Krzysztof Jaworski

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• PhD
• Professor (Associate) at Nicolaus Copernicus University

Metabolic processes in prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms are often modulated by kinases which are in turn, dependent on Ca2+ and the cyclic mononucleotides cAMP and cGMP. It has been established that some proteins have both kinase and cyclase activities and that active cyclases can be embedded within the kinase domains. Here, we identified phosp...

The major developmental signal in plants, auxin is perceived by TIR1/AFB receptors. It triggers transcriptional reprogramming via well-established canonical mechanism but also elusive rapid, non-transcriptional responses. Here we demonstrate that TIR1/AFB receptors have, next to recently identified adenylate cyclase, also guanylate cyclase activity...

The phytohormone auxin is the major coordinative signal in plant development1, mediating transcriptional reprogramming by a well-established canonical signalling pathway. TRANSPORT INHIBITOR RESPONSE 1 (TIR1)/AUXIN-SIGNALING F-BOX (AFB) auxin receptors are F-box subunits of ubiquitin ligase complexes. In response to auxin, they associate with Aux/I...

The structural complexity of plant proteins, particularly receptor-like kinases, has garnered significant attention in recent research. This research identifies Physcomitrium patens ERECTA-like receptor 1 (PpERL1) as a new guanylate cyclase (GC) within the cytoplasmic kinase domain by examining its structural and functional properties. Comprehensiv...

Cyclic nucleotides, known for nearly 70 years in animals, are becoming a major component of intracellular signaling in plants. Therefore it is paramount to know the enzymes responsible for their synthesis and degradation—cyclases and phosphodiesterases, respectively. Unlike animal enzymes, where cyclases and phosphodiesterases occur as distinct pro...

The phytohormone auxin (Aux) is a principal endogenous developmental signal in plants. It mediates transcriptional reprogramming by a well-established canonical signalling mechanism. TIR1/AFB auxin receptors are F-box subunits of an ubiquitin ligase complex; after auxin perception, they associate with Aux/IAA transcriptional repressors and ubiquiti...

The majority of proteins in both prokaryote and eukaryote proteomes consist of two or more functional centers, which allows for intramolecular tuning of protein functions. Such architecture, as opposed to animal orthologs, applies to the plant cyclases (CNC) and phosphodiesterases (PDEs), the vast majority of which are part of larger multifunctiona...

Guanosine 3′,5′-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP) is an important signaling molecule in plants. cGMP and guanylyl cyclases (GCs), enzymes that catalyze the synthesis of cGMP from GTP, are involved in several physiological processes and responses to environmental factors, including pathogen infections. Using in vitro analysis, we demonstrated that recombi...

The majority of proteins in both prokaryote and eukaryote proteomes consist of two or more functional centers, which allows for intramolecular tuning of protein functions. Such architecture, as opposed to animal orthologs, applies to the plant cyclases (CNC) and phosphodiesterases (PDEs), the vast majority of which are part of larger multifunctiona...

The plant proteins called ERECTA family play important role in inflorescence architecture, stomatal patterning and phloem-xylem organization. ERECTA proteins belong to the moonlighting proteins family containing the guanylyl cyclase (GC) catalytic center embedded within the intracellular kinase domain. This characteristic architecture of ERECTA pro...

In plants, rapid and reversible biological responses to environmental cues may require complex cellular reprograming. This is enabled by signaling molecules such as the cyclic nucleotide monophosphates (cNMPs) cAMP and cGMP, as well as Ca²⁺. While the roles and synthesis of cAMP and cGMP in plants are increasingly well-characterized, the “off signa...

Adenylyl cyclases (ACs) and their catalytic product cAMP are regulatory components of many plant responses. Here, we show that an amino acid search motif based on annotated adenylate cyclases (ACs) identifies 12 unique Arabidopsis thaliana candidate ACs, four of which have a role in the biosynthesis of the stress hormone abscisic acid (ABA). One of...

In recent years, cyclic guanosine 3′,5′-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP) and guanylyl cyclases (GCs), which catalyze the formation of cGMP, were implicated in a growing number of plant processes, including plant growth and development and the responses to various stresses. To identify novel GCs in plants, an amino acid sequence of a catalytic motif with...

Adenylyl cyclases (ACs) and their catalytic product cAMP are regulatory components of plant responses. AC domains are intrinsic components of complex molecules with multiple functions, some of which are co-regulated by cAMP. Here we used an amino acid search motif based on annotated ACs in organisms across species to identify 12 unique Arabidopsis...

A variety of plant cellular activities are regulated through mechanisms controlling the level of signal molecules, such as cyclic nucleotides (cNMPs, e.g., cyclic adenosine 3′:5′-monophosphate, cAMP, and cyclic guanosine 3′:5′- monophosphate, cGMP) and calcium ions (Ca2⁺). The mechanism regulating cNMP levels affects their synthesis, degradation, e...

