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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-2-4
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
The mur4 mutant of Arabidopsis shows a 50% reduction in the monosaccharide L-Ara in leaf-derived cell wall material because of a partial defect in the 4-epimerization of UDP-D-Xyl to UDP-L-Ara. To determine the genetic lesion underlying the mur4 phenotype, the MUR4 gene was cloned by a map-based procedure and found to encode a type-II membrane protein with sequence similarity to UDP-D-Glc 4-epimerases. Enzyme assays of MUR4 protein expressed in the methylotropic yeast Pichia pastoris indicate that it catalyzes the 4-epimerization of UDP-D-Xyl to UDP-L-Ara, the nucleotide sugar used by glycosyltransferases in the arabinosylation of cell wall polysaccharides and wall-resident proteoglycans. Expression of MUR4-green fluorescent protein constructs in Arabidopsis revealed localization patterns consistent with targeting to the Golgi, suggesting that the MUR4 protein colocalizes with glycosyltransferases in the biosynthesis of arabinosylated cell wall components. The Arabidopsis genome encodes three putative proteins with >76% sequence identity to MUR4, which may explain why mur4 plants are not entirely deficient in the de novo synthesis of UDP-L-Ara.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1040-4651
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
523-31
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-9-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12566589-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:12566589-Arabidopsis, pubmed-meshheading:12566589-Arabidopsis Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12566589-Arabinose, pubmed-meshheading:12566589-Carbohydrate Epimerases, pubmed-meshheading:12566589-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:12566589-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:12566589-Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic, pubmed-meshheading:12566589-Gene Expression Regulation, Plant, pubmed-meshheading:12566589-Genetic Complementation Test, pubmed-meshheading:12566589-Golgi Apparatus, pubmed-meshheading:12566589-Green Fluorescent Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12566589-Luminescent Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12566589-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:12566589-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:12566589-Pichia, pubmed-meshheading:12566589-Recombinant Fusion Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12566589-Sequence Alignment, pubmed-meshheading:12566589-Sequence Analysis, DNA, pubmed-meshheading:12566589-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
The biosynthesis of L-arabinose in plants: molecular cloning and characterization of a Golgi-localized UDP-D-xylose 4-epimerase encoded by the MUR4 gene of Arabidopsis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't