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Günther J, Halitschke R, Gershenzon J, Burow M. Heterologous expression of PtAAS1 reveals the metabolic potential of the common plant metabolite phenylacetaldehyde for auxin synthesis in planta. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2023; 175:e14078. [PMID: 38148231 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.14078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2023] [Revised: 10/11/2023] [Accepted: 10/27/2023] [Indexed: 12/28/2023]
Abstract
Aromatic aldehydes and amines are common plant metabolites involved in several specialized metabolite biosynthesis pathways. Recently, we showed that the aromatic aldehyde synthase PtAAS1 and the aromatic amino acid decarboxylase PtAADC1 contribute to the herbivory-induced formation of volatile 2-phenylethanol and its glucoside 2-phenylethyl-β-D-glucopyranoside in Populus trichocarpa. To unravel alternative metabolic fates of phenylacetaldehyde and 2-phenylethylamine beyond alcohol and alcohol glucoside formation, we heterologously expressed PtAAS1 and PtAADC1 in Nicotiana benthamiana and analyzed plant extracts using untargeted LC-qTOF-MS and targeted LC-MS/MS analysis. While the metabolomes of PtAADC1-expressing plants did not significantly differ from those of control plants, expression of PtAAS1 resulted in the accumulation of phenylacetic acid (PAA) and PAA-amino acid conjugates, identified as PAA-aspartate and PAA-glutamate. Herbivory-damaged poplar leaves revealed significantly induced accumulation of PAA-Asp, while levels of PAA remained unaltered upon herbivory. Transcriptome analysis showed that members of auxin-amido synthetase GH3 genes involved in the conjugation of auxins with amino acids were significantly upregulated upon herbivory in P. trichocarpa leaves. Overall, our data indicates that phenylacetaldehyde generated by poplar PtAAS1 serves as a hub metabolite linking the biosynthesis of volatile, non-volatile herbivory-induced specialized metabolites, and phytohormones, suggesting that plant growth and defense can be balanced on a metabolic level.
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- Jan Günther
- Department for Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Mass Spectrometry and Metabolomics, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany
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- Department for Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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Meng Q, Zhang R, Wang Y, Zhi H, Tang S, Jia G, Diao X. Genome-Wide Characterization and Haplotypic Variation Analysis of the YUC Gene Family in Foxtail Millet ( Setaria italica). Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:15637. [PMID: 37958621 PMCID: PMC10648439 DOI: 10.3390/ijms242115637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2023] [Revised: 09/25/2023] [Accepted: 09/25/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023] Open
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Panicle development and grain production in crop species are essential breeding characteristics affected by the synthesis of auxin, which is influenced by flavin monooxygenase-encoding genes such as YUC (YUCCA) family members. In this trial, fourteen YUCs were identified and named uniformly in foxtail millet, an ancient crop species cultivated across the world. The phylogenetic analysis revealed that the SiYUCs were clustered into four subgroups; protein motif and gene structure analyses suggested that the closely clustered SiYUC genes were relatively conserved within each subgroup; while genome mapping analysis indicated that the SiYUC genes were unevenly distributed on foxtail millet chromosomes and colinear with other grass species. Transcription analysis revealed that the SiYUC genes differed greatly in expression pattern in different tissues and contained hormonal/light/stress-responding cis-elements. The haplotype characterization of SiYUC genes indicated many superior haplotypes of SiYUCs correlated with higher panicle and grain weight could be favorably selected by breeding. These results will be useful for the further study of the functional characteristics of SiYUC genes, particularly with regard to the marker-assisted pyramiding of beneficial haplotypes in foxtail millet breeding programs.
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China; (Q.M.); (R.Z.); (Y.W.); (H.Z.); (S.T.)
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China; (Q.M.); (R.Z.); (Y.W.); (H.Z.); (S.T.)
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Ortiz-García P, González Ortega-Villaizán A, Onejeme FC, Müller M, Pollmann S. Do Opposites Attract? Auxin-Abscisic Acid Crosstalk: New Perspectives. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24043090. [PMID: 36834499 PMCID: PMC9960826 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24043090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2022] [Revised: 01/20/2023] [Accepted: 02/02/2023] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Plants are constantly exposed to a variety of different environmental stresses, including drought, salinity, and elevated temperatures. These stress cues are assumed to intensify in the future driven by the global climate change scenario which we are currently experiencing. These stressors have largely detrimental effects on plant growth and development and, therefore, put global food security in jeopardy. For this reason, it is necessary to expand our understanding of the underlying mechanisms by which plants respond to abiotic stresses. Especially boosting our insight into the ways by which plants balance their growth and their defense programs appear to be of paramount importance, as this may lead to novel perspectives that can pave the way to increase agricultural productivity in a sustainable manner. In this review, our aim was to present a detailed overview of different facets of the crosstalk between the antagonistic plant hormones abscisic acid (ABA) and auxin, two phytohormones that are the main drivers of plant stress responses, on the one hand, and plant growth, on the other.
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- Paloma Ortiz-García
- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentación (INIA/CSIC), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Campus de Montegancedo, Pozuelo de Alarcón, 28223 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentación (INIA/CSIC), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Campus de Montegancedo, Pozuelo de Alarcón, 28223 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentación (INIA/CSIC), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Campus de Montegancedo, Pozuelo de Alarcón, 28223 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
- Correspondence: (M.M.); (S.P.); Tel.: +34-934033718 (M.M.); +34-910679183 (S.P.)
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- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentación (INIA/CSIC), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Campus de Montegancedo, Pozuelo de Alarcón, 28223 Madrid, Spain
- Departamento de Biotecnología-Biología Vegetal, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica, Alimentaria y de Biosistemas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), 28040 Madrid, Spain
- Correspondence: (M.M.); (S.P.); Tel.: +34-934033718 (M.M.); +34-910679183 (S.P.)
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Nardin T, Roman T, Dekker S, Nicolini G, Thei F, Masina B, Larcher R. Evaluation of antioxidant supplementation in must on the development and potential reduction of different compounds involved in atypical ageing of wine using HPLC-HRMS. Lebensm Wiss Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2021.112639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Genomic Analysis Reveals Potential Mechanisms Underlying Promotion of Tomato Plant Growth and Antagonism of Soilborne Pathogens by Bacillus amyloliquefaciens Ba13. Microbiol Spectr 2021; 9:e0161521. [PMID: 34756081 PMCID: PMC8579842 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.01615-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Bacillus amyloliquefaciens Ba13 is a plant beneficial bacterium isolated from loessial soil with notable biological activity. This study clarified potential mechanisms underlying the plant growth-promoting and antipathogenic effects of strain Ba13. A pot experiment was used to verify the plant growth-promoting effects of strain Ba13 on tomato, and the antipathogenic activity was tested in petri dishes. The underlying mechanisms were explored based on whole-genome sequencing of strain Ba13 and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) detection of plant hormones and biosynthetic intermediates. The results showed that exposure to strain Ba13 promoted tomato plant growth significantly. Compared with control treatment, bacterial treatment increased plant height and fresh weight by 10.98% and 20.15%, respectively, at 28 days after inoculation. Strain Ba13 exhibited antagonistic activity against all eight plant pathogens tested. The 3,861,210-bp genome of strain Ba13 was predicted to encode antibiotics (e.g., surfactin, bacillaene, bacillomycin D, bacilysin, and bacillibactin) and volatile gaseous compounds (e.g., 2,3-butanediol and acetoin). Genes were also predicted to encode extracellular phytase and β-glucanase that are secreted through the secretory (Sec) system. Strain Ba13 could synthesize indole-3-acetic acid through the indole-3-pyruvic acid pathway. The results of this study indicate that B. amyloliquefaciens Ba13 has multiple effects on tomato plants and associated microorganisms, directly or indirectly promoting plant growth and controlling plant diseases. IMPORTANCE Microbial agents are considered the optimal alternative for chemical agents. Exploring the mechanisms underlying the beneficial effects of microbial agents is essential for rational applications in the field. In this study, we report a functional bacterial strain, Bacillus amyloliquefaciens Ba13, which exhibited plant growth-promoting and antipathogenic effects. The whole genome of strain Ba13 was sequenced, and functional genes of interest were predicted. Strain Ba13 could synthesize indole-3-acetic acid through the indole-3-pyruvic acid pathway.
