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Published on May 3, 2007; 10.1104/pp.107.099192

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Received March 8, 2007
Accepted April 30, 2007

Identification of the Photorespiratory 2-Phosphoglycolate Phosphatase, PGLP1, in Arabidopsis

Sandra Schwarte and Hermann Bauwe *

Department of Plant Physiology, University of Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany

* Corresponding author; email: hermann.bauwe{at}uni-rostock.de.

The chloroplastidal enzyme 2-phosphoglycolate phosphatase (PGLP), PGLP1, catalyzes the first reaction of the photorespiratory C2 cycle, a major pathway of plant primary metabolism. Thirteen potential PGLP genes are annotated in the Arabidopsis genome; however, none of these genes has been functionally characterized and the gene encoding the photorespiratory PGLP is not known. Here, we report on the identification of the PGLP1 gene in a higher plant and provide functional evidence for a second, non-photorespiratory PGLP, PGLP2. Two candidate genes, At5g36700 (AtPGLP1) and At5g47760 (AtPGLP2), were selected by sequence similarity to known PGLPs from microorganisms. The two encoded proteins were overexpressed in E. coli and both show PGLP activity. T-DNA knockout of one of these genes, At5g36700, results in very low leaf PGLP activity. The mutant is unviable in normal air, but grows well in air enriched with 0.9% CO2. In contrast, deletion of At5g47760 does not result in a visible phenotype and leaf PGLP activity is unaltered. Sequencing of genomic DNA from another PGLP-deficient mutant (Somerville and Ogren, 1979) revealed a combined missense and missplicing point mutation in At5g36700. These combined data establish At5g36700 as the gene encoding the photorespiratory PGLP, PGLP1.






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