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Murakami H, Sano K, Motomura K, Kuroda A, Hirota R. Assessment of horizontal gene transfer-mediated destabilization of Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 biocontainment system. J Biosci Bioeng 2023; 135:190-195. [PMID: 36653270 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2022.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2022] [Revised: 12/08/2022] [Accepted: 12/08/2022] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Biological containment is a biosafety strategy that prevents the dispersal of genetically modified organisms in natural ecosystems. We previously established a biocontainment system that makes bacterial growth dependent on the availability of phosphite (Pt), an ecologically rare form of phosphorus (P), by introducing Pt metabolic pathway genes and disrupting endogenous phosphate and organic phosphate transporter genes. Although this system proved highly effective, horizontal gene transfer (HGT) mediated recovery of a P transporter gene is considered as a potential pathway to abolish the Pt-dependent growth, resulting in escape from the containment. Here, we assessed the risk of HGT driven escape using the Pt-dependent cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942. Transformation experiments revealed that the Pt-dependent strain could regain phosphate transporter genes from the S. elongatus PCC 7942 wild-type genome and from the genome of the closely related strain, S. elongatus UTEX 2973. Transformed S. elongatus PCC 7942 became viable in a phosphate-containing medium. Meanwhile, transformation of the Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 genome or environmental DNA did not yield escape strains, suggesting that only genetic material derived from phylogenetically-close species confer high risk to generate escape. Eliminating a single gene necessary for natural competence from the Pt-dependent strain reduced the escape occurrence rate. These results demonstrate that natural competence could be a potential risk to destabilize Pt-dependence, and therefore inhibiting exogenous DNA uptake would be effective for enhancing the robustness of the gene disruption-dependent biocontainment.
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- Hiroki Murakami
- Unit of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan
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- Unit of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan
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- Unit of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan
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- Unit of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan
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- Unit of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan.
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Li Z, Wu Y, Hu J, Yang G, Wang Z, Sun J. Dissection of the response mechanism of alfalfa under phosphite stress based on metabolomic and transcriptomic data. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2022; 192:35-49. [PMID: 36206705 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2022.09.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2022] [Accepted: 09/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Phosphite, a reduced form of phosphate, inhibits the growth and even has toxic effect on plants. To learn more about the mechanism of alfalfa responses to phosphite, the morphological and physiological characteristics, and the metabolites and transcript levels were comprehensively analyzed following the exposure of alfalfa seedlings to phosphite and phosphate under greenhouse conditions. The results showed that phosphite inhibited seedling growth and photosynthesis. However, the absorption efficiency of phosphite was higher than that of phosphate in roots, which was supported by increased total phosphorus concentration of 16.29% and 52.30% on days 8 and 12. Moreover, phosphite stress affected the synthesis of lipids and carbohydrates, which were reflected in enhanced glycolipid and sulfolipid in roots and amylose in shoots. Phosphite stress resulted in a decrease in indole acetic acid (IAA) in the whole plant and zeatin in the shoots, which could enable alfalfa to adapt to the phosphite environment. Some genes involved in phosphate starvation response included SPX, phosphate response regulator2, and inorganic phosphate transporter 1-4 (PHT1;4) in roots were affected by phosphite stress. In addition, some genes that are involved in stress responses and DNA repair were induced by phosphite stress. These observations together suggest that alfalfa responds to phosphite stress by inhibiting growth, regulating the genes induced by phosphate starvation, improving oxidative protection, promoting DNA repair, and adjusting the IAA and zeatin signaling transductions. Our findings provide novel insights into the molecular response to phosphite stress in alfalfa.
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- Zhenyi Li
- Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Grassland Resources and Ecology in the Yellow River Delta, College of Grassland Science, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China
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- Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Grassland Resources and Ecology in the Yellow River Delta, College of Grassland Science, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China
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- Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Grassland Resources and Ecology in the Yellow River Delta, College of Grassland Science, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China
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- Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Grassland Resources and Ecology in the Yellow River Delta, College of Grassland Science, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China
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- Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Grassland Resources and Ecology in the Yellow River Delta, College of Grassland Science, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China
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- Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Grassland Resources and Ecology in the Yellow River Delta, College of Grassland Science, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China.
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Li Z, Wang J, Wu Y, Hu J, Cong L, Yang C, Fu J, Sun J. Changes in soil properties and the phoD-harboring bacteria of the alfalfa field in response to phosphite treatment. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:1013896. [DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1013896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2022] [Accepted: 11/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Phosphite, a reduced form of orthophosphate, is characterized by high solubility, and transportation efficiency and can be used as potential phosphorus fertilizer, plant biostimulant and supplemental fertilizer in agriculture. However, the effects of phosphite fertilizer on soil properties and microorganisms are poorly understood. This study evaluated the effects of phosphate and phosphite fertilizers on the different forms of phosphorus, alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity, and phoD-harboring bacterial community in the alfalfa (Medicago sativa) field. The study used four concentrations (30, 60, 90, and 120 mg P2O5 kg−1 soil) of phosphate (KH2PO4) and phosphite (KH2PO3) fertilizers for the alfalfa field treatment. The results showed that both phosphite and phosphate fertilizers increased the total phosphorus (TP) and available phosphorus (AP) contents in the soil. The phosphorus content of the phosphite-treated soil was lower than that of the phosphate-treated one. TP, inorganic phosphate (Pi), and AP negatively regulated ALP activity, which decreased with increasing phosphate and phosphite fertilizers concentrations. Furthermore, high-throughput sequencing analysis identified 6 phyla and 29 families, which were classified from the altered operational taxonomic units (OTUs) of the soil samples. The redundancy analysis (RDA) revealed that pH, TP, AP and Pi were significantly related to the phoD-harboring bacterial community constructure. The different fertilizer treatments altered the key families, contributing to soil ALP activities. Frankiaceae, Sphingomonadaceae, and Rhizobiaceae positively correlated with ALP activity in phosphite-treated soil. Moreover, the structural equation model (SEM) revealed that ALP activity was affected by the phoD-harboring bacterial community through altered organic phosphorus (Po), AP, total nitrogen (TN), soil organic carbon (SOC), and pH levels under phosphate fertilizer treatment. However, the effect was achieved through positive regulation of pH and AP under phosphite fertilizer. Thus, the changes in soil properties and phoD-harboring bacteria in response to phosphate and phosphite treatments differed in the alfalfa field. This study is the first to report the effects of phosphite on the soil properties of an alfalfa field and provides a strong basis for phosphite utilization in the future.Highlights– Phosphite and phosphate increase the total phosphorus and available phosphorus.– The pH was the dominant factor influencing the phoD-harboring bacterial community under phosphite fertilizer.– The response of soil properties and phoD-harboring bacterial community to phosphate and phosphite fertilizers differed in the alfalfa field.
