TY - THES A1 - Siemiatkowska, Beata T1 - Redox signalling in plants N2 - Once proteins are synthesized, they can additionally be modified by post-translational modifications (PTMs). Proteins containing reactive cysteine thiols, stabilized in their deprotonated form due to their local environment as thiolates (RS-), serve as redox sensors by undergoing a multitude of oxidative PTMs (Ox-PTMs). Ox-PTMs such as S-nitrosylation or formation of inter- or intra-disulfide bridges induce functional changes in these proteins. Proteins containing cysteines, whose thiol oxidation state regulates their functions, belong to the so-called redoxome. Such Ox-PTMs are controlled by site-specific cellular events that play a crucial role in protein regulation, affecting enzyme catalytic sites, ligand binding affinity, protein-protein interactions or protein stability. Reversible protein thiol oxidation is an essential regulatory mechanism of photosynthesis, metabolism, and gene expression in all photosynthetic organisms. Therefore, studying PTMs will remain crucial for understanding plant adaptation to external stimuli like fluctuating light conditions. Optimizing methods suitable for studying plants Ox-PTMs is of high importance for elucidation of the redoxome in plants. This study focusses on thiol modifications occurring in plant and provides novel insight into in vivo redoxome of Arabidopsis thaliana in response to light vs. dark. This was achieved by utilizing a resin-assisted thiol enrichment approach. Furthermore, confirmation of candidates on the single protein level was carried out by a differential labelling approach. The thiols and disulfides were differentially labelled, and the protein levels were detected using immunoblot analysis. Further analysis was focused on light-reduced proteins. By the enrichment approach many well studied redox-regulated proteins were identified. Amongst those were fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase (FBPase) and sedoheptulose-1,7-bisphosphatase (SBPase) which have previously been described as thioredoxin system targeted enzymes. The redox regulated proteins identified in the current study were compared to several published, independent results showing redox regulated proteins in Arabidopsis leaves, root, mitochondria and specifically S-nitrosylated proteins. These proteins were excluded as potential new candidates but remain as a proof-of-concept to the enrichment experiments to be effective. Additionally, CSP41A and CSP41B proteins, which emerged from this study as potential targets of redox-regulation, were analyzed by Ribo-Seq. The active translatome study of csp41a mutant vs. wild-type showed most of the significant changes at end of the night, similarly as csp41b. Yet, in both mutants only several chloroplast-encoded genes were altered. Further studies of CSP41A and CSP41B proteins are needed to reveal their functions and elucidate the role of redox regulation of these proteins. N2 - Wenn Proteine synthetisiert sind, können sie zusätzlich noch post-translationelle Modifikationen (PTM) aufweisen. Proteine, die wegen ihres lokalen Umfeldes reaktive Cysteinthiole in ihrer stabilen deprotonierten Thiolat-Form aufweisen, dienen als Redoxsensoren indem sie eine Vielzahl von oxidativen PTMs (Ox-PTMs) enthalten können. Ox-PTMs wie die S-Nitrosylierung oder die Bildung von Inter- oder Intradisulfidbrücken induzieren funktionelle Veränderungen in diesen Proteinen. Cystein-haltige Proteine, deren Funktion durch diese Thioloxidierung gesteuert werden, gehören zu dem so genannten Redoxom. Die Ox-PTMs werden durch ortsspezifische zelluläre Prozesse gesteuert, die eine essentielle Rolle bei der Proteinregulation spielen und welche das katalytische Zentrum, die Ligandenbindungsaffinität, Protein-Protein-Interaktionen oder die Proteinstabilität beeinflussen können. Die umkehrbare Proteinthioloxidierung ist ein essentieller regulatorischer Mechanismus in der Photosynthese, dem Metabolismus und der Genexpression photosynthetischer Organismen. Es ist demnach wichtig PTMs zu untersuchen, um zu verstehen wie sich Pflanzen an externe Stimuli wie das Licht anpassen können. Es ist von großer Bedeutung für das Redoxom-Forschungsgebiet Methoden zur Untersuchung von pflanzlichen Ox-PTMs zu verbessern. Die vorliegende Arbeit konzentriert sich auf Thiolveränderungen, die in Pflanzen auftreten, und gibt einen Einblick in das in vivo Redoxom von Arabidopsis thaliana als Reaktion auf Licht oder Dunkelheit. Dieses wurde ermöglicht durch eine auf Harz-basierende Thiol-Anreicherung. Darüber hinaus konnten Kandidaten auf dem Einzelproteinlevel durch eine Differentialmarkierungsmethode bestätigt werden. Thiole und Disulfide wurden unterschiedlich markiert und die Proteine durch spezifische Antikörper mittels Proteinblotanalyse erkannt. Weitere Analysen fokussierten sich auf im Licht reduzierte Proteine. Durch die Anreicherungsmethode konnten viele bereits untersuchte redox-regulierte Proteine identifiziert werden. Unter diesen waren unter anderem die Fruktose-1,6-Bisphosphatase (FBPase) sowie die Seduheptulose-1,7-Bisphosphatase (SBPase), welche als Thioredoxin-gesteuerte Enzyme beschrieben sind. Die redox-regulierten Proteine, die in dieser Studie identifiziert werden konnten, wurden mit veröffentlichten unabhängigen Ergebnissen verglichen und dieses führte zu einer Vielzahl an redox-regulierten Proteinen in Arabidopsisblättern, -Wurzeln und -Mitochondrien sowie S-nitrosylierten Proteinen. Diese Proteine wurden zwar als neue potentielle Kandidaten ausgeschlossen, zeigten allerdings die Effektivität der Anreicherungsmethode. Darüber hinaus wurden die Proteine CSP41 A and CSP41 B, welche in dieser Studie als potentielle Ziele der Redox-Regulation identifiziert wurden, durch Ribo-seq analysiert. T2 - Redoxsignalisierung in Pflanzen KW - redox KW - signalling KW - plants KW - enrichments methods KW - post-translational modifications KW - oxidative protein modifications KW - Redox KW - Signalübertragung KW - Pflanzen KW - Anreicherungsmethoden KW - posttranslationale Modifikationen KW - oxidative Proteinmodifikationen Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-489119 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Lecourieux, Fatma A1 - Kappel, Christian A1 - Lecourieux, David A1 - Serrano, Alejandra A1 - Torres, Elizabeth A1 - Arce-Johnson, Patricio A1 - Delrot, Serge T1 - An update on sugar transport and signalling in grapevine JF - Journal of experimental botany N2 - In addition to their role as a source of reduced carbon, sugars may directly or indirectly control a wide range of activities in plant cells, through transcriptional and post-translational regulation. This control has been studied in detail using Arabidopsis thaliana, where genetic analysis offers many possibilities. Much less is known about perennial woody species. For several years, various aspects of sugar sensing and signalling have been investigated in the grape (Vitis vinifera L.) berry, an organ that accumulates high concentrations of hexoses in the vacuoles of flesh cells. Here we review various aspects of this topic: the molecular basis of sugar transport and its regulation by sugars in grapevine; the functional analysis of several sugar-induced genes; the effects of some biotic and abiotic stresses on the sugar content of the berry; and finally the effects of exogenous sugar supply on the ripening process in field conditions. A picture of complex feedback and multiprocess regulation emerges from these data. KW - Fruit biology KW - grapevine KW - signalling KW - stress KW - sugar KW - transport Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/ert394 SN - 0022-0957 SN - 1460-2431 VL - 65 IS - 3 SP - 821 EP - 832 PB - Oxford Univ. Press CY - Oxford ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Baert, By Stijn A1 - Neyt, Brecht A1 - Siedler, Thomas A1 - Tobback, Ilse A1 - Verhaest, Dieter T1 - Student internships and employment opportunities after graduation BT - a field experiment JF - Economics of education review N2 - Internships during tertiary education have become substantially more common over the past decades in many industrialised countries. This study examines the impact of a voluntary intra-curricular internship experience during university studies on the probability of being invited to a job interview. To estimate a causal relationship, we conducted a randomised field experiment in which we sent 1248 fictitious, but realistic, resumes to real job openings. We find that applicants with internship experience have, on average, a 12.6% higher probability of being invited to a job interview. KW - internship KW - hiring KW - field experiment KW - human capital KW - signalling Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2021.102141 SN - 0272-7757 VL - 83 PB - Elsevier CY - Oxford ER -