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ArticlePlant & cell physiology2021

Downregulation of the E2 Subunit of 2-Oxoglutarate Dehydrogenase Modulates Plant Growth by Impacting Carbon-Nitrogen Metabolism in Arabidopsis thaliana.

Jorge A Condori-Apfata, Willian Batista-Silva, David Barbosa Medeiros, Jonas Rafael Vargas, Luiz M Lopes Valente, Jorge Luis Pérez-Díaz, Alisdair R Fernie, Wagner L Araújo, Adriano Nunes-Nesi

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Article in Plant & cell physiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Jorge A Condori-ApfataDepartamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais 36570-900, Brazil.
Willian Batista-SilvaDepartamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais 36570-900, Brazil.
David Barbosa MedeirosDepartamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais 36570-900, Brazil.
Jonas Rafael VargasDepartamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais 36570-900, Brazil.
Luiz M Lopes ValenteDepartamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais 36570-900, Brazil.
Jorge Luis Pérez-DíazDepartamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais 36570-900, Brazil.
Alisdair R FernieMax-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, Potsdam Golm 14476, Germany.
Wagner L AraújoDepartamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais 36570-900, Brazil.
Adriano Nunes-NesiDepartamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais 36570-900, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-9581-9355
Universidade Federal de Viçosa · BRMax Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology · DE

Funding

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) 313534/2020-9Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG) CRA-RED-00053-16
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In Arabidopsis thaliana, two genes encode the E2 subunit of the 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase (2-OGDH), a multimeric complex composed of three subunits. To functionally characterize the isoforms of E2 subunit, we isolated Arabidopsis mutant lines for each gene encoding the E2 subunit and performed a detailed molecular and physiological characterization of the plants under controlled growth conditions. The functional lack of expression of E2 subunit isoforms of 2-OGDH increased plant growth, reduced dark respiration and altered carbohydrate metabolism without changes in the photosynthetic rate. Interestingly, plants from e2-ogdh lines also exhibited reduced seed weight without alterations in total seed number. We additionally observed that downregulation of 2-OGDH activity led to minor changes in the levels of tricarboxylic acid cycle intermediates without clear correlation with the reduced expression of specific E2-OGDH isoforms. Furthermore, the e2-ogdh mutant lines exhibited a reduction by up to 25% in the leaf total amino acids without consistent changes in the amino acid profile. Taken together, our results indicate that the two isoforms of E2 subunit play a similar role in carbon-nitrogen metabolism, in plant growth and in seed weight.

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ArabidopsisCarbonDown-RegulationGene Expression Regulation, PlantGerminationKetoglutarate Dehydrogenase ComplexNitrogenPhotosynthesisPhylogenyProtein SubunitsSeedlingsSeedsCarbonKetoglutarate Dehydrogenase ComplexNitrogenProtein Subunits2-OGDHPrimary metabolismRespirationTCA cycle

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PMID33693904
PMCPMC8484937
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