Arabidopsis ubiquitin conjugase UBC32 is an ERAD component that functions in brassinosteroid-mediated salt stress tolerance |
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Authors: | Cui Feng Liu Lijing Zhao Qingzhen Zhang Zhonghui Li Qingliang Lin Baoying Wu Yaorong Tang Sanyuan Xie Qi |
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Institution: | State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, National Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China. |
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Abstract: | Plants modify their growth and development to protect themselves from detrimental conditions by triggering a variety of signaling pathways, including the activation of the ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation pathway. Endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-associated protein degradation (ERAD) is an important aspect of the ubiquitin-proteasome system, but only a few of the active ERAD components have been reported in plants. Here, we report that the Arabidopsis thaliana ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme, UBC32, a stress-induced functional ubiquitin conjugation enzyme (E2) localized to the ER membrane, connects the ERAD process and brassinosteroid (BR)-mediated growth promotion and salt stress tolerance. In vivo data showed that UBC32 was a functional ERAD component that affected the stability of a known ERAD substrate, the barley (Hordeum vulgare) powdery mildew O (MLO) mutant MLO-12. UBC32 mutation caused the accumulation of bri1-5 and bri1-9, the mutant forms of the BR receptor, BRI1, and these mutant forms subsequently activated BR signal transduction. Further genetic and physiological data supported the contention that UBC32 plays a role in the BR-mediated salt stress response and that BR signaling is necessary for the plant to tolerate salt. Our data indicates a possible mechanism by which an ERAD component regulates the growth and stress response of plants. |
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