Clp protease and OR directly control the proteostasis of phytoene synthase, the crucial enzyme for carotenoid biosynthesis in Arabidopsis

Phytoene synthase (PSY) is the crucial plastidial enzymein the carotenoid biosynthetic pathway. However, its post-translational regulation remains elusive. Likewise, Clp protease constitutes a central part of the plastid protease network, but its substrates for degradation are not well known. In thi...

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Autores: Welsch, Ralf, Zhou, Xiangjun, Yuan, Hui, Álvarez, Daniel, Sun, Tianhu, Schlossarek, Dennis, Yang, Yong, Shen, Guoxin, Zhang, Hong, Rodríguez Concepción, Manuel|||0000-0002-1280-2305, Thannhauser, Theodore W., Li, Li
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:186076
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/186076
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1016/j.molp.2017.11.003
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Carotenoid
Phytoene synthase
Clp protease
OR
Post-translational regulation
Arabidopsis
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Sumario:Phytoene synthase (PSY) is the crucial plastidial enzymein the carotenoid biosynthetic pathway. However, its post-translational regulation remains elusive. Likewise, Clp protease constitutes a central part of the plastid protease network, but its substrates for degradation are not well known. In this study, we report that PSY is a substrate of the Clp protease. PSY was uncovered to physically interact with various Clp protease subunits (i.e., ClpS1, ClpC1, and ClpD). High levels of PSY and several other carotenogenic enzyme proteins overaccumulate in the clpc1, clpp4, and clpr1-2 mutants. The overaccumulated PSY was found to be partially enzymatically active. Impairment of Clp activity in clpc1 results in a reduced rate of PSY protein turnover, further supporting the role of Clp protease in degrading PSY protein.On the other hand, the ORANGE (OR) protein, a major post-translational regulator of PSY with holdase chaperone activity, enhances PSY protein stability and increases the enzymatically active proportion of PSY in clpc1, counterbalancing Clp-mediated proteolysis in maintaining PSY proteinhomeostasis. Collectively, these findings provide novel insights into the quality control of plastid-localized proteins and establish a hitherto unidentified post-translational regulatory mechanism of carotenogenic enzymes in modulating carotenoid biosynthesis in plants.