title: Desiccation of the resurrection plant Craterostigma plantagineum induces dynamic changes in protein phosphorylation.
abstract: Reversible phosphorylation of proteins is an important mechanism by which organisms regulate their reactions to external stimuli. To investigate the involvement of phosphorylation during acquisition of desiccation tolerance, we have analysed dehydration-induced protein phosphorylation in the desiccation tolerant resurrection plant Craterostigma plantagineum. Several dehydration-induced proteins were shown to be transiently phosphorylated during a dehydration and rehydration (RH) cycle. Two abundantly expressed phosphoproteins are the dehydration- and abscisic acid (ABA)-responsive protein CDeT11-24 and the group 2 late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) protein CDeT6-19. Although both proteins accumulate in leaves and roots with similar kinetics in response to dehydration, their phosphorylation patterns differ. Several phosphorylation sites were identified on the CDeT11-24 protein using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LCMS/MS). The coincidence of phosphorylation sites with predicted coiled-coil regions leads to the hypothesis that CDeT11-24 phosphorylations influence the stability of coiled-coil interactions with itself and possibly other proteins.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Physiology and Biotechnology of Plants (IMBIO), University of Bonn, Germany. hroehrig@uni-bonn.de
authors.forename: Horst
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Röhrig
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Colby
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bräutigam
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hufnagel
authors.forename: Dorothea
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bartels
mesh_terms: D020816:Amino Acid Motifs; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002853:Chromatography, Liquid; D032181:Craterostigma / Q000378:metabolism*; D003890:Desiccation; D019281:Dimerization; D007700:Kinetics; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family; D010766:Phosphorylation; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014867:Water / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D010940:Plant Proteins; C066246:late embryogenesis abundant protein, plant; D014867:Water