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Dynamic Phosphorylation of miRNA Biogenesis Factor HYL1 by MPK3 Involving Nuclear–Cytoplasmic Shuttling and Protein Stability in Arabidopsis
oleh: Prakash Kumar Bhagat, Deepanjali Verma, Kirti Singh, Raghuram Badmi, Deepika Sharma, Alok Krishna Sinha
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Diterbitkan: | MDPI AG 2022-03-01 |
Deskripsi
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are one of the prime regulators of gene expression. The recruitment of hyponastic leaves 1 (HYL1), a double-stranded RNA binding protein also termed as DRB1, to the microprocessor complex is crucial for accurate primary-miRNA (pri-miRNA) processing and the accumulation of mature miRNA in <i>Arabidopsis thaliana</i>. In the present study, we investigated the role of the MAP kinase-mediated phosphorylation of AtHYL1 and its sub-cellular activity. AtMPK3 specifically phosphorylates AtHYL1 at the evolutionarily conserved serine-42 present at the N-terminal regions and plays an important role in its nuclear–cytosolic shuttling. Additionally, we identified that AtHYL1 is cleaved by trypsin-like proteases into an N-terminal fragment, which renders its subcellular activities. We, for the first time, report that the dimerization of AtHYL1 not only takes place in the nucleus, but also in the cytosol, and the C-terminal of AtHYL1 has a role in regulating its stability, as well as its subcellular localization. AtHYL1 is hyper-phosphorylated in <i>mpk3</i> mutants, leading to higher stability and reduced degradation. Our data show that AtMPK3 is a negative regulator of AtHYL1 protein stability and that the AtMPK3-induced phosphorylation of AtHYL1 leads to its protein degradation.