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PHOSPHOLIPASE D, MEMBRANE DETERIORATION, AND SENESCENCE 217<br />

1 2 3<br />

β-1<br />

β-2<br />

β-3<br />

β-4<br />

LePLDα1 6 LHGTLHVTIFEVDNLQGEEEGGHFFSKIKQHFEETVGIGKGTPKLYATIDLEKARVGRTRIIENE 70<br />

FaPLDα1 9 LHGTLHATIYEVDKLHGS--SGNFLRKITGKLEETVGLGKGVSKLYATVDLERARVGRTRVIEKE 71<br />

CmPLDα1 6 LHGTLHATIYEIDRLHTGG-SSNVFSMLRQNFEEAVGIGKGQTKLYATIDLEKARVGRTRILESE 69<br />

CsPLDα1 6 LHGTLHATIYEIDRLHTGG-SSNVFSMLRQNFEEAVGIGKGQTKLYATIDLEKARVGRTRILESD 69<br />

CmPLDα2 6 LHGTLHVTIYEVDKLHSGG--RNFLKQLVENVEEAVGFGRGITRLYATIDLEKARVGRTRRLERE 68<br />

LePLDα2 6 LHGTLHVTIFEVDKLRTNF-GREIFNKVVQGIEGAIGFNKTASTLYATIDLGKARVGRTRLLD-E 68<br />

LePLDα3 6 LHGTLHVTIFEVDRLHTNF-GRDFFNKVVQGIEGAIGFNKAASRLYATIDLGKARVGRTRLLD-D 68<br />

4 5<br />

β-1<br />

β-6<br />

β-7<br />

β-8<br />

LePLDα1 71 PKNPRWYESFHIYCAHMASNVIFTIKDDNPFGASLIGRAYVPVEELLEGEEIDKWVEIMDKEMNP 135<br />

FaPLDα1 72 PSNPNWSESFHIYCAHVAANVIFTVKESNPIGASLIGRAYVPVEQLIEGEEVDTWAKILDDKKNP 136<br />

CmPLDα1 70 PSNPRWYESFHIYCAHKASNVIFTVKDDNPIGATLIGHAYVPVEDIVDGEEVDRWVPILDENQNP 134<br />

CsPLDα1 70 PSNPKWNESFHIYCAHKASNVIFTVKDDNPIGATLIGRAYVPVEDIVDGEEVDKWVPILDENQNP 134<br />

CmPLDα2 69 HSNPKWYETFHIYCAHMASNIIFTVKDDNPIGATLIGRAYLPVREIIRGDEVDKWVPILDEQKKP 133<br />

LePLDα2 69 HKNPRWYESFHIYCAHMASDVVFTVKADNPIGAELIGRAYLPVEQLIVGEVVDEWLEILDTERKP 133<br />

LePLDα3 69 HKNPRWYESFHIYCAHMAANVIITVKFDNPIGAEVIGRAYFPVQQLLDGEEVDEWLEILNTERKP 133<br />

(a)<br />

LePLDα1<br />

FaPLDα1<br />

CmPLDα1<br />

CsPLDα1<br />

CmPLDα2<br />

LePLDα2<br />

LePLDα3<br />

(b)<br />

LePLDα1<br />

FaPLDα1<br />

CmPLDα1<br />

CsPLDα1<br />

CmPLDα2<br />

LePLDα2<br />

LePLDα3<br />

(c)<br />

↑<br />

↑<br />

↑<br />

↑<br />

AS-1<br />

300 QGTDVNCVLCPRNPDNGGSFVQDIQISTMFTHHQKIIVVDSALPSGESEKRRILSFVGGID 360<br />

301 QNTDVNCVLCPRNPDGGGSIVQGAQISTMFTHHQKIVVVDSEMPNGGSQSRRIVSFVGGLD 361<br />

299 QDTDVHCVLCPRNPDDGGSIVQDLQISTMFTHHQKIVVVDSPMPNGDSDRRRIVSFVGGID 359<br />

299 QDTDVHCVLCPRNPDDGGSIVQDLQISTMFTHHQKIVVVDSPMPNGDSDKRRIVSFVGGID 359<br />

298 ANTDVHCVLCPRNPDDGANVIQDIAVGTMFTHHQKIVVVDSALPNGDPSKRRIVSFVGGLD 358<br />

298 ENSEVHCVLCPRNPDDGRSIIQNIEIGTMFTHHQKIVVVDGELPNGDTERRRIVSYIGGID 358<br />

298 RGTQVSCVLCPRNPDDGRSIIQNIEIGTMFTHHQKIVIVDGEMPNGDRERRRIVSYIGGLD 358<br />

PEST-rich sequence<br />

AS-2<br />

629 KKSGEYEPSESPEPDSNYMRAQEARRFMIYVHSKMMIVDDEYIIVGSANINQRSMDGARD 688<br />

630 KKDGEYEPSEAPEADSDYIRAQEARRFMIYVHTKMMIVDDEYIIIGSANINQRSMDGARD 689<br />

