A minimum catalytic unit for synthesis of InsP6 and 5-PP-InsP5 in Arabidopsis

Whitfield, Hayley L., Sprigg, Colleen, Riley, Andrew M., Potter, Barry V. L., Kuo, Hui-Fen and Brearley, Charles A. (2025) A minimum catalytic unit for synthesis of InsP6 and 5-PP-InsP5 in Arabidopsis. Biochemical Journal. ISSN 0264-6021

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Abstract

Inositol pyrophosphates, diphosphoinositol phosphates, are reported agents of phosphate homeostasis, disease resistance and hormone action in plants. Of the enzymes that have been shown to synthesize inositol pyrophophosphates, ITPK1 and VIH1/2 share the ATP-grasp fold – the latter also possesses a phosphatase domain. Among ATP-grasp inositol phosphate kinases, ITPK1 is particularly flexible – phosphorylating equatorial hydroxyls and equatorial phosphates on inositol phosphates. Herein, we show that combination of ITPK1 and IPK1 is sufficient to synthesize 5-PP-InsP5 from Ins3P and that ITPK1 is capable of converting Ins1P to Ins(1,3,4,5,6)P5. In defining a minimal catalytic unit for synthesis of both InsP6 and 5-PP-InsP5, we define the minimum enzymology of the ‘lipid-independent’ pathway of InsP6 synthesis from Ins3P and its intermediates. The pathway proceeds: Ins3P, Ins(3,4)P2, Ins(3,4,5)P3, Ins(3,4,5,6)P4, Ins(1,3,4,5,6)P5, Ins(1,2,3,4,5,6)P6, and therefrom to 5-PP-Ins()P5.

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Additional Information:	Data Availability: The authors affirm that all data supporting the findings of the study are available within the article and supplementary material. Funding information: HLW was supported by the NERC, UK, through NE/W000350/1. CS was supported by a BBSRC Norwich Research Park Doctoral Training Studentship (Ref. BB/M011216/1). This work was funded in part by The Wellcome Trust. BVLP is a Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator.
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Biological Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Plant Sciences Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Molecular Microbiology
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Date Deposited:	17 Nov 2025 16:30
Last Modified:	23 Nov 2025 06:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/101046
DOI:	10.1042/BCJ20253161

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