RNA Binding Protein OsTZF7 Traffics Between the Nucleus and Processing Bodies/Stress Granules and Positively Regulates Drought Stress in Rice

Overview

Journal Front Plant Sci

Date 2022 Mar 10

PMID 35265093

Authors

Chiming Guo

Lingli Chen

Yuchao Cui

Ming Tang

Ying Guo

Yin Yi

Yan Li

Liqing Liu

Liang Chen

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Abstract

Tandem CCCH zinc finger (TZF) proteins are the essential components of processing bodies (PBs) and stress granules (SGs), which play critical roles in growth development and stress response in both animals and plants through posttranscriptional regulation of target mRNA. In this study, we characterized the biological and molecular functions of a novel tandem zinc finger protein, OsTZF7. The expression of was upregulated by abiotic stresses, including polyethylene glycol (PEG) 4000, NaCl, and abscisic acid (ABA) in rice. Accordingly, the overexpression of increased drought tolerance and enhanced sensitivity to exogenous ABA in rice, whereas the knockdown of resulted in the opposite phenotype. RNA-seq analysis revealed that genes related to "response to stress," "abscisic acid signaling," "methylated histone binding," and "cytoplasmic mRNA processing body" are regulated by . We demonstrated that OsTZF7 can traffic between the nucleus and PBs/SGs, and the leucine-rich nuclear export signal (NES) mediates the nuclear export of OsTZF7. Additionally, we revealed that OsTZF7 can bind adenine- and uridine-rich (AU-rich) element (ARE) or ARE-like motifs within the 3' untranslated region of downregulated mRNAs, and interact with PWWP family proteins . Together, these results indicate that OsTZF7 positively regulates drought response in rice ABA signaling and may be involved in mRNA turnover.

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