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Xuemin (Sam) Wang

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2006

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Quantitative Profiling Of Arabidopsis Polar Glycerolipids In Response To Phosphorus Starvation. Roles Of Phospholipases Dζ1 And Dζ2 In Phosphatidylcholine Hydrolysis And Digalactosyldiacylglycerol Accumulation In Phosphorus-Starved Plants, Xuemin Wang, Maoyin Li, Ruth Welti Sep 2006

Quantitative Profiling Of Arabidopsis Polar Glycerolipids In Response To Phosphorus Starvation. Roles Of Phospholipases Dζ1 And Dζ2 In Phosphatidylcholine Hydrolysis And Digalactosyldiacylglycerol Accumulation In Phosphorus-Starved Plants, Xuemin Wang, Maoyin Li, Ruth Welti

Xuemin (Sam) Wang

Phosphorus is an essential macronutrient that often limits plant growth and development. Under phosphorus-limited conditions, plants undergo substantial alterations in membrane lipid composition to cope with phosphorus deficiency. To characterize the changes in lipid species and to identify enzymes involved in plant response to phosphorus starvation, 140 molecular species of polar glycerolipids were quantitatively profiled in rosettes and roots of wild-type Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) and phospholipase D knockout mutants pldζ1, pldζ2, and pldζ1pldζ2. In response to phosphorus starvation, the concentration of phospholipids was decreased and that of galactolipids was increased. Phospholipid lost in phosphorus-starved Arabidopsis rosettes was replaced by an …


Double Knockouts Of Phospholipases Dζ1 And Dζ2 In Arabidopsis Affect Root Elongation During Phosphate-Limited Growth But Do Not Affect Root Hair Patterning, Xuemin Wang, Maoyin Li, Chunbo Qin, Ruth Welti Jan 2006

Double Knockouts Of Phospholipases Dζ1 And Dζ2 In Arabidopsis Affect Root Elongation During Phosphate-Limited Growth But Do Not Affect Root Hair Patterning, Xuemin Wang, Maoyin Li, Chunbo Qin, Ruth Welti

Xuemin (Sam) Wang

Root elongation and root hair formation are important in nutrient absorption. We found that two Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) phospholipase Ds (PLDs), PLDζ1 and PLDζ2, were involved in root elongation during phosphate limitation. PLDζ1 and PLDζ2 are structurally different from the majority of plant PLDs by having phox and pleckstrin homology domains. Both PLDζs were expressed more in roots than in other tissues. It was reported previously that inducible suppression or inducible overexpression of PLDζ1 affected root hair patterning. However, gene knockouts of PLDζ1, PLDζ2, or the double knockout of PLDζ1 and PLDζ2 showed no effect on root hair formation. The …