The MtDMI2-MtPUB2 Negative Feedback Loop Plays a Role in Nodulation Homeostasis
The MtDMI2-MtPUB2 Negative Feedback Loop Plays a Role in Nodulation Homeostasis
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MtDMI2-MtPUB2 负反馈环在结瘤稳态中发挥作用
DOI:
10.1104/pp.17.01587
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发表时间:
2018-04-01
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影响因子:
7.4
通讯作者:
Dong, Jiangli
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作者:
Liu, Jiaxing;Deng, Jie;Dong, Jiangli
DOES NOT MAKE INFECTION 2 (MtDMI2) is a Leu rich repeat-type receptor kinase required for signal transduction in the Medicago truncatula/Sinorhizobium meliloti symbiosis pathway. However, the mechanisms through which MtDMI2 participates in nodulation homeostasis are poorly understood. In this study, we identified MtPUB2-a novel plant U-box (PUB)-type E3 ligase -and showed that it interacts with MtDMI2. MtDMI2 and MtPUB2 accumulation were shown to be similar in various tissues. Roots of plants in which MtPUB2 was silenced by RNAi (MtPUB2-RNAi plants) exhibited impaired infection threads, fewer nodules, and shorter primary root lengths compared to those of control plants transformed with empty vector. Using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry, we showed that MtDMI2 phosphorylates MtPUB2 at Ser-316, Ser-421, and Thr-488 residues. When MtPUB2-RNAi plants were transformed with MtPUB2(S421D), which mimics the phosphorylated state, MtDMI2 was persistently ubiquitinated and degraded by MtPUB2(S421D), resulting in fewer nodules than observed in MtPUB2/MtPUB2RNAi-complemented plants. However, MtPUB2(S421A)/MtPUB2-RNAi-complemented plants showed no MtPUB2 ubiquitination activity, and their nodulation phenotype was similar to that of MtPUB2-RNAi plants transformed with empty vector. Further studies demonstrated that these proteins form a negative feedback loop of the prey (MtDMI2)-predator (MtPUB2) type. Our results suggest that the MtDMI2-MtPUB2 negative feedback loop, which displays crosstalk with the long-distance autoregulation of nodulation via MtNIN, plays an important role in nodulation homeostasis.