Phosphorylation of the Arabidopsis AtrbohF NADPH oxidase by OST1 protein kinase

  • Caroline Sirichandra
  • , Dan Gu
  • , Heng Cheng Hu
  • , Marlène Davanture
  • , Sangmee Lee
  • , Michaël Djaoui
  • , Benoît Valot
  • , Michel Zivy
  • , Jeffrey Leung
  • , Sylvain Merlot
  • , June M. Kwak

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Abstract

The plant hormone abscisic acid (ABA) triggers production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in guard cells via the AtrbohD and AtrbohF NADPH oxidases, leading to stomatal closure. The ABA-activated SnRK2 protein kinase open stomata 1 (OST1) (SRK2E/SnRK2.6) acts upstream of ROS in guard cell ABA signaling. Here, we report that OST1 phosphorylates Ser13 and Ser174 on AtrbohF. In addition, substitution of Ser174 to Ala results in a ∼40% reduction in the phosphorylation of AtrbohF by OST1. We also show that OST1 physically interacts with AtrbohF. These results provide biochemical evidence suggesting that OST1 regulates AtrbohF activity. Structured summary: MINT-7260179, MINT-7260147, MINT-7260165: OST1 (uniprotkb:Q940H6) phosphorylates (MI:0217) ATRBOHF (uniprotkb:O48538) by protein kinase assay (MI:0424). MINT-7260208: OST1 (uniprotkb:Q940H6) and ATRBOHF (uniprotkb:O48538) physically interact (MI:0915) by bimolecular fluorescence complementation (MI:0809).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2982-2986
Number of pages5
JournalFEBS Letters
Volume583
Issue number18
DOIs
StatePublished - 17 Sep 2009

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
We thank A.C. Mustilli, S. Thomine, and C. Belin for kindly providing the GFP-OST1 construct. We also thank Drs. C. Chang, H. Sze, and Z. Liu for critical reading of the manuscript and J. Giraudat for technical help. This work was supported by NRI Grants ( 2004-35100-14909 , 2007-35100-18377 ) from the USDA CSREES and in part by a Grant ( MCB-0618402 ) from the NSF to J.M.K., and in part by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique to S.M. and J.L. C.S. was supported by a doctoral fellowship from the French Ministère de l’Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche.

Keywords

  • Abscisic acid
  • Guard cell
  • Protein kinase
  • Reactive oxygen species

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