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Recent Advances in Antibiotic-Free Markers; Novel Technologies to Enhance Safe Human Food Production in the World. Mol Biotechnol 2022:10.1007/s12033-022-00609-7. [DOI: 10.1007/s12033-022-00609-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2022] [Accepted: 11/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Ojeda-Rivera JO, Alejo-Jacuinde G, Nájera-González HR, López-Arredondo D. Prospects of genetics and breeding for low-phosphate tolerance: an integrated approach from soil to cell. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2022; 135:4125-4150. [PMID: 35524816 PMCID: PMC9729153 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-022-04095-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2021] [Accepted: 03/31/2022] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Improving phosphorus (P) crop nutrition has emerged as a key factor toward achieving a more resilient and sustainable agriculture. P is an essential nutrient for plant development and reproduction, and phosphate (Pi)-based fertilizers represent one of the pillars that sustain food production systems. To meet the global food demand, the challenge for modern agriculture is to increase food production and improve food quality in a sustainable way by significantly optimizing Pi fertilizer use efficiency. The development of genetically improved crops with higher Pi uptake and Pi-use efficiency and higher adaptability to environments with low-Pi availability will play a crucial role toward this end. In this review, we summarize the current understanding of Pi nutrition and the regulation of Pi-starvation responses in plants, and provide new perspectives on how to harness the ample repertoire of genetic mechanisms behind these adaptive responses for crop improvement. We discuss on the potential of implementing more integrative, versatile, and effective strategies by incorporating systems biology approaches and tools such as genome editing and synthetic biology. These strategies will be invaluable for producing high-yielding crops that require reduced Pi fertilizer inputs and to develop a more sustainable global agriculture.
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- Jonathan Odilón Ojeda-Rivera
- Department of Plant and Soil Science, Institute of Genomics for Crop Abiotic Stress Tolerance, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA
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- Department of Plant and Soil Science, Institute of Genomics for Crop Abiotic Stress Tolerance, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA
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- Department of Plant and Soil Science, Institute of Genomics for Crop Abiotic Stress Tolerance, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA
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- Department of Plant and Soil Science, Institute of Genomics for Crop Abiotic Stress Tolerance, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA.
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Zhai F, Xin T, Geeson MB, Cummins CC. Sustainable Production of Reduced Phosphorus Compounds: Mechanochemical Hydride Phosphorylation Using Condensed Phosphates as a Route to Phosphite. ACS CENTRAL SCIENCE 2022; 8:332-339. [PMID: 35350608 PMCID: PMC8949633 DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.1c01381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2021] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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In pursuit of a more sustainable production of phosphorous acid (H3PO3), a versatile chemical with phosphorus in the +3 oxidation state, we herein report that condensed phosphates can be employed to phosphorylate hydride reagents under solvent-free mechanochemical conditions to furnish phosphite (HPO3 2-). Using potassium hydride as the hydride source, sodium trimetaphosphate (Na3P3O9), triphosphate (Na5P3O10), pyrophosphate (Na4P2O7), fluorophosphate (Na2PO3F), and polyphosphate ("(NaPO3) n ") engendered phosphite in optimized yields of 44, 58, 44, 84, and 55% based on total P content, respectively. Formation of overreduced products including hypophosphite (H2PO2 -) was identified as a competing process, and mechanistic investigations revealed that hydride attack on in-situ-generated phosphorylated phosphite species is a potent pathway for overreduction. The phosphite generated from our method was easily isolated in the form of barium phosphite, a useful intermediate for production of phosphorous acid. This method circumvents the need to pass through white phosphorus (P4) as a high-energy intermediate and mitigates involvement of environmentally hazardous chemicals. A bioproduced polyphosphate was found to be a viable starting material for the production of phosphite. These results demonstrate the possibility of accessing reduced phosphorus compounds in a more sustainable manner and, more importantly, a means to close the modern phosphorus cycle.
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- Feng Zhai
- Department
of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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Heterologous expression of phosphite dehydrogenase in the chloroplast or nucleus enables phosphite utilization and genetic selection in Picochlorum spp. ALGAL RES 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2021.102604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Paz-Ares J, Puga MI, Rojas-Triana M, Martinez-Hevia I, Diaz S, Poza-Carrión C, Miñambres M, Leyva A. Plant adaptation to low phosphorus availability: Core signaling, crosstalks, and applied implications. MOLECULAR PLANT 2022; 15:104-124. [PMID: 34954444 DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2021.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2021] [Revised: 12/11/2021] [Accepted: 12/20/2021] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Phosphorus (P) is an essential nutrient for plant growth and reproduction. Plants preferentially absorb P as orthophosphate (Pi), an ion that displays low solubility and that is readily fixed in the soil, making P limitation a condition common to many soils and Pi fertilization an inefficient practice. To cope with Pi limitation, plants have evolved a series of developmental and physiological responses, collectively known as the Pi starvation rescue system (PSR), aimed to improve Pi acquisition and use efficiency (PUE) and protect from Pi-starvation-induced stress. Intensive research has been carried out during the last 20 years to unravel the mechanisms underlying the control of the PSR in plants. Here we review the results of this research effort that have led to the identification and characterization of several core Pi starvation signaling components, including sensors, transcription factors, microRNAs (miRNAs) and miRNA inhibitors, kinases, phosphatases, and components of the proteostasis machinery. We also refer to recent results revealing the existence of intricate signaling interplays between Pi and other nutrients and antagonists, N, Fe, Zn, and As, that have changed the initial single-nutrient-centric view to a more integrated view of nutrient homeostasis. Finally, we discuss advances toward improving PUE and future research priorities.
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- Javier Paz-Ares
- Department of Plant Molecular Genetics, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), Darwin 3, Campus Universidad Autónoma, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
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- Department of Plant Molecular Genetics, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), Darwin 3, Campus Universidad Autónoma, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Plant Molecular Genetics, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), Darwin 3, Campus Universidad Autónoma, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Plant Molecular Genetics, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), Darwin 3, Campus Universidad Autónoma, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Plant Molecular Genetics, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), Darwin 3, Campus Universidad Autónoma, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Plant Molecular Genetics, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), Darwin 3, Campus Universidad Autónoma, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Plant Molecular Genetics, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), Darwin 3, Campus Universidad Autónoma, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Plant Molecular Genetics, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), Darwin 3, Campus Universidad Autónoma, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Liu T, Yuan L, Deng S, Zhang X, Cai H, Ding G, Xu F, Shi L, Wu G, Wang C. Improved the Activity of Phosphite Dehydrogenase and its Application in Plant Biotechnology. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2021; 9:764188. [PMID: 34900961 PMCID: PMC8655118 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2021.764188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2021] [Accepted: 11/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Phosphorus (P) is a nonrenewable resource, which is one of the major challenges for sustainable agriculture. Although phosphite (Phi) can be absorbed by the plant cells through the Pi transporters, it cannot be metabolized by plant and unable to use as P fertilizers for crops. However, transgenic plants that overexpressed phosphite dehydrogenase (PtxD) from bacteria can utilize phosphite as the sole P source. In this study, we aimed to improve the catalytic efficiency of PtxD from Ralstonia sp.4506 (PtxDR4506), by directed evolution. Five mutations were generated by saturation mutagenesis at the 139th site of PtxD R4506 and showed higher catalytic efficiency than native PtxDR4506. The PtxDQ showed the highest catalytic efficiency (5.83-fold as compared to PtxDR4506) contributed by the 41.1% decrease in the K m and 2.5-fold increase in the k cat values. Overexpression of PtxDQ in Arabidopsis and rice showed increased efficiency of phosphite utilization and excellent development when phosphite was used as the primary source of P. High-efficiency PtxD transgenic plant is an essential prerequisite for future agricultural production using phosphite as P fertilizers.
