S-nitrosylated proteins of a medicinal CAM plant Kalanchoe pinnata- ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase activity targeted for inhibition

FEBS J. 2008 Jun;275(11):2862-72. doi: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06425.x. Epub 2008 Apr 28.

Abstract

Nitric oxide (NO) is a signaling molecule that affects a myriad of processes in plants. However, the mechanistic details are limited. NO post-translationally modifies proteins by S-nitrosylation of cysteines. The soluble S-nitrosoproteome of a medicinal, crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) plant, Kalanchoe pinnata, was purified using the biotin switch technique. Nineteen targets were identified by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry, including proteins associated with carbon, nitrogen and sulfur metabolism, the cytoskeleton, stress and photosynthesis. Some were similar to those previously identified in Arabidopsis thaliana, but kinesin-like protein, glycolate oxidase, putative UDP glucose 4-epimerase and putative DNA topoisomerase II had not been identified as targets previously for any organism. In vitro and in vivo nitrosylation of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco), one of the targets, was confirmed by immunoblotting. Rubisco plays a central role in photosynthesis, and the effect of S-nitrosylation on its enzymatic activity was determined using NaH14CO3. The NO-releasing compound S-nitrosoglutathione inhibited its activity in a dose-dependent manner suggesting Rubisco inactivation by nitrosylation for the first time.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Arabidopsis / metabolism
  • Biochemistry / methods
  • Carbon / chemistry
  • Cysteine / chemistry
  • DNA Topoisomerases, Type II / chemistry
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / pharmacology
  • Kalanchoe / metabolism*
  • Nitrogen / chemistry
  • Photosynthesis
  • Plant Extracts / chemistry*
  • Plant Proteins / chemistry
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*
  • Ribulose-Bisphosphate Carboxylase / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Ribulose-Bisphosphate Carboxylase / chemistry*
  • Ribulose-Bisphosphate Carboxylase / metabolism
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
  • UDPglucose 4-Epimerase / chemistry

Substances

  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Plant Extracts
  • Plant Proteins
  • Carbon
  • Ribulose-Bisphosphate Carboxylase
  • UDPglucose 4-Epimerase
  • DNA Topoisomerases, Type II
  • Cysteine
  • Nitrogen