title: On the metabolic interactions of (photo)respiration.
abstract: Given that photorespiration is inextricably linked to the process of photosynthesis by virtue of sharing the common first enzyme Rubisco, the photorespiratory pathway has been less subject to study in isolation than many other metabolic pathways. That said, despite often being described to be linked to reactions of ammonia assimilation, C1 metabolism and respiratory metabolism, the precise molecular mechanisms governing these linkages in land plants remain partially obscure. The application of broad metabolite profiling on mutants with altered levels of metabolic enzymes has facilitated the identification of common and distinct metabolic responses among them. Here we provide an update of the recent findings from such studies, focusing particularly on the interplay between photorespiration and the metabolic reactions of mitochondrial respiration. In order to do so we evaluated (i) changes in organic acids following environmental perturbation of metabolism, (ii) changes in organic acid levels in a wide range of photorespiratory mutants, (iii) changes in levels of photorespiratory metabolites in transgenic tomato lines deficient in the expression of enzymes of the tricarboxylic acid cycle. In addition, we estimated the rates of photorespiration in a complete set of tricarboxylic acid cycle transgenic tomato lines. Finally, we discuss insight concerning the interaction between photorespiration and other pathways that has been attained following the development of (13)CO2-based flux profiling methods.
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany.
authors.forename: Toshihiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Obata
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany.
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Florian
authors.affiliation: Plant Physiology Department, University of Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany.
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Timm
authors.affiliation: Plant Physiology Department, University of Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany.
authors.forename: Hermann
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bauwe
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany fernie@mpimp-golm.mpg.de.
authors.forename: Alisdair R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Fernie
mesh_terms: D002952:Citric Acid Cycle / Q000502:physiology; D053858:Metabolic Networks and Pathways / Q000502:physiology; D055442:Metabolome / Q000502:physiology; D010788:Photosynthesis / Q000502:physiology; D010944:Plants / Q000378:metabolism*
keywords: GABA shunt; metabolic regulation; mitochondrial metabolism; photorespiration; respiration; tricarboxylic acid cycle.