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- Title
Rapid induction of the triterpenoid pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana mesophyll protoplasts.
- Authors
Johnson, Eric; Jetter, Reinhard; Wasteneys, Geoffrey
- Abstract
Purpose of work: The purpose of this study was to determine if Arabidopsis protoplast transfection could be scaled up, from the commonly used cell-based studies, to be used in triterpenoid production assays as an in planta alternative/complement to other expression systems. Enzyme activities are often identified using heterologous expression systems such as yeast cells. These systems, however, may be incompatible for expressing enzymes involved in specialized (secondary) metabolism. Previous reports with long-term in planta expression systems show that the activity of the triterpenoid pathway can be enhanced by expressing enzymes catalyzing initial steps in the pathway. Here we show that triterpenoid production can also be enhanced in Arabidopsis mesophyll protoplasts after transfection. This system is designed to quantify changes in productivity of a plant metabolic pathway within 48 h and, as proof of concept, we show a significantly increased production of a triterpenoid by transiently expressing squalene synthase 1 ( SQS1) from 0.5 pg/protoplast in mock-transfected protoplasts to 2.7 pg/protoplast in constitutively expressing SQS1 protoplasts.
- Subjects
SQUALENE epoxidase; EPOXIDASES; ENZYMES; METABOLISM; TRITERPENOIDS
- Publication
Biotechnology Letters, 2014, Vol 36, Issue 4, p855
- ISSN
0141-5492
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10529-013-1427-8