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Fitzpatrick TB. B Vitamins: An Update on Their Importance for Plant Homeostasis. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PLANT BIOLOGY 2024; 75:67-93. [PMID: 38424064 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-arplant-060223-025336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/02/2024]
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B vitamins are a source of coenzymes for a vast array of enzyme reactions, particularly those of metabolism. As metabolism is the basis of decisions that drive maintenance, growth, and development, B vitamin-derived coenzymes are key components that facilitate these processes. For over a century, we have known about these essential compounds and have elucidated their pathways of biosynthesis, repair, salvage, and degradation in numerous organisms. Only now are we beginning to understand their importance for regulatory processes, which are becoming an important topic in plants. Here, I highlight and discuss emerging evidence on how B vitamins are integrated into vital processes, from energy generation and nutrition to gene expression, and thereby contribute to the coordination of growth and developmental programs, particularly those that concern maintenance of a stable state, which is the foundational tenet of plant homeostasis.
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Chung YH, Chen TC, Yang WJ, Chen SZ, Chang JM, Hsieh WY, Hsieh MH. Ectopic expression of a bacterial thiamin monophosphate kinase enhances vitamin B1 biosynthesis in plants. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2024; 117:1330-1343. [PMID: 37996996 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2023] [Revised: 11/10/2023] [Accepted: 11/14/2023] [Indexed: 11/25/2023]
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Plants and bacteria have distinct pathways to synthesize the bioactive vitamin B1 thiamin diphosphate (TDP). In plants, thiamin monophosphate (TMP) synthesized in the TDP biosynthetic pathway is first converted to thiamin by a phosphatase, which is then pyrophosphorylated to TDP. In contrast, bacteria use a TMP kinase encoded by ThiL to phosphorylate TMP to TDP directly. The Arabidopsis THIAMIN REQUIRING2 (TH2)-encoded phosphatase is involved in TDP biosynthesis. The chlorotic th2 mutants have high TMP and low thiamin and TDP. Ectopic expression of Escherichia coli ThiL and ThiL-GFP rescued the th2-3 mutant, suggesting that the bacterial TMP kinase could directly convert TMP into TDP in Arabidopsis. These results provide direct evidence that the chlorotic phenotype of th2-3 is caused by TDP rather than thiamin deficiency. Transgenic Arabidopsis harboring engineered ThiL-GFP targeting to the cytosol, chloroplast, mitochondrion, or nucleus accumulated higher TDP than the wild type (WT). Ectopic expression of E. coli ThiL driven by the UBIQUITIN (UBI) promoter or an endosperm-specific GLUTELIN1 (GT1) promoter also enhanced TDP biosynthesis in rice. The pUBI:ThiL transgenic rice accumulated more TDP and total vitamin B1 in the leaves, and the pGT1:ThiL transgenic lines had higher TDP and total vitamin B1 in the seeds than the WT. Total vitamin B1 only increased by approximately 25-30% in the polished and unpolished seeds of the pGT1:ThiL transgenic rice compared to the WT. Nevertheless, these results suggest that genetic engineering of a bacterial vitamin B1 biosynthetic gene downstream of TMP can enhance vitamin B1 production in rice.
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- Yi-Hsin Chung
- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan
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Noordally Z, Land L, Trichtinger C, Dalvit I, de Meyer M, Wang K, Fitzpatrick TB. Clock and riboswitch control of THIC in tandem are essential for appropriate gauging of TDP levels under light/dark cycles in Arabidopsis. iScience 2023; 26:106134. [PMID: 36866249 PMCID: PMC9972560 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.106134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2022] [Revised: 12/03/2022] [Accepted: 01/31/2023] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Metabolic homeostasis is regulated by enzyme activities, but the importance of regulating their corresponding coenzyme levels is unexplored. The organic coenzyme thiamine diphosphate (TDP) is suggested to be supplied as needed and controlled by a riboswitch-sensing mechanism in plants through the circadian-regulated THIC gene. Riboswitch disruption negatively impacts plant fitness. A comparison of riboswitch-disrupted lines to those engineered for enhanced TDP levels suggests that time-of-day regulation of THIC expression particularly under light/dark cycles is crucial. Altering the phase of THIC expression to be synchronous with TDP transporters disrupts the precision of the riboswitch implying that temporal separation of these processes by the circadian clock is important for gauging its response. All defects are bypassed by growing plants under continuous light conditions, highlighting the need to control levels of this coenzyme under light/dark cycles. Thus, consideration of coenzyme homeostasis within the well-studied domain of metabolic homeostasis is highlighted.
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- Zeenat Noordally
- Vitamins and Environmental Stress Responses in Plants, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Vitamins and Environmental Stress Responses in Plants, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Vitamins and Environmental Stress Responses in Plants, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Vitamins and Environmental Stress Responses in Plants, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Vitamins and Environmental Stress Responses in Plants, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Vitamins and Environmental Stress Responses in Plants, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Vitamins and Environmental Stress Responses in Plants, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland,Corresponding author
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Hsieh WY, Wang HM, Chung YH, Lee KT, Liao HS, Hsieh MH. THIAMIN REQUIRING2 is involved in thiamin diphosphate biosynthesis and homeostasis. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2022; 111:1383-1396. [PMID: 35791282 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2022] [Revised: 06/28/2022] [Accepted: 07/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The THIAMIN REQUIRING2 (TH2) protein comprising a mitochondrial targeting peptide followed by a transcription enhancement A and a haloacid dehalogenase domain is a thiamin monophosphate (TMP) phosphatase in the vitamin B1 biosynthetic pathway. The Arabidopsis th2-3 T-DNA insertion mutant was chlorotic and deficient in thiamin diphosphate (TDP). Complementation assays confirmed that haloacid dehalogenase domain alone was sufficient to rescue the th2-3 mutant. In pTH2:TH2-GFP/th2-3 complemented plants, the TH2-GFP was localized to the cytosol, mitochondrion, and nucleus, indicating that the vitamin B1 biosynthetic pathway extended across multi-subcellular compartments. Engineered TH2-GFP localized to the cytosol, mitochondrion, nucleus, and chloroplast, could complement the th2 mutant. Together, these results highlight the importance of intracellular TMP and thiamin trafficking in vitamin B1 biosynthesis. In an attempt to enhance the production of thiamin, we created various constructs to overexpress TH2-GFP in the cytosol, mitochondrion, chloroplast, and nucleus. Unexpectedly, overexpressing TH2-GFP resulted in an increase rather than a decrease in TMP. While studies on th2 mutants support TH2 as a TMP phosphatase, analyses of TH2-GFP overexpression lines implicating TH2 may also function as a TDP phosphatase in planta. We propose a working model that the TMP/TDP phosphatase activity of TH2 connects TMP, thiamin, and TDP into a metabolic cycle. The TMP phosphatase activity of TH2 is required for TDP biosynthesis, and the TDP phosphatase activity of TH2 may modulate TDP homeostasis in Arabidopsis.