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Beyond the Usual Suspects: Physiological Roles of the Arabidopsis Amidase Signature (AS) Superfamily Members in Plant Growth Processes and Stress Responses. Biomolecules 2021; 11:biom11081207. [PMID: 34439873 PMCID: PMC8393822 DOI: 10.3390/biom11081207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2021] [Revised: 08/04/2021] [Accepted: 08/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The diversification of land plants largely relies on their ability to cope with constant environmental fluctuations, which negatively impact their reproductive fitness and trigger adaptive responses to biotic and abiotic stresses. In this limiting landscape, cumulative research attention has centred on deepening the roles of major phytohormones, mostly auxins, together with brassinosteroids, jasmonates, and abscisic acid, despite the signaling networks orchestrating the crosstalk among them are so far only poorly understood. Accordingly, this review focuses on the Arabidopsis Amidase Signature (AS) superfamily members, with the aim of highlighting the hitherto relatively underappreciated functions of AMIDASE1 (AMI1) and FATTY ACID AMIDE HYDROLASE (FAAH), as comparable coordinators of the growth-defense trade-off, by balancing auxin and ABA homeostasis through the conversion of their likely bioactive substrates, indole-3-acetamide and N-acylethanolamine.
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Accumulation of the Auxin Precursor Indole-3-Acetamide Curtails Growth through the Repression of Ribosome-Biogenesis and Development-Related Transcriptional Networks. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22042040. [PMID: 33670805 PMCID: PMC7923163 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22042040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2021] [Revised: 02/16/2021] [Accepted: 02/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The major auxin, indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), is associated with a plethora of growth and developmental processes including embryo development, expansion growth, cambial activity, and the induction of lateral root growth. Accumulation of the auxin precursor indole-3-acetamide (IAM) induces stress related processes by stimulating abscisic acid (ABA) biosynthesis. How IAM signaling is controlled is, at present, unclear. Here, we characterize the ami1rooty double mutant, that we initially generated to study the metabolic and phenotypic consequences of a simultaneous genetic blockade of the indole glucosinolate and IAM pathways in Arabidopsisthaliana. Our mass spectrometric analyses of the mutant revealed that the combination of the two mutations is not sufficient to fully prevent the conversion of IAM to IAA. The detected strong accumulation of IAM was, however, recognized to substantially impair seed development. We further show by genome-wide expression studies that the double mutant is broadly affected in its translational capacity, and that a small number of plant growth regulating transcriptional circuits are repressed by the high IAM content in the seed. In accordance with the previously described growth reduction in response to elevated IAM levels, our data support the hypothesis that IAM is a growth repressing counterpart to IAA.
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Pérez-Alonso MM, Ortiz-García P, Moya-Cuevas J, Lehmann T, Sánchez-Parra B, Björk RG, Karim S, Amirjani MR, Aronsson H, Wilkinson MD, Pollmann S. Endogenous indole-3-acetamide levels contribute to the crosstalk between auxin and abscisic acid, and trigger plant stress responses in Arabidopsis. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2021; 72:459-475. [PMID: 33068437 PMCID: PMC7853601 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eraa485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2020] [Accepted: 10/13/2020] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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The evolutionary success of plants relies to a large extent on their extraordinary ability to adapt to changes in their environment. These adaptations require that plants balance their growth with their stress responses. Plant hormones are crucial mediators orchestrating the underlying adaptive processes. However, whether and how the growth-related hormone auxin and the stress-related hormones jasmonic acid, salicylic acid, and abscisic acid (ABA) are coordinated remains largely elusive. Here, we analyse the physiological role of AMIDASE 1 (AMI1) in Arabidopsis plant growth and its possible connection to plant adaptations to abiotic stresses. AMI1 contributes to cellular auxin homeostasis by catalysing the conversion of indole-acetamide into the major plant auxin indole-3-acetic acid. Functional impairment of AMI1 increases the plant's stress status rendering mutant plants more susceptible to abiotic stresses. Transcriptomic analysis of ami1 mutants disclosed the reprogramming of a considerable number of stress-related genes, including jasmonic acid and ABA biosynthesis genes. The ami1 mutants exhibit only moderately repressed growth but an enhanced ABA accumulation, which suggests a role for AMI1 in the crosstalk between auxin and ABA. Altogether, our results suggest that AMI1 is involved in coordinating the trade-off between plant growth and stress responses, balancing auxin and ABA homeostasis.
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- Marta-Marina Pérez-Alonso
- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) – Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA), Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
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- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) – Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA), Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
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- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) – Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA), Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
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- Lehrstuhl für Pflanzenphysiologie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) – Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA), Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
- Current address: Max-Planck-Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Earth Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute of Biomedicine, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Current address: Department of Biology, Arak University, Arak, Iran
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) – Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA), Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
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- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) – Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA), Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
- Departamento de Biotecnología-Biología Vegetal, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica, Alimentaria y de Biosistemas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Madrid, Spain
- Correspondence:
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Pérez-Alonso MM, Guerrero-Galán C, Scholz SS, Kiba T, Sakakibara H, Ludwig-Müller J, Krapp A, Oelmüller R, Vicente-Carbajosa J, Pollmann S. Harnessing symbiotic plant-fungus interactions to unleash hidden forces from extreme plant ecosystems. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2020; 71:3865-3877. [PMID: 31976537 PMCID: PMC7316966 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eraa040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2019] [Accepted: 01/21/2020] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Global climate change is arguably one of the biggest threats of modern times and has already led to a wide range of impacts on the environment, economy, and society. Owing to past emissions and climate system inertia, global climate change is predicted to continue for decades even if anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions were to stop immediately. In many regions, such as central Europe and the Mediterranean region, the temperature is likely to rise by 2-5 °C and annual precipitation is predicted to decrease. Expected heat and drought periods followed by floods, and unpredictable growing seasons, are predicted to have detrimental effects on agricultural production systems, causing immense economic losses and food supply problems. To mitigate the risks of climate change, agricultural innovations counteracting these effects need to be embraced and accelerated. To achieve maximum improvement, the required agricultural innovations should not focus only on crops but rather pursue a holistic approach including the entire ecosystem. Over millions of years, plants have evolved in close association with other organisms, particularly soil microbes that have shaped their evolution and contemporary ecology. Many studies have already highlighted beneficial interactions among plants and the communities of microorganisms with which they coexist. Questions arising from these discoveries are whether it will be possible to decipher a common molecular pattern and the underlying biochemical framework of interspecies communication, and whether such knowledge can be used to improve agricultural performance under environmental stress conditions. In this review, we summarize the current knowledge of plant interactions with fungal endosymbionts found in extreme ecosystems. Special attention will be paid to the interaction of plants with the symbiotic root-colonizing endophytic fungus Serendipita indica, which has been developed as a model system for beneficial plant-fungus interactions.
