Nuclear import and dimerization of tomato ASR1, a water stress-inducible protein exclusive to plants
The ASR (for ABA/water stress/ripening) protein family, first described in tomato as nuclear and involved in adaptation to dry climates, is widespread in the plant kingdom, including crops of high agronomic relevance. We show both nuclear and cytosolic localization for ASR1 (the most studied member...
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paper:paper_19326203_v7_n8_p_Ricardi2025-07-30T19:06:47Z Nuclear import and dimerization of tomato ASR1, a water stress-inducible protein exclusive to plants Ricardi, Martiniano Maria Gonzalez, Rodrigo Matias Jares, Elizabeth Andrea Estevez, Jose Manuel Iusem, Norberto Daniel chaperone dimer homodimer lysine protein ASR1 unclassified drug article cell assay cell nucleus confocal microscopy controlled study cytosol dimerization immunodetection in vitro study in vivo study nonhuman nuclear import nuclear localization signal nuclear pore polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis protein assembly protein cross linking protein localization protein quaternary structure protein transport tomato water stress Active Transport, Cell Nucleus Cell Nucleus Cytosol Dehydration Lycopersicon esculentum Nuclear Localization Signals Plant Proteins Protein Multimerization The ASR (for ABA/water stress/ripening) protein family, first described in tomato as nuclear and involved in adaptation to dry climates, is widespread in the plant kingdom, including crops of high agronomic relevance. We show both nuclear and cytosolic localization for ASR1 (the most studied member of the family) in histological plant samples by immunodetection, typically found in small proteins readily diffusing through nuclear pores. Indeed, a nuclear localization was expected based on sorting prediction software, which also highlight a monopartite nuclear localization signal (NLS) in the primary sequence. However, here we prove that such an "NLS" of ASR1 from tomato is dispensable and non-functional, being the transport of the protein to the nucleus due to simple diffusion across nuclear pores. We attribute such a targeting deficiency to the misplacing in that cryptic NLS of two conserved contiguous lysine residues. Based on previous in vitro experiments regarding quaternary structure, we also carried out live cell imaging assays through confocal microscopy to explore dimer formation in planta. We found homodimers in both the cytosol and the nucleus and demonstrated that assembly of both subunits together can occur in the cytosol, giving rise to translocation of preformed dimers. The presence of dimers was further corroborated by means of in vivo crosslinking of nuclei followed by SDS-PAGE. © 2012 Ricardi et al. Fil:Ricardi, M.M. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. Fil:González, R.M. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. Fil:Jares-Erijman, E.A. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. Fil:Estévez, J.M. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. Fil:Iusem, N.D. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. 2012 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_19326203_v7_n8_p_Ricardi http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_19326203_v7_n8_p_Ricardi |
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chaperone dimer homodimer lysine protein ASR1 unclassified drug article cell assay cell nucleus confocal microscopy controlled study cytosol dimerization immunodetection in vitro study in vivo study nonhuman nuclear import nuclear localization signal nuclear pore polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis protein assembly protein cross linking protein localization protein quaternary structure protein transport tomato water stress Active Transport, Cell Nucleus Cell Nucleus Cytosol Dehydration Lycopersicon esculentum Nuclear Localization Signals Plant Proteins Protein Multimerization |
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chaperone dimer homodimer lysine protein ASR1 unclassified drug article cell assay cell nucleus confocal microscopy controlled study cytosol dimerization immunodetection in vitro study in vivo study nonhuman nuclear import nuclear localization signal nuclear pore polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis protein assembly protein cross linking protein localization protein quaternary structure protein transport tomato water stress Active Transport, Cell Nucleus Cell Nucleus Cytosol Dehydration Lycopersicon esculentum Nuclear Localization Signals Plant Proteins Protein Multimerization Ricardi, Martiniano Maria Gonzalez, Rodrigo Matias Jares, Elizabeth Andrea Estevez, Jose Manuel Iusem, Norberto Daniel Nuclear import and dimerization of tomato ASR1, a water stress-inducible protein exclusive to plants |
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chaperone dimer homodimer lysine protein ASR1 unclassified drug article cell assay cell nucleus confocal microscopy controlled study cytosol dimerization immunodetection in vitro study in vivo study nonhuman nuclear import nuclear localization signal nuclear pore polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis protein assembly protein cross linking protein localization protein quaternary structure protein transport tomato water stress Active Transport, Cell Nucleus Cell Nucleus Cytosol Dehydration Lycopersicon esculentum Nuclear Localization Signals Plant Proteins Protein Multimerization |
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The ASR (for ABA/water stress/ripening) protein family, first described in tomato as nuclear and involved in adaptation to dry climates, is widespread in the plant kingdom, including crops of high agronomic relevance. We show both nuclear and cytosolic localization for ASR1 (the most studied member of the family) in histological plant samples by immunodetection, typically found in small proteins readily diffusing through nuclear pores. Indeed, a nuclear localization was expected based on sorting prediction software, which also highlight a monopartite nuclear localization signal (NLS) in the primary sequence. However, here we prove that such an "NLS" of ASR1 from tomato is dispensable and non-functional, being the transport of the protein to the nucleus due to simple diffusion across nuclear pores. We attribute such a targeting deficiency to the misplacing in that cryptic NLS of two conserved contiguous lysine residues. Based on previous in vitro experiments regarding quaternary structure, we also carried out live cell imaging assays through confocal microscopy to explore dimer formation in planta. We found homodimers in both the cytosol and the nucleus and demonstrated that assembly of both subunits together can occur in the cytosol, giving rise to translocation of preformed dimers. The presence of dimers was further corroborated by means of in vivo crosslinking of nuclei followed by SDS-PAGE. © 2012 Ricardi et al. |
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Ricardi, Martiniano Maria Gonzalez, Rodrigo Matias Jares, Elizabeth Andrea Estevez, Jose Manuel Iusem, Norberto Daniel |
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Ricardi, Martiniano Maria Gonzalez, Rodrigo Matias Jares, Elizabeth Andrea Estevez, Jose Manuel Iusem, Norberto Daniel |
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Ricardi, Martiniano Maria |
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Nuclear import and dimerization of tomato ASR1, a water stress-inducible protein exclusive to plants |
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Nuclear import and dimerization of tomato ASR1, a water stress-inducible protein exclusive to plants |
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Nuclear import and dimerization of tomato ASR1, a water stress-inducible protein exclusive to plants |
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Nuclear import and dimerization of tomato ASR1, a water stress-inducible protein exclusive to plants |
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Nuclear import and dimerization of tomato ASR1, a water stress-inducible protein exclusive to plants |
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nuclear import and dimerization of tomato asr1, a water stress-inducible protein exclusive to plants |
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2012 |
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