1-Deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate reductoisomerase and plastid isoprenoid biosynthesis during tomato fruit ripening

被引:148
作者
Rodríguez-Concepción, M [1 ]
Ahumada, I [1 ]
Diez-Juez, E [1 ]
Sauret-Güeto, S [1 ]
Lois, LM [1 ]
Gallego, F [1 ]
Carretero-Paulet, L [1 ]
Campos, N [1 ]
Boronat, A [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Barcelona, Fac Quim, Dept Bioquim & Biol Mol, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain
关键词
isoprenoid; carotenoid; fosmidomycin; reductoisomerase; ripening; dormancy;
D O I
10.1046/j.1365-313x.2001.01089.x
中图分类号
Q94 [植物学];
学科分类号
071001 ;
摘要
The recently discovered 2-C-methyl-d-erythritol 4-phosphate (MEP) pathway for the biosynthesis of plastid isoprenoids (including carotenoids) is not fully elucidated yet despite its central importance for plant life. It is known, however, that the first reaction completely specific to the pathway is the conversion of 1-deoxy-d-xylulose 5-phosphate (DXP) into MEP by the enzyme DXP reductoisomerase (DXR). We have identified a tomato cDNA encoding a protein with homology to DXR and in vivo activity, and show that the levels of the corresponding DXR mRNA and encoded protein in fruit tissues are similar before and during the massive accumulation of carotenoids characteristic of fruit ripening. The results are consistent with a non-limiting role of DXR, and support previous work proposing DXP synthase (DXS) as the first regulatory enzyme for plastid isoprenoid biosynthesis in tomato fruit. Inhibition of DXR activity by fosmidomycin showed that plastid isoprenoid biosynthesis is required for tomato fruit carotenogenesis but not for other ripening processes. In addition, dormancy was reduced in seeds from fosmidomycin-treated fruit but not in seeds from the tomato yellow ripe mutant (defective in phytoene synthase-1, PSY1), suggesting that the isoform PSY2 might channel the production of carotenoids for abscisic acid biosynthesis. Furthermore, the complete arrest of tomato seedling development using fosmidomycin confirms a key role of the MEP pathway in plant development.
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