND1, encoding cullin-associated Nedd8-dissociated protein 1, regulates plant height, flowering time, seed germination, and root architecture in tomato. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2020; 102:537-551. [PMID: 31916084 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-020-00963-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2019] [Accepted: 01/03/2020] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Silencing of SlCAND1 expression resulted in dwarfish, loss of apical dominance, early flowering, suppression of seed germination, and abnormal root architecture in tomato Cullin-RING E3 ligases (CRLs)-dependent ubiquitin proteasome system mediates degradation of numerous proteins that controls a wide range of developmental and physiological processes in eukaryotes. Cullin-associated Nedd8-dissociated protein 1 (CAND1) acts as an exchange factor allowing substrate recognition part exchange and plays a vital role in reactivating CRLs. The present study reports on the identification of SlCAND1, the only one CAND gene in tomato. SlCAND1 expression is ubiquitous and positively regulated by multiple plant hormones. Silencing of SlCAND1 expression using RNAi strategy resulted in a pleiotropic and gibberellin/auxin-associated phenotypes, including dwarf plant with reduced internode length, loss of apical dominance, early flowering, low seed germination percentage, delayed seed germination speed, short primary root, and increased lateral root proliferation and elongation. Moreover, application of exogenous GA3 or IAA could partly rescue some SlCAND1-silenced phenotypes, and the expression levels of gibberellin/auxin-related genes were altered in SlCAND1-RNAi lines. These facts revealed that SlCAND1 is required for gibberellin/auxin-associated regulatory network in tomato. Although SlCAND1 is crucial for multiple developmental processes during vegetative growth stage, SlCAND1-RNAi lines didn't exhibit visible effect on fruit development and ripening. Meanwhile, we discussed that multiple physiological functions of SlCAND1 in tomato are different to previous report of its ortholog in Arabidopsis. Our study adds a new perspective on the functional roles of CAND1 in plants, and strongly supports the hypothesis that CAND1 and its regulated ubiquitin proteasome system are pivotal for plant vegetative growth but possibly have different roles in diverse plant species.
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- Wenjing Cheng
- Bioengineering College, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China
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- Bioengineering College, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China
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- Bioengineering College, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China
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- Bioengineering College, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China
- Key Laboratory of Biorheological Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China
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- Bioengineering College, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China
- Key Laboratory of Biorheological Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China
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- Bioengineering College, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China.
- Key Laboratory of Biorheological Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China.
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Wang K, Deshaies RJ, Liu X. Assembly and Regulation of CRL Ubiquitin Ligases. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2020; 1217:33-46. [DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-1025-0_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Fan HM, Liu BW, Ma FF, Sun X, Zheng CS. Proteomic profiling of root system development proteins in chrysanthemum overexpressing the CmTCP20 gene. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2019; 287:110175. [PMID: 31481217 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2019.110175] [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: 03/03/2019] [Revised: 06/13/2019] [Accepted: 06/21/2019] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Plant root systems ensure the efficient absorption of water and nutrients and provide anchoring into the soil. Although root systems are a highly plastic set of traits that vary both between and among species, the basic root system morphology is controlled by inherent genetic factors. TCP20 has been identified as a key regulator of root development in plants, and yet its underlying mechanism has not been fully elucidated, especially in chrysanthemum. We found that overexpression of the CmTCP20 gene promoted both adventitious and lateral root development in chrysanthemum. To get further insight into the molecular mechanisms controlling root system development, we conducted a study employing tandem mass tag proteomic to characterize the differential root system development proteomes from CmTCP20-overexpressing and wild-type chrysanthemum root samples. Of the proteins identified, 234 proteins were found to be differentially abundant (>1.5-fold cut off, p < 0.05) in CmTCP20-overexpressing versus wild-type chrysanthemum root samples. Functional enrichment analysis indicated that the CmTCP20 gene may participate in "phytohormone signal transduction". Our findings provide a valuable perspective on the mechanisms of both adventitious and lateral root development via CmTCP20 modulation at the proteome level in chrysanthemum.
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- Hong-Mei Fan
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai-An, Shandong, 271018, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai-An, Shandong, 271018, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai-An, Shandong, 271018, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai-An, Shandong, 271018, China.
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai-An, Shandong, 271018, China.
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Williams C, Fernández-Calvo P, Colinas M, Pauwels L, Goossens A. Jasmonate and auxin perception: how plants keep F-boxes in check. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2019; 70:3401-3414. [PMID: 31173086 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erz272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2019] [Accepted: 05/29/2019] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Phytohormones regulate the plasticity of plant growth and development, and responses to biotic and abiotic stresses. Many hormone signal transduction cascades involve ubiquitination and subsequent degradation of proteins by the 26S proteasome. The conjugation of ubiquitin to a substrate is facilitated by the E1 activating, E2 conjugating, and the substrate-specifying E3 ligating enzymes. The most prevalent type of E3 ligase in plants is the Cullin-RING ligase (CRL)-type, with F-box proteins (FBPs) as the substrate recognition component. The activity of these SKP-Cullin-F-box (SCF) complexes needs to be tightly regulated in time and place. Here, we review the regulation of SCF function in plants on multiple levels, with a focus on the auxin and jasmonate SCF-type receptor complexes. We discuss in particular the relevance of protein-protein interactions and post-translational modifications as mechanisms to keep SCF functioning under control. Additionally, we highlight the unique property of SCFTIR1/AFB and SCFCOI1 to recognize substrates by forming co-receptor complexes. Finally, we explore how engineered selective agonists can be used to study and uncouple the outcomes of the complex auxin and jasmonate signaling networks that are governed by these FBPs.