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- Wei-Yu Hsieh
- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan
- Molecular and Biological Agricultural Sciences, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan
- Molecular and Biological Agricultural Sciences, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan
- Department of Life Sciences, National Central University, Taoyuan, 32001, Taiwan
- Biotechnology Center, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, 40227, Taiwan
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Joshi J, Mimura M, Suzuki M, Wu S, Gregory JF, Hanson AD, McCarty DR. The Thiamin-Requiring 3 Mutation of Arabidopsis 5-Deoxyxylulose-Phosphate Synthase 1 Highlights How the Thiamin Economy Impacts the Methylerythritol 4-Phosphate Pathway. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:721391. [PMID: 34421975 PMCID: PMC8377734 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.721391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2021] [Accepted: 07/14/2021] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The thiamin-requiring mutants of Arabidopsis have a storied history as a foundational model for biochemical genetics in plants and have illuminated the central role of thiamin in metabolism. Recent integrative genetic and biochemical analyses of thiamin biosynthesis and utilization imply that leaf metabolism normally operates close to thiamin-limiting conditions. Thus, the mechanisms that allocate thiamin-diphosphate (ThDP) cofactor among the diverse thiamin-dependent enzymes localized in plastids, mitochondria, peroxisomes, and the cytosol comprise an intricate thiamin economy. Here, we show that the classical thiamin-requiring 3 (th3) mutant is a point mutation in plastid localized 5-deoxyxylulose synthase 1 (DXS1), a key regulated enzyme in the methylerythritol 4-phosphate (MEP) isoprene biosynthesis pathway. Substitution of a lysine for a highly conserved glutamate residue (E323) located at the subunit interface of the homodimeric enzyme conditions a hypomorphic phenotype that can be rescued by supplying low concentrations of thiamin in the medium. Analysis of leaf thiamin vitamers showed that supplementing the medium with thiamin increased total ThDP content in both wild type and th3 mutant plants, supporting a hypothesis that the mutant DXS1 enzyme has a reduced affinity for the ThDP cofactor. An unexpected upregulation of a suite of biotic-stress-response genes associated with accumulation of downstream MEP intermediate MEcPP suggests that th3 causes mis-regulation of DXS1 activity in thiamin-supplemented plants. Overall, these results highlight that the central role of ThDP availability in regulation of DXS1 activity and flux through the MEP pathway.
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- Jaya Joshi
- Department of Horticultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Plant Cytogenetics, Department of Gene Function and Phenomics, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Japan
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- Department of Horticultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Department of Horticultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Department Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Department of Horticultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Department of Horticultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
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Fitzpatrick TB, Chapman LM. The importance of thiamine (vitamin B 1) in plant health: From crop yield to biofortification. J Biol Chem 2020; 295:12002-12013. [PMID: 32554808 PMCID: PMC7443482 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.rev120.010918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2020] [Revised: 06/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Ensuring that people have access to sufficient and nutritious food is necessary for a healthy life and the core tenet of food security. With the global population set to reach 9.8 billion by 2050, and the compounding effects of climate change, the planet is facing challenges that necessitate significant and rapid changes in agricultural practices. In the effort to provide food in terms of calories, the essential contribution of micronutrients (vitamins and minerals) to nutrition is often overlooked. Here, we focus on the importance of thiamine (vitamin B1) in plant health and discuss its impact on human health. Vitamin B1 is an essential dietary component, and deficiencies in this micronutrient underlie several diseases, notably nervous system disorders. The predominant source of dietary vitamin B1 is plant-based foods. Moreover, vitamin B1 is also vital for plants themselves, and its benefits in plant health have received less attention than in the human health sphere. In general, vitamin B1 is well-characterized for its role as a coenzyme in metabolic pathways, particularly those involved in energy production and central metabolism, including carbon assimilation and respiration. Vitamin B1 is also emerging as an important component of plant stress responses, and several noncoenzyme roles of this vitamin are being characterized. We summarize the importance of vitamin B1 in plants from the perspective of food security, including its roles in plant disease resistance, stress tolerance, and crop yield, and review the potential benefits of biofortification of crops with increased vitamin B1 content to improve human health.
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- Teresa B Fitzpatrick
- Department of Botany and Plant Biology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
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- Department of Botany and Plant Biology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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Meinke DW. Genome-wide identification of EMBRYO-DEFECTIVE (EMB) genes required for growth and development in Arabidopsis. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2020; 226:306-325. [PMID: 31334862 DOI: 10.1111/nph.16071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2019] [Accepted: 07/10/2019] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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With the emergence of high-throughput methods in plant biology, the importance of long-term projects characterized by incremental advances involving multiple laboratories can sometimes be overlooked. Here, I highlight my 40-year effort to isolate and characterize the most common class of mutants encountered in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana): those defective in embryo development. I present an updated dataset of 510 EMBRYO-DEFECTIVE (EMB) genes identified throughout the Arabidopsis community; include important details on 2200 emb mutants and 241 pigment-defective embryo (pde) mutants analyzed in my laboratory; provide curated datasets with key features and publication links for each EMB gene identified; revisit past estimates of 500-1000 total EMB genes in Arabidopsis; document 83 double mutant combinations reported to disrupt embryo development; emphasize the importance of following established nomenclature guidelines and acknowledging allele history in research publications; and consider how best to extend community-based curation and screening efforts to approach saturation for this diverse class of mutants in the future. Continued advances in identifying EMB genes and characterizing their loss-of-function mutant alleles are needed to understand genotype-to-phenotype relationships in Arabidopsis on a broad scale, and to document the contributions of large numbers of essential genes to plant growth and development.
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- David W Meinke
- Department of Plant Biology, Ecology, and Evolution, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, 74078, USA
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Suzuki M, Wu S, Mimura M, Alseekh S, Fernie AR, Hanson AD, McCarty DR. Construction and applications of a B vitamin genetic resource for investigation of vitamin-dependent metabolism in maize. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2020; 101:442-454. [PMID: 31520508 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2019] [Revised: 08/14/2019] [Accepted: 08/27/2019] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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The B vitamins provide essential co-factors for central metabolism in all organisms. In plants, B vitamins have surprising emerging roles in development, stress tolerance and pathogen resistance. Hence, there is a paramount interest in understanding the regulation of vitamin biosynthesis as well as the consequences of vitamin deficiency in crop species. To facilitate genetic analysis of B vitamin biosynthesis and functions in maize, we have mined the UniformMu transposon resource to identify insertional mutations in vitamin pathway genes. A screen of 190 insertion lines for seed and seedling phenotypes identified mutations in biotin, pyridoxine and niacin biosynthetic pathways. Importantly, isolation of independent insertion alleles enabled genetic confirmation of genotype-to-phenotype associations. Because B vitamins are essential for survival, null mutations often have embryo lethal phenotypes that prevent elucidation of subtle, but physiologically important, metabolic consequences of sub-optimal (functional) vitamin status. To circumvent this barrier, we demonstrate a strategy for refined genetic manipulation of vitamin status based on construction of heterozygotes that combine strong and hypomorphic mutant alleles. Dosage analysis of pdx2 alleles in endosperm revealed that endosperm supplies pyridoxine to the developing embryo. Similarly, a hypomorphic bio1 allele enabled analysis of transcriptome and metabolome responses to incipient biotin deficiency in seedling leaves. We show that systemic pipecolic acid accumulation is an early metabolic response to sub-optimal biotin status highlighting an intriguing connection between biotin, lysine metabolism and systemic disease resistance signaling. Seed-stocks carrying insertions for vitamin pathway genes are available for free, public distribution via the Maize Genetics Cooperation Stock Center.
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- Masaharu Suzuki
- Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 32611, USA
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- Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 32611, USA
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- Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 32611, USA
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- Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
- Center for Plant Systems Biology, 4000, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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- Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
- Center for Plant Systems Biology, 4000, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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- Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 32611, USA
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- Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 32611, USA
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Feng X, Yang S, Tang K, Zhang Y, Leng J, Ma J, Wang Q, Feng X. GmPGL1, a Thiamine Thiazole Synthase, Is Required for the Biosynthesis of Thiamine in Soybean. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:1546. [PMID: 31824549 PMCID: PMC6883718 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.01546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2019] [Accepted: 11/05/2019] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Thiamine is an essential cofactor in several enzymatic reactions for all living organisms. Animals cannot synthesize thiamine and depend on their diet. Enhancing the content of thiamine is one of the most important goals of plant breeding to solve the thiamine deficiency associated with the low-thiamin staple crops. In this study, a Glycine max pale green leaf 1 (Gmpgl1) mutant was isolated from the EMS mutagenized population of soybean cultivar, Williams 82. Map-based cloning of the GmPGL1 locus revealed a single nucleotide deletion at the 292th nucleotide residue of the first exon of Glyma.10g251500 gene in Gmpgl1 mutant plant, encoding a thiamine thiazole synthase. Total thiamine contents decreased in both seedlings and seeds of the Gmpgl1 mutant. Exogenous application of thiazole restored the pale green leaf phenotype of the mutant. The deficiency of thiamine in Gmpgl1 mutant led to reduced activities of the pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) and pyruvate decarboxylase (PDC), and decreased contents of six amino acids as compared to that in the wild type plants. These results revealed that GmPGL1 played an essential role in thiamine thiazole biosynthesis.
