Transient Sub-cellular Localization and In Vivo Protein-Protein Interaction Study of Multiple Abiotic Stress-Responsive AteIF4A-III and AtALY4 Proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana

Major abiotic stress factors such as drought, salinity, hypoxia, and extreme temperatures along with rapid global climate change have had a huge negative impact on agricultural productivity. Understanding the abiotic stress-responsive molecular mechanisms and its associated proteins is extremely imp...

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Published in:Plant molecular biology reporter Vol. 38; no. 4; pp. 538 - 553
Main Authors: Baruah, Indrani, Baruah, Geetanjali, Sahu, Jagajjit, Singha, Dhanawantari L., Dekaboruah, Hariprasanna, Velmurugan, Natarajan, Chikkaputtaiah, Channakeshavaiah
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: New York Springer US 01.12.2020
Springer Nature B.V
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ISSN:0735-9640, 1572-9818
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Summary:Major abiotic stress factors such as drought, salinity, hypoxia, and extreme temperatures along with rapid global climate change have had a huge negative impact on agricultural productivity. Understanding the abiotic stress-responsive molecular mechanisms and its associated proteins is extremely important to advance our knowledge towards developing multiple abiotic stress tolerance in plants. Firstly, basic understanding at transient level would be a vital foundation to accomplish this goal. Therefore, our present study aimed at understanding the sub-cellular localization of Eukaryotic Initiation Factor 4A-III (AteIF4A-III), a key DEAD-box RNA helicase, and Always Early 4 (AtALY4), an mRNA export factor, and their in vivo protein-protein interaction with major abiotic stress–associated proteins under control and multiple abiotic stress conditions. AteIF4A-III and AtALY4 were localized to the nucleus as evident by transient protoplast assay. AteIF4A-III has shown strong interaction with a negative regulator of multiple abiotic stresses, Stress Response Suppressor 1 (AtSTRS1) in Bi-FC assay. Further, the flow cytometry analysis has shown the strong interaction between them. Interestingly, under multiple abiotic stress treatment, the interacting partners were rapidly re-localized from nucleus to cytoplasm and cytoplasmic space. Similar results were observed when N- and C-terminal fusions of AteIF4A-III and AtALY4 treated under multiple abiotic stresses. Our study reveals that AteIF4A-III, AtALY4, and abiotic stress–associated protein AtSTRS1 are among the key proteins associated with multiple abiotic stress responses in plants.
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ISSN:0735-9640
1572-9818
DOI:10.1007/s11105-020-01219-w