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Kumar P, Madhawan A, Sharma A, Sharma V, Das D, Parveen A, Fandade V, Sharma D, Roy J. A sucrose non-fermenting-1-related protein kinase 1 gene from wheat, TaSnRK1α regulates starch biosynthesis by modulating AGPase activity. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2024; 207:108407. [PMID: 38340690 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2024.108407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2024] [Accepted: 01/27/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024]
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Major portion of wheat grain consist of carbohydrate, mainly starch. The proportion of amylose and amylopectin in starch greatly influence the end product quality. Advancement in understanding starch biosynthesis pathway and modulating key genes has enabled the genetic modification of crops resulting in enhanced starch quality. However, the regulation of starch biosynthesis genes still remains unexplored. So, to expand the limited knowledge, here, we characterized a Ser/Thr kinase, SnRK1α in wheat and determined its role in regulating starch biosynthesis. SnRK1 is an evolutionary conserved protein kinase and share homology to yeast SNF1. Yeast complementation assay suggests TaSnRK1α restores growth defect and promotes glycogen accumulation. Domain analysis and complementation assay with truncated domain proteins suggest the importance of ATP-binding and UBA domain in TaSnRK1α activity. Sub-cellular localization identified nuclear and cytoplasmic localization of TaSnRK1α in tobacco leaves. Further, heterologous over-expression (O/E) of TaSnRK1α in Arabidopsis not only led to increase in starch content but also enlarges the starch granules. TaSnRK1α was found to restore starch accumulation in Arabidopsis kin10. Remarkably, TaSnRK1α O/E increases the AGPase activity suggesting the direct regulation of rate limiting enzyme AGPase involved in starch biosynthesis. Furthermore, in vitro and in vivo interaction assay reveal that TaSnRK1α interacts with AGPase large sub-unit. Overall, our findings indicate that TaSnRK1α plays a role in starch biosynthesis by regulating AGPase activity.
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- Prashant Kumar
- Agri-Food Biotechnology Division, National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali, 140306, Punjab, India; Regional Centre for Biotechnology (RCB), NCR Biotech Science Cluster, 3rd Milestone, Faridabad-Gurgaon 8 Expressway, Faridabad, Haryana, 121001, India.
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- Agri-Food Biotechnology Division, National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali, 140306, Punjab, India; Regional Centre for Biotechnology (RCB), NCR Biotech Science Cluster, 3rd Milestone, Faridabad-Gurgaon 8 Expressway, Faridabad, Haryana, 121001, India.
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- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh, India.
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- Agri-Food Biotechnology Division, National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali, 140306, Punjab, India.
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- Agri-Food Biotechnology Division, National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali, 140306, Punjab, India; Regional Centre for Biotechnology (RCB), NCR Biotech Science Cluster, 3rd Milestone, Faridabad-Gurgaon 8 Expressway, Faridabad, Haryana, 121001, India.
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- Agri-Food Biotechnology Division, National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali, 140306, Punjab, India.
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- Agri-Food Biotechnology Division, National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali, 140306, Punjab, India; Regional Centre for Biotechnology (RCB), NCR Biotech Science Cluster, 3rd Milestone, Faridabad-Gurgaon 8 Expressway, Faridabad, Haryana, 121001, India.
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- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh, India.
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- Agri-Food Biotechnology Division, National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali, 140306, Punjab, India.
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Zhang N, Yang J, Li Z, Haider J, Zhou Y, Ji Y, Schwaneberg U, Zhu L. Influences of the Carbohydrate-Binding Module on a Fungal Starch-Active Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenase. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2023; 71:18405-18413. [PMID: 37962542 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.3c05109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2023]
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Noncatalytic carbohydrate-binding modules (CBMs) play important roles in the function of lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) but have not been well demonstrated for starch-active AA13 LPMO. In this study, four new CBMs were investigated systematically for their influence on MtLPMO toward starch in terms of substrate binding, H2O2 production activity, oxidative product yields, and the degradation effect with α-amylase and glucoamylase toward different starch substrates. Among the four MtLPMO-CBM chimeras, MtLPMO-CnCBM harboring the CBM fromColletotrichum nymphaeae showed the highest substrate binding toward different types of starch compared to MtLPMO without CBM. MtLPMO-PvCBM harboring the CBM from Pseudogymnoascus verrucosus and MtLPMO-CnCBM showed dramatically enhanced H2O2 production activity of 4.6-fold and 3.6-fold, respectively, than MtLPMO without CBM. More importantly, MtLPMO-CBM generated more oxidative products from starch polysaccharides degradation than MtLPMO alone, with 6.0-fold and 4.6-fold enhancement obtained from the oxidation of amylopectin and corn starch with MtLPMO-CnCBM, and a 5.2-fold improvement obtained with MtLPMO-AcCBM for amylose. MtLPMO-AcCBM significantly boosted the yields of reducing sugar with α-amylase upon degrading amylopectin and corn starch. These findings demonstrate that CBMs greatly influence the performance of starch-active AA13 LPMOs due to their enhanced binding and H2O2 production activity.
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- Nan Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-Carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 32 West Seventh Avenue, Tianjin 300308, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-Carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 32 West Seventh Avenue, Tianjin 300308, P. R. China
- Haihe Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, 21 West 15th Avenue, Tianjin Airport Economic Area, Tianjin 300308, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-Carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 32 West Seventh Avenue, Tianjin 300308, P. R. China
- National Technology Innovation Center of Synthetic Biology, 32 West Seventh Avenue, Tianjin Airport Economic Area, Tianjin 300308, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-Carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 32 West Seventh Avenue, Tianjin 300308, P. R. China
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- Lehrstuhl für Biotechnologie, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 3, Aachen D-52074, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Biotechnologie, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 3, Aachen D-52074, Germany
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- Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-Carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 32 West Seventh Avenue, Tianjin 300308, P. R. China
- National Technology Innovation Center of Synthetic Biology, 32 West Seventh Avenue, Tianjin Airport Economic Area, Tianjin 300308, P. R. China
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Wang L, Liu L, Zhao J, Li C, Wu H, Zhao H, Wu Q. Granule-bound starch synthase in plants: Towards an understanding of their evolution, regulatory mechanisms, applications, and perspectives. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2023; 336:111843. [PMID: 37648115 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2023.111843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2023] [Revised: 08/22/2023] [Accepted: 08/23/2023] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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Amylose content (AC) is a significant quality trait in starchy crops, affecting their processing and application by the food and non-food industries. Therefore, fine-tuning AC in these crops has become a focus for breeders. Granule-bound starch synthase (GBSS) is the core enzyme that directly determines the AC levels. Several excellent reviews have summarized key progress in various aspects of GBSS research in recent years, but they mostly focus on cereals. Herein, we provide an in-depth review of GBSS research in monocots and dicots, focusing on the molecular characteristics, evolutionary relationships, expression patterns, molecular regulation mechanisms, and applications. We also discuss future challenges and directions for controlling AC in starchy crops, and found simultaneously increasing both the PTST and GBSS gene expression levels may be an effective strategy to increase amylose content.
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- Lei Wang
- College of Life Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, No. 46, Xinkang Road, Ya'an 625014, China
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- College of Life Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, No. 46, Xinkang Road, Ya'an 625014, China
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- College of Life Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, No. 46, Xinkang Road, Ya'an 625014, China
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- College of Life Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, No. 46, Xinkang Road, Ya'an 625014, China
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- College of Life Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, No. 46, Xinkang Road, Ya'an 625014, China
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- College of Life Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, No. 46, Xinkang Road, Ya'an 625014, China
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- College of Life Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, No. 46, Xinkang Road, Ya'an 625014, China.
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Kartseva T, Alqudah AM, Aleksandrov V, Alomari DZ, Doneva D, Arif MAR, Börner A, Misheva S. Nutritional Genomic Approach for Improving Grain Protein Content in Wheat. Foods 2023; 12:1399. [PMID: 37048220 PMCID: PMC10093644 DOI: 10.3390/foods12071399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2023] [Revised: 03/21/2023] [Accepted: 03/23/2023] [Indexed: 03/29/2023] Open
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Grain protein content (GPC) is a key aspect of grain quality, a major determinant of the flour functional properties and grain nutritional value of bread wheat. Exploiting diverse germplasms to identify genes for improving crop performance and grain nutritional quality is needed to enhance food security. Here, we evaluated GPC in a panel of 255 Triticum aestivum L. accessions from 27 countries. GPC determined in seeds from three consecutive crop seasons varied from 8.6 to 16.4% (11.3% on average). Significant natural phenotypic variation in GPC among genotypes and seasons was detected. The population was evaluated for the presence of the trait-linked single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers via a genome-wide association study (GWAS). GWAS analysis conducted with calculated best linear unbiased estimates (BLUEs) of phenotypic data and 90 K SNP array using the fixed and random model circulating probability unification (FarmCPU) model identified seven significant genomic regions harboring GPC-associated markers on chromosomes 1D, 3A, 3B, 3D, 4B and 5A, of which those on 3A and 3B shared associated SNPs with at least one crop season. The verified SNP-GPC associations provide new promising genomic signals on 3A (SNPs: Excalibur_c13709_2568 and wsnp_Ku_c7811_13387117) and 3B (SNP: BS00062734_51) underlying protein improvement in wheat. Based on the linkage disequilibrium for significant SNPs, the most relevant candidate genes within a 4 Mbp-window included genes encoding a subtilisin-like serine protease; amino acid transporters; transcription factors; proteins with post-translational regulatory functions; metabolic proteins involved in the starch, cellulose and fatty acid biosynthesis; protective and structural proteins, and proteins associated with metal ions transport or homeostasis. The availability of molecular markers within or adjacent to the sequences of the detected candidate genes might assist a breeding strategy based on functional markers to improve genetic gains for GPC and nutritional quality in wheat.
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- Tania Kartseva
- Institute of Plant Physiology and Genetics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Block 21, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria; (T.K.); (V.A.); (D.D.)
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- Biological Science Program, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, College of Art and Science, Qatar University, Doha P.O. Box 2713, Qatar;
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- Institute of Plant Physiology and Genetics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Block 21, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria; (T.K.); (V.A.); (D.D.)
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- Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, The Hashemite University, P.O. Box 330127, Zarqa 13133, Jordan;
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- Institute of Plant Physiology and Genetics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Block 21, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria; (T.K.); (V.A.); (D.D.)
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- Wheat Breeding Group, Plant Breeding and Genetics Division, Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology (NIAB), Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan;
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plants Research (IPK Gatersleben), Corrensstraße 3, OT Gatersleben, 06466 Seeland, Germany;
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- Institute of Plant Physiology and Genetics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Block 21, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria; (T.K.); (V.A.); (D.D.)
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Sharma V, Jahan K, Kumar P, Puri A, Sharma VK, Mishra A, Bharatam PV, Sharma D, Rishi V, Roy J. Mechanistic insights into granule-bound starch synthase I (GBSSI.L539P) allele in high amylose starch biosynthesis in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Funct Integr Genomics 2022; 23:20. [PMID: 36564499 DOI: 10.1007/s10142-022-00923-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2022] [Revised: 12/01/2022] [Accepted: 12/01/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Amylose fraction of grain starch is correlated with a type of resistant starch with better nutritional quality. Granule-bound starch synthase I (GBSSI) is the known starch synthase, responsible for elongation of linear amylose chains. GBSSI expression, activity, and binding to starch and other proteins are the key factors that can affect amylose content. Previously, a QTL, qhams7A.1 carrying GBSSI mutant allele, was identified through QTL mapping using F2 population of the high amylose mutant line, 'TAC 75'. This high amylose mutant line has >2-fold higher amylose content than wild variety 'C 306'. In this study, we characterized this novel mutant allele, GBSSI.L539P. In vitro starch synthase activity of GBSSI.L539P showed improved activity than the wild type (GBSSI-wt). When expressed in yeast glycogen synthase mutants (Δgsy1gsy2), GBSSI-wt and GBSSI.L539P partially complemented the glycogen synthase (gsy1gsy2) activity in yeast. Structural analysis by circular dichroism (CD) and homology modelling showed no significant structural distortion in the mutant enzyme. Molecular docking studies suggested that the residue Leu539 is distant from the catalytic active site (ADP binding pocket) and had no detectable conformational changes in active site. Both wild and mutant enzymes were assayed for starch binding in vitro, and demonstrating higher affinity of the GBSSI.L539P mutant for starch than the wild type. The present study indicated that distant residue (L539P) influenced GBSSI activity by affecting its starch-binding ability. Therefore, it may be a potential molecular target for enhanced amylose content in grain.
