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Li Q, Zhang C, Wen J, Chen L, Shi Y, Yang Q, Li D. Transcriptome Analyses Show Changes in Gene Expression Triggered by a 31-bp InDel within OsSUT3 5'UTR in Rice Panicle. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:10640. [PMID: 37445819 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241310640] [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: 06/12/2023] [Revised: 06/18/2023] [Accepted: 06/21/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023] Open
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Pollen development and its fertility are obligatory conditions for the reproductive success of flowing plants. Sucrose transporter 3 (OsSUT3) is known to be preferentially expressed and may play critical role in developing pollen. A 31-bp InDel was identified as a unique variation and was shown to be responsible for the expression of downstream gene in our previous study. In this study, to analyze the changes of gene expression triggered by 31-bp InDel during pollen development, two vectors (p385-In/Del::OsSUT3-GUS) were constructed and then stably introduced into rice. Histochemical and quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) analysis of transgenic plants showed that 31-bp deletion drastically reduced the expressions of downstream genes, including both OsSUT3 and GUS in rice panicle at booting stage, especially that of OsSUT3. The transcriptome profile of two types of panicles at booting stage revealed a total of 1028 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between 31-bp In and 31-bp Del transgenic plants. Further analyses showed that 397 of these genes were significantly enriched for the 'metabolic process' and 'binding'. Among them, nineteen genes had a strong relationship with starch and sucrose metabolism and were identified as candidate genes potentially associated with the starch accumulation in rice pollen, which that was also verified via qRT-PCR. In summary, 31-bp InDel plays a crucial role not only in the regulation of downstream genes but in the expression of sucrose-starch metabolizing genes in multiple biological pathways, and provides a different regulation mechanism for sucrose metabolism in pollen.
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- Qiuping Li
- Rice Research Institute, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China
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Li Y, Karim H, Wang B, Guzmán C, Harwood W, Xu Q, Zhang Y, Tang H, Jiang Y, Qi P, Deng M, Ma J, Lan J, Wang J, Chen G, Lan X, Wei Y, Zheng Y, Jiang Q. Regulation of Amylose Content by Single Mutations at an Active Site in the Wx-B1 Gene in a Tetraploid Wheat Mutant. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23158432. [PMID: 35955567 PMCID: PMC9368913 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23158432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2022] [Revised: 07/21/2022] [Accepted: 07/26/2022] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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The granule-bound starch synthase I (GBSSI) encoded by the waxy gene is responsible for amylose synthesis in the endosperm of wheat grains. In the present study, a novel Wx-B1 null mutant line, M3-415, was identified from an ethyl methanesulfonate-mutagenized population of Chinese tetraploid wheat landrace Jianyangailanmai (LM47). The gene sequence indicated that the mutated Wx-B1 encoded a complete protein; this protein was incompatible with the protein profile obtained using sodium dodecyl sulfate–polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, which showed the lack of Wx-B1 protein in the mutant line. The prediction of the protein structure showed an amino acid substitution (G470D) at the edge of the ADPG binding pocket, which might affect the binding of Wx-B1 to starch granules. Site-directed mutagenesis was further performed to artificially change the amino acid at the sequence position 469 from alanine (A) to threonine (T) (A469T) downstream of the mutated site in M3-415. Our results indicated that a single amino acid mutation in Wx-B1 reduces its activity by impairing its starch-binding capacity. The present study is the first to report the novel mechanism underlying Wx-1 deletion in wheat; moreover, it provided new insights into the inactivation of the waxy gene and revealed that fine regulation of wheat amylose content is possible by modifying the GBSSI activity.
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- Yulong Li
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China; (Y.L.); (H.K.); (B.W.); (Q.X.); (Y.Z.); (H.T.); (Y.J.); (P.Q.); (M.D.); (J.M.); (J.L.); (J.W.); (G.C.); (X.L.); (Y.W.); (Y.Z.)
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China; (Y.L.); (H.K.); (B.W.); (Q.X.); (Y.Z.); (H.T.); (Y.J.); (P.Q.); (M.D.); (J.M.); (J.L.); (J.W.); (G.C.); (X.L.); (Y.W.); (Y.Z.)
