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Arabidopsis Lectin Receptor Kinase P2K2 is a second plant receptor for extracellular ATP 1
and contributes to innate immunity 2
An Quoc Phama, Sung-Hwan Choa, Cuong The Nguyena,b, and Gary Staceya,1 3
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Affiliations: 5
a Divisions of Plant Science and Biochemistry, C.S. Bond Life Science Center, University of 6
Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA 7
b Cuu Long Delta Rice Research Institute, Cantho, Vietnam 8
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1 Correspondence: [email protected] 10
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Keywords: Extracellular ATP (eATP), P2K1, DORN1, P2K2, LecRK, Pseudomonas syringae, 12
receptors 13
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Running title: P2K2 is an eATP receptor. 15
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One-sentence summary: A receptor kinase that can bind to ATP with high affinity plays a 17
partially redundant role during plant immunity. 18
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Author Contributions: 20
A.Q.P. and G.S. designed the experiments. A.Q.P, S.-H. C. and C. T. N. performed the 21
experiments. A.Q.P, S.-H. C. and G.S wrote the paper. 22
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Abstract 32
In animals, extracellular adenosine 5’-triphosphate (eATP) is a well-studied signaling molecule 33
that is recognized by plasma membrane-localized P2-type purinergic receptors. However, in 34
contrast, much less is known about purinergic signaling in plants. P2 receptors play critical roles 35
in a variety of animal biological processes including immune system regulation. The first plant 36
purinergic receptor, Arabidopsis P2K1 (L-type lectin receptor kinase-I.9), was shown to 37
contribute to plant defense against bacterial, oomycete and fungal pathogens. Here, we 38
demonstrate the isolation of a second purinergic receptor, P2K2, by complementation of an 39
Arabidopsis p2k1 mutant. P2K2 (LecRK-I.5) has 74% amino acid similarity to P2K1. The P2K2 40
extracellular lectin domain binds to ATP with higher affinity than P2K1 (Kd = 44.47 15.73 41
nM). Interestingly, p2k2 and p2k1 p2k2 mutant plants showed increased susceptibility to the 42
pathogen Pseudomonas syringae, with the double mutant showing a stronger phenotype. In vitro 43
and in planta studies demonstrate that P2K2 and P2K1 interact and cross-phosphorylate upon 44
eATP treatment. Thus, similar to animals, plants possess multiple purinergic receptors. 45
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Introduction 50
Adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) is well-known as the source of cellular energy in all organisms. 51
Under normal conditions, cells maintain mM levels of intracellular ATP but also nM levels of 52
extracellular ATP (eATP). In response to the appropriate stimulus, ATP is released from the 53
cytosol to the extracellular matrix and becomes an essential signaling molecule for growth, 54
development, and stress responses (Khakh and Burnstock, 2009; Tanaka et al., 2010; Cho et al., 55
2017). In mammals, P2X (ion channels) and P2Y (G-protein coupled) receptors are plasma 56
membrane purinoreceptors, which can bind eATP and trigger various downstream signaling 57
cascades. Humans possess 7 P2X receptors and 8 P2Y receptors (Burnstock, 2018). The action 58
of these multiple P2X and P2Y receptors explains the critical roles of eATP in various biological 59
processes in animals such as inflammation, neurotransmission, immune response, cell 60
proliferation, cell differentiation and cell death (Burnstock and Verkhratsky, 2010; Cekic and 61
Linden, 2016; Diezmos et al., 2016; Ferrari et al., 2016). 62
Plants lack canonical P2X and P2Y receptors but still respond to eATP by, for example, 63
triggering an increase of cytosolic calcium (Ca2+[cyt]), as well as nitric oxide (NO) and reactive 64
oxygen species (ROS) (Reichler et al., 2009; Tanaka et al., 2010). Indeed, eATP signaling has 65
been implicated in a variety of plant processes, including root growth (Tang et al., 2003; 66
Weerasinghe et al., 2009; Clark et al., 2010), stress responses (Thomas et al., 2000; Song et al., 67
2006) and pollen germination (Reichler et al., 2009; Rieder and Neuhaus, 2011). 68
The question of how plants recognize eATP was answered by the cloning of the first plant eATP 69
receptor, DORN1 (DOes not Response to Nucleotides 1), defining a new kinase class of 70
purinoreceptor (Choi, Tanaka et al. 2014). In keeping with the animal P2 receptor nomenclature, 71
we now prefer the designation of P2K1 for this first plant purinergic receptor. The P2K1 protein 72
was previously referred to as L-type lectin receptor kinase I.9 (LecRK-I.9) based on sequence 73
comparisons of various Arabidopsis thaliana LecRK proteins. Subsequent studies from our lab 74
showed that P2K1, upon eATP addition, regulates stomatal aperture by direct phosphorylation of 75
NADPH oxidase (RBOHD) (Chen et al., 2017). P2K1 also phosphorylates protein 76
acyltransferases (i.e., PAT5 and 9) to regulate their activity (Chen et al., 2019). 77
The LecRK protein family members contain a lectin-like ectodomain, a single transmembrane 78
domain and an intracellular serine/threonine kinase domain. In Arabidopsis, the LecRK family 79
contains 45 members. Thirty-eight are divided into nine subclades, while seven singleton 80
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members do not belong to any clade (Bouwmeester and Govers, 2009). The diversity of the 81
LecRK family in plants was proposed to be the result of tandem- and whole-genome duplication 82
(Hofberger et al., 2015). As a result of duplication events, proteins can diverge to have diverse 83
functions or may share similar functions (Moore and Purugganan, 2003). For example, in 84
AtLecRK clade I, P2K1 (LecRK-I.9) is an ATP receptor, while LecRK-I.8 was shown to be a 85
nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) sensor (Choi et al., 2014; Wang et al., 2017). In clade 86
IX, LecRK-IX.1 and LecRK-IX.2 share analogous function, regulating Phytophthora resistance 87
and plant cell death (Wang et al., 2015). 88
Under normal growth conditions, only P2K1 (LecRK-I.9), LecRK-IV.1, and LecRK-VIII.1 are 89
expressed at a high level in most plant tissues, whereas the other LecRK genes show lower 90
expression and only in specific tissues. However, the expression of individual LecRK genes was 91
found to be responsive to specific hormone treatments, abiotic stresses, elicitor treatments, or 92
pathogen infection, suggesting a functional role for these receptors under these specific 93
conditions (Bouwmeester and Govers, 2009). While the specific functions as well as ligands of 94
most LecRK family members remain unknown, there appears to be a general association of these 95
receptors with the plant response to both abiotic and biotic stress. LecRK-I.3 was reported to be 96
an active kinase that is regulated by ethylene in response to salt stress (He et al., 2004). LecRK-97
IV.3, which is strongly induced by abscisic acid, methyl jasmonate, salicylic acid or stress 98
treatments, plays critical roles in both abiotic and biotic stresses responses (Huang et al., 2013). 99
Besides P2K1 (LecRK-I.9), LecRK-V.2 and LecRK-VII.1 were also reported to play essential 100
roles in regulating stomatal closure (Yekondi et al., 2018). Recently, it was reported that P2K1 101
is involved in modulation of jasmonic acid (JA)-mediated gene expression for plant defense 102
responses (Tripathi et al., 2018). 103
Animals possess multiple P2X and P2Y receptors, consistent with the wide and varying 104
