百脉根小GTPaseROPs基因反转座子插入突变体的分离和鉴定

为研究ROP(Rho-related GTPase of plants,ROP)在豆科植物共生固氮过程中的功能和作用机制,从百脉根逆转录转座子LORE1插入突变体库(http://www.kazusa.or.jp/lotus)中搜索到6个ROP相关基因突变体,通过分离和鉴定,得到不同突变体的M1代和M2代纯合体种子,对M2代进行表型鉴定及统计分析。结果表明:在早期共生表型的鉴定中,突变体与野生型植株相比,rop-like1植株的根瘤原基数明显下降,rop-like4植株的侵入线数和侵入线密度也明显下降;但仅rop-like1植株在接种14d后的结瘤数明显减少。

植物小G蛋白的研究进展

小G蛋白(small GTPases)是近年来细胞信号转导的研究热点,包括Ras、Rho、Rab、Arf和Ran等5个亚家族.植物中存在一种特殊的小G蛋白ROP(Rho-related GTPase from plants)是Rho家族成员,在调控细胞生长发育及植物防御反应体系的建立等方面起重要作用.在植物细胞中ROP存在两种形式,一种是与GTP结合的激活态,另一种是与GDP结合的非激活态,通过这种激活态与非激活态之间的转变,ROPs作为植物生长发育过程中重要的分子开关"参与调控多种信号转导过程.本文主要对国内外近年来有关小G蛋白的种类及其调节机制,以及植物小G蛋白ROP在花粉管生长、根毛发育、H2O2的产生、脱落酸(ABA)以及防御应答反应中的调节作用等方面的研究进展进行综述.

ROPs:植物细胞内多种信号通路的分子开关

植物RHO相关蛋白GTPases(RHO-related GTPases of plants,ROPs)是广泛存在于植物中的一类信号转导G蛋白(又称GTP结合蛋白),其通过结合GDP或GTP在非活性和活性状态间进行切换,进而在细胞极性控制、形态发育、激素水平调控、逆境反应等诸多植物生命活动的信号转导过程中扮演重要的分子开关角色。本文对ROP蛋白的结构域及基于蛋白质结构分类进行了介绍,并对拟南芥、玉米、水稻和大麦中的ROP家族蛋白质进行了系统进化分析。分析结果表明,这些植物中的ROP蛋白根据蛋白质结构域组成可分为Ⅰ类(typeⅠ)和Ⅱ类(typeⅡ)两种类型,而根据蛋白质序列的保守性可将其在植物中的ROP蛋白划分为4个进化枝。本综述不但对ROP蛋白作为分子开关在细胞内调控各种信号通路的机制进行了叙述,还对ROP在花粉管、根毛及植物表皮铺盖细胞极性发育,以及其他抗逆反应中的具体作用和机制及研究进展进行了阐述。本文还对ROP蛋白在ABA、IAA、BR等植物激素信号传导过程中的调控作用及研究进展进行了阐述。本文对植物ROP蛋白研究过程中尚未解决的问题,例如不同的ROP蛋白在同一个信号通路中的作用为何如此不同,以及ROP是如何协调不同的信号通路以共同调控一个植物发育或者生理过程等问题进行了总结,并在此基础上对未来的研究方向进行了展望。

植物小G蛋白功能的最新研究进展

小G蛋白超家族包括Ras、Rab、Rho、Arf和Ran亚家族,不同成员间在结构和功能方面又呈现明显的多样性。小G蛋白作为重要的分子开关,其结构域主要包括4个鸟苷酸(GTP/GDP)结合域、1个效应区,其鸟苷酸结合域起着关键作用且保守性最高,在植物、动物和酵母中均有较高的保守性。小G蛋白成员凭借其多样性和不同鸟苷酸结合态的功能调控(结合GTP时为活性状态,而结合GDP时为非活性状态),参与多种细胞生命活动,履行不同的生物学功能,例如基因表达调控,细胞骨架重组,囊泡运输的调节,出芽过程,核-质运输及微管形成。本文主要阐述植物中研究小G蛋白各个家族功能的最新进展。

