The CUL3A-LFH1-UBC15 ubiquitin ligase complex mediates SHORT VEGETATIVE PHASE degradation to accelerate flowering at high ambient temperature

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Ambient temperature affects flowering time in plants, and the MADS-box transcription factor SHORT VEGETATIVE PHASE (SVP) plays a crucial role in the response to changes in ambient temperature. SVP protein stability is regulated by the 26S proteasome pathway and decreases at high ambient temperature, but the details of SVP degradation are unclear. Here, we show that SVP degradation at high ambient temperature is mediated by the CULLIN3-RING E3 ubiquitin ligase (CRL3) complex in Arabidopsis thaliana. We identified a previously uncharacterized protein that interacts with SVP at high ambient temperature and contains a BTB/POZ domain. We named this protein LATE FLOWERING AT HIGH TEMPERATURE 1 (LFH1). Single mutants of LFH1 or CULLIN3A (CUL3A) showed late flowering specifically at 27°C. LFH1 protein levels increased at high ambient temperature. We found that LFH1 interacts with CUL3A in the cytoplasm and is important for SVP-CUL3A complex formation. Mutations in CUL3A and/or LFH1 led to increased SVP protein stability at high ambient temperature, suggesting that the CUL3-LFH1 complex functions in SVP degradation. Screening E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes (UBCs) using RING-BOX PROTEIN 1 (RBX1), a component of the CRL3 complex, as bait identified UBC15. ubc15 mutants also showed late flowering at high ambient temperature. In vitro and in vivo ubiquitination assays using recombinant CUL3A, LFH1, RBX1, and UBC15 showed that SVP is highly ubiquitinated in an ATP-dependent manner. Collectively, these results indicate that the degradation of SVP at high ambient temperature is mediated by a CRL3 complex comprising CUL3A, LFH1, and UBC15.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:5

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Plant communications - 5(2024), 4 vom: 08. Apr., Seite 100814

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Jin, Suhyun [VerfasserIn]
Youn, Geummin [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Sun Young [VerfasserIn]
Kang, Taewook [VerfasserIn]
Shin, Hyun-Young [VerfasserIn]
Jung, Ji-Yul [VerfasserIn]
Seo, Pil Joon [VerfasserIn]
Ahn, Ji Hoon [VerfasserIn]

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AT1G26830 protein, Arabidopsis
Arabidopsis Proteins
CUL3
EC 2.3.2.27
EC 6.-
Journal Article
Ligases
Proteasomal degradation
SVP
Temperature-responsive flowering
Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases
Ubiquitination
Ubiquitins

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Date Completed 11.04.2024

Date Revised 25.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.xplc.2024.100814

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NLM367035731