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Title: Defective Pollen Wall 2 ( DPW2 ) Encodes an Acyl Transferase Required for Rice Pollen Development

Abstract

Aliphatic and aromatic lipids are both essential structural components of the plant cuticle, an important interface between the plant and environment. Although cross links between aromatic and aliphatic or other moieties are known to be associated with the formation of leaf cutin and root and seed suberin, the contribution of aromatic lipids to the biosynthesis of anther cuticles and pollen walls remains elusive. In this study, we characterized the rice (Oryza sativa) male sterile mutant, defective pollen wall 2 (dpw2), which showed an abnormal anther cuticle, a defective pollen wall, and complete male sterility. Compared with the wild type, dpw2 anthers have increased amounts of cutin and waxes and decreased levels of lipidic and phenolic compounds. DPW2 encodes a cytoplasmically localized BAHD acyltransferase. In vitro assays demonstrated that recombinant DPW2 specifically transfers hydroxycinnamic acid moieties, using v-hydroxy fatty acids as acyl acceptors and hydroxycinnamoyl-CoAs as acyl donors. Thus, The cytoplasmic hydroxycinnamoyl-CoA:v-hydroxy fatty acid transferase DPW2 plays a fundamental role in male reproduction via the biosynthesis of key components of the anther cuticle and pollen wall.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [1];  [2];  [1]; ORCiD logo [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [3];  [4]; ORCiD logo [4]; ORCiD logo [2]; ORCiD logo [5]; ORCiD logo [6]; ORCiD logo [7]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ. (China). Joint International Research Lab. of Metabolic and Developmental Sciences
  2. Univ. of Melbourne (Australia). ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Cell Walls; Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Joint BioEnergy Inst. and Biological Systems and Engineering Division
  3. Kyung Hee Univ., Yongin (Korea). Crop Biotech Inst.
  4. Univ. of Bonn (Germany). Inst. of Cellular and Molecular Botany
  5. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Joint BioEnergy Inst. and Biological Systems and Engineering Division; Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Plant and Microbial Biology
  6. Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States). Dept. of Energy Plant Research Lab.
  7. Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ. (China). Joint International Research Lab. of Metabolic and Developmental Sciences; Univ. of Adelaide, SA (Australia). School of Agriculture, Food and Wine
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
OSTI Identifier:
1393111
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Plant Physiology (Bethesda)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Plant Physiology (Bethesda); Journal Volume: 173; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 0032-0889
Publisher:
American Society of Plant Biologists
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES; 59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Citation Formats

Xu, Dawei, Shi, Jianxin, Rautengarten, Carsten, Yang, Li, Qian, Xiaoling, Uzair, Muhammad, Zhu, Lu, Luo, Qian, An, Gynheung, Waßmann, Fritz, Schreiber, Lukas, Heazlewood, Joshua L., Scheller, Henrik Vibe, Hu, Jianping, Zhang, Dabing, and Liang, Wanqi. Defective Pollen Wall 2 ( DPW2 ) Encodes an Acyl Transferase Required for Rice Pollen Development. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1104/pp.16.00095.
Xu, Dawei, Shi, Jianxin, Rautengarten, Carsten, Yang, Li, Qian, Xiaoling, Uzair, Muhammad, Zhu, Lu, Luo, Qian, An, Gynheung, Waßmann, Fritz, Schreiber, Lukas, Heazlewood, Joshua L., Scheller, Henrik Vibe, Hu, Jianping, Zhang, Dabing, & Liang, Wanqi. Defective Pollen Wall 2 ( DPW2 ) Encodes an Acyl Transferase Required for Rice Pollen Development. United States. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.16.00095
Xu, Dawei, Shi, Jianxin, Rautengarten, Carsten, Yang, Li, Qian, Xiaoling, Uzair, Muhammad, Zhu, Lu, Luo, Qian, An, Gynheung, Waßmann, Fritz, Schreiber, Lukas, Heazlewood, Joshua L., Scheller, Henrik Vibe, Hu, Jianping, Zhang, Dabing, and Liang, Wanqi. Tue . "Defective Pollen Wall 2 ( DPW2 ) Encodes an Acyl Transferase Required for Rice Pollen Development". United States. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.16.00095. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1393111.
@article{osti_1393111,
title = {Defective Pollen Wall 2 ( DPW2 ) Encodes an Acyl Transferase Required for Rice Pollen Development},
author = {Xu, Dawei and Shi, Jianxin and Rautengarten, Carsten and Yang, Li and Qian, Xiaoling and Uzair, Muhammad and Zhu, Lu and Luo, Qian and An, Gynheung and Waßmann, Fritz and Schreiber, Lukas and Heazlewood, Joshua L. and Scheller, Henrik Vibe and Hu, Jianping and Zhang, Dabing and Liang, Wanqi},
abstractNote = {Aliphatic and aromatic lipids are both essential structural components of the plant cuticle, an important interface between the plant and environment. Although cross links between aromatic and aliphatic or other moieties are known to be associated with the formation of leaf cutin and root and seed suberin, the contribution of aromatic lipids to the biosynthesis of anther cuticles and pollen walls remains elusive. In this study, we characterized the rice (Oryza sativa) male sterile mutant, defective pollen wall 2 (dpw2), which showed an abnormal anther cuticle, a defective pollen wall, and complete male sterility. Compared with the wild type, dpw2 anthers have increased amounts of cutin and waxes and decreased levels of lipidic and phenolic compounds. DPW2 encodes a cytoplasmically localized BAHD acyltransferase. In vitro assays demonstrated that recombinant DPW2 specifically transfers hydroxycinnamic acid moieties, using v-hydroxy fatty acids as acyl acceptors and hydroxycinnamoyl-CoAs as acyl donors. Thus, The cytoplasmic hydroxycinnamoyl-CoA:v-hydroxy fatty acid transferase DPW2 plays a fundamental role in male reproduction via the biosynthesis of key components of the anther cuticle and pollen wall.},
doi = {10.1104/pp.16.00095},
journal = {Plant Physiology (Bethesda)},
number = 1,
volume = 173,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue May 31 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Tue May 31 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}

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