Abstract
The ubiquitin 26S proteasome (26SP) system efficiently degrades many key regulators of plant development. 26SP consists of two subcomplexes: the catalytic 20S core particle (CP) and the 19S regulatory particle (RP). Previous studies have focused on 19S RP; whether there is a specific subunit in 20S CP that has a stress-related biological function in plants is unclear. PBE1, one of the β5 subunits of Arabidopsis proteasome CP, is essential for the assembly and proteolytic activity of 26SP in salt-stressed seedlings. The expression of PBE1 is stress-induced. During the transition from seed germination to autotrophic growth in salt-stressed seedlings, loss of PBE1 function results specifically in arrest in developmental transition but not in germination and post-germination growth. PBE1 is also important for other types of proteasome stress and Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) stress. PBE1 modulates the protein level of the transcription factor ABI5 and thereby down-regulates the expression of several genes downstream of this key regulator which are known to be essential for plant growth under stress. Collectively, our results showed PBE1-mediated intact proteasome assembly that is essential for successful autotrophic growth, and revealed how PBE1 mediated stress proteasome functions to control both proteasome activity and abscisic acid (ABA)-mediated stress signaling in plants.
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