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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 283, Issue 14, Pages 8885-8892Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M708106200
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Plant respiratory burst oxidase homolog ( rboh) proteins, which are homologous to the mammalian 91-kDa glycoprotein subunit of the phagocyte oxidase ( gp91(phox)) or NADPH oxidase 2 ( NOX2), have been implicated in the production of reactive oxygen species ( ROS) both in stress responses and during development. Unlike mammalian gp91(phox)/NOX2 protein, plant rboh proteins have hydrophilic N-terminal regions containing two EF-hand motifs, suggesting that their activation is dependent on Ca2+. However, the significance of Ca2+ binding to the EF-hand motifs on ROS production has been unclear. By employing a heterologous expression system, we showed that ROS production by Arabidopsis thaliana rbohD ( AtrbohD) was induced by ionomycin, which is a Ca2+ ionophore that induces Ca2+ influx into the cell. This activation required a conformational change in the EF-hand region, as a result of Ca2+ binding to the EF-hand motifs. We also showed that AtrbohD was directly phosphorylated in vivo, and that this was enhanced by the protein phosphatase inhibitor calyculin A ( CA). Moreover, CA itself induced ROS production and dramatically enhanced the ionomycin-induced ROS production of AtrbohD. Our results suggest that Ca2+ binding and phosphorylation synergistically activate the ROS-producing enzyme activity of AtrbohD.
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