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Disruption of plE2, the gene for the E2 subunit of the plastid pyruvate dehydrogenase complex, in Arabidopsis causes an early embryo lethal phenotype

Disruption of plE2, the gene for the E2 subunit of the plastid pyruvate dehydrogenase complex, in... The pyruvate dehydrogenase multi-enzyme complex is the main source of acetyl-CoA formation in the plastids of plants and is composed of multiple copies of four different subunits, E1α, E1β, E2, and E3. A T-DNA insertion into the gene for the plastidic E2 (dihydrolipoyl acetyltransferase) subunit, plE2, of the complex in Arabidopsis destroys the expression of that gene. The resulting mutation has no apparent phenotype in the heterozygous state, but the homozygous mutation is lethal. Haploid sperm and eggs that contain only the disrupted plE2 gene function normally resulting in the formation of an embryo that is homozygous for the mutation. This embryo only develops to an early stage before the development arrests resulting in an early embryo-lethal phenotype. While the mutation could not be complemented with the cDNA for the plE2 gene under control of the 35S, the AtSERK1, or the napin promoter, it could be complemented using the endogenous plE2 promoter to drive expression of the plE2 cDNA. This verifies the essential nature of the plastidic pyruvate dehydrogenase complex and its role in embryo formation. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Plant Molecular Biology Springer Journals

Disruption of plE2, the gene for the E2 subunit of the plastid pyruvate dehydrogenase complex, in Arabidopsis causes an early embryo lethal phenotype

Plant Molecular Biology , Volume 52 (4) – Oct 7, 2004

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2003 by Kluwer Academic Publishers
Subject
Life Sciences; Biochemistry, general; Plant Sciences; Plant Pathology
ISSN
0167-4412
eISSN
1573-5028
DOI
10.1023/A:1025076805902
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Abstract

The pyruvate dehydrogenase multi-enzyme complex is the main source of acetyl-CoA formation in the plastids of plants and is composed of multiple copies of four different subunits, E1α, E1β, E2, and E3. A T-DNA insertion into the gene for the plastidic E2 (dihydrolipoyl acetyltransferase) subunit, plE2, of the complex in Arabidopsis destroys the expression of that gene. The resulting mutation has no apparent phenotype in the heterozygous state, but the homozygous mutation is lethal. Haploid sperm and eggs that contain only the disrupted plE2 gene function normally resulting in the formation of an embryo that is homozygous for the mutation. This embryo only develops to an early stage before the development arrests resulting in an early embryo-lethal phenotype. While the mutation could not be complemented with the cDNA for the plE2 gene under control of the 35S, the AtSERK1, or the napin promoter, it could be complemented using the endogenous plE2 promoter to drive expression of the plE2 cDNA. This verifies the essential nature of the plastidic pyruvate dehydrogenase complex and its role in embryo formation.

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Plant Molecular BiologySpringer Journals

Published: Oct 7, 2004

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