The unique dual targeting of AGO1 by two types of PRMT enzymes promotes phasiRNA loading in Arabidopsis thaliana
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ABSTRACT: Arginine/R methylation (R-met) of proteins is a widespread post-translational modification (PTM), deposited by a family of protein arginine/R methyl transferase enzymes (PRMT). Regulations by R-met are involved in key biological processes deeply studied in metazoan. Among those, post-transcriptional gene silencing (PTGS) can be regulated by R-met in animals and in plants. It mainly contributes to safeguard processes as protection of genome integrity in germlines through the regulation of piRNA pathway in metazoan, or response to bacterial infection through the control of AGO2 in plants. So far, only PRMT5 has been identified as the AGO/PIWI R-met writer in higher eukaryotes. We uncovered that AGO1, the main PTGS effector regulating plant development, contains unique R-met features among the AGO/PIWI superfamily. We pinpointed that AGO1 contains both symmetric and asymmetric R-dimethylations (sDMA and aDMA respectively) and is dually targeted by PRMT5 and by another type I PRMT in Arabidopsis thaliana. We showed that loss of sDMA didn’t compromise AtAGO1 subcellular trafficking in planta. Interestingly, we underscored that AtPRMT5 specifically promotes phasiRNA loading in AtAGO1. All our observations bring to consider this dual regulation of AtAGO1 in plant development and response to environment, and pinpoint the complexity of its post-translational regulation.
INSTRUMENT(S): Q Exactive
ORGANISM(S): Arabidopsis Thaliana (mouse-ear Cress)
SUBMITTER: Lauriane Kuhn
LAB HEAD: Jacinthe Azevedo-Favory
PROVIDER: PXD043460 | Pride | 2024-01-18
REPOSITORIES: Pride
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