OPEN STOMATA1 phosphorylates CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE-GATED CHANNELs to trigger Ca2+ signaling for ABA-induced stomatal closure in Arabidopsis

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Multiple cyclic nucleotide-gated channels (CNGCs) are abscisic acid (ABA)-activated Ca2+ channels in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) guard cells. In particular, CNGC5, CNGC6, CNGC9, and CNGC12 are essential for ABA-specific cytosolic Ca2+ signaling and stomatal movements. However, the mechanisms underlying ABA-mediated regulation of CNGCs and Ca2+ signaling are still unknown. In this study, we identified the Ca2+-independent protein kinase OPEN STOMATA1 (OST1) as a CNGC activator in Arabidopsis. OST1-targeted phosphorylation sites were identified in CNGC5, CNGC6, CNGC9 and CNGC12. These CNGCs were strongly inhibited by Ser-to-Ala mutations and fully activated by Ser-to-Asp mutations at the OST1-targeted sites. The overexpression of individual inactive CNGCs (iCNGCs) under the UBIQUITIN10 promoter in wild-type Arabidopsis conferred a strong dominant-negative-like ABA-insensitive stomatal closure phenotype. In contrast, expressing active CNGCs (aCNGCs) under their respective native promoters in the cngc5-1 cngc6-2 cngc9-1 cngc12-1 quadruple mutant fully restored ABA-activated cytosolic Ca2+ oscillations and Ca2+ currents in guard cells, and rescued the ABA-insensitive stomatal movement mutant phenotypes. Thus, we uncovered that ABA elicits cytosolic Ca2+ signaling via an OST1-CNGC module, in which OST1 functions as a convergence point of the Ca2+-dependent and -independent pathways in Arabidopsis guard cells.

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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The Plant cell - (2024) vom: 05. März

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yang, Yang [VerfasserIn]
Tan, Yan-Qiu [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Xinyong [VerfasserIn]
Li, Jia-Jun [VerfasserIn]
Du, Bo-Ya [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Meijun [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Pengcheng [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yong-Fei [VerfasserIn]

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ABA
Arabidopsis
CNGCs
Journal Article
OST1
Stomata closure
Upstream regulator

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Date Revised 05.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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10.1093/plcell/koae073

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NLM369321677