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Guan H, Yang X, Lin Y, Xie B, Zhang X, Ma C, Xia R, Chen R, Hao Y. The hormone regulatory mechanism underlying parthenocarpic fruit formation in tomato. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2024; 15:1404980. [PMID: 39119498 PMCID: PMC11306060 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1404980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2024] [Accepted: 07/05/2024] [Indexed: 08/10/2024]
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Parthenocarpic fruits, known for their superior taste and reliable yields in adverse conditions, develop without the need for fertilization or pollination. Exploring the physiological and molecular mechanisms behind parthenocarpic fruit development holds both theoretical and practical significance, making it a crucial area of study. This review examines how plant hormones and MADS-box transcription factors control parthenocarpic fruit formation. It delves into various aspects of plant hormones-including auxin, gibberellic acid, cytokinins, ethylene, and abscisic acid-ranging from external application to biosynthesis, metabolism, signaling pathways, and their interplay in influencing parthenocarpic fruit development. The review also explores the involvement of MADS family gene functions in these processes. Lastly, we highlight existing knowledge gaps and propose directions for future research on parthenocarpy.
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- Hongling Guan
- College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Utilization and Conservation of Food and Medicinal Resources in Northern Region, School of Biology and Agriculture, Shaoguan University, Shaoguan, China
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- College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory for New Technology Research of Vegetables, Vegetable Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Utilization and Conservation of Food and Medicinal Resources in Northern Region, School of Biology and Agriculture, Shaoguan University, Shaoguan, China
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- College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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Park S, Kim AL, Hong YK, Shin JH, Joo SH. A highly efficient auxin-producing bacterial strain and its effect on plant growth. JOURNAL OF GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 2021; 19:179. [PMID: 34859356 PMCID: PMC8639878 DOI: 10.1186/s43141-021-00252-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2021] [Accepted: 09/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Background Various bacteria promote plant root growth in the rhizosphere, as a measure of securing and enlarging their ecological niche. These interactions are mediated by plant growth regulators (PGRs) such as auxin, and indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) is one of the physiologically active auxin. In this study, we isolated an unusual bacterial strain from food process waste with high efficiency and demonstrated its effects on plant rooting and early-stage growth. Results The efficiency of this bacterial strain in producing IAA was 16.6 mg/L/h in Luria-Bertani broth containing 0.05% l-tryptophan (Trp) at room temperature (24 ± 2 °C). Its IAA production was highly dependent on the presence of precursor, Trp. This bacterium was identified as Ignatzschineria sp. by 16S rDNA sequencing. Its bacterial culture supernatant (BCS) enhanced plant root initiation, root growth, and plant growth in the early stages. The root mass formed BCS-treated in apple mint cuttings was twofold of that formed in the control. The root number and length were 46% and 18% higher, respectively, in BCS-treated chrysanthemum cuttings than in the control. Conclusions These results show that the BCS of Ignatzschineria sp. CG20001 isolate obtained in this study can be used for agricultural applications. In addition, the novelty of this strain makes it a valuable genetic resource for biotechnological applications. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s43141-021-00252-w.
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- Seunghye Park
- Research & Development Center, Cosmicgreen Inc., Daeryung Post Tower I, Digital-ro 288, Seoul, 08377, Republic of Korea
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- Research & Development Center, Cosmicgreen Inc., Daeryung Post Tower I, Digital-ro 288, Seoul, 08377, Republic of Korea
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- Research & Development Center, Cosmicgreen Inc., Daeryung Post Tower I, Digital-ro 288, Seoul, 08377, Republic of Korea
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- Research & Development Center, Cosmicgreen Inc., Daeryung Post Tower I, Digital-ro 288, Seoul, 08377, Republic of Korea
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- Research & Development Center, Cosmicgreen Inc., Daeryung Post Tower I, Digital-ro 288, Seoul, 08377, Republic of Korea.
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Martínez-Vázquez JP, Loera-Muro A, Gómez-Aguirre YA, Morales-Domínguez JF. Identification and characterization of the EXPA7, EXPA18 and EXT10 genes in Turbinicarpus lophophoroides (Werderm.) Buxb. & Backeb; and their expression analysis in the root under abiotic stress. Mol Biol Rep 2021; 48:1633-1644. [PMID: 33606149 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-021-06157-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2020] [Accepted: 01/12/2021] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Expansin and extensin are proteins involved in resistance to various abiotic stresses by processes of cell wall modification and in the formation and elongation of the hairy root. They are located in several organs of the plant included root epidermis. Turbinicarpus lophophoroides is a cactus model to studies these genes in adventitious and transformed roots. In this study, we identified and characterized the expansin7, expansin18 and extensin10 genes in T. lophophoroides. Bioinformatic analysis indicated that the expansin sequences contained the motifs: HTFYG, HFD, YRR, VPC and YW; and certain conserved cysteine (C) residues. Regarding extensin10, the sequence contains the conserved SPPPP (SP4), YYS and YV motifs. The expression analysis in adventitious and transformed roots under osmotic stress (300 mM mannitol), heat (37 °C) and cold (4 °C); shows a higher expression of TlExpA18 in both roots, a decrease in TlExpA7 in transformed roots and a null expression in TlExt10 in both roots. In addition, a morphological comparison of the maturation/differentiation zone, meristem and cap between adventitious and transformed roots by SEM was performed, finding differences in the quantity and length of the hairy roots and the shape of the root cap. Overall, the study concluded that TlExpA18 and TlExpA7 belong to expansin family and TlExt10 belong to extensin family. The expression characteristics of TlExpA18, TlExpA7 and TlExt10 will facilitate the investigation of its function in stress response and other physiological processes in T. lophophoroides.
