Department of Biology, Eidgenössiche Technische Hochschule Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland.
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 Mar 28;114(13):3533-3538. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1615005114. Epub 2017 Mar 13.
The deposition of cellulose is a defining aspect of plant growth and development, but regulation of this process is poorly understood. Here, we demonstrate that the protein kinase BRASSINOSTEROID INSENSITIVE2 (BIN2), a key negative regulator of brassinosteroid (BR) signaling, can phosphorylate cellulose synthase A1 (CESA1), a subunit of the primary cell wall cellulose synthase complex, and thereby negatively regulate cellulose biosynthesis. Accordingly, point mutations of the BIN2-mediated CESA1 phosphorylation site abolished BIN2-dependent regulation of cellulose synthase activity. Hence, we have uncovered a mechanism for how BR signaling can modulate cellulose synthesis in plants.
纤维素的沉积是植物生长和发育的一个决定性方面,但这一过程的调节机制还知之甚少。在这里,我们证明了蛋白激酶 BRASSINOSTEROID INSENSITIVE2(BIN2),一种油菜素内酯(BR)信号的关键负调控因子,可以磷酸化纤维素合酶 A1(CESA1),这是初生细胞壁纤维素合酶复合物的一个亚基,从而负调控纤维素的生物合成。因此,点突变 BIN2 介导的 CESA1 磷酸化位点消除了 BIN2 对纤维素合酶活性的依赖调节。因此,我们揭示了 BR 信号如何在植物中调节纤维素合成的机制。