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- Tongtong Liu
- Microelement Research Center, College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- Key Laboratory of Arable Land Conservation (Middle and Lower Reaches of Yangtze River), MOA, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Microelement Research Center, College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- Oil Crops Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- Microelement Research Center, College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Microelement Research Center, College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Microelement Research Center, College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- Key Laboratory of Arable Land Conservation (Middle and Lower Reaches of Yangtze River), MOA, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Microelement Research Center, College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- Key Laboratory of Arable Land Conservation (Middle and Lower Reaches of Yangtze River), MOA, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Microelement Research Center, College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- Key Laboratory of Arable Land Conservation (Middle and Lower Reaches of Yangtze River), MOA, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Microelement Research Center, College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- Key Laboratory of Arable Land Conservation (Middle and Lower Reaches of Yangtze River), MOA, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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Leaching Potential of Phosphite Fertilizer in Sandy Soils of the Southern Coastal Plain, USA. ENVIRONMENTS 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/environments8110126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Novel biotechnology on transgenic plants capable of metabolizing phosphite (Phi), a reduced form of P, could improve the effectiveness of P fertilizers and reduce the P footprint in agriculture with the benefit of suppressing weed growth. However, potassium Phi (K-Phi) salts used as fertilizer are highly soluble in water. At the same time, sandy soils of the Southern Coastal Plain are vulnerable to leaching losses resulting from long-term Pi fertilizer application. We performed a replicated leaching trial using five soil materials that included three surface and two subsurface layers from cultivated topsoil (Ap horizon) with contrasting Phi and Pi sorption capacities. Each soil received three treatments K-Phi at rates 0 (control), 24, and 49 kg P ha−1 and leached twice with de-ionized water. All K-Phi-treated soils leached Phi except for the controls. A phosphorus saturation ratio (PSR) calculated from P, Al, and Fe in acid extracts indicated increasing environmental risk of Phi leaching in soils with lower Phi and Pi sorption capacities at rising rates of applied K-Phi. Because plants rapidly absorb Phi, further studies on the environmental impact of K-Phi fertilizer use should include the interaction of plants with soil properties and soil microbial activity at optimal Phi application rates for growing transgenic plants able to use Phi as a nutrient source.
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Yuan H, Wang Y, Liu Y, Zhang M, Zou Z. A novel dominant selection system for plant transgenics based on phosphite metabolism catalyzed by bacterial alkaline phosphatase. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0259600. [PMID: 34735551 PMCID: PMC8568168 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0259600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2021] [Accepted: 10/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Selective markers are generally indispensable in plant genetic transformation, of which the frequently used are of antibiotic or herbicide resistance. However, the increasing concerns on transgenic biosafety have encouraged many new and safe selective markers emerging, with an eminent representative as phosphite (Phi) in combination to its dehydrogenase (PTDH, e.g. PtxD). As bacterial alkaline phosphatase (BAP) can resemble PtxD to oxidatively convert toxic Phi into metabolizable phosphate (Pi), herein we harnessed it as the substitute of PtxD to develop an alternative Phi-based selection system. We first validated the Escherichia coli BAP (EcBAP) did own an extra enzymatic activity of oxidizing Phi to Pi. We further revealed EcBAP could be used as a dominant selective marker for Agrobacterium-mediated tobacco transformation. Although the involved Phi selection for transformed tobacco cells surprisingly required the presence of Pi, it showed a considerable transformation efficiency and dramatically accelerated transformation procedure, as compared to the routine kanamycin selection and the well-known PtxD/Phi system. Moreover, the EcBAP transgenic tobaccos could metabolize toxic Phi as a phosphorus (P) fertilizer thus underlying Phi-resistance, and competitively possess a dominant growth over wild-type tobacco and weeds under Phi stress. Therefore, this novel BAP/Phi-coupled system, integrating multiple advantages covering biosafe dominant selective marker, plant P utilization and weed management, can provide a PTDH-bypass technological choice to engineer transgenic plant species, especially those of great importance for sustainable agriculture.
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- Hang Yuan
- Engineering Research Center of Sustainable Development and Utilization of Biomass Energy, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Sustainable Development and Utilization of Biomass Energy, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Sustainable Development and Utilization of Biomass Energy, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Drug Addiction Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Sustainable Development and Utilization of Biomass Energy, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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Phosphite (Phi)-containing products are marketed for their antifungal and nutritional value. Substantial evidence of the anti-fungal properties of Phi on a wide variety of plants has been documented. Although Phi is readily absorbed by plant leaves and/or roots, the plant response to Phi used as a phosphorus (P) source is variable. Negative effects of Phi on plant growth are commonly observed under P deficiency compared to near adequate plant P levels. Positive responses to Phi may be attributed to some level of fungal disease control. While only a few studies have provided evidence of Phi oxidation through cellular enzymes genetically controlled in plant cells, increasing evidence exists for the potential to manipulate plant genes to enhance oxidation of Phi to phosphate (Pi) in plants. Advances in genetic engineering to sustain growth and yield with Phi + Pi potentially provides a dual fertilization and weed control system. Further advances in genetic manipulation of plants to utilize Phi are warranted. Since Phi oxidation occurs slowly in soils, additional information is needed to characterize Phi oxidation kinetics under variable soil and environmental conditions.
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Dormatey R, Sun C, Ali K, Fiaz S, Xu D, Calderón-Urrea A, Bi Z, Zhang J, Bai J. ptxD/Phi as alternative selectable marker system for genetic transformation for bio-safety concerns: a review. PeerJ 2021; 9:e11809. [PMID: 34395075 PMCID: PMC8323600 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.11809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2020] [Accepted: 06/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Antibiotic and herbicide resistance genes are the most common marker genes for plant transformation to improve crop yield and food quality. However, there is public concern about the use of resistance marker genes in food crops due to the risk of potential gene flow from transgenic plants to compatible weedy relatives, leading to the possible development of “superweeds” and antibiotic resistance. Several selectable marker genes such as aph, nptII, aaC3, aadA, pat, bar, epsp and gat, which have been synthesized to generate transgenic plants by genetic transformation, have shown some limitations. These marker genes, which confer antibiotic or herbicide resistance and are introduced into crops along with economically valuable genes, have three main problems: selective agents have negative effects on plant cell proliferation and differentiation, uncertainty about the environmental effects of many selectable marker genes, and difficulty in performing recurrent transformations with the same selectable marker to pyramid desired genes. Recently, a simple, novel, and affordable method was presented for plant cells to convert non-metabolizable phosphite (Phi) to an important phosphate (Pi) for developing cells by gene expression encoding a phosphite oxidoreductase (PTXD) enzyme. The ptxD gene, in combination with a selection medium containing Phi as the sole phosphorus (P) source, can serve as an effective and efficient system for selecting transformed cells. The selection system adds nutrients to transgenic plants without potential risks to the environment. The ptxD/Phi system has been shown to be a promising transgenic selection system with several advantages in cost and safety compared to other antibiotic-based selection systems. In this review, we have summarized the development of selection markers for genetic transformation and the potential use of the ptxD/Phi scheme as an alternative selection marker system to minimize the future use of antibiotic and herbicide marker genes.
