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Sci Rep ; 11(1): 20471, 2021 10 14.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34650067

ABSTRACT

Dual-labeled PNA probe used RT-LAMP molecular rapid assay targeting SARS-CoV-2 ORF1ab and N genes was developed, and the analytical, clinical performances for detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA extracted from clinical nasopharyngeal swab specimens were evaluated in this study. Data showed that this assay is highly specific for SARS-CoV-2, and the absolute detection limit is 1 genomic copy per microliter of viral RNA which can be considered to be comparable to gold-standard molecular diagnostic method real-time reverse transcriptase PCR. Both clinical sensitivity and specificity against a commercial real-time RT-PCR assay were determined as identical. In conclusion, the PNA RT-LAMP assay showed high analytical and clinical accuracy which are identical to real-time RT-PCR which has been routinely used for the detection of SARS-CoV-2.


Subject(s)
COVID-19 Nucleic Acid Testing/methods , COVID-19/diagnosis , Molecular Diagnostic Techniques/methods , Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques/methods , RNA, Viral/analysis , SARS-CoV-2/isolation & purification , Coronavirus Nucleocapsid Proteins/genetics , Genes, Viral , Humans , Limit of Detection , Phosphoproteins/genetics , Polyproteins/genetics , RNA, Viral/genetics , SARS-CoV-2/genetics , Sensitivity and Specificity , Viral Proteins/genetics
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Plant Physiol ; 171(4): 2826-40, 2016 08.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27325667

ABSTRACT

Plant phytochromes are photoreceptors that mediate a variety of photomorphogenic responses. There are two spectral photoisomers, the red light-absorbing Pr and far-red light-absorbing Pfr forms, and the photoreversible transformation between the two forms is important for the functioning of phytochromes. In this study, we isolated a Tyr-268-to-Val mutant of Avena sativa phytochrome A (AsYVA) that displayed little photoconversion. Interestingly, transgenic plants of AsYVA showed light-independent phytochrome signaling with a constitutive photomorphogenic (cop) phenotype that is characterized by shortened hypocotyls and open cotyledons in the dark. In addition, the corresponding Tyr-303-to-Val mutant of Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) phytochrome B (AtYVB) exhibited nuclear localization and interaction with phytochrome-interacting factor 3 (PIF3) independently of light, conferring a constitutive photomorphogenic development to its transgenic plants, which is comparable to the first constitutively active version of phytochrome B (YHB; Tyr-276-to-His mutant). We also found that chromophore ligation was required for the light-independent interaction of AtYVB with PIF3. Moreover, we demonstrated that AtYVB did not exhibit phytochrome B activity when it was localized in the cytosol by fusion with the nuclear export signal and that AsYVA exhibited the full activity of phytochrome A when localized in the nucleus by fusion with the nuclear localization signal. Furthermore, the corresponding Tyr-269-to-Val mutant of Arabidopsis phytochrome A (AtYVA) exhibited similar cop phenotypes in transgenic plants to AsYVA. Collectively, these results suggest that the conserved Tyr residues in the chromophore-binding pocket play an important role during the Pr-to-Pfr photoconversion of phytochromes, providing new constitutively active alleles of phytochromes by the Tyr-to-Val mutation.


Subject(s)
Arabidopsis/metabolism , Light Signal Transduction , Phytochrome/metabolism , Arabidopsis/genetics , Cell Nucleus/metabolism , Mutation/genetics , Nuclear Export Signals , Nuclear Localization Signals/metabolism , Phenotype , Plants, Genetically Modified , Protein Binding , Subcellular Fractions/metabolism
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Mol Cells ; 33(6): 617-26, 2012 Jun.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22610367

ABSTRACT

Translationally controlled tumor protein (TCTP), also termed P23 in human, belongs to a family of calcium- and tubulin-binding proteins, and it is generally regarded as a growth-regulating protein. Recently, Arabidopsis TCTP (AtTCTP) has been reported to function as an important growth regulator in plants. On the other hand, plant TCTP has been suggested to be involved in abiotic stress signaling such as aluminum, salt, and water deficit by a number of microarray or proteomic analyses. In this study, the biological functions of AtTCTP were investigated by using transgenic Arabidopsis plants overexpressing AtTCTP. Interestingly, AtTCTP overexpression enhanced drought tolerance in plants. The expression analysis showed that AtTCTP was expressed in guard cells as well as in actively growing tissues. Physiological studies of the overexpression lines showed increased ABA- and calcium-induced stomatal closure ratios and faster stomatal closing responses to ABA. Furthermore, in vitro protein-protein interaction analysis confirmed the interaction between AtTCTP and microtubules, and microtubule cosedimentation assays revealed that the microtubule binding of AtTCTP increased after calcium treatment. These results demonstrate that the overexpression of AtTCTP confers drought tolerance to plants by rapid ABA-mediated stomatal closure via the interaction with microtubules in which calcium binding enhances the interaction. Collectively, the present results suggest that the plant TCTP has molecular properties similar to animal TCTPs, such as tubulin- and calcium-binding, and that it functions in ABA-mediated stomatal movement, in addition to regulating the growth of plants.