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- Xingxing Feng
- Key Laboratory of Soybean Molecular Design Breeding, Northeast Institute of eography and Agroecology, The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, China
- College of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Soybean Molecular Design Breeding, Northeast Institute of eography and Agroecology, The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, China
- *Correspondence: Suxin Yang,
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- Key Laboratory of Soybean Molecular Design Breeding, Northeast Institute of eography and Agroecology, The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, China
- College of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Soybean Molecular Design Breeding, Northeast Institute of eography and Agroecology, The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, China
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- Key Laboratory of Soybean Molecular Design Breeding, Northeast Institute of eography and Agroecology, The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, China
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- Key Laboratory of Soybean Molecular Design Breeding, Northeast Institute of eography and Agroecology, The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, China
- College of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Soybean Molecular Design Breeding, Northeast Institute of eography and Agroecology, The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, China
- College of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Soybean Molecular Design Breeding, Northeast Institute of eography and Agroecology, The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, China
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My trajectory to becoming a plant biologist was shaped by a complex mix of scientific, political, sociological, and personal factors. I was trained as a microbiologist and molecular biologist in the late 1960s and early 1970s, a time of political upheaval surrounding the Vietnam War. My political activism taught me to be wary of the potential misuses of scientific knowledge and to promote the positive applications of science for the benefit of society. I chose agricultural science for my postdoctoral work. Because I was not trained as a plant biologist, I devised a postdoctoral project that took advantage of my microbiological training, and I explored using genetic technologies to transfer the ability to fix nitrogen from prokaryotic nitrogen-fixing species to the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana with the ultimate goal of engineering crop plants. The invention of recombinant DNA technology greatly facilitated the cloning and manipulation of bacterial nitrogen-fixation ( nif) genes, but it also forced me to consider how much genetic engineering of organisms, including human beings, is acceptable. My laboratory has additionally studied host–pathogen interactions using Arabidopsis and the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans as model hosts.
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- Frederick M. Ausubel
- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, and Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
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Paerl RW, Bertrand EM, Rowland E, Schatt P, Mehiri M, Niehaus TD, Hanson AD, Riemann L, Bouget FY. Carboxythiazole is a key microbial nutrient currency and critical component of thiamin biosynthesis. Sci Rep 2018; 8:5940. [PMID: 29654239 PMCID: PMC5899164 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-24321-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2017] [Accepted: 03/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Almost all cells require thiamin, vitamin B1 (B1), which is synthesized via the coupling of thiazole and pyrimidine precursors. Here we demonstrate that 5-(2-hydroxyethyl)-4-methyl-1,3-thiazole-2-carboxylic acid (cHET) is a useful in vivo B1 precursor for representatives of ubiquitous marine picoeukaryotic phytoplankton and Escherichia coli – drawing attention to cHET as a valuable exogenous micronutrient for microorganisms with ecological, industrial, and biomedical value. Comparative utilization experiments with the terrestrial plant Arabidopsis thaliana revealed that it can also use exogenous cHET, but notably, picoeukaryotic marine phytoplankton and E. coli were adapted to grow on low (picomolar) concentrations of exogenous cHET. Our results call for the modification of the conventional B1 biosynthesis model to incorporate cHET as a key precursor for B1 biosynthesis in two domains of life, and for consideration of cHET as a microbial micronutrient currency modulating marine primary productivity and community interactions in human gut-hosted microbiomes.
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- Ryan W Paerl
- Department of Marine Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA 27695, USA. .,Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, 3000, Helsingør, Denmark.
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- Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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- Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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- Sorbonne Universités, Université Pierre and Marie Curie (Paris 06), UMR 7621, Laboratoire d'Océanographie Microbienne, Observatoire Océanologique, F-66650, Banyuls/mer, France
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- University Nice Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Institute of Chemistry of Nice, UMR 7272, Marine Natural Products Team, Nice, France
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- Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA 32611, USA
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- Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA 32611, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, 3000, Helsingør, Denmark
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- University Nice Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Institute of Chemistry of Nice, UMR 7272, Marine Natural Products Team, Nice, France
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The PLUTO plastidial nucleobase transporter also transports the thiamin precursor hydroxymethylpyrimidine. Biosci Rep 2018; 38:BSR20180048. [PMID: 29507060 PMCID: PMC5874261 DOI: 10.1042/bsr20180048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2018] [Revised: 03/03/2018] [Accepted: 03/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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In plants, the hydroxymethylpyrimidine (HMP) and thiazole precursors of thiamin are synthesized and coupled together to form thiamin in plastids. Mutants unable to form HMP can be rescued by exogenous HMP, implying the presence of HMP transporters in the plasma membrane and plastids. Analysis of bacterial genomes revealed a transporter gene that is chromosomally clustered with thiamin biosynthesis and salvage genes. Its closest Arabidopsis homolog, the plastidic nucleobase transporter (PLUTO), is co-expressed with several thiamin biosynthetic enzymes. Heterologous expression of PLUTO in Escherichia coli or Saccharomyces cerevisiae increased sensitivity to a toxic HMP analog, and disrupting PLUTO in an HMP-requiring Arabidopsis line reduced root growth at low HMP concentrations. These data implicate PLUTO in plastidial transport and salvage of HMP.
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Hsieh WY, Liao JC, Wang HT, Hung TH, Tseng CC, Chung TY, Hsieh MH. The Arabidopsis thiamin-deficient mutant pale green1 lacks thiamin monophosphate phosphatase of the vitamin B 1 biosynthesis pathway. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2017; 91:145-157. [PMID: 28346710 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2017] [Revised: 03/20/2017] [Accepted: 03/21/2017] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Thiamin diphosphate (TPP, vitamin B1 ) is an essential coenzyme present in all organisms. Animals obtain TPP from their diets, but plants synthesize TPPde novo. We isolated and characterized an Arabidopsis pale green1 (pale1) mutant that contained higher concentrations of thiamin monophosphate (TMP) and less thiamin and TPP than the wild type. Supplementation with thiamin, but not the thiazole and pyrimidine precursors, rescued the mutant phenotype, indicating that the pale1 mutant is a thiamin-deficient mutant. Map-based cloning and whole-genome sequencing revealed that the pale1 mutant has a mutation in At5g32470 encoding a TMP phosphatase of the TPP biosynthesis pathway. We further confirmed that the mutation of At5g32470 is responsible for the mutant phenotypes by complementing the pale1 mutant with constructs overexpressing full-length At5g32470. Most plant TPP biosynthetic enzymes are located in the chloroplasts and cytosol, but At5g32470-GFP localized to the mitochondrion of the root, hypocotyl, mesophyll and guard cells of the 35S:At5g32470-GFP complemented plants. The subcellular localization of a functional TMP phosphatase suggests that the complete vitamin B1 biosynthesis pathway may involve the chloroplasts, mitochondria and cytosol in plants. Analysis of PALE1 promoter-uidA activity revealed that PALE1 is mainly expressed in vascular tissues of Arabidopsis seedlings. Quantitative RT-PCR analysis of TPP biosynthesis genes and genes encoding the TPP-dependent enzymes pyruvate dehydrogenase, α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase and transketolase revealed that the transcript levels of these genes were upregulated in the pale1 mutant. These results suggest that endogenous levels of TPP may affect the expression of genes involved in TPP biosynthesis and TPP-dependent enzymes.
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- Wei-Yu Hsieh
- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan
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- Biotechnology Division, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Taichung, 41362, Taiwan
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan
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Bacterial and plant HAD enzymes catalyse a missing phosphatase step in thiamin diphosphate biosynthesis. Biochem J 2016; 473:157-66. [DOI: 10.1042/bj20150805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2015] [Accepted: 11/03/2015] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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To make thiamin diphosphate (ThDP), plants and many micro-organisms first dephosphorylate thiamin monophosphate (ThMP). This dephosphorylation has been thought to be mediated by non-specific enzymes. However, comparative genomic, genetic and biochemical evidences implicate specific HAD family phosphatases in bacteria and plants.