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China; (Y.L.); (H.K.); (B.W.); (Q.X.); (Y.Z.); (H.T.); (Y.J.); (P.Q.); (M.D.); (J.M.); (J.L.); (J.W.); (G.C.); (X.L.); (Y.W.); (Y.Z.)
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- Departamento de Genética, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica y de Montes, Edificio Gregor Mendel, Campus de Rabanales, Universidad de Córdoba, 14071 Cordoba, Spain;
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- John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK;
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China; (Y.L.); (H.K.); (B.W.); (Q.X.); (Y.Z.); (H.T.); (Y.J.); (P.Q.); (M.D.); (J.M.); (J.L.); (J.W.); (G.C.); (X.L.); (Y.W.); (Y.Z.)
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China; (Y.L.); (H.K.); (B.W.); (Q.X.); (Y.Z.); (H.T.); (Y.J.); (P.Q.); (M.D.); (J.M.); (J.L.); (J.W.); (G.C.); (X.L.); (Y.W.); (Y.Z.)
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China; (Y.L.); (H.K.); (B.W.); (Q.X.); (Y.Z.); (H.T.); (Y.J.); (P.Q.); (M.D.); (J.M.); (J.L.); (J.W.); (G.C.); (X.L.); (Y.W.); (Y.Z.)
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China; (Y.L.); (H.K.); (B.W.); (Q.X.); (Y.Z.); (H.T.); (Y.J.); (P.Q.); (M.D.); (J.M.); (J.L.); (J.W.); (G.C.); (X.L.); (Y.W.); (Y.Z.)
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China; (Y.L.); (H.K.); (B.W.); (Q.X.); (Y.Z.); (H.T.); (Y.J.); (P.Q.); (M.D.); (J.M.); (J.L.); (J.W.); (G.C.); (X.L.); (Y.W.); (Y.Z.)
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China; (Y.L.); (H.K.); (B.W.); (Q.X.); (Y.Z.); (H.T.); (Y.J.); (P.Q.); (M.D.); (J.M.); (J.L.); (J.W.); (G.C.); (X.L.); (Y.W.); (Y.Z.)
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China; (Y.L.); (H.K.); (B.W.); (Q.X.); (Y.Z.); (H.T.); (Y.J.); (P.Q.); (M.D.); (J.M.); (J.L.); (J.W.); (G.C.); (X.L.); (Y.W.); (Y.Z.)
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China; (Y.L.); (H.K.); (B.W.); (Q.X.); (Y.Z.); (H.T.); (Y.J.); (P.Q.); (M.D.); (J.M.); (J.L.); (J.W.); (G.C.); (X.L.); (Y.W.); (Y.Z.)
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China; (Y.L.); (H.K.); (B.W.); (Q.X.); (Y.Z.); (H.T.); (Y.J.); (P.Q.); (M.D.); (J.M.); (J.L.); (J.W.); (G.C.); (X.L.); (Y.W.); (Y.Z.)
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China; (Y.L.); (H.K.); (B.W.); (Q.X.); (Y.Z.); (H.T.); (Y.J.); (P.Q.); (M.D.); (J.M.); (J.L.); (J.W.); (G.C.); (X.L.); (Y.W.); (Y.Z.)
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China; (Y.L.); (H.K.); (B.W.); (Q.X.); (Y.Z.); (H.T.); (Y.J.); (P.Q.); (M.D.); (J.M.); (J.L.); (J.W.); (G.C.); (X.L.); (Y.W.); (Y.Z.)
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China; (Y.L.); (H.K.); (B.W.); (Q.X.); (Y.Z.); (H.T.); (Y.J.); (P.Q.); (M.D.); (J.M.); (J.L.); (J.W.); (G.C.); (X.L.); (Y.W.); (Y.Z.)
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China; (Y.L.); (H.K.); (B.W.); (Q.X.); (Y.Z.); (H.T.); (Y.J.); (P.Q.); (M.D.); (J.M.); (J.L.); (J.W.); (G.C.); (X.L.); (Y.W.); (Y.Z.)
