Arabidopsis ETA2, an Apparent Ortholog of the Human Cullin-Interacting Protein CAND1, Is Required for Auxin Responses Mediated by the SCFTIR1 Ubiquitin Ligase
Copyright policy )Arabidopsis ETA2, an Apparent Ortholog of the Human Cullin-Interacting Protein CAND1, Is Required for Auxin Responses Mediated by the SCFTIR1 Ubiquitin Ligase
Auxin response in Arabidopsis thaliana requires the SCF(TIR1) ubiquitin ligase. In response to the hormone, SCF(TIR1) targets members of the auxin/indoleacetic acid (Aux/IAA) family of transcriptional regulators for ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis. To identify additional regulators of SCF(TIR1) activity, we conducted a genetic screen to isolate enhancers of the tir1-1 auxin response defect. Here, we report our analysis of the eta2 mutant. Mutations in ETA2 confer several phenotypes consistent with reduced auxin response. ETA2 encodes the Arabidopsis ortholog of human Cullin Associated and Neddylation-Dissociated (CAND1)/TIP120A, a protein recently identified as a cullin-interacting factor. Previous biochemical studies of CAND1 have suggested that it specifically binds to unmodified CUL1 to negatively regulate SCF assembly. By contrast, we find that ETA2 positively regulates SCF(TIR1) because Aux/IAA protein stability is significantly increased in eta2 mutants. Modification of CUL1 by the RUB1/NEDD8 ubiquitin-like protein has been proposed to free CUL1 from CAND1 and promote SCF assembly. We present double mutant analyses of eta2 axr1 plants indicating that liberating CUL1 from ETA2/CAND1 is not the primary role of the RUB modification pathway in the regulation of SCF activity. Our genetic and molecular analysis of SCF(TIR1) function in eta2 mutants provides novel insight into the role of CAND1 in the regulation of SCF ubiquitin-ligase activity.
- University of Minnesota System United States
- University of Minnesota Morris United States
- University of Minnesota United States
SKP Cullin F-Box Protein Ligases, Indoleacetic Acids, Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, Arabidopsis Proteins, Ubiquitin, Recombinant Fusion Proteins, DNA Mutational Analysis, Molecular Sequence Data, Restriction Mapping, Arabidopsis, Mutation, Missense, Culture Media, Phenotype, Seeds, Amino Acid Sequence
SKP Cullin F-Box Protein Ligases, Indoleacetic Acids, Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, Arabidopsis Proteins, Ubiquitin, Recombinant Fusion Proteins, DNA Mutational Analysis, Molecular Sequence Data, Restriction Mapping, Arabidopsis, Mutation, Missense, Culture Media, Phenotype, Seeds, Amino Acid Sequence
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