Rice black streaked dwarf virus P7-2 forms a SCF complex through binding to Oryza sativa SKP1-like proteins, and interacts with GID2 involved in the gibberellin pathway

PLoS One. 2017 May 11;12(5):e0177518. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0177518. eCollection 2017.

Abstract

As a core subunit of the SCF complex that promotes protein degradation through the 26S proteasome, S-phase kinase-associated protein 1 (SKP1) plays important roles in multiple cellular processes in eukaryotes, including gibberellin (GA), jasmonate, ethylene, auxin and light responses. P7-2 encoded by Rice black streaked dwarf virus (RBSDV), a devastating viral pathogen that causes severe symptoms in infected plants, interacts with SKP1 from different plants. However, whether RBSDV P7-2 forms a SCF complex and targets host proteins is poorly understood. In this study, we conducted yeast two-hybrid assays to further explore the interactions between P7-2 and 25 type I Oryza sativa SKP1-like (OSK) proteins, and found that P7-2 interacted with eight OSK members with different binding affinity. Co-immunoprecipitation assay further confirmed the interaction of P7-2 with OSK1, OSK5 and OSK20. It was also shown that P7-2, together with OSK1 and O. sativa Cullin-1, was able to form the SCF complex. Moreover, yeast two-hybrid assays revealed that P7-2 interacted with gibberellin insensitive dwarf2 (GID2) from rice and maize plants, which is essential for regulating the GA signaling pathway. It was further demonstrated that the N-terminal region of P7-2 was necessary for the interaction with GID2. Overall, these results indicated that P7-2 functioned as a component of the SCF complex in rice, and interaction of P7-2 with GID2 implied possible roles of the GA signaling pathway during RBSDV infection.

MeSH terms

  • Gibberellins / metabolism*
  • Immunoprecipitation
  • Multiprotein Complexes / metabolism*
  • Nicotiana / metabolism
  • Oryza / metabolism*
  • Oryza / virology*
  • Plant Leaves / metabolism
  • Plant Proteins / metabolism*
  • Protein Binding
  • Reoviridae / metabolism*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • S-Phase Kinase-Associated Proteins / metabolism*
  • Two-Hybrid System Techniques
  • Viral Proteins / metabolism*
  • Zea mays

Substances

  • Gibberellins
  • Multiprotein Complexes
  • Plant Proteins
  • S-Phase Kinase-Associated Proteins
  • Viral Proteins

Grants and funding

This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31201489, http://www.nsfc.gov.cn, QW received the funding), the National Department Public Benefit Research Funds (201303021, JLY received the funding), the 111 Project (B13006, CGH received the funding), and The Project of State Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology (2016SKLAB-6, CGH received the funding). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.