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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry

The acyltransferase PMAT1 malonylates brassinolide glucoside.

Sufu Gan, Wilfried Rozhon, Elisabeth Varga, Jyotirmoy Halder, Franz Berthiller, Brigitte Poppenberger

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Sufu GanBiotechnology of Horticultural Crops, TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany.
Wilfried RozhonBiotechnology of Horticultural Crops, TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany.
Elisabeth VargaInstitute of Bioanalytics and Agro-Metabolomics, Department of Agrobiotechnology (IFA-Tulln), University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Tulln, Austria.
Jyotirmoy HalderBiotechnology of Horticultural Crops, TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany.
Franz BerthillerInstitute of Bioanalytics and Agro-Metabolomics, Department of Agrobiotechnology (IFA-Tulln), University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Tulln, Austria.
Brigitte PoppenbergerBiotechnology of Horticultural Crops, TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany. Electronic address: brigitte.poppenberger@wzw.tum.de.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brassinosteroids (BRs) are steroid hormones of plants that coordinate fundamental growth and development processes. Their homeostasis is controlled by diverse means, including glucosylation of the bioactive BR brassinolide (BL), which is catalyzed by the UDP-glycosyltransferases (UGTs) UGT73C5 and UGT73C6 and occurs mainly at the C-23 position. Additional evidence had suggested that the resultant BL-23-O-glucoside (BL-23-O-Glc) can be malonylated, but the physiological significance of and enzyme required for this reaction had remained unknown. Here, we show that in Arabidopsis thaliana malonylation of BL-23-O-Glc is catalyzed by the acyltransferase phenolic glucoside malonyl-transferase 1 (PMAT1), which is also known to malonylate phenolic glucosides and lipid amides. Loss of PMAT1 abolished BL-23-O-malonylglucoside formation and enriched BL-23-O-Glc, showing that the enzyme acts on the glucoside. An overexpression of PMAT1 in plants where UGT73C6 was also overexpressed, and thus, BL-23-O-Glc formation was promoted, enhanced the symptoms of BR-deficiency of UGT73C6oe plants, providing evidence that PMAT1 contributes to BL inactivation. Based on these results, a model is proposed in which PMAT1 acts in the conversion of both endogenous and xenobiotic glucosides to adjust metabolic homeostasis in spatial and temporal modes.

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AcyltransferasesArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsBrassinosteroidsGene Expression Regulation, PlantGlucosidesGlycosyltransferasesPlants, Genetically ModifiedSteroidsSteroids, HeterocyclicTransferasesAcyltransferasesArabidopsis ProteinsbrassinolideBrassinosteroidsGlucosidesGlycosyltransferasesSteroidsSteroids, HeterocyclicTransferasesbrassinosteroidscatabolic inactivationhormonemalonylationsteroid

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PMID33600798
PMCPMC8010461
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