Decoys provide a scalable platform for the identification of plant E3 ubiquitin ligases that regulate circadian function

  1. Ann Feke
  2. Wei Liu
  3. Jing Hong
  4. Man-Wah Li
  5. Chin-Mei Lee
  6. Elton K Zhou
  7. Joshua M Gendron  Is a corresponding author
  1. Yale University, United States
  2. South China University of Technology, China
12 figures, 5 tables and 8 additional files

Figures

Construction of the Arabidopsis Decoy Library.

(A) Cloning and experimental workflow of the F-box and U-box decoy library. F-box decoys follow the same path as the N-terminal U-box decoys. (B) Distribution of protein recognition domains in the F-box decoy library (C) Distribution of protein recognition domains in the U-box decoy library.

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Figure 2 with 1 supplement
RAE distributions of F-box decoy plants.

Values presented are the RAE for each individual T1 seedling. The black line represents the standard RAE cutoff of 0.6. Genes are separated by protein recognition domain and ordered by closest protein homology using Phylogeny.Fr, (Dereeper et al., 2008), and a tree showing that homology is displayed beneath the graph. F-Box Associated Domains = FBA1, FBA3, and FBD only. Other Domains = TUB, JmjC, LysM, WD40, zf_MYND, and DUF295. Only data from those experiments where the control CCA1p::Luciferase plants display a standard deviation less than 0.75 were included in our analyses.

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.44558.004
Figure 2—figure supplement 1
RAE distributions of control plants in F-box experiments.

Values presented are the RAE of each individual control plant. The black line represents the standard RAE cutoff of 0.6. Only data from those experiments where the control CCA1p::Luciferase plants display a standard deviation less than 0.75 were included in our analyses.

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Figure 3 with 1 supplement
RAE distributions of U-box decoy plants.

Values presented are the RAE for each individual T1 seedling. The black line represents the standard RAE cutoff of 0.6. Genes are ordered by closest protein homology using Phylogeny.Fr, (Dereeper et al., 2008), and a tree showing that homology is displayed beneath the graph.

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.44558.006
Figure 3—figure supplement 1
RAE distributions of control plants in U-box experiments.

Values presented are the RAE of each individual control plant. The black line represents the standard RAE cutoff of 0.6.

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Figure 4 with 1 supplement
Phase distributions of F-box decoy plants.

Values presented are the difference between the period of the individual decoy plant and the average period of the CCA1p::Luciferase control in the accompanying experiment. The grey line is at the average control value and the black lines are at ±the standard deviation of the control plants. Genes are separated by protein recognition domain and ordered by closest protein homology using Phylogeny.Fr, (Dereeper et al., 2008), and a tree showing that homology is displayed beneath the graph. F-Box Associated Domains = FBA1, FBA3, and FBD only. Other Domains = TUB, JmjC, LysM, WD40, zf_MYND, and DUF295. * and blue gene names = The entire population differs from wildtype with a Bonferroni-corrected p<1.94×10−4. Only data from those experiments where the control pCCA1::Luciferase plants display a standard deviation less than 0.75 were included in our analyses.

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.44558.008
Figure 4—figure supplement 1
Phase distributions of control plants in F-box experiments.

Values presented are the difference between the phase of the individual control plant and the average phase of the CCA1p::Luciferase control in the accompanying experiment. The grey line is at the average control value and the black lines are at ± the standard deviation of the control plants. Only data from those experiments where the control CCA1p::Luciferase plants display a standard deviation less than 0.75 were included in our analyses.

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Figure 5 with 1 supplement
Phase distributions of U-box decoy plants.

Values presented are the difference between the period of the individual decoy plant and the average period of the CCA1p::Luciferase control in the accompanying experiment. The grey line is at the average control value and the black lines are at ±the standard deviation of the control plants. Genes are ordered by closest protein homology using Phylogeny.Fr, (Dereeper et al., 2008), and a tree showing that homology is displayed beneath the graph. * and pink gene names = The entire population differs from wildtype with a Bonferroni-corrected p<1.00×10−3.

