title: Annexin-like protein from Arabidopsis thaliana rescues delta oxyR mutant of Escherichia coli from H2O2 stress.
abstract: Reactive oxygen species are common causes of cellular damages in all aerobic organisms. In Escherichia coli, the oxyR gene product is a positive regulator of the oxyR regulon that is induced in response to H2O2 stress. To identify genes involved in counteracting oxidative stress in plants, we transformed a delta oxyR mutant of E. coli with an Arabidopsis thaliana cDNA library and selected for clones that restored the ability of the delta oxyR mutant to grow in the presence of H2O2. Using this approach, we isolated a cDNA that has strong homology with the annexin super-gene family. The complemented mutant showed higher catalase activity. mRNA expression of the annexin gene in A. thaliana was higher in roots as compared with other organs and was also increased when the plants were exposed to H2O2 stress or salicylic acid. Based on the results presented in this study, we propose a novel physiological role for annexin in counteracting H2O2 stress.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, National University of Singapore, Republic of Singapore.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Gidrol
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Sabelli
authors.forename: Y S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Fern
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Kush
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D017302:Annexins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D017343:Genes, Plant; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000502:physiology*; D010544:Peroxidases / Q000378:metabolism; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D017302:Annexins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D010940:Plant Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; C499299:oxyR protein, E coli; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D010544:Peroxidases