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Identification of Post-translational Modifications of Plant Protein Complexes
Published on: February 22, 2014
Function of Oxidative Cross-Linking of Cell Wall Structural Proteins in Plant Disease Resistance
L. F. Brisson1, R. Tenhaken, C. Lamb
1Plant Biology Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037.
Abstract:
Elicitation of soybean cells causes a rapid insolubilization of two cell wall structural proteins, p33 and p100. Likewise, a short elicitation of 30 min rendered cell walls more refractory to enzyme digestion as assayed by the yield of protoplasts released. This effect could be ascribed to protein cross-linking because of its insensitivity to inhibitors of transcription (actinomycin D) and translation (cycloheximide) and its induction by exogenous H2O2. Moreover, the induced loss of protoplasts could be prevented by preincubation with DTT, which also blocks peroxidase-mediated oxidative cross-linking. The operation of protein insolubilization in plant defense was also demonstrated by its occurrence in the incompatible interaction but not in the compatible interaction between soybean and Pseudomonas syringae pv glycinea. Likewise, protein insolubilization was observed in bean during non-host hypersensitive resistance to the tobacco pathogen P. s. pv tabaci mediated by the hypersensitive resistance and pathogenicity (Hrp) gene cluster. Our data strongly suggest that rapid protein insolubilization leads to a strengthened cell wall, and this mechanism functions as a rapid defense in the initial stages of the hypersensitive response prior to deployment of transcription-dependent defenses.
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