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- Richard Dormatey
- Gansu Provincial Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science/College of Agronomy, Gansu Agricultural University, Landzhou, China
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- Gansu Provincial Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science/College of Agronomy, Gansu Agricultural University, Landzhou, China
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- Gansu Provincial Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science/College of Agronomy, Gansu Agricultural University, Landzhou, China.,National Institute for Genomics and Advanced Biotechnology, National Agricultural Research Centre, Park Road, Islamabad Pakistan
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, The University of Haripur, Haripur, Pakistan
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- Gansu Provincial Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science/College of Agronomy, Gansu Agricultural University, Landzhou, China
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- Department of Biology, College of Science and Mathematics, California State University, Fresno, CA, USA
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- Gansu Provincial Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science/College of Agronomy, Gansu Agricultural University, Landzhou, China
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- Gansu Provincial Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science/College of Agronomy, Gansu Agricultural University, Landzhou, China
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- Gansu Provincial Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science/College of Agronomy, Gansu Agricultural University, Landzhou, China
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Fontana M, Bragazza L, Guillaume T, Santonja M, Buttler A, Elfouki S, Sinaj S. Valorization of calcium phosphite waste as phosphorus fertilizer: Effects on green manure productivity and soil properties. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2021; 285:112061. [PMID: 33582477 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2020] [Revised: 01/18/2021] [Accepted: 01/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The potential to use calcium phosphite (Ca-Phi) as phosphorus (P) fertilizer may represent an effective recycling of P-containing by-products. A greenhouse experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of Ca-Phi (38 kg P ha-1) on soil properties and the growth parameters of four green manure species in clay and sandy soils using Ca-Phi, TSP (triple superphosphate) and control (no fertilization) as treatments. Eight weeks after sowing, we measured aboveground biomass yield, phosphite (Phi) concentration in plant biomass, different soil P pools as well as microbial biomass nutrients. Compared to control, the addition of Ca-Phi did not negatively affect green manure yield, except for lupine (Lupinus albus L.) in clay soil. The Phi concentration in plant biomass varied across species and soil type with a maximum concentration of about 400 mg Phi kg-1 for mustard (Brassica juncea L.) in clay soil. Compared to control, TSP and Ca-Phi fertilization had a similar effect on different P pools and microbial biomass nutrients (C, N and P) although the response was soil-type dependent. In the sandy soil, after Ca-Phi addition the amount of available P (PNHCO3) increased to the same extent as in the TSP treatment (i.e. around 6 mg P kg-1) suggesting that Ca-Phi was, at least partly, oxidized. In the clay soil with high P fixing capacity, Ca-Phi promoted higher PNaHCO3 than TSP likely due to different solubility of chemical P forms. Additional studies are however required to better understand soil microbial responses and to quantify the P agronomical efficiency for the following crop under Ca-Phi fertilization.
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- Mario Fontana
- Agroscope, Field-Crop Systems and Plant Nutrition, Route de Duillier 50, P.O. Box 1012, CH-1260, Nyon, Switzerland
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- Agroscope, Field-Crop Systems and Plant Nutrition, Route de Duillier 50, P.O. Box 1012, CH-1260, Nyon, Switzerland
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- Agroscope, Field-Crop Systems and Plant Nutrition, Route de Duillier 50, P.O. Box 1012, CH-1260, Nyon, Switzerland
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- Aix Marseille Univ, Avignon Université, CNRS, IRD, IMBE, Marseille, France
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- Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Laboratory of Ecological Systems (ECOS), Station 2, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland; Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Site Lausanne, Station 2, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Agroscope, Field-Crop Systems and Plant Nutrition, Route de Duillier 50, P.O. Box 1012, CH-1260, Nyon, Switzerland
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- Agroscope, Field-Crop Systems and Plant Nutrition, Route de Duillier 50, P.O. Box 1012, CH-1260, Nyon, Switzerland.
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Han X, Xi Y, Zhang Z, Mohammadi MA, Joshi J, Borza T, Wang-Pruski G. Effects of phosphite as a plant biostimulant on metabolism and stress response for better plant performance in Solanum tuberosum. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2021; 210:111873. [PMID: 33418157 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.111873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2020] [Revised: 12/24/2020] [Accepted: 12/26/2020] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Food availability represents a major worldwide concern due to population growth, increased demand, and climate change. Therefore, it is imperative to identify compounds that can improve crop performance. Plant biostimulants have gained prominence because of their potentials to increase germination, productivity and quality of a wide range of horticultural and agronomic crops. Phosphite (Phi), an analog of orthophosphate, is an emerging biostimulant used in horticulture and agronomy. The aim of this study was to uncover the molecular mechanisms through which Phi acts as a biostimulant with potential effects of overall plant growth. Field and greenhouse experiments, using 4 potato cultivars, showed that following Phi applications, plant performance, including several physio-biochemical traits, crop productivity, and quality traits, were significantly improved. RNA sequencing of control and Phi-treated plants of cultivar Xingjia No. 2, at 0 h, 6 h, 24 h, 48 h, 72 h and 96 h after the Phi application for 24 h revealed extensive changes in the gene expression profiles. A total of 2856 differentially expressed genes were identified, suggesting that multiple pathways of primary and secondary metabolism, such as flavonoids biosynthesis, starch and sucrose metabolism, and phenylpropanoid biosynthesis, were strongly influenced by foliar applications of Phi. GO (Gene Ontology) and KEGG (Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes) enrichment analyses associated with defense responses revealed significant effects of Phi on a plethora of defense mechanisms. These results suggest that Phi acted as a biostimulant by priming the plants, that was, by triggering dynamic changes in gene expression and modulating metabolic fluxes in a way that allowed plants to perform better. Therefore, Phi usage has the potential to improve crop yield and health, alleviating the challenges posed by the need of feeding a growing world population, while minimizing the agricultural impact on human health and environment.
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- Xiaoyun Han
- Joint FAFU-Dalhousie Lab, College of Horticulture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Joint FAFU-Dalhousie Lab, College of Horticulture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Joint FAFU-Dalhousie Lab, College of Horticulture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Joint FAFU-Dalhousie Lab, College of Horticulture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Department of Plant, Food, and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University, Truro, NS B2N 5E3, Canada
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- Department of Plant, Food, and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University, Truro, NS B2N 5E3, Canada
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- Joint FAFU-Dalhousie Lab, College of Horticulture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China; Department of Plant, Food, and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University, Truro, NS B2N 5E3, Canada.