functions that purinergic signaling plays in physiology (Puchałowicz et al., 2014). Given that 105
eATP was shown to mediate a variety of plant processes (Tanaka et al., 2010), it seemed 106
reasonable to suggest that plants also encode multiple purinergic receptors. In this study, we 107
identify P2K2 (LecRK-I.5) as a second Arabidopsis extracellular ATP receptor by screening 108
various AtLecRK clade I RLKs for their ability to complement an Arabidopsis p2k1 mutant. The 109
P2K2 lectin ectodomain binds ATP with higher affinity than P2K1 and is an active kinase with 110
the ability to auto-phosphorylate and trans-phosphorylate other proteins. A variety of assays 111
showed that P2K1 and P2K2 can interact. Similar to p2k1 mutant plants, plants defective in 112
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P2K1 or P2K1/P2K2 function are significantly more susceptible to pathogen infection. 113
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Identification of the second extracellular ATP receptor, P2K2, by screening all members of 116
the LecRK clade I 117
Among 9 subclades of the LecRK family of Arabidopsis, the first plant eATP receptor P2K1 118
(LecRK-I.9) belongs to clade I, which has 11 members (Bouwmeester and Govers, 2009) 119
(Supplemental Fig. S1). Compared to P2K1, all of the other LecRK clade I members are 120
expressed at relatively low levels in Arabidopsis under normal conditions but can be induced by 121
various stimuli (Bouwmeester and Govers, 2009). Among clade I members, LecRK-I.5 122
(At3g45430) and LecRK-I.10 (At5g60310) are the most closely related to P2K1, based on 123
sequence comparisons. 124
In order to test whether other LecRK clade I members, in addition to P2K1, could function in 125
eATP perception, we ectopically expressed each of the clade I LecRKs genes in the Arabidopsis 126
p2k1-3 mutant, which expresses the calcium reporter protein aequorin, and then monitored the 127
cytosolic calcium (Ca2+[cyt]) response upon eATP addition. Among the LecRKs tested, ectopic 128
expression of LecRK I.8 showed a lethal phenotype while LecRK I.10 showed no expression 129
(Supplemental Fig. S2). Only LecRK-I.5 (P2K2) could partially restore the Ca2+[cyt] response of 130
the p2k1-3 mutant plants (Fig. 1). These results led us to test the Ca2+[cyt] response of p2k2 (lecrk-131
I.5) mutant plants to eATP (Supplemental Fig. S3). The results indicated that the loss of P2K2 132
function reduced the ability of the plants to elevate Ca2+[cyt] levels in response to ATP, although 133
this defect was not as severe as found with p2k1 mutant plants. The calcium response of the 134
p35S:P2K2 over-expression plants was higher than the wild-type (Fig. 1 and Supplemental Fig. 135
S3). Given these results, we renamed LecRK-I.5 as P2K2, reflecting a functional annotation for 136
this protein beyond the strictly sequence based assignment of LecRK-I.5. 137
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ATP binds to the P2K2 extracellular domain 139
If P2K2 is a bona fide purinergic receptor, then it should bind ATP with a physiologically 140
relevant affinity. In order to test this experimentally, we purified the P2K2 ectodomain 141
(Supplemental Fig. S4) and conducted in vitro binding studies using radiolabeled γ32P-ATP. The 142
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P2K2 protein showed a typical saturation curve for ATP binding with high affinity (Kd = 44.47 ± 143
15.73 nM and Bmax = 625.8 ± 86.48 pmol/mg) (Fig. 2). 144
To determine whether P2K2 could bind other nucleotides or ligands, in vitro competitive binding 145
assays were performed. We tested the ability of unlabeled ligands to compete against the binding 146
of radiolabeled γ32P-ATP. Unlabeled ATP and ADP were found to be strong competitors (ATP 147
Kj = 31.7 nM; ADP Kj = 97.3) (Fig. 2). Unlabeled GTP was a weak competitor, while the other 148
ligands, AMP, adenosine, adenine ITP, CTP, TTP, UTP, showed no competition (Fig. 2). These 149
results differ from our previous studies with P2K1 and suggest that P2K2 may have higher 150
specificity for ATP and ADP than shown for P2K1 (Choi et al., 2014). 151
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The P2K2 intracellular domain has strong kinase activity, which is essential for 153
downstream signaling. 154
The P2K2 intracellular domain is predicted to have kinase activity. In order to confirm this 155
prediction, we cloned the P2K2 intracellular domain (Supplemental Fig. S4), including the 156
putative kinase domain (P2K2-KD). Subsequent purification of the P2K2-KD demonstrated 157
strong autophosphorylation activity in vitro, as well as the ability to trans-phosphorylate myelin 158
basic protein (MBP) (Fig. 3). Comparison of the sequence of P2K1-KD and P2K2-KD allowed 159
us to predict critical amino acid residues for kinase activity. Specific mutations were generated 160
within the P2K2-KD sequence using site direct mutagenesis, specifically p2k2D467N (kinase 161
activation motif mutation) and p2k2D525N [similar to the p2k1-1 mutant version (Choi et al., 162
2014)]. Subsequent in vitro assays demonstrated a lack of kinase activity for the p2k2D467N 163
protein and very low kinase activity for the p2k2D525N protein (Fig. 3). Electrophoretic separation 164
of the wild-type P2K2 and kinase domain mutant P2K2 proteins demonstrated differences in 165
their mobility, which we attributed to their relative ability to auto-phosphorylate (Fig. 3). 166
Consistent with this notion, treatment of the wild-type and kinase mutant forms of P2K2 with 167
lambda protein phosphatase (PPase), to release the phosphate group, resulted in all three proteins 168
showing similar electrophoretic mobility (Supplemental Fig. S5). 169
In order to ascertain whether P2K2 kinase activity was critical for function, we expressed the 170
wild-type P2K2 protein (as control) and the full-length p2k2D467N and p2k2D525N mutant versions 171
in the p2k1-3 mutant background and assayed the ability of the resulting transgenic plants to 172
elevate Ca2+[cyt] upon ATP addition. Ectopic expression of the full-length p2k2D467N or p2k2D525N 173
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mutant proteins in p2k1-3 mutant plants failed to complement the p2k1 phenotype (Fig. 3). We, 174
therefore, conclude that P2K2 kinase function, similar to the results obtained with P2K1 (Choi et 175
al., 2014), is required for P2K2 receptor function. 176
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P2K2 self-associates and also interacts with P2K1 on the plasma membrane 178
Like P2K1, P2K2 has a putative transmembrane domain (Supplemental Fig. S4). To determine 179
whether P2K2 localizes to the plasma membrane, we fused full-length P2K2 with YFP (yellow 180
fluorescence protein) and expressed P2K2-YFP or free YFP in Arabidopsis protoplasts. We used 181
FM4-64 for plasma membrane staining. The resulting data indicate, again like P2K1, that P2K2-182
YFP localizes to the plasma membrane (Fig. 4 and Supplemental Fig. S6). 183
Plasma membrane receptors often form homodimer or heterodimer complexes. For example, 184
P2K1 was previously shown to self-associate on the plasma membrane (Chen et al., 2017). 185
Therefore, we performed bimolecular fluorescence complementation (BiFC) assays in 186
Arabidopsis protoplasts expressing P2K2-YFPn and P2K2-YFPc, as well as P2K2-YFPn and 187
P2K1-YFPc. The data indicate that P2K2 co-localized with the FM4-64 plasma membrane 188
marker (Fig. 4). Full-length P2K2 and P2K1 were cloned into pCambia-Nluc or pCambia-Cluc 189
and the resulting luciferase fusion constructs were co-expressed with P2K2-Cluc in Nicotiana 190
benthamiana leaves. Consistent with the BiFC results, P2K2-Nluc and P2K1-Nluc showed a 191
