The identification of cutin synthase: formation of the plant polyester cutin

Trevor H. Yeats; Laetitia B. B. Martin; Helene Marie-France Viart; Tal Isaacson; Yonghua He; Lingxia Zhao; Antonio J. Matas; Gregory J. Buda; David S. Domozych; Mads Hartvig Clausen; Jocelyn K. C. Rose

doi:10.1038/NCHEMBIO.960

The identification of cutin synthase: formation of the plant polyester cutin

Trevor H. Yeats, Laetitia B. B. Martin, Helene Marie-France Viart, Tal Isaacson, Yonghua He, Lingxia Zhao, Antonio J. Matas, Gregory J. Buda, David S. Domozych, Mads Hartvig Clausen, Jocelyn K. C. Rose

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Abstract

A hydrophobic cuticle consisting of waxes and the polyester cutin covers the aerial epidermis of all land plants, providing essential protection from desiccation and other stresses. We have determined the enzymatic basis of cutin polymerization through characterization of a tomato extracellular acyltransferase, CD1, and its substrate, 2-mono(10,16-dihydroxyhexadecanoyl)glycerol. CD1 has in vitro polyester synthesis activity and is required for cutin accumulation in vivo, indicating that it is a cutin synthase.

Original language	English
Journal	Nature Chemical Biology
Volume	8
Issue number	7
Pages (from-to)	609-611
ISSN	1552-4450
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/NCHEMBIO.960
Publication status	Published - 2012

Keywords

Dicotyledones Angiospermae Spermatophyta Plantae (Angiosperms, Dicots, Plants, Spermatophytes, Vascular Plants) - Cruciferae [25880] Arabidopsis thaliana species
Dicotyledones Angiospermae Spermatophyta Plantae (Angiosperms, Dicots, Plants, Spermatophytes, Vascular Plants) - Solanaceae [26775] Solanum lycopersicum species tomato common transgenic
Solanum lycopersicum cd1 gene [Solanaceae] Solanum lycopersicum cutin deficient 1 gene mutation

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The identification of cutin synthase: formation of the plant polyester cutin

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