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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 282, Issue 23, Pages 17002-17013Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M611831200
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- NIGMS NIH HHS [T32-GM08362] Funding Source: Medline
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Squalene epoxidase converts squalene into oxidosqualene, the precursor of all known angiosperm cyclic triterpenoids, which include membrane sterols, brassinosteroid phytohormones, and non-steroidal triterpenoids. In this work, we have identified six putative Arabidopsis squalene epoxidase (SQE) enzymes and used heterologous expression in yeast to demonstrate that three of these enzymes, SQE1, SQE2, and SQE3, can epoxidize squalene. We isolated and characterized Arabidopsis sqe1 mutants and discovered severe developmental defects, including reduced root and hypocotyl elongation. Adult sqe1-3 and sqe1-4 plants have diminished stature and produce inviable seeds. The sqe1-3 mutant accumulates squalene, consistent with a block in the triterpenoid biosynthetic pathway. Therefore, SQE1 function is necessary for normal plant development, and the five SQE-like genes remaining in this mutant are not fully redundant with SQE1.
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