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PP2A‐B′&ggr; modulates foliar trans‐methylation capacity and the formation of 4‐methoxy‐indol‐3‐yl‐methyl glucosinolate in Arabidopsis leaves

Moona Rahikainen,A. Trotta,S. Alegre,Jesús Pascual,Katariina Vuorinen,K. Overmyer,B. Moffatt,S. Ravanel,E. Glawischnig,Saijaliisa Kangasjärvi

Published 2017 in The Plant Journal

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Glucosinolates (GSL) of cruciferous plants comprise a major group of structurally diverse secondary compounds which act as deterrents against aphids and microbial pathogens and have large commercial and ecological impacts. While the transcriptional regulation governing the biosynthesis and modification of GSL is now relatively well understood, post-translational regulatory components that specifically determine the structural variation of indole glucosinolates have not been reported. We show that the cytoplasmic protein phosphatase 2A regulatory subunit B'γ (PP2A-B'γ) physically interacts with indole glucosinolate methyltransferases and controls the methoxylation of indole glucosinolates and the formation of 4-methoxy-indol-3-yl-methyl glucosinolate in Arabidopsis leaves. By taking advantage of proteomic approaches and metabolic analysis we further demonstrate that PP2A-B'γ is required to control the abundance of oligomeric protein complexes functionally linked with the activated methyl cycle and the trans-methylation capacity of leaf cells. These findings highlight the key regulatory role of PP2A-B'γ in methionine metabolism and provide a previously unrecognized perspective for metabolic engineering of glucosinolate metabolism in cruciferous plants.

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