Universal Stress Protein Exhibits a Redox-Dependent Chaperone Function in Arabidopsis and Enhances Plant Tolerance to Heat Shock and Oxidative Stress

Although a wide range of physiological information on Universal Stress Proteins (USPs) is available from many organisms, their biochemical, and molecular functions remain unidentified. The biochemical function of AtUSP (At3g53990) from Arabidopsis thaliana was therefore investigated. Plants over-expressing AtUSP showed a strong resistance to heat shock and oxidative stress, compared with wild-type and Atusp knock-out plants, confirming the crucial role of AtUSP in stress tolerance. AtUSP was present in a variety of structures including monomers, dimers, trimers, and oligomeric complexes, and switched in response to external stresses from low molecular weight (LMW) species to high molecular weight (HMW) complexes. AtUSP exhibited a strong chaperone function under stress conditions in particular, and this activity was significantly increased by heat treatment. Chaperone activity of AtUSP was critically regulated by the redox status of cells and accompanied by structural changes to the protein. Over-expression of AtUSP conferred a strong tolerance to heat shock and oxidative stress upon Arabidopsis, primarily via its chaperone function.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:6

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Frontiers in plant science - 6(2015) vom: 01., Seite 1141

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Jung, Young Jun [VerfasserIn]
Melencion, Sarah Mae Boyles [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Eun Seon [VerfasserIn]
Park, Joung Hun [VerfasserIn]
Alinapon, Cresilda Vergara [VerfasserIn]
Oh, Hun Taek [VerfasserIn]
Yun, Dae-Jin [VerfasserIn]
Chi, Yong Hun [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Sang Yeol [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Heat shock
High molecular weight (HMW) complex
Journal Article
Low molecular weight (LMW) complex
Molecular chaperone
Oxidative stress
Redox status
Universal stress protein (USP)

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Date Completed 06.01.2016

Date Revised 09.04.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/fpls.2015.01141

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NLM256166226