strong interaction signal in the split-luciferase assay when it was co-expressed with P2K2-Cluc, 192
but not with empty vector controls (Fig. 4). Furthermore, the strength of the P2K2-P2K2 and 193
P2K2-P2K1 interactions were increased by the exogenous addition of ATP (Fig. 4). Our in vitro 194
pull-down experiments also showed that P2K2-KD-His directly interacted with GST-P2K2-KD 195
and GST-P2K1-KD but not with GST-LYK5-KD, which served as our negative control (Fig. 4). 196
Coupled with our previous results regarding P2K1, the data indicate that both P2K1 and P2K2 197
can self-associate but also have the ability to form heterocomplexes within the plasma 198
membrane. In our experiments, these associations were enhanced upon the addition of ATP (Fig. 199
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P2K1 can phosphorylate P2K2, but not vice versa 202
The data above indicate that both P2K1 and P2K2 can auto-phosphorylate, as well as trans-203
phosphorylate other proteins. Hence, there is the possibility that these two proteins could interact 204
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and trans-phosphorylate each other. In order to test this, we incubated kinase-dead versions of 205
GST-P2K1D525N, D572N-KD and GST-P2K2D467N-KD proteins with kinase-active versions of GST-206
P2K1-KD and GST-P2K2-KD and assayed for phosphorylation using radiolabeled 32P-ATP. 207
GST-P2K1-KD and GST-P2K2-KD phosphorylated GST-p2k2D467N-KD in vitro (Fig. 5). 208
However, P2K1 and P2K2 failed to trans-phosphorylate the two kinase-dead versions of P2K1, 209
GST-p2k1D525N-KD and GST-p2k2D572N-KD (Fig 5). The data indicate that P2K1 is incapable of 210
transphosphorylation of itself but also cannot be phosphorylated by P2K2. The data suggest that, 211
if P2K1 and P2K2 form an active heterocomplex, then activation of P2K1 is likely the initial step 212
leading to transphosphorylation of P2K2, as well as other downstream proteins. 213
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P2K2 plays a partially redundant role with P2K1 during plant immunity 215
Previous reports indicated that P2K1 positively regulates plant defense against Pseudomonas 216
syringae (Balague et al., 2017; Chen et al., 2017), Phytophthora infestans, Phytophthora 217
brassicae (Gouget et al., 2006; Bouwmeester et al., 2011; Bouwmeester et al., 2014) and Botrytis 218
cinerea (Tripathi et al., 2018). Given that P2K1 and P2K2 interact and that P2K2 can partially 219
complement the P2K1 phenotype, it is likely that these two proteins may function redundantly in 220
ATP signaling, either in separate complexes or in association with one another. Therefore, we 221
hypothesized that P2K2 might also be involved in pathogen resistance. To test the role of P2K2 222
directly, we examined plant susceptibility to P. syringae upon flood inoculation. The level of 223
bacterial infection was monitored by bio-luminescence and confirmed by direct counting to 224
quantify the level of pathogen colonization (Fig. 6). The p2k1-3, p2k2, and p2k1p2k2 double 225
mutant plants showed significantly greater colonization than wild-type plants (Fig. 6). Consistent 226
with the visual assays, direct bacterial counts showed that p2k1-3, p2k2, and p2k1p2k2 double 227
mutant plants were significantly more susceptible to bacterial infection compared to the wild 228
type, whereas the P2K2 complemented line showed no significant difference to the wild type 229
(Fig. 6). Interestingly, those plants ectopically expressing P2K2 showed elevated resistance to 230
bacterial infection relative to the wild type (Fig. 6). These results are consistent with P2K2 231
playing an important role in plant innate immunity. The fact that the p2k1 p2k2 double mutant 232
showed the highest level of susceptibility suggests that, at least for this specific phenotype, the 233
two receptors show some level of functional redundancy. 234
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To further understand how P2K2 contributes to bacterial pathogen resistance, we measured the 235
activity or expression of a few genes known to respond to bacterial infection. We used wild-type 236
(Col-0 background) plants as the positive control and the p2k1-3 mutant line as a negative 237
control while testing the pathogen response of p2k2 single mutant and p2k1p2k2 double mutant 238
plants. A key aspect of the pathogen response pathway is the activation of MAPK signaling (Bi 239
and Zhou, 2017). Therefore, after ATP treatment, we measured activation of MPK3 and MPK6 240
in p2k2 and p2k1 p2k2 mutant plants, relative to controls. As shown in Fig. 7, wild-type plants 241
showed strong phosphorylation of MPK3 and MPK6 upon ATP treatment, whereas the p2k1-3, 242
p2k2 or p2k1 p2k2 mutant plants exhibited lower phosphorylation. Interestingly, the phenotype 243
of the p2k1 p2k2 double mutant was stronger than each of the single mutants, suggesting that the 244
two receptors are at least partially redundant in function. In addition, we measured the expression 245
of MYC2 and ZAT10, previously reported to be regulated by P2K1 and known to respond to 246
pathogen infection (Balague et al., 2017; Tripathi et al., 2018; Jewell et al., 2019). The 247
expression of both genes was significantly reduced in the p2k2 and p2k1 p2k2 mutant plants after 248
ATP treatment (Fig. 7). Taken together, the results suggest that P2K2, in addition to P2K1, is a 249
critical component of ATP signaling through the pathogen response pathway. 250
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The first evidence that eATP plays a signaling role in plants was found in 1973 when exogenous 253
addition of ATP stimulated faster closure of the specialized leaves of the Venus fly trap 254
(Dionaea muscipula) (Jaffe, 1973). About four decades after this report, the first plant 255
extracellular ATP receptor was identified, P2K1 (LecRK-I.9) (Choi et al., 2014). The p2k1 256
mutant plants are unable to recognize exogenous ATP and activate various downstream 257
responses. In both animals and plants, eATP appears to play a variety of important roles. Hence, 258
it seemed reasonable to consider the possibility that both animals and plants possess multiple 259
eATP receptors. The identification of P2K2 (LecRK-I.5) confirms this possibility. As expected, 260
P2K2 can bind ATP (Fig. 2) with high affinity, roughly equivalent to that measured previously 261
for P2K1 (Choi et al., 2014) and consistent with ATP levels required to induced measurable 262
physiological responses (Tanaka et al., 2010). Interestingly, in vitro competitive binding data 263
indicate that P2K2 has a higher specificity for ATP and ADP than demonstrated for P2K1 (Fig. 264
2) (Choi et al., 2014). The physiological relevance of this is unknown but could be important, 265
especially when P2K1 and P2K2 may function in planta as a heteromeric complex (Fig. 4). 266
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P2K1 and P2K2 are likely the result of a tandem genome duplication. Therefore, P2K1 and 267
P2K2 were suggested to be ohnologous genes (Hofberger et al., 2015) (paralogous genes that 268
diverged at the same time through whole-genome duplication). Ohnologous genes can share 269
similar functions, but, more often, diverge and develop different functions (Moreira and López-270
García, 2011; Hofberger et al., 2015). Our current data argue that both P2K1 and P2K2 have a 271
similar function in that they bind and respond to eATP and can, at least partially complement one 272
another (Fig. 1, Fig. 2 and Supplemental Fig. S7) (Choi et al., 2014). 273
Our data suggest the possibility that P2K1 and P2K2 may function in planta as part of a 274