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- Marta-Marina Pérez-Alonso
- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM)–Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentación (INIA), Campus de Montegancedo, Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid), Spain
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- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM)–Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentación (INIA), Campus de Montegancedo, Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid), Spain
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- Matthias Schleiden Institute of Genetics, Bioinformatics and Molecular Botany, Department of Plant Physiology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Jena, Germany
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Suehiro, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Japan
- Department of Applied Biosciences, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Suehiro, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Japan
- Department of Applied Biosciences, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRA, AgroParisTech, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, France
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- Matthias Schleiden Institute of Genetics, Bioinformatics and Molecular Botany, Department of Plant Physiology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM)–Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentación (INIA), Campus de Montegancedo, Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid), Spain
- Departamento de Biotecnología-Biología Vegetal, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica, Alimentaria y de Biosistemas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM)–Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentación (INIA), Campus de Montegancedo, Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid), Spain
- Departamento de Biotecnología-Biología Vegetal, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica, Alimentaria y de Biosistemas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Madrid, Spain
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Li M, Guo R, Yu F, Chen X, Zhao H, Li H, Wu J. Indole-3-Acetic Acid Biosynthesis Pathways in the Plant-Beneficial Bacterium Arthrobacter pascens ZZ21. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:ijms19020443. [PMID: 29389906 PMCID: PMC5855665 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19020443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2017] [Revised: 01/28/2018] [Accepted: 01/30/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Arthrobacter pascens ZZ21 is a plant-beneficial, fluoranthene-degrading bacterial strain found in the rhizosphere. The production of the phytohormone indole-3-aectic acid (IAA) by ZZ21 is thought to contribute to its ability to promote plant growth and remediate fluoranthene-contaminated soil. Using genome-wide analysis combined with metabolomic and high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS) analyses, we characterized the potential IAA biosynthesis pathways in A. pascens ZZ21. IAA production increased 4.5-fold in the presence of 200 mg·L−1 tryptophan in the culture medium. The transcript levels of prr and aldH, genes which were predicted to encode aldehyde dehydrogenases, were significantly upregulated in response to exogenous tryptophan. Additionally, metabolomic analysis identified the intermediates indole-3-acetamide (IAM), indole-3-pyruvic acid (IPyA), and the enzymatic reduction product of the latter, indole-3-lactic acid (ILA), among the metabolites of ZZ21, and subsequently also IAM, ILA, and indole-3-ethanol (TOL), which is the enzymatic reduction product of indole-3-acetaldehyde, by HPLC-MS. These results suggest that the tryptophan-dependent IAM and IPyA pathways function in ZZ21.
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- Mengsha Li
- Soil Ecology Lab, College of Resources and Environmental Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
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- Soil Ecology Lab, College of Resources and Environmental Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
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- Soil Ecology Lab, College of Resources and Environmental Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
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- Soil Ecology Lab, College of Resources and Environmental Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
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- College of Resources and Environmental Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
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- Soil Ecology Lab, College of Resources and Environmental Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
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- Soil Ecology Lab, College of Resources and Environmental Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
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Tu D, Luo Z, Wu B, Ma X, Shi H, Mo C, Huang J, Xie W. Developmental, chemical and transcriptional characteristics of artificially pollinated and hormone-induced parthenocarpic fruits of Siraitia grosvenorii. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra28341a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Unpollinated ovaries of Siraitia grosvenorii grew parthenocarpically in response to the application of GA3 and CPPU.
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- Dongping Tu
- Institute of Medicinal Plant Development
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College
- Beijing 100193
- China
- Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine
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- Institute of Medicinal Plant Development
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College
- Beijing 100193
- China
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- Institute of Medicinal Plant Development
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College
- Beijing 100193
- China
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- Institute of Medicinal Plant Development
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College
- Beijing 100193
- China
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- Institute of Medicinal Plant Development
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College
- Beijing 100193
- China
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- Guangxi Botanical Garden of Medicinal Plants
- Nanning 530023
- China
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- Guangxi Botanical Garden of Medicinal Plants
- Nanning 530023
- China
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Rehman HM, Shah ZH, Nawaz MA, Ahmad MQ, Yang SH, Kho KH, Chung G. RETRACTED ARTICLE: Beta-cyanoalanine synthase pathway as a homeostatic mechanism for cyanide detoxification as well as growth and development in higher plants. PLANTA 2017; 245:235. [PMID: 27744484 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-016-2606-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2016] [Accepted: 10/09/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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- Hafiz Mamoon Rehman
- Department of Biotechnology, Chonnam National University, Yeosu, Chonnam, 59626, South Korea
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- Department of Arid Land Agriculture, King Abdul-Aziz University, Jeddah, 21577, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biotechnology, Chonnam National University, Yeosu, Chonnam, 59626, South Korea
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, 6000, Pakistan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Chonnam National University, Yeosu, Chonnam, 59626, South Korea
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- Department of Aquatic Biology, Chonnam National University, Yeosu, Chonnam, 59626, South Korea
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- Department of Biotechnology, Chonnam National University, Yeosu, Chonnam, 59626, South Korea.
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Lehmann T, Janowitz T, Sánchez-Parra B, Alonso MMP, Trompetter I, Piotrowski M, Pollmann S. Arabidopsis NITRILASE 1 Contributes to the Regulation of Root Growth and Development through Modulation of Auxin Biosynthesis in Seedlings. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017. [PMID: 28174581 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00036.ecollection] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Nitrilases consist of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of organic cyanides. They are found ubiquitously distributed in the plant kingdom. Plant nitrilases are mainly involved in the detoxification of ß-cyanoalanine, a side-product of ethylene biosynthesis. In the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana a second group of Brassicaceae-specific nitrilases (NIT1-3) has been found. This so-called NIT1-subfamily has been associated with the conversion of indole-3-acetonitrile (IAN) into the major plant growth hormone, indole-3-acetic acid (IAA). However, apart of reported functions in defense responses to pathogens and in responses to sulfur depletion, conclusive insight into the general physiological function of the NIT-subfamily nitrilases remains elusive. In this report, we test both the contribution of the indole-3-acetaldoxime (IAOx) pathway to general auxin biosynthesis and the influence of altered nitrilase expression on plant development. Apart of a comprehensive transcriptomics approach to explore the role of the IAOx route in auxin formation, we took a genetic approach to disclose the function of NITRILASE 1 (NIT1) of A. thaliana. We show that NIT1 over-expression (NIT1ox) results in seedlings with shorter primary roots, and an increased number of lateral roots. In addition, NIT1ox plants exhibit drastic changes of both free IAA and IAN levels, which are suggested to be the reason for the observed phenotype. On the other hand, NIT2RNAi knockdown lines, capable of suppressing the expression of all members of the NIT1-subfamily, were generated and characterized to substantiate the above-mentioned findings. Our results demonstrate for the first time that Arabidopsis NIT1 has profound effects on root morphogenesis in early seedling development.