628 KRSGEYEPSEAPEEDSDYLRAQQARRFMIYVHTKMMIVDDEYIIVGSANINQRSMDGARD 687<br />

628 KRSGEYEPSEAPEEDSDYLRAQQARRFMIYVHTKMMIVDDEYIIVGSANINQRSMDGARD 687<br />

627 KKPGEYEPSESPDENSDYLRAQQSRRFMIYVHSKMMIVDDEYIIVGSANINQRSMDGARD 686<br />

627 KKTGEYEPSESPEPDSDYQKAQEARRFMIYVHAKMMIVDDEYIIIGSANINQRSMDGARD 686<br />

627 KKRGEYEPCEPPEPNSGYHKAQEARRFMIYVHSKMMIVDDEYIIIGSANINQRSMDGARD 686<br />

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Fig. 9.12 Alignment <strong>of</strong> the encoded amino acid sequences <strong>of</strong> PLD alphas from tomato (LePLDα1, LePLDα2,<br />

<strong>and</strong> LePLDα3), strawberry (FaPLDα1), honeydew melon (CmPLDα1 <strong>and</strong> CmPLDα2), <strong>and</strong> cucumber (CsPLDα1)<br />

comparing (a) the C2 Ca 2+ /phospholipid-binding domain, (b) the first HKD active site motif (AS-1), <strong>and</strong><br />

(c) a PEST-rich proteolysis-targeting sequence plus the second HKD-GSN active site motif (AS-2).<br />

↑<br />

↑<br />

↑<br />

↑<br />

↑<br />

↑<br />

website showed the presence <strong>of</strong> a C2 Ca 2+ /phospholipids-binding domain <strong>and</strong> two PLD<br />

active site motifs, HxKxxxxD <strong>and</strong> HxKxxxxDxxxxxxGSxN (Pappan et al., 1997; Stuckey<br />

<strong>and</strong> Dixon, 1999; Wang, 2000), in each <strong>of</strong> the seven PLD alphas from tomato, strawberry,<br />

melon, <strong>and</strong> cucumber (Fig. 9.12). Despite the relatively poor conservation between PLD<br />

alphas <strong>and</strong> other plant PLDs (about 40–44% identity with PLDs beta, gamma, <strong>and</strong> delta),<br />

these features are present in all types <strong>of</strong> plant PLDs except PLD zeta, which includes plextrin<br />

<strong>and</strong> phox homology domains <strong>and</strong> lacks the C2 domain (Wang et al., 2006).<br />

C2 domains occur in a variety <strong>of</strong> proteins that in one way or another interact with membranes.<br />

Calcium binding to specific sites in the C2 domain confers a charge to the protein,<br />

facilitating electrostatic association with anionic sites on a membrane (Ponting <strong>and</strong> Kerr,<br />

1996; Nalefski et al., 1997). Thus, in plant PLDs including a C2 domain, calcium-activated<br />

membrane association <strong>of</strong> an otherwise soluble, cytosolic enzyme appears to involve an

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