heteromeric complex. However, it should be noted that, under normal growth conditions, P2K1 275
is strongly expressed in most tissues, which is not the case for P2K2 (Bouwmeester and Govers, 276
2009). Our initial mutant screen for plants unable to increase intracellular calcium levels upon 277
ATP addition yielded largely mutants in P2K1 (Choi et al., 2014). Therefore, P2K1 appears to be 278
the primary eATP receptor in Arabidopsis. The expression of P2K2, although quite low under 279
normal growth conditions, is induced under stress conditions, including upon the addition of 280
ATP or pathogen treatment (Supplemental Fig. S8) (Bouwmeester and Govers, 2009; Balague et 281
al., 2017). Therefore, the possibility remains that a heteromeric complex of P2K1 and P2K2 282
could function during such stress conditions, perhaps as a means to increase the specificity 283
and/or intensity of the response. Such an occurrence would be similar to the situation in animals, 284
in which heteromeric purinergic receptor complexes are well documented (Nicke et al., 1998; 285
Virginio et al., 1998; Kawate et al., 2009). Given that P2K1 can trans-phosphorylate P2K2 but 286
not vice versa, if such a heteromeric complex is formed, it seems likely that activation of P2K1 is 287
the primary event, leading to trans-phosphorylation of P2K2 and other downstream signaling 288
components. 289
Plants recognize conserved molecular patterns derived from pathogens [i.e., pathogen-associated 290
molecular patterns (PAMPs)] resulting in the activation of an innate immune response [called 291
PAMP-triggered immunity (PTI)] (Jones and Dangl, 2006). These PAMPs are recognized by 292
specific pattern recognition receptors (PRRs). In a similar manner, specific PRRs can also 293
recognize molecules released from plants due to cellular damage (termed damage-associated 294
molecular patterns, DAMPs) (Gust et al., 2017). The responses of plants to DAMPs are similar 295
to PTI responses (Yamaguchi and Huffaker, 2011). Consequently, plants trigger a variety of 296
secondary, intracellular events, such as cytosolic calcium increase, ROS generation, and protein 297
phosphorylation (such as MAPKs and CDPKs). As a result, various transcription factors (such as 298
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MYBs, MYCs, and ZATs) are activated that contribute to pathogen resistance (Bigeard et al., 299
2015). In both animals and plants, eATP is defined as a DAMP (Choi et al., 2014; Tanaka et al., 300
2014; Tripathi and Tanaka, 2018). Recognition of eATP by its receptors triggers very similar 301
responses as seen in the plant response to well-characterized PAMPs (Choi et al., 2014; Chen et 302
al., 2017). Indeed, given that PAMPs appear to induce the release of ATP, we previously 303
proposed that at least a portion of the PTI response is actually due to purinergic signaling (Choi 304
et al., 2014; Chen et al., 2017). It is now clear that both P2K1 and P2K2 contribute to the ability 305
of ATP to induce plant immune responses. An important role of P2K2 in innate immunity is 306
consistent with an increase in P2K2 expression upon either ATP or pathogen treatment 307
(Supplemental Fig. S8). The data are consistent with a model in which P2K2, normally 308
expressed at a low basal level, is induced upon pathogen challenge (perhaps specifically due to 309
eATP), resulting in an elevation of purinergic signaling and the formation of a stress-specific, 310
heteromeric P2K1-P2K2 complex. 311
Humans possess 7 P2X receptors and 8 P2Y receptors and, therefore, is it possible for plants to 312
function with only two purinergic receptors, P2K1 and P2K2? We are cognizant of the fact that 313
the identification of these two plant receptors relied on the ability to detect an increase in 314
intracellular calcium upon ATP addition. Hence, if other receptors exist that are not coupled to 315
this calcium response, our assays would not have detected them. The fact that P2K2 is not 316
expressed except under stress conditions likely explains why this particular receptor was not 317
identified in our initial mutant screens, suggesting that other receptors may only be detectable 318
under very specific growth conditions. There are 45 LecRK proteins encoded within the 319
Arabidopsis genome, 60 L-type LecRKs in soybean (Glycine max) (Liu et al., 2018), 50 L-type 320
LecRKs in Populus (Yang et al., 2016), 84 L-type LecRKs in wheat (Triticum aestivum) 321
(Shumayla et al., 2016), 72 L-type LecRKs in rice (Oryza sativa) (Vaid et al., 2012), and 53 L-322
type LecRKs in foxtail millet (Setaria italica) (Zhao et al., 2016). If only a fraction of these 323
LecRK proteins function in purinergic signaling, then the field is indeed very rich in future 324
discoveries as the community continues to explore all of the various functions that eATP plays in 325
plant growth and development. 326
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Materials and methods 328
Phylogenetic tree analysis 329
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11 LecRK clade I protein sequences were collected from the Arabidopsis Information Resource 330
website (TAIR https://www.arabidopsis.org/). The AGI numbers are: LecRK-I.1 331
(AT3G45330.1); LecRK-I.10 (AT5G60310.1); LecRK-I.11 (AT5G60320.1); LecRK-I.2 332
(AT3G45390.1); LecRK-I.3 (AT3G45410.1); LecRK-I.4 (AT3G45420.1); LecRK-I.5 333
(AT3G45430.1); LecRK-I.6 (AT3G45440.1); LecRK-I.7 (AT5G60270.1); LecRK-I.8 334
(AT5G60280.1); LecRK-I.9 (AT5G60300.3). The sequences alignment was performed using 335
Clustal Omega (https://www.ebi.ac.uk/Tools/msa/clustalo/). The phylogenetic tree was generated 336
in MEGA7.0 by using the Maximum Likelihood method based on the JTT matrix-based model. 337
338
Plant materials 339
All Arabidopsis thaliana plants used in this study are aequorin-expressing lines in the Col-0 340
background. Wild-type and p2k1-3 mutants (SalK_042209) with Aequorin (AEQ) stable 341
transgenic lines were described in our previous studies (Choi et al., 2014; Chen et al., 2017). The 342
lecrk-i.5 T-DNA mutant, p2k2 (GK-777H06), was obtained from the Arabidopsis Biological 343
Resource Center (ABRC, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH) and crossed with wild-344
type/AEQ and p2k1-3/AEQ to generate p2k2/AEQ and p2k1p2k2/AEQ. Homozygosity for the T-345
DNA insertion and the aequorin transgene in F2 progeny was confirmed by PCR-based 346
genotyping and RT-qPCR using the specific primers listed in Supplemental Table S1. 347
Arabidopsis seeds were sterilized and submerged in autoclaved water and incubated at 4oC for 4-348
7 days before sowing onto half-strength Murashige and Skoog medium plates (1% (w/v) sucrose, 349
0.4% (w/v) phytagel, 2.56 mM MES (pH 5.7). The seedlings were grown under long-day 350
conditions in a growth chamber with the setting of 16 h light, 8 h dark, 22oC, 70% humidity, and 351
100 µE cm-2sec-1 light intensity. 352
353
Molecular complementation and ectopic expression 354
Full-length genomic DNA of clade I LecRK members were amplified using specific primers 355
(Supplemental Table S1) from chromosomal DNA of wild-type (Col-0). The PCR products were 356
cloned into the pDONR-Zeo vector using Gateway BP Clonase II enzyme mix (Invitrogen). 357
Target sequences were then cloned into pGWB14 destination vectors using Gateway LR Clonase 358
II Enzyme Mix (Invitrogen). These constructs were electroporated into Agrobacterium 359
tumefaciens GV3101 for transformation into p2k1-3/AEQ using the floral dipping method (Davis 360
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et al., 2009). The stable transgenic lines were selected on medium that contained hygromycin B 361
at a concentration of 25 µg/ml. Target gene insertion events were confirmed using specific 362
