Light availability promotes distinct responses of plastid protein acetylation marks directed from the N-acetyltransferase GNAT2
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ABSTRACT: Acetylation of amino groups is an important and recurrent protein modification in all eukaryotes. In plants, both lysine and N-terminal acetylation have additional important roles in protein regulation in chloroplasts. However, it is yet unclear how acetylation patterns respond to environmental stresses, and whether lysine or N-terminal modifications similarly contribute to the associated perturbations. A new family of plastid acetyltransferase, called GNATs, was recently discovered, which consists of closely related enzymes featuring both lysine- and N-terminal acetyltransferase activities often on the same polypeptide targets. Here, we take advantage of this unique characteristic of Arabidopsis GNAT2 to obtain a holistic multi-omics acetylation-dependent view during the acclimation of plants to short term changes in light. No substantial difference in transcriptome or adenylate energy charge oscillations were observed between WT and gnat2 knockout mutant lines when they were submitted for two hours to high-light or dark growth conditions. A detailed characterization of the N-terminal acetylome reveals that both its yield and coverage remain unchanged upon different light conditions in both genotypes. Unlike the N-terminal acetylome, the GNAT2-associated lysine acetylome is sensitive to the different light conditions used. In addition, a strong reduction in both types of acetylations on several plastid proteins was observed upon GNAT2 inactivation under all light conditions. Our data suggests that the lysine acetylome marks on proteins more rapidly fluctuate following acclimation to the environmental condition, while N-terminal acetylation changes are associated to longer term responses, like those promoted in the gnat2 background. Taken together, our data revealed unique strategies of plant acclimation to the different applied treatments involving specific PTMs and emphasizes distinct timescale responses of plastid lysine and N-terminal acetylomes to environmental changes.
INSTRUMENT(S): LTQ Orbitrap Velos
ORGANISM(S): Arabidopsis Thaliana (mouse-ear Cress)
TISSUE(S): Rosette
SUBMITTER: Carmela Giglione
LAB HEAD: Carmela GIGLIONE
PROVIDER: PXD040235 | Pride | 2024-08-22
REPOSITORIES: Pride
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