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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2010

A minimal cysteine motif required to activate the SKOR K+ channel of Arabidopsis by the reactive oxygen species H2O2.

Carlos Garcia-Mata, Jianwen Wang, Pawel Gajdanowicz, Wendy Gonzalez, Adrian Hills, Naomi Donald, Janin Riedelsberger, Anna Amtmann, Ingo Dreyer, Michael R Blatt

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers.

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44 citing papers in PubMed, 128 citations in OpenAlex.

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10 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Carlos Garcia-MataLaboratory of Plant Physiology and Biophysics, Faculty of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Plant Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Jianwen Wang
Pawel Gajdanowicz
Wendy Gonzalez
Adrian Hills
Naomi Donald
Janin Riedelsberger
Anna Amtmann
Ingo Dreyer
Michael R Blatt
University of Glasgow · GBUniversity of Potsdam · DESoochow University · CNUniversity of Talca · CL

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/C500595/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/D001528/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/D006775/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/F001630/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/F001673/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/H009817/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council P12750
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are essential for development and stress signaling in plants. They contribute to plant defense against pathogens, regulate stomatal transpiration, and influence nutrient uptake and partitioning. Although both Ca(2+) and K(+) channels of plants are known to be affected, virtually nothing is known of the targets for ROS at a molecular level. Here we report that a single cysteine (Cys) residue within the Kv-like SKOR K(+) channel of Arabidopsis thaliana is essential for channel sensitivity to the ROS H(2)O(2). We show that H(2)O(2) rapidly enhanced current amplitude and activation kinetics of heterologously expressed SKOR, and the effects were reversed by the reducing agent dithiothreitol (DTT). Both H(2)O(2) and DTT were active at the outer face of the membrane and current enhancement was strongly dependent on membrane depolarization, consistent with a H(2)O(2)-sensitive site on the SKOR protein that is exposed to the outside when the channel is in the open conformation. Cys substitutions identified a single residue, Cys(168) located within the S3 α-helix of the voltage sensor complex, to be essential for sensitivity to H(2)O(2). The same Cys residue was a primary determinant for current block by covalent Cys S-methioylation with aqueous methanethiosulfonates. These, and additional data identify Cys(168) as a critical target for H(2)O(2), and implicate ROS-mediated control of the K(+) channel in regulating mineral nutrient partitioning within the plant.

Indexed as

Amino Acid MotifsArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsCell LineElectrophysiologyHumansHydrogen PeroxideMolecular Dynamics SimulationPlants, Genetically ModifiedPlant ShootsPotassiumShaker Superfamily of Potassium ChannelsArabidopsis ProteinsHydrogen PeroxidePotassiumShaker Superfamily of Potassium ChannelsSKOR protein, Arabidopsis

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PMID20605786
PMCPMC2937961
OpenAlexW1975177426

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