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ArticlePlant, cell & environment2015

Acclimation of metabolism to light in Arabidopsis thaliana: the glucose 6-phosphate/phosphate translocator GPT2 directs metabolic acclimation.

Beth C Dyson, J William Allwood, Regina Feil, Yun Xu, Matthew Miller, Caroline G Bowsher, Royston Goodacre, John E Lunn, Giles N Johnson

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Article in Plant, cell & environment, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers.

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47 citing papers in PubMed, 87 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Beth C DysonFaculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK.
J William AllwoodSchool of Chemistry and Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, University of Manchester, Manchester, M1 7DN, UK.
Regina FeilMax Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, 14476, Potsdam-Golm, Germany.
Yun XuSchool of Chemistry and Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, University of Manchester, Manchester, M1 7DN, UK.
Matthew MillerFaculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK.
Caroline G BowsherFaculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK.
Royston GoodacreSchool of Chemistry and Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, University of Manchester, Manchester, M1 7DN, UK.
John E LunnMax Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, 14476, Potsdam-Golm, Germany.
Giles N JohnsonFaculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK.
University of Manchester · GBMax Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology · DE

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/J004103/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mature leaves of plants transferred from low to high light typically increase their photosynthetic capacity. In Arabidopsis thaliana, this dynamic acclimation requires expression of GPT2, a glucose 6-phosphate/phosphate translocator. Here, we examine the impact of GPT2 on leaf metabolism and photosynthesis. Plants of wild type and of a GPT2 knockout (gpt2.2) grown under low light achieved the same photosynthetic rate despite having different metabolic and transcriptomic strategies. Immediately upon transfer to high light, gpt2.2 plants showed a higher rate of photosynthesis than wild-type plants (35%); however, over subsequent days, wild-type plants acclimated photosynthetic capacity, increasing the photosynthesis rate by 100% after 7 d. Wild-type plants accumulated more starch than gpt2.2 plants throughout acclimation. We suggest that GPT2 activity results in the net import of glucose 6-phosphate from cytosol to chloroplast, increasing starch synthesis. There was clear acclimation of metabolism, with short-term changes typically being reversed as plants acclimated. Distinct responses to light were observed in wild-type and gpt2.2 leaves. Significantly higher levels of sugar phosphates were observed in gpt2.2. We suggest that GPT2 alters the distribution of metabolites between compartments and that this plays an essential role in allowing the cell to interpret environmental signals.

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AcclimatizationArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsChloroplastsGene Expression Regulation, PlantGene Knockout TechniquesGlucose-6-PhosphateLightMonosaccharide Transport ProteinsMutationPhotosynthesisPlant LeavesPlants, Genetically ModifiedStarchArabidopsis ProteinsGlucose-6-PhosphateGPT2 protein, ArabidopsisMonosaccharide Transport ProteinsStarchhigh lightphotosynthesissugar signalling

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