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Gene Pyramiding for Sustainable Crop Improvement against Biotic and Abiotic Stresses. AGRONOMY-BASEL 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/agronomy10091255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Sustainable agricultural production is endangered by several ecological factors, such as drought, extreme temperatures, excessive salts, parasitic ailments, and insect pest infestation. These challenging environmental factors may have adverse effects on future agriculture production in many countries. In modern agriculture, conventional crop-breeding techniques alone are inadequate for achieving the increasing population’s food demand on a sustainable basis. The advancement of molecular genetics and related technologies are promising tools for the selection of new crop species. Gene pyramiding through marker-assisted selection (MAS) and other techniques have accelerated the development of durable resistant/tolerant lines with high accuracy in the shortest period of time for agricultural sustainability. Gene stacking has not been fully utilized for biotic stress resistance development and quality improvement in most of the major cultivated crops. This review emphasizes on gene pyramiding techniques that are being successfully deployed in modern agriculture for improving crop tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses for sustainable crop improvement.
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Geeson M, Cummins CC. Let's Make White Phosphorus Obsolete. ACS CENTRAL SCIENCE 2020; 6:848-860. [PMID: 32607432 PMCID: PMC7318074 DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.0c00332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2020] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Industrial and laboratory methods for incorporating phosphorus atoms into molecules within the framework of Green Chemistry are in their infancy. Current practice requires large inputs of energy, involves toxic intermediates, and generates substantial waste. Furthermore, a negligible fraction of phosphorus-containing waste is recycled which in turn contributes to negative environmental impacts, such as eutrophication. Methods that begin to address some of these drawbacks are reviewed, and some key opportunities to be realized by pursuing organophosphorus chemistry under the principles of Green Chemistry are highlighted. Methods used by nature, or in the chemistry of other elements such as silicon, are discussed as model processes for the future of phosphorus in chemical synthesis.
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Ramzan S, Rasool T, Bhat RA, Ahmad P, Ashraf I, Rashid N, Ul Shafiq M, Mir IA. Agricultural soils a trigger to nitrous oxide: a persuasive greenhouse gas and its management. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 2020; 192:436. [PMID: 32548706 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-020-08410-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2020] [Accepted: 06/04/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Agricultural soils form the backbone of the country's economic development. The increased population has not only reduced this treasure but also has affected the global climate at an alarming rate. Among the GHGs, emission of N2O due to agricultural activities is nowadays a global concern. Agricultural industries have increased N2O and CH4 by 17% in the atmosphere since 1990, with an average emanation rate of around 60 MT CO2 equivalents per year. Crop production accounts for approximately 50% of N2O emissions stemming from the farming community and discharges of fertilizer-induced N2O, for the time being estimated by IPCC at 1.24% of the N used ranging from 0.76% (rice) to 2.77% (maize). The concentration of atmospheric N2O has increased (60 ppb) after the industrial revolution, at the pace of 0.73 ppb year-1. Besides, soil structure, temperature, moisture, denitrifying microbial population, pH, C:N ratio, and relief are the factors which significantly enhance the N2O levels into the atmosphere. N2O as a GHG has more potential towards global warming than CO2 and has a very long residence period (115 years) in the atmosphere. N2O emission is nowadays a core issue which needs to be mitigated so as to decline the levels of its production in agricultural soils. However, priority should be given to the organic farming, management of soil chemistry, and phytoremediation to reduce the addition of N2O into the ambient air. Furthermore, deployment of N2O reductase in agricultural soils increases the efficiency of converting N2O to inert N2 which is a valuable strategy to reduce N2O production.
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- Shazia Ramzan
- SMS, Soil science, KVK Anantnag, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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- Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology Srinagar Campus, Srinagar, India
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- Division of Environmental Science, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir Shalimar Campus, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
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- Department of Geography and Regional Development, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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- College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir Shalimar Campus, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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- Amity Institute of Food Technology, Amity University Noida, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Geography and Regional, Development Climate and Cryosphere Group, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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- Division of Environmental Science Centre for climate Change, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir Shalimar Campus, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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Carreras-Villaseñor N, Rico-Ruiz JG, Chávez Montes RA, Yong-Villalobos L, López-Hernández JF, Martínez-Hernández P, Herrera-Estrella L, Herrera-Estrella A, López-Arredondo D. Assessment of the ptxD gene as a growth and selective marker in Trichoderma atroviride using Pccg6, a novel constitutive promoter. Microb Cell Fact 2020; 19:69. [PMID: 32188455 PMCID: PMC7081547 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-020-01326-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2019] [Accepted: 03/08/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Background Trichoderma species are among the most effective cell factories to produce recombinant proteins, whose productivity relies on the molecular toolkit and promoters available for the expression of the target protein. Although inducible promoter systems have been developed for producing recombinant proteins in Trichoderma, constitutive promoters are often a desirable alternative. Constitutive promoters are simple to use, do not require external stimuli or chemical inducers to be activated, and lead to purer enzyme preparations. Moreover, most of the promoters for homologous and heterologous expression reported in Trichoderma have been commonly evaluated by directly assessing production of industrial enzymes, requiring optimization of laborious protocols. Results Here we report the identification of Pccg6, a novel Trichoderma atroviride constitutive promoter, that has similar transcriptional strength as that of the commonly used pki1 promoter. Pccg6 displayed conserved arrangements of transcription factor binding sites between promoter sequences of Trichoderma ccg6 orthologues genes, potentially involved in their regulatory properties. The predicted ccg6-encoded protein potentially belongs to the SPE1/SPI1 protein family and shares high identity with CCG6 orthologue sequences from other fungal species including Trichoderma reesei, Trichoderma virens, Trichoderma asperellum, and to a lesser extent to that of Neurospora crassa. We also report the use of the Pccg6 promoter to drive the expression of PTXD, a phosphite oxidoreductase of bacterial origin, which allowed T. atroviride to utilize phosphite as a sole source of phosphorus. We propose ptxD as a growth reporter gene that allows real-time comparison of the functionality of different promoters by monitoring growth of Trichoderma transgenic lines and enzymatic activity of PTXD. Finally, we show that constitutive expression of ptxD provided T. atroviride a competitive advantage to outgrow bacterial contaminants when supplied with phosphite as a sole source of phosphorus. Conclusions A new constitutive promoter, ccg6, for expression of homologous and heterologous proteins has been identified and tested in T. atroviride to express PTXD, which resulted in an effective and visible phenotype to evaluate transcriptional activity of sequence promoters. Use of PTXD as a growth marker holds great potential for assessing activity of other promoters and for biotechnological applications as a contamination control system.
