LIPID RICH 1 modulates allocation of carbon between starch and triacylglycerol in Arabidopsis leaves.

ABSTRACT: Plants accumulate starch and triacylglycerols (TAGs) as carbon sources. Leaves primarily store starch in chloroplasts, with some TAGs stored in lipid droplets, but how carbon resource allocation is regulated in leaves during cellular metabolism is largely unknown. Using a forward genetics approach, we isolated an Arabidopsis thaliana mutant with more lipid droplets in its leaves than the wild type, named lipid rich 1 (liri1). The overaccumulation of lipid droplets was caused by loss of function in the causal gene, encoding an uncharacterized protein. TAG levels were 5-fold higher and starch levels 2-fold lower in the leaves of liri1 than in those of the wild type. LIRI1 localized to the chloroplasts, and contents of chloroplast membrane lipids were 20% higher in liri1 leaves than in wild-t

SUBMITTER: Yamaguchi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12116179 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature