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ReviewPlant physiology2024

Destined for destruction: The role of methionine aminopeptidases and plant cysteine oxidases in N-degron formation.

Andrea Fuentes-Terrón, Rebecca Latter, Samuel Madden, Isabel Manrique-Gil, Jessenia Estrada, Noelia Arteaga, Inmaculada Sánchez-Vicente, Oscar Lorenzo, Emily Flashman

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Review in Plant physiology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors.

Andrea Fuentes-TerrónDepartment of Botany and Plant Physiology, Facultad de Biología, Instituto de Investigación en Agrobiotecnología (CIALE), Universidad de Salamanca, C/Río Duero 12, Salamanca 37185, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-3738-5739
Rebecca LatterDepartment of Chemistry, University of Oxford, 12 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, UK.
Samuel MaddenDepartment of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3AN, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-0556-1638
Isabel Manrique-GilDepartment of Botany and Plant Physiology, Facultad de Biología, Instituto de Investigación en Agrobiotecnología (CIALE), Universidad de Salamanca, C/Río Duero 12, Salamanca 37185, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-5034-662X
Jessenia EstradaDepartment of Botany and Plant Physiology, Facultad de Biología, Instituto de Investigación en Agrobiotecnología (CIALE), Universidad de Salamanca, C/Río Duero 12, Salamanca 37185, Spain.ORCID 0009-0003-6828-664X
Noelia ArteagaDepartment of Botany and Plant Physiology, Facultad de Biología, Instituto de Investigación en Agrobiotecnología (CIALE), Universidad de Salamanca, C/Río Duero 12, Salamanca 37185, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-9951-130X
Inmaculada Sánchez-VicenteDepartment of Botany and Plant Physiology, Facultad de Biología, Instituto de Investigación en Agrobiotecnología (CIALE), Universidad de Salamanca, C/Río Duero 12, Salamanca 37185, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-6608-5578
Oscar LorenzoDepartment of Botany and Plant Physiology, Facultad de Biología, Instituto de Investigación en Agrobiotecnología (CIALE), Universidad de Salamanca, C/Río Duero 12, Salamanca 37185, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-9523-0789
Emily FlashmanDepartment of Biology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RB, UK.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The cysteine/arginine (Cys/Arg) branch of the N-degron pathway controls the stability of certain proteins with methionine (Met)-Cys N-termini, initiated by Met cleavage and Cys oxidation. In seeding plants, target proteins include the Group VII Ethylene Response Factors, which initiate adaptive responses to low oxygen (hypoxic) stress, as well as Vernalization 2 (VRN2) and Little Zipper 2 (ZPR2), which are involved in responses to endogenous developmental hypoxia. It is essential that these target proteins are only degraded by the N-degron pathway under the appropriate physiological conditions. Modification of their N-termini is under enzymatic control by Met Aminopeptidases (MetAPs) and Plant Cysteine Oxidases (PCOs); therefore, the substrate-binding requirements and catalytic effectiveness of these enzymes are important for defining which Met-Cys-initiating proteins are degraded. Physiological conditions can also impact the activity of these enzymes, and the well-characterized oxygen sensitivity of the PCOs ensures target proteins are stabilized in hypoxia. In this review we compile the functional and structural properties of MetAPs and PCOs, including their interactions with substrates. We also consider the evolution of MetAPs and PCOs through the plant kingdom to highlight their important role in controlling the initial steps of this branch of the N-degron pathway.

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Plant ProteinsPlantsDegronsProteolysisPlant Proteins

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PMID39875105
PMCPMC11773813

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