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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-4-17
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
The sulfolipid sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol is one of the three nonphosphorous glycolipids that provide the bulk of the structural lipids in photosynthetic membranes of seed plants. Unlike the galactolipids, sulfolipid is anionic at physiological pH because of its 6-deoxy-6-sulfonate-glucose (sulfoquinovose) head group. The biosynthesis of this lipid proceeds in two steps: first, the assembly of UDP-sulfoquinovose from UDP-glucose and sulfite, and second, the transfer of the sulfoquinovose moiety from UDP-sulfoquinovose to diacylglycerol. The first reaction is catalyzed by the SQD1 protein in Arabidopsis. Here we describe the identification of the SQD2 gene of Arabidopsis. We propose that this gene encodes the sulfoquinovosyltransferase catalyzing the second step of sulfolipid biosynthesis. Expression of SQD1 and SQD2 in Escherichia coli reconstituted plant sulfolipid biosynthesis in this bacterium. Insertion of a transfer DNA into this gene in Arabidopsis led to complete lack of sulfolipid in the respective sqd2 mutant. This mutant showed reduced growth under phosphate-limited growth conditions. The results support the hypothesis that sulfolipid can function as a substitute of anionic phospholipids under phosphate-limited growth conditions. Along with phosphatidylglycerol, sulfolipid contributes to maintaining a negatively charged lipid-water interface, which presumably is required for proper function of photosynthetic membranes.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0027-8424
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
16
pubmed:volume
99
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
5732-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-9-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11960029-Arabidopsis, pubmed-meshheading:11960029-Arabidopsis Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11960029-Blotting, Northern, pubmed-meshheading:11960029-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:11960029-Chlorophyll, pubmed-meshheading:11960029-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:11960029-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:11960029-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:11960029-Escherichia coli, pubmed-meshheading:11960029-Fatty Acids, pubmed-meshheading:11960029-Genetic Complementation Test, pubmed-meshheading:11960029-Genome, Plant, pubmed-meshheading:11960029-Hexosyltransferases, pubmed-meshheading:11960029-Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, pubmed-meshheading:11960029-Lipid Metabolism, pubmed-meshheading:11960029-Lipids, pubmed-meshheading:11960029-Models, Chemical, pubmed-meshheading:11960029-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:11960029-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:11960029-Phosphates, pubmed-meshheading:11960029-Plant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11960029-Plasmids, pubmed-meshheading:11960029-Time Factors
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Arabidopsis disrupted in SQD2 encoding sulfolipid synthase is impaired in phosphate-limited growth.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1319, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't