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Publication Unknown Arabidopsis responds to Alternaria alternata volatiles by triggering pPG-independent mechanisms(American Society of Plant Biologists, 2016) Sánchez López, Ángela María; Bahaji, Abdellatif; Diego, Nuria de; Baslam, Marouane; Li, Jun; Muñoz Pérez, Francisco José; Almagro Zabalza, Goizeder; García Gómez, Pablo; Ameztoy del Amo, Kinia; Ricarte Bermejo, Adriana; Novák, Ondrej; Humplik, Jan F.; Spíchal, Lukás; Dolezal, Karel; Ciordia, Sergio; Mena, María Carmen; Navajas, Rosana; Baroja Fernández, Edurne; Pozueta Romero, Javier; IdAB. Instituto de Agrobiotecnología / Agrobioteknologiako Institutua; Gobierno de Navarra / Nafarroako Gobernua (IIM010491.RI1); Universidad Pública de Navarra / Nafarroako Unibertsitate PublikoaVolatile compounds (VCs) emitted by phylogenetically diverse microorganisms (including plant pathogens and microbes that do not normally interact mutualistically with plants) promote photosynthesis, growth, and the accumulation of high levels of starch in leaves through cytokinin (CK)-regulated processes. In Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) plants not exposed to VCs, plastidic phosphoglucose isomerase (pPGI) acts as an important determinant of photosynthesis and growth, likely as a consequence of its involvement in the synthesis of plastidic CKs in roots. Moreover, this enzyme plays an important role in connecting the Calvin- Benson cycle with the starch biosynthetic pathway in leaves. To elucidate the mechanisms involved in the responses of plants to microbial VCs and to investigate the extent of pPGI involvement, we characterized pPGI-null pgi1-2 Arabidopsis plants cultured in the presence or absence of VCs emitted by Alternaria alternata. We found that volatile emissions from this fungal phytopathogen promote growth, photosynthesis, and the accumulation of plastidic CKs in pgi1-2 leaves. Notably, the mesophyll cells of pgi1-2 leaves accumulated exceptionally high levels of starch following VC exposure. Proteomic analyses revealed that VCs promote global changes in the expression of proteins involved in photosynthesis, starch metabolism, and growth that can account for the observed responses in pgi1-2 plants. The overall data show that Arabidopsis plants can respond to VCs emitted by phytopathogenic microorganisms by triggering pPGI-independent mechanisms.