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China; (Y.L.); (H.K.); (B.W.); (Q.X.); (Y.Z.); (H.T.); (Y.J.); (P.Q.); (M.D.); (J.M.); (J.L.); (J.W.); (G.C.); (X.L.); (Y.W.); (Y.Z.)
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +86-28-8629-0958; Fax: +86-28-8265-0350
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The starch-rich endosperms of the Poaceae, which includes wild grasses and their domesticated descendents the cereals, have provided humankind and their livestock with the bulk of their daily calories since the dawn of civilization up to the present day. There are currently unprecedented pressures on global food supplies, largely resulting from population growth, loss of agricultural land that is linked to increased urbanization, and climate change. Since cereal yields essentially underpin world food and feed supply, it is critical that we understand the biological factors contributing to crop yields. In particular, it is important to understand the biochemical pathway that is involved in starch biosynthesis, since this pathway is the major yield determinant in the seeds of six out of the top seven crops grown worldwide. This review outlines the critical stages of growth and development of the endosperm tissue in the Poaceae, including discussion of carbon provision to the growing sink tissue. The main body of the review presents a current view of our understanding of storage starch biosynthesis, which occurs inside the amyloplasts of developing endosperms.
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Zhang C, Chen S, Ren X, Lu Y, Liu D, Cai X, Li Q, Gao J, Liu Q. Molecular Structure and Physicochemical Properties of Starches from Rice with Different Amylose Contents Resulting from Modification of OsGBSSI Activity. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2017; 65:2222-2232. [PMID: 28241110 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.6b05448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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OsGBSSI, encoded by the Waxy (Wx) gene, is the key enzyme in the synthesis of amylose chains. Transgenic rice lines with various GBSSI activities were previously developed via site-directed mutagenesis of the Wx gene in the glutinous cultivar Guanglingxiangnuo (GLXN). In this study, grain morphology, molecular structure, and physicochemical properties were investigated in four transgenic lines with modified OsGBSSI activity and differences in amylose content. A milky opaque appearance was observed in low- and non-amylose rice grains due to air spaces in the starch granules. Gel permeation chromatography (GPC) and high-performance anion-exchange chromatography (HPAEC) analyses showed that although OsGBSSI can synthesize intermediate and extra-long amylopectin chains, it is mainly responsible for the longer amylose chains. Amylose content was positively correlated with trough viscosity, final viscosity, setback viscosity, pasting time, pasting temperature, and gelatinization temperature and negatively with gel consistency, breakdown viscosity, gelatinization enthalpy, and crystallinity. Overall, the findings suggest that OsGBSSI may be also involved in amylopectin biosynthesis, in turn affecting grain appearance, thermal and pasting properties, and the crystalline structure of starches in the rice endosperm.
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- Changquan Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology of Jiangsu Province, Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University , Yangzhou 225009, China
- Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops of Jiangsu Province/Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety of the Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University , Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology of Jiangsu Province, Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University , Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology of Jiangsu Province, Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University , Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology of Jiangsu Province, Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University , Yangzhou 225009, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shanghai 200032, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shanghai 200032, China
- Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops of Jiangsu Province/Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety of the Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University , Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology of Jiangsu Province, Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University , Yangzhou 225009, China
- Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops of Jiangsu Province/Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety of the Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University , Yangzhou 225009, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shanghai 200032, China
- Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops of Jiangsu Province/Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety of the Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University , Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology of Jiangsu Province, Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University , Yangzhou 225009, China
- Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops of Jiangsu Province/Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety of the Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University , Yangzhou 225009, China
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Liu D, Wang W, Cai X. Modulation of amylose content by structure-based modification of OsGBSS1 activity in rice (Oryza sativa L.). PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2014; 12:1297-307. [PMID: 25052102 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2013] [Revised: 05/21/2014] [Accepted: 06/12/2014] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The rice Waxy (Wx) gene encodes granule-bound starch synthase 1 (EC 2.4.1.242), OsGBSS1, which is responsible for amylose synthesis in rice seed endosperm. In this study, we determined the functional contribution of eight amino acids on the activity of OsGBSS1 by introducing site-directed mutated Wx gene constructs into the wx mutant glutinous rice. The eight amino acid residues are suspected to play roles in OsGBSS1 structure maintenance or function based on homologous enzyme sequence alignment and homology modelling. Both OsGBSS1 activity and amylose content were analysed in homozygous transgenic lines carrying the mutated OsGBSS1 (Wx) genes. Our results indicate that mutations at diverse sites in OsGBSS1 reduces its activity by affecting its starch-binding capacity, its ADP-glucose-binding capability or its protein stability. Our results shed new light on the structural basis of OsGBSS1 activity and the mechanisms of OsGBSS1 activity on amylose synthesis in vivo. This study also demonstrates that it is feasible to finely modulate amylose content in rice grains by modifying the OsGBSS1 activity.
