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J Integr Plant Biol ; 59(7): 454-458, 2017 Jul.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28332291

RESUMO

Peroxisomes are ubiquitous and dynamic eukaryotic organelles capable of altering their abundance in response to environmental and developmental cues, yet the regulatory mechanism of plant peroxisome division/proliferation is unclear. To identify transcriptional regulators of the peroxisome division factor gene PEX11b, we performed a nuclear pull-down experiment and identified Arabidopsis Forkhead-Associated Domain Protein 3 (FHA3) as a novel protein that binds to the promoter of PEX11b. Our data supported the conclusion that, in contrast to the previously identified HY5 HOMOLOG (HYH) protein that promotes the transcription of PEX11b, FHA3 is a negative regulator of PEX11b expression and peroxisome division.


Assuntos
Proteínas de Arabidopsis/metabolismo , Arabidopsis/metabolismo , Peroxissomos/metabolismo , Arabidopsis/genética , Proteínas de Arabidopsis/genética , Proteínas de Transporte/genética , Proteínas de Transporte/metabolismo , Proteínas de Ligação a DNA , Regulação da Expressão Gênica de Plantas , Proteínas de Membrana/genética , Proteínas de Membrana/metabolismo , Peroxinas/genética , Peroxinas/metabolismo
2.
PLoS One ; 9(9): e108473, 2014.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25248106

RESUMO

The Arabidopsis constitutive photomorphogenic/de-etiolated 1/FUSCA (COP/DET1/FUS) proteins repress photomorphogenesis by degrading positive regulators of photomorphogenesis, such as the transcription factor long hypocotyl5 (HY5). The gain-of-function mutant ted3, which partially suppresses the det1 mutant, contains a missense mutation of a Val-to-Met substitution before the C-terminal RING finger domain of the peroxisomal membrane protein peroxin2 (PEX2). We hypothesized that a truncated PEX2 protein, which only contains the C-terminal RING domain, is initiated by the ted3 mutation and by-passes the function of DET1 in the nucleus. Although we have not been able to detect this hypothetic peptide in vivo, we show in this study that, when fused with a fluorescent protein and overexpressed, the PEX2 RING domain can localize to the nucleus, where it is able to interact with HY5, and PEX2 RING domain overexpression in det1 also partially suppresses the det1 phenotype. Compared with det1, ted3 det1 plants have significantly decreased levels of the HY5 protein and the expression of most of the analyzed HY5 target genes is altered to levels comparable to those in hy5. We conclude that compromised activity of HY5 may have been mainly responsible for the partial reversal of the det1 phenotype in ted3 det1. Our data support the notion that, when appropriately localized, some RING finger domains may be able to achieve neomorphic effects in the cell.


Assuntos
Proteínas de Arabidopsis/genética , Proteínas de Arabidopsis/fisiologia , Arabidopsis/genética , Proteínas de Membrana/fisiologia , Proteínas Nucleares/genética , Domínios RING Finger/fisiologia , Arabidopsis/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Arabidopsis/efeitos da radiação , Proteínas de Arabidopsis/química , Proteínas de Arabidopsis/metabolismo , Fatores de Transcrição de Zíper de Leucina Básica/metabolismo , Núcleo Celular/metabolismo , Regulação da Expressão Gênica no Desenvolvimento/efeitos da radiação , Regulação da Expressão Gênica de Plantas/efeitos da radiação , Genes Reporter , Peptídeos e Proteínas de Sinalização Intracelular , Proteínas de Membrana/química , Proteínas de Membrana/genética , Morfogênese/efeitos da radiação , Mutação , Mutação de Sentido Incorreto , Proteínas Nucleares/metabolismo , Proteínas Nucleares/fisiologia , Peroxinas , Fenótipo , Plantas Geneticamente Modificadas , Mapeamento de Interação de Proteínas , Domínios RING Finger/genética , Proteínas Recombinantes de Fusão/metabolismo , Plântula , Técnicas do Sistema de Duplo-Híbrido
3.
Plant J ; 80(4): 642-53, 2014 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25231822