forward primers of target genes and HA reverse primer (Supplemental Table S1). Full-length 363
genomic DNA of P2K2 (At3g45430) with and without the ~1.5 kb 5'-flanking region were 364
amplified using specific primers (Supplemental Table S1) from wild-type genomic DNA. The 365
products were cloned into the pDONR-Zeo vector. Target sequences were then cloned into 366
pGWB13 or pGWB14 destination vectors using LR cloning. These constructs were 367
electroporated into A. tumefaciens GV3101 for transformation into wild-type/AEQ, p2k2/AEQ, 368
or p2k1/AEQ using the floral dipping method (Davis et al., 2009). The stable transgenic lines 369
were confirmed by hygromycin resistance and qPCR using the appropriate specific primer set 370
(Supplemental Table S1). The T2 transgenic lines were used for calcium assay while T3 371
transgenic lines were used for other experiments. 372
373
Cytoplasmic calcium assay 374
Five-day-old Arabidopsis seedlings were individually transferred into separated wells of white 375
96-well plates. Each of the wells contained 50 µl of CTZ buffer, including 10 µM coelenterazine 376
(Nanolight technology, Pinetop, AZ), 2 mM MES, 10 mM CaCl2, pH 5.7. The plates were 377
incubated at room temperature overnight in the dark, followed by the addition of 50 µl of 2x 378
treatment solution directly applied into the wells using a multi-channel pipette. This process 379
takes approximately 10-20 seconds before measurements can be initiated. The production of 380
luminescence was immediately measured using an image-intensifying CCD camera (Photek 216; 381
Photek, Ltd.). After these measurements, the remaining unchelated aequorin was estimated by 382
applying discharging buffer, including 2 M CaCl2 and 20% (v/v) ethanol, and luminescence was 383
measured by the CCD camera. The photon counting data were normalized and converted into 384
calcium concentration using the procedures of (Mithofer and Mazars, 2002). 385
386
Plasmid construction and protein purification 387
The full-length genomic DNA of P2K2 in the pDONR-Zeo vector was used as the template for 388
further cloning. The extracellular domain and kinase domain of P2K2 were amplified using 389
gene-specific primers (Supplemental Table S1) by PCR. The PCR products were digested by 390
restriction enzymes BamHI and XhoI for extracellular domain cloning. After gel extraction and 391
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purification, the DNA products were cloned into the pGEX-2T vector (in the case of 392
extracellular domain cloning) and pET-41a or pET-28a vectors (in the case of kinase domain 393
cloning) using T4 DNA ligase enzyme. To generate mutant versions, the wild-type P2K2 394
extracellular domain in pGEX-5X-1 of the kinase domain in pET-41a was used as a template. 395
The constructs used for protein purification were transformed into Escherichia coli BL21-AI 396
(Invitrogen). The bacteria were cultured in LB medium to reach OD600 = 0.6-0.9 at 37oC. The 397
bacteria were shaken at 25oC for 30 minutes before the target proteins were induced by addition 398
of 0.1 mM IPTG at 25oC, for 6 hours. The culture was then centrifuged at 4500 rpm for 10 399
minutes and 4oC. After decanting the LB medium, the bacterial pellet for GST-fused protein 400
purification was resuspended in TBS buffer containing 50 mM Tris-HCl pH 7.5, 150 mM NaCl, 401
0.1% (v/v) Triton X-100, 1X protease inhibitor (Pierce), and 2 mM PMSF; while cells for HIS-402
fused protein purification were resuspended in HIS-lysis buffer containing 50 mM sodium 403
phosphate pH 7.5, 300 mM NaCl, 8 mM Imidazole, 0.05% (v/v) NP-40, 1X protease inhibitor 404
(Pierce), and 2 mM PMSF. The cells were broken by sonication followed by centrifugation at 405
12,000 rpm at 4oC for 10 minutes. The supernatant was then applied to glutathione sepharose 4B 406
R10 resin (GE healthcare) for GST-fused proteins, while TALON Metal Affinity Resin 407
(Clontech) was used for HIS-fused proteins. The supernatant was incubated with gentle rotation 408
with the resin for 2 hours at 4oC; the resin was collected by centrifugation at 5000 rpm for 5 409
minutes at 4oC. The resin was washed three times with 1X TBS buffer (for GST-fused proteins) 410
or HIS washing buffer containing 50 mM sodium phosphate pH 7.5, 300 mM NaCl, and 8 mM 411
Imidazole. After removing the washing buffer, elution buffer containing 50 mM Tris-HCl pH 412
8.0, 150 mM NaCl, 25 mM reduced glutathione (for GST-fused proteins) or 150 mM Imidazole 413
(for His-fused proteins), and 10% (v/v) glycerol was added. Purified proteins were stored at -414
80oC until use. 415
416
In vitro ATP binding assay 417
The purified P2K2 extracellular domain protein was mixed in a 50 µl reaction including 10 mM 418
HEPES (pH 7.5), 5 mM MgCl2, in the presence or absence of 100-fold unlabeled ATP (for the 419
specific binding assay) or unlabeled other nucleotides (for the competitive binding assay), and 420
γ32P-ATP (PerkinElmer, 800 Ci mmol-1). The reactions were incubated at 4oC for 30 minutes. 421
After that, the reactions were loaded onto Sephadex G-25 gel filtration columns (GE Healthcare). 422
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The free nucleotides were trapped in the column while the bound radioligand went through the 423
column and was collected by scintillation vials. After mixing with scintillation cocktail (MP 424
Biomedicals), the signal of bound radioligand was measured using liquid scintillation counting 425
(Tri-Carb 2810TR, PerkinElmer). The data were analyzed using GraphPad Prism 7. 426
427
In-vitro kinase assay 428
The kinase assays were performed with minor modifications as described by (Choi et al., 2014). 429
For the kinase assay, 5 µg of GST or GST-fusion proteins were mixed with or without 2 µg 430
myelin basic protein in kinase assay buffer (50 mM Tris-HCl pH 7.5, 50 mM KCl,10 mM 431
MgCl2, 4 µM ATP, 0.2 ul γ32P-ATP (PerkinElmer; specific activity 6000 Ci mmol-1)) and 432
incubated for 30 mins at 30oC. After 10% SDS-PAGE, the gels were exposed for 3 h for 433
autoradiography. After the kinase assay, samples were treated with 0.5 µl of Lambda protein 434
phosphatase (NEB). Results were detected by 10% SDS-PAGE and Coomassie brilliant blue 435
staining. 436
437
Bimolecular fluorescence complementation (BiFC) 438
Full-length genomic DNA of P2K2 from the pDONR-Zeo, described above, was cloned into 439
pAM-PAT-35s:YFP:GW (for identification of P2K2 sub-cellular localization) and pAM-PAT-440
35s:YFPn (for BiFC assay) destination vectors. For the free YFP control, a 66 bp fragment of 441
YFP was sub-cloned into the pDONR-Zeo vector and then cloned into pAM-PAT-35s:YFP:GW, 442
pAM-PAT-35s:YFPn:GW, or pAM-PAT-35s:YFPc:GW. The full-length cDNA of P2K1 in 443
pAM-PAT-35s:YFPc:GW was described from our previous study (Chen et al., 2017). These 444
constructs were transformed or co-transformed into Arabidopsis protoplasts. The protoplast 445
isolation and transformation were performed as previously described (Cao et al., 2016). The YFP 446
fluorescence was observed under a Leica DM 5500B compound microscope using a Leica 447
DFC290 color digital camera. FM4-64 dye (Invitrogen, T3166) was directly added into the W5 448
solution containing protoplasts for plasma membrane staining before visualization under the 449
fluorescence microscope. 450
451
Split-luciferase complementation assay 452
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The vector pCambia-NLuc and pCambia-CLuc were kindly provided by Dr. Jian-Min Zhou 453
(Chen et al., 2008). EFR, P2K1 and P2K2 in pDONR-Zeo constructs were used for LR reactions 454
to generate EFR, P2K1 and P2K2 in pCambia-NLuc and P2K2 in pCambia-CLuc. These 455