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- Thomas Lehmann
- Lehrstuhl für Pflanzenphysiologie Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Pflanzenphysiologie Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM)-Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentación (INIA), Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
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- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM)-Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentación (INIA), Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
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- Lehrstuhl für Pflanzenphysiologie Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Pflanzenphysiologie Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für PflanzenphysiologieRuhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de PlantasUniversidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM)-Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentación (INIA), Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
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Lehmann T, Janowitz T, Sánchez-Parra B, Alonso MMP, Trompetter I, Piotrowski M, Pollmann S. Arabidopsis NITRILASE 1 Contributes to the Regulation of Root Growth and Development through Modulation of Auxin Biosynthesis in Seedlings. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 8:36. [PMID: 28174581 PMCID: PMC5258727 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2016] [Accepted: 01/09/2017] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Nitrilases consist of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of organic cyanides. They are found ubiquitously distributed in the plant kingdom. Plant nitrilases are mainly involved in the detoxification of ß-cyanoalanine, a side-product of ethylene biosynthesis. In the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana a second group of Brassicaceae-specific nitrilases (NIT1-3) has been found. This so-called NIT1-subfamily has been associated with the conversion of indole-3-acetonitrile (IAN) into the major plant growth hormone, indole-3-acetic acid (IAA). However, apart of reported functions in defense responses to pathogens and in responses to sulfur depletion, conclusive insight into the general physiological function of the NIT-subfamily nitrilases remains elusive. In this report, we test both the contribution of the indole-3-acetaldoxime (IAOx) pathway to general auxin biosynthesis and the influence of altered nitrilase expression on plant development. Apart of a comprehensive transcriptomics approach to explore the role of the IAOx route in auxin formation, we took a genetic approach to disclose the function of NITRILASE 1 (NIT1) of A. thaliana. We show that NIT1 over-expression (NIT1ox) results in seedlings with shorter primary roots, and an increased number of lateral roots. In addition, NIT1ox plants exhibit drastic changes of both free IAA and IAN levels, which are suggested to be the reason for the observed phenotype. On the other hand, NIT2RNAi knockdown lines, capable of suppressing the expression of all members of the NIT1-subfamily, were generated and characterized to substantiate the above-mentioned findings. Our results demonstrate for the first time that Arabidopsis NIT1 has profound effects on root morphogenesis in early seedling development.
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- Thomas Lehmann
- Lehrstuhl für PflanzenphysiologieRuhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für PflanzenphysiologieRuhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de PlantasUniversidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM)-Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentación (INIA), Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
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- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de PlantasUniversidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM)-Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentación (INIA), Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
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- Lehrstuhl für PflanzenphysiologieRuhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für PflanzenphysiologieRuhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für PflanzenphysiologieRuhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany
- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de PlantasUniversidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM)-Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentación (INIA), Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
- *Correspondence: Stephan Pollmann
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Mani D, Kumar C, Patel NK. Integrated micro-biochemical approach for phytoremediation of cadmium and lead contaminated soils using Gladiolus grandiflorus L cut flower. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2016; 124:435-446. [PMID: 26615479 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2015.11.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2015] [Revised: 09/24/2015] [Accepted: 11/10/2015] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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The potential of vermicompost, elemental sulphur, Thiobacillus thiooxidans and Pseudomonas putida for phytoremediation is well known individually but their integrated approach has not been discovered so far. The present work highlights the consideration of so far overlooked aspects of their integrated treatment by growing the ornamental plant, Gladiolus grandiflorus L in uncontaminated and sewage-contaminated soils (sulphur-deficient alluvial Entisols, pH 7.6-7.8) for phytoremediation of cadmium and lead under pot experiment. Between vermicompost and elemental sulphur, the response of vermicompost was higher towards improvement in the biometric parameters of plants, whereas the response of elemental sulphur was higher towards enhanced bioaccumulation of heavy metals under soils. The integrated treatment (T7: vermicompost 6g and elemental sulphur 0.5gkg(-1) soil and co-inoculation of the plant with T. thiooxidans and P. putida) was found superior in promoting root length, plant height and dry biomass of the plant. The treatment T7 caused enhanced accumulation of Cd up to 6.96 and 6.45mgkg(-1) and Pb up to 22.6 and 19.9mgkg(-1) in corm and shoot, respectively at the contaminated soil. T7 showed maximum remediation efficiency of 0.46% and 0.19% and bioaccumulation factor of 2.92 and 1.21 and uptake of 6.75 and 21.4mgkg(-1) dry biomass for Cd and Pb respectively in the contaminated soil. The integrated treatment T7 was found significant over the individual treatments to promote plant growth and enhance phytoremediation. Hence, authors conclude to integrate vermicompost, elemental sulphur and microbial co-inoculation for the enhanced clean-up of Cd and Pb-contaminated soils.
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- Dinesh Mani
- Sheila Dhar Institute of Soil Science, Department of Chemistry, University of Allahabad, Allahabad 211002, India
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- The National Academy of Sciences, India, Allahabad 211002, India.
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- Sheila Dhar Institute of Soil Science, Department of Chemistry, University of Allahabad, Allahabad 211002, India
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Chen X, Miché L, Sachs S, Wang Q, Buschart A, Yang H, Vera Cruz CM, Hurek T, Reinhold-Hurek B. Rice responds to endophytic colonization which is independent of the common symbiotic signaling pathway. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2015; 208:531-43. [PMID: 26009800 DOI: 10.1111/nph.13458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2015] [Accepted: 04/13/2015] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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As molecular interactions of plants with N2 -fixing endophytes are largely uncharacterized, we investigated whether the common signaling pathway (CSP) shared by root nodule symbioses (RNS) and arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbioses may have been recruited for the endophytic Azoarcus sp.-rice (Oryza sativa) interaction, and combined this investigation with global approaches to characterize rice root responses to endophytic colonization. Putative homologs of genes required for the CSP were analyzed for their putative role in endophytic colonization. Proteomic and suppressive subtractive hybridization (SSH) approaches were also applied, and a comparison of defense-related processes was carried out by setting up a pathosystem for flooded roots with Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae strain PXO99 (Xoo). All tested genes were expressed in rice roots seedlings but not induced upon Azoarcus sp. inoculation, and the oscyclops and oscastor mutants were not impaired in endophytic colonization. Global approaches highlighted changes in rice metabolic activity and Ca(2+) -dependent signaling in roots colonized by endophytes, including some stress proteins. Marker genes for defense responses were induced to a lesser extent by the endophytes than by the pathogen, indicating a more compatible interaction. Our results thus suggest that rice roots respond to endophytic colonization by inducing metabolic shifts and signaling events, for which the CSP is not essential.
