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  2. The functional specificity of ERECTA-family receptors in Arabidopsis stomatal development is ensured by molecular chaperones in the endoplasmic reticulum

The functional specificity of ERECTA-family receptors in Arabidopsis stomatal development is ensured by molecular chaperones in the endoplasmic reticulum

  • Development. 2022 Sep 1;149(17):dev200892. doi: 10.1242/dev.200892.
Ke-Zhen Yang 1 Chao-Ran Zuo 1 2 Ya-Jun Leng 3 Jun-Ling Yue 1 2 Hui-Chao Liu 1 2 Zhi-Bin Fan 1 2 Xue-Yi Xue 4 Juan Dong 5 6 Li-Qun Chen 3 Jie Le 1 2
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Affiliations

  • 1 Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China.
  • 2 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
  • 3 State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.
  • 4 Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
  • 5 Waksman Institute of Microbiology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
  • 6 Department of Plant Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA.
Abstract

Stomata are epidermal pores that control gas exchange between Plants and the atmosphere. In Arabidopsis, the ERECTA family (ERECTAf) receptors, including ERECTA, ERECTA-LIKE 1 (ERL1) and ERL2, redundantly play pivotal roles in enforcing the 'one-cell-spacing' rule. Accumulating evidence has demonstrated that the functional specificities of receptors are likely associated with their differential subcellular dynamics. The endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-resident chaperone complex SDF2-ERdj3B-BiP functions in many aspects of plant development. We employed pharmacological treatments combined with cell biological and biochemical approaches to demonstrate that the abundance of ERECTA was reduced in the erdj3b-1 mutant, but the localization and dynamics of ERECTA were not noticeably affected. By contrast, the erdj3b mutation caused the retention of ERL1/ERL2 in the ER. Furthermore, we found that the function of SDF2-ERdj3B-BiP is implicated with the distinct roles of ERECTAf receptors. Our findings establish that the ERECTAf receptor-mediated signaling in stomatal development is ensured by the activities of the ER quality control system, which preferentially maintains the protein abundance of ERECTA and proper subcellular dynamics of ERL1/ERL2, prior to the receptors reaching their destination - the plasma membrane - to execute their functions.

Keywords

Arabidopsis; ERECTA receptor; Endoplasmic reticulum quality control; Molecular chaperone; SDF2-ERdj3B-BiP; Stomatal development.

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