ACONITASE 3 is post-translationally controlled in response to mitochondrial stress signals in Arabidopsis
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ABSTRACT: Mitochondria are tightly embedded within metabolic and regulatory networks that optimize plant performance upon environmental challenges. The best-known mitochondrial retrograde signaling pathway involves stress-induced activation of the transcription factor ANAC017, which mediates the onset of protective responses upon stress-induced mitochondrial dysfunction in Arabidopsis. Post-translational control of the elicited responses, in contrast, remains poorly understood. Previous studies linked protein phosphatase 2A subunit PP2A-B’γ, a key negative regulator of stress responses, with reversible phosphorylation of ACONITASE 3 (ACO3). Here we report on ACO3 and its phosphorylation at Ser91 as regulatory components induced by mitochondrial dysfunction. Targeted mass spectrometry-based proteomics revealed that the abundance and phosphorylation of ACO3 increased under stress, and that this required signaling through ANAC017. Phosphomimetic mutation at ACO3-Ser91 and the accumulation of ACO3S91D-YFP, in turn, promoted the expression of stress related genes and ACO3 function associated with plant tolerance against UV-B or antimycin A-induced mitochondrial dysfunction. These findings positioned ACO3 both as a target and modulator of mitochondrial dysfunction signaling, critical in the attainment of stress tolerance in Arabidopsis leaves.
INSTRUMENT(S): Q Exactive HF
ORGANISM(S): Arabidopsis Thaliana (mouse-ear Cress)
TISSUE(S): Leaf
SUBMITTER: Jesús Pascual
LAB HEAD: Saijaliisa Kangasjärvi
PROVIDER: PXD024316 | Pride | 2021-06-08
REPOSITORIES: Pride
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