Reversible S-nitrosylation of bZIP67 by peroxiredoxin IIE activity and nitro-fatty acids regulates the plant lipid profile

Cell Rep. 2024 Apr 23;43(4):114091. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114091. Epub 2024 Apr 11.

Abstract

Nitric oxide (NO) is a gasotransmitter required in a broad range of mechanisms controlling plant development and stress conditions. However, little is known about the specific role of this signaling molecule during lipid storage in the seeds. Here, we show that NO is accumulated in developing embryos and regulates the fatty acid profile through the stabilization of the basic/leucine zipper transcription factor bZIP67. NO and nitro-linolenic acid target and accumulate bZIP67 to induce the downstream expression of FAD3 desaturase, which is misregulated in a non-nitrosylable version of the protein. Moreover, the post-translational modification of bZIP67 is reversible by the trans-denitrosylation activity of peroxiredoxin IIE and defines a feedback mechanism for bZIP67 redox regulation. These findings provide a molecular framework to control the seed fatty acid profile caused by NO, and evidence of the in vivo functionality of nitro-fatty acids during plant developmental signaling.

Keywords: CP: Plants; alkenal reductase; bZIP; fatty acid; gasotransmitter; nitric oxide; post-translational modification; redoxin; seed; transcription factor.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Arabidopsis / metabolism
  • Arabidopsis Proteins* / metabolism
  • Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors* / genetics
  • Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors* / metabolism
  • Fatty Acids* / metabolism
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
  • Lipid Metabolism
  • Nitric Oxide / metabolism
  • Peroxiredoxins* / metabolism
  • Protein Processing, Post-Translational
  • Seeds / metabolism

Substances

  • Arabidopsis Proteins
  • Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors
  • Fatty Acids
  • Nitric Oxide
  • Peroxiredoxins
  • bZIP67 protein, Arabidopsis