植物DREPP基因家族研究进展

发育调节质膜多肽(DREPP)蛋白是一类与质膜相关的植物特异性蛋白, 具有结合磷脂酰肌醇磷酸(PtdInsP_s)、Ca ²⁺/钙调蛋白(CaM)复合物、微管和微丝等多种功能, 在植物生长发育与逆境(低温和干旱等)应答过程中发挥重要作用。该文综述了植物DREPP家族成员的组成、蛋白质序列特征及其在发育与逆境应答过程中的生物学功能, 以期为深入认识DREPP参与的信号调控网络提供帮助。     

植物质膜蛋白质组的逆境应答研究进展

质膜作为原生质体与外界环境的屏障, 除了维持正常的细胞内稳态和营养状况, 还参与感知和应答各种环境胁迫。近年来, 植物质膜蛋白质组学研究为深入分析植物应答不同生物和非生物胁迫的分子机制提供了重要信息, 已经报道了模式植物拟南芥(Arabidopsis thaliana)和水稻(Oryza sativa)等10种植物质膜应对生物胁迫(白叶枯病菌(Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae)感染)与非生物胁迫(冷、盐、水淹、渗透、高pH值、Fe缺乏及过量、氮素、脱落酸、壳聚糖和壳寡糖)过程的蛋白质丰度模式变化。通过整合分析植物质膜响应逆境的蛋白质组学研究结果, 揭示了质膜在植物应答逆境胁迫过程中的重要作用。植物通过调节转运蛋白、通道蛋白及膜泡运输相关蛋白的丰度变化促进细胞内外的信号传递、物质交换与运输; 同时利用膜相关的G蛋白、Ca²⁺信号、磷酸肌醇信号途径及BR信号途径等多种信号通路, 通过蛋白质可逆磷酸化作用感知和传递胁迫信号, 调节植物抵御胁迫。研究结果为从蛋白质水平认识质膜逆境应答分子调控机制提供了新线索。     

植物类LORELEI糖基磷脂酰肌醇锚定蛋白研究进展

类LORELEI糖基磷脂酰肌醇锚定蛋白(LLG)定位于细胞质膜外表面, 作为CrRLK1L家族类受体激酶的分子伴侣, 参与其转运和胞外信号转导, 从而调控植物生殖发育以及免疫与逆境应答等过程。LLG2/3与ANX和BUPS互作, 调控花粉管顶端生长与爆裂。LLG1与FER (FERONIA)互作, 调控下游的NADPH氧化酶产生活性氧(ROS), 促进根部细胞伸长和根毛生长。此外, LLG1作为FER的共受体, 与快速碱化因子(RALFs)互作, 调节G蛋白β亚基(AGB1)和质膜H ⁺-ATPase功能、胞内ROS稳态以及Ca ²⁺瞬变, 引起根部和气孔的盐应答反应。LLG1与FLS2和EFR互作激活下游RbohD, 调节ROS产生, 调控植物免疫应答。该文综述了植物LLG的相关研究进展, 可为深入理解LLG的生物学功能提供重要信息。     

植物bHLH转录因子在非生物胁迫中的功能研究进展

碱性/螺旋-环-螺旋(basic/Helix-Loop-Helix,bHLH)转录因子家族广泛存在于动物与植物。虽然目前大部分bHLH蛋白的功能已得到鉴定,但是植物bHLH转录因子的研究仍比较滞后。bHLH转录因子是植物体内的第二大类转录因子,在植物的生长发育、生理代谢及逆境应答过程中起着重要的作用。它主要通过参与复杂的信号通路,改变大量下游基因的表达来实现对非生物胁迫的适应性应答。现对植物bHLH转录因子的结构、分类及生物学功能进行介绍,并侧重对其在非生物胁迫中的最新研究进展进行综述,以期为进一步理解其在植物逆境胁迫方面的分子作用机制提供理论依据。     

干旱胁迫下植物质膜功能蛋白研究现状

介绍了植物质膜中3种主要的功能蛋白,质质膜H^ -ATPase、质膜Ca^ -ATPase、质膜氧化还原蛋白的基本性质和生理功能,并对近年来有关逆境下这些膜功能蛋白（酶）活性变化的研究进展进行综述,指出需要进一步研究的问题。     

植物TOR激酶响应上游信号的研究进展

雷帕霉素靶蛋白(TOR)是真核生物中高度保守的丝氨酸/苏氨酸蛋白激酶, 能整合营养、能量、生长因子及环境信号, 协调细胞增殖、生长和代谢等过程, 是真核生物生长发育的核心调控因子。近年来, 随着相关研究系统的建立, 植物TOR的功能和机制研究取得了众多突破, 发现其进化上保守的生物学功能及植物中特有的信号通路。该文概述了TOR蛋白复合体的构成, 以及植物TOR响应糖、营养元素(氮、磷和硫)、激素及逆境胁迫信号来调控下游基因转录、蛋白翻译、代谢、细胞自噬和胁迫应答等生物学过程的分子机制, 并提出了植物TOR领域一些亟待解决的科学问题, 以期为全面揭示植物TOR的生物学功能提供参考。     

