Kinetics of the LOV domain of ZEITLUPE determine its circadian function in Arabidopsis

  1. Ashutosh Pudasaini
  2. Jae Sung Shim
  3. Young Hun Song
  4. Hua Shi
  5. Takatoshi Kiba
  6. David E Somers
  7. Takato Imaizumi
  8. Brian D Zoltowski  Is a corresponding author
  1. Southern Methodist University, United States
  2. University of Washington, United States
  3. Ohio State University, United States
  4. RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Japan

Abstract

A LOV (Light, Oxygen, or Voltage) domain containing blue-light photoreceptor ZEITLUPE (ZTL) directs circadian timing by degrading clock proteins in plants. Functions hinge upon allosteric differences coupled to the ZTL photocycle; however, structural and kinetic information was unavailable. Herein, we tune the ZTL photocycle over two orders of magnitude. These variants reveal that ZTL complexes with targets independent of light, but dictates enhanced protein degradation in the dark. In vivo experiments definitively show photocycle kinetics dictate the rate of clock component degradation, thereby impacting circadian period. Structural studies demonstrate that photocycle dependent activation of ZTL depends on an unusual dark-state conformation of ZTL. Crystal structures of ZTL LOV domain confirm delineation of structural and kinetic mechanisms and identify an evolutionarily selected allosteric hinge differentiating modes of PAS/LOV signal transduction. The combined biochemical, genetic and structural studies provide new mechanisms indicating how PAS/LOV proteins integrate environmental variables in complex networks.

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  1. Ashutosh Pudasaini

    Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, United States
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  2. Jae Sung Shim

    Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, United States
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  3. Young Hun Song

    Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, United States
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  4. Hua Shi

    Department of Molecular Genetics, Ohio State University, Columbus, United States
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  5. Takatoshi Kiba

    RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Japan
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  6. David E Somers

    Department of Molecular Genetics, Ohio State University, Columbus, United States
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  7. Takato Imaizumi

    Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, United States
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  8. Brian D Zoltowski

    Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, United States
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Funding

National Institutes of Health (R15GM109282)

  • Brian D Zoltowski

Herman Frasch Foundation for Chemical Research (739-HF12)

  • Brian D Zoltowski

Rural Development Administration (PJ011175)

  • Young Hun Song
  • Takato Imaizumi

National Science Foundation (MCB 1613643)

  • Brian D Zoltowski

National Institutes of Health (R01GM079712)

  • Takato Imaizumi

National Institutes of Health (R01GM093285)

  • David E Somers

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

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  1. Richard Amasino, University of Wisconsin, United States

Version history

  1. Received: September 19, 2016
  2. Accepted: February 26, 2017
  3. Accepted Manuscript published: February 28, 2017 (version 1)
  4. Version of Record published: March 28, 2017 (version 2)
  5. Version of Record updated: March 29, 2017 (version 3)

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© 2017, Pudasaini et al.

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  1. Ashutosh Pudasaini
  2. Jae Sung Shim
  3. Young Hun Song
  4. Hua Shi
  5. Takatoshi Kiba
  6. David E Somers
  7. Takato Imaizumi
  8. Brian D Zoltowski
(2017)
Kinetics of the LOV domain of ZEITLUPE determine its circadian function in Arabidopsis
eLife 6:e21646.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.21646

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