Pathway for the synthesis of triacylglycerols from monogalactosyldiacylglycerols in ozone-fumigated spinach leaves. [Spinacia oleracea L]
- National Institute for Environmental Studies, Ibaraki (Japan) Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
When the upper leaf surface of spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) plants was treated with (1-{sup 14}C)acetate and grown for 2 days, {sup 14}C was effectively incorporated into acyl moieties of leaf lipids in ratios approximately their composition by mass. Fumigation of the plants with ozone (0.5 microliter per liter) caused a redistribution of {sup 14}C among lipid classes, i.e. a marked increase of {sup 14}C content in triacylglycerol (TG) and 1,2-diacylglycerol (1,2-DG) and a decrease of label in monogalactosyldiacylglycerol (MGDG) without affecting {sup 14}C distribution in leaf fatty acids. Label in both TG and 1,2-DG was found predominantly in their polyene molecular species. Since MGDG consists of similar polyene molecular species, the results indicate the synthesis of TG from MGDG via 1,2-DG. Label was also accumulated in tri- and tetragalactosyldiacylglycerol, products of galactolipid:galactolipid galactosyltransferase (GGGT). Moreover, there was a close relation between increases in the amounts of TG and the oligogalactolipids in ozone-treated leaves. These results indicate that MGDG was converted to 1,2-DG by GGGT and then to TG. In intact chloroplasts isolated from ozone-treated leaves, there was an enhanced production of free fatty acid (FFA), which was diminished by the addition of coenzyme A (CoA) and ATP, indicating that ozone stimulated the hydrolysis of MGDG to liberate FFA, which was in turn converted to acyl-CoA. The final step of TG synthesis, acylation of 1,2-DG with acyl-CoA, was confirmed by feeding with (1-{sup 14}C)linolenic acid in leaf discs excised from ozone-fumigated leaves; {sup 14}C was effectively incorporated into TG but not into 1,2-DG.
- OSTI ID:
- 5921939
- Journal Information:
- Plant Physiology; (USA), Journal Name: Plant Physiology; (USA) Vol. 94:2; ISSN 0032-0889; ISSN PLPHA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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