| Title: | "Heat Waves Change Plant Carbon Allocation Among Primary and Secondary Metabolism Altering CO(2) Assimilation, Respiration, and VOC Emissions" |
| Author(s): | Werner C; Fasbender L; Romek KM; Yanez-Serrano AM; Kreuzwieser J; |
| Address: | "Ecosystem Physiology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany. Center of Ecological Research and Forest Applications (CREAF), Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. Global Ecology Unit CREAF-CSIC-UAB, Cerdanyola del Valles, Barcelona, Spain" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1664-462X (Print) 1664-462X (Electronic) 1664-462X (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Processes controlling plant carbon allocation among primary and secondary metabolism, i.e., carbon assimilation, respiration, and VOC synthesis are still poorly constrained, particularly regarding their response to stress. To investigate these processes, we simulated a 10-day 38 degrees C heat wave, analysing real-time carbon allocation into primary and secondary metabolism in the Mediterranean shrub Halimium halimifolium L. We traced position-specific (13)C-labeled pyruvate into daytime VOC and CO(2) emissions and during light-dark transition. Net CO(2) assimilation strongly declined under heat, due to three-fold higher respiration rates. Interestingly, day respiration also increased two-fold. Decarboxylation of the C1-atom of pyruvate was the main process driving daytime CO(2) release, whereas the C2-moiety was not decarboxylated in the TCA cycle. Heat induced high emissions of methanol, methyl acetate, acetaldehyde as well as mono- and sesquiterpenes, particularly during the first two days. After 10-days of heat a substantial proportion of (13)C-labeled pyruvate was allocated into de novo synthesis of VOCs. Thus, during extreme heat waves high respiratory losses and reduced assimilation can shift plants into a negative carbon balance. Still, plants enhanced their investment into de novo VOC synthesis despite associated metabolic CO(2) losses. We conclude that heat stress re-directed the proportional flux of key metabolites into pathways of VOC biosynthesis most likely at the expense of reactions of plant primary metabolism, which might highlight their importance for stress protection" |
| Keywords: | 13C position-specific labeling carbon allocation dark day respiration photosynthesis pyruvate temperature stress volatile organic compounds (VOC); |
| Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINEWerner, Christiane Fasbender, Lukas Romek, Katarzyna M Yanez-Serrano, Ana Maria Kreuzwieser, Jurgen eng Switzerland 2020/09/15 Front Plant Sci. 2020 Aug 14; 11:1242. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2020.01242. eCollection 2020" |
