Isolation and characterization of eceriferum (cer) mutants induced by T-DNA insertions in Arabidopsis thaliana

Genome ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 610-618 ◽  
Author(s):  
John P. McNevin ◽  
Wendy Woodward ◽  
Abdelali Hannoufa ◽  
Kenneth A. Feldmann ◽  
Bertrand Lemieux
Keyword(s):  
Arabidopsis Thaliana ◽  
Length Distribution ◽  
Transformation Method ◽  
Epicuticular Wax ◽  
Primary Alcohols ◽  
Chain Length Distribution ◽  
Isolation And Characterization ◽  
Mutant Phenotypes ◽  
Mutant Lines ◽  
Fatty Aldehydes

Thirteen Arabidopsis thaliana mutants with deviating epicuticular wax layers (i.e., cer mutants) were isolated by screening 13 000 transformed lines produced by the seed transformation method. After crossing the 13 mutants to some of the previously known cer mutant lines, 12 of our mutants mapped to 6 of the 21 known complementation groups (cer1 through cer4 as well as cer6 and cer10), while the other mutant corresponded to a previously unknown locus, cer21. Mutant phenotypes of 6 of the 13 mutant lines were caused by T-DNA insertions within cer genes. We also analyzed the chemical composition of the epicuticular wax layers of the cer mutants isolated in this study relative to that of Arabidopsis wild-type plants. Our results suggest that the five genes we tagged regulate different steps in wax biosynthesis, i.e., the decarbonylation of fatty aldehydes to alkanes, the elongation of hexacosanoic acid to octacosanoic acid, the reduction of fatty aldehydes to primary alcohols and the production of free aldehydes, while an insertion in the fifth gene causes an alteration in the chain length distribution of the different classes of wax compounds.Key words: epicuticular wax, glossy mutants, gas chromotography – mass spectroscopy.

scholarly journals PII1: a protein involved in starch initiation that determines granule number and size in Arabidopsis chloroplast

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Camille Vandromme ◽  
Corentin Spriet ◽  
David Dauvillée ◽  
Adeline Courseaux ◽  
Jean-Luc Putaux ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Arabidopsis Thaliana ◽  
Growth Rates ◽  
Starch Granule ◽  
Length Distribution ◽  
Soluble Starch ◽  
Starch Granules ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Granule Formation ◽  
Chain Length Distribution ◽  
Priming Process

AbstractThe initiation of starch granule formation is still poorly understood. However, soluble starch synthase 4 (SS4) appears to be a major component of this process since it is required to synthetize the correct number of starch granules in the chloroplasts of Arabidopsis thaliana plants. A yeast-2-hybrid screen allowed the identification of several putative SS4 interacting partners. We identified the product of At4g32190 locus as a chloroplast-targeted PROTEIN INVOLVED IN STARCH INITIATION (named PII1). Arabidopsis mutants devoid of PII1 display an alteration of starch initiation process and accumulate, on average, one starch granule per plastid instead of the 5 to 7 granules found in plastids of wild-type plants. These granules are larger than in wild type and they remain flat and lenticular. pii1 mutants display wild-type growth rates and accumulate standard starch amounts. Moreover, starch characteristics, such as amylopectin chain length distribution, remain unchanged. Our results reveal the involvement of PII1 in starch priming process in Arabidopsis leaves through interaction with SS4.

Direct Observation of Chain Lengths and Conformations in Oligofluorene Distributions from Controlled Polymerization by Double Electron-Electron Resonance

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis Bücker ◽  
Annika Sickinger ◽  
Julian D. Ruiz Perez ◽  
Manuel Oestringer ◽  
Stefan Mecking ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chain Length ◽  
Length Distribution ◽  
Catalyst System ◽  
Chain Conformation ◽  
Controlled Polymerization ◽  
Chain Length Distribution ◽  
Electron Resonance ◽  
Double Electron ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Double Electron Electron Resonance

Synthetic polymers are mixtures of different length chains, and their chain length and chain conformation is often experimentally characterized by ensemble averages. We demonstrate that Double-Electron-Electron-Resonance (DEER) spectroscopy can reveal the chain length distribution, and chain conformation and flexibility of the individual n-mers in oligo-(9,9-dioctylfluorene) from controlled Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling Polymerization (cSMCP). The required spin-labeled chain ends were introduced efficiently via a TEMPO-substituted initiator and chain terminating agent, respectively, with an in situ catalyst system. Individual precise chain length oligomers as reference materials were obtained by a stepwise approach. Chain length distribution, chain conformation and flexibility can also be accessed within poly(fluorene) nanoparticles.

scholarly journals Seed Gamma Irradiation of Arabidopsis thaliana ABA-Mutant Lines Alters Germination and Does Not Inhibit the Photosynthetic Efficiency of Juvenile Plants

