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SYSTEMS BIOLOGY, MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, AND GENE REGULATION

β-Subunits of the SnRK1 Complexes Share a Common Ancestral Function Together with Expression and Function Specificities; Physical Interaction with Nitrate Reductase Specifically Occurs via AKINβ1-Subunit^1,[C],[OA]

Laboratoire Signalisation et Régulation Coordonnée du Métabolisme Carboné et Azoté, Institut de Biotechnologie des Plantes (UMR8618), Université Paris-Sud, F–91405 Orsay cedex, France

The SNF1/AMPK/SnRK1 kinases are evolutionary conserved kinases involved in yeast, mammals, and plants in the control of energy balance. These heterotrimeric enzymes are composed of one -type catalytic subunit and two - and β-type regulatory subunits. In yeast it has been proposed that the β-type subunits regulate both the localization of the kinase complexes within the cell and the interaction of the kinases with their targets. In this work, we demonstrate that the three β-type subunits of Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana; AKINβ1, AKINβ2, and AKINβ3) restore the growth phenotype of the yeast sip1sip2gal83 triple mutant, thus suggesting the conservation of an ancestral function. Expression analyses, using AKINβ promoter::β-glucuronidase transgenic lines, reveal different and specific patterns of expression for each subunit according to organs, developmental stages, and environmental conditions. Finally, our results show that the β-type subunits are involved in the specificity of interaction of the kinase with the cytosolic nitrate reductase. Together with previous cell-free phosphorylation data, they strongly support the proposal that nitrate reductase is a real target of SnRK1 in the physiological context. Altogether our data suggest the conservation of ancestral basic function(s) together with specialized functions for each β-type subunit in plants.

² Present address: Laboratoire de Bioénergétique Fondamentale et Appliquée, INSERM U884, Université Joseph Fourier, F–38041 Grenoble, France.

³ Present address: Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire, Laboratoire Commun de Cytologie, INRA Versailles, RD10, Route de Saint Cyr, F–78026 Versailles cedex, France.

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^* Corresponding author; e-mail martine.thomas{at}u-psud.fr.

Received May 15, 2008; accepted August 11, 2008; published September 3, 2008.

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