ISSN:
1365-3040
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
The GA-signal transduction pathways downstream to the Gα protein in rice seedling root were investigated using in-gel kinase assay and in vitro protein phosphorylation techniques with a Gα protein defective mutant, d1. A 50-kDa protein kinase was detected downstream to Gα protein in the membrane fraction of rice seedling roots using an in-gel kinase assay with histone III-S as a substrate. The activity of a 50-kDa protein kinase increased in the wild-type rice by gibberellin (GA3) treatment, but did not change in the d1 mutant. This protein kinase activity was inhibited by the Ca2+ chelator ethyleneglycol-bis-(beta-aminoethylether)-N,N,N 1,N 1-tetraacetic acid (EGTA), protein kinase inhibitors, staurosporine and H7, and calmodulin antagonist, trifluoperazine, suggesting that the 50-kDa protein kinase is a putative plant Ca2+-dependent protein kinase (CDPK). The activity of the 50-kDa putative CDPK reached its highest level at 3 h after GA3 treatment and then gradually declined with time. In order to identify the endogenous substrate for 50-kDa putative CDPK, two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis followed by in vitro protein phosphorylation was carried out. The phosphorylation activity of an endogenous protein PP30, identified as an unknown protein having molecular weight 30 kDa and isoelectric point 5.8 was increased in the wild-type rice by GA3 treatment, compared with the d1 mutant. The addition of GA3 treated membrane fraction, which predominantly represent a 50-kDa putative CDPK further increased the phosphorylation of PP30. Almost similar to GA3 treatment, phosphorylation activity of PP30 was also increased by the treatment with cholera toxin in the wild-type rice but not in d1 mutant. These results suggest that the 50-kDa putative CDPK and an unknown protein, PP30 promoted by GA3 treatment are G-protein mediated in rice seedling roots.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3040.2005.01321.x
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