Soybean Yellow Stripe-like7 is a symbiosome membrane peptide transporter essential for nitrogen fixation

Legumes form a symbiosis with rhizobia that convert atmospheric nitrogen (N2) to ammonia which they provide to the plant in return for a carbon and nutrient supply. Nodules, developed as part of the symbiosis, harbor rhizobia which are enclosed in the plant-derived symbiosome membrane (SM), to form...

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Main Authors Gavrin, Aleksandr, Loughlin, Patrick C, Brear, Ella, Griffith, Oliver W, Bedon, Frank, Marianne Suter Grotemeyer, Escudero, Viviana, Reguera, Maria, Qu, Yihan, Mohd-Noor, Siti N, Chen, Chi, Orsorio, Marina B, Rentsch, Doris, Gonzalez-Guerrero, Manuel, Day, David A, Collina Smith, Penelope Mary
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LanguageEnglish
Published Cold Spring Harbor Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press 29.03.2020
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Ammonia
Ferritin
Iron
Legumes
Nicotianamine synthase
Nitrogen
Nitrogen fixation
Nitrogenase
Nodules
Oligopeptides
Peptide transporter
Plants
Symbionts
Symbiosis
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Summary:Legumes form a symbiosis with rhizobia that convert atmospheric nitrogen (N2) to ammonia which they provide to the plant in return for a carbon and nutrient supply. Nodules, developed as part of the symbiosis, harbor rhizobia which are enclosed in the plant-derived symbiosome membrane (SM), to form a symbiosome. In the mature nodule all exchanges between the symbionts occur across the SM. Here we characterize GmYSL7, a member of Yellow stripe-like family which is localized to the SM in soybean nodules. It is expressed specifically in nodule infected cells with expression peaking soon after nitrogenase becomes active. Although most members of the family transport metal complexed with phytosiderophores, GmYSL7 does not. It transports oligopeptides of between four and 12 amino acids. Silencing of GmYSL7 reduces nitrogenase activity and blocks development when symbiosomes contain a single bacteroid. RNAseq of nodules in which GmYSL7 is silenced suggests that the plant initiates a defense response against the rhizobia. There is some evidence that metal transport in the nodules is dysregulated, with upregulation of genes encoding ferritin and vacuolar iron transporter family and downregulation of a gene encoding nicotianamine synthase. However, it is not clear whether the changes are a result of the reduction of nitrogen fixation and the requirement to store excess iron or an indication of a role of GmYSL7 in regulation of metal transport in the nodules. Further work to identify the physiological substrate for GmYSL7 will allow clarification of this role.
DOI:10.1101/2020.03.27.011973