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Liu N, Lyu X, Zhang X, Zhang G, Zhang Z, Guan X, Chen X, Yang X, Feng Z, Gao Q, Shi W, Deng Y, Sheng K, Ou J, Zhu Y, Wang B, Bu Y, Zhang M, Zhang L, Zhao T, Gong Y. Reference genome sequence and population genomic analysis of peas provide insights into the genetic basis of Mendelian and other agronomic traits. Nat Genet 2024:10.1038/s41588-024-01867-8. [PMID: 39103648 DOI: 10.1038/s41588-024-01867-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2023] [Accepted: 07/08/2024] [Indexed: 08/07/2024]
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Peas are essential for human nutrition and played a crucial role in the discovery of Mendelian laws of inheritance. In this study, we assembled the genome of the elite vegetable pea cultivar 'Zhewan No. 1' at the chromosome level and analyzed resequencing data from 314 accessions, creating a comprehensive map of genetic variation in peas. We identified 235 candidate loci associated with 57 important agronomic traits through genome-wide association studies. Notably, we pinpointed the causal gene haplotypes responsible for four Mendelian traits: stem length (Le/le), flower color (A/a), cotyledon color (I/i) and seed shape (R/r). Additionally, we discovered the genes controlling pod form (Mendelian P/p) and hilum color. Our study also involved constructing a gene expression atlas across 22 tissues, highlighting key gene modules related to pod and seed development. These findings provide valuable pea genomic information and will facilitate the future genome-informed improvement of pea crops.
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- Na Liu
- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Key Laboratory of Vegetable Legumes Germplasm Enhancement and Molecular Breeding in Southern China, Zhejiang Xianghu Laboratory, Institute of Vegetables, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Key Laboratory of Vegetable Legumes Germplasm Enhancement and Molecular Breeding in Southern China, Zhejiang Xianghu Laboratory, Institute of Vegetables, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Key Laboratory of Vegetable Legumes Germplasm Enhancement and Molecular Breeding in Southern China, Zhejiang Xianghu Laboratory, Institute of Vegetables, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Station of Zhejiang Seed Management, Hangzhou, China
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- Crop Research Institute, Gansu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Key Laboratory of Vegetable Legumes Germplasm Enhancement and Molecular Breeding in Southern China, Zhejiang Xianghu Laboratory, Institute of Vegetables, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Hainan Institute of Zhejiang University, Sanya, China
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- College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Hainan Institute of Zhejiang University, Sanya, China
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- College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Key Laboratory of Vegetable Legumes Germplasm Enhancement and Molecular Breeding in Southern China, Zhejiang Xianghu Laboratory, Institute of Vegetables, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Key Laboratory of Vegetable Legumes Germplasm Enhancement and Molecular Breeding in Southern China, Zhejiang Xianghu Laboratory, Institute of Vegetables, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Key Laboratory of Vegetable Legumes Germplasm Enhancement and Molecular Breeding in Southern China, Zhejiang Xianghu Laboratory, Institute of Vegetables, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
- