The plastid metalloprotease FtsH6 and small heat shock protein HSP21 jointly regulate thermomemory in Arabidopsis

Mastoureh Sedaghatmehr, Bernd Mueller-Roeber () and Salma Balazadeh ()
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Mastoureh Sedaghatmehr: University of Potsdam, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology
Bernd Mueller-Roeber: University of Potsdam, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology
Salma Balazadeh: University of Potsdam, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology

Nature Communications, 2016, vol. 7, issue 1, 1-14

Abstract: Abstract Acquired tolerance to heat stress is an increased resistance to elevated temperature following a prior exposure to heat. The maintenance of acquired thermotolerance in the absence of intervening stress is called ‘thermomemory’ but the mechanistic basis for this memory is not well defined. Here we show that Arabidopsis HSP21, a plastidial small heat shock protein that rapidly accumulates after heat stress and remains abundant during the thermomemory phase, is a crucial component of thermomemory. Sustained memory requires that HSP21 levels remain high. Through pharmacological interrogation and transcriptome profiling, we show that the plastid-localized metalloprotease FtsH6 regulates HSP21 abundance. Lack of a functional FtsH6 protein promotes HSP21 accumulation during the later stages of thermomemory and increases thermomemory capacity. Our results thus reveal the presence of a plastidial FtsH6–HSP21 control module for thermomemory in plants.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12439

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