Plant Rho GTPase signaling promotes autophagy

The roles of Rho family guanosine triphosphatases(GTPases)of plants(ROPs)in modulating plant growth and development have been well characterized.However,little is known about the roles of ROP signaling pathways in regulating plant autophagy and autophagosome formation.In this study,we identify a unique ROP signaling mechanism,which mediates developmental to autophagic transition under stress conditions in the model plant Arabidopsis.Loss-of-function mutants of ROP8 showed stress-induced hypersensitive phenotypes and compromised autophagic flux.Similar to other ROPs in the ROP/RAC family,ROP8 exhibits both plasma membrane and cytosolic punctate localization patterns.Upon autophagic induction,active ROP8 puncta colocalize with autophagosomal markers and are degraded inside the vacuole.In human cells,RalB,an RAS subfamily GTPase,engages its effector Exo84 for autophagosome assembly.However,a RalB counterpart is missing in the plant lineage.Intriguingly,we discovered that plant ROP8 promotes autophagy via its downstream effector Sec5.Live-cell super-resolution imaging showed that ROP8 and Sec5 reside on phagophores for autophagosome formation.Taken together,our findings highlight a previously unappreciated role of an ROP8-Sec5 signaling axis in autophagy promotion,providing new insights into how plants utilize versatile ROP signaling networks to coordinate developmental and autophagic responses depending on environmental changes.

ROP GTPase-mediated auxin signaling regulates pavement cell interdigitation in Arabidopsis thaliana

In multicellular plant organs, cell shape formation depends on molecular switches to transduce developmental or environmental signals and to coordinate cell-to-cell communi- cation. Plants have a specific subfamily of the Rho GTPase family, usually called Rho of Plants （ROP）, which serve as a critical signal transducer involved in many cellular processes. In the last decade, important advances in the ROP-mediated regulation of plant cell morphogenesis have been made by using Arubidopsis thaliana leaf and cotyledon pavement cells. Especially, the auxin-ROP signaling networks have been demonstrated to control interdigitated growth of pavement ceils to form jigsaw-puzzle shapes. Here, we review findingsrelated to the discovery of this novel auxin-signaling mecha- nism at the cell surface. This signaling pathway is to a large extent independent of the well-known Transport Inhibitor Response （TIR）-Auxin Signaling F-Box （AFB） pathway, and instead requires Auxin Binding Protein 1 （ABP1） interaction with the plasma membrane-localized, transmembrane kinase （TMK） receptor-like kinase to regulate ROP proteins. Once activated, ROP influences cytoskeletal organization and inhibits endocytosis of the auxin transporter PINt. The present review focuses on ROP signaling and its self-organizing feature allowing ROP proteins to serve as a bustling signal decoder and integrator for plant cell morphogenesis.

小G蛋白在植物抗病性中的作用(英文)

小G蛋白一类是低分子量GTP结合蛋白,其分子量大约20～30 kDa。小G蛋白作为重要的分子开关参与了细胞许多重要生理信号途径的调控。近几年在植物中的研究、尤其是对模式植物水稻抗病分子机制的研究发现,Rho家族的小G蛋白在植物抗病信号传导途径的调控中起了关键的作用。本文对植物特有的Rho家族小G蛋白在植物免疫反应中的最新研究进展进行了综述。

A Genome-wide Functional Characterization of Arabidopsis Regulatory Calcium Sensors in Pollen Tubes

Calcium, an ubiquitous second messenger, plays an essential and versatile role in cellular signaling. The diverse function of calcium signals is achieved by an excess of calcium sensors. Plants possess large numbers of calcium sensors, most of which have not been functionally characterized. To identify physiologically relevant calcium sensors in a specific cell type, we conducted a genome-wide functional survey in pollen tubes, for which spatiotemporal calcium signals are well-characterized and required for polarized tip growth. Pollen.specific members of calrnodulin （CAM）, CaM-like （CML）, calcium-dependent protein kinase （CDPK） and calcineurin B-like protein （CBL） families were tagged with green fluorescence protein （GFP） and their localization patterns and overexpression phenotypes were characterized in tobacco pollen tubes. We found that several fusion proteins showed distinct overexpression phenotypes and subcellular localization patterns. CDPK24-GFP was localized to the vegetative nucleus and the generative cell/sperms. CDPK32-GFP caused severe growth depolarization. CBL2-GFP and CBL3-GFP exhibited dynamic patterns of subcellular localization, including several endomembrane compartments, the apical plasma membrane （PM）, and cytoskeleton-like structures in pollen tubes. Their overexpression also inhibited pollen tube elongation and induced growth depolarization. These putative calcium sensors are excellent candidates for the calcium sensors responsible for the regulation of calcium homeostasis and calciumdependent tip growth and growth oscillation in pollen tubes.