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Plant Physiol, April 2000, Vol. 122, pp. 1129-1136

Removal of Feedback Inhibition of Delta 1-Pyrroline-5-Carboxylate Synthetase Results in Increased Proline Accumulation and Protection of Plants from Osmotic Stress1

Zonglie Hong, Karuna Lakkineni, Zhongming Zhang, and Desh Pal S. Verma*

Department of Molecular Genetics and Plant Biotechnology Center, The Ohio State University, 1060 Carmack Road, Columbus, Ohio 43210-1002

The Delta 1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate synthetase (P5CS; EC not assigned) is the rate-limiting enzyme in proline (Pro) biosynthesis in plants and is subject to feedback inhibition by Pro. It has been suggested that the feedback regulation of P5CS is lost in plants under stress conditions. We compared Pro levels in transgenic tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) plants expressing a wild-type form of Vigna aconitifolia P5CS and a mutated form of the enzyme (P5CSF129A) whose feedback inhibition by Pro was removed by site-directed mutagenesis. Transgenic plants expressing P5CSF129A accumulated about 2-fold more Pro than the plants expressing V. aconitifolia wild-type P5CS. This difference was further increased in plants treated with 200 mM NaCl. These results demonstrated that the feedback regulation of P5CS plays a role in controlling the level of Pro in plants under both normal and stress conditions. The elevated Pro also reduced free radical levels in response to osmotic stress, as measured by malondialdehyde production, and significantly improved the ability of the transgenic seedlings to grow in medium containing up to 200 mM NaCl. These findings shed new light on the regulation of Pro biosynthesis in plants and the role of Pro in reducing oxidative stress induced by osmotic stress, in addition to its accepted role as an osmolyte.


1 This work was supported by grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program.

* Corresponding author; e-mail verma.1{at}osu.edu; fax 614-292-5379.

© 2000 American Society of Plant Physiologists



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