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Khozaei M, Fisk S, Lawson T, Gibon Y, Sulpice R, Stitt M, Lefebvre SC, Raines CA. Overexpression of plastid transketolase in tobacco results in a thiamine auxotrophic phenotype. THE PLANT CELL 2015; 27:432-47. [PMID: 25670766 PMCID: PMC4456921 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.114.131011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2014] [Revised: 01/11/2015] [Accepted: 01/28/2015] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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To investigate the effect of increased plastid transketolase on photosynthetic capacity and growth, tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) plants with increased levels of transketolase protein were produced. This was achieved using a cassette composed of a full-length Arabidopsis thaliana transketolase cDNA under the control of the cauliflower mosaic virus 35S promoter. The results revealed a major and unexpected effect of plastid transketolase overexpression as the transgenic tobacco plants exhibited a slow-growth phenotype and chlorotic phenotype. These phenotypes were complemented by germinating the seeds of transketolase-overexpressing lines in media containing either thiamine pyrophosphate or thiamine. Thiamine levels in the seeds and cotyledons were lower in transketolase-overexpressing lines than in wild-type plants. When transketolase-overexpressing plants were supplemented with thiamine or thiamine pyrophosphate throughout the life cycle, they grew normally and the seed produced from these plants generated plants that did not have a growth or chlorotic phenotype. Our results reveal the crucial importance of the level of transketolase activity to provide the precursor for synthesis of intermediates and to enable plants to produce thiamine and thiamine pyrophosphate for growth and development. The mechanism determining transketolase protein levels remains to be elucidated, but the data presented provide evidence that this may contribute to the complex regulatory mechanisms maintaining thiamine homeostasis in plants.
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- Mahdi Khozaei
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester CO4 3SQ, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester CO4 3SQ, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester CO4 3SQ, United Kingdom
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, 114476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, 114476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, 114476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester CO4 3SQ, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester CO4 3SQ, United Kingdom
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Zallot R, Yazdani M, Goyer A, Ziemak MJ, Guan JC, McCarty DR, deCrécy-Lagard V, Gerdes S, Garrett TJ, Benach J, Hunt JF, Shintani DK, Hanson AD. Salvage of the thiamin pyrimidine moiety by plant TenA proteins lacking an active-site cysteine. Biochem J 2014; 463:145-55. [PMID: 25014715 PMCID: PMC6943918 DOI: 10.1042/bj20140522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The TenA protein family occurs in prokaryotes, plants and fungi; it has two subfamilies, one (TenA_C) having an active-site cysteine, the other (TenA_E) not. TenA_C proteins participate in thiamin salvage by hydrolysing the thiamin breakdown product amino-HMP (4-amino-5-aminomethyl-2-methylpyrimidine) to HMP (4-amino-5-hydroxymethyl-2-methylpyrimidine); the function of TenA_E proteins is unknown. Comparative analysis of prokaryote and plant genomes predicted that (i) TenA_E has a salvage role similar to, but not identical with, that of TenA_C and (ii) that TenA_E and TenA_C also have non-salvage roles since they occur in organisms that cannot make thiamin. Recombinant Arabidopsis and maize TenA_E proteins (At3g16990, GRMZM2G080501) hydrolysed amino-HMP to HMP and, far more actively, hydrolysed the N-formyl derivative of amino-HMP to amino-HMP. Ablating the At3g16990 gene in a line with a null mutation in the HMP biosynthesis gene ThiC prevented its rescue by amino-HMP. Ablating At3g16990 in the wild-type increased sensitivity to paraquat-induced oxidative stress; HMP overcame this increased sensitivity. Furthermore, the expression of TenA_E and ThiC genes in Arabidopsis and maize was inversely correlated. These results indicate that TenA_E proteins mediate amidohydrolase and aminohydrolase steps in the salvage of thiamin breakdown products. As such products can be toxic, TenA_E proteins may also pre-empt toxicity.
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- Rémi Zallot
- Microbiology and Cell Science Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, U.S.A
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, U.S.A
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Hermiston, OR 97838, U.S.A
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- Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, U.S.A
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- Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, U.S.A
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- Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, U.S.A
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- Microbiology and Cell Science Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, U.S.A
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- Mathematics and Computer Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, U.S.A
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- College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, U.S.A
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Northeast Structural Genomics Consortium, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, U.S.A
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Northeast Structural Genomics Consortium, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, U.S.A
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, U.S.A
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- Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, U.S.A
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Wilson-Sánchez D, Rubio-Díaz S, Muñoz-Viana R, Pérez-Pérez JM, Jover-Gil S, Ponce MR, Micol JL. Leaf phenomics: a systematic reverse genetic screen for Arabidopsis leaf mutants. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2014; 79:878-91. [PMID: 24946828 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2013] [Revised: 06/07/2014] [Accepted: 06/09/2014] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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The study and eventual manipulation of leaf development in plants requires a thorough understanding of the genetic basis of leaf organogenesis. Forward genetic screens have identified hundreds of Arabidopsis mutants with altered leaf development, but the genome has not yet been saturated. To identify genes required for leaf development we are screening the Arabidopsis Salk Unimutant collection. We have identified 608 lines that exhibit a leaf phenotype with full penetrance and almost constant expressivity and 98 additional lines with segregating mutant phenotypes. To allow indexing and integration with other mutants, the mutant phenotypes were described using a custom leaf phenotype ontology. We found that the indexed mutation is present in the annotated locus for 78% of the 553 mutants genotyped, and that in half of these the annotated T-DNA is responsible for the phenotype. To quickly map non-annotated T-DNA insertions, we developed a reliable, cost-effective and easy method based on whole-genome sequencing. To enable comprehensive access to our data, we implemented a public web application named PhenoLeaf (http://genetics.umh.es/phenoleaf) that allows researchers to query the results of our screen, including text and visual phenotype information. We demonstrated how this new resource can facilitate gene function discovery by identifying and characterizing At1g77600, which we found to be required for proximal-distal cell cycle-driven leaf growth, and At3g62870, which encodes a ribosomal protein needed for cell proliferation and chloroplast function. This collection provides a valuable tool for the study of leaf development, characterization of biomass feedstocks and examination of other traits in this fundamental photosynthetic organ.
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- David Wilson-Sánchez
- Instituto de Bioingeniería, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Campus de Elche, 03202, Elche, Spain
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Bocobza SE, Aharoni A. Small molecules that interact with RNA: riboswitch-based gene control and its involvement in metabolic regulation in plants and algae. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2014; 79:693-703. [PMID: 24773387 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2014] [Revised: 03/20/2014] [Accepted: 04/15/2014] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Riboswitches are RNA elements that bind small molecules and in turn regulate gene expression. This mechanism allows the cell to sense the intracellular concentration of these small molecules. A particular riboswitch typically regulates its adjacent gene by altering the transcription, the translation or the splicing of this gene. Recently, a riboswitch that binds thiamin pyrophosphate (TPP) was characterized and found to regulate thiamin biosynthesis in plants and algae. Furthermore, it appears that this element is an essential regulator of primary metabolism in plants. Manipulation of endogenous riboswitch activity resulted in metabolic phenotypes that underlined the role of these elements and their ligands in preserving metabolic homeostasis. This situation supports the hypothesis that riboswitches could be remnants of the most ancient metabolic regulators. Here, we review the mode of action of the plant and algal TPP riboswitch and its relevance to the metabolic network. We also discuss the potential engineering of riboswitches as metabolite sensors in plants and platforms for gene control. Whether additional such RNA-based mechanisms exist in plants and in algae is still an open question, yet, the importance of these elements to metabolic regulation is beyond doubt.
