Affiliation:
1. Department of Botany University of British Columbia Vancouver BC V6T 1Z4 Canada
2. College of Life Science Northeast Forestry University Harbin 150040 China
3. Department of Chemistry University of British Columbia Vancouver BC V6T 1Z1 Canada
4. College of Life Sciences Sichuan University Chengdu 610065 China
Abstract
Summary
Metacaspases (MCs) are structural homologs of mammalian caspases found in plants, fungi, and protozoa. Type‐I MCs carry an N‐terminal prodomain, the function of which is unclear.
Through genetic analysis of Arabidopsis mc2‐1, a T‐DNA insertion mutant of MC2, we demonstrated that the prodomain of metacaspase 2 (MC2) promotes immune signaling mediated by pattern‐recognition receptors (PRRs).
In mc2‐1, immune responses are constitutively activated. The receptor‐like kinases (RLKs) BAK1/BKK1 and SOBIR1 are required for the autoimmune phenotype of mc2‐1, suggesting that immune signaling mediated by the receptor‐like protein (RLP)‐type PRRs is activated in mc2‐1. A suppressor screen identified multiple mutations in the first exon of MC2, which suppress the autoimmunity in mc2‐1. Further analysis revealed that the T‐DNA insertion at the end of exon 1 of MC2 causes elevated expression of the MC2 prodomain, and overexpression of the MC2 prodomain in wild‐type (WT) plants results in the activation of immune responses. The MC2 prodomain interacts with BIR1, which inhibits RLP‐mediated immune signaling by interacting with BAK1, suggesting that the MC2 prodomain promotes plant defense responses by interfering with the function of BIR1.
Our study uncovers an unexpected function of the prodomain of a MC in plant immunity.
Funder
Canada Foundation for Innovation
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
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