The Plant Cell, Vol. 15, 2181-2191,
September 2003, Copyright © 2003,
American Society of Plant Biologists
The Arabidopsis NPR1 Disease Resistance Protein Is a Novel Cofactor That Confers Redox Regulation of DNA Binding Activity to the Basic Domain/Leucine Zipper Transcription Factor TGA1
Charles Desprésa,b,
Catherine Chubakc,
Amanda Rochona,
Rena Clarkb,
Terry Bethuneb,
Darrell Desveauxd,e and
Pierre R. Fobert1,b
a Department of Biological Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada L2S 3A1
b National Research Council Canada, Plant Biotechnology Institute, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7N 0W9
c Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7N 5E2
d Department of Biochemistry, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 3J7
e Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599
1 To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail pierre.fobert{at}nrc-cnrc.gc.ca; fax 306-975-4839
The Arabidopsis NPR1 protein is essential for regulating salicylic aciddependent gene expression during systemic acquired resistance. NPR1 interacts differentially with members of the TGA class of basic domain/Leu zipper transcription factors and regulates their DNA binding activity. Here, we report that although TGA1 does not interact with NPR1 in yeast two-hybrid assays, treatment with salicylic acid induces the interaction between these proteins in Arabidopsis leaves. This phenomenon is correlated with a reduction of TGA1 Cys residues. Furthermore, site-directed mutagenesis of TGA1 Cys-260 and Cys-266 enables the interaction with NPR1 in yeast and Arabidopsis. Together, these results indicate that TGA1 relies on the oxidation state of Cys residues to mediate the interaction with NPR1. An intramolecular disulfide bridge in TGA1 precludes interaction with NPR1, and NPR1 can only stimulate the DNA binding activity of the reduced form of TGA1. Unlike its animal and yeast counterparts, the DNA binding activity of TGA1 is not redox regulated; however, this property is conferred by interaction with the NPR1 cofactor.
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