A series of reticulated Arabidopsis thaliana mutants were previously described. All mutants show a reticulate leaf pattern, namely green veins on a pale leaf lamina. They have an aberrant mesophyll structure but an in...A series of reticulated Arabidopsis thaliana mutants were previously described. All mutants show a reticulate leaf pattern, namely green veins on a pale leaf lamina. They have an aberrant mesophyll structure but an intact layer of bundle sheath cells around the veins. Here, we unravel the function of the previously described reticulated EMS-mutant dovl （differential development of vascular associated cells 1）. By positional cloning, we identified the mutated gene, which encodes glutamine phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate aminotransferase 2 （ATase2）, an enzyme catalyzing the first step of purine nucleotide biosynthesis, dovl is allelic to the previously characterized cial-2 mutant that was isolated in a screen for mutants with impaired chloroplast protein import. We show that purine-derived total cytokinins are lowered in clovl and crosses with phytohormone reporter lines revealed differential reporter activity patterns in dovl. Metabolite profiling unraveled that amino acids that are involved in purine biosynthesis are increased in dovl. This study identified the mo- lecular basis of an established mutant line, which has the potential for further investigation of the interaction between metabolism and leaf development.展开更多
文摘A series of reticulated Arabidopsis thaliana mutants were previously described. All mutants show a reticulate leaf pattern, namely green veins on a pale leaf lamina. They have an aberrant mesophyll structure but an intact layer of bundle sheath cells around the veins. Here, we unravel the function of the previously described reticulated EMS-mutant dovl （differential development of vascular associated cells 1）. By positional cloning, we identified the mutated gene, which encodes glutamine phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate aminotransferase 2 （ATase2）, an enzyme catalyzing the first step of purine nucleotide biosynthesis, dovl is allelic to the previously characterized cial-2 mutant that was isolated in a screen for mutants with impaired chloroplast protein import. We show that purine-derived total cytokinins are lowered in clovl and crosses with phytohormone reporter lines revealed differential reporter activity patterns in dovl. Metabolite profiling unraveled that amino acids that are involved in purine biosynthesis are increased in dovl. This study identified the mo- lecular basis of an established mutant line, which has the potential for further investigation of the interaction between metabolism and leaf development.
