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ArticleJournal of experimental botany2015

A highly charged region in the middle domain of plant endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-localized heat-shock protein 90 is required for resistance to tunicamycin or high calcium-induced ER stresses.

Lisa P Chong, Yao Wang, Nanette Gad, Nathaniel Anderson, Bhavank Shah, Rongmin Zhao

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Article in Journal of experimental botany, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lisa P ChongDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M1C 1A4.
Yao WangDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M1C 1A4.
Nanette GadDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M1C 1A4.
Nathaniel AndersonDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M1C 1A4.
Bhavank ShahDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M1C 1A4.
Rongmin ZhaoDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M1C 1A4 rzhao@utsc.utoronto.ca.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Heat-shock protein 90 (HSP90) is a highly conserved molecular chaperone that is involved in modulating a multitude of cellular processes under both physiological and stress conditions. In Arabidopsis, there are seven HSP90 isoforms (HSP90.1-HSP90.7) that are localized in the cytoplasm/nucleus, mitochondrion, chloroplast, and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) where protein folding actively takes place. In this study, we analysed the sequence of ER-localized Arabidopsis HSP90.7 and the other ER GRP94 proteins from plants and animals, and identified a short, charged region that is specifically present in the middle domain of plant-derived GRP94 proteins. To understand the role of this charged region, we analysed transgenic plants that expressed a mutant protein, HSP90.7(Δ22), which had this charged region deleted. We showed that seedlings expressing HSP90.7(Δ22) had significantly enhanced sensitivity to ER stress induced by tunicamycin or a high concentration of calcium, although its general chaperone activity in preventing the model protein from heat-induced aggregation was not significantly affected. We also analysed the ATP-binding and hydrolysis activity of both wild-type and mutant HSP90.7 proteins, and found that they had slightly different ATP-binding affinities. Finally, using a yeast two-hybrid screen, we identified a small set of HSP90.7 interactors and showed that the charged region is not required for the candidate client interaction, although it may affect their binding affinity, thus providing potential targets for further investigation of HSP90.7 functions.

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Amino Acid SequenceAnti-Bacterial AgentsArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsCalciumEndoplasmic Reticulum StressHSP90 Heat-Shock ProteinsPhylogenySequence AlignmentStress, PhysiologicalTunicamycinAnti-Bacterial AgentsArabidopsis ProteinsCalciumHsp90-7 protein, ArabidopsisHSP90 Heat-Shock ProteinsTunicamycinEnzyme kineticsER stress responsesHSP90 client proteinsmolecular chaperoneprotein–protein interactiontransgenic plant.

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PMCPMC4265155
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