RESUMO

Inositol pyrophosphates are unique cellular signaling molecules with recently discovered roles in energy sensing and metabolism. Studies in eukaryotes have revealed that these compounds have a rapid turnover, and thus only small amounts accumulate. Inositol pyrophosphates have not been the subject of investigation in plants even though seeds produce large amounts of their precursor, myo-inositol hexakisphosphate (InsP6 ). Here, we report that Arabidopsis and maize InsP6 transporter mutants have elevated levels of inositol pyrophosphates in their seed, providing unequivocal identification of their presence in plant tissues. We also show that plant seeds store a little over 1% of their inositol phosphate pool as InsP7 and InsP8 . Many tissues, including, seed, seedlings, roots and leaves accumulate InsP7 and InsP8 , thus synthesis is not confined to tissues with high InsP6 . We have identified two highly similar Arabidopsis genes, AtVip1 and AtVip2, which are orthologous to the yeast and mammalian VIP kinases. Both AtVip1 and AtVip2 encode proteins capable of restoring InsP7 synthesis in yeast mutants, thus AtVip1 and AtVip2 can function as bonafide InsP6 kinases. AtVip1 and AtVip2 are differentially expressed in plant tissues, suggesting non-redundant or non-overlapping functions in plants. These results contribute to our knowledge of inositol phosphate metabolism and will lay a foundation for understanding the role of InsP7 and InsP8 in plants.


Assuntos
Proteínas de Arabidopsis/metabolismo , Arabidopsis/metabolismo , Fosfatos de Inositol/metabolismo , Fosfotransferases (Aceptor do Grupo Fosfato)/metabolismo , Sementes/metabolismo , Fatores Genéricos de Transcrição/metabolismo , Arabidopsis/genética , Proteínas de Arabidopsis/genética , Cromatografia Líquida de Alta Pressão , Teste de Complementação Genética , Mutação , Fosfotransferases (Aceptor do Grupo Álcool)/genética , Fosfotransferases (Aceptor do Grupo Álcool)/metabolismo , Fosfotransferases (Aceptor do Grupo Fosfato)/genética , Filogenia , Proteínas de Plantas/genética , Proteínas de Plantas/metabolismo , Fatores Genéricos de Transcrição/genética , Leveduras/genética , Zea mays/genética , Zea mays/metabolismo
4.
Am J Bot ; 100(1): 153-60, 2013 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23258369

RESUMO

Gravitropism is a universal plant response. It is initiated by the sensing of the primary signal (mass or pressure), which is then converted into chemical signals that are transduced and propagated in a precise spatial and temporal fashion, resulting in a differential growth response. Our thesis is that membrane lipids and lipid-mediated signaling pathways play critical roles in the initial signaling and in the establishment of polarity. In this review, we highlight results from recent literature and discuss the major questions that remain unanswered.


Assuntos
Gravitropismo/fisiologia , Metabolismo dos Lipídeos , Plantas/metabolismo , Transdução de Sinais , Ácidos Indolacéticos/metabolismo , Fosfatidilinositóis/metabolismo
5.
Plant Cell ; 20(9): 2324-38, 2008 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18796637

RESUMO

B-box containing proteins play an important role in light signaling in plants. Here, we identify LIGHT-REGULATED ZINC FINGER1/SALT TOLERANCE HOMOLOG3 (STH3), a B-box encoding gene that genetically interacts with two key regulators of light signaling, ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL5 (HY5) and CONSTITUTIVE PHOTOMORPHOGENIC1 (COP1). STH3 physically interacts with HY5 in vivo and shows a COP1-dependent localization to nuclear speckles when coexpressed with COP1 in plant cells. A T-DNA insertion mutant, sth3, is hyposensitive to high fluence blue, red, and far-red light and has elongated hypocotyls under short days. Analyses of double mutants between sth3, sth2, and hy5 suggest that they have partially overlapping functions. Interestingly, functional assays in protoplasts suggest that STH3 can activate transcription both independently and together with STH2 through the G-box promoter element. Furthermore, sth3 suppresses the cop1 hypocotyl phenotype in the dark as well as the anthocyanin accumulation in the light. Finally, COP1 ubiquitinates STH3 in vitro, suggesting that STH3 is regulated by COP1. In conclusion, we have identified STH3 as a positive regulator of photomorphogenesis acting in concert with STH2 and HY5, while also being a target of COP1-mediated ubiquitination.


