State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China.
Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America.
PLoS Genet. 2022 Dec 7;18(12):e1010510. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010510. eCollection 2022 Dec.
The cAMP-PKA pathway is critical for regulating growth, differentiation, and pathogenesis in fungal pathogens. In Fusarium graminearum, mutants deleted of PKR regulatory-subunit of PKA had severe defects but often produced spontaneous suppressors. In this study eleven pkr suppressors were found to have mutations in FgSNT1, a component of the Set3C histone deacetylase (HDAC) complex, that result in the truncation of its C-terminal region. Targeted deletion of the C-terminal 98 aa (CT98) in FgSNT1 suppressed the defects of pkr in growth and H4 acetylation. CT98 truncation also increased the interaction of FgSnt1 with Hdf1, a major HDAC in the Set3 complex. The pkr mutant had no detectable expression of the Cpk1 catalytic subunit and PKA activities, which was not suppressed by mutations in FgSNT1. Cpk1 directly interacted with the N-terminal region of FgSnt1 and phosphorylated it at S443, a conserved PKA-phosphorylation site. CT98 of FgSnt1 carrying the S443D mutation interacted with its own N-terminal region. Expression of FgSNT1S443D rescued the defects of pkr in growth and H4 acetylation. Therefore, phosphorylation at S443 and suppressor mutations may relieve self-inhibitory binding of FgSnt1 and increase its interaction with Hdf1 and H4 acetylation, indicating a key role of FgSnt1 in crosstalk between cAMP signaling and Set3 complex.
cAMP-PKA 途径对于调节真菌病原体的生长、分化和发病机制至关重要。在禾谷镰刀菌中,PKR 调节亚基缺失的突变体有严重缺陷,但通常会产生自发的抑制子。在这项研究中,发现 11 个 pkr 抑制子在 FgSNT1 中发生突变,FgSNT1 是 Set3C 组蛋白去乙酰化酶(HDAC)复合物的一个组成部分,导致其 C 端区域截断。FgSNT1 的 C 端 98 个氨基酸(CT98)的靶向缺失抑制了 pkr 在生长和 H4 乙酰化方面的缺陷。CT98 截断还增加了 FgSnt1 与 Hdf1 的相互作用,Hdf1 是 Set3 复合物中的主要 HDAC。pkr 突变体没有检测到 Cpk1 催化亚基和 PKA 活性的表达,这不能被 FgSNT1 中的突变所抑制。Cpk1 直接与 FgSnt1 的 N 端区域相互作用,并在 S443 处磷酸化它,这是一个保守的 PKA 磷酸化位点。携带 S443D 突变的 FgSnt1 的 CT98 与自身的 N 端区域相互作用。FgSNT1S443D 的表达挽救了 pkr 在生长和 H4 乙酰化方面的缺陷。因此,S443 的磷酸化和抑制子突变可能会解除 FgSnt1 的自抑制结合,并增加其与 Hdf1 和 H4 乙酰化的相互作用,表明 FgSnt1 在 cAMP 信号转导和 Set3 复合物之间的串扰中起关键作用。