At4g24160, a soluble acyl-coenzyme A-dependent lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferase

Plant Physiol. 2009 Oct;151(2):869-81. doi: 10.1104/pp.109.144261. Epub 2009 Aug 21.

Abstract

Human CGI-58 (for comparative gene identification-58) and YLR099c, encoding Ict1p in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, have recently been identified as acyl-CoA-dependent lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferases. Sequence database searches for CGI-58 like proteins in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) revealed 24 proteins with At4g24160, a member of the alpha/beta-hydrolase family of proteins being the closest homolog. At4g24160 contains three motifs that are conserved across the plant species: a GXSXG lipase motif, a HX(4)D acyltransferase motif, and V(X)(3)HGF, a probable lipid binding motif. Dendrogram analysis of yeast ICT1, CGI-58, and At4g24160 placed these three polypeptides in the same group. Here, we describe and characterize At4g24160 as, to our knowledge, the first soluble lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferase in plants. A lipidomics approach revealed that At4g24160 has additional triacylglycerol lipase and phosphatidylcholine hydrolyzing enzymatic activities. These data establish At4g24160, a protein with a previously unknown function, as an enzyme that might play a pivotal role in maintaining the lipid homeostasis in plants by regulating both phospholipid and neutral lipid levels.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acyl Coenzyme A / metabolism*
  • Acyltransferases / chemistry
  • Acyltransferases / genetics
  • Acyltransferases / metabolism*
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Arabidopsis / enzymology*
  • Arabidopsis / genetics
  • Arabidopsis Proteins / chemistry
  • Arabidopsis Proteins / genetics
  • Arabidopsis Proteins / metabolism*
  • Evolution, Molecular
  • Gene Expression Profiling
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
  • Hydrolysis
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phospholipids / metabolism
  • Phylogeny
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary
  • Recombinant Proteins / isolation & purification
  • Recombinant Proteins / metabolism
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / metabolism
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
  • Solubility
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
  • Subcellular Fractions / enzymology
  • Time Factors
  • Triglycerides / metabolism

Substances

  • Acyl Coenzyme A
  • Arabidopsis Proteins
  • Phospholipids
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Triglycerides
  • Acyltransferases
  • 2-acylglycerophosphate acyltransferase