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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
卷 283, 期 40, 页码 26974-26984出版社
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M805236200
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- Max Planck Society
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [SPP1212, SFB670]
In eukaryotes, proteins of the soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor (SNARE) family are believed to have a general role for the fusion of intracellular transport vesicles with acceptor membranes. Arabidopsis thaliana PEN1 syntaxin resides in the plasma membrane and was previously shown to act together with its partner SNAREs, the adaptor protein SNAP33, and endomembrane-anchored VAMP721/722 in the execution of secretory immune responses against powdery mildew fungi. We conducted a structure-function analysis of PEN1 and show that N-terminal phospho-mimicking and non-phosphorylatable variants neither affected binary nor ternary SNARE complex formation with cognate partners in vitro. However, expression of these syntaxin variants at native protein levels in a pen1 mutant background suggests that phosphorylation is required for full resistance activity in planta. All tested site-directed substitutions of SNARE domain or linker region residues reduced PEN1 defense activity. Two of the variants failed to form ternary complexes with the partner SNAREs in vitro, possibly explaining their diminished in planta activity. However, impaired pathogen defense in plants expressing a linker region variant is likely because of PEN1 destabilization. Although Arabidopsis PEN1 and SYP122 syntaxins share overlapping functions in plant growth and development, PEN1 activity in disease resistance is apparently the result of a complete functional specialization. Our findings are consistent with the hypothesis that PEN1 acts in plant defense through the formation of ternary SNARE complexes and point to the existence of unknown regulatory factors. Our data indirectly support structural inferences that the four-helical coiled coil bundle in ternary SNARE complexes is formed in a sequential order from the N- to C-terminal direction.
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