Seed phosphorus and inositol phosphate phenotype of barley low phytic acid genotypes
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-1-2003
Abstract
myo-Inositol-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexakisphosphate (Ins P6 or "phytic acid") typically represents ∼75% of the total phosphorus and > 80% of soluble myo-inositol (Ins) phosphates in seeds. The seed phosphorus and Ins phosphate phenotypes of four non-lethal barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) low phytic acid mutations are described. In seeds homozygous for M 635 and M 955 reductions in Ins P6, ∼75 and > 90% respectively, are accompanied by reductions in other Ins phosphates and molar-equivalent increases in Pi. This phenotype suggests a block in supply of substrate Ins. In seeds homozygous for barley low phytic acid 1-1 (lpal-1), a 45% decrease in Ins P6 is mostly matched by an increase in Pi but also accompanied by small increases in Ins(1,2,3,4,6)P5. In seeds homozygous for barley lpa2-1, reductions in seed Ins P6 are accompanied by increases in both Pi and in several Ins phosphates, a phenotype that suggests a lesion in Ins phosphate metabolism, rather than Ins supply. The increased Ins phosphates in barley lpa2-1 seed are: Ins(1,2,3,4,6)P5; Ins(1,2,4,6)P4 and/or its enantiomer Ins(2,3,4,6)P4; Ins(1,2,3,4)P4 and/or its enantiomer Ins(1,2,3,6)P4; Ins(1,2,6)P3 and/or its enantiomer Ins(2,3,4)P3; Ins(1,5,6)P3 and/or its enantiomer Ins(3,4,5)P3 (the methods used here cannot distinguish between enantiomers). This primarily "5-OH" series of Ins phosphates differs from the "1-/3-OH" series observed at elevated levels in seed of the maize lpa2 genotype, but previous chromosomal mapping data indicated that the maize and barley lpa2 loci might be orthologs of a single ancestral gene. Therefore one hypothesis that might explain the differing lpa2 phenotypes is that their common ancestral gene encodes a multi-functional, Ins phosphate kinase with both "1-/-3-" and "5-kinase" activities. A putative pyrophosphate-containing Ins phosphate, possibly an Ins P7, was also observed in the mature seed of all barley genotypes except lpa2-1. Barley M 955 indicates that at least for this species, the ability to accumulate Ins P6 can be nearly abolished while retaining at least short-term (∼1.0 years) viability. © 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
Publication Title
Phytochemistry
Recommended Citation
Dorsch, J.,
Cook, A.,
Young, K.,
Anderson, J.,
Bauman, A.,
Volkmann, C.,
Murthy, P.,
&
Raboy, V.
(2003).
Seed phosphorus and inositol phosphate phenotype of barley low phytic acid genotypes.
Phytochemistry,
62(5), 691-706.
http://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(02)00610-6
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