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- Clara Williams
- Ghent University, Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent, Belgium
- VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, Belgium
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- Ghent University, Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent, Belgium
- VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, Belgium
- Centre for Plant Biotechnology and Genomics, Parque Cientifico y Tecnologico, UPM Campus de Montegancedo, Madrid, Spain
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- Ghent University, Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent, Belgium
- VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, Belgium
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- Ghent University, Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent, Belgium
- VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, Belgium
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- Ghent University, Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent, Belgium
- VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, Belgium
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Liu X, Reitsma JM, Mamrosh JL, Zhang Y, Straube R, Deshaies RJ. Cand1-Mediated Adaptive Exchange Mechanism Enables Variation in F-Box Protein Expression. Mol Cell 2019; 69:773-786.e6. [PMID: 29499133 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2018.01.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2017] [Revised: 01/08/2018] [Accepted: 01/29/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Skp1⋅Cul1⋅F-box (SCF) ubiquitin ligase assembly is regulated by the interplay of substrate binding, reversible Nedd8 conjugation on Cul1, and the F-box protein (FBP) exchange factors Cand1 and Cand2. Detailed investigations into SCF assembly and function in reconstituted systems and Cand1/2 knockout cells informed the development of a mathematical model for how dynamical assembly of SCF complexes is controlled and how this cycle is coupled to degradation of an SCF substrate. Simulations predicted an unanticipated hypersensitivity of Cand1/2-deficient cells to FBP expression levels, which was experimentally validated. Together, these and prior observations lead us to propose the adaptive exchange hypothesis, which posits that regulation of the koff of an FBP from SCF by the actions of substrate, Nedd8, and Cand1 molds the cellular repertoire of SCF complexes and that the plasticity afforded by this exchange mechanism may enable large variations in FBP expression during development and in FBP gene number during evolution.
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- Xing Liu
- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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- Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Sandtorstr. 1, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany.
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- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA; Amgen, One Amgen Center Way, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320, USA.
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Ashrafi M, Azimi Moqadam MR, Moradi P, Mohsenifard E, Shekari F. Evaluation and validation of housekeeping genes in two contrast species of thyme plant to drought stress using real-time PCR. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2018; 132:54-60. [PMID: 30172853 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2018.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2018] [Revised: 08/06/2018] [Accepted: 08/06/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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To decrease errors and increase accuracy and reliability of quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) results, the use of a reference gene is inevitable. Despite the industrial importance of genus Thymus, not any validated reference gene has not been reported for T. kotschyanus and T. vulgaris which could limit such investigations. In this study, the expression stability of seven housekeeping genes including Actin, Cyclophilin-18, elongation factor-1A, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, 18S ribosomal RNA, Cullin, and Polypyrimidine tract-binding protein were evaluated in T. kotschyanus and T. vulgaris which grown at four levels of drought stress using geNorm, NormFinder, and BestKeeper algorithms. Histone deacetylase-6 (HDA-6) gene was also used for validation of evaluated reference genes. In T. vulgaris, all of the algorithms similarly ranked elongation factor-1A and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase as the two most stably expressed genes. In T. kotschyanus, only NormFinder and BestKeeper had a similar ranking and identified Actin and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase as the two most stably expressed genes, but geNorm algorithm ranked elongation factor-1A and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase as the best two reference genes. On the other hand, all algorithms ranked 18S rRNA and Cyclophilin-18 as the least stable genes in T. kotschyanus and T. vulgaris, respectively. Validation results indicated that there was a significant change (0.53-3.19 fold change) in relative expression of HDA-6 normalized by the best stable gene compare to the least ranked gene. Our study presented the first systematic validation of reference gene(s) selection in T. kotschyanus and T. vulgaris and provided useful information to obtain more accurate qRT-PCR results in these species.
