UBP12 and UBP13 negatively regulate the activity of the ubiquitin-dependent peptidases DA1, DAR1 and DAR2

© 2020, Vanhaeren et al..

Protein ubiquitination is a very diverse post-translational modification leading to protein degradation or delocalization, or altering protein activity. In Arabidopsis thaliana, two E3 ligases, BIG BROTHER (BB) and DA2, activate the latent peptidases DA1, DAR1 and DAR2 by mono-ubiquitination at multiple sites. Subsequently, these activated peptidases destabilize various positive growth regulators. Here, we show that two ubiquitin-specific proteases, UBP12 and UBP13, deubiquitinate DA1, DAR1 and DAR2, hence reducing their peptidase activity. Overexpression of UBP12 or UBP13 strongly decreased leaf size and cell area, and resulted in lower ploidy levels. Mutants in which UBP12 and UBP13 were downregulated produced smaller leaves that contained fewer and smaller cells. Remarkably, neither UBP12 nor UBP13 were found to be cleavage substrates of the activated DA1. Our results therefore suggest that UBP12 and UBP13 work upstream of DA1, DAR1 and DAR2 to restrict their protease activity and hence fine-tune plant growth and development.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

eLife - 9(2020) vom: 25. März

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Vanhaeren, Hannes [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Ying [VerfasserIn]
Vermeersch, Mattias [VerfasserIn]
De Milde, Liesbeth [VerfasserIn]
De Vleeschhauwer, Valerie [VerfasserIn]
Natran, Annelore [VerfasserIn]
Persiau, Geert [VerfasserIn]
Eeckhout, Dominique [VerfasserIn]
De Jaeger, Geert [VerfasserIn]
Gevaert, Kris [VerfasserIn]
Inzé, Dirk [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

A. thaliana
Arabidopsis Proteins
Cell proliferation
Deubiquitination
EC 3.4.-
EC 3.4.19.12
EC 3.4.99.-
Endopeptidases
Endoreduplication
Enzymatic activity
Journal Article
Leaf growth
Peptide Hydrolases
Plant biology
Proteostasis
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
UBP12 protein, Arabidopsis
UBP13 protein, Arabidopsis
Ubiquitin
Ubiquitin-Specific Proteases

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Date Completed 07.04.2021

Date Revised 07.04.2021

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.7554/eLife.52276

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM307951901