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Identification and characterisation of suppressor mutants complementing a photorespiratory defect in the Arabidopsis mutant er-ant1

  • More than ten years ago, ER-ANT1 was shown to act as an ATP/ADP antiporter and to exist in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) of higher plants. Because structurally different transporters generally mediate energy provision to the ER, the physiological function of ER-ANT1 was not directly evident. Interestingly, mutant plants lacking ER-ANT1 exhibit a photorespiratory phenotype. Although many research efforts were undertaken, the possible connection between the transporter and photorespiration also remained elusive. Here, a forward genetic approach was used to decipher the role of ER-ANT1 in the plant context and its association to photorespiration. This strategy identified that additional absence of a putative HAD-type phosphatase partially restored the photorespiratory phenotype. Localisation studies revealed that the corresponding protein is targeted to the chloroplast. Moreover, biochemical analyses demonstrate that the HAD-type phosphatase is specific for pyridoxal phosphate. These observations, together with transcriptional and metabolic data of corresponding single (ER-ANT1) and double (ER-ANT1, phosphatase) loss-of-function mutant plants revealed an unexpected connection of ER-ANT1 to vitamin B6 metabolism. Finally, a scenario is proposed, which explains how ER-ANT1 may influence B6 vitamer phosphorylation, by this affects photorespiration and causes several other physiological alterations observed in the corresponding loss-of-function mutant plants.
Metadaten
Author:Jacqueline Sabrina Altensell
URN:urn:nbn:de:hbz:386-kluedo-58803
Advisor:Ekkehard Neuhaus
Document Type:Doctoral Thesis
Language of publication:English
Date of Publication (online):2020/02/03
Year of first Publication:2020
Publishing Institution:Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
Granting Institution:Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
Acceptance Date of the Thesis:2019/07/26
Date of the Publication (Server):2020/02/04
Page Number:IV, 119
Faculties / Organisational entities:Kaiserslautern - Fachbereich Biologie
DDC-Cassification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 570 Biowissenschaften, Biologie
Licence (German):Creative Commons 4.0 - Namensnennung (CC BY 4.0)