Dose-Response ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 155932582097924
Author(s):  
Darya Babina ◽  
Marina Podobed ◽  
Ekaterina Bondarenko ◽  
Elizaveta Kazakova ◽  
Sofia Bitarishvili ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Arabidopsis Thaliana ◽  
Growth Response ◽  
Dose Range ◽  
Fine Tuning ◽  
Plant Tolerance ◽  
Inhibitory Effects ◽  
Γ Irradiation ◽  
Photosynthetic Responses ◽  
Mutant Lines

Plant growth response to γ-irradiation includes stimulating or inhibitory effects depending on plant species, dose applied, stage of ontogeny and other factors. Previous studies showed that responses to irradiation could depend on ABA accumulation and signaling. To elucidate the role of ABA in growth and photosynthetic responses to irradiation, lines Col-8, abi3-8 and aba3 -1 of Arabidopsis thaliana were used. Seeds were γ-irradiated using 60Co in the dose range 50-150 Gy. It was revealed that the dose of 150 Gy affected germination parameters of aba3 -1 and Col-8 lines, while abi3-8 line was the most resistant to the studied doses and even showed faster germination at early hours after γ-irradiation at 50 Gy. These results suggest that susceptibility to ABA is probably more important for growth response to γ-irradiation than ABA synthesis. The photosynthetic functioning of 16-day-old plants mainly was not disturbed by γ-irradiation of seeds, and no indication of photosystem II photoinhibition was noticed, revealing the robustness of the photosynthetic system of A. thaliana. Glutathione peroxidase activity and ABA concentrations in plant tissues were not affected in the studied dose range. These results contribute to the understanding of germination and photosynthesis fine-tuning and of mechanisms of plant tolerance to ionizing radiation.

scholarly journals Mutants in Arabidopsis thaliana Altered in Epicuticular Wax and Leaf Morphology

1996 ◽  
Vol 110 (2) ◽  
pp. 377-385 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. A. Jenks ◽  
A. M. Rashotte ◽  
H. A. Tuttle ◽  
K. A. Feldmann
Keyword(s):  
Arabidopsis Thaliana ◽  
Leaf Morphology ◽  
Epicuticular Wax

Natural variation in rice starch synthase IIa affects enzyme and starch properties

2004 ◽  
Vol 31 (7) ◽  
pp. 671 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takayuki Umemoto ◽  
Noriaki Aoki ◽  
Hongxuan Lin ◽  
Yasunori Nakamura ◽  
Naoyoshi Inouchi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Natural Variation ◽  
Oryza Sativa L ◽  
Length Distribution ◽  
Starch Synthase ◽  
Rice Starch ◽  
Nucleotide Polymorphisms ◽  
Cultivated Rice ◽  
Chain Length Distribution ◽  
Starch Properties

The natural variation in starch synthase IIa (SSIIa) of rice (Oryza sativa L.) was characterised using near-isogenic lines (NILs). SSIIa is a candidate for the alk gene regulating the alkali disintegration of rice grains, since both genes are genetically mapped at the same position on chromosome 6 and related to starch properties. In this study, we report that the alkali-susceptible cultivar Nipponbare lacked SSIIa activity in endosperm. However, the activity was detected with NILs having the alk allele of alkali-tolerant Kasalath. SSIIa protein was present even in Nipponbare endosperm, but it was not associated with starch granules at the milky stage of endosperm. Three single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) predicting amino acid substitutions existed between the cDNA sequences of SSIIa of Nipponbare and Kasalath were genotyped with 65 rice cultivars and four wild relatives of cultivated rice. The results obtained explain the potential importance of two of the amino acid residues for starch association of rice SSIIa. An analysis of the chain-length distribution of β-limit dextrin of amylopectin showed that without SSIIa activity, the relative number of A-chains (the short chains without branches) increased and that of B1-chains (the short chains with branches) decreased. This suggests that, given the SSIIa defect, short A-chains could not reach a sufficient length for branching enzymes to act on them to produce B1-chains.

Production of hydroxy fatty acids in the seeds of Arabidopsis thaliana

2000 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 947-950 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Smith ◽  
H. Moon ◽  
L. Kunst
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Arabidopsis Thaliana ◽  
Seed Oil ◽  
Desaturase Activity ◽  
Hydroxy Fatty Acids ◽  
Specific Expression ◽  
Oleate Desaturase ◽  
Arabidopsis Mutant ◽  
Mutant Lines ◽  
Seed Specific Expression

Seed-specific expression in Arabidopsis thaliana of oleate hydroxylase enzymes from castor bean and Lesquerella fendleri resulted in the accumulation of hydroxy fatty acids in the seed oil. By using various Arabidopsis mutant lines it was shown that the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) n–-3 desaturase (FAD3) and the FAE1 condensing enzyme are involved in the synthesis of polyunsaturated and very-long-chain hydroxy fatty acids, respectively. In Arabidopsis plants with an active ER Δ12-oleate desaturase the presence of hydroxy fatty acids corresponded to an increase in the levels of 18:1 and a decrease in 18:2 levels. Expression in yeast indicates that the castor hydroxylase also has a low level of desaturase activity.

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