Detection and in vitro studies of Cucurbita maxima phloem serpin-1 RNA-binding properties

Tolstyko, E.A.; Lezzhov, A.A.; Pankratenko, A.V.; Serebryakova, M.V.; Solovyev, A.G.; Morozov, S.Y.

Авторы: Tolstyko Eugeny A., Lezzhov Alexander A., Pankratenko Anna V., Serebryakova Marina V., Solovyev Andrey G., Morozov Sergey Y.
Журнал: Biochimie
Том: 170
Год издания: 2020
Издательство: Elsevier BV
Местоположение издательства: Netherlands
Первая страница: 118
Последняя страница: 127
DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2020.01.006
Аннотация: Apart from being a conduit for photoassimilate transport in plants, the phloem serves as a pathway for transport of proteins and RNAs from sites of their synthesis to distant plant parts. As demonstrated for mRNAs and small RNAs such as miRNA and siRNA, their phloem transport is largely involved in responses to environmental cues including stresses and pathogen attacks. RNA molecules are believed to be transported in the phloem in the form of complexes with RNA-binding proteins; however, proteins forming such complexes are generally poorly studied. Here, we demonstrate that the Cucurbita maxima phloem serpin-1 (CmPS1), which has been previously described as a functional protease inhibitor capable of long-distance transport via the phloem, is able to bind RNA in vitro. Among different RNAs tested, CmPS1 exhibits a preference for imperfect RNA duplexes and the highest affinity to tRNA. A characteristic complex formed by CmPS1 with tRNA is not observed upon CmPS1 binding to tRNA-like structures of plant viruses. Mutational analysis demonstrates that the CmPS1 N-terminal region is not involved in RNA binding. Since antithrombin-III, the human protease inhibitor of serpin family most closely sequence-related to CmPS1, is found to be unable to bind RNA, one can suggest that, in its evolution, CmPS1 has gained the RNA binding capability as an additional function likely relevant to its specific activities in the plant phloem.
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