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Title: Coordinate Regulation of Metabolite Glycosylation and Stress Hormone Biosynthesis by TT8 in Arabidopsis
Authors: Rai, Amit
Umashankar, Shivshankar
Rai, Megha
Lim, Boon Kiat
Aow, Johanan Shao Bing
Swarup, Sanjay
Keywords: Glycosylation
TRANSPARENT TESTA8
Issue Date: 2016
Source: Rai, A., Umashankar, S., Rai, M., Lim, B. K., Aow, J. S. B., & Swarup, S. Coordinate Coordinate Regulation of Metabolite Glycosylation and Stress Hormone Biosynthesis by TT8 in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology, 171, 2499-2515.
Series/Report no.: Plant Physiology
Abstract: Secondary metabolites play a key role in coordinating ecology and defense strategies of plants. Diversity of these metabolites arises by conjugation of core structures with diverse chemical moieties, such as sugars in glycosylation. Active pools of phytohormones, including those involved in plant stress response, are also regulated by glycosylation. While much is known about the enzymes involved in glycosylation, we know little about their regulation or coordination with other processes. We characterized the flavonoid pathway transcription factor TRANSPARENT TESTA8 (TT8) in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) using an integrative omics strategy. This approach provides a systems-level understanding of the cellular machinery that is used to generate metabolite diversity by glycosylation. Metabolomics analysis of TT8 loss-of-function and inducible overexpression lines showed that TT8 coordinates glycosylation of not only flavonoids, but also nucleotides, thus implicating TT8 in regulating pools of activated nucleotide sugars. Transcriptome and promoter network analyses revealed that the TT8 regulome included sugar transporters, proteins involved in sugar binding and sequestration, and a number of carbohydrate-active enzymes. Importantly, TT8 affects stress response, along with brassinosteroid and jasmonic acid biosynthesis, by directly binding to the promoters of key genes of these processes. This combined effect on metabolite glycosylation and stress hormones by TT8 inducible overexpression led to significant increase in tolerance toward multiple abiotic and biotic stresses. Conversely, loss of TT8 leads to increased sensitivity to these stresses. Thus, the transcription factor TT8 is an integrator of secondary metabolism and stress response. These findings provide novel approaches to improve broad-spectrum stress tolerance.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/86610
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/44154
ISSN: 0032-0889
DOI: 10.1104/pp.16.00421
Organisations: Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering
Rights: © 2016 American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB). This paper was published in Plant Physiology and is made available as an electronic reprint (preprint) with permission of American Society of Plant Biologists. The published version is available at: [http://dx.doi.org/10.1104/pp.16.00421]. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic or multiple reproduction, distribution to multiple locations via electronic or other means, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modification of the content of the paper is prohibited and is subject to penalties under law.
Fulltext Permission: open
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