Abstract
A novel NAD(P) reductase like protein (RL) belonging to a class of reductases involved in phenylpropanoid synthesis was previously purified to homogeneity from the Sauromatum guttatum appendix. The Sauromatum appendix raises its temperature above ambient temperature to ~30 °C on the day of inflorescence opening (D-day). Changes in the charge state distribution of the protein in electrospray ionization–mass spectrometry spectra were observed during the development of the appendix. RL adopted two conformations, state A (an extended state) that appeared before heat-production (D − 4 to D − 2), and state B (a compact state) that began appearing on D − 1 and reached a maximum on D-day. RL in healthy leaves of Arabidopsis is present in state A, whereas in thermogenic sporophylls of male cones of Encephalartos ferox is present in state B. These conformational changes strongly suggest an involvement of RL in heat-production. The biophysical properties of this protein are remarkable. It is self-assembled in aqueous solutions into micrometer sizes of organized morphologies. The assembly produces a broad range of cyclic and linear morphologies that resemble micelles, rods, lamellar micelles, as well as vesicles. The assemblies could also form network structures. RL molecules entangle with each other and formed branched, interconnected networks. These unusual assemblies suggest that RL is an oligomer, and its oligomerization can provide additional information needed for thermoregulation. We hypothesize that state A controls the plant basal temperature and state B allows a shift in the temperature set point to above ambient temperature.
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Abbreviations
- ACN:
-
Acetonitrile
- BSA:
-
Bovine serum albumin
- CSD:
-
Charge state distribution
- D-day:
-
The day of inflorescence opening and heat-production
- ESI–MS:
-
Electrospray ionization–mass spectrometry
- GuHCl:
-
Guanidine hydrochloride
- IP:
-
Isopropanol
- MaxEnt:
-
Maximum entropy software for deconvolution of multiple charged electrospray envelopes
- PVP:
-
Polyvinylpyrrolidone
- RL:
-
NAD(P) reductase-like protein
- RP-HPLC:
-
Reversed phase-high performance liquid chromatography
- SA:
-
Salicylic acid
- TFA:
-
Trifluoroacetic acid
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Skubatz, H., Howald, W.N. Two Global Conformation States of a Novel NAD(P) Reductase Like Protein of the Thermogenic Appendix of the Sauromatum guttatum Inflorescence. Protein J 32, 399–410 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10930-013-9497-y
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