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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
TMKP1 is a novel wheat stress responsive MAP kinase phosphatase localized in the nucleus
Plant Molecular Biology, Volume 73, No. 3, Year 2010
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The regulation of plant signalling responses by Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases (MAPKs)-mediated protein phosphorylation is well recognized. MAP kinase phosphatases (MKPs) are negative regulators of MAPKs in eukaryotes. We report here the identification and the characterization of TMKP1, the first wheat MKP (Triticum turgidum L. subsp. Durum). Expression profile analyses performed in two durum wheat cultivars showing a marked difference in salt and drought stress tolerance, revealed a differential regulation of TMKP1. Under salt and osmotic stress, TMKP1 is induced in the sensitive wheat variety and repressed in the tolerant one. A recombinant TMKP1 was shown to be an active phosphatase and capable to interact specifically with two wheat MAPKs (TMPK3 and TMPK6). In BY2 tobacco cells transiently expressing GFP::TMKP1, the fusion protein was localized into the nucleus. Interestingly, the deletion of the N-terminal non catalytic domain results in a strong accumulation of the truncated fusion protein in the cytoplasm. In addition, when expressed in BY2 cells, TMPK3 and TMPK6 fused to red fluorescent protein (RFP) were shown to be present predominantly in the nucleus. Surprisingly, when co-expressed with the N-terminal truncated TMKP1 fusion protein; both kinases are excluded from the nuclear compartment and accumulate in the cytoplasm. This strongly suggests that TMKP1 interacts in vivo with TMPK3 and TMPK6 and controls their subcellular localization. Taken together, our results show that the newly isolated wheat MKP might play an active role in modulating the plant cell responses to salt and osmotic stress responses. © 2010 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
Authors & Co-Authors
Zaïdi, Ikram
Tunisia, Sfax
Centre de Biotechnologie de Sfax
Ebel, Chantal
Tunisia, Sfax
Centre de Biotechnologie de Sfax
Touzri, Majdi
Tunisia, Sfax
Centre de Biotechnologie de Sfax
Herzog, Etienne
France, Strasbourg
Université de Strasbourg
Evrard, Jean Luc
France, Strasbourg
Université de Strasbourg
Schmit, Anne Catherine
France, Strasbourg
Université de Strasbourg
Masmoudi, Khaled
Tunisia, Sfax
Centre de Biotechnologie de Sfax
Hanin, Moez
Tunisia, Sfax
Centre de Biotechnologie de Sfax
Statistics
Citations: 49
Authors: 8
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1007/s11103-010-9617-4
ISSN:
01674412
Research Areas
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