Three-fluorophore FRET-FLIM enables the study of trimeric protein interactions and complex formation with nanoscale resolution in living plant cells
Gloeckner, N.; zur Oven-Krockhaus, S.; Wackenhut, F.; Burmeister, M.; Wanke, F.; Holzwart, E.; Meixner, A. J.; Wolf, S.; Harter, K.
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Protein-protein interaction studies provide valuable insights into cellular signaling. The well-studied brassinosteroid (BR) signaling is initiated by the hormone-binding receptor Brassinosteroid Insensitive 1 (BRI1) and its co-receptor BRI1 Associated Kinase 1 (BAK1). BRI1 and BAK1 were shown to interact independently with the Receptor-Like Protein 44 (RLP44), which is implicated in BRI1/BAK1-dependent cell wall integrity perception. To demonstrate the proposed complex formation of BRI1, BAK1 and RLP44, we established three-fluorophore intensity-based spectral Forster resonance energy transfer (FRET) and FRET-fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) for living plant cells. Our evidence indicates that RLP44, BRI1 and BAK1 form a ternary complex in a distinct plasma membrane nanodomain. In contrast, although the immune receptor Flagellin Sensing 2 (FLS2) also forms a heteromer with BAK1, the FLS2/BAK1 complexes are localized in other nanodomains. In general, our three-fluorophore FRET approaches provide a feasible basis for studying the interaction and sub-compartmentalization of proteins in great detail.
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