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- Nohemí Carreras-Villaseñor
- StelaGenomics México, S de RL de CV, Av. Camino Real de Guanajuato s/n, 36821, Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico.,Red de Estudios Moleculares Avanzados, Instituto de Ecología A.C, Xalapa, 91070, Mexico
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- StelaGenomics México, S de RL de CV, Av. Camino Real de Guanajuato s/n, 36821, Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico.,Laboratorio Nacional de Genómica para la Biodiversidad, Unidad de Genómica Avanzada del Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Km 9.6 carretera Irapuato León, 36500, Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
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- Institute of Genomics for Crop Abiotic Stress Tolerance, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 79409, USA
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- Institute of Genomics for Crop Abiotic Stress Tolerance, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 79409, USA
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- Laboratorio Nacional de Genómica para la Biodiversidad, Unidad de Genómica Avanzada del Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Km 9.6 carretera Irapuato León, 36500, Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico.,Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO, 64110, USA
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- Laboratorio Nacional de Genómica para la Biodiversidad, Unidad de Genómica Avanzada del Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Km 9.6 carretera Irapuato León, 36500, Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
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- Laboratorio Nacional de Genómica para la Biodiversidad, Unidad de Genómica Avanzada del Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Km 9.6 carretera Irapuato León, 36500, Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico.,Institute of Genomics for Crop Abiotic Stress Tolerance, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 79409, USA
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- Laboratorio Nacional de Genómica para la Biodiversidad, Unidad de Genómica Avanzada del Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Km 9.6 carretera Irapuato León, 36500, Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
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- StelaGenomics México, S de RL de CV, Av. Camino Real de Guanajuato s/n, 36821, Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico. .,Institute of Genomics for Crop Abiotic Stress Tolerance, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 79409, USA.
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Stevens DR, Hammes-Schiffer S. Examining the Mechanism of Phosphite Dehydrogenase with Quantum Mechanical/Molecular Mechanical Free Energy Simulations. Biochemistry 2020; 59:943-954. [PMID: 32031785 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.9b01089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The projected decline of available phosphorus necessitates alternative methods to derive usable phosphate for fertilizer and other applications. Phosphite dehydrogenase oxidizes phosphite to phosphate with the cofactor NAD+ serving as the hydride acceptor. In addition to producing phosphate, this enzyme plays an important role in NADH cofactor regeneration processes. Mixed quantum mechanical/molecular mechanical free energy simulations were performed to elucidate the mechanism of this enzyme and to identify the protonation states of the substrate and product. Specifically, the finite temperature string method with umbrella sampling was used to generate the free energy surfaces and determine the minimum free energy paths for six different initial conditions that varied in the protonation state of the substrate and the position of the nucleophilic water molecule. In contrast to previous studies, the mechanism predicted by all six independent strings is a concerted but asynchronous dissociative mechanism in which hydride transfer from the phosphite substrate to NAD+ occurs prior to attack by the nucleophilic water molecule. His292 is identified as the most likely general base that deprotonates the attacking water molecule. However, Arg237 could also serve as this base if it were deprotonated and His292 were protonated prior to the main chemical transformation, although this scenario is less probable. The simulations indicate that the phosphite substrate is monoanionic in its active form and that the most likely product is dihydrogen phosphate. These mechanistic insights may be helpful for designing mutant enzymes or artificial constructs that convert phosphite to phosphate and NAD+ to NADH more effectively.
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- David R Stevens
- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, 225 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, 225 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
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González-Morales SI, Pacheco-Gutiérrez NB, Ramírez-Rodríguez CA, Brito-Bello AA, Estrella-Hernández P, Herrera-Estrella L, López-Arredondo DL. Metabolic engineering of phosphite metabolism in Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 as an effective measure to control biological contaminants in outdoor raceway ponds. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2020; 13:119. [PMID: 32670406 PMCID: PMC7346359 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-020-01759-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2020] [Accepted: 07/02/2020] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND The use of cyanobacteria and microalgae as cell factories to produce biofuels and added-value bioproducts has received great attention during the last two decades. Important investments have been made by public and private sectors to develop this field. However, it has been a challenge to develop a viable and cost-effective platform for cultivation of cyanobacteria and microalgae under outdoor conditions. Dealing with contamination caused by bacteria, weedy algae/cyanobacteria and other organisms is a major constraint to establish effective cultivation processes. RESULTS Here, we describe the implementation in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 of a phosphorus selective nutrition system to control biological contamination during cultivation. The system is based on metabolic engineering of S. elongatus to metabolize phosphite, a phosphorus source not normally metabolized by most organisms, by expressing a bacterial phosphite oxidoreductase (PtxD). Engineered S. elongatus strains expressing PtxD grow at a similar rate on media supplemented with phosphite as the non-transformed control supplemented with phosphate. We show that when grown in media containing phosphite as the sole phosphorus source in glass flasks, the engineered strain was able to grow and outcompete biological contaminants even when the system was intentionally inoculated with natural competitors isolated from an irrigation canal. The PtxD/phosphite system was successfully used for outdoor cultivation of engineered S. elongatus in 100-L cylindrical reactors and 1000-L raceway ponds, under non-axenic conditions and without the need of sterilizing containers and media. Finally, we also show that the PtxD/phosphite system can be used as selectable marker for S. elongatus PCC 7942 transgenic strains selection, eliminating the need of antibiotic resistance genes. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that the PtxD/phosphite system is a stable and sufficiently robust strategy to control biological contaminants without the need of sterilization or other complex aseptic procedures. Our data show that the PtxD/phosphite system can be used as selectable marker and allows production of the cyanobacterium S. elongatus PCC 7942 in non-axenic outdoor reactors at lower cost, which in principle should be applicable to other cyanobacteria and microalgae engineered to metabolize phosphite.
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- StelaGenomics México, S de RL de CV, Av. Camino Real de Guanajuato s/n, Irapuato, 36821 Guanajuato, Mexico
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- Laboratorio Nacional de Genómica para la Biodiversidad, Unidad de Genómica Avanzada del Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Km 9.6 carretera Irapuato León, Irapuato, 36500 Guanajuato, Mexico
- Institute of Genomics for Crop Abiotic Stress Tolerance, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409 USA
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- StelaGenomics México, S de RL de CV, Av. Camino Real de Guanajuato s/n, Irapuato, 36821 Guanajuato, Mexico
- Institute of Genomics for Crop Abiotic Stress Tolerance, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409 USA
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Changko S, Rajakumar PD, Young REB, Purton S. The phosphite oxidoreductase gene, ptxD as a bio-contained chloroplast marker and crop-protection tool for algal biotechnology using Chlamydomonas. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2020; 104:675-686. [PMID: 31788712 PMCID: PMC6943410 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-019-10258-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2019] [Revised: 09/10/2019] [Accepted: 11/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Edible microalgae have potential as low-cost cell factories for the production and oral delivery of recombinant proteins such as vaccines, anti-bacterials and gut-active enzymes that are beneficial to farmed animals including livestock, poultry and fish. However, a major economic and technical problem associated with large-scale cultivation of microalgae, even in closed photobioreactors, is invasion by contaminating microorganisms. Avoiding this requires costly media sterilisation, aseptic techniques during set-up and implementation of 'crop-protection' strategies during cultivation. Here, we report a strain improvement approach in which the chloroplast of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is engineered to allow oxidation of phosphite to its bio-available form: phosphate. We have designed a synthetic version of the bacterial gene (ptxD)-encoding phosphite oxidoreductase such that it is highly expressed in the chloroplast but has a Trp→Opal codon reassignment for bio-containment of the transgene. Under mixotrophic conditions, the growth rate of the engineered alga is unaffected when phosphate is replaced with phosphite in the medium. Furthermore, under non-sterile conditions, growth of contaminating microorganisms is severely impeded in phosphite medium. This, therefore, offers the possibility of producing algal biomass under non-sterile conditions. The ptxD gene can also serve as a dominant marker for genetic engineering of any C. reinhardtii strain, thereby avoiding the use of antibiotic resistance genes as markers and allowing the 'retro-fitting' of existing engineered strains. As a proof of concept, we demonstrate the application of our ptxD technology to a strain expressing a subunit vaccine targeting a major viral pathogen of farmed fish.