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- Mohsen Ashrafi
- Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zanjan, Zanjan, Iran
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- Research Division of Natural Resources, Zanjan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Centre, AREEO, Zanjan, Iran
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zanjan, Zanjan, Iran
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zanjan, Zanjan, Iran
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Sun CH, Yu JQ, Duan X, Wang JH, Zhang QY, Gu KD, Hu DG, Zheng CS. The MADS transcription factor CmANR1 positively modulates root system development by directly regulating CmPIN2 in chrysanthemum. HORTICULTURE RESEARCH 2018; 5:52. [PMID: 30302256 PMCID: PMC6165851 DOI: 10.1038/s41438-018-0061-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2018] [Revised: 05/23/2018] [Accepted: 05/28/2018] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Plant root systems are essential for many physiological processes, including water and nutrient absorption. MADS-box transcription factor (TF) genes have been characterized as the important regulators of root development in plants; however, the underlying mechanism is largely unknown, including chrysanthemum. Here, it was found that the overexpression of CmANR1, a chrysanthemum MADS-box TF gene, promoted both adventitious root (AR) and lateral root (LR) development in chrysanthemum. Whole transcriptome sequencing analysis revealed a series of differentially expressed unigenes (DEGs) in the roots of CmANR1-transgenic chrysanthemum plants compared to wild-type plants. Functional annotation of these DEGs by alignment with Gene Ontology (GO) terms and biochemical pathway Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) enrichment analysis indicated that CmANR1 TF exhibited "DNA binding" and "catalytic" activity, as well as participated in "phytohormone signal transduction". Both chromatin immunoprecipitation-polymerase chain reaction (ChIP-PCR) and gel electrophoresis mobility shift assays (EMSA) indicated the direct binding of CmPIN2 to the recognition site CArG-box motif by CmANR1. Finally, a firefly luciferase imaging assay demonstrated the transcriptional activation of CmPIN2 by CmANR1 in vivo. Overall, our results provide novel insights into the mechanisms of MADS-box TF CmANR1 modulation of both AR and LR development, which occurs by directly regulating auxin transport gene CmPIN2 in chrysanthemum.
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- Cui-Hui Sun
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai-An, Shandong 271018 China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai-An, Shandong 271018 China
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- Shandong Agricultural and Engineering University, Ji-Nan, Shandong China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai-An, Shandong 271018 China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai-An, Shandong 271018 China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai-An, Shandong 271018 China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai-An, Shandong 271018 China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai-An, Shandong 271018 China
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Kim SH, Woo OG, Jang H, Lee JH. Characterization and comparative expression analysis of CUL1 genes in rice. Genes Genomics 2018; 40:233-241. [PMID: 29892794 DOI: 10.1007/s13258-017-0622-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2017] [Accepted: 10/15/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Cullin-RING E3 ubiquitin ligase (CRL) complex is known as the largest family of E3 ligases. The most widely characterized CRL, SCF complex (CRL1), utilizes CUL1 as a scaffold protein to assemble the complex components. To better understand CRL1-mediated cellular processes in rice, three CUL1 genes (OsCUL1s) were isolated in Oryza sativa. Although all OsCUL1 proteins exhibited high levels of amino acid similarities with each other, OsCUL1-3 had a somewhat distinct structure from OsCUL1-1 and OsCUL1-2. Basal expression levels of OsCUL1-3 were much lower than those of OsCUL1-1 and OsCUL1-2 in all selected samples, showing that OsCUL1-1 and OsCUL1-2 play predominant roles relative to OsCUL1-3 in rice. OsCUL1-1 and OsCUL1-2 genes were commonly upregulated in dry seeds and by ABA and salt/drought stresses, implying their involvement in ABA-mediated processes. These genes also showed similar expression patterns in response to various hormones and abiotic stresses, alluding to their functional redundancy. Expression of the OsCUL1-3 gene was also induced in dry seeds and by ABA-related salt and drought stresses, implying their participation in ABA responses. However, its expression pattern in response to hormones and abiotic stresses was somehow different from those of the OsCUL1-1 and OsCUL1-2 genes. Taken together, these findings suggest that the biological role and function of OsCUL1-3 may be distinct from those of OsCUL1-1 and OsCUL1-2. The results of expression analysis of OsCUL1 genes in this study will serve as a useful platform to better understand overlapping and distinct roles of OsCUL1 proteins and CRL1-mediated cellular processes in rice plants.
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- Sang-Hoon Kim
- Department of Biology Education, Pusan National University, Busan, 46241, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biology Education, Pusan National University, Busan, 46241, Republic of Korea.,Department of Integrated Biological Science, Pusan National University, Busan, 46241, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biology Education, Pusan National University, Busan, 46241, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biology Education, Pusan National University, Busan, 46241, Republic of Korea.
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Trade-off and flexibility in the dynamic regulation of the cullin-RING ubiquitin ligase repertoire. PLoS Comput Biol 2017; 13:e1005869. [PMID: 29149173 PMCID: PMC5711038 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2017] [Revised: 12/01/2017] [Accepted: 11/02/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Cullin-RING ubiquitin ligases (CRLs) catalyze the ubiquitylation of substrates many of which are degraded by the 26S proteasome. Their modular architecture enables recognition of numerous substrates via exchangeable substrate receptors that competitively bind to a cullin scaffold with high affinity. Due to the plasticity of these interactions there is ongoing uncertainty how cells maintain a flexible CRL repertoire in view of changing substrate loads. Based on a series of in vivo and in vitro studies, different groups proposed that the exchange of substrate receptors is mediated by a protein exchange factor named Cand1. Here, we have performed mathematical modeling to provide a quantitative underpinning of this hypothesis. First we show that the exchange activity of Cand1 necessarily leads to a trade-off between high ligase activity and fast receptor exchange. Supported by measurements we argue that this trade-off yields an optimal Cand1 concentration in cells where the time scale for substrate degradation becomes minimal. In a second step we show through simulations that (i) substrates bias the CRL repertoire leading to preferential assembly of ligases for which substrates are available and (ii) differences in binding affinities or substrate receptor abundances create a temporal hierarchy for the degradation of substrates. Finally, we compare the Cand1-mediated exchange cycle with an alternative architecture lacking Cand1 which indicates superiority of a system with exchange factor if substrate receptors bind substrates and the cullin scaffold in a random order. Together, our results provide general constraints for the operating regimes of molecular exchange systems and suggest that Cand1 endows the CRL network with the properties of an “on demand” system allowing cells to dynamically adjust their CRL repertoire to fluctuating substrate abundances. Cullin-RING ubiquitin ligases (CRLs) are multisubunit protein complexes where exchangeable substrate receptors (SRs) assemble on a cullin scaffold to mediate ubiquitylation and subsequent degradation of a large variety of substrates. In humans there are hundreds of different CRLs having potentially thousands of substrates. Due to the high affinity of cullin-SR interactions, it has long been a mystery how cells would maintain flexibility to sample the entire SR repertoire in order to match fluctuating substrate loads. Recent experiments indicate that the exchange of different SRs is mediated by a novel protein exchange factor (Cand1). However, the proposed biochemical function of Cand1 as a promoter of CRL activity remained difficult to reconcile with previous reports of Cand1 acting as an inhibitor of CRL activity in vitro. Here we show that these two findings are not contradictory, but that the exchange activity of Cand1 necessarily leads to a trade-off between high ligase activity and fast receptor exchange which leads us to predict an optimal Cand1 concentration and a temporal hierarchy for substrate degradation. Our results support the view that Cand1 endows the CRL network with the flexibility of an “on demand” system where relative CRL abundances are dictated by substrate availability.
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Song Z, Zhang L, Wang Y, Li H, Li S, Zhao H, Zhang H. Constitutive Expression of miR408 Improves Biomass and Seed Yield in Arabidopsis. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 8:2114. [PMID: 29422907 PMCID: PMC5789609 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.02114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2017] [Accepted: 11/27/2017] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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miR408 is highly conserved among different plant species and targets transcripts encoding copper-binding proteins. The function of miR408 in reproductive development remains largely unclear despite it being known to play important roles during vegetative development in Arabidopsis. Here, we show that transgenic Arabidopsis plants overexpressing MIR408 have altered morphology including significantly increased leaf area, petiole length, plant height, flower size, and silique length, resulting in enhanced biomass and seed yield. The increase in plant size was primarily due to cell expansion rather than cell proliferation, and was consistent with higher levels of myosin gene expression and gibberellic acid (GA) measured in transgenic plants. In addition, photosynthetic rate was significantly increased in the MIR408-overexpressing plants, as manifested by higher levels of chloroplastic copper content and plastocyanin (PC) expression. In contrast, overexpression of miR408-regulated targets, Plantacyanin and Laccase 13, resulted in reduced biomass production and seed yield. RNA-sequencing revealed that genes involved in primary metabolism and stress response were preferentially enriched in the genes upregulated in MIR408-overexpressing plants. These results indicate that miR408 plays an important role in regulating biomass and seed yield and that MIR408 may be a potential candidate gene involved in the domestication of agricultural crops.
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Cui X, Xu X, He Y, Du X, Zhu J. Overexpression of an F-box protein gene disrupts cotyledon vein patterning in Arabidopsis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2016; 102:43-52. [PMID: 26901782 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2016.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2015] [Revised: 12/21/2015] [Accepted: 02/09/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Plant vascular patterning is complex. However, the detailed molecular mechanism of vascular patterning is still unknown. In this study, FBXL, an Arabidopsis F-box motif gene, was isolated by using 3' rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE) technique. The gene contained a coding sequence of 1407 nucleotides coding 468 amino acid residues. Amino acid sequence analysis revealed that the gene encoded a protein harboring an F-box motif at the N terminus, an LRRs motif in the middle, and an FBD motif at the C terminus. FBXL promoter-β-glucuronidase (GUS) and 35S promoter-FBXL vectors were constructed and transformed into Arabidopsis thaliana to understand the function of the FBXL gene. GUS expression analysis indicated that FBXL was specifically expressed in the vascular tissues of the root, stem, leaf, and inflorescence. FBXL overexpression in Arabidopsis displayed an abnormal venation pattern in cotyledons. Furthermore, FBXL expression was not induced by exogenous auxin and its transcript accumulation did not overlap with the distribution of endogenous auxin. These results suggested that FBXL may be involved in cotyledon vein patterning via auxin-independent pathway.
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- Xianghuan Cui
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, School of Life Science and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, School of Life Science and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, School of Life Science and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, School of Life Science and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, School of Life Science and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China.
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Köllen K, Dietz L, Bies-Etheve N, Lagrange T, Grasser M, Grasser KD. The zinc-finger protein SPT4 interacts with SPT5L/KTF1 and modulates transcriptional silencing in Arabidopsis. FEBS Lett 2015; 589:3254-7. [PMID: 26424658 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2015.09.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2015] [Accepted: 09/17/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The Arabidopsis multidomain protein SPT5L/KTF1 (which has similarity to the transcript elongation factor SPT5) associates with RNA polymerase V (RNAPV) and is an accessory factor in RNA-directed DNA methylation. The zinc-finger protein SPT4 was found to interact with SPT5L (and SPT5) both in vivo and in vitro. Here, we show that plants depleted of SPT4 relative to wild type display reduced DNA methylation and the locus specificity is shared with SPT5L, suggesting a cooperation of SPT4 and SPT5L. Unlike observed for SPT5, no reduced protein level of SPT5L is determined in SPT4-deficient plants. These experiments demonstrate that in addition to the RNA polymerase II-associated SPT4/SPT5 that is generally conserved in eukaryotes, flowering plants have SPT4/SPT5L that is involved in RNAPV-mediated transcriptional silencing.
