Project description:The Zygnematophyceae are the closest algal relatives of land plants and hence interesting to understand land plant evolution. Species of the genus Serritaenia have an aerophytic lifestyle and form colorful, mucilaginous capsules, which surround the cells and block harmful solar radiation. Under laboratory conditions the production of this “sunscreen mucilage” can be induced by ultraviolet B radiation. The present dataset reveals insights into the cellular reaction of this alga to UV radiation (a major stressor in terrestrial habitats) and allows for comparisons with other algae and land plants to draw evolutionary conclusions.
Project description:Mitochondria are tightly embedded within metabolic and regulatory networks that optimize plant performance upon environmental challenges. The best-known mitochondrial retrograde signaling pathway involves stress-induced activation of the transcription factor ANAC017, which mediates the onset of protective responses upon stress-induced mitochondrial dysfunction in Arabidopsis. Post-translational control of the elicited responses, in contrast, remains poorly understood. Previous studies linked protein phosphatase 2A subunit PP2A-B’γ, a key negative regulator of stress responses, with reversible phosphorylation of ACONITASE 3 (ACO3). Here we report on ACO3 and its phosphorylation at Ser91 as regulatory components induced by mitochondrial dysfunction. Targeted mass spectrometry-based proteomics revealed that the abundance and phosphorylation of ACO3 increased under stress, and that this required signaling through ANAC017. Phosphomimetic mutation at ACO3-Ser91 and the accumulation of ACO3S91D-YFP, in turn, promoted the expression of stress related genes and ACO3 function associated with plant tolerance against UV-B or antimycin A-induced mitochondrial dysfunction. These findings positioned ACO3 both as a target and modulator of mitochondrial dysfunction signaling, critical in the attainment of stress tolerance in Arabidopsis leaves.
Project description:Seven-day-old white-light-grown wild-type, cop1-4 or hy5-1 mutant Arabidopsis seedlings were exposed for fifteen minutes to polychromatic radiation with decreasing short-wave cut-off in the UV range (WG305 = +UV-B, WG327 = -UV-B) and samples were taken 1 h after the onset of irradiation.
Project description:Seven-day-old white-light-grown Arabidopsis seedlings were exposed for 15 minutes to polychromatic radiation with decreasing short-wave cut-off in the UV range, transferred back to the standard growth chamber and samples were taken 1 and 6 hours after the start of irradiation.
Project description:Non-stressed and UV-stressed IMR-32 cells were subjected to HITS-CLIP to monitor nELAVL binding changes during AD progression Nonstressed and stressed IMR-32 cells were UV-irradiated and subjected to nELAVL HITS-CLIP (detailed desription in accompanying paper)
Project description:In the present study we have used a new custom made Affymetrix GrapeGen GeneChip to investigate gene expression responses of grapevine cultivar Malbec to one dose of biologically effective UV-B radiation (4.75 kJ m-2 d-1), administered at two different intensities (16 h, to 8.25 µW cm-2 or 4 h, to 33 µW cm2 UV-B).
Project description:We have implemented the use of a heterobifunctional, UV photoactivatable cross-linker, which greatly increases the number of identified cross-links compared with homobifunctional, NHS-ester based cross-linkers. We have cross-linked human serum albumin in the context of human blood serum. We present a novel methodology that combines the use of this high-resolution cross-linking with conformational space search to investigate the structure of proteins in their native environment.