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- Title
GAF domain is essential for nitrate-dependent AtNLP7 function.
- Authors
Wu, Jie; Song, Ying; Zhang, Zi-Sheng; Wang, Jing-Xian; Zhang, Xuan; Zang, Jian-Ye; Bai, Ming-Yi; Yu, Lin-Hui; Xiang, Cheng-Bin
- Abstract
Nitrate is an essential nutrient and an important signaling molecule in plants. However, the molecular mechanisms by which plants perceive nitrate deficiency signaling are still not well understood. Here we report that AtNLP7 protein transport from the nucleus to the cytoplasm in response to nitrate deficiency is dependent on the N-terminal GAF domain. With the deletion of the GAF domain, AtNLP7ΔGAF always remains in the nucleus regardless of nitrate availability. AtNLP7 ΔGAF also shows reduced activation of nitrate-induced genes due to its impaired binding to the nitrate-responsive cis-element (NRE) as well as decreased growth like nlp7-1 mutant. In addition, AtNLP7ΔGAF is unable to mediate the reduction of reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation upon nitrate treatment. Our investigation shows that the GAF domain of AtNLP7 plays a critical role in the sensing of nitrate deficiency signal and in the nitrate-triggered ROS signaling process.
- Subjects
REACTIVE oxygen species; PROTEIN transport; ESSENTIAL nutrients; CARRIER proteins
- Publication
BMC Plant Biology, 2022, Vol 22, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1471-2229
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s12870-022-03755-x