Project description:Plant resistance inducers (PRIs) are compounds that protect crops from diseases by activating plant immunity. The exogenous treatment with glutamate (Glu), an important amino acid for living organisms, was shown to induce resistance against fungal pathogen in rice and tomato. To understand the molecular mechanism of Glu-induced immunity, we developed a model system using Arabidopsis thaliana. Here, we found that exogenous treatment with Glu to Arabidopsis enhances resistance against Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 and Colletotrichum higginsianum. Consistently, transcriptome analyses of Arabidopsis seedlings treated with Glu showed that Glu significantly induces the expression of wound, defense, and stress related genes. Interestingly, Glu activates the expression of pathogen or damage associated molecular patterns (PAMP or DAMP)–inducible genes at much later time points than PAMP/DAMPs normally do. Moreover, expression of Glu-inducible genes does not require known components of PAMP receptor complex, glutamate receptors, salicylic acid-biosynthesis enzyme, or glutamate decarboxylase. In addition, Glu also enhances PAMP-inducible immune responses, such as production of reactive oxygen species and mitogen-activated protein kinase activation. These results show that Glu activates PAMP/DAMP-triggered immunity signaling pathway in a novel manner.
Project description:Plant resistance inducers (PRIs) are compounds that protect crops from diseases by activating plant immunity. The exogenous treatment with glutamate (Glu), an important amino acid for living organisms, was shown to induce resistance against fungal pathogen in rice and tomato. To understand the molecular mechanism of Glu-induced immunity, we developed a model system using Arabidopsis thaliana. Here, we found that exogenous treatment with Glu to Arabidopsis enhances resistance against Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 and Colletotrichum higginsianum. Consistently, transcriptome analyses of Arabidopsis seedlings treated with Glu showed that Glu significantly induces the expression of wound, defense, and stress related genes. Interestingly, Glu activates the expression of pathogen or damage associated molecular patterns (PAMP or DAMP)–inducible genes at much later time points than PAMP/DAMPs normally do. Moreover, expression of Glu-inducible genes does not require known components of PAMP receptor complex, glutamate receptors, salicylic acid-biosynthesis enzyme, or glutamate decarboxylase. In addition, Glu also enhances PAMP-inducible immune responses, such as production of reactive oxygen species and mitogen-activated protein kinase activation. These results show that Glu activates PAMP/DAMP-triggered immunity signaling pathway in a novel manner.
Project description:Plants have the ability to shed organs that are no longer in use. In Arabidopsis thaliana abscission of floral organs involves cell wall remodeling and cell expansion prior to cell wall dissolution. IDA encodes a secreted peptide that signals through the leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinases (LRR-RLKs) HAESA (HAE) (At4g28490) and HASEA-LIKE2 (HSL2) (At5g65710).
Project description:Plants have the ability to shed organs that are no longer in use. In Arabidopsis thaliana abscission of floral organs involves cell wall remodeling and cell expansion prior to cell wall dissolution. IDA encodes a secreted peptide that signals through the leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinases (LRR-RLKs) HAESA (HAE) (At4g28490) and HASEA-LIKE2 (HSL2) (At5g65710).
Project description:The project intended to reveal protein phosphorylation patterns in Arabidopsis thaliana in response to ATP. For this purpose, Arabidopsis thaliana plants, including WT, ATP receptor mutants (p2k1, p2k2, and double mutant p2k1/p2k2), and P2K1 overexpression plants, were treated with ATP or buffer (as the negative control). Crude membrane proteins were then extracted, reduced with DTT, alkylated with iodoacetamide, and digested with Lys-C/trypsin. The digested peptides were then acidified with formic acid, desalted with C18 SPE columns, and concentrated in a Speed-Vac concentrator. The Phosphopeptides were enriched from the above digested peptide samples using IMAC and then analyzed with LC-MS/MS. Data was searched with MaxQuant (ver. 2.0.1.0), which identified and quantified peptides and proteins across all of with Arabidopsis thaliana data set (Uniprot.2020.11.02).
Project description:The goal of this project is to compare the primary metabolite profile in different tissue types of the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. Specifically, plants were grown hydroponically under the long-day (16hr light/day) condition at 21C. Tissue samples, including leaves, inflorescences, and roots were harvest 4 1/2 weeks post sowing. Untargeted primary metabolites profiling was carried out using GCTOF.
