A protein phosphatase 2C, AP2C1, interacts with and negatively regulates the function of CIPK9 under potassium-deficient conditions in Arabidopsis

Potassium (K+) is a major macronutrient required for plant growth. An adaptive mechanism to low-K+ conditions involves activation of the Ca2+ signaling network that consists of calcineurin B-like proteins (CBLs) and CBL-interacting kinases (CIPKs). The CBL-interacting protein kinase 9 (CIPK9) has previously been implicated in low-K+ responses in Arabidopsis thaliana. Here, we report a protein phosphatase 2C (PP2C), AP2C1, that interacts with CIPK9. Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET), bimolecular fluorescence complementation (BiFC), and co-localization analyses revealed that CIPK9 and AP2C1 interact in the cytoplasm. AP2C1 dephosphorylates the auto-phosphorylated form of CIPK9 in vitro, presenting a regulatory mechanism for CIPK9 function. Furthermore, genetic and molecular analyses revealed that ap2c1 null mutants (ap2c1-1 and ap2c1-2) are tolerant to low-K+ conditions, retain higher K+ content, and show higher expression of K+-deficiency related genes contrary to cipk9 mutants (cipk9-1 and cipk9-2). In contrast, transgenic plants overexpressing AP2C1 were sensitive to low-K+ conditions. Thus, this study shows that AP2C1 and CIPK9 interact to regulate K+-deficiency responses in Arabidopsis. CIPK9 functions as positive regulator whereas AP2C1 acts as a negative regulator of Arabidopsis root growth and seedling development under low-K+ conditions.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:69

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Journal of experimental botany - 69(2018), 16 vom: 18. Juli, Seite 4003-4015

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Singh, Amarjeet [VerfasserIn]
Yadav, Akhilesh K [VerfasserIn]
Kaur, Kanwaljeet [VerfasserIn]
Sanyal, Sibaji K [VerfasserIn]
Jha, Saroj K [VerfasserIn]
Fernandes, Joel L [VerfasserIn]
Sharma, Pankhuri [VerfasserIn]
Tokas, Indu [VerfasserIn]
Pandey, Amita [VerfasserIn]
Luan, Sheng [VerfasserIn]
Pandey, Girdhar K [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

AP2C1 protein, Arabidopsis
Arabidopsis Proteins
CIPK9 protein, Arabidopsis
EC 2.7.11.1
EC 3.1.3.16
Journal Article
Phosphoprotein Phosphatases
Potassium
Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases
RWP5GA015D
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 28.10.2019

Date Revised 04.12.2021

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/jxb/ery182

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM284140414