The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biologyJul 31, 2026

COG7 connects Golgi structure to stress response and cell aging

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Updated Aug 3, 2026

Abstract

Disruption of the COG7 subunit in Arabidopsis thaliana leads to reduced Golgi size and enhanced stress signaling.

COG7 is identified as essential for maintaining Golgi integrity and stress adaptation.
Functional impairment of COG7 accelerates dark-induced senescence.
Only certain COG subunits (COG3, COG5, COG6) can partially restore stress signaling and senescence functions.
Alterations in glycosylation, ubiquitination, and autophagy are observed in cog7, but are considered downstream effects rather than causes of stress responses.
Activation of stress signaling is genetically distinct from pathways related to senescence and proteostasis.

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The mechanisms linking Golgi function to stress adaptation and senescence remain poorly understood. Here, we identify the conserved oligomeric Golgi (COG) subunit COG7 as a non-redundant determinant of Golgi integrity and stress adaptation in Arabidopsis thaliana. Functional disruption of COG7 reduces Golgi size, enhances Rapid Stress Response Element (RSRE)-dependent stress signaling, and accelerates dark-induced senescence. Complementation analyses reveal functional specialization within the COG complex, as only COG3, COG5, and COG6 partially restore stress signaling and senescence phenotypes. At the molecular level, cog7 exhibits altered glycosylation, increased ubiquitination, and elevated autophagy. However, disruption of glycosylation pathways or dark-induced candidate glycosyltransferases does not affect RSRE activation, proteostasis-associated responses, or senescence progression, indicating that glycosylation changes are downstream consequences rather than drivers of the stress phenotype. Similarly, CAMTA3-dependent RSRE activation is genetically separable from senescence and proteostasis pathways. Together, these findings show that Golgi dysfunction generates multiple parallel outputs rather than a single linear stress pathway and establish COG7 as a central regulator linking Golgi integrity to stress signaling, proteostasis, and senescence during dark-induced stress.

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COG7 connects Golgi structure to stress response and cell aging

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