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construction of an independent mutant allele (pst12490, vte5-2) that carries a transposon insertion in the first exon behind the start codon of the VTE5 gene and shows no vte5 expression and absence of VTE5 mRNA. Construction of VTE5/VTE6 double mutant plants, which are tocopherol-deficient and contain more chlorophyll, but reduced amounts of phytol and phytyl-phosphate compared with vte6 mutants, suggesting that phytol or phytyl-phosphate are detrimental to plant growth. The growth defect of vte6-1 is alleviated in the vte5-2/vte6-1 double mutant. The tocopherol-deficient mutants vte1, vte2, vte4, and vte5 can grow on soil and produce fertile seeds, while vte6-1 and vte6-2 cannot grow photoautotrophically and are infertile. Amounts of phytol are unchanged in vte5-2 and vte5-2/vte6-1 mutants compared with the wild-type, the different forms of fatty acid phytyl esters are increased in leaves of vte5-2, vte6-1, vte6-2, and vte5-2 vte6-1 compared with the wild type, especially 12:0-phytol, 14:0-phytol, and 16:0-phytol |
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