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T1 - Arabidopsis sucrose non-fermenting-1-related protein kinase-1 and calcium-dependent protein kinase phosphorylate conserved target sites in ABA response element binding proteins
AU - Zhang, Y.
AU - Andralojc, P. J.
AU - Hey, S. J.
AU - Primavesi, L. F.
AU - Specht, M.
AU - Koehler, J.
AU - Parry, M. A J
AU - Halford, N. G.
PY - 2008/12/1
Y1 - 2008/12/1
N2 - Evidence is provided that plant transcription factors of the ABA response element binding protein (AREBP) class are phosphorylated by sucrose non-fermenting-1-related protein kinase-1 (SnRK1) and a calcium-dependent protein kinase at highly conserved target sites. Two target sites for SnRK1 were identified in AREBPs using a specially developed motif search pipeline. Peptides containing the AREBP sites were phosphorylated by purified SnRK1 in vitro and by calcium-dependent and calcium-independent activities present in soluble protein extracted from Arabidopsis seedlings grown in liquid culture. Most (69-77%) of the calcium-independent phosphorylation of these peptides was removed by immunoprecipitation using anti-SnRK1 antisera, linking this activity unambiguously to SnRK1. It is possible that the protein kinase responsible for the calcium-dependent activity was SnRK3, a protein kinase that is related to SnRK1 and which has similar requirements for target site recognition. However, the involvement of other calcium-dependent protein kinases cannot be ruled out.
AB - Evidence is provided that plant transcription factors of the ABA response element binding protein (AREBP) class are phosphorylated by sucrose non-fermenting-1-related protein kinase-1 (SnRK1) and a calcium-dependent protein kinase at highly conserved target sites. Two target sites for SnRK1 were identified in AREBPs using a specially developed motif search pipeline. Peptides containing the AREBP sites were phosphorylated by purified SnRK1 in vitro and by calcium-dependent and calcium-independent activities present in soluble protein extracted from Arabidopsis seedlings grown in liquid culture. Most (69-77%) of the calcium-independent phosphorylation of these peptides was removed by immunoprecipitation using anti-SnRK1 antisera, linking this activity unambiguously to SnRK1. It is possible that the protein kinase responsible for the calcium-dependent activity was SnRK3, a protein kinase that is related to SnRK1 and which has similar requirements for target site recognition. However, the involvement of other calcium-dependent protein kinases cannot be ruled out.
KW - AREBP
KW - CDPK
KW - Metabolic signalling
KW - SnRK1
KW - SnRK2
KW - SnRK3
KW - Stress
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=57349180847&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/j.1744-7348.2008.00302.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1744-7348.2008.00302.x
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:57349180847
VL - 153
SP - 401
EP - 409
JO - Annals of Applied Biology
JF - Annals of Applied Biology
SN - 0003-4746
IS - 3
ER -