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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 285, Issue 40, Pages 30654-30665Publisher
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DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M110.119040
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- National Science Foundation [MCB-0542642, MCB-0950857, DBI-0109732]
- Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia, Mexico [165181]
- Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
- Direct For Biological Sciences
- Div Of Molecular and Cellular Bioscience [0950857] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Proteins found in the root exudates are thought to play a role in the interactions between plants and soil organisms. To gain a better understanding of protein secretion by roots, we conducted a systematic proteomic analysis of the root exudates of Arabidopsis thaliana at different plant developmental stages. In total, we identified 111 proteins secreted by roots, the majority of which were exuded constitutively during all stages of development. However, defense-related proteins such as chitinases, glucanases, myrosinases, and others showed enhanced secretion during flowering. Defense-impaired mutants npr1-1 and NahG showed lower levels of secretion of defense proteins at flowering compared with the wild type. The flowering-defective mutants fca-1, stm-4, and co-1 showed almost undetectable levels of defense proteins in their root exudates at similar time points. In contrast, root secretions of defense-enhanced cpr5-2 mutants showed higher levels of defense proteins. The proteomics data were positively correlated with enzymatic activity assays for defense proteins and with in silico gene expression analysis of genes specifically expressed in roots of Arabidopsis. In conclusion, our results show a clear correlation between defense-related proteins secreted by roots and flowering time.
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