The polyketide synthase OsPKS2 is essential for pollen exine and Ubisch body patterning in rice
The polyketide synthase OsPKS2 is essential for pollen exine and Ubisch body patterning in rice
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聚酮合酶 OsPKS2 对于水稻花粉外壁和 Ubisch 体模式至关重要
DOI:
10.1111/jipb.12574
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发表时间:
2017
影响因子:
11.4
通讯作者:
Liang Wanqi
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作者:
Zhu Xiaolei;Yu Jing;Shi Jianxin;Tohge Takayuki;Fernie Alisdair R;Meir Sagit;Aharoni Asaph;Xu Dawei;Zhang Dabing;Liang Wanqi
Lipid and phenolic metabolism are important for pollen exine formation. InArabidopsis, polyketide synthases (PKSs) are essential for both sporopollenin biosynthesis and exine formation. Here, we characterized the role of a polyketide synthase (OsPKS2) in male reproduction of rice (Oryza sativa). Recombinant OsPKS2 catalyzed the condensation of fatty acyl‐CoA with malonyl‐CoA to generate triketide and tetraketide α‐pyrones, the main components of pollen exine. Indeed, theospks2mutant had defective exine patterning and was male sterile. However, the mutant showed no significant reduction in sporopollenin accumulation. Compared with the WT (wild type), ospks2displayed unconfined and amorphous tectum and nexine layers in the exine, and less organized Ubisch bodies. Like thepksb/lap5mutant of theArabidopsisortholog,ospks2showed broad alterations in the profiles of anther‐related phenolic compounds. However, unlikepksb/lap5, in which most detected phenolics were substantially decreased,ospks2accumulated higher levels of phenolics. Based on these results and our observation thatOsPKS2is unable to fully restore the exine defects in thepksb/lap5, we propose that PKS proteins have functionally diversified during evolution. Collectively, our results suggest that PKSs represent a conserved and diversified biochemical pathway for anther and pollen development in higher plants.