DNA-Binding Activity of CAMTA3 Is Essential for Its Function: Identification of Critical Amino Acids for Its Transcriptional Activity

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第一作者： Prasad, Kasavajhala V. S. K.

作者： Prasad, Kasavajhala V. S. K.;Abdel-Hameed, Amira A. E.;Jiang, Qiyan;Reddy, Anireddy S. N.;Abdel-Hameed, Amira A. E.;Jiang, Qiyan

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关键词： CAMTA3; CG-1 domain; calcium signaling; plant immunity; biotic stress; transcriptional activity

期刊名称：CELLS （ 影响因子：6.0； 五年影响因子：6.7 ）

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年卷期： 2023 年 12 卷 15 期

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摘要： Calmodulin-binding transcription activators (CAMTAs), a small family of highly conserved transcription factors, function in calcium-mediated signaling pathways. Of the six CAMTAs in Arabidopsis, CAMTA3 regulates diverse biotic and abiotic stress responses. A recent study has shown that CAMTA3 is a guardee of NLRs (Nucleotide-binding, Leucine-rich repeat Receptors) in modulating plant immunity, raising the possibility that CAMTA3 transcriptional activity is dispensable for its function. Here, we show that the DNA-binding activity of CAMTA3 is essential for its role in mediating plant immune responses. Analysis of the DNA-binding (CG-1) domain of CAMTAs in plants and animals showed strong conservation of several amino acids. We mutated six conserved amino acids in the CG-1 domain to investigate their role in CAMTA3 function. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays using these mutants with a promoter of its target gene identified critical amino acid residues necessary for DNA-binding activity. In addition, transient assays showed that these residues are essential for the CAMTA3 function in activating the Rapid Stress Response Element (RSRE)-driven reporter gene expression. In line with this, transgenic lines expressing the CG-1 mutants of CAMTA3 in the camta3 mutant failed to rescue the mutant phenotype and restore the expression of CAMTA3 downstream target genes. Collectively, our results provide biochemical and genetic evidence that the transcriptional activity of CAMTA3 is indispensable for its function.

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