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- Karin Köllen
- Cell Biology & Plant Biochemistry, Biochemie-Zentrum Regensburg, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstr. 31, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Cell Biology & Plant Biochemistry, Biochemie-Zentrum Regensburg, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstr. 31, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Laboratoire Génome et Développement des Plantes, Université de Perpignan, 52 Avenue Paul Alduy, 66860 Perpignan Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire Génome et Développement des Plantes, Université de Perpignan, 52 Avenue Paul Alduy, 66860 Perpignan Cedex, France
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- Cell Biology & Plant Biochemistry, Biochemie-Zentrum Regensburg, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstr. 31, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany.
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- Cell Biology & Plant Biochemistry, Biochemie-Zentrum Regensburg, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstr. 31, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany.
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Zhang H, Zhao X, Li J, Cai H, Deng XW, Li L. MicroRNA408 is critical for the HY5-SPL7 gene network that mediates the coordinated response to light and copper. THE PLANT CELL 2014; 26:4933-53. [PMID: 25516599 PMCID: PMC4311192 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.114.127340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2014] [Revised: 11/06/2014] [Accepted: 11/26/2014] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Light and copper are important environmental determinants of plant growth and development. Despite the wealth of knowledge on both light and copper signaling, the molecular mechanisms that integrate the two pathways remain poorly understood. Here, we use Arabidopsis thaliana to demonstrate an interaction between SQUAMOSA PROMOTER BINDING PROTEIN-LIKE7 (SPL7) and ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL5 (HY5), which mediate copper and light signaling, respectively. Through whole-genome chromatin immunoprecipitation and RNA sequencing analyses, we elucidated the SPL7 regulon and compared it with that of HY5. We found that the two transcription factors coregulate many genes, including those involved in anthocyanin accumulation and photosynthesis. Moreover, SPL7 and HY5 act coordinately to transcriptionally regulate MIR408, which results in differential expression of microRNA408 (miR408) and its target genes in response to changing light and copper conditions. We demonstrate that this regulation is tied to copper allocation to the chloroplast and plastocyanin levels. Finally, we found that constitutively activated miR408 rescues the distinct developmental defects of the hy5, spl7, and hy5 spl7 mutants. These findings revealed the existence of crosstalk between light and copper, mediated by a HY5-SPL7 network. Furthermore, integration of transcriptional and posttranscriptional regulation is critical for governing proper metabolism and development in response to combined copper and light signaling.
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- Huiyong Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904 College of Life Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China
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- Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520 State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520
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- State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904
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Blomme J, Inzé D, Gonzalez N. The cell-cycle interactome: a source of growth regulators? JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2014; 65:2715-30. [PMID: 24298000 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ert388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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When plants develop, cell proliferation and cell expansion are tightly controlled in order to generate organs with a determinate final size such as leaves. Several studies have demonstrated the importance of the cell proliferation phase for leaf growth, illustrating that cell-cycle regulation is crucial for correct leaf development. A large and complex set of interacting proteins that constitute the cell-cycle interactome controls the transition from one cell-cycle phase to another. Here, we review the current knowledge on cell-cycle regulators from this interactome affecting final leaf size when their expression is altered, mainly in Arabidopsis. In addition to the description of mutants of CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASES (CDKs), CYCLINS (CYCs), and their transcriptional and post-translational regulators, a phenotypic analysis of gain- and loss-of-function mutants for 27 genes encoding proteins that interact with cell-cycle proteins is presented. This compilation of information shows that when cell-cycle-related genes are mis-expressed, leaf growth is often altered and that, seemingly, three main trends appear to be crucial in the regulation of final organ size by cell-cycle-related genes: (i) cellular compensation; (ii) gene dosage; and (iii) correct transition through the G2/M phase by ANAPHASE PROMOTING COMPLEX/CYCLOSOME (APC/C) activation. In conclusion, this meta-analysis shows that the cell-cycle interactome is enriched in leaf growth regulators, and illustrates the potential to identify new leaf growth regulators among putative new cell-cycle regulators.
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- Jonas Blomme
- Department of Plant Systems Biology and Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, 9052 Gent, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology and Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, 9052 Gent, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology and Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, 9052 Gent, Belgium
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Del Pozo JC, Manzano C. Auxin and the ubiquitin pathway. Two players-one target: the cell cycle in action. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2014; 65:2617-2632. [PMID: 24215077 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ert363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Plants are sessile organisms that have to adapt their growth to the surrounding environment. Concomitant with this adaptation capability, they have adopted a post-embryonic development characterized by continuous growth and differentiation abilities. Constant growth is based on the potential of stem cells to divide almost incessantly and on a precise balance between cell division and cell differentiation. This balance is influenced by environmental conditions and by the genetic information of the cell. Among the internal cues, the cross-talk between different hormonal signalling pathways is essential to control this division/differentiation equilibrium. Auxin, one of the most important plant hormones, regulates cell division and differentiation, among many other processes. Amazing advances in auxin signal transduction at the molecular level have been reported, but how this signalling is connected to the cell cycle is, so far, not well known. Auxin signalling involves the auxin-dependent degradation of transcription repressors by F-box-containing E3 ligases of ubiquitin. Recently, SKP2A, another F-box protein, was shown to bind auxin and to target cell-cycle repressors for proteolysis, representing a novel mechanism that links auxin to cell division. In this review, a general vision of what is already known and the most recent advances on how auxin signalling connects to cell division and the role of the ubiquitin pathway in plant cell cycle will be covered.
