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CRK2 and C-terminal phosphorylation of NADPH oxidase RBOHD regulate ROS production in Arabidopsis

Authors :
Kimura, Sachie
Hunter, Kerri
Vaahtera, Lauri
Tran, Huy Cuong
Citterico, Matteo
Vaattovaara, Aleksia
Rokka, Anne
Stolze, Sara Christina
Harzen, Anne
Meißner, Lena
Wilkens, Maya Melina Tabea
Hamann, Thorsten
Toyota, Masatsugu
Nakagami, Hirofumi
Wrzaczek, Michael
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 2019.

Abstract

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are important messengers in eukaryotic organisms and their production is tightly controlled. Active extracellular ROS production by NADPH oxidases in plants is triggered by receptor-like protein kinase (RLK)-dependent signaling networks. Here we show that the cysteine-rich RLK CRK2 kinase activity is required for plant growth and CRK2 exists in a preformed complex with the NADPH oxidase RBOHD in Arabidopsis. Functional CRK2 is required for the full elicitor-induced ROS burst and consequently the crk2 mutant is impaired in defense against the bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000. Our work demonstrates that CRK2 regulates plant innate immunity. We identified in vitro CRK2-dependent phosphorylation sites in the C-terminal region of RBOHD. Phosphorylation of S703 RBOHD is enhanced upon flg22 treatment and substitution of S703 with alanine reduced ROS production in Arabidopsis. Phylogenetic analysis suggests that phospho-sites in C-terminal region of RBOHD are conserved throughout the plant lineage and between animals and plants. We propose that regulation of NADPH oxidase activity by phosphorylation of the C-terminal region might be an ancient mechanism and that CRK2 is an important element in regulating MAMP-triggered ROS production.One-sentence summaryCRK2 associates with and activates RBOHD to trigger MAMP-induced ROS production and reveals a novel regulatory mechanism for plant NADPH oxidases through phosphorylation of the C-terminus.

Details

Database :
OpenAIRE
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....68ae0546ebf0a6752e534dcce3fe7393
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1101/618819