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.44558.010
Figure 5—figure supplement 1
Phase distributions of control plants in U-box experiments.

Values presented are the difference between the phase of the individual control plant and the average phase of the CCA1p::Luciferase control in the accompanying experiment. The grey line is at the average control value and the black lines are at ± the standard deviation of the control plants.

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Figure 6 with 1 supplement
Period distributions of F-box decoy plants.

Values presented are the difference between the period of the individual decoy plant and the average period of the CCA1p::Luciferase control in the accompanying experiment. The grey line is at the average control value and the black lines are at ±the standard deviation of the control plants. Genes are separated by protein recognition domain and ordered by closest protein homology using Phylogeny.Fr, (Dereeper et al., 2008), and a tree showing that homology is displayed beneath the graph. F-Box Associated Domains = FBA1, FBA3, and FBD only. Other Domains = TUB, JmjC, LysM, WD40, zf_MYND, and DUF295. * and blue gene names = The entire population differs from wildtype with a Bonferroni-corrected p<2.55×10−4; † and green gene names = A subset of the population differs from wildtype with a Bonferroni-corrected p<2.55×10−4. Only data from those experiments where the control CCA1p::Luciferase plants display a standard deviation less than 0.75 were included in our analyses.

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.44558.013
Figure 6—figure supplement 1
Period distributions of control plants in F-box experiments.

Values presented are the difference between the period of the individual control plant and the average period of the CCA1p::Luciferase control in the accompanying experiment. The grey line is at the average control value and the black lines are at ± the standard deviation of the control plants. Only data from those experiments where the control CCA1p::Luciferase plants display a standard deviation less than 0.75 were included in our analyses.

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Circadian Phenotypes for selected high-priority F-box decoy populations.

Period values and average traces for decoy plants with significant differences from the control across the entire population or a sub-population of plants greater than 1. Period values presented are raw period lengths as determined by CCA1p::Luciferase, and traces are calculated from the average image intensity across each seedling at each hour throughout the duration of the imaging experiment. Time 0 is defined as the dawn of the release into LL. A) AT1G20800 (ACF3) decoy. B) AT2G44030 (ACF4) decoy. C) AT1G50870 (ACF5) decoy. Brackets define individual groups used for statistical testing against the wildtype control using a Welch’s t-test with a Bonferroni-corrected α of 2.55 × 10−4. * represents p<α. When multiple subpopulations were detected, the members of each group were separately averaged and presented in the traces along with the average of all plants.

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.44558.015
Figure 8 with 1 supplement
Period distributions of U-box decoy plants.

Values presented are the difference between the period of the individual decoy plant and the average period of the CCA1p::Luciferase control in the accompanying experiment. The grey line is at the average control value and the black lines are at ±the standard deviation of the control plants. Genes are ordered by closest protein homology using Phylogeny.Fr, (Dereeper et al., 2008), and a tree showing that homology is displayed beneath the graph. * and pink gene names = The entire population differs from wildtype with a Bonferroni-corrected p<1.09×10−3; † and cyan gene names = A subset of the population differs from wildtype with a Bonferroni-corrected p<1.09×10−3.

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.44558.017
Figure 8—figure supplement 1
Period distributions of control plants in U-box experiments.

Values presented are the difference between the period of the individual control plant and the average period of the CCA1p::Luciferase control in the accompanying experiment. The grey line is at the average control value and the black lines are at ±the standard deviation of the control plants.

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.44558.018
Circadian Phenotypes for selected high-priority U-box decoy populations.

Period values and average traces for decoy plants with significant differences from the control across the entire population or a sub-population of plants greater than 1. Period values presented are raw period lengths as determined by CCA1p::Luciferase, and traces are calculated from the average image intensity across each seedling at each hour throughout the duration of the imaging experiment. Time 0 is defined as the dawn of the release into LL. (A) AT3G49810 (PUB30) decoy. (B) AT5G18340 (PUB48) decoy. (C) AT104510 (MAC3A) decoy. D) AT2G33340 (MAC3B) decoy. Brackets define individual groups used for statistical testing against the wildtype control using a Welch’s t-test with a Bonferroni-corrected α of 1.09 × 10−3. * represents p<α. When multiple subpopulations were detected, the members of each group were separately averaged and presented in the traces along with the average of all plants.

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.44558.019
qRT-PCR of clock gene expression in mac3a/mac3b mutants.

(A,C,E) CCA1 and (B,D,F)TOC1 expression was measured using quantitative RT-PCR in wildtype or homozygous (A-Bmac3a, (C-Dmac3b, and (E-Fmac3a/mac3b mutants under constant light conditions. Quantifications are the average of three biological replicates with error bars showing standard deviation. (G) FFT-NLLS analysis through the Biodare2 analysis platform shows altered phasing in the mac3a/mac3b double mutant. Error bars represent the standard deviation. * represents p<a Bonferroni-corrected alpha of 1.67 × 10−2.

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.44558.021
qRT-PCR of PRR9 splicing in mac3a/mac3b mutants.

PRR9 isoform expression was measured using quantitative RT-PCR in mac3a/mac3b mutants. (A) PRR9a, (B) PRR9b, and (C) PRR9c isoforms were analyzed. Quantifications are the average of three biological replicates with error bars showing standard deviation. (D) FFT-NLLS analysis through the Biodare2 platform suggests altered isoform amplitude in the mac3a/mac3b double mutant. Error bars represent the standard deviation.

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.44558.022
Period analyses of MAC3B overexpression constructs.

Period was measured in T1 MAC3B full length, MAC3B decoy, and MAC3B WD insertion plants. Period values presented are raw period values measured by CCA1p::Luciferase expression. A schematic of which domains are in each construct is included below.

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.44558.023

Tables

Table 1
Publically available data for strong candidate F-box phase regulators.

Circadian expression data is from the Diurnal Project gene expression tool (Mockler et al., 2007). Tissue specific expression is from the Arabidopsis eFP browser (Klepikova et al., 2016; Winter et al., 2007). The closest homolog was determined by WU-BLAST2 using BLASTP and the Araport11 protein sequences database. N/A indicates that data is not available.

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Locus IDGene
name
Circadian expressionTissue specific expressionClosest homologPublications (PMID)
LDHCLL_LDHCLL12_LDHHLL23_LDHH
PhaseCorrelationPhaseCorrelationPhaseCorrelationPhaseCorrelationDevelopmental map (eFP)Klepikova atlasLocusE-Value
AT5G44980ACF1160.50230.38140.6940.43Global,
especially
senescent leaf
Global,
stamen
AT5G449601.60 × 10−146N/A
AT5G48980ACF2N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/ASilique with
seed, seed
AT5G489901.10 × 10−124N/A
AT5G42350CFK1N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AGlobal,
especially
pollen
GlobalAT5G423603.60 × 10−29823475998
Table 2
Publically available data for strong candidate F-box period regulators.

Circadian expression data is from the Diurnal Project gene expression tool (Mockler et al., 2007). Tissue specific expression is from the Arabidopsis eFP browser (Klepikova et al., 2016; Winter et al., 2007). The closest homolog was determined by WU-BLAST2 using BLASTP and the Araport11 protein sequences database. N/A indicates that data is not available.

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.44558.016
Locus IDGene
name
Circadian expressionTissue specific expressionClosest homologPublications (PMID)
LDHCLL_LDHCLL12_LDHHLL23_LDHH
PhaseCorrelationPhaseCorrelationPhaseCorrelationPhaseCorrelationDevelopmental map (eFP)Klepikova atlasLocusE-Value
AT1G20800ACF3180.5140.66150.65160.66N/AYoung flower,
stamen, ovule
AT1G208031.6 × 10−87N/A
AT2G44030ACF4180.7350.5460.62220.79Seed, pollenYoung
stamen,
flower buds
AT3G460502.5 × 10−59N/A
AT1G50870ACF5N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AAT1G477901.2 × 10−102N/A
Table 3
Publically available data for strong candidate U-box period regulators.