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- Saowalak Changko
- Algal Research Group, Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Algal Research Group, Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Algal Research Group, Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Algal Research Group, Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.
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Howe GW, van der Donk WA. Temperature-Independent Kinetic Isotope Effects as Evidence for a Marcus-like Model of Hydride Tunneling in Phosphite Dehydrogenase. Biochemistry 2019; 58:4260-4268. [PMID: 31535852 PMCID: PMC6852621 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.9b00732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Phosphite dehydrogenase catalyzes the transfer of a hydride from phosphite to NAD+, producing phosphate and NADH. We have evaluated the role of hydride tunneling in a thermostable variant of this enzyme (17X-PTDH) by measuring the temperature dependence of the primary 2H kinetic isotope effects (KIEs) between 5 and 45 °C. Pre-steady-state kinetic measurements were used to demonstrate that the hydride transfer is rate-determining across this temperature range and that the observed KIEs are equal to the intrinsic isotope effect on the chemical step. The KIEs on the pre-exponential factor (AH/AD) and the activation energy (ΔEa) were 1.6 ± 0.1 and 0.21 ± 0.05 kcal/mol, respectively, suggesting that 17X-PTDH facilitates extensive tunneling of both isotopes via a Marcus-like model. Site-directed mutagenesis was used to evaluate the role of an active site threonine (Thr104) found on the back face of the nicotinamide in promoting the close packing of the substrates. In mutants with reduced steric bulk at this position, values of AH/AD and ΔEa fall within the range describing semiclassical "over the barrier" reactivity, suggesting that Thr104 acts as a steric backstop to promote tunneling in 17X-PTDH. Whereas hydrogen tunneling is now a widely appreciated feature of C-H activating enzymes, these observations with a P-H activating system are consistent with the proposal that tunneling is likely to be a common feature on all enzymes that catalyze hydrogen transfers.
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- Graeme W Howe
- Department of Chemistry , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , 600 South Mathews Avenue , Urbana , Illinois 61801 , United States.,Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , 1206 West Gregory Drive , Urbana , Illinois 61801 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , 600 South Mathews Avenue , Urbana , Illinois 61801 , United States.,Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , 1206 West Gregory Drive , Urbana , Illinois 61801 , United States.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , 1206 West Gregory Drive , Urbana , Illinois 61801 , United States
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Weeks JJ, Hettiarachchi GM. A Review of the Latest in Phosphorus Fertilizer Technology: Possibilities and Pragmatism. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 2019; 48:1300-1313. [PMID: 31589737 DOI: 10.2134/jeq2019.02.0067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The development of highly concentrated phosphorus (P) fertilizers, such as triple superphosphate, by the Tennessee Valley Authority helped mark the beginning of a revolution in the way we manage food crop nutrition. Since then, scientists, with the help of farmers, have made great advancements in the understanding of P fate and transport across many environments but largely have failed to produce a new generation of products and/or application techniques that are widely accepted and that vastly improve plant acquisition efficiency. Under certain conditions, important advancements have been made. For example, applying liquid formulations of phosphates in lieu of dry granules in some highly calcareous soils has dramatically reduced precipitation as sparingly soluble calcium phosphate minerals, but other attempts, such as the co-application of humic substances, sorption to layered double hydroxides, or use of nanoparticles, have not generated the kind of results necessary to continue economically increasing crop yields without further environmental cost. New sources of fertility will need to be affordable to produce, transport, and furnish P to soil solution in a manner well synchronized with crop demand. This paper provides a review of recent literature on cutting-edge phosphorus fertilizer technology. The goal is that this synthesis will be used as a starting point from which a larger discussion on responsible nutrient management and increased P use efficiency research can be built.
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Sandoval-Vargas JM, Jiménez-Clemente LA, Macedo-Osorio KS, Oliver-Salvador MC, Fernández-Linares LC, Durán-Figueroa NV, Badillo-Corona JA. Use of the ptxD gene as a portable selectable marker for chloroplast transformation in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Mol Biotechnol 2019; 61:461-468. [PMID: 30997667 DOI: 10.1007/s12033-019-00177-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Synthetic biology and genetic engineering in algae offer an unprecedented opportunity to develop species with traits that can help solve the problems associated with food and energy supply in the 21st century. In the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, foreign genes can be expressed from the chloroplast genome for molecular farming and metabolic engineering to obtain commodities and high-value molecules. To introduce these genes, selectable markers, which rely mostly on the use of antibiotics, are needed. This has risen social concern associated with the potential risk of horizontal gene transfer across life kingdoms, which has led to a quest for antibiotic-free selectable markers. Phosphorus (P) is a scarce nutrient element that most organisms can only assimilate in its most oxidized form as phosphate (Pi); however, some organisms are able to oxidize phosphite (Phi) to Pi prior to incorporation into the central metabolism of P. As an alternative to the use of the two positive selectable makers already available for chloroplast transformation in C. reinhardtii, the aadA and the aphA-6 genes, that require the use of antibiotics, we investigated if a phosphite-based selection method could be used for the direct recovery of chloroplast transformed lines in this alga. Here we show that following bombardment with a vector carrying the ptxD gene from Pseudomonas stutzeri WM88, only cells that integrate and express the gene proliferate and form colonies using Phi as the sole P source. Our results demonstrate that a selectable marker based on the assimilation of Phi can be used for chloroplasts transformation in a biotechnologically relevant organism. The portable selectable marker we have developed is, in more than 18 years, the latest addition to the markers available for selection of chloroplast transformed cells in C. reinhardtii. The ptxD gene will contribute to the repertoire of tools available for synthetic biology and genetic engineering in the chloroplast of C. reinhardtii.
