Hydrogen isotopic differences between C3 and C4 land plant lipids: consequences of compartmentation in C4 photosynthetic chemistry and C3 photorespiration

The 2H/1H ratio of carbon-bound H in biolipids holds potential for probing plant lipid biosynthesis and metabolism. The biochemical mechanism underlying the isotopic differences between lipids from C3 and C4 plants is still poorly understood. GC-pyrolysis-IRMS (gas chromatography-pyrolysis-isotope r...

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Main Authors: Zhou, Y., Grice, Kliti, Stuart-Williams, H., Hocart, C., Gessler, A., Farquhar, G.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Wiley 2016
Online Access:http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP130100577
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4373
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author Zhou, Y.
Grice, Kliti
Stuart-Williams, H.
Hocart, C.
Gessler, A.
Farquhar, G.
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Grice, Kliti
Stuart-Williams, H.
Hocart, C.
Gessler, A.
Farquhar, G.
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description The 2H/1H ratio of carbon-bound H in biolipids holds potential for probing plant lipid biosynthesis and metabolism. The biochemical mechanism underlying the isotopic differences between lipids from C3 and C4 plants is still poorly understood. GC-pyrolysis-IRMS (gas chromatography-pyrolysis-isotope ratio mass spectrometry) measurement of the 2H/1H ratio of leaf lipids from controlled and field grown plants indicates that the biochemical isotopic fractionation (ε2Hlipid_biochem) differed between C3 and C4 plants in a pathway-dependent manner: ε2HC4 > ε2HC3 for the acetogenic pathway, ε2HC4 < ε2HC3 for the mevalonic acid pathway and the 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate pathway across all species examined. It is proposed that compartmentation of photosynthetic CO2 fixation into C4 mesophyll (M) and bundle sheath (BS) cells and suppression of photorespiration in C4 M and BS cells both result in C4 M chloroplastic pyruvate – the precursor for acetogenic pathway – being more depleted in 2H relative to pyruvate in C3 cells. In addition, compartmentation in C4 plants also results in (i) the transferable H of NADPH being enriched in 2H in C4 M chloroplasts compared with that in C3 chloroplasts for the 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate pathway pathway and (ii) pyruvate relatively 2H-enriched being used for the mevalonic acid pathway in the cytosol of BS cells in comparison with that in C3 cells.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-43732022-10-06T04:58:30Z Hydrogen isotopic differences between C3 and C4 land plant lipids: consequences of compartmentation in C4 photosynthetic chemistry and C3 photorespiration Zhou, Y. Grice, Kliti Stuart-Williams, H. Hocart, C. Gessler, A. Farquhar, G. The 2H/1H ratio of carbon-bound H in biolipids holds potential for probing plant lipid biosynthesis and metabolism. The biochemical mechanism underlying the isotopic differences between lipids from C3 and C4 plants is still poorly understood. GC-pyrolysis-IRMS (gas chromatography-pyrolysis-isotope ratio mass spectrometry) measurement of the 2H/1H ratio of leaf lipids from controlled and field grown plants indicates that the biochemical isotopic fractionation (ε2Hlipid_biochem) differed between C3 and C4 plants in a pathway-dependent manner: ε2HC4 > ε2HC3 for the acetogenic pathway, ε2HC4 < ε2HC3 for the mevalonic acid pathway and the 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate pathway across all species examined. It is proposed that compartmentation of photosynthetic CO2 fixation into C4 mesophyll (M) and bundle sheath (BS) cells and suppression of photorespiration in C4 M and BS cells both result in C4 M chloroplastic pyruvate – the precursor for acetogenic pathway – being more depleted in 2H relative to pyruvate in C3 cells. In addition, compartmentation in C4 plants also results in (i) the transferable H of NADPH being enriched in 2H in C4 M chloroplasts compared with that in C3 chloroplasts for the 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate pathway pathway and (ii) pyruvate relatively 2H-enriched being used for the mevalonic acid pathway in the cytosol of BS cells in comparison with that in C3 cells. 2016 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4373 10.1111/pce.12821 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP130100577 Wiley restricted
spellingShingle Zhou, Y.
Grice, Kliti
Stuart-Williams, H.
Hocart, C.
Gessler, A.
Farquhar, G.
Hydrogen isotopic differences between C3 and C4 land plant lipids: consequences of compartmentation in C4 photosynthetic chemistry and C3 photorespiration
title Hydrogen isotopic differences between C3 and C4 land plant lipids: consequences of compartmentation in C4 photosynthetic chemistry and C3 photorespiration
title_full Hydrogen isotopic differences between C3 and C4 land plant lipids: consequences of compartmentation in C4 photosynthetic chemistry and C3 photorespiration
title_fullStr Hydrogen isotopic differences between C3 and C4 land plant lipids: consequences of compartmentation in C4 photosynthetic chemistry and C3 photorespiration
title_full_unstemmed Hydrogen isotopic differences between C3 and C4 land plant lipids: consequences of compartmentation in C4 photosynthetic chemistry and C3 photorespiration
title_short Hydrogen isotopic differences between C3 and C4 land plant lipids: consequences of compartmentation in C4 photosynthetic chemistry and C3 photorespiration
title_sort hydrogen isotopic differences between c3 and c4 land plant lipids: consequences of compartmentation in c4 photosynthetic chemistry and c3 photorespiration
url http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP130100577
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4373