constructs were electroporated into the A. tumefaciens GV3101. These constructs were co-456
infiltrated into 3-week-old N. benthamiana leaves following a protocol of (Li, 2011). After three 457
days, the infiltrated leaves were treated with 200 µM ATP or 2 mM MES (pH 5.7) or non-458
treated. After 30 minutes of treatment, the leaves were sprayed with 1 mM luciferin (Goldbio) 459
and kept in the dark for 6 minutes before being observed under a CCD imaging apparatus 460
(Photek 216; Photek, Ltd.). 461
462
GST-HIS pull-down assay 463
The LYK5 in pGEX-5X-1 was kindly provided by Dr. Dongqin Chen (Chen et al., 2017). The 464
p2k1-1 kinase-dead and wild-type P2K1 kinase domain in pGEX-5X-1 was kindly provided by 465
Dr. Jeongmin Choi (Choi et al., 2014). The in vitro pull-down assay was performed as described 466
by Chen et al. 2018 with minor modifications. In brief, 2 µg of HIS-fused and GST-fused 467
proteins were mixed in 1 ml pull-down buffer containing 50 mM Tris-HCl pH 7.5, 100 mM 468
NaCl, and 0.5% (v/v) Triton X-100, followed by incubation for 1 hour at 4oC. After that, 25 469
µl glutathione resin was added and incubated for one hour at 4oC. The resin was washed at 470
least ten times with pull-down buffer. The proteins were eluted using GST elution buffer 471
containing 50 mM Tris-HCl pH 8.0, 150 mM NaCl, and 25 mM reduced glutathione. The results 472
were detected by SDS-PAGE, followed by immunoblotting using anti-HIS (SAB1305538, 473
Sigma) and anti-GST (A01380-40, GeneScript) antibody. 474
475
Bacterial inoculation assay 476
The assay was modified from the Arabidopsis seedling flood inoculation assay (Ishiga et al., 477
2011). In detail, 3-week-old Arabidopsis seedlings grown in square Petri dishes were used for 478
this assay. Fourty ml of P. syringae pv. tomato DC3000 Lux (Fan et al., 2008) (OD600 = 0.002) 479
bacterial suspension in sterile water with 0.025% (v/v) Silwet L-77 was dispensed into the dishes 480
for 2-3 mins. After removing the bacterial suspension, the plants were incubated in a growth 481
chamber. After one day post-inoculation, the seedlings, without roots, were collected and the 482
weight was determined followed by washing with sterile water for 5 minutes. Bacterial growth 483
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was visualized and analyzed under a CCD camera (Photek 216; Photek, Ltd.). The seedling 484
tissue was ground in 10 mM MgCl2, diluted serially, and dropped onto King B agar plates 485
containing rifampicin and kanamycin. The number of colonies (CFU) was counted and analyzed 486
after incubation at room temperature for two days. 487
488
MAPK assay 489
Ten-day-old Arabidopsis seedlings were incubated in sterile water at room temperature 490
overnight. After treatment with 200 µM ATP, total protein was extracted from whole seedlings 491
by homogenization in RIFA buffer containing 10 mM Tris-HCl pH 7.5, 100 mM NaCl, 1 mM 492
EDTA, 0.1% (v/v) NP-40, 1 mM DTT, 0.5% (w/v) sodium deoxycholate, 2 mM PMSF, and 1X 493
protein inhibitor (Pierce). The clear lysate was mix with 5X Laemmli loading buffer, containing 494
10% (w/v) SDS, 50% (v/v) glycerol, 0.01% (w/v) bromophenol blue, 10% (v/v) beta-495
mercaptoethanol, 0.3 M Tris-HCl pH 6.8, and heated in boiling water 10 minutes. The total 496
extracted proteins were separated by 10% SDS-PAGE and transferred to polyvinylidene 497
difluoride (PVDF) membranes. The transblots were blocked by 5% (w/v) skim milk in TBST 498
buffer and then incubated with rabbit anti-phospho-p44/p42 MAPK antibody (Cell signaling 499
technology). After washing three times with TBST, the immunoblots were incubated with 500
horseradish peroxidase-conjugated goat anti-rabbit IgG antibody (Jackson ImmunoResearch 501
Laboratories). After washing three times with TBST, the final signal on immunoblots was 502
visualized using a Fuji LAS3000 luminescence imaging system (Fujifilm). 503
504
RT-qPCR assay 505
Five-day-old Arabidopsis seedlings were incubated in sterile water at room temperature 506
overnight. After treatment with 200 µM ATP, samples were collected for total RNA extraction 507
using Trizol reagent (Invitrogen). One microgram of total RNA was treated with Turbo DNA-508
free DNase (Ambion). The RNA was then used for cDNA synthesis using the M-MLV kit 509
(Promega). SYBR Green and the 7500 Realtime PCR system (Applied Biosystems) was used 510
to perform the quantitative PCR with specific primer sets defined in Supplemental Table S1. 511
RNA levels were normalized against the expression of the reference gen, SAND (At2g28390) 512
(Choi et al., 2014). 513
514
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Statistical Analyses 515
The average and standard error of all results were calculated and one-way anova and student’s 516
t-tests were performed using IBM SPSS statistics version 25. The The inhibition constant (Ki), 517
dissociation constant (Kd), maximum binding capacity (Bmax) and model goodness of fit (R2) 518
values in in vitro ATP binding assay were calculated using a one site – fit Ki non-linear 519
regression model, GraphPad Prism 6. 520
Accession Numbers 521
Sequence data from this article can be found in Tair (https://www.arabidopsis.org/) using 522
accession number: LecRK-I.1, At3g45330.1; LecRK-I.10, At5g60310.1; LecRK-I.11, 523
At5g60320.1; LecRK-I.2, At3g45390.1; LecRK-I.3, At3g45410.1; LecRK-I.4, 524
At3g45420.1; LecRK-I.5, At3g45430.1; LecRK-I.6, At3g45440.1; LecRK-I.7, At5g60270.1; 525
LecRK-I.8, At5g60280.1; LecRK-I.9, At5g60300.3; EFR, At5g20480.1; LYK5, At2g33580.1; 526
SAND, At2g28390.1. 527
528
Acknowledgements: Research was supported by the National Institute of General Medical 529
Sciences of the National Institutes of Health (grant no. R01GM121445), the Next-Generation 530
BioGreen 21 Program Systems and Synthetic Agrobiotech Center, Rural Development 531
Administration, Republic of Korea (grant no. PJ01116604) and through the 3rd call of the ERA-532
NET for Coordinating Action in Plant Sciences, with funding from the US National Science 533
Foundation (grant 1826803). 534
535
Supplemental Data 536
Supplemental Figure S1: Molecular phylogenetic analysis of AtLecRK clade I members. 537
Supplemental Figure S2: Ectopic expression of other clade-I lecRKs in p2k1-3 mutant plants 538
cannot restore the ability to response to eATP. 539
Supplemental Figure S3: P2K2 could play a partially redundant role with P2K1 during ATP-540
induced responses. 541
Supplemental Figure S4: Domain structure of P2K2. 542
Supplemental Figure S5: P2K2 kinase domains, wild-type, and mutant versions were treated 543
with Lambda protein phosphatase (PPase). 544
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Supplemental Figure S6: P2K2 localized to the plasma membrane in the root. 545
Supplemental Figure S7: Expression of P2K1 and P2K2 in mutant lines. 546
Supplemental Figure S8: ATP treatment triggered elevated expression of P2K2. 547
Supplemental Table S1: List of primers. 548
549
Figure legends 550
Figure 1. P2K2 (LecRK-I.5) plays a critical role in the eATP-triggered cytosolic calcium 551
response. (A) Ectopic expression of P2K2 (p35S:LecRK-I.5) in p2k1-3 mutant plants confers 552
partial complementation of the eATP-triggered cytosolic calcium response phenotype. 1 to 5 553
represent independent transgenic plants (B) eATP-triggered calcium response of the p2k2 T-554
DNA mutant and two independent P2K2 overexpression lines. The bar graphs show total 555
cytosolic [Ca2+] after 200 µM ATP treatment over 400 seconds. The wild-type (Col-0) and p2k1-556
3 mutant were used as controls. Data represent means ± SEs, n = 8; The panels with different 557
letters were considered statistically significant (P<0.05, ANOVA). Experiments were repeated at 558
