Abstract
In plants, phosphatidic acid (PA) functions as a metabolic precursor in the biosynthesis of glycerolipids, but it also acts as a key signaling lipid in the response to environmental stress conditions (Testerink and Munnik, J Exp Bot 62:2349–2361, 2011). In vivo 32P-radiolabeling assays have shown the level of PA to increase within seconds/minutes of exposure to a stimulus. This response can be due to the activity of diacylglycerol kinase (DGK) and/or phospholipase D (PLD). A method is described to investigate which of the pathways is responsible for PA accumulation under a particular stress condition.
First, a differential 32P-radiolabeling protocol is used to discriminate 32P-PA pools that are rapidly labeled versus those requiring long prelabeling times, reflecting DGK and PLD activities, respectively. Second, to specifically monitor the contribution of PLD, a transphosphatidylation assay is applied, which makes use of the artificial lipid phosphatidylbutanol as an in vivo marker of PLD activity.
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Arisz, S.A., Munnik, T. (2013). Distinguishing Phosphatidic Acid Pools from De Novo Synthesis, PLD, and DGK. In: Munnik, T., Heilmann, I. (eds) Plant Lipid Signaling Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1009. Humana, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-62703-401-2_6
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