Journal
METABOLOMICS
Volume 4, Issue 4, Pages 312-327Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11306-008-0128-0
Keywords
Pea leaf metabolome; Drought-stress; NMR spectroscopy
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- Defra, United Kingdom [AR0105, AR0711]
- European Union [FOOD-CT-2004-506223]
- BBSRC [BBS/E/J/000CA329] Funding Source: UKRI
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BBS/E/J/000CA329] Funding Source: researchfish
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While many compounds have been reported to change in laboratory based drought-stress experiments, little is known about how such compounds change, and are significant, under field conditions. The Pisum sativum L. (pea) leaf metabolome has been profiled, using 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopy, to monitor the changes induced by drought-stress, under both glasshouse and simulated field conditions. Significant changes in resonances were attributed to a range of compounds, identified as both primary and secondary metabolites, highlighting metabolic pathways that are stress-responsive. Importantly, these effects were largely consistent among different experiments with highly diverse conditions. The metabolites that were present at significantly higher concentrations in drought-stressed plants under all growth conditions included proline, valine, threonine, homoserine, myoinositol, gamma-aminobutyrate (GABA) and trigonelline (nicotinic acid betaine). Metabolites that were altered in relative amounts in different experiments, but not specifically associated with drought-stress, were also identified. These included glutamate, asparagine and malate, with the last being present at up to 5-fold higher concentrations in plants grown in field experiments. Such changes may be expected to impact both on plant performance and crop end-use.
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