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Lipid transfer from plants to arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi

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ELIFE
Volume 6, Issue -, Pages -

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eLIFE SCIENCES PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.29107.001

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  1. Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [SFB924 B03, PA493/7-1, GRK 2064 Do520/15-1]
  2. Hans Fischer Gesellschaft e. V.
  3. Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
  4. BBSRC [BB/F010591/1] Funding Source: UKRI

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Arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) symbioses contribute to global carbon cycles as plant hosts divert up to 20% of photosynthate to the obligate biotrophic fungi. Previous studies suggested carbohydrates as the only form of carbon transferred to the fungi. However, de novo fatty acid (FA) synthesis has not been observed in AM fungi in absence of the plant. In a forward genetic approach, we identified two Lotus japonicus mutants defective in AM-specific paralogs of lipid biosynthesis genes (KASI and GPAT6). These mutants perturb fungal development and accumulation of emblematic fungal 16:1 omega 5 FAs. Using isotopolog profiling we demonstrate that C-13 patterns of fungal FAs recapitulate those of wild-type hosts, indicating cross-kingdom lipid transfer from plants to fungi. This transfer of labelled FAs was not observed for the AM-specific lipid biosynthesis mutants. Thus, growth and development of beneficial AM fungi is not only fueled by sugars but depends on lipid transfer from plant hosts.

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