Damaged or unwanted cellular proteins are degraded by either autophagy or the ubiquitin/proteasome pathway. In Arabidopsis thaliana, sensing of D-glucose is achieved by the heterotrimeric G protein complex and regulator of G-protein signaling 1 (AtRGS1). Here, we showed that starvation increases proteasome-independent AtRGS1 degradation, and it is correlated with increased autophagic flux. RGS1 promoted the production of autophagosomes and autophagic flux; RGS1-yellow fluorescent protein (YFP) was surrounded by vacuolar dye FM4-64 (red fluorescence). RGS1 and autophagosomes co-localized in the root cells of Arabidopsis and BY-2 cells. We demonstrated that the autophagosome marker ATG8a interacts with AtRGS1 and its shorter form with truncation of the seven transmembrane and RGS1 domains in planta. Altogether, our data indicated the correlation of autophagosome formation with degradation and endocytosis of AtRGS1 through ATG8a.

College of Biophotonics South China Normal University Guangzhou 510631 China

Department of Experimental Plant Biology Faculty of Science Charles University 12844 Prague Czech Republic

MOE Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science and Institute of Laser Life Science South China Normal University Guangzhou 510631 China

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