Receptor kinase-mediated control of primary active proton pumping at the plasma membrane

Anja Thoe Fuglsang*, Astrid Kristensen, Tracey A. Cuin, Waltraud X. Schulze, Rolf Jörgen Persson, Kristina Heinsbæk Thuesen, Cecilie Karkov Ytting, Christian Berg Oehlenschlæger, Khalid Mahmood, Teis Esben Søndergaard, Sergey Shabala, Michael Broberg Palmgren

*Corresponding author for this work
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Abstract

Acidification of the cell wall space outside the plasma membrane is required for plant growth and is the result of proton extrusion by the plasma membrane-localized H+-ATPases. Here we show that the major plasma membrane proton pumps in Arabidopsis, AHA1 and AHA2, interact directly in vitro and in planta with PSY1R, a receptor kinase of the plasma membrane that serves as a receptor for the peptide growth hormone PSY1. The intracellular protein kinase domain of PSY1R phosphorylates AHA2/AHA1 at Thr-881, situated in the autoinhibitory region I of the C-terminal domain. When expressed in a yeast heterologous expression system, the introduction of a negative charge at this position caused pump activation. Application of PSY1 to plant seedlings induced rapid in planta phosphorylation at Thr-881, concomitant with an instantaneous increase in proton efflux from roots. The direct interaction between AHA2 and PSY1R observed might provide a general paradigm for regulation of plasma membrane proton transport by receptor kinases.

Original languageEnglish
JournalPlant Journal
Volume80
Issue number6
Pages (from-to)951-964
Number of pages14
ISSN0960-7412
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014

Keywords

  • apoplastic pH
  • cell elongation
  • H pump
  • LRR kinase
  • peptide signalling

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