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- Derui Liu
- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China; Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Genome walking is a method for determining the DNA sequence of unknown genomic regions flanking a region of known DNA sequence. The Genome walking has the potential to capture 6-7 kb of sequence in a single round. Ideal for identifying gene promoter regions where only the coding region. Genome walking also has significant utility for capturing homologous genes in new species when there are areas in the target gene with strong sequence conservation to the characterized species. The increasing use of next-generation sequencing technologies will see the principles of genome walking adapted to in silico methods. However, for smaller projects, PCR-based genome walking will remain an efficient method of characterizing unknown flanking sequence.
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- Frances M Shapter
- Southern Cross Plant Science, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW, Australia
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Shapter FM, Cross M, Ablett G, Malory S, Chivers IH, King GJ, Henry RJ. High-throughput sequencing and mutagenesis to accelerate the domestication of Microlaena stipoides as a new food crop. PLoS One 2013; 8:e82641. [PMID: 24367532 PMCID: PMC3867367 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2013] [Accepted: 10/26/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Global food demand, climatic variability and reduced land availability are driving the need for domestication of new crop species. The accelerated domestication of a rice-like Australian dryland polyploid grass, Microlaena stipoides (Poaceae), was targeted using chemical mutagenesis in conjunction with high throughput sequencing of genes for key domestication traits. While M. stipoides has previously been identified as having potential as a new grain crop for human consumption, only a limited understanding of its genetic diversity and breeding system was available to aid the domestication process. Next generation sequencing of deeply-pooled target amplicons estimated allelic diversity of a selected base population at 14.3 SNP/Mb and identified novel, putatively mutation-induced polymorphisms at about 2.4 mutations/Mb. A 97% lethal dose (LD₉₇) of ethyl methanesulfonate treatment was applied without inducing sterility in this polyploid species. Forward and reverse genetic screens identified beneficial alleles for the domestication trait, seed-shattering. Unique phenotypes observed in the M2 population suggest the potential for rapid accumulation of beneficial traits without recourse to a traditional cross-breeding strategy. This approach may be applicable to other wild species, unlocking their potential as new food, fibre and fuel crops.
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- Frances M. Shapter
- Southern Cross Plant Science, Southern Cross University, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia
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- Southern Cross Plant Science, Southern Cross University, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia
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- Southern Cross Plant Science, Southern Cross University, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia
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- Southern Cross Plant Science, Southern Cross University, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia
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- Southern Cross Plant Science, Southern Cross University, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia
- Native Seeds Pty Ltd, Sandringham, Victoria, Australia
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- Southern Cross Plant Science, Southern Cross University, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia
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- Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Liu DR, Huang WX, Cai XL. Oligomerization of rice granule-bound starch synthase 1 modulates its activity regulation. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2013; 210:141-50. [PMID: 23849121 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2013.05.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2013] [Revised: 05/16/2013] [Accepted: 05/17/2013] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Granule-bound starch synthase 1 (GBSS1) is responsible for amylose synthesis in cereals, and this enzyme is regulated at the transcriptional and post-transcriptional levels. In this study, we show that GBSS1 from Oryza sativa L. (OsGBSS1) can form oligomers in rice endosperm, and oligomerized OsGBSS1 exhibits much higher specific enzymatic activity than the monomer. A monomer-oligomer transition equilibrium for OsGBSS1 occurs in the endosperm during development. Redox potential is a key factor affecting the oligomer percentage as well as the enzymatic activity of OsGBSS1. Adenosine diphosphate glucose, the direct donor of glucose, also impacts OsGBSS1 oligomerization in a concentration-dependent manner. OsGBSS1 oligomerization is influenced by phosphorylation status, which was strongly enhanced by Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) and ATP treatment and was sharply weakened by protein phosphatase (PPase) treatment. The activity of OsGBSS1 affects the ratio of amylose to amylopectin and therefore the eating quality of rice. Understanding the regulation of OsGBSS1 activity may lead to the improvement of rice eating quality.
