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ArticleFrontiers in plant science2015

An engineered lipid remodeling system using a galactolipid synthase promoter during phosphate starvation enhances oil accumulation in plants.

Mie Shimojima, Yuka Madoka, Ryota Fujiwara, Masato Murakawa, Yushi Yoshitake, Keiko Ikeda, Ryota Koizumi, Keiji Endo, Katsuya Ozaki, Hiroyuki Ohta

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Article in Frontiers in plant science, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Mie ShimojimaGraduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology Yokohama, Japan.
Yuka MadokaGraduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology Yokohama, Japan.
Ryota FujiwaraGraduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology Yokohama, Japan.
Masato MurakawaGraduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology Yokohama, Japan.
Yushi YoshitakeGraduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology Yokohama, Japan.
Keiko IkedaTechnical Department, Biomaterial Analysis Center, Tokyo Institute of Technology Yokohama, Japan.
Ryota KoizumiGraduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology Yokohama, Japan.
Keiji EndoBiological Science Laboratories, Kao Corporation Tochigi, Japan.
Katsuya OzakiBiological Science Laboratories, Kao Corporation Tochigi, Japan.
Hiroyuki OhtaGraduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology Yokohama, Japan ; Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency Tokyo, Japan ; Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology Tokyo, Japan.
Tokyo Institute of Technology · JPKao Corporation (Japan) · JPLife Science Institute · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inorganic phosphate (Pi) depletion is a serious problem for plant growth. Membrane lipid remodeling is a defense mechanism that plants use to survive Pi-depleted conditions. During Pi starvation, phospholipids are degraded to supply Pi for other essential biological processes, whereas galactolipid synthesis in plastids is up-regulated via the transcriptional activation of monogalactosyldiacylglycerol synthase 3 (MGD3). Thus, the produced galactolipids are transferred to extraplastidial membranes to substitute for phospholipids. We found that, Pi starvation induced oil accumulation in the vegetative tissues of various seed plants without activating the transcription of enzymes involved in the later steps of triacylglycerol (TAG) biosynthesis. Moreover, the Arabidopsis starchless phosphoglucomutase mutant, pgm-1, accumulated higher TAG levels than did wild-type plants under Pi-depleted conditions. We generated transgenic plants that expressed a key gene involved in TAG synthesis using the Pi deficiency-responsive MGD3 promoter in wild-type and pgm-1 backgrounds. During Pi starvation, the transgenic plants accumulated higher TAG amounts compared with the non-transgenic plants, suggesting that the Pi deficiency-responsive promoter of galactolipid synthase in plastids may be useful for producing transgenic plants that accumulate more oil under Pi-depleted conditions.

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galactolipidmonogalactosyldiacylglycerolphosphate starvationpromoterstarchtriacylglycerol

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PMID26379690
PMCPMC4553410
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