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- Xi Chen
- Department of Microbe-Plant Interactions, CBIB (Center for Biomolecular Interactions Bremen), University of Bremen, PO Box 330440, D-28334, Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Microbe-Plant Interactions, CBIB (Center for Biomolecular Interactions Bremen), University of Bremen, PO Box 330440, D-28334, Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Microbe-Plant Interactions, CBIB (Center for Biomolecular Interactions Bremen), University of Bremen, PO Box 330440, D-28334, Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Microbe-Plant Interactions, CBIB (Center for Biomolecular Interactions Bremen), University of Bremen, PO Box 330440, D-28334, Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Microbe-Plant Interactions, CBIB (Center for Biomolecular Interactions Bremen), University of Bremen, PO Box 330440, D-28334, Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Microbe-Plant Interactions, CBIB (Center for Biomolecular Interactions Bremen), University of Bremen, PO Box 330440, D-28334, Bremen, Germany
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- The International Rice Research Institute, MCPC Box 3727, 1271, Makati, Philippines
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- Department of Microbe-Plant Interactions, CBIB (Center for Biomolecular Interactions Bremen), University of Bremen, PO Box 330440, D-28334, Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Microbe-Plant Interactions, CBIB (Center for Biomolecular Interactions Bremen), University of Bremen, PO Box 330440, D-28334, Bremen, Germany
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Irmisch S, Zeltner P, Handrick V, Gershenzon J, Köllner TG. The maize cytochrome P450 CYP79A61 produces phenylacetaldoxime and indole-3-acetaldoxime in heterologous systems and might contribute to plant defense and auxin formation. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2015; 15:128. [PMID: 26017568 PMCID: PMC4446944 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-015-0526-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2015] [Accepted: 05/18/2015] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND Plants produce a group of aldoxime metabolites that are well known as volatiles and as intermediates in cyanogenic glycoside and glucosinolate biosynthesis in particular plant families. Recently it has been demonstrated that aldoximes can also accumulate as part of direct plant defense in poplar. Cytochrome P450 enzymes of the CYP79 family were shown to be responsible for the formation of aldoximes from their amino acid precursors. RESULTS Here we describe the identification and characterization of maize CYP79A61 which was heterologously expressed in yeast and Nicotiana benthamiana and shown to catalyze the formation of (E/Z)-phenylacetaldoxime and (E/Z)-indole-3-acetaldoxime from L-phenylalanine and L-tryptophan, respectively. Simulated herbivory on maize leaves resulted in an increased CYP79A61 transcript accumulation and in elevated levels of L-phenylalanine and (E/Z)-phenylacetaldoxime. Although L-tryptophan levels were also increased after the treatment, (E/Z)-indole-3-acetaldoxime could not be detected in the damaged leaves. However, simulated herbivory caused a significant increase in auxin concentration. CONCLUSIONS Our data suggest that CYP79A61 might contribute to the formation of (E/Z)-phenylacetaldoxime in maize. Since aldoximes have been described as toxic compounds for insect herbivores and pathogens, the increased accumulation of (E/Z)-phenylacetaldoxime after simulated herbivory indicates that this compound plays a role in plant defense. In addition, it is conceivable that (E/Z)-indole-3-acetaldoxime produced by recombinant CYP79A61 could be further converted into the plant hormone indole-3-acetic acid after herbivore feeding in maize.
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- Sandra Irmisch
- Department of Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Hans-Knöll Straße 8, 07745, Jena, Germany.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Hans-Knöll Straße 8, 07745, Jena, Germany.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Hans-Knöll Straße 8, 07745, Jena, Germany.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Hans-Knöll Straße 8, 07745, Jena, Germany.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Hans-Knöll Straße 8, 07745, Jena, Germany.
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Mani D, Kumar C, Patel NK. Integrated micro-biochemical approach for phytoremediation of cadmium and zinc contaminated soils. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2015; 111:86-95. [PMID: 25450919 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2014.09.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2014] [Revised: 09/17/2014] [Accepted: 09/18/2014] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The integrated potential of oilcake manure (OM), elemental sulphur (S(0)), Glomus fasciculatum and Pseudomonas putida by growing Helianthus annuus L for phytoremediation of cadmium and zinc contaminated soils was investigated under pot experiment. The integrated treatment (2.5 g kg(-1) OM, 0.8 g kg(-1) S(0) and co-inoculation with G. fasciculatum and P. putida promoted the dry biomass of the plant. The treatment was feasible for enhanced cadmium accumulation up to 6.56 and 5.25 mg kg(-1) and zinc accumulation up to 45.46 and 32.56 mg kg(-1) in root and shoot, respectively, which caused maximum remediation efficiency (0.73 percent and 0.25 percent) and bioaccumulation factor (2.39 and 0.83) for Cd and Zn, respectively showing feasible uptake (in mg kg(-1) dry biomass) of Cd (5.55) and Zn (35.51) at the contaminated site. Thus, authors conclude to integrate oilcake manure, S(0) and microbial co-inoculation for enhanced clean-up of cadmium and zinc-contaminated soils.
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- Dinesh Mani
- Sheila Dhar Institute of Soil Science, Department of Chemistry, University of Allahabad, Allahabad-211002, India.
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- Sheila Dhar Institute of Soil Science, Department of Chemistry, University of Allahabad, Allahabad-211002, India; The National Academy of Sciences, India, 5 Lajpatrai Road, Allahabad-211002, India.
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- Sheila Dhar Institute of Soil Science, Department of Chemistry, University of Allahabad, Allahabad-211002, India.
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Sánchez-Parra B, Frerigmann H, Alonso MMP, Loba VC, Jost R, Hentrich M, Pollmann S. Characterization of Four Bifunctional Plant IAM/PAM-Amidohydrolases Capable of Contributing to Auxin Biosynthesis. PLANTS 2014; 3:324-47. [PMID: 27135507 PMCID: PMC4844348 DOI: 10.3390/plants3030324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2014] [Revised: 07/23/2014] [Accepted: 07/30/2014] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Amidases [EC 3.5.1.4] capable of converting indole-3-acetamide (IAM) into the major plant growth hormone indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) are assumed to be involved in auxin de novo biosynthesis. With the emerging amount of genomics data, it was possible to identify over forty proteins with substantial homology to the already characterized amidases from Arabidopsis and tobacco. The observed high conservation of amidase-like proteins throughout the plant kingdom may suggest an important role of theses enzymes in plant development. Here, we report cloning and functional analysis of four, thus far, uncharacterized plant amidases from Oryza sativa, Sorghum bicolor, Medicago truncatula, and Populus trichocarpa. Intriguingly, we were able to demonstrate that the examined amidases are also capable of converting phenyl-2-acetamide (PAM) into phenyl-2-acetic acid (PAA), an auxin endogenous to several plant species including Arabidopsis. Furthermore, we compared the subcellular localization of the enzymes to that of Arabidopsis AMI1, providing further evidence for similar enzymatic functions. Our results point to the presence of a presumably conserved pathway of auxin biosynthesis via IAM, as amidases, both of monocot, and dicot origins, were analyzed.
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- Beatriz Sánchez-Parra
- Center for Plant Biotechnology and Genomics (U.P.M.-I.N.I.A.), Technical University Madrid, Montegancedo Campus, Crta. M-40, km 38, 28223 Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid), Spain.
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- Department of Plant Physiology, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, 44801 Bochum, Germany.
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- Center for Plant Biotechnology and Genomics (U.P.M.-I.N.I.A.), Technical University Madrid, Montegancedo Campus, Crta. M-40, km 38, 28223 Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid), Spain.
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- Center for Plant Biotechnology and Genomics (U.P.M.-I.N.I.A.), Technical University Madrid, Montegancedo Campus, Crta. M-40, km 38, 28223 Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid), Spain.
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- School of Plant Biology, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.
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- Department of Plant Physiology, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, 44801 Bochum, Germany.
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- Center for Plant Biotechnology and Genomics (U.P.M.-I.N.I.A.), Technical University Madrid, Montegancedo Campus, Crta. M-40, km 38, 28223 Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid), Spain.
