Protein phosphatases 2C regulate the activation of the Snf1-related kinase OST1 by abscisic acid in Arabidopsis.
The plant hormone abscisic acid (ABA) orchestrates plant adaptive responses to a variety of stresses, including drought. This signaling pathway is regulated by reversible protein phosphorylation, and genetic evidence demonstrated that several related protein phosphatases 2C (PP2Cs) are negative regulators of this pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana. Here, we developed a protein phosphatase profiling strategy to define the substrate preferences of the HAB1 PP2C implicated in ABA signaling and used these data to screen for putative substrates. Interestingly, this analysis designated the activation loop of the ABA activated kinase OST1, related to Snf1 and AMPK kinases, as a putative HAB1 substrate. We experimentally demonstrated that HAB1 dephosphorylates and deactivates OST1 in vitro. Furthermore, HAB1 and the related PP2Cs ABI1 and ABI2 interact with OST1 in vivo, and mutations in the corresponding genes strongly affect OST1 activation by ABA. Our results provide evidence that PP2Cs are directly implicated in the ABA-dependent activation of OST1 and further suggest that the activation mechanism of AMPK/Snf1-related kinases through the inhibition of regulating PP2Cs is conserved from plants to human.
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut des Sciences du Végétal, UPR 2355, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France.
Florina
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Vlad
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Rubio
Americo
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Rodrigues
Caroline
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Sirichandra
Christophe
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Belin
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Leung
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D000040:Abscisic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D019295:Computational Biology; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D047468:Immunoprecipitation; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation / Q000187:drug effects; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000071636:Protein Phosphatase 2C; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D000040:Abscisic Acid; D011494:Protein Kinases; C472139:OST1 protein, Arabidopsis; C071570:SNF1-related protein kinases; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; C514757:HAB1 protein, Arabidopsis; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases; D000071636:Protein Phosphatase 2C