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Blue light promotes ascorbate synthesis by deactivating the PAS/LOV photoreceptor that inhibits GDP-L-galactose phosphorylase.

ABSTRACT: Ascorbate (vitamin C) is an essential antioxidant in fresh fruits and vegetables. To gain insight into the regulation of ascorbate metabolism in plants, we studied mutant tomato plants (Solanum lycopersicum) that produce ascorbate-enriched fruits. The causal mutation, identified by a mapping-by-sequencing strategy, corresponded to a knock-out recessive mutation in a class of photoreceptor named PAS/LOV protein (PLP), which acts as a negative regulator of ascorbate biosynthesis. This trait was confirmed by CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing and further found in all plant organs, including fruit that accumulated 2 to 3 times more ascorbate than in the WT. The functional characterization revealed that PLP interacted with the 2 isoforms of GDP-L-galactose phosphorylase (GGP), known as the controlling step of the L-galactose pathway of ascorbate synthesis. The interaction with GGP occurred in the cytoplasm and the nucleus, but was abolished when PLP was truncated. These results were confirmed by a synthetic approach using an animal cell system, which additionally demonstrated that blue light modulated the PLP-GGP interaction. Assays performed in vitro with heterologously expressed GGP and PLP showed that PLP is a noncompetitive inhibitor of GGP that is inactivated after blue light exposure. This discovery provides a greater understanding of the light-dependent regulation of ascorbate metabolism in plants.

SUBMITTER: Bournonville C

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10291033 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Blue light promotes ascorbate synthesis by deactivating the PAS/LOV photoreceptor that inhibits GDP-L-galactose phosphorylase.

Bournonville Céline C Mori Kentaro K Deslous Paul P Decros Guillaume G Blomeier Tim T Mauxion Jean-Philippe JP Jorly Joana J Gadin Stéphanie S Cassan Cédric C Maucourt Mickael M Just Daniel D Brès Cécile C Rothan Christophe C Ferrand Carine C Fernandez-Lochu Lucie L Bataille Laure L Miura Kenji K Beven Laure L Zurbriggen Matias D MD Pétriacq Pierre P Gibon Yves Y Baldet Pierre P

The Plant cell 20230601 7

Ascorbate (vitamin C) is an essential antioxidant in fresh fruits and vegetables. To gain insight into the regulation of ascorbate metabolism in plants, we studied mutant tomato plants (Solanum lycopersicum) that produce ascorbate-enriched fruits. The causal mutation, identified by a mapping-by-sequencing strategy, corresponded to a knock-out recessive mutation in a class of photoreceptor named PAS/LOV protein (PLP), which acts as a negative regulator of ascorbate biosynthesis. This trait was co ...[more]

PMID: 37052931

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Project description:Ascorbic acid (AsA) is a widespread antioxidant in living organisms, and plays essential roles in the growth and development of animals and plants as well as in the response to abiotic stress tolerance. The GDP-L-galactose phosphorylase (GGP) is a key regulatory gene in plant AsA biosynthesis that can regulate the concentration of AsA at the transcriptional and translational levels. The function and regulation mechanisms of GGP have been well understood; however, the molecular evolutionary patterns of the gene remain unclear. In this study, a total of 149 homologous sequences of GGP were sampled from 71 plant species covering the major groups of Viridiplantae, and the phylogenetic relationships, gene duplication and molecular evolution analyses of the genes were systematically investigated. Results showed that GGP genes are present throughout the plant kingdom and five shared whole-genome duplications and several lineage-specific whole-genome duplications were found, which led to the rapid expansion of GGPs in seed plants, especially in angiosperms. The structure of GGP genes was more conserved in land plants, but varied greatly in green algae, indicating that GGP may have undergone great differentiation in the early stages of plant evolution. Most GGP proteins had a conserved motif arrangement and composition, suggesting that plant GGPs have similar catalytic functions. Molecular evolutionary analyses showed that GGP genes were predominated by purifying selection, indicating that the gene is functionally conserved due to its vital importance in AsA biosynthesis. Most of the branches under positive selection identified by the branch-site model were mainly in the chlorophytes lineage, indicating episodic diversifying selection may contribute to the evolution of GGPs, especially in the chlorophyte lineage. The conserved function of GGP and its rapid expansion in angiosperms maybe one of the reasons for the increase of AsA content in angiosperms, enabling angiosperms to adapt to changing environments.

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Blue light promotes ascorbate synthesis by deactivating the PAS/LOV photoreceptor that inhibits GDP-L-galactose phosphorylase.

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Blue light promotes ascorbate synthesis by deactivating the PAS/LOV photoreceptor that inhibits GDP-L-galactose phosphorylase.

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