Abstract
Signal generating and processing complexes and changes in concentrations of messenger molecules such as calcium ions and cyclic nucleotides develop gradients that have critical roles in relaying messages within cells. Cytoplasmic contents are densely packed, and in plant cells this is compounded by the restricted cytoplasmic space. To function in such crowded spaces, scaffold proteins have evolved to keep key enzymes in the correct place to ensure ordered spatial and temporal and stimulus-specific message generation. Hence, throughout the cytoplasm there are gradients of messenger molecules that influence signaling processes. However, it is only recently becoming apparent that specific complexes involving receptor molecules can generate multiple signal gradients and enriched microenvironments around the cytoplasmic domains of the receptor that regulate downstream signaling. Such gradients or signal circuits can involve moonlighting proteins, so called because they can enable fine-tune signal cascades via cryptic additional functions that are just being defined. This perspective focuses on how enigmatic activity of moonlighting proteins potentially contributes to regional intracellular microenvironments. For instance, the proteins associated with moonlighting proteins that generate cyclic nucleotides may be regulated by cyclic nucleotide binding directly or indirectly. In this perspective, we discuss how generation of cyclic nucleotide-enriched microenvironments can promote and regulate signaling events. As an example, we use the phytosulfokine receptor (PSKR1), discuss the function of its domains and their mutual interactions and argue that this complex architecture and function enhances tuning of signals in microenvironments.
Introduction
Often, despite the beautiful illustrations from , ), it is forgotten how crowded it is within the cytoplasmic space (). The term molecular crowding is used to indicate that 25 to 40% of space in the cytoplasm is occupied by many different, large biomolecules (Figure 1A). The number of individual biomolecules is estimated to range from 10 to 1000 molecules per cell (; ; ). Water is closely associated with the surface of large biomolecules while the flow apart from this encasing layer reflects diffusion (, , ; ; , ; ; ; ).
FIGURE 1
In plant cells, the cytoplasm is found in a relatively narrow layer between the plasma membrane and large organelles such as the vacuole, compounding the problem of molecular crowding. Underlying the plasma membrane is a network of cytoskeletal proteins that support and interact with other proteins, and are involved in organelle movement (
Molecular crowding occurs despite the limited copies of individual proteins present (
The crowded intracellular space combined with cellular compartmentalization and intracellular molecular gradients, have led biological systems toward microenvironments (or localized signaling circuits). We propose that a component of these signaling circuits are moonlighting proteins. In a general sense, moonlighting proteins are proteins that can perform more than one function and/or act in more than one spot in the cell (
Signal Strength and Specificity
A considerable body of literature exists on the biological functions and mechanisms of action of cyclic nucleotide signaling in lower and higher eukaryotes (
Invariably the question of how a single messenger, like cAMP or cGMP, is capable of triggering highly specific responses to different developmental and/or environmental stimuli arises. It seems obvious that saturating the cell with either cAMP or cGMP cannot be the answer. To illustrate the point, such an approach would be like attempting to regulate traffic flow in a city with only one “gigantic traffic light” that is either red or green. Since the “gigantic traffic light” is unlikely to work, two solutions come to mind. One solution relies on strict compartmentalization of the messenger(s) and the other on the combination and integration of several messengers, e.g., cAMP/cGMP with cytoplasmic calcium ions and/or pH. A recent review has highlighted the interplay of calcium ion signatures with cGMP in plant–microbe interactions (
An affinity pull-down approach has been applied to obtain a cGMP-dependent interactome (
If we agree that the “gigantic traffic light” does not work, we may find it easier to accept that small transients in cellular cAMP and cGMP are not a problem, but rather the solution to highly differentiated stimulus-specific cellular signaling in plants. The “gigantic traffic light” has additional implications; predominantly in relation to systems-based investigations of cAMP- and cGMP-dependent processes where the experimental set-up includes cell-permeant cyclic mononucleotides at high concentrations. Such investigations, particularly at the system level, can give insights into cyclic mononucleotide-dependent phosphoproteome (
PSKR1 and the Formation of Microenvironments
Phytosulfokine (PSK) was first discovered as a secreted sulfated pentapeptide promoting growth in cell cultures and the receptor via ligand-based affinity chromatography (
Binding of PSK to PSKR1 stimulates allosteric changes throughout the receptor resulting in heterodimerization interactions with other integral membrane proteins such as the somatic embryogenesis receptor-like kinase (SERKs) including BRI1-associated receptor kinase (BAK1)/SERK3 (
FIGURE 2

Generation of PSKR1 activated subcellular cGMP enriched-microenvironment. Part 1 shows the anchoring of the proteins in the plasma membrane. Part 2 shows PSK binding to the ligand-binding domain of PSKR1 and receptor dimerization with BAK1 and phosphorylation, formation of an association with AHA and CNGC and the generation of a microenvironment containing cGMP generated via PSKR1 (green shading) although other sources are possible. Part 3 depicts the activation of CNGC and development of an additional calcium ion microenvironment surrounding the receptor complex (blue shading) that enhances cGMP production, which in turn inhibits kinase activity. Part 4 is not depicted and represents receptor deactivation possibly by endocytosis resulting in internalization as indicated by a dashed arrow. For further details see the text. AHA, H+-ATPases; BAK1, BRI1 associated kinase; CNGC, cyclic nucleotide-gated channel; PSK, phytosulfokine; PSKR1, phytosulfokine receptor.
