RRC ID 30746
Author Chen X, Alonso AP, Shachar-Hill Y.
Title Dynamic metabolic flux analysis of plant cell wall synthesis.
Journal Metab Eng
Abstract The regulation of plant cell wall synthesis pathways remains poorly understood. This has become a bottleneck in designing bioenergy crops. The goal of this study was to analyze the regulation of plant cell wall precursor metabolism using metabolic flux analysis based on dynamic labeling experiments. Arabidopsis T87 cells were cultured heterotrophically with (13)C labeled sucrose. The time course of ¹³C labeling patterns in cell wall precursors and related sugar phosphates was monitored using liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry until steady state labeling was reached. A kinetic model based on mass action reaction mechanisms was developed to simulate the carbon flow in the cell wall synthesis network. The kinetic parameters of the model were determined by fitting the model to the labeling time course data, cell wall composition, and synthesis rates. A metabolic control analysis was performed to predict metabolic regulations that may improve plant biomass composition for biofuel production. Our results describe the routes and rates of carbon flow from sucrose to cell wall precursors. We found that sucrose invertase is responsible for the entry of sucrose into metabolism and UDP-glucose-4-epimerase plays a dominant role in UDP-Gal synthesis in heterotrophic Aradidopsis cells under aerobic conditions. We also predicted reactions that exert strong regulatory influence over carbon flow to cell wall synthesis and its composition.
Volume 18
Pages 78-85
Published 2013-7-1
DOI 10.1016/j.ymben.2013.04.006
PII S1096-7176(13)00048-7
PMID 23644173
MeSH Arabidopsis / cytology Arabidopsis / metabolism* Biological Transport, Active / drug effects Biological Transport, Active / physiology Carbon Isotopes / metabolism Carbon Isotopes / pharmacology Cell Wall / metabolism* Isotope Labeling Models, Biological* Plant Cells / metabolism* Sucrose / metabolism Sucrose / pharmacology Sweetening Agents / metabolism Sweetening Agents / pharmacology
IF 7.263
Times Cited 26
WOS Category BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY
Resource
Arabidopsis / Cultured plant cells, genes rpc00008