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Journal Article
The Role of Glutamate Metabolism and the GABA Shunt in Bypassing the Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle in the Light
2024
Overview
Glutamate is an essential amino acid in both the energy and biosynthetic processes in plant cells. The aim of this work was to study changes in glutamate metabolism upon irradiation of maize (Zea mays L.) leaves with light of different spectral compositions, as well as to identify mechanisms regulating the work of enzymes involved in the studied process. A study was conducted of light-induced changes in glutamate metabolism in maize leaves, mediated by redirecting the glutamate flow to the γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) shunt. Glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) was more active in darkness, and the irradiation by red light inhibited the expression of both the Gdh1 and Gdh2 genes. EGTA and ruthenium red abolished the effects of light, indicating the participation of Ca2+ ions in phytochrome signal transduction. Contrary to GDH, glutamate decarboxylase (GAD) activity was moderately higher in the light, stimulated by red light, while far-red light reversed the effect. The effect of light on Gad expression was more pronounced than on GAD activity. Irradiation by red light also resulted in the increase in activity of GABA transaminase (GTA), which was abolished by far-red light. The third enzyme of the GABA shunt, succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase (SSADH), was also activated by light. The effect of light on the expression of Ssadh1, but not on Ssadh2, was phytochrome-dependent. It is concluded that irradiation by light shifts glutamate metabolism from GDH to GAD with the activation of GABA transaminase and SSADH. This suggests that the GABA pathway plays a role in the maintenance of the tricarboxylic acid cycle in the light via bypassing its reactions when the 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase complex is inhibited and the cycle switches to the open mode.
Publisher
MDPI AG
Subject
/ Cellular signal transduction
/ Citric Acid Cycle - radiation effects
/ Enzymes
/ GABA
/ gamma-Aminobutyric Acid - metabolism
/ Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
/ Genes
/ Glutamate Decarboxylase - genetics
/ Glutamate Decarboxylase - metabolism
/ Glutamate Dehydrogenase - genetics
/ Glutamate Dehydrogenase - metabolism
/ Light
/ Plant Leaves - radiation effects
/ Proteins