least three times with similar results. 559
560
Figure 2. P2K2 binds ATP. (A) In vitro binding of 32P-labeled ATP to the ectodomain of P2K2 561
wild-type version. After incubating purified ectodomain of P2K2 with indicated concentrations 562
of 32P-labeled ATP, bound ATP and free ATP were separated by gel filtration chromatography. 563
Data were calculated as a mean of specific binding with SE of three replications. The 564
dissociation constant (Kd), maximum binding capacity (Bmax) and model goodness of fit (R2) 565
were calculated by a non-linear regression model analysis using GraphPad Prism 7. (B) 566
Competitive binding assay for P2K2. 25 nM 32P-labeled ATP and 10 nM to 10 mM of unlabeled 567
nucleotides were used for the assay. After gel filtration chromatography, the results were 568
obtained by measuring specific binding of 32P-labeled ATP. The inhibition constant (Ki) values 569
were calculated using a one site – fit Ki non-linear regression model, GraphPad Prism 7. Data are 570
represented as mean of two replicates. 571
572
Figure 3. P2K2 has strong kinase activity which plays a critical role in the eATP-triggered 573
calcium response. (A) P2K2 phosphorylates MBP (myelin basic protein) in vitro. Purified GST-574
P2K2-KD (kinase domain) recombinant protein was incubated with MBP. GST (glutathione S-575
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transferase) and P2K1-KD were used as controls. Autophosphorylation and trans-576
phosphorylation were measured by incorporation of 32P-labeled ATP. (B) Kinase activity of the 577
P2K2-KD and its mutant versions (p2k2D467N and p2k2D525N). Autoradiographs (top panels) show 578
the kinase activity of indicated proteins. Coomassie blue panels (bottom panels) show the 579
loading control. P2K2-KD with MBP was used as a control. Experiments were repeated at least 580
three times with similar results. (C) Ectopic expression of the kinase-dead mutant P2K2 in the 581
p2k1-3 mutant line failed to complement the eATP-triggered cytosolic calcium response 582
phenotype. The wild-type (Col-0), p2k1-3 mutant and ectopic expression of P2K2 in the p2k1-3 583
mutant were used as controls. 1 and 2 represent independent transgenic lines. Data represent 584
means ± SEs, n = 8; The panels with different letters were considered statistically significant 585
(P<0.05, ANOVA). Experiments were repeated at least three times with similar results. 586
587
Figure 4. P2K2 is localized to the plasma membrane, self-associates and interacts with 588
P2K1. (A) Fluorescence microscope images of Arabidopsis protoplasts transiently expressing 589
the indicated constructs. Bright field shows non-fluorescence protoplasts. The protoplast plasma 590
membrane was labeled with the FM4-64 dye. Chlorophyll was detected by auto-fluorescence. 591
Free YFP was used as a control for P2K2 localization. EFR-YFPn was used as control for BiFC 592
assay. Bar = 20 µm. (B) Split-luciferase assay image of N. benthamiana leaves co-infiltrated 593
with the agrobacterial strains containing P2K2-NLuc/CLuc, P2K1-NLuc and EFR-NLuc. Circles 594
indicate leaf panels that were infiltrated with Agrobacterium containing each construct. ATP: 595
leaves infiltrated with 200 µM ATP; Mock: leaves infiltrated with 2 mM MES (pH 5.7). 596
Asterisks denote values significantly different from P2K2/EFR (top, n = 4) or mock treatment 597
(bottom, n = 7) (*P<0.05, Student’s t-test). (C) P2K2 directly interacts with P2K1 and itself in 598
vitro. Purified GST-P2K1-KD, GST-P2K2-KD and GST-LYK5-KD (negative control) 599
recombinant proteins were incubated with or without His-P2K2-KD for one hour. The results of 600
GST-bead pull-down were detected by anti-His and anti-GST immunoblot (two top panels). The 601
His-P2K2-KD loading control was detected by anti-His immunoblot (bottom panels). All 602
experiments were repeated with similar results. 603
604
Figure 5. P2K1 can phosphorylate P2K2. (A) P2K1 and P2K2 can phosphorylate a kinase 605
dead version of P2K2. Purified GST-p2k2D467N-KD (kinase dead) or GST-LYK5-KD (negative 606
control) was incubated with GST-P2K1-KD, GST-P2K2-KD or GST (negative control) in an in 607
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vitro kinase assay. (B) P2K1 and P2K2 cannot phosphorylate kinase dead versions of P2K1. 608
Purified GST-p2k1D525N-KD, GST-p2k1D572N-KD or GST-p2k2D467N-KD (positive control) was 609
incubated with GST-P2K1-KD, GST-P2K2-KD or GST in an in vitro kinase assay. 610
Autophosphorylation and trans-phosphorylation were detected by incorporation of 32P labeled-611
ATP (top panels). The protein loading was measured by Coomassie brilliant blue (CBB) staining 612
(bottom panels). LD: Ladder. These experiments were repeated three times with similar results. 613
614
Figure 6. P2K2 plays a critical role in plant resistance to P. syringae DC3000. Wild-type 615
(Col-0) and the p2k3-1 mutant were used as controls to compare to p2k2, p2k1 p2k2, 616
pP2K2:P2K2 (the p2k2 complemented line using the P2K2 native promoter) and p35S:P2K2 (the 617
P2K2 overexpression line) plants. Fourteen-day-old seedlings were flood inoculated with a P. 618
syringae DC3000 lux suspension (OD600 = 0.002) containing 0.025% (v/v) Silwet L-77. At one 619
day after inoculation, (A) bright field photographs were taken by a normal camera while bacteria 620
invasion was detected by a CCD camera (the bio-luminescence panels); (B) bacterial 621
colonization was determined by plate counting. Values represent the mean ± SEs, n = 6 622
(biological replicates). ANOVA with multiple comparisons analysis was calculated by GraphPad 623
Prism 7. Means with different letters are significantly different (P< 0.05). The experiment was 624
repeated with similar results. 625
626
Figure 7. The p2k2 and p2k1 p2k2 mutants are defective in ATP-induced downstream 627
responses. (A) The p2k1-3 (a negative control), p2k2 and p2k1 p2k2 mutant plants showed weak 628
MPK3 and MPK6 phosphorylation in response to 200 µM ATP, compared with wild-type (Col-629
0) plants (a positive control). The phosphorylation of MPK3 and MPK6 was detected by using 630
antibody against phospho-p44/p42 mitogen-activated protein kinase (top panel). Coomassie 631
brilliant blue (CBB) staining was used as the loading control (bottom panel). (B) and (C) Wild-632
type (Col-0) and p2k1-3 mutant plants were used as controls to compare to p2k2 and p2k1 p2k2 633
mutant plants. Ten-day-old seedlings were treated with 200 µM ATP for 0, 30 or 120 minutes 634
and RNA was collected for RT-qPCR analysis. Expression of (B) MYC2 and (C) ZAT10 were 635
normalized against the SAND reference gene. The results are relative to expression levels of 636
mock-treated plants (set as 1). The bar graphs are means of three biological replicates; the error 637
bars are SEs. Asterisks show the significant difference to wild-type at the same time points 638
(*P<0.05, Student’s t-test). 639
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Figure 1. P2K2 (LecRK-I.5) plays a critical role in the eATP-triggered cytosolic calcium
response. (A) Ectopic expression of P2K2 (p35S:LecRK-I.5) in p2k1-3 mutant plants confers
partial complementation of the eATP-triggered cytosolic calcium response phenotype. 1 to 5
represent independent transgenic plants (B) eATP-triggered calcium response of p2k2 T-DNA
mutant and two independent P2K2 overexpression lines. The bar graphs show total cytosolic
[Ca2+] after 200 µM ATP treatment over 400 seconds. The wild-type (Col-0) and p2k1-3 mutant
were used as controls. Data represent means ± SEs, n = 8; The panels with different letters were
considered statistically significant (P<0.05, Anova). Experiments were repeated at least three
times with similar results.
