Mitogen activated protein kinase kinase kinase 18(MAPKKK18)mediated signaling cascade plays important roles in Arabidopsis drought stress tolerance.However,the post-translational modulation patterns of MAPKKK18 are no...Mitogen activated protein kinase kinase kinase 18(MAPKKK18)mediated signaling cascade plays important roles in Arabidopsis drought stress tolerance.However,the post-translational modulation patterns of MAPKKK18 are not characterized.In this study,we found that the protein level of MAPKKK18 was tightly controlled by the 26 S proteasome.Ubiquitin ligases RGLG1 and RGLG2 ubiquitinated MAPKKK18 at lysine residue K32 and K154,and promoted its degradation.Deletion of RGLG1 and RGLG2 stabilized MAPKKK18 and further enhanced the drought stress tolerance of MAPKKK18-overexpression plants.Our data demonstrate that RGLG1 and RGLG2 negatively regulate MAPKKK18-mediated drought stress tolerance in Arabidopsis.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31771878 and 31901752)the Major Program of Shandong Province Natural Science Foundation(ZR2018ZB0212)。
文摘Mitogen activated protein kinase kinase kinase 18(MAPKKK18)mediated signaling cascade plays important roles in Arabidopsis drought stress tolerance.However,the post-translational modulation patterns of MAPKKK18 are not characterized.In this study,we found that the protein level of MAPKKK18 was tightly controlled by the 26 S proteasome.Ubiquitin ligases RGLG1 and RGLG2 ubiquitinated MAPKKK18 at lysine residue K32 and K154,and promoted its degradation.Deletion of RGLG1 and RGLG2 stabilized MAPKKK18 and further enhanced the drought stress tolerance of MAPKKK18-overexpression plants.Our data demonstrate that RGLG1 and RGLG2 negatively regulate MAPKKK18-mediated drought stress tolerance in Arabidopsis.