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- J P Martínez-Vázquez
- Centro de Ciencias Básicas, Departamento de Química, Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, Av. Universidad #940, Fracc. C. U., C.P, 20131, Aguascalientes, Mexico
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- CONACyT-Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, SC. Instituto Politécnico Nacional 195, Playa Palo de Santa Rita Sur, B.C.S. C.P. 23096, La Paz, Mexico
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- Centro de Ciencias Básicas, Departamento de Química, Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, Av. Universidad #940, Fracc. C. U., C.P, 20131, Aguascalientes, Mexico
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- Centro de Ciencias Básicas, Departamento de Química, Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, Av. Universidad #940, Fracc. C. U., C.P, 20131, Aguascalientes, Mexico.
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Bahramnejad B, Naji M, Bose R, Jha S. A critical review on use of Agrobacterium rhizogenes and their associated binary vectors for plant transformation. Biotechnol Adv 2019; 37:107405. [PMID: 31185263 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2019.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2019] [Revised: 05/27/2019] [Accepted: 06/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Agrobacterium rhizogenes, along with A. tumefaciens, has been used to affect genetic transformation in plants for many years. Detailed studies conducted in the past have uncovered the basic mechanism of foreign gene transfer and the implication of Ri/Ti plasmids in this process. A number of reviews exist describing the usage of binary vectors with A. tumefaciens, but no comprehensive account of the numerous binary vectors employed with A. rhizogenes and their successful applications has been published till date. In this review, we recollect a brief history of development of Ri-plasmid/Ri-T-DNA based binary vectors systems and their successful implementation with A. rhizogenes for different applications. The modification of native Ri plasmid to introduce foreign genes followed by development of binary vector using Ri plasmid and how it facilitated rapid and feasible genetic manipulation, earlier impossible with native Ri plasmid, have been discussed. An important milestone was the development of inducible plant expressing promoter systems which made expression of toxic genes in plant systems possible. The successful application of binary vectors in conjunction with A. rhizogenes in gene silencing and genome editing studies which are relatively newer developments, demonstrating the amenability and adaptability of hairy roots systems to make possible studying previously intractable research areas have been summarized in the present review.
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- Bahman Bahramnejad
- Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Kurdistan 66177-15175, Iran.
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Kurdistan 66177-15175, Iran
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- Department of Genetics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata 700019, India
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- Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, 35 Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata 700 019, India
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Hegelund JN, Liang C, Lauridsen UB, Kemp O, Lütken H, Müller R. Increasing genetic variability in oilseed rape (Brassica napus) - Genotypes and phenotypes of oilseed rape transformed by wild type Agrobacterium rhizogenes. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2018; 271:20-26. [PMID: 29650153 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2018.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2017] [Revised: 02/26/2018] [Accepted: 03/02/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Brassica napus (oilseed rape) is a major oil crop worldwide. Due to the short domestication period of oilseed rape the genetic variability is limited compared to other crops. Transfer of rol and aux genes from Agrobacterium rhizogenes is used in horticulture to increase genetic variability. In the current study, we explore transformation by A. rhizogenes as a biotechnological approach in breeding for more branched and shorter oilseed rape. In the 2nd generation of transformed oilseed rape, branch numbers increased significantly by 49% from 7.7 ± 0.4 to 11.5 ± 1.9 when comparing rol+/aux+ plants with WT. Simultaneously, the apical height of plants was reduced by 25% from 81.3 ± 1.9 cm to 62.4 ± 6.7 cm in rol+/aux+ plants at the onset of flowering. Reproductive parameters affecting yield as seed size and number were negatively affected in rol+/aux+ plants. Interestingly, oil composition was changed in rol+/aux+ seeds. Oleic acid (ω9) contents were reduced by more than 3% whereas α-linolenic acid (ω6) increased by more than 25% in mature seeds. To obtain shorter and more branched breeding material of oilseed rape we suggest crossing plants with the rol+/aux+ genotype back into the parental breeding line. This could reduce the negative impact of rol+/aux+ on yield.
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- Josefine Nymark Hegelund
- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Højbakkegård Allé 9-13, 2630 Taastrup, Denmark.
