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GrainGenes Reference Report: TPJ-35-512

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Reference	TPJ-35-512
Title	Metabolic control of the tetrapyrrole biosynthetic pathway for porphyrin distribution in the barley mutant albostrians
Journal	Plant Journal
Year	2003
Volume	35
Pages	512-522
Author	Yaronskaya E [ Show all 6 ]
Abstract	Summary: The barley line albostrians exhibits a severe block in chloroplast development as a result of a mutationally induced lack of plastid ribosomes. White leaves of this mutant contain undifferentiated plastids, possess only traces of chlorophyll (Chl), and are photosynthetically inactive. Chl deficiency, combined with a continuous heme requirement, should lead to drastic changes in the tetrapyrrole metabolism in white versus green leaves. We analyzed the extent to which the synthesis rate of the pathway and the porphyrin distribution toward the Chl- and heme-synthesizing bifurcation is altered in the white tissue of albostrians. Expression and activity of several distinctively regulated enzymes, such as glutamyl-tRNA(glu) reductase, glutamate 1-semialdehyde aminotransferase, Mg- and Fe-chelatase, and Chl synthetase, were altered in white mutant leaves in comparison to control leaves. A drastic loss in the rate-limiting formation of 5-aminolevulinate and in the Mg-chelatase and Mg-protoporphyrin IX methyltransferase activity, as well as an increase in Fe-chelatase activity, accounts for a decrease in the metabolic flux and the re-direction of metabolites. It is proposed that the tightly balanced control of activities in the pathway functions by different metabolic feedback loops and in response to developmental state and physiological requirements. This data supports the idea that the initial steps of Mg-porphyrin synthesis contribute to plastid-derived signaling toward the nucleus. The barley mutant albostrians proved to be a valuable system for studying regulation of tetrapyrrole biosynthesis and their involvement in the bi-directional communication between plastids and nucleus
Keyword	[ Hide all but 1 of 33 ] barley biosynthesis biosynthetic-pathway chlorophyll chloroplast chloroplast development communication control deficiency grain crops heme hordeum vulgare involvement metabolism metabolites methyltransferase mg-protoporphyrin nucleus pathway plant pigments plant proteins plastid plastids porphyrins pyrroles reductase regulation ribosome ribosomes step synthetase tetrapyrrole biosynthesis tissue

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