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@ARTICLE{Minen:300775,
author = {R. I. Minen$^*$ and M. D. Camalle and T. J. Schwertfeger
and F. Abdulhakim and H. Reish and L. Perez de Souza and J.
C. Moreno and A. Schilmiller and V. P. Thirumalaikumar and
P. Agarwal and C. F. Plecki and A. R. Fernie and H. Hirt and
F. C. Schroeder and A. Skirycz},
title = {{C}haracterization of the cyclic dipeptide
cyclo({H}is-{P}ro) in {A}rabidopsis.},
journal = {Plant physiology},
volume = {198},
number = {1},
issn = {0032-0889},
address = {Oxford},
publisher = {Oxford University Press},
reportid = {DKFZ-2025-00923},
pages = {kiaf174},
year = {2025},
note = {#EA:A050# / 2025 Apr 30;198(1):kiaf174},
abstract = {Diketopiperazines (DKPs) are chemically and functionally
diverse cyclic dipeptides associated primarily with
microbes. Few DKPs have been reported from plants and
animals; the best characterized is cyclo(His-Pro), found in
the mammalian central nervous system, where it arises from
the proteolytic cleavage of a thyrotropin-releasing
tripeptide hormone. Herein, we report the identification of
cyclo(His-Pro) in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), where
its levels increase upon abiotic stress conditions,
including high salt, heat, and cold. To screen for potential
protein targets, we used isothermal shift assays (iTSA),
which examine changes in protein melting stability upon
ligand binding. Among the identified proteins, we focused on
the glycolytic enzyme, cytosolic glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate
dehydrogenase (GAPC1). Binding between the GAPC1 protein and
cyclo(His-Pro) was validated using nano differential
scanning fluorimetry (nanoDSF) and microscale thermophoresis
(MST), and we could further demonstrate that cyclo(His-Pro)
inhibits GAPC1 activity with an IC50 of approximately 200
μM. This inhibition was conserved in human GAPDH.
Inhibition of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase
activity has previously been reported to reroute carbon from
glycolysis towards the pentose phosphate pathway.
Accordingly, cyclo(His-Pro) supplementation augmented NADPH
levels, increasing the NADPH/NADP+ ratio. Phenotypic
screening revealed that plants supplemented with
cyclo(His-Pro) were more tolerant to high salt stress, as
manifested by higher biomass, which we show is dependent on
GAPC1/2. Our work reports the identification and functional
characterization of cyclo(His-Pro) as a modulator of
glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase in plants.},
cin = {A050},
ddc = {580},
cid = {I:(DE-He78)A050-20160331},
pnm = {311 - Zellbiologie und Tumorbiologie (POF4-311)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-311},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:40317191},
doi = {10.1093/plphys/kiaf174},
url = {https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/300775},
}