In order to cope with phosphate deficiency, white lupin produces bottle-brushed like roots, so-called cluster or proteoid roots which are specialized in malate and citrate excretion. Young, developing cluster roots mainly excrete malate whereas mature cluster roots mainly release citrate. Mature proteoid roots excrete four to six times more carboxylates compared with juvenile proteoid roots. Using a cDNA-amplified restriction fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) approach we identified a gene coding for a putative ATP-citrate lyase (ACL) up-regulated in young cluster roots. Cloning of the lupin ACL revealed that plant ACL is constituted by two polypeptides (ACLA and ACLB) encoded by two different genes. This contrasts with the animal ACL, constituted of one polypeptide which covers ACLA and ACLB. The ACL function of the two lupin gene products has been demonstrated by heterologous expression in yeast. Both subunits are required for ACL activity. In lupin cluster roots, our results suggest that ACL activity could be responsible for the switch between malate and citrate excretion in the different developmental stages of cluster roots. In primary roots of lupin and maize, ACL activity was positively correlated with malate exudation. These results show that ACL is implicated in root exudation of organic acids and hence plays a novel role in addition to lipid synthesis. Our results suggest that in addition to lipid biosynthesis, in plants, ACL is implicated in malate excretion.

ATP citrate lyase: cloning, heterologous expression and possible implication in root organic acid metabolism and excretion

TOMASI, Nicola;
2002-01-01

Abstract

In order to cope with phosphate deficiency, white lupin produces bottle-brushed like roots, so-called cluster or proteoid roots which are specialized in malate and citrate excretion. Young, developing cluster roots mainly excrete malate whereas mature cluster roots mainly release citrate. Mature proteoid roots excrete four to six times more carboxylates compared with juvenile proteoid roots. Using a cDNA-amplified restriction fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) approach we identified a gene coding for a putative ATP-citrate lyase (ACL) up-regulated in young cluster roots. Cloning of the lupin ACL revealed that plant ACL is constituted by two polypeptides (ACLA and ACLB) encoded by two different genes. This contrasts with the animal ACL, constituted of one polypeptide which covers ACLA and ACLB. The ACL function of the two lupin gene products has been demonstrated by heterologous expression in yeast. Both subunits are required for ACL activity. In lupin cluster roots, our results suggest that ACL activity could be responsible for the switch between malate and citrate excretion in the different developmental stages of cluster roots. In primary roots of lupin and maize, ACL activity was positively correlated with malate exudation. These results show that ACL is implicated in root exudation of organic acids and hence plays a novel role in addition to lipid synthesis. Our results suggest that in addition to lipid biosynthesis, in plants, ACL is implicated in malate excretion.
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