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PLANT SCIENCE
Volume 264, Issue -, Pages 129-137Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2017.09.012
Keywords
MAPK cascade; Cell death; ZmMKK10; Ethylene
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- National Basic Research Program of China [2014CB138205]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31000127]
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Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascades play important roles in regulating plant growth, development and stress responses. Here, we report that ZmMKK10, a maize MAP kinase kinase, positively regulates cell death. Sequence comparison to Arabidopsis MKKs has led to ZmMKK10 being classified as a group D MKK. Kinase activity analysis of recombinant ZmMKK10 showed that the Mg2+ ion was required for its kinase activity. Transient expression of ZmMKK10(WT) or ZmMKK10(DD) (the active form of ZmMKK10(WT)) in maize mesophyll protoplast significantly increased the cell death rate. Inducible expression of ZinMKK10(WT) or ZmMKK10(DD) in Arabidopsis transgenic plants caused rapid HR-like cell death, whereas induction of ZrnMKKl10(KR) (the inactive form of ZmMKK10) expression in transgenic plants did not yield the same phenotype. Genetic and pharmacological analysis revealed that ZmMKK10-induced cell death in transgenic plants requires the activation of Arabidopsis MPK3 and MPK6 and that it partially depended on ethylene biosynthesis. ZmMPK3 and ZmMPK7, the orthologues of Arabidopsis MPK3 and MPK6, interacted with ZmMKK10 in yeast and ZmMKK10 phosphorylated them both in vitro. Our results demonstrate that ZmMKK10 induces cell death in an ethylene-dependent manner. Furthermore, ZmMPK3 and ZmMPK7 may be the downstream MAPKs in this process.
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