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- Samuel E Bocobza
- Department of Plant Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 76100, Israel
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Yazdani M, Zallot R, Tunc-Ozdemir M, de Crécy-Lagard V, Shintani DK, Hanson AD. Identification of the thiamin salvage enzyme thiazole kinase in Arabidopsis and maize. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2013; 94:68-73. [PMID: 23816351 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2013.05.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2013] [Revised: 05/23/2013] [Accepted: 05/29/2013] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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The breakdown of thiamin (vitamin B1) and its phosphates releases a thiazole moiety, 4-methyl-5-(2-hydroxyethyl)thiazole (THZ), that microorganisms and plants are able to salvage for re-use in thiamin synthesis. The salvage process starts with the ATP-dependent phosphorylation of THZ, which in bacteria is mediated by ThiM. The Arabidopsis and maize genomes encode homologs of ThiM (At3g24030 and GRMZM2G094558, respectively). Plasmid-driven expression of either plant homolog restored the ability of THZ to rescue Escherichia coli thiM deletant strains, showing that the plant proteins have ThiM activity in vivo. Enzymatic assays with purified recombinant proteins confirmed the presence of THZ kinase activity. Furthermore, ablating the Arabidopsis At3g24030 gene in a thiazole synthesis mutant severely impaired rescue by THZ. Collectively, these results show that ThiM homologs are the main source of THZ kinase activity in plants and are consequently crucial for thiamin salvage.
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- Mohammad Yazdani
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USA
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Khare G, Kar R, Tyagi AK. Identification of inhibitors against Mycobacterium tuberculosis thiamin phosphate synthase, an important target for the development of anti-TB drugs. PLoS One 2011; 6:e22441. [PMID: 21818324 PMCID: PMC3144219 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2011] [Accepted: 06/28/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Tuberculosis (TB) continues to pose a serious challenge to human health afflicting a large number of people throughout the world. In spite of the availability of drugs for the treatment of TB, the non-compliance to 6–9 months long chemotherapeutic regimens often results in the emergence of multidrug resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis adding to the precariousness of the situation. This has necessitated the development of more effective drugs. Thiamin biosynthesis, an important metabolic pathway of M.tuberculosis, is shown to be essential for the intracellular growth of this pathogen and hence, it is believed that inhibition of this pathway would severely affect the growth of M.tuberculosis. In this study, a comparative homology model of M.tuberculosis thiamin phosphate synthase (MtTPS) was generated and employed for virtual screening of NCI diversity set II to select potential inhibitors. The best 39 compounds based on the docking results were evaluated for their potential to inhibit the MtTPS activity. Seven compounds inhibited MtTPS activity with IC50 values ranging from 20 – 100 µg/ml and two of these exhibited weak inhibition of M.tuberculosis growth with MIC99 values being 125 µg/ml and 162.5 µg/ml while one compound was identified as a very potent inhibitor of M.tuberculosis growth with an MIC99 value of 6 µg/ml. This study establishes MtTPS as a novel drug target against M.tuberculosis leading to the identification of new lead molecules for the development of antitubercular drugs. Further optimization of these lead compounds could result in more potent therapeutic molecules against Tuberculosis.
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- Garima Khare
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India
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Zhao W, Cheng X, Huang Z, Fan H, Wu H, Ling HQ. Tomato LeTHIC is an Fe-Requiring HMP-P Synthase Involved in Thiamine Synthesis and Regulated by Multiple Factors. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 52:967-82. [DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcr048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Woodward JB, Abeydeera ND, Paul D, Phillips K, Rapala-Kozik M, Freeling M, Begley TP, Ealick SE, McSteen P, Scanlon MJ. A maize thiamine auxotroph is defective in shoot meristem maintenance. THE PLANT CELL 2010; 22:3305-17. [PMID: 20971897 PMCID: PMC2990124 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.110.077776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2010] [Revised: 08/27/2010] [Accepted: 09/25/2010] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Plant shoots undergo organogenesis throughout their life cycle via the perpetuation of stem cell pools called shoot apical meristems (SAMs). SAM maintenance requires the coordinated equilibrium between stem cell division and differentiation and is regulated by integrated networks of gene expression, hormonal signaling, and metabolite sensing. Here, we show that the maize (Zea mays) mutant bladekiller1-R (blk1-R) is defective in leaf blade development and meristem maintenance and exhibits a progressive reduction in SAM size that results in premature shoot abortion. Molecular markers for stem cell maintenance and organ initiation reveal that both of these meristematic functions are progressively compromised in blk1-R mutants, especially in the inflorescence and floral meristems. Positional cloning of blk1-R identified a predicted missense mutation in a highly conserved amino acid encoded by thiamine biosynthesis2 (thi2). Consistent with chromosome dosage studies suggesting that blk1-R is a null mutation, biochemical analyses confirm that the wild-type THI2 enzyme copurifies with a thiazole precursor to thiamine, whereas the mutant enzyme does not. Heterologous expression studies confirm that THI2 is targeted to chloroplasts. All blk1-R mutant phenotypes are rescued by exogenous thiamine supplementation, suggesting that blk1-R is a thiamine auxotroph. These results provide insight into the role of metabolic cofactors, such as thiamine, during the proliferation of stem and initial cell populations.
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- John B. Woodward
- Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
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- Department of Chemistry, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
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- Biology Department, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
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- Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow 30-387, Poland
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94704
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77842
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- Department of Chemistry, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
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- Biology Department, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
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- Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
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Koornneef M, Meinke D. The development of Arabidopsis as a model plant. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2010; 61:909-21. [PMID: 20409266 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2009.04086.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 220] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Twenty-five years ago, Arabidopsis thaliana emerged as the model organism of choice for research in plant biology. A consensus was reached about the need to focus on a single organism to integrate the classical disciplines of plant science with the expanding fields of genetics and molecular biology. Ten years after publication of its genome sequence, Arabidopsis remains the standard reference plant for all of biology. We reflect here on the major advances and shared resources that led to the extraordinary growth of the Arabidopsis research community. We also underscore the importance of continuing to expand and refine our detailed knowledge of Arabidopsis while seeking to appreciate the remarkable diversity that characterizes the plant kingdom.
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- Maarten Koornneef
- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Carl-von Linné Weg 10, Cologne, Germany.
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Meinke D, Sweeney C, Muralla R. Integrating the genetic and physical maps of Arabidopsis thaliana: identification of mapped alleles of cloned essential (EMB) genes. PLoS One 2009; 4:e7386. [PMID: 19812694 PMCID: PMC2754112 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2009] [Accepted: 09/15/2009] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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The classical genetic map of Arabidopsis includes more than 130 genes with an embryo-defective (emb) mutant phenotype. Many of these essential genes remain to be cloned. Hundreds of additional EMB genes have been cloned and catalogued (www.seedgenes.org) but not mapped. To facilitate EMB gene identification and assess the current level of saturation, we updated the classical map, compared the physical and genetic locations of mapped loci, and performed allelism tests between mapped (but not cloned) and cloned (but not mapped) emb mutants with similar chromosome locations. Two hundred pairwise combinations of genes located on chromosomes 1 and 5 were tested and more than 1100 total crosses were screened. Sixteen of 51 mapped emb mutants examined were found to be disrupted in a known EMB gene. Alleles of a wide range of published EMB genes (YDA, GLA1, TIL1, AtASP38, AtDEK1, EMB506, DG1, OEP80) were discovered. Two EMS mutants isolated 30 years ago, T-DNA mutants with complex insertion sites, and a mutant with an atypical, embryo-specific phenotype were resolved. The frequency of allelism encountered was consistent with past estimates of 500 to 1000 EMB loci. New EMB genes identified among mapped T-DNA insertion mutants included CHC1, which is required for chromatin remodeling, and SHS1/AtBT1, which encodes a plastidial nucleotide transporter similar to the maize Brittle1 protein required for normal endosperm development. Two classical genetic markers (PY, ALB1) were identified based on similar map locations of known genes required for thiamine (THIC) and chlorophyll (PDE166) biosynthesis. The alignment of genetic and physical maps presented here should facilitate the continued analysis of essential genes in Arabidopsis and further characterization of a broad spectrum of mutant phenotypes in a model plant.
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- David Meinke
- Department of Botany, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America.