Assuntos
Proteínas de Arabidopsis/genética , Arabidopsis/genética , Regulação da Expressão Gênica no Desenvolvimento/efeitos da radiação , Regulação da Expressão Gênica de Plantas/efeitos da radiação , Luz , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Arabidopsis/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Arabidopsis/metabolismo , Proteínas de Arabidopsis/metabolismo , Fatores de Transcrição de Zíper de Leucina Básica/genética , Fatores de Transcrição de Zíper de Leucina Básica/metabolismo , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Proteínas Nucleares/genética , Proteínas Nucleares/metabolismo , Ligação Proteica/efeitos da radiação , Homologia de Sequência de Aminoácidos , Fatores de Transcrição/genética , Fatores de Transcrição/metabolismo , Técnicas do Sistema de Duplo-Híbrido , Ubiquitina-Proteína Ligases , Ubiquitinação/efeitos da radiação
6.
Plant Physiol ; 146(3): 1117-27, 2008 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18203870

RESUMO

Peroxisomes are single membrane-delimited subcellular organelles that carry out numerous vital metabolic reactions in nearly all eukaryotes. Peroxisomes alter their morphology, abundance, and enzymatic constituents in response to environmental cues, yet little is known about the underlying mechanisms. In this work, we investigated the regulatory role of light in peroxisome proliferation in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). We provide evidence that light induces proliferation of peroxisomes in Arabidopsis seedlings and that the peroxisomal protein PEX11b plays an important role in mediating this process. The far-red light receptor phytochrome A (phyA) and the bZIP transcription factor HY5 HOMOLOG (HYH) are both required for the up-regulation of PEX11b in the light. We further demonstrate that the phyA and hyh mutants exhibit reduced peroxisome abundance, a phenotype that can be rescued by overexpressing PEX11b in these plants. The HYH protein is able to bind to the promoter of PEX11b, suggesting that the PEX11b gene is a direct target of HYH. We conclude that HYH and PEX11b constitute a novel branch of the phyA-mediated light signaling cascade, which promotes peroxisome proliferation during seedling photomorphogenesis.


Assuntos
Proteínas de Arabidopsis/metabolismo , Arabidopsis/fisiologia , Luz , Proteínas de Membrana/metabolismo , Peroxissomos/fisiologia , Plântula/fisiologia , Arabidopsis/citologia , Arabidopsis/metabolismo , Proteínas de Transporte/metabolismo , Proteínas de Ligação a DNA , Peroxinas , Peroxissomos/metabolismo , Fitocromo A/metabolismo , Regiões Promotoras Genéticas , Plântula/metabolismo , Transdução de Sinais/fisiologia
7.
Plant Signal Behav ; 3(10): 801-3, 2008 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19704562

RESUMO

Peroxisomes are multifunctional organelles whose abundance and metabolic activities differ depending on the species, cell type, developmental stage and prevailing environmental conditions.1 However, little is known about the signaling pathways that control these variations, especially in plants. Our laboratory recently investigated the regulatory role of light in changes in peroxisome abundance and identified a phytochrome A-dependent pathway responsible for the proliferation of peroxisomes during dark-to-light transition in Arabidopsis seedlings. Light induces peroxisome proliferation at least in part through upregulating the PEX11b gene, which encodes a peroxisomal membrane protein that mediates the early stages of peroxisome multiplication. Activation of PEX11b requires the far-red light receptor phyA, as well as the bZIP transcription factor HYH, which binds directly to the promoter of PEX11b. We conclude that during photomorphogenesis, both the import of leaf-peroxisome enzymes from the cytosol and the induction of peroxisome proliferation take place to prepare seedlings for photosynthesis and photorespiration. In addition to light, other plant peroxisome proliferators may also exert their functions by targeting members of the PEX11 gene family for transcriptional activation.

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