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Received August 18, 2002
Returned for revision September 18, 2002
Accepted November 7, 2002

The Role of Biotin in Regulating 3-Methylcrotonyl-Coenzyme A Carboxylase Expression in Arabidopsis

Ping Che , Lisa M. Weaver , Eve Syrkin Wurtele , and Basil J. Nikolau *

Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology (P.C., L.M.W., B.J.N.), Department of Botany (E.S.W.), and Center for Designer Crops (E.S.W., B.J.N.), Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011

* Corresponding author; email: dimmas{at}iastate.edu.

As a catalytic cofactor, biotin has a critical role in the enzymological mechanism of a number of enzymes that are essential in both catabolic and anabolic metabolic processes. In this study we demonstrate that biotin has additional non-catalytic functions in regulating gene expression in plants, which are biotin autotrophic organisms. Biotin controls expression of the biotin-containing enzyme, methylcrotonyl-coenzyme A (CoA) carboxylase by modulating the transcriptional, translational and/or posttranslational regulation of the expression of this enzyme. The bio1 mutant of Arabidopsis, which is blocked in the de novo biosynthesis of biotin, was used to experimentally alter the biotin status of this organism. In response to the bio1-associated depletion of biotin, the normally biotinylated A-subunit of methylcrotonyl-CoA carboxylase (MCCase) accumulates in its inactive apo-form, and both MCCase subunits hyperaccumulate. This hyperaccumulation occurs because the translation of each subunit mRNA is enhanced and/or because the each protein subunit becomes more stable. In addition, biotin affects the accumulation of distinct charge isoforms of MCCase. In contrast, in response to metabolic signals arising from the alteration in the carbon status of the organism, biotin modulates the transcription of the MCCase genes. These experiments reveal that in addition to its catalytic role as an enzyme cofactor, biotin has multiple roles in regulating gene expression.




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