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ArticlePloS one2010

Higher plant calreticulins have acquired specialized functions in Arabidopsis.

Anna Christensen, Karin Svensson, Lisa Thelin, Wenjing Zhang, Nico Tintor, Daniel Prins, Norma Funke, Marek Michalak, Paul Schulze-Lefert, Yusuke Saijo and 3 more

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13 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Anna ChristensenDepartment of Biochemistry, Center for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Karin Svensson
Lisa Thelin
Wenjing Zhang
Nico Tintor
Daniel Prins
Norma Funke
Marek Michalak
Paul Schulze-Lefert
Yusuke Saijo
Marianne Sommarin
Susanne Widell
Staffan Persson
Lund University · SEMax Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research · DEMax Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology · DEUniversity of Alberta · CAUmeå Plant Science Centre · SEUmeå University · SE

Funding

Canadian Institutes of Health Research MOP-15291
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCalreticulin (CRT) is a ubiquitous ER protein involved in multiple cellular processes in animals, such as protein folding and calcium homeostasis. Like in animals, plants have evolved divergent CRTs, but their physiological functions are less understood. Arabidopsis contains three CRT proteins, where the two CRTs AtCRT1a and CRT1b represent one subgroup, and AtCRT3 a divergent member. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL

findingsThrough expression of single Arabidopsis family members in CRT-deficient mouse fibroblasts we show that both subgroups have retained basic CRT functions, including ER Ca2+-holding potential and putative chaperone capabilities. However, other more general cellular defects due to the absence of CRT in the fibroblasts, such as cell adhesion deficiencies, were not fully restored. Furthermore, in planta expression, protein localization and mutant analyses revealed that the three Arabidopsis CRTs have acquired specialized functions. The AtCRT1a and CRT1b family members appear to be components of a general ER chaperone network. In contrast, and as recently shown, AtCRT3 is associated with immune responses, and is essential for responsiveness to the bacterial Pathogen-Associated Molecular Pattern (PAMP) elf18, derived from elongation factor (EF)-Tu. Whereas constitutively expressed AtCRT1a fully complemented Atcrt1b mutants, AtCRT3 did not. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: We conclude that the physiological functions of the two CRT subgroups in Arabidopsis have diverged, resulting in a role for AtCRT3 in PAMP associated responses, and possibly more general chaperone functions for AtCRT1a and CRT1b.

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Amino Acid SequenceAnimalsArabidopsisCalciumCalreticulinEndoplasmic ReticulumFluorescent Antibody TechniqueMiceMolecular ChaperonesMolecular Sequence DataMutationRecombinant ProteinsSequence Homology, Amino AcidSubcellular FractionsCalciumCalreticulinMolecular ChaperonesRecombinant Proteins

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PMID20596537
PMCPMC2893204
OpenAlexW1989909978

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