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- Juan C Del Pozo
- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas (CBGP) INIA-UPM. Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria. Campus de Montegancedo, Pozuelo de Alarcón, 28223 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas (CBGP) INIA-UPM. Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria. Campus de Montegancedo, Pozuelo de Alarcón, 28223 Madrid, Spain
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Pacurar DI, Perrone I, Bellini C. Auxin is a central player in the hormone cross-talks that control adventitious rooting. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2014; 151:83-96. [PMID: 24547793 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.12171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2013] [Revised: 02/11/2014] [Accepted: 02/11/2014] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Vegetative propagation of economically important woody, horticultural and agricultural species rely on an efficient adventitious root (AR) formation. The formation of ARs is a complex genetic trait regulated by the interaction of environmental and endogenous factors among which the phytohormone auxin plays an essential role. This article summarizes the current knowledge related to the intricate network through which auxin controls adventitious rooting. How auxin and recently identified auxin-related compounds affect AR formation in different plant species is discussed. Particular attention is addressed to illustrate how auxin has a central role in the hormone cross-talk leading to AR development. In parallel, we describe the molecular players involved in the control of auxin homeostasis, transport and signaling, for a better understanding of the auxin action during adventitious rooting.
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- Daniel Ioan Pacurar
- Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå Plant Science Centre, Umeå University, Umeå, SE-90187, Sweden
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Mergner J, Schwechheimer C. The NEDD8 modification pathway in plants. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2014; 5:103. [PMID: 24711811 PMCID: PMC3968751 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2014] [Accepted: 03/03/2014] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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NEDD8, in plants and yeasts also known as RELATED TO UBIQUITIN (RUB), is an evolutionarily conserved 76 amino acid protein highly related to ubiquitin. Like ubiquitin, NEDD8 can be conjugated to and deconjugated from target proteins, but unlike ubiquitin, NEDD8 has not been reported to form chains similar to the different polymeric ubiquitin chains that have a role in a diverse set of cellular processes. NEDD8-modification is best known as a post-translational modification of the cullin subunits of cullin-RING E3 ubiquitin ligases. In this context, structural analyses have revealed that neddylation induces a conformation change of the cullin that brings the ubiquitylation substrates into proximity of the interacting E2 conjugating enzyme. In turn, NEDD8 deconjugation destabilizes the cullin RING ligase complex allowing for the exchange of substrate recognition subunits via the exchange factor CAND1. In plants, components of the neddylation and deneddylation pathway were identified based on mutants with defects in auxin and light responses and the characterization of these mutants has been instrumental for the elucidation of the neddylation pathway. More recently, there has been evidence from animal and plant systems that NEDD8 conjugation may also regulate the behavior or fate of non-cullin substrates in a number of ways. Here, the current knowledge on NEDD8 processing, conjugation and deconjugation is presented, where applicable, in the context of specific signaling pathways from plants.
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- *Correspondence: Claus Schwechheimer, Plant Systems Biology, Technische Universität München, Emil-Ramann-Straße 4, 85354 Freising, Germany e-mail:
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Choi CM, Gray WM, Mooney S, Hellmann H. Composition, roles, and regulation of cullin-based ubiquitin e3 ligases. THE ARABIDOPSIS BOOK 2014; 12:e0175. [PMID: 25505853 PMCID: PMC4262284 DOI: 10.1199/tab.0175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Due to their sessile nature, plants depend on flexible regulatory systems that allow them to adequately regulate developmental and physiological processes in context with environmental cues. The ubiquitin proteasome pathway, which targets a great number of proteins for degradation, is cellular tool that provides the necessary flexibility to accomplish this task. Ubiquitin E3 ligases provide the needed specificity to the pathway by selectively binding to particular substrates and facilitating their ubiquitylation. The largest group of E3 ligases known in plants is represented by CULLIN-REALLY INTERESTING NEW GENE (RING) E3 ligases (CRLs). In recent years, a great amount of knowledge has been generated to reveal the critical roles of these enzymes across all aspects of plant life. This review provides an overview of the different classes of CRLs in plants, their specific complex compositions, the variety of biological processes they control, and the regulatory steps that can affect their activities.