In vitro studies provided the first clues that PSKR1 may form subcellular microenvironments containing cGMP. Within the kinase domain of PSKR1 is a sequence motif predictive of a guanylate cyclase center (
Phosphorylation has long been recognized as a means of regulation of proteins as the number and specific residues phosphorylated create ionic enriched micro-environments. Like BRI1, PSKR1 is a dual kinase with the ability to phosphorylate tyrosine as well as threonine and serine residues (
There appears to be considerable intramolecular crosstalk occurring as not only is kinase activity associated with specific residues being available for phosphorylation, but it is decreased by the guanylate cyclase product cGMP. Thus PSKR1 can generate an enriched environment of cGMP that in turn suppresses its predominant kinase function. The PSKR1 receptor complex also includes CNGC17 (
Intracellular calcium ion concentration is tightly controlled to ensure that cells can rapidly respond to specific patterns of spatial and temporal changes in calcium ion levels (
Conclusion and Future Questions
We argue that small amplitude signals have a critical part to play in plant homeostasis and that these begin with the development of micro-signaling environments within the cytoplasm that set up the potential for specific signal cascades. Such cascades are likely to exhibit skewed subcellular distribution of the moonlighting proteins and gradients of their small molecule products. Growing pollen tubes in fact have marked distribution gradients in calcium ions that are independent of cytoplasmic streaming and diffusion (
We have focused on how PSK signals via the PSKR1 receptor to generate a complex series of cross-talk situations on PSKR1 itself involving phosphorylation, cGMP and calcium ions that also influence other proteins such as CNGC17 present in the receptor complex (Figure 2). Ligand activated PSKR1 raises cGMP levels that in turn activate CNGC17 increasing calcium ion influx. The consequences of activating this moonlighting protein system are twofold. Firstly, increases in calcium ion concentration potentiate cGMP production amplifying the signal. Secondly, increases in calcium reduce kinase activity of PSKR1 (and its downstream signal cascades). However, there may be increases in activity of other kinases that are dependent on cGMP and/or calcium ion and/or calmodulin. If this is the case, then the moonlighting action of PSKR1 would be a tuner switch for two or more distinct kinase dependent cascades. How changes in calcium ions and cGMP modulate PSK signaling is not clear and will be subject of future investigation. An area that is particularly worth focusing on is how PSK signaling is modulated and switched from growth promotion, to specialized cell development and/or defense responses and the role of subcellular microenvironments in these pathways. In conjunction with these questions, we need to consider the role of phosphodiesterase and suppressors of other signaling molecules that contribute to changes in cellular microenvironments.
We predict that changes at the intracellular microenvironmental level are likely to affect more than homeostasis of individual proteins and will actually have an important part in initiating cellular signaling pathways to maintain plant function in response to rapidly changing environmental conditions and stresses. Understanding the roles of cellular microenvironments is a current focus in diverse research areas as it is now evident that the location of ribosomes influences the mRNA that will be translated and the post-translation modifications that follow (
Statements
Author contributions
HI and CG conceived the perspective and drafted the manuscript. All authors revised the manuscript, agreed to content, and approved the final version.
Conflict of interest
The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
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Keywords
calcium, cyclic nucleotides, cyclic GMP (cGMP), kinases, intracellular signals, microenvironment, molecular crowding, phytosulfokine receptor (PSKR1)
Citation
Irving HR, Cahill DM and Gehring C (2018) Moonlighting Proteins and Their Role in the Control of Signaling Microenvironments, as Exemplified by cGMP and Phytosulfokine Receptor 1 (PSKR1). Front. Plant Sci. 9:415. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00415
Received
21 August 2017
Accepted
14 March 2018
Published
28 March 2018
Volume
9 - 2018
Edited by
Yi Ma, University of Connecticut, United States
Reviewed by
Ian Max Møller, Aarhus University, Denmark; John Hancock, University of the West of England, United Kingdom
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*Correspondence: Helen R. Irving, h.irving@latrobe.edu.au
This article was submitted to Plant Traffic and Transport, a section of the journal Frontiers in Plant Science
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