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Cooperation and Functional Diversification of Two Closely Related Galactolipase Genes for Jasmonate Biosynthesis

  • Youbong Hyun
  • , Sungwook Choi
  • , Hyun Ju Hwang
  • , Jihyeon Yu
  • , Sang Jip Nam
  • , Jaeyoung Ko
  • , Ju Young Park
  • , Young Sam Seo
  • , Eun Yu Kim
  • , Stephen Beungtae Ryu
  • , Woo Taek Kim
  • , Yong Hwan Lee
  • , Heonjoong Kang
  • , Ilha Lee

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Abstract

Jasmonic acid (JA) plays pivotal roles in diverse plant biological processes, including wound response. Chloroplast lipid hydrolysis is a critical step for JA biosynthesis, but the mechanism of this process remains elusive. We report here that DONGLE (DGL), a homolog of DEFECTIVE IN ANTHER DEHISCENCE1 (DAD1), encodes a chloroplast-targeted lipase with strong galactolipase and weak phospholipase A1 activity. DGL is expressed in the leaves and has a specific role in maintaining basal JA content under normal conditions, and this expression regulates vegetative growth and is required for a rapid JA burst after wounding. During wounding, DGL and DAD1 have partially redundant functions for JA production, but they show different induction kinetics, indicating temporally separated roles: DGL plays a role in the early phase of JA production, and DAD1 plays a role in the late phase of JA production. Whereas DGL and DAD1 are necessary and sufficient for JA production, phospholipase D appears to modulate wound response by stimulating DGL and DAD1 expression.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)183-192
Number of pages10
JournalDevelopmental Cell
Volume14
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 12 Feb 2008

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
We thank X. Wang and J.G. Turner for kindly providing the pldα1 and cev1-1 seeds, R. Amasino for critical reading of the manuscript, and anonymous reviewers for critical comments. This work was supported partially by the Biogreen 21 Program (20050401-034-706-141-01-00); the Korea Ministry of Science and Technology under the National Research Laboratory Program (2006-01952); the Global Research Laboratory Program (2006-03870); and a grant from the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation through the Plant Metabolism Research Center, Kyung Hee University to I.L. S.-J.N. and H.K. were supported by MarineBio 21, the Ministry of Maritime Affairs & Fisheries, and Y.H., S.C., and J.Y. were supported by the Brain Korea 21 program.

Keywords

  • SIGNALING

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