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- Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
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Building and remodelling Cullin-RING E3 ubiquitin ligases. EMBO Rep 2013; 14:1050-61. [PMID: 24232186 PMCID: PMC3849489 DOI: 10.1038/embor.2013.173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 242] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2013] [Accepted: 10/08/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Cullin-RING E3 ubiquitin ligases (CRLs) control a plethora of biological pathways through targeted ubiquitylation of signalling proteins. These modular assemblies use substrate receptor modules to recruit specific targets. Recent efforts have focused on understanding the mechanisms that control the activity state of CRLs through dynamic alterations in CRL architecture. Central to these processes are cycles of cullin neddylation and deneddylation, as well as exchange of substrate receptor modules to re-sculpt the CRL landscape, thereby responding to the cellular requirements to turn over distinct proteins in different contexts. This review is focused on how CRLs are dynamically controlled with an emphasis on how cullin neddylation cycles are integrated with receptor exchange.
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Zemla A, Thomas Y, Kedziora S, Knebel A, Wood NT, Rabut G, Kurz T. CSN- and CAND1-dependent remodelling of the budding yeast SCF complex. Nat Commun 2013; 4:1641. [PMID: 23535662 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2013] [Accepted: 02/20/2013] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Cullin-RING ligases (CRLs) are ubiquitin E3 enzymes with variable substrate-adaptor and -receptor subunits. All CRLs are activated by modification of the cullin subunit with the ubiquitin-like protein Nedd8 (neddylation). The protein CAND1 (Cullin-associated-Nedd8-dissociated-1) also promotes CRL activity, even though it only interacts with inactive ligase complexes. The molecular mechanism underlying this behaviour remains largely unclear. Here, we find that yeast SCF (Skp1-Cdc53-F-box) Cullin-RING complexes are remodelled in a CAND1-dependent manner, when cells are switched from growth in fermentable to non-fermentable carbon sources. Mechanistically, CAND1 promotes substrate adaptor release following SCF deneddylation by the COP9 signalosome (CSN). CSN- or CAND1-mutant cells fail to release substrate adaptors. This delays the formation of new complexes during SCF reactivation and results in substrate degradation defects. Our results shed light on how CAND1 regulates CRL activity and demonstrate that the cullin neddylation-deneddylation cycle is not only required to activate CRLs, but also to regulate substrate specificity through dynamic substrate adaptor exchange.
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- Aleksandra Zemla
- Scottish Institute for Cell Signalling, Protein Ubiquitylation Unit, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, UK
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Wu S, Zhu W, Nhan T, Toth JI, Petroski MD, Wolf DA. CAND1 controls in vivo dynamics of the cullin 1-RING ubiquitin ligase repertoire. Nat Commun 2013; 4:1642. [PMID: 23535663 PMCID: PMC3637025 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2013] [Accepted: 02/20/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The combinatorial architecture of cullin 1-RING ubiquitin ligases (CRL1s), in which multiple F-box containing substrate receptors (FBPs) compete for access to CUL1, poses special challenges to assembling CRL1 complexes through high affinity protein interactions while maintaining the flexibility to dynamically sample the entire FBP repertoire. Here, using highly quantitative mass spectrometry, we demonstrate that this problem is addressed by CAND1, a factor that controls the dynamics of the global CRL1 network by promoting the assembly of newly synthesized FBPs with CUL1-RBX1 core complexes. Our studies of in vivo CRL1 dynamics and in vitro biochemical findings showing that CAND1 can displace FBPs from Cul1p suggest that CAND1 functions in a cycle that serves to exchange FBPs on CUL1 cores. We propose that this cycle assures comprehensive sampling of the entire FBP repertoire in order to maintain the CRL1 landscape, a function that we show to be critical for substrate degradation and normal physiology.
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- Shuangding Wu
- Signal Transduction Program, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Zhu W, Zhang E, Li H, Chen X, Zhu F, Hong Y, Liao B, Liu S, Liang X. Comparative proteomics analysis of developing peanut aerial and subterranean pods identifies pod swelling related proteins. J Proteomics 2013; 91:172-87. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2013.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2013] [Revised: 06/29/2013] [Accepted: 07/01/2013] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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E3 ligases comprise a highly diverse and important group of enzymes that act within the 26S ubiquitin proteasome pathway. They facilitate the transfer of ubiquitin moieties to substrate proteins which may be marked for degradation by this step. As such, they serve as central regulators in many cellular and physiological processes in plants. The review provides an update on the multitude of different E3 ligases currently known in plants, and illustrates the central role in plant biology of specific examples.
