title: Functional characterization of the Arabidopsis thaliana orthologue of Tsc13p, the enoyl reductase of the yeast microsomal fatty acid elongating system.
abstract: The protein encoded by the Arabidopsis At3g55360 gene was selected as a candidate for the enoyl reductase of the microsomal elongase system based on its homology to the Tsc13p protein of S. cerevisiae. The studies presented here demonstrate that heterologous expression of At3g55360 functionally complements the temperature-sensitive phenotype of a yeast tsc13 mutant that is deficient in enoyl reductase activity. Furthermore, AtTSC13 is shown to interact physically with the Elo2p and Elo3p components of the yeast elongase complex. At3g55360 apparently encodes the sole enoyl reductase activity associated with microsomal fatty acid elongation in Arabidopsis. Consistent with this conclusion, AtTSC13 is ubiquitously expressed in Arabidopsis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, MD 21084, USA.
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gable
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Garton
authors.forename: Johnathan A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Napier
authors.forename: Teresa M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Dunn
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D017931:DNA Primers; D050753:Enoyl-(Acyl-Carrier-Protein) Reductase (NADH); D064429:Fatty Acid Synthases / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D008861:Microsomes / Q000201:enzymology*; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000235:genetics*; D044925:Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-CH Group Donors; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D005227:Fatty Acids; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D010088:Oxidoreductases; D044925:Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-CH Group Donors; C418219:TSC13 protein, S cerevisiae; D050753:Enoyl-(Acyl-Carrier-Protein) Reductase (NADH); D064429:Fatty Acid Synthases