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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 3790-3813 |
| Number of pages | 24 |
| Journal | The plant cell |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| Early online date | 21 Jul 2022 |
| Publication status | Published - Oct 2022 |
Abstract
Thymidylates are generated by several partially overlapping metabolic pathways in different subcellular locations. This interconnectedness complicates an understanding of how thymidylates are formed in vivo. Analyzing a comprehensive collection of mutants and double mutants on the phenotypic and metabolic level, we report the effect of de novo thymidylate synthesis, salvage of thymidine, and conversion of cytidylates to thymidylates on thymidylate homeostasis during seed germination and seedling establishment in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). During germination, the salvage of thymidine in organelles contributes predominantly to the thymidylate pools and a mutant lacking organellar (mitochondrial and plastidic) thymidine kinase has severely altered deoxyribonucleotide levels, less chloroplast DNA, and chlorotic cotyledons. This phenotype is aggravated when mitochondrial thymidylate de novo synthesis is additionally compromised. We also discovered an organellar deoxyuridine-triphosphate pyrophosphatase and show that its main function is not thymidylate synthesis but probably the removal of noncanonical nucleotide triphosphates. Interestingly, cytosolic thymidylate synthesis can only compensate defective organellar thymidine salvage in seedlings but not during germination. This study provides a comprehensive insight into the nucleotide metabolome of germinating seeds and demonstrates the unique role of enzymes that seem redundant at first glance.
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- Plant Science
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In: The plant cell, Vol. 34, No. 10, 10.2022, p. 3790-3813.
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T1 - The nucleotide metabolome of germinating Arabidopsis thaliana seeds reveals a central role for thymidine phosphorylation in chloroplast development
AU - Niehaus, Markus
AU - Straube, Henryk
AU - Specht, André
AU - Baccolini, Chiara
AU - Witte, Claus Peter
AU - Herde, Marco
N1 - Funding Information: The authors are grateful to Hildegard Thölke and Anastasia Krivenko for technical assistance, Nabila Firdoos for the cloning of the CRISPR level_1 vectors and Jana Streubel for providing the pDIE vector series. This work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungs gemeinschaft (grant no. HE 5949/3-1 to M.H.), (grant no. WI3411/8-1 to C-P.W.), and (grant no. INST 187/741-1 FUGG).
PY - 2022/10
Y1 - 2022/10
N2 - Thymidylates are generated by several partially overlapping metabolic pathways in different subcellular locations. This interconnectedness complicates an understanding of how thymidylates are formed in vivo. Analyzing a comprehensive collection of mutants and double mutants on the phenotypic and metabolic level, we report the effect of de novo thymidylate synthesis, salvage of thymidine, and conversion of cytidylates to thymidylates on thymidylate homeostasis during seed germination and seedling establishment in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). During germination, the salvage of thymidine in organelles contributes predominantly to the thymidylate pools and a mutant lacking organellar (mitochondrial and plastidic) thymidine kinase has severely altered deoxyribonucleotide levels, less chloroplast DNA, and chlorotic cotyledons. This phenotype is aggravated when mitochondrial thymidylate de novo synthesis is additionally compromised. We also discovered an organellar deoxyuridine-triphosphate pyrophosphatase and show that its main function is not thymidylate synthesis but probably the removal of noncanonical nucleotide triphosphates. Interestingly, cytosolic thymidylate synthesis can only compensate defective organellar thymidine salvage in seedlings but not during germination. This study provides a comprehensive insight into the nucleotide metabolome of germinating seeds and demonstrates the unique role of enzymes that seem redundant at first glance.
AB - Thymidylates are generated by several partially overlapping metabolic pathways in different subcellular locations. This interconnectedness complicates an understanding of how thymidylates are formed in vivo. Analyzing a comprehensive collection of mutants and double mutants on the phenotypic and metabolic level, we report the effect of de novo thymidylate synthesis, salvage of thymidine, and conversion of cytidylates to thymidylates on thymidylate homeostasis during seed germination and seedling establishment in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). During germination, the salvage of thymidine in organelles contributes predominantly to the thymidylate pools and a mutant lacking organellar (mitochondrial and plastidic) thymidine kinase has severely altered deoxyribonucleotide levels, less chloroplast DNA, and chlorotic cotyledons. This phenotype is aggravated when mitochondrial thymidylate de novo synthesis is additionally compromised. We also discovered an organellar deoxyuridine-triphosphate pyrophosphatase and show that its main function is not thymidylate synthesis but probably the removal of noncanonical nucleotide triphosphates. Interestingly, cytosolic thymidylate synthesis can only compensate defective organellar thymidine salvage in seedlings but not during germination. This study provides a comprehensive insight into the nucleotide metabolome of germinating seeds and demonstrates the unique role of enzymes that seem redundant at first glance.
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