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Tunc-Ozdemir M, Miller G, Song L, Kim J, Sodek A, Koussevitzky S, Misra AN, Mittler R, Shintani D. Thiamin confers enhanced tolerance to oxidative stress in Arabidopsis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2009; 151:421-32. [PMID: 19641031 PMCID: PMC2735988 DOI: 10.1104/pp.109.140046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2009] [Accepted: 07/17/2009] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Thiamin and thiamin pyrophosphate (TPP) are well known for their important roles in human nutrition and enzyme catalysis. In this work, we present new evidence for an additional role of these compounds in the protection of cells against oxidative damage. Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) plants subjected to abiotic stress conditions, such as high light, cold, osmotic, salinity, and oxidative treatments, accumulated thiamin and TPP. Moreover, the accumulation of these compounds in plants subjected to oxidative stress was accompanied by enhanced expression of transcripts encoding thiamin biosynthetic enzymes. When supplemented with exogenous thiamin, wild-type plants displayed enhanced tolerance to oxidative stress induced by paraquat. Thiamin application was also found to protect the reactive oxygen species-sensitive ascorbate peroxidase1 mutant from oxidative stress. Thiamin-induced tolerance to oxidative stress was accompanied by decreased production of reactive oxygen species in plants, as evidenced from decreased protein carbonylation and hydrogen peroxide accumulation. Because thiamin could protect the salicylic acid induction-deficient1 mutant against oxidative stress, thiamin-induced oxidative protection is likely independent of salicylic acid signaling or accumulation. Taken together, our studies suggest that thiamin and TPP function as important stress-response molecules that alleviate oxidative stress during different abiotic stress conditions.
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- Meral Tunc-Ozdemir
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557, USA
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Bocobza SE, Aharoni A. Switching the light on plant riboswitches. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2008; 13:526-33. [PMID: 18778966 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2008.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2008] [Revised: 07/10/2008] [Accepted: 07/17/2008] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Riboswitches are natural RNA sensors that affect post-transcriptional processes via their capacity to bind small molecules. To date, these mRNA structures have been shown to regulate the biosynthesis of essential metabolites, including vitamins and amino acids. Although bacterial riboswitches are widespread and characterized, only a single eukaryotic, thiamin-pyrophosphate-binding riboswitch has recently been discovered to direct gene expression by regulating mRNA splicing in fungi, green algae and land plants. It is unclear how widespread riboswitches are and what additional roles they have in eukaryotes. When engineered in plants, riboswitches can function autonomously to modulate gene expression. These discoveries not only trigger novel findings regarding RNA switches in plants, but also spur the exploitation of riboswitches for monitoring metabolite concentrations in planta.
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- Samuel E Bocobza
- Department of Plant Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, PO Box 26, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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Thiamine (vitamin B(1)) is an essential compound for organisms. It contains a pyrimidine ring structure and a thiazole ring structure. These two moieties of thiamine are synthesized independently and then coupled together. Here we report the molecular characterization of AtTHIC, which is involved in thiamine biosynthesis in Arabidopsis. AtTHIC is similar to Escherichia coli ThiC, which is involved in pyrimidine biosynthesis in prokaryotes. Heterologous expression of AtTHIC could functionally complement the thiC knock-out mutant of E. coli. Downregulation of AtTHIC expression by T-DNA insertion at its promoter region resulted in a drastic reduction of thiamine content in plants and the knock-down mutant thic1 showed albino (white leaves) and lethal phenotypes under the normal culture conditions. The thic1 mutant could be rescued by supplementation of thiamine and its defect functions could be complemented by expression of AtTHIC cDNA. Transient expression analysis revealed that the AtTHIC protein targets plastids and chloroplasts. AtTHIC was strongly expressed in leaves, flowers and siliques and the transcription of AtTHIC was downregulated by extrinsic thiamine. In conclusion, AtTHIC is a gene involved in pyrimidine synthesis in the thiamine biosynthesis pathway of Arabidopsis, and our results provide some new clues for elucidating the pathway of thiamine biosynthesis in plants.
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Bocobza S, Adato A, Mandel T, Shapira M, Nudler E, Aharoni A. Riboswitch-dependent gene regulation and its evolution in the plant kingdom. Genes Dev 2007; 21:2874-9. [PMID: 18006684 DOI: 10.1101/gad.443907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Riboswitches are natural RNA sensors that affect gene control via their capacity to bind small molecules. Their prevalence in higher eukaryotes is unclear. We discovered a post-transcriptional mechanism in plants that uses a riboswitch to control a metabolic feedback loop through differential processing of the precursor RNA 3' terminus. When cellular thiamin pyrophosphate (TPP) levels rise, metabolite sensing by the riboswitch located in TPP biosynthesis genes directs formation of an unstable splicing product, and consequently TPP levels drop. When transformed in plants, engineered TPP riboswitches can act autonomously to modulate gene expression. In an evolutionary perspective, a TPP riboswitch is also present in ancient plant taxa, suggesting that this mechanism is active since vascular plants emerged 400 million years ago.
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- Samuel Bocobza
- Department of Plant Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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Ajjawi I, Rodriguez Milla MA, Cushman J, Shintani DK. Thiamin pyrophosphokinase is required for thiamin cofactor activation in Arabidopsis. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2007; 65:151-62. [PMID: 17611796 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-007-9205-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2006] [Accepted: 06/24/2007] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Thiamin pyrophosphate (TPP) is an essential enzyme cofactor required for the viability of all organisms. Whether derived from exogenous sources or through de novo synthesis, thiamin must be pyrophosphorylated for cofactor activation. The enzyme thiamin pyrophosphokinase (TPK) catalyzes the conversion of free thiamin to TPP in plants and other eukaryotic organisms and is central to thiamin cofactor activation. While TPK activity has been observed in a number of plant species, the corresponding gene/protein has until now not been identified or characterized for its role in thiamin metabolism. Here we report the functional identification of two Arabidopsis TPK genes, AtTPK1 and AtTPK2 and the enzymatic characterization of the corresponding proteins. AtTPK1 and AtTPK2 are biochemically redundant cytosolic proteins that are similarly expressed throughout different plant tissues. The essential nature of TPKs in plant metabolism is reflected in the observation that while single gene knockouts of either AtTPK1 or AtTPK2 were viable, the double mutant possessed a seedling lethal phenotype. HPLC analysis revealed the double mutant is nearly devoid of TPP and instead accumulates the precursor of the TPK reaction, free thiamin. These results suggest that TPK activity provides the sole mechanism by which exogenous and de novo derived thiamin is converted to the enzyme cofactor TPP.
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- Imad Ajjawi
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USA
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Ajjawi I, Tsegaye Y, Shintani D. Determination of the genetic, molecular, and biochemical basis of the Arabidopsis thaliana thiamin auxotroph th1. Arch Biochem Biophys 2006; 459:107-14. [PMID: 17174261 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2006.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2006] [Revised: 11/10/2006] [Accepted: 11/11/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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2-methyl-4-amino-5-hydroxymethylpyrimidine phosphate kinase/thiamin monophosphate pyrophosphorylase (HMPPK/TMPPase) is a key enzyme involved in thiamin biosynthesis. A candidate HMPPK/TMPPase gene identified in the Arabidopsis genome complemented the thiamin auxotrophy of the th1 mutant, thus proving that the th1 locus corresponds to the structural gene for the HMPPK/TMPPase. Sequence comparisons between the wild-type HMPPK/TMPPase gene and the th1-201 mutant allele identified a single point mutation that caused the substitution of a phenylalanine for a conserved serine residue in the HMPPK domain. Functional analyses of the mutant HMPPK/TMPPase in Escherichia coli revealed that the amino acid substitution in the HMPPK domain of mutant enzyme resulted in a conformational change that severely compromised both activities of the bifunctional enzyme. Studies were also performed to identify the chloroplast as the specific subcellular locale of the Arabidopsis HMPPK/TMPPase.