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- De-Rui Liu
- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 300 Fenglin Road, Shanghai 200032, China.
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Asare EK, Båga M, Rossnagel BG, Chibbar RN. Polymorphism in the barley granule bound starch synthase 1 (gbss1) gene associated with grain starch variant amylose concentration. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2012; 60:10082-10092. [PMID: 22950712 DOI: 10.1021/jf302291t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Granule bound starch synthase 1 (GBSS1) accumulation within starch granules and structure of Gbss1 alleles were determined for nine barley ( Hordeum vulgare L.) genotypes producing amylose-free (undetectable), near-waxy (1.6-4.5%), normal (25.8%), and increased (38.0-40.8%) amylose grain starches. Compared to normal starch granules, GBSS1 accumulation was severely reduced in three near-waxy, slightly reduced in two waxy, and slightly elevated in three increased amylose starches. Gbss1 nucleotide sequence analysis for the nine genotypes distinguished them into three Gbss1 groups with several single-nucleotide polymorphisms. A new unique Q312H substitution within GBSS1 was discovered in near-waxy genotype SB94912 with reduced amylose (1.6%) concentration relative to the other two near-waxy lines, CDC Rattan and CDC Candle (4.5%). The two waxy genotype GBSS1 showed a previously described D287V change for CDC Alamo and a new G513W change for CDC Fibar. Both amino acid alterations are conserved residues within starch synthase domains involved in glucan interaction. The increased amylose genotypes showed several unique nucleotide changes within the second and fourth Gbss1 introns, but only SB94893 GBSS1 showed a unique amino acid substitution, A250T in exon 6. The Gbss1 nucleotide differences were used to design genetic markers to monitor Gbss1 alleles in genotypes with various amylose grain starches.
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- Eric K Asare
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Saskatchewan , 51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5A8, Canada
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Hunt HV, Moots HM, Graybosch RA, Jones H, Parker M, Romanova O, Jones MK, Howe CJ, Trafford K. Waxy phenotype evolution in the allotetraploid cereal broomcorn millet: mutations at the GBSSI locus in their functional and phylogenetic context. Mol Biol Evol 2012; 30:109-22. [PMID: 22936718 PMCID: PMC3533377 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mss209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Waxy mutants, in which endosperm starch contains ~100% amylopectin rather than the wild-type composition of ~70% amylopectin and ~30% amylose, occur in many domesticated cereals. The cultivation of waxy varieties is concentrated in east Asia, where there is a culinary preference for glutinous-textured foods that may have developed from ancient food processing traditions. The waxy phenotype results from mutations in the GBSSI gene, which catalyzes amylose synthesis. Broomcorn or proso millet (Panicum miliaceum L.) is one of the world's oldest cultivated cereals, which spread across Eurasia early in prehistory. Recent phylogeographic analysis has shown strong genetic structuring that likely reflects ancient expansion patterns. Broomcorn millet is highly unusual in being an allotetraploid cereal with fully waxy varieties. Previous work characterized two homeologous GBSSI loci, with multiple alleles at each, but could not determine whether both loci contributed to GBSSI function. We first tested the relative contribution of the two GBSSI loci to amylose synthesis and second tested the association between GBSSI alleles and phylogeographic structure inferred from simple sequence repeats (SSRs). We evaluated the phenotype of all known GBSSI genotypes in broomcorn millet by assaying starch composition and protein function. The results showed that the GBSSI-S locus is the major locus controlling endosperm amylose content, and the GBSSI-L locus has strongly reduced synthesis capacity. We genotyped 178 individuals from landraces from across Eurasia for the 2 GBSSI and 16 SSR loci and analyzed phylogeographic structuring and the geographic and phylogenetic distribution of GBSSI alleles. We found that GBSSI alleles have distinct spatial distributions and strong associations with particular genetic clusters defined by SSRs. The combination of alleles that results in a partially waxy phenotype does not exist in landrace populations. Our data suggest that broomcorn millet is a system in the process of becoming diploidized for the GBSSI locus responsible for grain amylose. Mutant alleles show some exchange between genetic groups, which was favored by selection for the waxy phenotype in particular regions. Partially waxy phenotypes were probably selected against-this unexpected finding shows that better understanding is needed of the human biology of this phenomenon that distinguishes cereal use in eastern and western cultures.
