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Expression Study on the Scaffold Gene of CRL4 Complex in Rice (Oryza sativa L.)

벼에 존재하는 CRL4 복합체 scaffold 유전자의 발현 양상에 대한 연구

  • Bae, Yoowon (Department of Biology Education, Pusan National University) ;
  • Kim, Hani (Department of Biology Education, Pusan National University) ;
  • Kim, Sang-Hoon (Department of Biology Education, Pusan National University) ;
  • Lee, Jae-Hoon (Department of Biology Education, Pusan National University)
  • Received : 2018.06.05
  • Accepted : 2018.08.21
  • Published : 2018.10.30
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Abstract

The stability of diverse cellular proteins in eukaryotes is regulated via ubiquitination. Moreover, E3 ligase plays a crucial role in determining substrate specificity and transfers ubiquitins into the substrates during the ubiquitination process. As a type of multi-subunit E3 ligase, cullin4 (CUL4)-based E3 ligase (CRL4) complex is involved in a variety of cellular processes, such as hormonal and stress responses in plants. In spite of several reports on the versatile roles of CRL4 in various signalings in Arabidopsis, CRL4's function in rice has been poorly known. To learn about CRL4-mediated cellular processes in rice in more detail, OsCUL4 that exhibits the highest homology with Arabidopsis CUL4 was isolated, and its expression patterns in various tissues and in response to plant hormones and abiotic stresses were monitored. Exogenous application of ABA or cytokinin increased the transcript levels of the OsCUL4 gene. Moreover, OsCUL4 was significantly upregulated in response to drought and salt stresses. These findings imply that OsCUL4 may be functionally related to ABA- and/or cytokinin-mediated cellular responses. OsCUL4 directly interacted with OsDDB1, an adaptor protein of CRL4, indicating that OsCUL4 can act as a scaffold protein of CRL4. An expression study on the OsCUL4 gene from this report could be used as a starting point to elucidate cellular responses in which a CRL4-mediated ubiquitination process is involved in rice.

진핵생물에서 유비퀴틴화 과정을 통해 단백질 안정성이 조절되며, E3 ligase는 유비퀴틴화 과정 동안 분해 대상 기질의 결정 및 기질로의 유비퀴틴 전달을 위한 주효소로 작용한다. Multi-subunit E3 ligase의 일종인 cullin4(CUL4)-based E3 ligase (CRL4) 복합체는 식물의 다양한 호르몬, 스트레스와 관련된 세포 내 과정에서 중요한 역할을 하는 것으로 알려져 있다. 호르몬, 스트레스 신호 전달 과정에서 CRL4의 다양한 역할에 대한 보고가 애기장대에서 이루어져 왔음에도 불구하고, 주요 식량 작물인 벼에서의 CRL4 기능에 대한 연구는 매우 미흡한 실정이다. 이에 벼에서 CRL4에 의해 매개되는 세포 내 반응들을 상세히 이해하기 위해, 본 연구에서는 애기장대 cullin4 (CUL4)의 상동 유전자를 벼에서 동정하고, 조직별 벼 CUL4 유전자의 발현 양상과 다양한 식물 호르몬 및 환경 스트레스 처리에 의한 해당 유전자의 발현 양상을 탐색하였다. 벼 CUL4 유전자인 OsCUL4는 앱시스산, 사이토키닌과 같은 식물 호르몬과 가뭄, 고염 스트레스에 의해 발현량이 급격히 상형 조절되는 양상을 보였는데 이는 해당 단백질이 앱시스산 및 사이토키닌에 의해 매개되는 세포 내 반응과 기능적으로 연계되어 있음을 암시한다. 또한, OsCUL4는 CRL4 복합체의 어댑터로 작용하는 OsDDB1과 직접적으로 결합하였는데, 이는 본 연구를 통해 동정한 OsCUL4가 벼에서 실질적으로 CRL4의 scaffold 단백질로 기능할 수 있음을 보여준다. 본 연구를 통해 수행된 OsCUL4 유전자의 발현 양상에 대한 연구는, 벼에서 CRL4 매개 유비퀴틴화 과정이 관여하는 세포 내 반응을 규명하기 위한 시작점으로 활용될 수 있을 것이라 사료된다.

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