Significant and unique changes in phosphorylation levels of four phosphoproteins in two apple rootstock genotypes under drought stress
- 14 July 2017
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Molecular Genetics and Genomics
- Vol. 292 (6), 1307-1322
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00438-017-1348-7
Abstract
Drought stress is a major problem around the world and there is still little molecular mechanism about how fruit crops deal with moderate drought stress. Here, the physiological and phosphoproteomic responses of drought-sensitive genotype (M26) and drought-tolerant genotype (MBB) under moderate drought stress were investigated. Our results of the physiology analysis indicated that the MBB genotype could produce more osmosis-regulating substances. Furthermore, phosphoproteins from leaves of both genotypes under moderate drought stress were analyzed using the isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantification technology. A total of 595 unique phosphopeptides, 682 phosphorylated sites, and 446 phosphoproteins were quantitatively analyzed in the two genotypes. Five and thirty-five phosphoproteins with the phosphorylation levels significantly changed (PLSC) were identified in M26 and MBB, respectively. Among these, four PLSC phosphoproteins were common to both genotypes, perhaps indicating a partial overlap of the mechanisms to moderate drought stress. Gene ontology analyses revealed that the PLSC phosphoproteins represent a unique combination of metabolism, transcription, translation, and protein processing, suggesting that the response in apple to moderate drought stress encompasses a new and unique homeostasis of major cellular processes. The basic trend was an increase in protein and organic molecules abundance related to drought. These increases were higher in MBB than in M26. Our study is the first to address the phosphoproteome of apple rootstocks in response to moderate drought stress, and provide insights into the molecular regulation mechanisms of apple rootstock under moderate drought stress.Keywords
Funding Information
- Gansu Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Department Research Program, China (GPCK 2013-2)
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