Cyclic nucleotide monophosphates (cNMPs) are increasingly recognized as essential signaling molecules governing many physiological and developmental processes in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Degradation of cNMPs is as important as their generation because it offers the capability for transient and dynamic cellular level regulation but unlike their g...

RNA extraction involves several main stages, regardless of the method of extraction: homogenization, effective denaturation of proteins from RNA, inactivation of ribonuclease and removal of any DNA, protein, and some residual contamination. Isolation of undamaged intact RNA is challenging when the related tissue contains high levels of polysacchari...

Proteins with a CYTH domain may play a central role at the interface between nucleotide and polyphosphate metabolism. One of the plant CYTH domain-containing proteins from Brachypodium distachyon, BdTTM3, is annotated in NCBI databases as an 'adenylyl cyclase' or a 'triphosphate tunnel metalloenzyme'. The divergent nomenclature and the search for p...

Cell signaling is an evolutionarily conserved mechanism that responds and adapts to various internal and external factors. Generally, a signal is mediated by various signaling molecules and is transferred to a cascade of effector proteins. To date, there is significant evidence that cyclic nucleotides (cNMPs), e.g., adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosp...

Anoxia during delivery is a complication that can disturb infant brain development leading to various types of neurological disorders. Our studies have shown that increased body temperature of newborn rats of both sexes intensifies the postanoxic oxidative stress and prevents triggering the endogenous adaptive response such as HIF-1α activation. Cu...

Efficient integration of various external and internal signals is required to maintain adaptive cellular function. Numerous distinct signal transduction systems have evolved to allow cells to receive these inputs, to translate their codes and, subsequently, to expand and integrate their meanings. Two of these, cyclic AMP and cyclic GMP, together re...

Transcriptional hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) plays the fundamental role in adaptive processes in response to hypoxia. Specific HIF-1α target genes are involved in glycolysis, erythropoiesis and angiogenesis to promote survival. In our previous study we have demonstrated that naturally low body temperature of newborn rats protects them again...

It is generally known that cyclic GMP widespread in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, is involved in essential cellular processes and stress signal transduction. However, in contrast to animals the knowledge about plant guanylyl cyclases (GCs) which catalyze the formation of cGMP from GTP is still quite obscure. Recent studies of plant GCs are focu...

Calcium dependent protein kinases (CDPK) are well established plant sensor and effectors for calcium ions and participate in regulation of multiple abiotic and biotic stress responses in plant cells. Here we present the identification and characterization of a new CDPK kinase gene from bulbous plant Hippeastrum x hybr. and examine the role of this...

CDPK kinases are a unique class of calcium sensor/responders that regulate many growth and developmental processes as well as stress responses of plants. PnCDPK1 kinase from Pharbitis nil is regulated by light and contributes to seed germination, seedling growth and flower formation. Following an earlier work in which we identified the PnCDPK1 codi...

Adenylyl cyclases (ACs) are enzymes that generate cyclic AMP, which is involved in different physiological and developmental processes in a number of organisms. Here, we report the cloning and characterization of a new plant adenylyl cyclases (AC) gene, designated HpAC1, from Hippeastrum x hybridum. This gene encodes a protein of 206 amino acids wi...

The mechanisms by which intra- and extracellular signals induce a specific biological response are important for the regulation of cell function, processes of growth and development and responses to environmental changes. In recent years, enormous progress has been made in studies of elements involved in the regulation of processes occurring in pla...

Signaling pathways, and specifically the signaling pathway of calcium, have been widely implicated in the regulation of a variety of signals in plants. Calcium-dependent protein kinases (CDPKs) are essential sensor-transducers of calcium signaling pathways, the functional characterization of which is of great interest because they play important ro...

Little work was done so far with phytochrome from Pharbitis nil. Purification of phyA from this plant has been exceptionally difficult. Labile phytochrome was presented in too small amount to obtain either absorption spectra or enough protein to produce antibodies. Monoclonal antibodies mAP5, MAC 50, 52, 198 recognized Pharbitis nil labile phytochr...

In this study using biochemical approaches we identified two calcium-dependent protein kinases (CDPKs) named PnCDPK52 and PnCDPK56 in soluble protein extracts from seedlings of Pharbitis nil. Both enzymes phosphorylated the specific substrate histone III-S in the presence of Ca2+ and cross-reacted with antibodies against the CDPK. PnCDPKs exhibited...

Calcium is an ubiquitous, crucial second messenger, that plays an essential and versatile role in cellular signaling. It has been shown to act as an intracellular regulator in many aspects of plant growth, development and stress responses. Many distinct signals induce spatial and temporal Ca(2+) spikes as well as the frequency and amplitude of Ca(2...

Calcium-dependent protein kinases (CDPKs) are central calcium signal decoders. Here we report the isolation and characterization of the Japanese Morning Glory’s (Pharbitis nil) CDPK gene, termed PnCDPK1. The full-length cDNA of 1943bp contains an open reading frame for PnCDPK1 consisting of 514 amino acid residues and a calculated molecular mass of...