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- Harriet V Hunt
- McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
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Malory S, Shapter FM, Elphinstone MS, Chivers IH, Henry RJ. Characterizing homologues of crop domestication genes in poorly described wild relatives by high-throughput sequencing of whole genomes. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2011; 9:1131-40. [PMID: 21762354 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2011.00640.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Wild crop relatives represent a source of novel alleles for crop genetic improvement. Screening biodiversity for useful or diverse gene homologues has often been based upon the amplification of targeted genes using available sequence information to design primers that amplify the target gene region across species. The crucial requirement of this approach is the presence of sequences with sufficient conservation across species to allow for the design of universal primers. This approach is often not successful with diverse organisms or highly variable genes. Massively parallel sequencing (MPS) can quickly produce large amounts of sequence data and provides a viable option for characterizing homologues of known genes in poorly described genomes. MPS of genomic DNA was used to obtain species-specific sequence information for 18 rice genes related to domestication characteristics in a wild relative of rice, Microlaena stipoides. Species-specific primers were available for 16 genes compared with 12 genes using the universal primer method. The use of species-specific primers had the potential to cover 92% of the sequence of these genes, while traditional universal primers could only be designed to cover 80%. A total of 24 species-specific primer pairs were used to amplify gene homologues, and 11 primer pairs were successful in capturing six gene homologues. The 23 million, 36-base pair (bp) paired end reads, equated to an average of 2X genome coverage, facilitated the successful amplification and sequencing of six target gene homologues, illustrating an important approach to the discovery of useful genes in wild crop relatives.
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- Sylvia Malory
- Southern Cross Plant Science, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW, Australia
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Tran NA, Daygon VD, Resurreccion AP, Cuevas RP, Corpuz HM, Fitzgerald MA. A single nucleotide polymorphism in the Waxy gene explains a significant component of gel consistency. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2011; 123:519-25. [PMID: 21562821 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-011-1604-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2010] [Accepted: 04/26/2011] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Gel consistency (GC) is a standard assay used in rice improvement programmes to determine whether rice cultivars/breeding lines of high amylose content are soft or firm textured when cooked. In this study, we show that sequence variation in exon 10 of the Waxy (Wx) gene associates with GC using RILs derived from parents with high amylose content that differ in GC. The association was validated using a diverse set of traditional varieties, selected on the basis of amylose content, from the generation challenge programme. Structural investigations to explain how the mutation leads to differences in GC showed a strong association between GC and the proportion of amylose that leaches. It was shown that cooked rices of hard GC do not change in hardness over 24 h, whereas rices of soft GC retrograde significantly over 24 h. This leads to the conclusion that the mutation on exon 10 of the Wx gene affects the proportion of amylose bound to amylopectin and the proportion able to leach, and these structural differences alter the composition of the gel, which affects the amount of time the gel takes to reach a final hardness. The SNP described here completes the set of markers required to genotype for the current traits of cooking quality, but selecting the allele for soft texture has the negative result of also selecting for retrogradation potential.
