A processive glycosyltransferase involved in glycolipid synthesis during phosphate deprivation in Mesorhizobium loti.
Natural habitats are often characterized by a low availability of phosphate. In plants and many bacteria, phosphate deficiency causes different physiological responses, including the replacement of phosphoglycerolipids in the membranes with nonphosphorous lipids. We describe here a processive glycosyltransferase (Pgt) in Mesorhizobium loti (Rhizobiales) involved in the synthesis of di- and triglycosyldiacylglycerols (DGlycD and TGlycD) during phosphate deprivation. Cells of the corresponding Δpgt deletion mutant are deficient in DGlycD and TGlycD. Additional Pgt-independent lipids accumulate in Mesorhizobium after phosphate starvation, including diacylglyceryl trimethylhomoserine (DGTS) and ornithine lipid (OL). The accumulation of the nonphosphorous lipids during phosphate deprivation leads to the reduction of phosphoglycerolipids from 90 to 50%. Nodulation experiments of Mesorhizobium wild type and the Δpgt mutant with its host plant, Lotus japonicus, revealed that DGlycD and TGlycD are not essential for nodulation under phosphate-replete or -deficient conditions. Lipid measurements showed that the Pgt-independent lipids including OL and DGTS accumulate to higher proportions in the Δpgt mutant and therefore might functionally replace DGlycD and TGlycD during phosphate deprivation.
Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam-Golm, Germany.
Emanuel A
EA
Devers
Vera
V
Wewer
Isabel
I
Dombrink
Peter
P
Dörmann
Georg
G
Hölzl
D020561:Alphaproteobacteria / Q000201:enzymology*; D017353:Gene Deletion; D006017:Glycolipids / Q000378:metabolism*; D016695:Glycosyltransferases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000070116:Lotus / Q000382:microbiology; D010710:Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism*; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000378:metabolism; D055170:Plant Root Nodulation
D006017:Glycolipids; D010710:Phosphates; D010743:Phospholipids; D016695:Glycosyltransferases
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