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- Vinita Sharma
- National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI), SAS Nagar, Sector-81, Mohali, 140306, Punjab, India.,Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER) Mohali, SAS Nagar, Sector-81, Mohali, 140306, Punjab, India
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), SAS Nagar, Sector-67, Mohali, Punjab, 160062, India
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- National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI), SAS Nagar, Sector-81, Mohali, 140306, Punjab, India
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- Institute of Microbial Technology, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Pharmacoinformatics, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), SAS Nagar, Sector-67, Mohali, Punjab, 160062, India
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- National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI), SAS Nagar, Sector-81, Mohali, 140306, Punjab, India
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), SAS Nagar, Sector-67, Mohali, Punjab, 160062, India
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- Institute of Microbial Technology, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Chandigarh, India
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- National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI), SAS Nagar, Sector-81, Mohali, 140306, Punjab, India
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- National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI), SAS Nagar, Sector-81, Mohali, 140306, Punjab, India.
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Kumar P, Mishra A, Rahim MS, Sharma V, Madhawan A, Parveen A, Fandade V, Sharma H, Roy J. Comparative transcriptome analyses revealed key genes involved in high amylopectin biosynthesis in wheat. 3 Biotech 2022; 12:295. [PMID: 36276458 PMCID: PMC9519823 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-022-03364-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2022] [Accepted: 09/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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High amylopectin starch is an important modified starch for food processing industries. Despite a thorough understanding of starch biosynthesis pathway, the regulatory mechanism responsible for amylopectin biosynthesis is not well explored. The present study utilized transcriptome sequencing approach to understand the molecular basis of high amylopectin content in three high amylopectin mutant wheat lines ('TAC 6', 'TAC 358', and 'TAC 846') along with parent variety 'C 306'. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) of high amylopectin starch identified a high thermal transition temperature and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) revealed more spherical starch granules in mutant lines compared to parent variety. A set of 4455 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified at two-fold compared to the parent variety in high amylopectin wheat mutants. At ten-fold, 279 genes, including two starch branching genes (SBEIIa and SBEIIb), were up-regulated and only 30 genes, including the starch debranching enzyme (DBE), were down-regulated. Among the genes, different isoforms of sucrose non-fermenting-1-related protein kinase-1 (TaSnRK1α2-3B and TaSnRK1α2-3D) and its regulatory subunit, sucrose non-fermenting-4 (SNF-4-2A, SNF-4-2B, and SNF-4-5D), were found to be highly up-regulated. Further, expression of the DEGs related to starch biosynthesis pathway and TaSnRK1α2 and SNF-4 was performed using qRT-PCR. High expression of TaSnRK1α2, SNF-4, and SBEII isoforms suggests their probable role in high amylopectin starch biosynthesis in grain endosperm. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s13205-022-03364-3.
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- Prashant Kumar
- Agri-Food Biotechnology Division, National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali, Punjab 140306 India
- Regional Centre for Biotechnology, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, 3rd Milestone Gurgaon-Faridabad Expressway, Faridabad, 121001 India
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- Agri-Food Biotechnology Division, National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali, Punjab 140306 India
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- Agri-Food Biotechnology Division, National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali, Punjab 140306 India
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- Agri-Food Biotechnology Division, National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali, Punjab 140306 India
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- Agri-Food Biotechnology Division, National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali, Punjab 140306 India
- Regional Centre for Biotechnology, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, 3rd Milestone Gurgaon-Faridabad Expressway, Faridabad, 121001 India
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- Agri-Food Biotechnology Division, National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali, Punjab 140306 India
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- Agri-Food Biotechnology Division, National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali, Punjab 140306 India
- Regional Centre for Biotechnology, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, 3rd Milestone Gurgaon-Faridabad Expressway, Faridabad, 121001 India
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- Agri-Food Biotechnology Division, National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali, Punjab 140306 India
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- Agri-Food Biotechnology Division, National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali, Punjab 140306 India
- Regional Centre for Biotechnology, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, 3rd Milestone Gurgaon-Faridabad Expressway, Faridabad, 121001 India
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