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- Liyuan Chen
- Plant Stress Physiology, School of Biological Sciences, Abelson 435, PO Box 644236, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-4236, USA
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Cordero-Espinoza L, Hagen T. Regulation of Cullin-RING ubiquitin ligase 1 by Spliceosome-associated protein 130 (SAP130). Biol Open 2013; 2:838-44. [PMID: 23951410 PMCID: PMC3744076 DOI: 10.1242/bio.20134374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2013] [Accepted: 06/04/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Cullin-RING ubiquitin ligases (CRLs) mediate the ubiquitination of numerous protein substrates and target them for proteasomal degradation. The function of CRLs is under tight regulation by Cullin-binding proteins. It has been reported that the Spliceosome-associated protein 130 (SAP130/SF3b-3) binds to several Cullin proteins, yet it remains unknown whether SAP130 plays any role in regulating the function of CRLs. Here, we report that SAP130 overexpression reduces the binding of adaptor protein Skp1 and substrate receptor Skp2 to Cul1, whereas it has no effect on CAND1 binding to Cul1. Overexpression of SAP130 decreases the degradation rate of p27, a protein substrate of the SCFSkp2 ligase. Interestingly, silencing of SAP130 also inhibits the degradation of p27, suggesting a dual role for SAP130 in the regulation of SCF activity. We hypothesized that the regulatory role of SAP130 could extend to other CRLs; however, overexpression of SAP130 is unable to affect the protein stability of the Cul2 and Cul3 substrates, HIF-1 and NRF-2. SAP130 binds to Cul1, Cul2 and Cul4 with similar affinity, and it binds to Cul3 more strongly. SAP130 localizes in both the nucleus and the cytoplasm. Hence, the inability of SAP130 to regulate Cul2 and Cul3 CRLs cannot be explained by low binding affinity of SAP130 to these cullins or by subcellular sequestration of SAP130. We propose a novel role for SAP130 in the regulation of SCF, whereby SAP130 physically competes with the adaptor protein/F-box protein for Cul1 binding and interferes with the assembly of a functional SCF ligase.
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- Lucia Cordero-Espinoza
- Department of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore , Singapore 117597 , Singapore
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Pierce NW, Lee JE, Liu X, Sweredoski MJ, Graham RLJ, Larimore EA, Rome M, Zheng N, Clurman BE, Hess S, Shan SO, Deshaies RJ. Cand1 promotes assembly of new SCF complexes through dynamic exchange of F box proteins. Cell 2013; 153:206-15. [PMID: 23453757 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2013.02.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 198] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2012] [Revised: 01/24/2013] [Accepted: 02/12/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The modular SCF (Skp1, cullin, and F box) ubiquitin ligases feature a large family of F box protein substrate receptors that enable recognition of diverse targets. However, how the repertoire of SCF complexes is sustained remains unclear. Real-time measurements of formation and disassembly indicate that SCF(Fbxw7) is extraordinarily stable, but, in the Nedd8-deconjugated state, the cullin-binding protein Cand1 augments its dissociation by one-million-fold. Binding and ubiquitylation assays show that Cand1 is a protein exchange factor that accelerates the rate at which Cul1-Rbx1 equilibrates with multiple F box protein-Skp1 modules. Depletion of Cand1 from cells impedes recruitment of new F box proteins to pre-existing Cul1 and profoundly alters the cellular landscape of SCF complexes. We suggest that catalyzed protein exchange may be a general feature of dynamic macromolecular machines and propose a hypothesis for how substrates, Nedd8, and Cand1 collaborate to regulate the cellular repertoire of SCF complexes.
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- Nathan W Pierce
- Division of Biology, MC 156-29, California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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CAND1 promotes PLK4-mediated centriole overduplication and is frequently disrupted in prostate cancer. Neoplasia 2013; 14:799-806. [PMID: 23019411 DOI: 10.1593/neo.12580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2012] [Revised: 08/03/2012] [Accepted: 08/06/2012] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Centrosomes play a crucial role in the maintenance of genome stability by orchestrating bipolar mitotic spindle formation. The centrosome normally duplicates precisely once before mitosis in a process that is extensively regulated by protein degradation including SKP1-Cullin 1 (CUL1)-F-box (SCF) E3 ubiquitin ligase activity. The core SCF component CUL1 has recently been found to be required to suppress the formation of supernumerary centrosomes and centrioles, the core-forming units of centrosomes. Here, we identify the CUL1-interacting protein cullin-associated and neddylation-dissociated 1 (CAND1) as a novel centrosomal protein with a role in centriole duplication control. CAND1 was found to synergize with Polo-like kinase 4 (PLK4), a master regulator of centriole biogenesis, in the induction of centriole overduplication. We provide evidence that CAND1 functions in this process by increasing PLK4 protein stability. Furthermore, mutants of CUL1 that lack the ability to interact with CAND1 and are unable to assemble functional E3 ubiquitin ligase complexes were impaired in their ability to restrain aberrant daughter centriole synthesis. To corroborate a role of CAND1 in human carcinogenesis, we analyzed a series of prostate adenocarcinomas and found altered expression of CAND1 on the mRNA or protein level in 52.9% and 40.8%, respectively, of the tumor samples analyzed. These results highlight the role of altered SCF components in cancer in general and encourage further studies to explore the SCF-CAND1 axis for the development of novel predictive biomarkers and therapeutic approaches in prostate cancer.
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Monocot cereals develop a complex root system comprising embryonic roots at an early seedling stage and postembryonic roots which make up the fibrous root system of adult crops. In the model cereals maize, rice, and barley a number of mutants affecting root development have been identified in the past and a subset of the affected genes have been recently cloned and functionally characterized. The present review summarizes genetic and molecular data of cereal root mutants impaired in the elongation or initiation of embryonic and postembryonic roots and the elongation of root hairs for which the affected genes have been recently cloned.
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- Caroline Marcon
- Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES), Crop Functional Genomics, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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Vierstra RD. The expanding universe of ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like modifiers. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2012; 160:2-14. [PMID: 22693286 PMCID: PMC3440198 DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.200667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2012] [Accepted: 06/09/2012] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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- Richard D Vierstra
- Department of Genetics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.
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