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First published online July 1, 2005; 10.1105/tpc.105.033290

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The Plant Cell 17:2355-2368 (2005)
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Pyruvate Decarboxylase Provides Growing Pollen Tubes with a Competitive Advantage in Petunia{boxw}

Nathalie Gassa, Tatiana Glagotskaiaa, Stefan Mellemaa, Jeroen Stuurmana, Mario Baronea, Therese Mandela, Ute Roessner-Tunalib and Cris Kuhlemeiera,1

a Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Berne, CH-3013 Berne, Switzerland
b Max Planck Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology, D-14424 Potsdam, Germany

1 To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail cris.kuhlemeier{at}ips.unibe.ch; fax 41-31-631-49-42.

Rapid pollen tube growth places unique demands on energy production and biosynthetic capacity. The aim of this work is to understand how primary metabolism meets the demands of such rapid growth. Aerobically grown pollen produce ethanol in large quantities. The ethanolic fermentation pathway consists of two committed enzymes: pyruvate decarboxylase (PDC) and alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH). Because adh mutations do not affect male gametophyte function, the obvious question is why pollen synthesize an abundant enzyme if they could do just as well without. Using transposon tagging in Petunia hybrida, we isolated a null mutant in pollen-specific Pdc2. Growth of the mutant pollen tubes through the style is reduced, and the mutant allele shows reduced transmission through the male, when in competition with wild-type pollen. We propose that not ADH but rather PDC is the critical enzyme in a novel, pollen-specific pathway. This pathway serves to bypass pyruvate dehydrogenase enzymes and thereby maintain biosynthetic capacity and energy production under the unique conditions prevailing during pollen–pistil interaction.




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