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- Title
Activation of the plant mevalonate pathway by extracellular ATP.
- Authors
Cho, Sung-Hwan; Tóth, Katalin; Kim, Daewon; Vo, Phuc H.; Lin, Chung-Ho; Handakumbura, Pubudu P.; Ubach, Albert Rivas; Evans, Sterling; Paša-Tolić, Ljiljana; Stacey, Gary
- Abstract
The mevalonate pathway plays a critical role in multiple cellular processes in both animals and plants. In plants, the products of this pathway impact growth and development, as well as the response to environmental stress. A forward genetic screen of Arabidopsis thaliana using Ca2+-imaging identified mevalonate kinase (MVK) as a critical component of plant purinergic signaling. MVK interacts directly with the plant extracellular ATP (eATP) receptor P2K1 and is phosphorylated by P2K1 in response to eATP. Mutation of P2K1-mediated phosphorylation sites in MVK eliminates the ATP-induced cytoplasmic calcium response, MVK enzymatic activity, and suppresses pathogen defense. The data demonstrate that the plasma membrane associated P2K1 directly impacts plant cellular metabolism by phosphorylation of MVK, a key enzyme in the mevalonate pathway. The results underline the importance of purinergic signaling in plants and the ability of eATP to influence the activity of a key metabolite pathway with global effects on plant metabolism. Products of the mevalonate pathway support plant development. Here the authors show that the extracellular ATP receptor P2K1 phosphorylates mevalonate kinase and this affects the mevalonate pathway.
- Subjects
MEVALONATE kinase; PURINERGIC receptors; PLANT metabolism; CELL membranes; GENETIC testing; ARABIDOPSIS thaliana; PLANT defenses
- Publication
Nature Communications, 2022, Vol 13, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2041-1723
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41467-022-28150-w