It is known that environmental stresses can have devastating effects on plants and represent the most limiting factors for productivity. Apart from biotic stress caused by plant pathogens, there are a number of abiotic stresses such as extremes in temperature, drought, salinity, heavy metals, radiation and mechanical wounding which have detrimental...

In this report, the distributions of calreticulin (CRT) and its transcripts in Haemanthus pollen, pollen tubes, and somatic cells of the hollow pistil were studied. Immunoblot analysis of protein extracts from mature anthers, dry and germinated pollen, growing pollen tubes, and unpollinated/pollinated pistils revealed a strong expression of CRT. Bo...

Guanylyl cyclases (GCs) are enzymes involved in the biosynthesis of cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP). Here we report the cloning and characterization of a new guanylyl cyclase, designated PnGC-1, from Pharbitis nil. This gene encodes a protein of 286 amino acids, with a calculated molecular mass of 32kDa. The predicted amino acid sequence cont...

Nitric oxide (NO) is a small gaseous radical molecule previously studied primarily as an air pollutant and metabolic product of certain bacteria. NO's uptake into leaves.. as well as its metabolism and phytotoxicity are well documented. It was subsequently demonstrated that plants not only respond to atmospheric NO but also produce substantial amou...

Cyclic GMP acts as a chemical switch in plant cells to modulate cellular reactions. However, its metabolism has not been extensively explored and is still poorly understood. Previous experiments suggest that an endogenous cGMP system could participate in the mechanism of phytochrome controlled photoperiodic flower induction in Pharbitis nil. In ord...

Light is one of the most important environmental factors influencing the induction of flowering in plants. Light is absorbed by specific photoreceptors--the phytochromes and cryptochromes system--which fulfil a sensory and a regulatory function in the process. The absorption of light by phytochromes initiates a cascade of related biochemical events...

It is known that the level of cGMP is modulated in plant cells in response to a number of stimuli but intracellular events dependent on cGMP metabolism are not clear. Guanylyl cyclases (GCs) are enzymes which are responsible for synthesis of cGMP in eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells. To collect evidence for the participation of cGMP in light signal...

It was revealed that cGMP is involved in the control of photoperiodic flower induction. Further insight into the signalling function of cGMP is likely to be obtained by analysis of its effectors. Therefore, in the present study, we used various agents that cause changes in cGMP-dependent kinase (PKG) activity and examined their effects on the activ...

Cyclic adenosine diphosphate ribose (cADPR) is a potent endogenous calcium-mobilizing agent synthesized from NAD+ by ADP-ribosyl cyclases described for several animal cells. Pharmacological studies suggest that cADPR is an endogenous modulator of Ca2+-induced Ca2+ release channels. There is also information about the sub-micromolar concentration of...

Calcium signals play an important role in many aspects of plant growth and development, including plant response to biotic and abiotic stress. The stimulus characteristic intracellular Ca2+ signals are generated in plant cells by a variety of stimuli, including changes in environmental conditions, interaction with microbes and growth and developmen...

Screening a cDNA expression library with a radiolabelled calmodulin (CaM) probe led to the isolation of AtCaMRLK, a receptor-like kinase (RLK) of Arabidopsis thaliana. AtCaMRLK polypeptide sequence shows a modular organization consisting of the four distinctive domains characteristic of receptor kinases: an amino terminal signal sequence, a domain...

The involvement of cGMP in the regulation of the flowering of Pharbitis nil was investigated through exogenous applications of cGMP and chemicals that are able to change the cGMP level and analyses of endogenous cGMP level. Exogenous applications of cGMP and 8-pCPT-cGMP (a cyclic GMP non hydrolyzed analog) to P. nil plants, which were exposed to a...

A protein, identifiable as calmodulin (CaM), has been isolated from the seedling tissue of Pharbitis nil. The method has been developed to isolate a high quality protein from plant tissue containing the high content of polyphenols. This protein was relatively heat-stable and bound to hydrophobic resin in calcium-dependent manner. It was recognized...

It is known that the level of cGMP is modulated in response to a number of stimuli in plant cells but intracellular events distal to cGMP metabolism are not clear. Cyclic GMP-dependent protein kinase (Pk-G) is a major effector of cGMP action in animals and yeasts. We wanted to determine whether such kinase is present in plant cells. A soluble prote...

A soluble Ca(2+)-dependent protein kinase (CDPK) was isolated from seedlings of the short-day plant Pharbitis nil and purified to homogeneity. Activity of Pharbitis nil CDPK (PnCDPK) was strictly dependent on the presence of Ca(2+) (K(0,5)=4,9 microM). The enzyme was autophosphorylated on serine and threonine residues and phosphorylated a wide dive...

The aim of this work was to determine if there is any relationship between an endogenous phyA level and photoperiodic flower induction. The level of phyA was characterised with polyclonal antibodies directed to phyA from pea. At first it was detected that phyA level is predominant in cotyledons, whereas in roots and stems the concentration of labil...