Abstract
There are two independent pathways, the cytosolic mevalonate (MVA) pathway and the plastid nonmevalonate (nonMVA) pathway, to synthesize isopentenyl diphosphate and dimethylallyl diphosphate in plants. Carotenoids and the phytyl side chain of chlorophylls are isoprenoids derived from the plastid nonMVA pathway. All enzymes involved in the nonMVA pathway have been identified in Escherichia coli. The E. coli IspF protein catalyzes a unique cyclization reaction to convert 4-diphosphocytidyl-2-C-methyl-D-erythritol 2-phosphate into 2-C-methyl-D-erythritol 2,4-cyclodiphosphate in the nonMVA pathway. We have characterized an Arabidopsis T-DNA insertion mutant, ispF-1, which has a null mutation in the IspF gene. Homozygous ispF-1 mutants are albino lethal and the IspF transcripts are undetectable in these plants. Moreover, the ispF-1 mutant chloroplasts are filled with vesicles instead of thylakoids. Amino acid sequence alignment reveals that the IspF proteins are highly conserved between plants and bacteria. Interestingly, expression of the Arabidopsis IspF protein can rescue the lethal phenotype of an E. coli ispF mutant. These results indicate that the Arabidopsis IspF may share similar enzymatic mechanisms with the E. coli protein.
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Abbreviations
- MVA:
-
Mevalonate
- nonMVA:
-
Nonmevalonate
- IPP:
-
Isopentenyl diphosphate
- DMAPP:
-
Dimethylallyl diphosphate
- DXP:
-
1-Deoxy-d-xylulose-5-phosphate
- DXS:
-
DXP synthase
- DXR (IspC):
-
DXP reductoisomerase
- MEP:
-
2-C-Methyl-D-erythritol 4-phosphate
- CDP-ME:
-
4-Diphosphocytidyl-2-C-methyl-D-erythritol
- CMS (IspD):
-
CDP-ME synthase
- CMK (IspE):
-
CDP-ME kinase
- CDP-MEP:
-
4-Diphosphocytidyl-2-C-methyl-D-erythritol 2-phosphate
- ME-cPP:
-
2-C-Methyl-D-erythritol 2,4-cyclodiphosphate
- MCS (IspF):
-
ME-cPP synthase
- HMBPP:
-
1-Hydroxy-2-methyl-2-(E)-butenyl 4-diphosphate
- HDS (IspG):
-
HMBPP synthase
- HDR (IspH):
-
HMBPP reductase
- MS medium:
-
Murashige and Skoog medium
- DIG:
-
Digoxigenin
- IPTG:
-
Isopropyl-β-D-thiogalactopyranoside
- GGPP:
-
Geranylgeranyl diphosphate
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We thank Dr. E. Brown for the E. coli ispF mutant strain and the Arabidopsis Biological Resource Center for providing the ispF-1 mutant seeds.
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Hsieh, MH., Goodman, H.M. Functional evidence for the involvement of Arabidopsis IspF homolog in the nonmevalonate pathway of plastid isoprenoid biosynthesis. Planta 223, 779–784 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-005-0140-9
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