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Duca D, Lorv J, Patten CL, Rose D, Glick BR. Indole-3-acetic acid in plant-microbe interactions. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 106:85-125. [PMID: 24445491 DOI: 10.1007/s10482-013-0095-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 325] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2013] [Accepted: 12/07/2013] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) is an important phytohormone with the capacity to control plant development in both beneficial and deleterious ways. The ability to synthesize IAA is an attribute that many bacteria including both plant growth-promoters and phytopathogens possess. There are three main pathways through which IAA is synthesized; the indole-3-pyruvic acid, indole-3-acetamide and indole-3-acetonitrile pathways. This chapter reviews the factors that effect the production of this phytohormone, the role of IAA in bacterial physiology and in plant-microbe interactions including phytostimulation and phytopathogenesis.
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- Daiana Duca
- Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada,
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Irmisch S, Clavijo McCormick A, Boeckler GA, Schmidt A, Reichelt M, Schneider B, Block K, Schnitzler JP, Gershenzon J, Unsicker SB, Köllner TG. Two herbivore-induced cytochrome P450 enzymes CYP79D6 and CYP79D7 catalyze the formation of volatile aldoximes involved in poplar defense. THE PLANT CELL 2013; 25:4737-54. [PMID: 24220631 PMCID: PMC3875747 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.113.118265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2013] [Revised: 10/15/2013] [Accepted: 10/21/2013] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Aldoximes are known as floral and vegetative plant volatiles but also as biosynthetic intermediates for other plant defense compounds. While the cytochrome P450 monooxygenases (CYP) from the CYP79 family forming aldoximes as biosynthetic intermediates have been intensively studied, little is known about the enzymology of volatile aldoxime formation. We characterized two P450 enzymes, CYP79D6v3 and CYP79D7v2, which are involved in herbivore-induced aldoxime formation in western balsam poplar (Populus trichocarpa). Heterologous expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae revealed that both enzymes produce a mixture of different aldoximes. Knockdown lines of CYP79D6/7 in gray poplar (Populus × canescens) exhibited a decreased emission of aldoximes, nitriles, and alcohols, emphasizing that the CYP79s catalyze the first step in the formation of a complex volatile blend. Aldoxime emission was found to be restricted to herbivore-damaged leaves and is closely correlated with CYP79D6 and CYP79D7 gene expression. The semi-volatile phenylacetaldoxime decreased survival and weight gain of gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar) caterpillars, suggesting that aldoximes may be involved in direct defense. The wide distribution of volatile aldoximes throughout the plant kingdom and the presence of CYP79 genes in all sequenced genomes of angiosperms suggest that volatile formation mediated by CYP79s is a general phenomenon in the plant kingdom.
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- Sandra Irmisch
- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, 07745 Jena, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, 07745 Jena, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, 07745 Jena, Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology, Research Unit Environmental Simulation, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology, Research Unit Environmental Simulation, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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Rozov SM, Zagorskaya AA, Shcherbakov DN, Belavin PA, Deineko EV, Shumnyi VK. Identification of the NtFZY gene family in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) involved in the tryptophan-dependent auxin biosynthesis pathway. DOKL BIOCHEM BIOPHYS 2012; 444:140-3. [PMID: 22772995 DOI: 10.1134/s1607672912030040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2012] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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- S M Rozov
- Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Akademika Lavrent'eva 10, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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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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Phillips KA, Skirpan AL, Liu X, Christensen A, Slewinski TL, Hudson C, Barazesh S, Cohen JD, Malcomber S, McSteen P. vanishing tassel2 encodes a grass-specific tryptophan aminotransferase required for vegetative and reproductive development in maize. THE PLANT CELL 2011; 23:550-66. [PMID: 21335375 PMCID: PMC3077783 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.110.075267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 181] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2010] [Revised: 01/04/2011] [Accepted: 01/27/2011] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Auxin plays a fundamental role in organogenesis in plants. Multiple pathways for auxin biosynthesis have been proposed, but none of the predicted pathways are completely understood. Here, we report the positional cloning and characterization of the vanishing tassel2 (vt2) gene of maize (Zea mays). Phylogenetic analyses indicate that vt2 is a co-ortholog of TRYPTOPHAN AMINOTRANSFERASE OF ARABIDOPSIS1 (TAA1), which converts Trp to indole-3-pyruvic acid in one of four hypothesized Trp-dependent auxin biosynthesis pathways. Unlike single mutations in TAA1, which cause subtle morphological phenotypes in Arabidopsis thaliana, vt2 mutants have dramatic effects on vegetative and reproductive development. vt2 mutants share many similarities with sparse inflorescence1 (spi1) mutants in maize. spi1 is proposed to encode an enzyme in the tryptamine pathway for Trp-dependent auxin biosynthesis, although this biochemical activity has recently been questioned. Surprisingly, spi1 vt2 double mutants had only a slightly more severe phenotype than vt2 single mutants. Furthermore, both spi1 and vt2 single mutants exhibited a reduction in free auxin levels, but the spi1 vt2 double mutants did not have a further reduction compared with vt2 single mutants. Therefore, both spi1 and vt2 function in auxin biosynthesis in maize, possibly in the same pathway rather than independently as previously proposed.
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- Kimberly A. Phillips
- Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, 208 Mueller Lab, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
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- Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, 208 Mueller Lab, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
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- Department of Horticultural Science and the Microbial and Plant Genomics Institute, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55108
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- Department of Biological Sciences, California State University, Long Beach, California 90840
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- Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, 208 Mueller Lab, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
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- Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, 208 Mueller Lab, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
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- Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, 208 Mueller Lab, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
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- Department of Horticultural Science and the Microbial and Plant Genomics Institute, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55108
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- Department of Biological Sciences, California State University, Long Beach, California 90840
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- Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, 208 Mueller Lab, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
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Pedras MSC, Minic Z, Thongbam PD, Bhaskar V, Montaut S. Indolyl-3-acetaldoxime dehydratase from the phytopathogenic fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum: purification, characterization, and substrate specificity. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2010; 71:1952-1962. [PMID: 21036375 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2010.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2010] [Revised: 09/27/2010] [Accepted: 10/04/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The purification and characterization of indolyl-3-acetaldoxime dehydratase produced by the plant fungal pathogen Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is described. The substrate specificity indicates that it is an indolyl-3-acetaldoxime dehydratase (IAD, EC 4.99.1.6), which catalyzes transformation of indolyl-3-acetaldoxime to indolyl-3-acetonitrile. The enzyme showed Michaelis-Menten kinetics and had an apparent molecular mass of 44 kDa. The amino acid sequence of IAD, determined using LC-ESI-MS/MS, identified it as the protein SS1G_01653 from S. sclerotiorum. IADSs was highly homologous (84% amino acid identity) to the hypothetical protein BC1G_14775 from Botryotinia fuckeliana B05.10. In addition, similarity to the phenylacetaldoxime dehydratases from Gibberella zeae (33% amino acid identity) and Bacillus sp. (20% amino acid identity) was noted. The specific activity of IADSs increased about 17-fold upon addition of Na(2)S(2)O(4) under anaerobic conditions, but in the absence of Na(2)S(2)O(4) no significant change was observed, whether aerobic or anaerobic conditions were used. As with other aldoxime dehydratases isolated from microbes, the role of IADSs in fungal plant pathogens is not clear, but given its substrate specificity, it appears unlikely that IADSs is a general xenobiotic detoxifying enzyme.
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- M Soledade C Pedras
- Department of Chemistry, University of Saskatchewan, 110 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK, Canada S7N 5C9.
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Indole-3-acetamide-dependent auxin biosynthesis: a widely distributed way of indole-3-acetic acid production? Eur J Cell Biol 2010; 89:895-905. [PMID: 20701997 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2010.06.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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During the course of evolution plants have evolved a complex phytohormone-based network to regulate their growth and development. Herein auxins have a pivotal function, as they are involved in controlling virtually every aspect related to plant growth. Indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) is the major endogenous auxin of higher plants that is already known for more than 80 years. In spite of the long-standing interest in this topic, IAA biosynthesis is still only partially uncovered. Several pathways for the formation of IAA have been proposed over the past years, but none of these pathways are yet completely defined. The aim of this review is to summarize the current knowledge on the indole-3-acetamide (IAM)-dependent pathway of IAA production in plants and to discuss the properties of the involved proteins and genes, respectively. Their evolutionary relationship to known bacterial IAM hydrolases and other amidases from bacteria, algae, moss, and higher plants is discussed on the basis of phylogenetic analyses. Moreover, we report on the transcriptional regulation of the Arabidopsis AMI1 gene.
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Ferro N, Bredow T, Jacobsen HJ, Reinard T. Route to Novel Auxin: Auxin Chemical Space toward Biological Correlation Carriers. Chem Rev 2010; 110:4690-708. [DOI: 10.1021/cr800229s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Noel Ferro
- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Bonn, Wegeler Strasse 12, Bonn, Germany 53115 and Institute for Plant Genetics, Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Bonn, Wegeler Strasse 12, Bonn, Germany 53115 and Institute for Plant Genetics, Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Bonn, Wegeler Strasse 12, Bonn, Germany 53115 and Institute for Plant Genetics, Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Bonn, Wegeler Strasse 12, Bonn, Germany 53115 and Institute for Plant Genetics, Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany
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Soeno K, Goda H, Ishii T, Ogura T, Tachikawa T, Sasaki E, Yoshida S, Fujioka S, Asami T, Shimada Y. Auxin biosynthesis inhibitors, identified by a genomics-based approach, provide insights into auxin biosynthesis. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2010; 51:524-36. [PMID: 20234049 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcq032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Despite its importance in plant growth and development, the auxin biosynthetic pathway has remained elusive. In this study, we analyzed hormone series transcriptome data from AtGenExpress in Arabidopsis and found that aminoethoxyvinylglycine (AVG) had the strongest anti-auxin activity. We also identified other effective compounds such as L-amino-oxyphenylpropionic acid (AOPP) through additional screening. These inhibitors shared characteristics in that they inhibited pyridoxal enzymes and/or aminotransferases. They reduced endogenous IAA levels in both monocots and dicots. L-AOPP inhibited root development of Arabidopsis in main root elongation, gravitropism, root skewing and root hair formation. This inhibition was generally recovered after exogenous IAA treatment, and the recovery was almost completely to the level of non-inhibited seedlings. The compounds inhibited conversion from tryptophan to indole-3-pyruvic acid in enzyme extracts from Arabidopsis and wheat. Our data collectively suggest that the inhibitors directly blocked auxin biosynthesis, and that the major target site was tryptophan aminotransferase. This enzyme probably makes up one of the major biosynthesis pathways conserved among higher plants. Each inhibitor, however, demonstrated a different action spectrum in shoot and root of rice and tomato, indicating diversity in biosynthesis pathways between organs and species. Our results provide novel insights into auxin biosynthesis and action, and uncover structural characteristics of auxin biosynthesis inhibitors.
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- Kazuo Soeno
- RIKEN Plant Science Center, Suehirocho, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045 Japan
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Monocots are known to respond differently to auxinic herbicides; hence, certain herbicides kill broadleaf (i.e., dicot) weeds while leaving lawns (i.e., monocot grasses) intact. In addition, the characters that distinguish monocots from dicots involve structures whose development is controlled by auxin. However, the molecular mechanisms controlling auxin biosynthesis, homeostasis, transport, and signal transduction appear, so far, to be conserved between monocots and dicots, although there are differences in gene copy number and expression leading to diversification in function. This article provides an update on the conservation and diversification of the roles of genes controlling auxin biosynthesis, transport, and signal transduction in root, shoot, and reproductive development in rice and maize.
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- Paula McSteen
- Department of Biology, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA.
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Biochemical analyses of indole-3-acetaldoxime-dependent auxin biosynthesis in Arabidopsis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009; 106:5430-5. [PMID: 19279202 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0811226106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 201] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Auxins are hormones that regulate many aspects of plant growth and development. The main plant auxin is indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), whose biosynthetic pathway is not fully understood. Indole-3-acetaldoxime (IAOx) has been proposed to be a key intermediate in the synthesis of IAA and several other indolic compounds. Genetic studies of IAA biosynthesis in Arabidopsis have suggested that 2 distinct pathways involving the CYP79B or YUCCA (YUC) genes may contribute to IAOx synthesis and that several pathways are also involved in the conversion of IAOx to IAA. Here we report the biochemical dissection of IAOx biosynthesis and metabolism in plants by analyzing IAA biosynthesis intermediates. We demonstrated that the majority of IAOx is produced by CYP79B genes in Arabidopsis because IAOx production was abolished in CYP79B-deficient mutants. IAOx was not detected from rice, maize, and tobacco, which do not have apparent CYP79B orthologues. IAOx levels were not significantly altered in the yuc1 yuc2 yuc4 yuc6 quadruple mutants, suggesting that the YUC gene family probably does not contribute to IAOx synthesis. We determined the pathway for conversion of IAOx to IAA by identifying 2 likely intermediates, indole-3-acetamide (IAM) and indole-3-acetonitrile (IAN), in Arabidopsis. When (13)C(6)-labeled IAOx was fed to CYP79B-deficient mutants, (13)C(6) atoms were efficiently incorporated to IAM, IAN, and IAA. This biochemical evidence indicates that IAOx-dependent IAA biosynthesis, which involves IAM and IAN as intermediates, is not a common but a species-specific pathway in plants; thus IAA biosynthesis may differ among plant species.
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Piotrowski M. Primary or secondary? Versatile nitrilases in plant metabolism. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2008; 69:2655-67. [PMID: 18842274 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2008.08.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2008] [Accepted: 08/26/2008] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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The potential of plant nitrilases to convert indole-3-acetonitrile into the plant growth hormone indole-3-acetic acid has earned them the interim title of "key enzyme in auxin biosynthesis". Although not widely recognized, this view has changed considerably in the last few years. Recent work on plant nitrilases has shown them to be involved in the process of cyanide detoxification, in the catabolism of cyanogenic glycosides and presumably in the catabolism of glucosinolates. All plants possess at least one nitrilase that is homologous to the nitrilase 4 isoform of Arabidopsis thaliana. The general function of these nitrilases lies in the process of cyanide detoxification, in which they convert the intermediate detoxification product beta-cyanoalanine into asparagine, aspartic acid and ammonia. Cyanide is a metabolic by-product in biosynthesis of the plant hormone ethylene, but it may also be released from cyanogenic glycosides, which are present in a large number of plants. In Sorghum bicolor, an additional nitrilase isoform has been identified, which can directly use a catabolic intermediate of the cyanogenic glycoside dhurrin, thus enabling the plant to metabolize its cyanogenic glycoside without releasing cyanide. In the Brassicaceae, a family of nitrilases has evolved, the members of which are able to hydrolyze catabolic products of glucosinolates, the predominant secondary metabolites of these plants. Thus, the general theme of nitrilase function in plants is detoxification and nitrogen recycling, since the valuable nitrogen of the nitrile group is recovered in the useful metabolites asparagine or ammonia. Taken together, a picture emerges in which plant nitrilases have versatile functions in plant metabolism, whereas their importance for auxin biosynthesis seems to be minor.
