Interaction of sulfur and nitrogen metabolism: significance of different serine sources for cysteine biosynthesis
Final Report Abstract
Taken together, our data support the hypothesis that in leaves of the C3 plant species Arabidopsis thaliana the photorespiratory pathway indeed represents the predominant source of Ser for Cys biosynthesis, with some possible minor contribution of plastidial SHMT when the activity of glycine decarboxylase is impaired, as in the bou-2 mutant. The phosphorylated pathway plays a rather minor role in leaves. Even under enhanced demand for reduced sulfur, such as Cd treatment, the contribution of the phosphorylated pathway was rather minor. We could however not exclude the root as a source of Ser via long-distance transport by the phloem in lines with impaired GDC activity. Both, altered GDC and PSP activity were associated with rather complex changes of the transcriptome, indicating altered regulation of C and N metabolism, which also affects sulfur metabolism. Further dissection of these interactions would require inducible repression of BOU and/or PSP, followed by a time-series analysis of transcriptomic and metabolomic changes.
Publications
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