Subject(s)
Abscisic Acid/physiology , Arabidopsis Proteins/physiology , Arabidopsis/physiology , Gene Expression , Microtubule-Associated Proteins/physiology , Plant Growth Regulators/physiology , Plant Stomata/physiology , Abscisic Acid/pharmacology , Arabidopsis/cytology , Arabidopsis/growth & development , Arabidopsis Proteins/pharmacology , Calcium/metabolism , Dehydration/metabolism , Droughts , Gene Expression Regulation, Plant , Microtubule-Associated Proteins/pharmacology , Microtubules/metabolism , Plant Growth Regulators/pharmacology , Plant Stomata/growth & development , Protein Binding , Protein Stability , Stress, Physiological , Tumor Protein, Translationally-Controlled 1
5.
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem ; 75(12): 2411-4, 2011.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22146729

ABSTRACT

Phytochromes are photoreceptors that regulate many aspects of plant growth and development in response to red/far-red light signals from the environment. In this study, we analyzed chromophore ligation and photochromism of missense phytochrome mutants in the Per-Arnt-Sim (PAS)-related domain (PRD). Among the 14 mutants analyzed, the Gly768Asp mutant of Avena phytochrome A showed aberrant photochromism and dark reversion, suggesting that amino acid residues in the C-terminal domain affect the photochemical properties of the photosensory N-terminal domain.


Subject(s)
Mutant Proteins/chemistry , Mutation, Missense , Photochemical Processes , Phytochrome/chemistry , Arabidopsis , Mutant Proteins/genetics , Mutant Proteins/metabolism , Phytochrome/genetics , Phytochrome/metabolism , Protein Structure, Tertiary
6.
Plant Cell Physiol ; 51(4): 596-609, 2010 Apr.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20203237

ABSTRACT

Plant phytochromes, molecular light switches that regulate various aspects of plant growth and development, are phosphoproteins that are also known to be autophosphorylating serine/threonine kinases. Although a few protein phosphatases that directly interact with and dephosphorylate phytochromes have been identified, no protein kinase that acts on phytochromes has been reported thus far, and the exact site of phytochrome autophosphorylation has not been identified. In this study, we investigated the functional role of phytochrome autophosphorylation. We first mapped precisely the autophosphorylation sites of oat phytochrome A (phyA), and identified Ser8 and Ser18 in the 65 amino acid N-terminal extension (NTE) region as being the autophosphorylation sites. The in vivo functional roles of phytochrome autophosphorylation were examined by introducing autophosphorylation site mutants into phyA-deficient Arabidopsis thaliana. We found that all the transgenic plants expressing the autophosphorylation site mutants exhibited hypersensitive light responses, indicating an increase in phyA activity. Further analysis showed that these phyA mutant proteins were degraded at a significantly slower rate than wild-type phyA under light conditions, which suggests that the increased phyA activity of the mutants is related to their increased protein stability. In addition, protoplast transfection analyses with green fluorescent protein (GFP)-fused phyA constructs showed that the autophosphorylation site mutants formed sequestered areas of phytochrome (SAPs) in the cytosol much more slowly than did wild-type phyA. These results suggest that the autophosphorylation of phyA plays an important role in the regulation of plant phytochrome signaling through the control of phyA protein stability.


Subject(s)
Arabidopsis/metabolism , Arabidopsis/radiation effects , Light , Phytochrome A/physiology , Signal Transduction/radiation effects , Arabidopsis/genetics , Arabidopsis Proteins/genetics , Arabidopsis Proteins/metabolism , Arabidopsis Proteins/physiology , Blotting, Western , Gene Expression Regulation, Plant/genetics , Gene Expression Regulation, Plant/radiation effects , Phosphorylation/radiation effects , Phytochrome A/genetics , Phytochrome A/metabolism , Plants, Genetically Modified/genetics , Plants, Genetically Modified/metabolism , Plants, Genetically Modified/radiation effects , Protein Stability , Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction , Signal Transduction/genetics
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