Summary of Study ST001811

This data is available at the NIH Common Fund's National Metabolomics Data Repository (NMDR) website, the Metabolomics Workbench, https://www.metabolomicsworkbench.org, where it has been assigned Project ID PR001145. The data can be accessed directly via it's Project DOI: 10.21228/M8Q12H This work is supported by NIH grant, U2C- DK119886.

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Study IDST001811
Study TitleEvidence that class I glutamine amidotransferase, GAT1_2.1, acts as a glutaminase in roots of Arabidopsis thaliana
Study TypeTargeted Metabolite Quantification
Study SummaryIn this study, we use a targeted metabolite quantification approach to demonstrate the difference in quantities of pathway intermediates between wild type Arabidopsis roots and gat1_2.1 mutants using glutamine as organic nitrogen treatment and KNO3 and Glu treatments as negative and positive controls, respectively.
Institute
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
DepartmentLondon Research and Development Centre
LaboratoryFrederic Marsolais
Last NameKambhampati
First NameShrikaar
Address1391 Sandford St, London, ON N5V 4T3, Canada
Emailshrikaar.k@gmail.com
Phone3144025550
Submit Date2021-06-01
Raw Data AvailableYes
Raw Data File Type(s)raw(Thermo)
Analysis Type DetailLC-MS
Release Date2021-06-16
Release Version1
Shrikaar Kambhampati Shrikaar Kambhampati
https://dx.doi.org/10.21228/M8Q12H
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Project ID:PR001145
Project DOI:doi: 10.21228/M8Q12H
Project Title:Evidence that class I glutamine amidotransferase, GAT1_2.1, acts as a glutaminase in roots of Arabidopsis thaliana
Project Summary:Carbon and Nitrogen balance in plant leaves, required for sustained growth, is achieved by inter-relationships between the processes of photosynthesis, respiration and amino acid metabolism in a photoperiod dependent manner. The GS/GOGAT cycle is one such mechanism and is highly elucidated in plants to serve as a crossroad between C and N metabolism. Non-photosynthetic tissues (e.g., roots, germinating seeds), however, lack a sufficient supply of carbon skeletons under high N conditions and hence may resort to other mechanisms, along with GS/GOGAT cycle, to achieve the aforementioned C/N balance. Here, we propose a potential role of an enzyme, GAT1_2.1, in hydrolyzing excess glutamine to Glu, which channels carbon skeletons to the TCA cycle, under high N conditions, using Arabidopsis as a model. GAT1_2.1, a class I glutamine amidotrasferase of unknown substrate specificity, was shown to be highly responsive to N status, localized in mitochondria and is highly co-expressed with Glutamate Dehydrogenase 2 (GDH2). Arabidopsis mutants lacking GAT1_2.1 have elevated GABA shunt pathway activity to replenish the depleted levels of Glu. This Glu may then be deaminated to 2-oxoglutarate by GDH2 and channeled into the TCA cycle thus providing a crossroad between C and N metabolism in root mitochondria. We use a metabolomics approach to demonstrate the difference in quantities of pathway intermediates between wild type Arabidopsis roots and gat1_2.1 mutants using glutamine as organic nitrogen treatment and KNO3 and Glu treatments as negative and positive controls, respectively. In addition, we used Arabidopsis root extracts, spiked with amide nitrogen labeled (15N1) Glutamine and a purified recombinant protein, both full length and glutaminase domain only versions, to determine the amido group acceptor, if any, in the glutamine amidotransferase reaction.
Institute:Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Department:London Research and Development Centre
Laboratory:Frederic Marsolais
Last Name:Kambhampati
First Name:Shrikaar
Address:1391 Sandford St, London, ON N5V 4T3, Canada
Email:shrikaar.k@gmail.com
Phone:3144025550
Funding Source:Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Contributors:Shrikaar Kambhampati, Justin Renaud, Frederic Marsolais
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