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- Imad Ajjawi
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USA
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Papini-Terzi FS, Galhardo RS, Farias LP, Menck CFM, Van Sluys MA. Point mutation is responsible for Arabidopsis tz-201 mutant phenotype affecting thiamin biosynthesis. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2003; 44:856-60. [PMID: 12941878 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcg104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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A point mutation in the thi1 gene, involved in the synthesis of thiamin, has been identified in a tz-201 mutant line of Arabidopsis thaliana. The mutation occurs in a conserved protein domain and prevents the mutant plants from synthesizing thiamin. Complementation assays in yeast thi4 mutant confirm that this mutation hinders thiamin synthesis and, thus, is responsible for the tz phenotype. Northern blot analyses indicate that, in contrast to the yeast homologue, thi1 expression is not influenced by the presence of thiamin; however, reduced transcription of the gene is observed in roots and dark grown plants.
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- Flávia Stal Papini-Terzi
- Depto de Botânica, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão, 277-05508-900 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Budziszewski GJ, Lewis SP, Glover LW, Reineke J, Jones G, Ziemnik LS, Lonowski J, Nyfeler B, Aux G, Zhou Q, McElver J, Patton DA, Martienssen R, Grossniklaus U, Ma H, Law M, Levin JZ. Arabidopsis genes essential for seedling viability: isolation of insertional mutants and molecular cloning. Genetics 2001; 159:1765-78. [PMID: 11779813 PMCID: PMC1461917 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/159.4.1765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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We have undertaken a large-scale genetic screen to identify genes with a seedling-lethal mutant phenotype. From screening approximately 38,000 insertional mutant lines, we identified >500 seedling-lethal mutants, completed cosegregation analysis of the insertion and the lethal phenotype for >200 mutants, molecularly characterized 54 mutants, and provided a detailed description for 22 of them. Most of the seedling-lethal mutants seem to affect chloroplast function because they display altered pigmentation and affect genes encoding proteins predicted to have chloroplast localization. Although a high level of functional redundancy in Arabidopsis might be expected because 65% of genes are members of gene families, we found that 41% of the essential genes found in this study are members of Arabidopsis gene families. In addition, we isolated several interesting classes of mutants and genes. We found three mutants in the recently discovered nonmevalonate isoprenoid biosynthetic pathway and mutants disrupting genes similar to Tic40 and tatC, which are likely to be involved in chloroplast protein translocation. Finally, we directly compared T-DNA and Ac/Ds transposon mutagenesis methods in Arabidopsis on a genome scale. In each population, we found only about one-third of the insertion mutations cosegregated with a mutant phenotype.
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- G J Budziszewski
- Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc., Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
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Bouvier F, d'Harlingue A, Suire C, Backhaus RA, Camara B. Dedicated roles of plastid transketolases during the early onset of isoprenoid biogenesis in pepper fruits1. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1998; 117:1423-31. [PMID: 9701598 PMCID: PMC34906 DOI: 10.1104/pp.117.4.1423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/1998] [Accepted: 05/11/1998] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Isopentenyl diphosphate (IPP), which is produced from mevalonic acid or other nonmevalonic substrates, is the universal precursor of isoprenoids in nature. Despite the presence of several isoprenoid compounds in plastids, enzymes of the mevalonate pathway leading to IPP formation have never been isolated or identified to our knowledge. We now describe the characterization of two pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) cDNAs, CapTKT1 and CapTKT2, that encode transketolases having distinct and dedicated specificities. CapTKT1 is primarily involved in plastidial pentose phosphate and glycolytic cycle integration, whereas CapTKT2 initiates the synthesis of isoprenoids in plastids via the nonmevalonic acid pathway. From pyruvate and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate, CapTKT2 catalyzes the formation of 1-deoxy-xylulose-5-phosphate, the IPP precursor. CapTKT1 is almost constitutively expressed during the chloroplast-to-chromoplast transition, whereas CapTKT2 is overexpressed during this period, probably to furnish the IPP necessary for increased carotenoid biosynthesis. Because deoxy-xylulose phosphate is shared by the plastid pathways of isoprenoid, thiamine (vitamin B1), and pyridoxine (vitamin B6) biosynthesis, our results may explain why albino phenotypes usually occur in thiamine-deficient plants.
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- F Bouvier
- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Université Louis Pasteur, 12 rue du Général Zimmer, 67084 Strasbourg, France
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Patton, Schetter, Franzmann, Nelson, Ward, Meinke. An embryo-defective mutant of arabidopsis disrupted in the final step of biotin synthesis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1998; 116:935-46. [PMID: 9501126 PMCID: PMC35095 DOI: 10.1104/pp.116.3.935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/1997] [Accepted: 11/25/1997] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Auxotrophic mutants have played an important role in the genetic dissection of biosynthetic pathways in microorganisms. Equivalent mutants have been more difficult to identify in plants. The bio1 auxotroph of Arabidopsis thaliana was shown previously to be defective in the synthesis of the biotin precursor 7, 8-diaminopelargonic acid. A second biotin auxotroph of A. thaliana has now been identified. Arrested embryos from this bio2 mutant are defective in the final step of biotin synthesis, the conversion of dethiobiotin to biotin. This enzymatic reaction, catalyzed by the bioB product (biotin synthase) in Escherichia coli, has been studied extensively in plants and bacteria because it involves the unusual addition of sulfur to form a thiophene ring. Three lines of evidence indicate that bio2 is defective in biotin synthase production: mutant embryos are rescued by biotin but not dethiobiotin, the mutant allele maps to the same chromosomal location as the cloned biotin synthase gene, and gel-blot hybridizations and polymerase chain reaction amplifications revealed that homozygous mutant plants contain a deletion spanning the entire BIO2-coding region. Here we describe how the isolation and characterization of this null allele have provided valuable insights into biotin synthesis, auxotrophy, and gene redundancy in plants.
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Machado CR, de Oliveira RL, Boiteux S, Praekelt UM, Meacock PA, Menck CF. Thi1, a thiamine biosynthetic gene in Arabidopsis thaliana, complements bacterial defects in DNA repair. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1996; 31:585-93. [PMID: 8790291 DOI: 10.1007/bf00042231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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An Arabidopsis thaliana cDNA was isolated by complementation of the Escherichia coli mutant strain BW535 (xth, nfo, nth), which is defective in DNA base excision repair pathways. This cDNA partially complements the methyl methane sulfonate (MMS) sensitive phenotype of BW535. It also partially corrects the UV-sensitive phenotype of E. coli AB1886 (uvrA) and restores its ability to reactivate UV-irradiated lambda phage. It has an insert of ca. 1.3 kb with an open reading frame of 1047 bp (predicting a protein with a molecular mass of 36 kDa). This cDNA presents a high homology to a stress related gene from two species of Fusarium (sti35) and to genes whose products participate in the thiamine biosynthesis pathway, THI4, from Saccharomyces cerevisiae and nmt2 from Schizosaccharomyces pombe. The Arabidopsis predicted polypeptide has homology to several protein motifs: amino-terminal chloroplast transit peptide, dinucleotide binding site, DNA binding and bacterial DNA polymerases. The auxotrophy for thiamine in the yeast thi4::URA3 disruption strain is complemented by the Arabidopsis gene. Thus, the cloned gene, named thi1, is likely to function in the biosynthesis of thiamine in plants. The data presented in this work indicate that thi1 may also be involved in DNA damage tolerance in plant cells.
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- C R Machado
- Depto. de Biologia, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
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Belanger FC, Leustek T, Chu B, Kriz AL. Evidence for the thiamine biosynthetic pathway in higher-plant plastids and its developmental regulation. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1995; 29:809-21. [PMID: 8541506 DOI: 10.1007/bf00041170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Thiamine or vitamin B-1, is an essential constituent of all cells since it is a cofactor for two enzyme complexes involved in the citric acid cycle, pyruvate dehydrogenase and alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase. Thiamine is synthesized by plants, but it is a dietary requirement for humans and other animals. The biosynthetic pathway for thiamine in plants has not been well characterized and none of the enzymes involved have been isolated. Here we report the cloning and characterization of two cDNAs representing members of the maize thi1 gene family encoding an enzyme of the thiamine biosynthetic pathway. This assignment was made based on sequence homology to a yeast thiamine biosynthetic gene and by functional complementation of a yeast strain in which the endogenous gene was inactivated. Using immunoblot analysis, the thi1 gene product was found to be located in a plastid membrane fraction. RNA gel blot analysis of various tissues and developmental stages indicated thi1 expression was differentially regulated in a manner consistent with what is known about thiamine synthesis in plants. This is the first report of cDNAs encoding proteins involved in thiamine biosynthesis for any plant species.