Circadian expression data is from the Diurnal Project gene expression tool (Mockler et al., 2007). Tissue specific expression is from the Arabidopsis eFP browser (Klepikova et al., 2016; Winter et al., 2007). The closest homolog was determined by WU-BLAST2 using BLASTP and the Araport11 protein sequences database.

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Locus IDGene nameCircadian expressionTissue specific expressionClosest homologPublications (PMID)
LDHCLL_LDHCLL12_LDHHLL23_LDHH
PhaseCorrelationPhaseCorrelationPhaseCorrelationPhaseCorrelationDevelopmental map (eFP)Klepikova atlasLocusE-Value
AT5G18340PUB48190.68170.86200.63140.86Global, especially
young flower
and senescent
leaf
Young flower
bud,
Stamen, mature
leaf mature
petiole
AT5G183203.8 × 10−12728077082
AT1G04510MAC3A200.84180.72230.48140.83GlobalGlobalAT2G333401.2 × 10−23329437988
28947490
19629177
AT2G33340MAC3B150.4980.56170.8080.73GlobalGlobalAT1G045107.2 × 10−22929437988
28947490
19629177
AT3G49810PUB3020.8710.5930.7600.91GlobalEverywhere
except young
seed and
young silique
AT5G659201.2 × 10−17128865087
25410251
Table 4
Selected IP-MS results from the MAC3B decoy.

MAC3B decoy peptide hits are from one IP-MS experiment using the MAC3B decoy as the bait. Combined control peptide hits are summed from the independent control experiments of wildtype Col-0 and 35S::His-FLAG-GFP expressing plants.

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LocusProtein nameTotal spectral counts
MAC3B decoyCombined controls
AT2G33340MAC3B29415
AT1G04510MAC3A1290
AT1G09770CDC5360
AT1G07360MAC5A2444
AT3G18165MOS4350
AT4G15900MAC2/PRL11923
Key resources table
Reagent type
(species) or resource
DesignationSource or referenceIdentifiersAdditional
information
Genetic Reagent
(Arabidopsis thaliana)
CCA1p::LuciferasePruneda-Paz et al., 2009Dr. Pruneda-Paz
Genetic Reagent
(A. thaliana)
mac3aMonaghan et al., 2009Dr. Xin Li
Genetic Reagent
(A. thaliana)
mac3bArabidopsis Biological
Resource Center
SALK 144856C
Genetic reagent
(A. thaliana)
mac3a/mac3bMonaghan et al., 2009Dr. Xin Li
AntibodyMonoclonal mouse
anti-FLAG antibody
SigmaCat#: F3165
RRID:AB_259529
Conjugated to
Dynabeads M-270
Epoxy (Thermo
Fisher Scientific,
cat# 14311D)

Additional files

Source code 1

MATLAB script called by outlier_analysis that determines the number of subpopulations within a dataset.

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.44558.025
Source code 2

MATLAB script called by batch_outlier to compare individual datasets to the control dataset.

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.44558.026
Source code 3

MATLAB script used to batch-process circadian imaging data.

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.44558.027
Supplementary file 1

All generated data and publications which reference genes in our decoy library.

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.44558.028
Supplementary file 2

IP-MS results from the MAC3B decoy.

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.44558.029
Supplementary file 3

Primers used in this Study.

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.44558.030
Supplementary file 4

ABRC Stock numbers for pENTR-decoy vectors, 35S:HIS-FLAG-decoy vectors, and 35S:HIS-FLAG-decoy transgenic seed stocks.

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.44558.031
Transparent reporting form
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.44558.032

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  1. Ann Feke
  2. Wei Liu
  3. Jing Hong
  4. Man-Wah Li
  5. Chin-Mei Lee
  6. Elton K Zhou
  7. Joshua M Gendron
(2019)
Decoys provide a scalable platform for the identification of plant E3 ubiquitin ligases that regulate circadian function
eLife 8:e44558.
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