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Figure 2. P2K2 binds ATP. (A) In vitro binding of 32P-labeled ATP to ectodomain of P2K2
wild-type version. After incubating purified ectodomain of P2K2 with indicated concentrations
of 32P-labeled ATP, bound ATP and free ATP were separated by gel filtration chromatography.
Data were calculated as a mean of specific binding with SE of three replications. The
dissociation constant (Kd), maximum binding capacity (Bmax) and model goodness of fit (R2)
were calculated by a non-linear regression model analysis using GraphPad Prism 7. (B)
Competitive binding assay for P2K2. 25 nM 32P-labeled ATP and 10 nM to 10 mM of unlabeled
nucleotides were used for the assay. After gel filtration chromatography, the results were
obtained by measuring specific binding of 32P-labeled ATP. The inhibition constant (Ki) values
were calculated using a one site – fit Ki non-linear regression model, GraphPad Prism 7. Data
represented as mean of two replicates.
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Figure 3. P2K2 has strong kinase activity which plays a critical role in the eATP-triggered
calcium response. (A) P2K2 phosphorylates MBP (myelin basic protein) in vitro. Purified GST-
P2K2-KD (kinase domain) recombinant protein was incubated with MBP. GST (glutathione S-
transferase) and P2K1-KD were used as controls. Autophosphorylation and trans-
phosphorylation were measured by incorporation of 32P-labeled ATP. (B) Kinase activity of the
P2K2-KD and its mutant versions (p2k2D467N and p2k2D525N). Autoradiographs (top panels) show
the kinase activity of indicated proteins. Coomassie blue panels (bottom panels) show the
loading control. P2K2-KD with MBP was used as a control. Experiments were repeated at least
three times with similar results. (C) Ectopic expression of the kinase-dead mutant P2K2 in the
p2k1-3 mutant line failed to complement the eATP-triggered cytosolic calcium response
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phenotype. The wild-type (Col-0), p2k1-3 mutant and ectopic expression of P2K2 in the p2k1-3
mutant were used as controls. 1 and 2 represent independent transgenic lines. Data represent
means ± SEs, n = 8; The panels with different letters were considered statistically significant
(P<0.05, ANOVA). Experiments were repeated at least three times with similar results.
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Figure 4. P2K2 is localized to the plasma membrane, self-associates and interacts with
P2K1. (A) Fluorescence microscope images of Arabidopsis protoplasts transiently expressing
the indicated constructs. Bright field shows non-fluorescence protoplasts. The protoplast plasma
membrane was labeled with the FM4-64 dye. Chlorophyll was detected by auto-fluorescence.
Free YFP was used as a control for P2K2 localization. EFR-YFPn was used as control for BiFC
assay. Bar = 20 µm. (B) Split-luciferase assay image of N. benthamiana leaves co-infiltrated
with the agrobacterial strains containing P2K2-NLuc/CLuc, P2K1-NLuc and EFR-NLuc. Circles
indicate leaf panels that were infiltrated with Agrobacterium containing each construct. ATP:
leaves infiltrated with 200 µM ATP; Mock: leaves infiltrated with 2 mM MES (pH 5.7).
Asterisks denote values significantly different from P2K2/EFR (top, n = 4) or mock treatment
(bottom, n = 7) (*P<0.05, Student’s t-test). (C) P2K2 directly interacts with P2K1 and itself in
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vitro. Purified GST-P2K1-KD, GST-P2K2-KD and GST-LYK5-KD (negative control)
recombinant proteins were incubated with or without His-P2K2-KD for one hour. The results of
GST-bead pull-down were detected by anti-His and anti-GST immunoblot (two top panels). The
His-P2K2-KD loading control was detected by anti-His immunoblot (bottom panels). All
experiments were repeated with similar results.
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Figure 5. P2K1 can phosphorylate P2K2. (A) P2K1 and P2K2 can phosphorylate a kinase
dead version of P2K2. Purified GST-p2k2D467N-KD (kinase dead) or GST-LYK5-KD (negative
control) was incubated with GST-P2K1-KD, GST-P2K2-KD or GST (negative control) in an in
vitro kinase assay. (B) P2K1 and P2K2 cannot phosphorylate kinase dead versions of P2K1.
Purified GST-p2k1D525N-KD, GST-p2k1D572N-KD or GST-p2k2D467N-KD (positive control) was
incubated with GST-P2K1-KD, GST-P2K2-KD or GST in an in vitro kinase assay.
Autophosphorylation and trans-phosphorylation were detected by incorporation of 32P labeled-
ATP (top panels). The protein loading was measured by Coomassie brilliant blue (CBB) staining
(bottom panels). LD: Ladder. These experiments were repeated three times with similar results.
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Figure 6. P2K2 plays a critical role in plant resistance to P. syringae DC3000. Wild-type
(Col-0) and p2k3-1 were used as controls to compare to p2k2, p2k1p2k2, pP2K2:P2K2 (the p2k2
complemented line using P2K2 native promoter) and p35S:P2K2 (the P2K2 overexpression
line). Fourteen-day-old seedlings were flood inoculated with a P. syringae DC3000 lux
suspension (OD600 = 0.002) containing 0.025% (v/v) Silwet L-77. At one day after inoculation,
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(A) Bright field photographs were taken by normal camera while bacteria invasion was detected
by a CCD camera (the bio-luminescence panels); (B) bacterial colonization was determined by
plate counting. Values represent the mean ± SEs, n = 6 (biological replicates). ANOVA with
multiple comparisons analysis was calculated by GraphPad Prism 7. Means with different letters
are significantly different (P< 0.05, Anova). Experiment was repeated with similar results.
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Figure 7. The p2k2 and p2k1p2k2 mutants are defective in ATP-induced downstream
responses. (A) The p2k1-3 (a negative control), p2k2 and p2k1p2k2 mutant plants showed weak
MPK3 and MPK6 phosphorylation in response to 200 µM ATP, compared with wild-type (Col-
0) plants (a positive control). The phosphorylation of MPK3 and MPK6 was detected by using
antibody against phospho-p44/p42 mitogen-activated protein kinase (top panel). Coomassie
brilliant blue (CBB) staining was used as loading control (bottom panel). (B) and (C) Wild-type
(Col-0) and p2k1-3 mutant plants were used as controls to compare to p2k2 and p2k1p2k2 mutant
plants. 10-day-old seedling plants were treated with 200 µM ATP for 0, 30 or 120 minutes and
RNA collected for qRT-PCR analysis. Expression of (B) MYC2 and (C) ZAT10 were normalized
against the SAND reference gene. The results are relative to expression levels of mock treated
plants (set as 1). The bar graphs are means of three biological replicates; the error bars are SEs.
Asterisks show the significant difference to wild-type at the same time points (*P<0.05,
Student’s t-test).
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