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- F C Belanger
- Plant Science Department, Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ 08903, USA
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Schneider T, Dinkins R, Robinson K, Shellhammer J, Meinke DW. An embryo-lethal mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana is a biotin auxotroph. Dev Biol 1989; 131:161-7. [PMID: 2909401 DOI: 10.1016/s0012-1606(89)80047-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Lethal mutants have been used in a variety of animal systems to study the genetic control of morphogenesis and differentiation. Abnormal development has been shown in some cases to be caused by defects in basic cellular processes. We describe in this report an embryo-lethal mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana that can be rescued by the addition of biotin to arrested embryos cultured in vitro and to mutant plants grown in soil. Mutant plants rescued in culture produced phenotypically normal seeds when supplemented with biotin but became chlorotic and failed to produce fertile flowers in the absence of biotin. Arrested embryos were also rescued by desthiobiotin, the immediate precursor of biotin in bacteria. Langridge proposed 30 years ago (1958, Aust. J. Biol. Sci. 11, 58-68) that the scarcity of plant auxotrophs might be caused by lethality prior to germination. The bio1 mutant of Arabidopsis described in this report clearly demonstrates that some auxotrophs in higher plants are eliminated through embryonic lethality. Further analysis of this mutant should provide valuable information on the nature of plant auxotrophs, the biosynthesis and utilization of biotin in plants, and the underlying causes of developmental arrest in lethal mutants of Arabidopsis.
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- T Schneider
- Department of Botany and Microbiology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater 74078
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Meyerowitz EM, Chang C. Molecular biology of plant growth and development. Arabidopsis thaliana as an experimental system. DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY (NEW YORK, N.Y. : 1985) 1988; 5:353-66. [PMID: 3077979 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-6817-9_13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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- E M Meyerowitz
- Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91125
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Mutations in three of the genes determining thiamine biosynthesis in Pisum sativum. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1986. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00331027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Baus AD, Franzmann L, Meinke DW. Growth in vitro of arrested embryos from lethal mutants ofArabidopsis thaliana. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 1986; 72:577-586. [PMID: 24248066 DOI: 10.1007/bf00288994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/1985] [Accepted: 03/30/1986] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Seventeen embryo-lethal mutants ofArabidopsis thaliana with lethal phases ranging from the globular to mature cotyledon stages of development were analyzed by culturing arrested embryos on nutrient media designed to promote either callus formation or the completion of embryo development and the recovery of homozygous mutant plants. Enriched media supplemented with vitamins, amino acids, and nucleosides were used to identify potential auxotrophic mutants. Wild-type embryos produced extensive callus on basal and enriched media supplemented with 2,4-D and kinetin. Numerous roots developed when wildtype callus was grown in the presence of NAA and kinetin. Mutant embryos arrested prior to the heart stage of development formed only a slight amount of callus on basal and enriched media. Arrested embryos from mutants 122G-E and 112A-2A reached a later stage of development and gave the most interesting responses in culture. 122G-E mutant embryos failed to grow on basal media but produced extensive callus and homozygous mutant plants on enriched media. The specific nutrient required for growth of this mutant remains to be determined. Arrested embryos from mutant 112A-2A developed into abnormal plants without roots when placed in culture. Mutant callus also failed to form roots on a variety of root-inducing media. Expression of this mutant gene therefore disrupts development of the root apical meristem during both embryogenesis in vivo and organogenesis in vitro.
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- A D Baus
- Department of Botany and Microbiology, Oklahoma State University, 74078, Stillwater, OK, USA
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Arabidopsis thaliana is a small flowering plant with various properties that make it an excellent organism for experiments in molecular genetics. These properties include having a small nuclear genome, a near absence of dispersed repetitive DNA, and a generation time of 4 to 5 weeks. In addition, mutations that affect hormone synthesis and response, many different enzyme activities, and numerous developmental processes have been identified and characterized.
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Biochemical mutants in higher plants as tools for chemical and physiological investigations — A survey. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1980. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02014640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Meinke DW, Sussex IM. Embryo-lethal mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana. A model system for genetic analysis of plant embryo development. Dev Biol 1979; 72:50-61. [PMID: 510780 DOI: 10.1016/0012-1606(79)90097-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Ledoux L, Huart R, Ryngaert-Adriaenssens A, Matagne RF, Schlösser JP, Jacobs M. Does DNA correct Arabidopsis thiamin mutants? [proceedings]. ARCHIVES INTERNATIONALES DE PHYSIOLOGIE ET DE BIOCHIMIE 1977; 85:992-4. [PMID: 79403 DOI: 10.3109/13813457709053324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Schalet AP, Sankaranarayanan K. Evaluation and re-evaluation of genetic radiation hazards in man. I. Interspecific comparison of estimates of mutation rates. Mutat Res 1976; 35:341-70. [PMID: 132611 DOI: 10.1016/0027-5107(76)90200-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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A detailed presentation is made of the experimental data from the various systems used by Abrahamson et al. [2] to conclude that the per locus per rad (low LET) radiation-induced forward mutation rates in organisms, whose DNA content varies by a factor of about 1000, is proportional to genome size. Additional information pertinent in this context is also reviewed. It is emphasized that the mutation rates cited by Abrahamson et al. [2], although considered as pertaining to mutations at specific loci, actually derive from a broad variety of genetic end-points. It is argued that an initial (if not sufficient) condition for sound inter-specific mutation rate comparisions, covering a wide range of organisms and detecting systems of various sensitivities, requires a reasonalbly consistent biological definition of a specific locus mutation, namely, a transmissible intra-locus change. Granting the differences between systems in their resolving power to detect intragenic change, the data cited in this paper do not support the existence of a simple proportionality between radiotion-induced intra-locus mutation rate and genome size for the different species reviewed here. Furthermore, in Drosophila melanogaster, where individual salivary gland chromosome bands (that can differ greatly in DNA content) are usually associated with individual loci or at least distinct complementation groups, radiation-induced intra-locus mutation rates are not correlated with apparent differences in the DNA content of bands. This result is incompatible with the notion that most of the DNA in a band represents a radiation-mutable target capable of eliciting the kind of mutation observed in mutation rate experiments. All these considerations argue against the validity of the hypothesis of Abrahamson et al. [2] and their generalization that, for the evaluation of genetic radiation hazards in man, we can now "extrapolate from mutation rates obtained in lower organisms to man with greater confidence" on the basis of DNA content (italics are ours).
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Travis DM, Stewart KD, Wilson KG. Nuclear and cytoplasmic chloroplast mutants induced by chemical mutagens in Mimulus cardinalis: Genetics and ultrastructure. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 1975; 46:67-77. [PMID: 24419728 DOI: 10.1007/bf00281645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/1974] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The modes of inheritance of chemically induced chlorophyll-deficient phenotypes in Mimulus cardinalis reveal that the chloroplast is controlled by the genome and the plastome. Three of the chlorophyll-deficient mutants in M. cardinalis are inherited through nuclear recessive genes and two are inherited through plastome genes. One chlorophyll-deficient mutant was sterile and could not be analyzed genetically. Ultrastructural analysis of the six mutant types reveals that each possesses a unique defective chloroplast type(s) in comparison to the genotypically and phenotypically normal chloroplasts. Based on plastid ultrastructure it seems reasonable to assume that the mutations, genome and plastome, are non-allelic or at least significantly different forms of the same allele. The isolation of these types of mutants provide suitable material needed to study the effects of specific biochemical blocks and the elucidation of developmental pathways leading to chloroplast biogenesis. The mutants also provide valuable information concerning the interrelationship between the nucleic acid of the genome and the plastome.
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- D M Travis
- Department of Botany, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA
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Ledoux L, Huart R, Jacobs M. DNA-mediated genetic correction of thiamineless Arabidopsis thaliana. Nature 1974; 249:17-21. [PMID: 4833229 DOI: 10.1038/249017a0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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