Adjustment of the Arabidopsis circadian oscillator by sugar signalling dictates the regulation of starch metabolism

Abstract Arabidopsis plants store part of the carbon fixed by photosynthesis as starch to sustain growth at night. Two competing hypotheses have been proposed to explain this diel starch turnover based on either the measurement of starch abundance with respect to circadian time, or the sensing of su...

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Autores principales: Motohide Seki, Takayuki Ohara, Timothy J. Hearn, Alexander Frank, Viviane C. H. da Silva, Camila Caldana, Alex A. R. Webb, Akiko Satake
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:57038c7df6704cfca22d623592e03e182021-12-02T12:31:47ZAdjustment of the Arabidopsis circadian oscillator by sugar signalling dictates the regulation of starch metabolism10.1038/s41598-017-08325-y2045-2322https://doaj.org/article/57038c7df6704cfca22d623592e03e182017-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-08325-yhttps://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Arabidopsis plants store part of the carbon fixed by photosynthesis as starch to sustain growth at night. Two competing hypotheses have been proposed to explain this diel starch turnover based on either the measurement of starch abundance with respect to circadian time, or the sensing of sugars to feedback to the circadian oscillator to dynamically adjust the timing of starch turnover. We report a phase oscillator model that permitted derivation of the ideal responses of the circadian regulation of starch breakdown to maintain sucrose homeostasis. Testing the model predictions using a sugar-unresponsive mutant of Arabidopsis demonstrated that the dynamics of starch turnover arise from the circadian clock measuring and responding to the rate of change of cellular sucrose. Our theory and experiments suggest that starch turnover is controlled by the circadian clock acting as a dynamic homeostat responding to sucrose signals to maintain carbon homeostasis.Motohide SekiTakayuki OharaTimothy J. HearnAlexander FrankViviane C. H. da SilvaCamila CaldanaAlex A. R. WebbAkiko SatakeNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2017)
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Motohide Seki
Takayuki Ohara
Timothy J. Hearn
Alexander Frank
Viviane C. H. da Silva
Camila Caldana
Alex A. R. Webb
Akiko Satake
Adjustment of the Arabidopsis circadian oscillator by sugar signalling dictates the regulation of starch metabolism
description Abstract Arabidopsis plants store part of the carbon fixed by photosynthesis as starch to sustain growth at night. Two competing hypotheses have been proposed to explain this diel starch turnover based on either the measurement of starch abundance with respect to circadian time, or the sensing of sugars to feedback to the circadian oscillator to dynamically adjust the timing of starch turnover. We report a phase oscillator model that permitted derivation of the ideal responses of the circadian regulation of starch breakdown to maintain sucrose homeostasis. Testing the model predictions using a sugar-unresponsive mutant of Arabidopsis demonstrated that the dynamics of starch turnover arise from the circadian clock measuring and responding to the rate of change of cellular sucrose. Our theory and experiments suggest that starch turnover is controlled by the circadian clock acting as a dynamic homeostat responding to sucrose signals to maintain carbon homeostasis.
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author Motohide Seki
Takayuki Ohara
Timothy J. Hearn
Alexander Frank
Viviane C. H. da Silva
Camila Caldana
Alex A. R. Webb
Akiko Satake
author_facet Motohide Seki
Takayuki Ohara
Timothy J. Hearn
Alexander Frank
Viviane C. H. da Silva
Camila Caldana
Alex A. R. Webb
Akiko Satake
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title Adjustment of the Arabidopsis circadian oscillator by sugar signalling dictates the regulation of starch metabolism
title_short Adjustment of the Arabidopsis circadian oscillator by sugar signalling dictates the regulation of starch metabolism
title_full Adjustment of the Arabidopsis circadian oscillator by sugar signalling dictates the regulation of starch metabolism
title_fullStr Adjustment of the Arabidopsis circadian oscillator by sugar signalling dictates the regulation of starch metabolism
title_full_unstemmed Adjustment of the Arabidopsis circadian oscillator by sugar signalling dictates the regulation of starch metabolism
title_sort adjustment of the arabidopsis circadian oscillator by sugar signalling dictates the regulation of starch metabolism
publisher Nature Portfolio
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url https://doaj.org/article/57038c7df6704cfca22d623592e03e18
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