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- José M Sandoval-Vargas
- Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Unidad Profesional Interdisciplinaria de Biotecnología, Av. Acueducto SN, Col. Barrio la Laguna Ticomán, 07340, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Unidad Profesional Interdisciplinaria de Biotecnología, Av. Acueducto SN, Col. Barrio la Laguna Ticomán, 07340, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Unidad Profesional Interdisciplinaria de Biotecnología, Av. Acueducto SN, Col. Barrio la Laguna Ticomán, 07340, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Unidad Profesional Interdisciplinaria de Biotecnología, Av. Acueducto SN, Col. Barrio la Laguna Ticomán, 07340, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Unidad Profesional Interdisciplinaria de Biotecnología, Av. Acueducto SN, Col. Barrio la Laguna Ticomán, 07340, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Unidad Profesional Interdisciplinaria de Biotecnología, Av. Acueducto SN, Col. Barrio la Laguna Ticomán, 07340, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Unidad Profesional Interdisciplinaria de Biotecnología, Av. Acueducto SN, Col. Barrio la Laguna Ticomán, 07340, Mexico City, Mexico.
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Howe GW, van der Donk WA. 18O Kinetic Isotope Effects Reveal an Associative Transition State for Phosphite Dehydrogenase Catalyzed Phosphoryl Transfer. J Am Chem Soc 2018; 140:17820-17824. [PMID: 30525552 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b06301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Phosphite dehydrogenase (PTDH) catalyzes an unusual phosphoryl transfer reaction in which water displaces a hydride leaving group. Despite extensive effort, it remains unclear whether PTDH catalysis proceeds via an associative or dissociative mechanism. Here, primary 2H and secondary 18O kinetic isotope effects (KIEs) were determined and used together with computation to characterize the transition state (TS) catalyzed by a thermostable PTDH (17X-PTDH). The large, normal 18O KIEs suggest an associative mechanism. Various transition state structures were computed within a model of the enzyme active site and 2H and 18O KIEs were predicted to evaluate the accuracy of each TS. This analysis suggests that 17X-PTDH catalyzes an associative process with little leaving group displacement and extensive nucleophilic participation. This tight TS is likely a consequence of the extremely poor leaving group requiring significant P-O bond formation to expel the hydride. This finding contrasts with the dissociative TSs in most phosphoryl transfer reactions from phosphate mono- and diesters.
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- Graeme W Howe
- Department of Chemistry , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , 600 South Mathews Avenue , Urbana , Illinois 61801 , United States.,Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , 1206 West Gregory Drive , Urbana , Illinois 61801 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , 600 South Mathews Avenue , Urbana , Illinois 61801 , United States.,Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , 1206 West Gregory Drive , Urbana , Illinois 61801 , United States.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , 1206 West Gregory Drive , Urbana , Illinois 61801 , United States
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Huang Z, Carter N, Lu H, Zhang Z, Wang-Pruski G. Translocation of phosphite encourages the protection against Phytophthora infestans in potato: The efficiency and efficacy. PESTICIDE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2018; 152:122-130. [PMID: 30497702 DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2018.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2018] [Revised: 09/12/2018] [Accepted: 09/18/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Phosphite (Phi)-based fungicides, such as the commercial product Phostrol™, are widely used in potato late blight control. However, the Phi translocation efficiency and the efficacy against pathogen are less discussed. In this study, the Phi concentration were quantified by high performance ion chromatography (HPIC) and the Phi translocation efficiency in potato tissues was evaluated using potato cultivar Russet Burbank with foliar application of the Phostrol solution both under greenhouse and field conditions. In the greenhouse trials, it was found that Phi was translocated from leaves to roots within 3 h and its concentration was significantly increased in the roots 24 h after the Phostrol application. In the field trials, the application rate of Phostrol affected the Phi translocation in potato tubers. To assess the efficacy of Phi against P. infestans, both the inhibition and infection tests were carried out. In the inhibition tests, three most common strains of P. infestans in Canada (US-8, US-23 and US-24) were inoculated on pea agar containing different levels of Phi. In the infection tests, both of detached leaves and whole tubers that received Phi were infected by the three strains of P. infestans. The in vitro tests indicated that the US-8 strain is the most tolerant whereas the US-23 strain is the most sensitive to Phi. Also, the in vivo tests demonstrated the dose-dependent translocation of Phi in potato leaves and tubers decreased the severity of infection by P. infestans. Moreover, potential defense mechanisms related to salicylic acid (SA) and jasmonic acid (JA) pathways that might be activated by Phi were also explored. Overall, the results of the study provided evidences that high Phi translocation efficiency encouraged late blight suppression in potato production.
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- Zengrong Huang
- Department of Plant, Food, and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Engage Agro Corporation, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Plant, Food, and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Department of Plant, Food, and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada; Joint FAFU-Dalhousie Lab, College of Horticulture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Department of Plant, Food, and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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García-Gaytán V, Hernández-Mendoza F, Coria-Téllez AV, García-Morales S, Sánchez-Rodríguez E, Rojas-Abarca L, Daneshvar H. Fertigation: Nutrition, Stimulation and Bioprotection of the Root in High Performance. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2018; 7:E88. [PMID: 30360461 PMCID: PMC6313855 DOI: 10.3390/plants7040088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2018] [Revised: 07/23/2018] [Accepted: 08/02/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Temperature changes, drought, frost, and the presence of pest and diseases place enormous stress on crops, which implies that the potential performance of these crops may be affected. One of the main goals for agronomists, horticulturists, growers, physiologists, soil scientists, geneticists, plant breeders, phytopathologists, and microbiologists is to increase the food production on the same cultivable area and to ensure that they are safe and of high quality. Understanding the biophysical changes in soil will help to manage the crop's ability to cope with biotic and abiotic stress. Optimization is needed in the nutrition of crops, which involves the use of biostimulants to counter oxidative stress and the management of strain bioformulations (bacteria and fungi) that protect and stimulate roots for the acquisition of nutrients. The implementation of these strategies in fertigation programs improves crop yields. This article addresses the importance of the stimulation and the bioprotection of the root as a fundamental pillar in ensuring the high performance of a crop.
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- Víctor García-Gaytán
- Laboratorio de Análisis y Diagnóstico del Patrimonio (LADIPA), Colegio de Michoacán, A.C., Cerro de Nahuatzen 85, La Piedad 59699, Michoacán, Mexico.
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- Colegio de Postgraduados, Campus Montecillo, Carretera México-Texcoco km 36.5, Montecillo 56230, Texcoco, Estado de México, Mexico.
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- Laboratorio de Análisis y Diagnóstico del Patrimonio (LADIPA), Colegio de Michoacán, A.C., Cerro de Nahuatzen 85, La Piedad 59699, Michoacán, Mexico.
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- CONACYT-Centro de Investigación y Asistencia en Tecnología y Diseño del Estado de Jalisco, Camino Arenero 1227, El Bajío del Arenal, Zapopan 45019, Jalisco, Mexico.
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- Laboratorio de Análisis y Diagnóstico del Patrimonio (LADIPA), Colegio de Michoacán, A.C., Cerro de Nahuatzen 85, La Piedad 59699, Michoacán, Mexico.
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- Laboratorio de Análisis y Diagnóstico del Patrimonio (LADIPA), Colegio de Michoacán, A.C., Cerro de Nahuatzen 85, La Piedad 59699, Michoacán, Mexico.
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- Collage of Agriculture and Natural Resource, University of Tehran, Karaj 3158777871, Alborz, Iran.
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