植物TCP转录因子的作用机理及其应用研究进展

TCP转录因子是一类植物特有蛋白,含有保守的TCP domain,其中由60个氨基酸组成的b HLH结构是结合DNA和蛋白互作所必需的。TCP转录因子由于其广泛参与调控植物的生长发育过程(如分枝、株高、叶型、花型等)而备受关注。最近有报道显示,TCP转录因子在植物逆境胁迫应答中(如低温和高盐)同样发挥重要作用。TCP蛋白参与多种信号转导途径(如油菜素内酯、茉莉酸、赤霉素、细胞分裂素等),可能是连接生长发育和介导胁迫响应的一个交叉点。本文从分子生物学角度,系统综述了植物TCP转录因子的作用机理及其在激素应答、发育调控及环境胁迫响应等过程中的功能,以期为基因工程方法改良作物生长模式和抗性提供参考。     

植物蛋白质翻译水平的调控

不同的逆境条件可引起生物机体不同的应答反应,其中PKR(protein kinase double-stranded RNA-dependent)、PERK(PKR-like endoplasmic reticulum kinase)、HRI(heme-regulated inhibitor)和GCN2(general control non-derepressible-2)激活后使真核蛋白翻译起始因子2(e IF2)磷酸化,抑制蛋白质的翻译起始,帮助生物体适应各种逆境条件。雷帕霉素的靶蛋白(TOR)是一个进化上相对保守的丝氨酸/苏氨酸激酶,参与细胞生长与增殖、新陈代谢以及蛋白质的翻译等进程,对细胞的正常生长发育有重要作用。近几年的研究表明,e IF2和TOR介导的信号途径在植物中是保守的,共同参与了蛋白翻译水平的调控。本文综述了植物中e IF2和TOR介导的信号途径对蛋白翻译过程的调控机制,以及蛋白质翻译在植物响应逆境中的重要作用。     

植物ABCB亚家族生物学功能研究进展

ABC转运蛋白超家族结构和功能复杂多样, 包含ABCA-ABCH八个亚家族。ABCB是ABC转运蛋白的一个亚家族, 多数定位于质膜, 少数定位于线粒体膜或叶绿体膜。ABCB与其它生长素转运蛋白(AUX1/LAX、PIN)共同参与调控植物生长素的极性运输, 在植物生长发育的各个阶段发挥作用。此外, ABCB转运蛋白还调控植物的向性运动和重金属抗性等过程。近年来, 随着越来越多植物全基因组测序的完成, ABCB亚家族在禾谷类单子叶植物水稻(Oryza sativa)、玉米(Zea mays)和高粱(Sorghum bicolor)中的生物学功能开始有少量报道, 然而多数ABCB转运蛋白的功能尚未得到阐释。该文对拟南芥(Arabidopsis thaliana)和禾谷类作物ABCB转运蛋白的研究进展进行综述, 以期为全面揭示ABCB亚家族生物学功能提供线索。     

植物应答非生物胁迫的蛋白质组学研究进展

逆境对植物的生长发育产生不利影响,植物在长期适应环境中演化出了相应的机制。蛋白质是基因表达的最终产物,是细胞生命活动的基础,在逆境条件下,许多与逆境相关的蛋白质表达量发生变化。蛋白质组学技术的发展为鉴定和研究逆境响应相关蛋白提供了手段,为阐述逆境应答分子机理提供了重要的依据。本综述根据近年来采用蛋白质组学研究植物应答非生物胁迫(干旱,高盐和低温)的结果,总结并讨论了不同逆境下蛋白表达的组织特异性特点,旨在为理解植物的逆境胁迫响应机制提供更多信息。     

Multifaceted roles of aquaporins as molecular conduits in plant responses to abiotic stresses

Abiotic stress has become a challenge to food security due to occurrences of climate change and environmental degradation. Plants initiate molecular, cellular and physiological changes to respond and adapt to various types of abiotic stress. Understanding of plant response mechanisms will aid in strategies aimed at improving stress tolerance in crop plants. One of the most common and early symptoms associated with these stresses is the disturbance in plant–water homeostasis, which is regulated by a group of proteins called “aquaporins”. Aquaporins constitute a small family of proteins which are classified further on the basis of their localization, such as plasma membrane intrinsic proteins, tonoplast intrinsic proteins, nodulin26-like intrinsic proteins (initially identified in symbiosomes of legumes but also found in the plasma membrane and endoplasmic reticulum), small basic intrinsic proteins localized in ER (endoplasmic reticulum) and X intrinsic proteins present in plasma membrane. Apart from water, aquaporins are also known to transport CO₂, H₂O₂, urea, ammonia, silicic acid, arsenite and wide range of small uncharged solutes. Besides, aquaporins also function to modulate abiotic stress-induced signaling. Such kind of versatile functions has made aquaporins a suitable candidate for development of transgenic plants with increased tolerance toward different abiotic stress. Toward this endeavor, the present review describes the versatile functions of aquaporins in water uptake, nutrient balancing, long-distance signal transfer, nutrient/heavy metal acquisition and seed development. Various functional genomic studies showing the potential of specific aquaporin isoforms for enhancing plant abiotic stress tolerance are summarized and future research directions are given to design stress-tolerant crops.     

