title: Cloning and heterologous expression of a cDNA encoding 1-deoxy-D-xylulose-5-phosphate reductoisomerase of Arabidopsis thaliana.
abstract: Various plant isoprenoids are synthesized via the non-mevalonate pathway of isopentenyl diphosphate formation. In this pathway, 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate (DOXP), the first intermediate, is transformed to 2-C-methyl-D-erythritol 4-phosphate (MEP) by an enzyme which was recently cloned from Escherichia coli. In order to find a plant homologue of this 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate reductoisomerase (DXR) we cloned a cDNA fragment from Arabidopsis thaliana which has high homology to the E. coli DXR. By expression of this fragment in E. coli we could demonstrate that it encodes a protein which transforms DOXP to MEP. The antibiotic fosmidomycin specifically inhibits this DXR enzyme activity.
authors.affiliation: Botanisches Institut, Universität Karlsruhe, Germany.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schwender
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zeidler
authors.forename: H K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Lichtenthaler
mesh_terms: D019747:Aldose-Ketose Isomerases / Q000235:genetics*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes / Q000235:genetics*; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000235:genetics*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; D010088:Oxidoreductases; C114231:1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate reductoisomerase; D019747:Aldose-Ketose Isomerases