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- N A Tran
- Grain Quality and Nutrition Centre, International Rice Research Institute, DAPO 7777, Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines
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Uhlmann NK, Beckles DM. Storage products and transcriptional analysis of the endosperm of cultivated wheat and two wild wheat species. J Appl Genet 2011; 51:431-47. [PMID: 21063061 DOI: 10.1007/bf03208873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The starch and protein in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) endosperm provide 20 percent of the calories eaten by humans and were heavily selected for during domestication. We examined the main storage products and gene expression patterns that may embody compositional differences between two wild species Aegilops crassa and Aegilops tauschii and cultivated bread wheat. The storage product profiles differed significantly with T. aestivum accumulating twice as much carbon as the wild species, while the latter had 1.5 to 2-fold more total nitrogen per seed. Transcriptional analyses of endosperms of similar fresh weight were compared using a cDNA macroarray. Aegilops tauschii, and especially Ae. crassa had stronger hybridizations with storage protein sequences, but while there were differences in transcripts for starch biosynthetic genes, they were less dramatic. Of these, we cloned the Starch Branching Enzymes (SBE) IIa promoter region and the genomic clone of the Brittle-1 (Bt1) ADPglucose transporter. While Ae. crassa SBEIIa sequence was more divergent than that of Ae. tauschii’s compared to bread wheat, there were no sequence polymorphisms that would explain the observed expression differences in Bt1 between these species. Furthermore, while there were nucleotide differences between Bt1 in Ae. crassa and bread wheat, they were synonymous at the amino acid level. Some of transcriptional differences identified here, however, deserve further examination as part of a strategy to manipulate wheat starch and protein composition.
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- N K Uhlmann
- DuPont-Pioneer, Crop Genetics Research, Experimental Station, Wilmington, USA
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Hunt HV, Denyer K, Packman LC, Jones MK, Howe CJ. Molecular basis of the waxy endosperm starch phenotype in broomcorn millet (Panicum miliaceum L.). Mol Biol Evol 2010; 27:1478-94. [PMID: 20139147 PMCID: PMC2884200 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msq040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Waxy varieties of the tetraploid cereal broomcorn millet (Panicum miliaceum L.) have endosperm starch granules lacking detectable amylose. This study investigated the basis of this phenotype using molecular and biochemical methods. Iodine staining of starch granules in 72 plants from 38 landrace accessions found 58 nonwaxy and 14 waxy phenotype plants. All waxy types were in plants from Chinese and Korean accessions, a distribution similar to that of the waxy phenotype in other cereals. Granule-bound starch synthase I (GBSSI) protein was present in the endosperm of both nonwaxy and waxy individuals, but waxy types had little or no granule-bound starch synthase activity compared with the wild types. Sequencing of the GBSSI (Waxy) gene showed that this gene is present in two different forms (L and S) in P. miliaceum, which probably represent homeologues derived from two distinct diploid ancestors. Protein products of both these forms are present in starch granules. We identified three polymorphisms in the exon sequence coding for mature GBSSI peptides. A 15-bp deletion has occurred in the S type GBSSI, resulting in the loss of five amino acids from glucosyl transferase domain 1 (GTD1). The second GBSSI type (L) shows two sequence polymorphisms. One is the insertion of an adenine residue that causes a reading frameshift, and the second causes a cysteine–tyrosine amino acid polymorphism. These mutations appear to have occurred in parallel from the ancestral allele, resulting in three GBSSI-L alleles in total. Five of the six possible genotype combinations of the S and L alleles were observed. The deletion in the GBSSI-S gene causes loss of protein activity, and there was 100% correspondence between this deletion and the waxy phenotype. The frameshift mutation in the L gene results in the loss of L-type protein from starch granules. The L isoform with the tyrosine residue is present in starch granules but is nonfunctional. This loss of function may result from the substitution of tyrosine for cysteine, although it could not be determined whether the cysteine isoform of L represents the functional type. This is the first characterization of mutations that occur in combination in a functionally polyploid species to give a fully waxy phenotype.
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- Harriet V Hunt
- McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
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