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Højbakkegård Allé 9-13, 2630 Taastrup, Denmark
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Højbakkegård Allé 9-13, 2630 Taastrup, Denmark
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Højbakkegård Allé 9-13, 2630 Taastrup, Denmark
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Højbakkegård Allé 9-13, 2630 Taastrup, Denmark
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Højbakkegård Allé 9-13, 2630 Taastrup, Denmark
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Mano Y, Nemoto K. The pathway of auxin biosynthesis in plants. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2012; 63:2853-72. [PMID: 22447967 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ers091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 312] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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The plant hormone auxin, which is predominantly represented by indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), is involved in the regulation of plant growth and development. Although IAA was the first plant hormone identified, the biosynthetic pathway at the genetic level has remained unclear. Two major pathways for IAA biosynthesis have been proposed: the tryptophan (Trp)-independent and Trp-dependent pathways. In Trp-dependent IAA biosynthesis, four pathways have been postulated in plants: (i) the indole-3-acetamide (IAM) pathway; (ii) the indole-3-pyruvic acid (IPA) pathway; (iii) the tryptamine (TAM) pathway; and (iv) the indole-3-acetaldoxime (IAOX) pathway. Although different plant species may have unique strategies and modifications to optimize their metabolic pathways, plants would be expected to share evolutionarily conserved core mechanisms for auxin biosynthesis because IAA is a fundamental substance in the plant life cycle. In this review, the genes now known to be involved in auxin biosynthesis are summarized and the major IAA biosynthetic pathway distributed widely in the plant kingdom is discussed on the basis of biochemical and molecular biological findings and bioinformatics studies. Based on evolutionarily conserved core mechanisms, it is thought that the pathway via IAM or IPA is the major route(s) to IAA in plants.
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- Yoshihiro Mano
- Graduate School of Bioscience, Tokai University, 317 Nishino, Numazu, Shizuoka 410-0321, Japan.
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Mano Y, Nemoto K, Suzuki M, Seki H, Fujii I, Muranaka T. The AMI1 gene family: indole-3-acetamide hydrolase functions in auxin biosynthesis in plants. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2010; 61:25-32. [PMID: 19887500 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erp292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Novel genes that function in the conversion of indole-3-acetamide (IAM) into indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), which were previously thought to exist only in the bacterial genome, have been isolated from plants. The finding of the AtAMI1 gene in Arabidopsis thaliana and the NtAMI1 gene in Nicotiana tabacum, which encode indole-3-acetamide hydrolase, indicates the existence of a new pathway for auxin biosynthesis in plants. This review summarizes the characteristics of these genes involved in auxin biosynthesis and discusses the possibility of the AMI1 gene family being widely distributed in the plant kingdom. Its evolutionary relationship to bacterial indole-3-acetamide hydrolase, based on phylogenetic analyses, is also discussed.
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- Yoshihiro Mano
- Graduate School of Bioscience, Tokai University, 317 Nishino, Numazu, Shizuoka 410-0321, Japan.
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Nemoto K, Hara M, Suzuki M, Seki H, Muranaka T, Mano Y. The NtAMI1 gene functions in cell division of tobacco BY-2 cells in the presence of indole-3-acetamide. FEBS Lett 2009; 583:487-92. [PMID: 19121311 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2008.12.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2008] [Revised: 12/19/2008] [Accepted: 12/23/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) Bright Yellow-2 (BY-2) cells can be grown in medium containing indole-3-acetamide (IAM). Based on this finding, the NtAMI1 gene, whose product is functionally equivalent to the AtAMI1 gene of Arabidopsis thaliana and the aux2 gene of Agrobacterium rhizogenes, was isolated from BY-2 cells. Overexpression of the NtAMI1 gene allowed BY-2 cells to proliferate at lower concentrations of IAM, whereas suppression of the NtAMI1 gene by RNA interference (RNAi) caused severe growth inhibition in the medium containing IAM. These results suggest that IAM is incorporated into plant cells and converted to the auxin, indole-3-acetic acid, by NtAMI1.
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- Keiichirou Nemoto
- Graduate School of Bioscience, Tokai University, 317 Nishino, Numazu, Shizuoka 410-0321, Japan
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Lemcke K, Prinsen E, van Onckelen H, Schmülling T. The ORF8 gene product of Agrobacterium rhizogenes TL-DNA has tryptophan 2-monooxygenase activity. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2000; 13:787-790. [PMID: 10875340 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi.2000.13.7.787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The open reading frame 8 (ORF8) is located on the TL-DNA of the phytopathogenic soil bacterium Agrobacterium rhizogenes strain A4. The predicted ORF8 protein has a particular structure and is possibly a natural fusion protein. The N-terminal domain shows homology to the A. rhizogenes rolB protein and may modulate the auxin responsiveness of host cells. The C terminus has up to 38% homology to tryptophan 2-monooxygenases (t2m). We show that ORF8 overexpressing plants contain a fivefold higher concentration of indole-3-acetamide (IAM) than untransformed plants. Protein extracts from seedlings and Escherichia coli overexpressing ORF8 show significantly higher turnover rates of tryptophan to IAM than negative controls. We conclude that the ORF8 gene product has tryptophan 2-monooxygenase activity.
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- K Lemcke
- Zentrum für Molekularbiologie der Pflanzen, Allgemeine Genetik, University of Tübingen, Germany
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