Crystal structure of pyrabactin-bound abscisic acid receptor PYL2 mutant A93F in complex with type 2C protein phosphatase ABI2Crystal structure of pyrabactin-bound abscisic acid receptor PYL2 mutant A93F in complex with type 2C protein phosphatase ABI2
Structural highlights
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[PYL2_ARATH] Receptor for abscisic acid (ABA) required for ABA-mediated responses such as stomatal closure and germination inhibition. Inhibits the activity of group-A protein phosphatases type 2C (PP2Cs) when activated by ABA.[1][2] [P2C77_ARATH] Repressor of the abscisic acid (ABA) signaling pathway that regulates numerous ABA responses, such as stomatal closure, osmotic water permeability of the plasma membrane (Pos), high light stress, response to glucose, seed germination and inhibition of vegetative growth. During the stomatal closure regulation, modulates the inward calcium-channel permeability as well as H(2)O(2) and oxidative burst in response to ABA and dehydration. Controls negatively fibrillin that is involved in mediating ABA-induced photoprotection. May be implicated in ABA content regulation. Involved in acquired thermotolerance of root growth and seedling survival. Required for the Erwinia amylovora harpin-induced (HrpN) drought tolerance. Involved in the hydrotropic response.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
The phytohormone abscisic acid (ABA) functions through a family of fourteen PYR/PYL receptors, which were identified by resistance to pyrabactin, a synthetic inhibitor of seed germination. ABA activates these receptors to inhibit type 2C protein phosphatases, such as ABI1, yet it remains unclear whether these receptors can be antagonized. Here we demonstrate that pyrabactin is an agonist of PYR1 and PYL1 but is unexpectedly an antagonist of PYL2. Crystal structures of the PYL2-pyrabactin and PYL1-pyrabactin-ABI1 complexes reveal the mechanism responsible for receptor-selective activation and inhibition, which enables us to design mutations that convert PYL1 to a pyrabactin-inhibited receptor and PYL2 to a pyrabactin-activated receptor and to identify new pyrabactin-based ABA receptor agonists. Together, our results establish a new concept of ABA receptor antagonism, illustrate its underlying mechanisms and provide a rational framework for discovering novel ABA receptor ligands.
Identification and mechanism of ABA receptor antagonism.,Melcher K, Xu Y, Ng LM, Zhou XE, Soon FF, Chinnusamy V, Suino-Powell KM, Kovach A, Tham FS, Cutler SR, Li J, Yong EL, Zhu JK, Xu HE Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2010 Sep;17(9):1102-8. Epub 2010 Aug 22. PMID:20729862[26]
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↑Melcher K, Xu Y, Ng LM, Zhou XE, Soon FF, Chinnusamy V, Suino-Powell KM, Kovach A, Tham FS, Cutler SR, Li J, Yong EL, Zhu JK, Xu HE. Identification and mechanism of ABA receptor antagonism. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2010 Sep;17(9):1102-8. Epub 2010 Aug 22. PMID:20729862 doi:10.1038/nsmb.1887