SE182:/MS1

Sample Set Information

ID	TSE1340
Title	Determining novel functions of Arabidopsis 14-3-3 proteins in central metabolic processes.
Description	BACKGROUND: 14-3-3 proteins are considered master regulators of many signal transduction cascades in eukaryotes. In plants, 14-3-3 proteins have major roles as regulators of nitrogen and carbon metabolism, conclusions based on the studies of a few specific 14-3-3 targets. RESULTS: In this study, extensive novel roles of 14-3-3 proteins in plant metabolism were determined through combining the parallel analyses of metabolites and enzyme activities in 14-3-3 overexpression and knockout plants with studies of protein-protein interactions. Decreases in the levels of sugars and nitrogen-containing-compounds and in the activities of known 14-3-3-interacting-enzymes were observed in 14-3-3 overexpression plants. Plants overexpressing 14-3-3 proteins also contained decreased levels of malate and citrate, which are intermediate compounds of the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle. These modifications were related to the reduced activities of isocitrate dehydrogenase and malate dehydrogenase, which are key enzymes of TCA cycle. In addition, we demonstrated that 14-3-3 proteins interacted with one isocitrate dehydrogenase and two malate dehydrogenases. There were also changes in the levels of aromatic compounds and the activities of shikimate dehydrogenase, which participates in the biosynthesis of aromatic compounds. CONCLUSION: Taken together, our findings indicate that 14-3-3 proteins play roles as crucial tuners of multiple primary metabolic processes including TCA cycle and the shikimate pathway.
Authors	Diaz, C., Kusano, M., Sulpice, R., Araki, M., Redestig, H., Saito, K., Stitt, M. and Shin, R.
Reference	BMC Syst Biol. 2011 Nov 21;5:192. doi: 10.1186/1752-0509-5-192.
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Analytical Method Details Information

ID	MS1
Title	GC-TOF-MS
Instrument	GC Agilent 6890N gas chromatograph / MS Pegasus III TOF mass spectrometer
Instrument Type
Ionization	EI
Ion Mode	positive
Description	Metabolite profiling using GC-TOF-MS was performed as described previously. Briefly, three of the harvested shoot or root samples were pooled as a replicate. Six replicates per line were used for metabolite profiling. A total of 5 mg fresh weight of the shoot and root samples were subjected to derivatization. An equivalent 6 μg of the derivatized samples were injected into the GC-MS instrument. The non-processed data obtained were pre-processed using the hierarchical multivariate curve resolution method.
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