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A fluorescent reporter protein containing AtRMR1 domains is targeted to the storage and central vacuoles in Arabidopsis thaliana and tobacco leaf cells
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Scabone, Camila María, Frigerio, Lorenzo and Petruccelli, Silvana (2011) A fluorescent reporter protein containing AtRMR1 domains is targeted to the storage and central vacuoles in Arabidopsis thaliana and tobacco leaf cells. Plant Cell Reports, Vol.30 (No.10). pp. 1823-1833. doi:10.1007/s00299-011-1089-8 ISSN 0721-7714.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00299-011-1089-8
Abstract
To develop a new strategy to target recombinant proteins to the vacuolar storage system in transgenic plants, the ability of the transmembrane and cytosolic domains of Arabidopsis receptor homology-transmembrane-RING H2-1 (AtRMR1) was evaluated. A secreted version of RFP (secRFP) and a fusion of it to the transmembrane and cytosolic domains of AtRMR1 (RFP-TMCT) were produced and studied both in transient and stable expression assays. Transient expression in leaves of Nicotiana tabacum showed that secRFP is secreted to the apoplast while its fusion to TMCT of AtRMR1 is sufficient to prevent secretion of the reporter. In tobacco leaves, RFP-TMCT reporter showed an endoplasmic reticulum pattern in early expression stages while in late expression stages, it was found in the vacuolar lumen. For the first time, the role of TM and CT domains of AtRMR1 in stable expression in Arabidopsis thaliana is presented; the fusion of TMCT to secRFP is sufficient to sort RFP to the lumen of the central vacuoles in leaves and roots and to the lumen of PSV in cotyledons of mature embryos. In addition, biochemical studies performed in extract from transgenic plants showed that RFP-TMCT is an integral membrane protein. Full-length RFP-TMCT was also found in the vacuolar lumen, suggesting internalization into destination vacuole. Not colocalization of RFP-TMCT with tonoplast and plasma membrane markers were observed. This membrane vacuolar determinant sorting signal could be used for future application in molecular pharming as an alternative means to sort proteins of interest to vacuoles.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > QK Botany Q Science > QP Physiology |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Life Sciences (2010- ) | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Arabidopsis thaliana, Membrane proteins, Plant gene expression | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Plant Cell Reports | ||||
Publisher: | Springer | ||||
ISSN: | 0721-7714 | ||||
Official Date: | 2011 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.30 | ||||
Number: | No.10 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 1823-1833 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1007/s00299-011-1089-8 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Funder: | Agencia Nacional de Promoción de las Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (Argentina) (ANPCyT), Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP) | ||||
Grant number: | PICT38048 (ANPCyT) |
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