Arabidopsis ECERIFERUM2 Is a Component of the Fatty Acid Elongation Machinery Required for Fatty Acid Extension to Exceptional Lengths

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作者
Haslam, Tegan M. [1 ]
Manas-Fernandez, Aurora [1 ]
Zhao, Lifang [1 ]
Kunst, Ljerka [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ British Columbia, Dept Bot, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
基金
加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;
关键词
CONDENSING ENZYME; PROTEIN EVOLUTION; VINORINE SYNTHASE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; CUTIN POLYESTER; CER MUTANTS; GENE; THALIANA; EXPRESSION; BAHD;
D O I
10.1104/pp.112.201640
中图分类号
Q94 [植物学];
学科分类号
071001 ;
摘要
Primary aerial surfaces of land plants are coated by a lipidic cuticle, which forms a barrier against transpirational water loss and protects the plant from diverse stresses. Four enzymes of a fatty acid elongase complex are required for the synthesis of very-long-chain fatty acid (VLCFA) precursors of cuticular waxes. Fatty acid elongase substrate specificity is determined by a condensing enzyme that catalyzes the first reaction carried out by the complex. In Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), characterized condensing enzymes involved in wax synthesis can only elongate VLCFAs up to 28 carbons (C28) in length, despite the predominance of C29 to C31 monomers in Arabidopsis stem wax. This suggests additional proteins are required for elongation beyond C28. The wax-deficient mutant eceriferum2 (cer2) lacks waxes longer than C28, implying that CER2, a putative BAHD acyltransferase, is required for C28 elongation. Here, we characterize the cer2 mutant and demonstrate that green fluorescent protein-tagged CER2 localizes to the endoplasmic reticulum, the site of VLCFA biosynthesis. We use site-directed mutagenesis to show that the classification of CER2 as a BAHD acyltransferase based on sequence homology does not fit with CER2 catalytic activity. Finally, we provide evidence for the function of CER2 in C28 elongation by an assay in yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae).
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页码:1164 / 1174
页数:11
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