A DREPP protein interacted with PeaT1 from <Emphasis Type="Italic">Alternaria tenuissima</Emphasis> and is involved in elicitor-induced disease resistance in <Emphasis Type="Italic">Nicotiana</Emphasis> plants

PeaT1 is a proteinaceous elicitor from fungal pathogen Alternaria tenuissima. Our previous research revealed that this elicitor could induce defense response and enhance disease resistance in various plants including Nicotiana plants. However, immune activation mechanisms whereby PeaT1 elicits defense response remain unclear. In this study, the association between elicitor protein PeaT1 and the plasma membrane was assessed using the FITC (Fluorescein isothiocyanate) labeling method. A PeaT1-interacting protein was isolated via ¹²⁵I-PeaT1 cross-linking and Far Western blot analyses, and designated PtBP1 (PeaT1 Binding Protein 1). From the data of Mass spectrometry (MS) and bioinformatics analysis, the 22 kDa plasma membrane protein PtBP1 was inferred to be a member of DREPP (developmentally regulated plasma membrane polypeptide) family that is induced in plants under stress conditions and might get involved in downstream signaling. For further verification of this association, Far Western blot, co-immunoprecipitation and bimolecular fluorescence complementation (BiFC) analyses were performed, showing PtBP1 could bind with PeaT1 in vitro and in vivo. Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) analysis exhibited that PtBP1 silencing in Nicotiana benthamiana attenuated tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) resistance compared to the tobacco rattle virus (TRV) control after PeaT1 treatment.     

Arabinogalactan proteins: actors or spectators during abiotic and biotic stress in plants?

Arabinogalactan proteins (AGPs) are a family of hydroxyproline-rich glycoproteins (HRGP) ubiquitous in the plant kingdom. They are probably one of the most heterogeneous and complex families of macromolecules, making them able to perform different and multiple functions. Located at the plasma membrane–cell wall interface, AGPs are involved in several processes, from plant growth and development to reproduction. An additional function of AGPs in response to biotic and abiotic stress has been suggested by several studies. The purpose of this review is to summarize critically and analytically the available knowledge on the effects of abiotic stress (low and high temperatures, drought, flooding, anoxia and metal deficiency/toxicity) and biotic stress (bacteria, fungi, nematodes and viruses) on AGPs. A deeper understanding of the role of AGPs during these conditions can be an important tool for understanding AGP biology and for the possible development of efficient breeding strategies.     

Differential proteomic analysis of apoplastic proteins during initial phase of salt stress in rice

The plant cell apoplast, which consists of all the compartments beyond the plasma membrane, is implicated in a variety of functions during plant growth and development as well as in plant defence responses to stress conditions. To evaluate the role of apoplastic proteins in initial phase of salt stress, a 2-DE based differential proteomics approach has been used to identify apoplastic salt response proteins. Six salt response proteins have been identified, among them, an apoplastic protein OsRMC, which belongs to cysteine-rich repeat receptor like protein kinase subfamily but without the kinase domain, has shown drastically increased abundance in response to salt stress during the initial phase. Our results show, OsRMC negative regulates the salt tolerance of rice plants. These results indicated that plant apoplastic proteins may have important role in plant salt stress response signal pathway.Key words: rice, apoplast, proteomic, salt stress, receptor-like protein kinase, OsRMC     

Isolation,expression, and functional analysis of developmentally regulated plasma membrane polypeptide 1 (DREPP1) in <Emphasis Type="Italic">Sporobolus virginicus</Emphasis> grown under alkali salt stress

The plant specific DREPP proteins have been shown to bind Ca²⁺ and regulate the N-myristoylation signaling and microtubule polymerization in Arabidopsis thaliana. The information about DREPP proteins in other plants is, however, scarce. In the present study, we isolated the DREPP gene from a halophytic grass, Sporobolus virginicus, and tested whether the gene was involved in alkaline salt stress responses. The SvDREPP1 was cloned from S. virginicus by RACE methods. The isolated gene showed high homology to DREPP homologs from C₄ grasses, Setaria italica, and Panicum hallii as well as rice (OsDREPP1). The encoded protein contained 202 amino acid residues. It was expressed in E. coli, and its biochemical properties were studied. It was observed that SvDREPP1 was not only Ca²⁺-binding protein, but also bind to calmodulin and microtubules. The SvDREPP1 mRNA expression in plants grown under alkaline salt stress was upregulated by 3.5 times over the control in leaf tissues after 48-h treatment, whereas it was increased for 6.0 times in the root tissues at 36 h. The data suggests the importance of SvDREPP1 in regulating alkali salt stress responses in the leaf tissues.