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- Markus Piotrowski
- Department of Plant Physiology, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstrasse 150, 44801 Bochum, Germany.
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Amidase 1 (AMI1), a specific indole-3-acetamide amidohydrolase, is an Arabidopsis thaliana amidase signature enzyme that catalyzes the synthesis of indole-3-acetic acid from indole-3-acetamide. Amidase signature family members catalyze a diverse range of enzymatic reactions and are found widespread in nature, for instance in bacteria, mammals, and plants. At the protein level, the family members share a conserved stretch of approximately 50-130 amino acids, the name-giving amidase signature. Elucidation of the crystal structures of a mammalian fatty acid amide hydrolase and the bacterial malonamidase E2 revealed an unusual Ser-cisSer-Lys catalytic triad in proteins of this family. In addition, other members, such as the amidase from Rhodococcus rhodochrous strain J1 or Sulfolobus solfataricus, seem to use an accessory Cys-cisSer-Lys center. AMI1 possesses all conserved amino-acid residues of the Ser-cisSer-Lys triad, but lacks the CX(3)C motif and therefore the Cys-cisSer-Lys catalytic site. Using a set of point-mutated variants of AMI1 and chemical modifications, we analyzed the relative importance of single amino-acid residues of AMI1 with respect to substrate conversion. These experiments revealed that a specific serine residue, Ser137, is essential for AMI1 enzymatic activity. We also report structural and functional differences of AMI1 from other amidase signature enzymes.
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- Daniel Neu
- Lehrstuhl für Pflanzenphysiologie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
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Gigolashvili T, Berger B, Mock HP, Müller C, Weisshaar B, Flügge UI. The transcription factor HIG1/MYB51 regulates indolic glucosinolate biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2007; 50:886-901. [PMID: 17461791 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2007.03099.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 255] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Glucosinolates are a class of plant secondary metabolites that serve as antiherbivore compounds in plant defence. A previously identified Arabidopsis thaliana activation-tagged line, displaying altered levels of secondary metabolites, was shown here to be affected in the content of indolic and aliphatic glucosinolates. The observed chemotype was caused by activation of the R2R3-MYB transcription factor gene HIG1 (HIGH INDOLIC GLUCOSINOLATE 1, also referred to as MYB51). HIG1/MYB51 was shown to activate promoters of indolic glucosinolate biosynthetic genes leading to increased accumulation of indolic glucosinolates. The corresponding loss-of-function mutant hig1-1 contained low levels of glucosinolates. Overexpression of the related transcription factor ATR1/MYB34, which had previously been described as a regulator of indolic glucosinolate and indole-3-acetic acid homeostasis, in the hig1-1 mutant background led to a partial rescue of the mutant chemotype along with a severe high-auxin growth phenotype. Overexpression of MYB122, another close homologue of HIG1/MYB51, did not rescue the hig1-1 chemotype, but caused a high-auxin phenotype and increased levels of indolic glucosinolates in the wild-type. By contrast, overexpression of HIG1/MYB51 resulted in the specific accumulation of indolic glucosinolates without affecting auxin metabolism and plant morphology. Mechanical stimuli such as touch or wounding transiently induced the expression of HIG1/MYB51 but not of ATR1/MYB34, and HIG1/MYB51 overexpression reduced insect herbivory as revealed by dual-choice assays with the generalist lepidopteran herbivore, Spodoptera exigua. We hypothesize that HIG1/MYB51 is a regulator of indolic glucosinolate biosynthesis that also controls responses to biotic challenges.
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- Tamara Gigolashvili
- Botanisches Institut der Universität zu Köln, Gyrhofstrasse 15, D-50931 Köln, Germany
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Nafisi M, Goregaoker S, Botanga CJ, Glawischnig E, Olsen CE, Halkier BA, Glazebrook J. Arabidopsis cytochrome P450 monooxygenase 71A13 catalyzes the conversion of indole-3-acetaldoxime in camalexin synthesis. THE PLANT CELL 2007; 19:2039-52. [PMID: 17573535 PMCID: PMC1955726 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.107.051383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 251] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2007] [Revised: 05/09/2007] [Accepted: 05/29/2007] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Camalexin (3-thiazol-2-yl-indole) is an indole alkaloid phytoalexin produced by Arabidopsis thaliana that is thought to be important for resistance to necrotrophic fungal pathogens, such as Alternaria brassicicola and Botrytis cinerea. It is produced from Trp, which is converted to indole acetaldoxime (IAOx) by the action of cytochrome P450 monooxygenases CYP79B2 and CYP79B3. The remaining biosynthetic steps are unknown except for the last step, which is conversion of dihydrocamalexic acid to camalexin by CYP71B15 (PAD3). This article reports characterization of CYP71A13. Plants carrying cyp71A13 mutations produce greatly reduced amounts of camalexin after infection by Pseudomonas syringae or A. brassicicola and are susceptible to A. brassicicola, as are pad3 and cyp79B2 cyp79B3 mutants. Expression levels of CYP71A13 and PAD3 are coregulated. CYP71A13 expressed in Escherichia coli converted IAOx to indole-3-acetonitrile (IAN). Expression of CYP79B2 and CYP71A13 in Nicotiana benthamiana resulted in conversion of Trp to IAN. Exogenously supplied IAN restored camalexin production in cyp71A13 mutant plants. Together, these results lead to the conclusion that CYP71A13 catalyzes the conversion of IAOx to IAN in camalexin synthesis and provide further support for the role of camalexin in resistance to A. brassicicola.
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- Majse Nafisi
- Plant Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Plant Biology, Center for Molecular Plant Physiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 1871 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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Spaepen S, Vanderleyden J, Remans R. Indole-3-acetic acid in microbial and microorganism-plant signaling. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2007; 31:425-48. [PMID: 17509086 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2007.00072.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 783] [Impact Index Per Article: 46.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Diverse bacterial species possess the ability to produce the auxin phytohormone indole-3-acetic acid (IAA). Different biosynthesis pathways have been identified and redundancy for IAA biosynthesis is widespread among plant-associated bacteria. Interactions between IAA-producing bacteria and plants lead to diverse outcomes on the plant side, varying from pathogenesis to phyto-stimulation. Reviewing the role of bacterial IAA in different microorganism-plant interactions highlights the fact that bacteria use this phytohormone to interact with plants as part of their colonization strategy, including phyto-stimulation and circumvention of basal plant defense mechanisms. Moreover, several recent reports indicate that IAA can also be a signaling molecule in bacteria and therefore can have a direct effect on bacterial physiology. This review discusses past and recent data, and emerging views on IAA, a well-known phytohormone, as a microbial metabolic and signaling molecule.
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- Stijn Spaepen
- Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems, Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics, Heverlee, Belgium
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