Journal
MOLECULAR PLANT
Volume 8, Issue 11, Pages 1599-1611Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2015.06.004
Keywords
Arabidopsis thaliana; glycerolipid; fatty acid; FAD7; FAD8; plastid
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- Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO) [AGL2011-23574, AGL2011-24442, AGL2014-55300-R]
- Aragon Government [E33]
- JAE-Pre (CSIC)
- FPI (MINECO) Programs
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Plastidial omega-3 desaturase FAD7 is a major contributor to trienoic fatty acid biosynthesis in the leaves of Arabidopsis plants. However, the precise contribution of the other plastidial omega-3 desaturase, FAD8, is poorly understood. Fatty acid and lipid analysis of several omega-3 desaturase mutants, including two insertion lines of AtFAD7 and AtFAD8, showed that FAD8 partially compensated the disruption of the AtFAD7 gene at 22 degrees C, indicating that FAD8 was active at this growth temperature, contrasting to previous observations that circumscribed the FAD8 activity at low temperatures. Our data revealed that FAD8 had a higher selectivity for 18:2 acyl-lipid substrates and a higher preference for lipids other than galactolipids, particularly phosphatidylglycerol, at any of the temperatures studied. Differences in the mechanism controlling AtFAD7 and AtFAD8 gene expression at different temperatures were also detected. Confocal microscopy and biochemical analysis of FAD8-YFP over-expressing lines confirmed the chloroplast envelope localization of FAD8. Co-localization experiments suggested that FAD8 and FAD7 might be located in close vicinity in the envelope membrane. FAD8-YFP over-expressing lines showed a specific increase in 18:3 fatty acids at 22 degrees C. Together, these results indicate that the function of both plastidial omega-3 desaturases is coordinated in a non-redundant manner.
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