Phytoglobins in the nuclei, cytoplasm and chloroplasts modulate nitric oxide signaling and interact with abscisic acid

Maria C. Rubio, Laura Calvo-Begueria, Mercedes Diaz-Mendoza, Mohamed Elhiti, Marten Moore, Manuel A. Matamoros, Euan K. James, Isabel Diaz, Carmen Perez-Rontome, Irene Villar, Violeta C. Sein-Echaluce, Kim H. Hebelstrup, Karl-Josef Dietz, Manuel Becana

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Abstract

Symbiotic hemoglobins provide O-2 to N-2-fixing bacteria within legume nodules, but the functions of non-symbiotic hemoglobins or phytoglobins (Glbs) are much less defined. Immunolabeling combined with confocal microscopy of the Glbs tagged at the C-terminus with green fluorescent protein was used to determine their subcellular localizations in Arabidopsis and Lotus japonicus. Recombinant proteins were used to examine nitric oxide (NO) scavenging in vitro and transgenic plants to show S-nitrosylation and other in vivo interactions with NO and abscisic acid (ABA) responses. We found that Glbs occur in the nuclei, chloroplasts and amyloplasts of both model plants, and also in the cytoplasm of Arabidopsis cells. The proteins show similar NO dioxygenase activities in vitro, are nitrosylated in Cys residues in vivo, and scavenge NO in the stomatal cells. The Cys/Ser mutation does not affect NO dioxygenase activity, and S-nitrosylation does not significantly consume NO. We demonstrate an interaction between Glbs and ABA on several grounds: Glb1 and Glb2 scavenge NO produced in stomatal guard cells following ABA supply; plants overexpressing Glb1 show higher constitutive expression of the ABA responsive genes Responsive to ABA (RAB18), Responsive to Dehydration (RD29A) and Highly ABA-Induced 2 (HAI2), and are more tolerant to dehydration; and ABA strongly upregulates class 1 Glbs. We conclude that Glbs modulate NO and interact with ABA in crucial physiological processes such as the plant's response to dessication.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)38-54
Number of pages17
JournalPlant Journal
Volume100
Issue number1
Early online date31 May 2019
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2019
Externally publishedYes

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