title: Characterization of the cryptogein binding sites on plant plasma membranes.
abstract: Cryptogein is a 98-amino acid proteinaceous elicitor of tobacco defense reactions. Specific binding of cryptogein to high affinity binding sites on tobacco plasma membranes has been previously reported (K(d) = 2 nM; number of binding sites: 220 fmol/mg of protein). In this study, biochemical characterization of cryptogein binding sites reveals that they correspond to a plasma membrane glycoprotein(s) with an N-linked carbohydrate moiety, which is involved in cryptogein binding. Radiation inactivation experiments performed on tobacco plasma membrane preparations indicated that cryptogein bound specifically to a plasma membrane component with an apparent functional molecular mass of 193 kDa. Moreover, using the homobifunctional cross-linking reagent disuccinimidyl suberate and tobacco plasma membranes incubated with (125)I-cryptogein, we identified, after SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and autoradiography, two (125)I-cryptogein linked N-glycoproteins of about 162 and 50 kDa. Similar results were obtained using Arabidopsis thaliana and Acer pseudoplatanus plasma membrane preparations, whereas cryptogein did not induce any effects on the corresponding cell suspensions. These results suggest that either cryptogein binds to nonfunctional binding sites, homologues to those present in tobacco plasma membranes, or that a protein involved in signal transduction after cryptogein recognition is absent or inactive in both A. pseudoplatanus and A. thaliana.
authors.affiliation: Unité Mixte de Recherche Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Université de Bourgogne, Biochimie Biologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire des Interactions Plantes/Micro-Organismes, BV 1540, Dijon cedex, 21034, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bourque
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Binet
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ponchet
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pugin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lebrun-Garcia
mesh_terms: D020418:Algal Proteins; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000494:pharmacology; D001665:Binding Sites; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents / Q000378:metabolism; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D010504:Periodic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D010947:Plants, Toxic; D011485:Protein Binding; D013997:Time Factors; D014026:Nicotiana / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D020418:Algal Proteins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D010940:Plant Proteins; C061032:cryptogein protein, Phytophthora cryptogea; C031815:toxB protein, Clostridium difficile; D010504:Periodic Acid; C009288:metaperiodate; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases