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PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 2A-B'γ controls Botrytis cinerea resistance and developmental leaf senescence




AuthorsGuido Durian, Verena Jeschke, Moona Rahikainen, Katariina Vuorinen, Peter J Gollan, Mikael Brosche, Jarkko Salojärvi, Erich Glawischnig, Zsófia Winter, Shengchun Li, Graham Noctor, Eva-Mari Aro, Jaakko Kangasjärvi, Kirk Overmyer, Meike Burow, Saijaliisa Kangasjärvi

PublisherAmerican Society of Plant Biologists

Publication year2020

JournalPlant Physiology

Volume182

Issue2

First page 1161

Last page1181

eISSN1532-2548

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1104/pp.19.00893

Web address http://www.plantphysiol.org/content/182/2/1161

Self-archived copy’s web addresshttps://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/42881797


Abstract

Plants optimize their growth and survival through highly integrated regulatory networks that coordinate defensive measures and developmental transitions in response to environmental cues. Protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) is a key signaling component that controls stress reactions and growth at different stages of plant development, and the PP2A regulatory subunit PP2A-B'γ is required for negative regulation of pathogenesis responses and for maintenance of cell homeostasis in short day conditions. Here, we report molecular mechanisms by which PP2A-B'γ regulates Botrytis cinerea resistance and leaf senescence in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). We extend the molecular functionality of PP2A-B'γ to a protein kinase-phosphatase interaction with the defense-associated calcium-dependent protein kinase CPK1 and present indications this interaction may function to control CPK1 activity. In pre-senescent leaf tissues, PP2A-B'γ is also required to negatively control the expression of salicylic acid-related defense genes, which have recently proven vital in plant resistance to necrotrophic fungal pathogens. In addition, we find the premature leaf yellowing of pp2a-b'γ depends on salicylic acid biosynthesis via SALICYLIC ACID INDUCTION DEFICIENT2 and bears the hallmarks of developmental leaf senescence. We propose PP2A-B'γ age-dependently controls salicylic acid-related signaling in plant immunity and developmental leaf senescence.


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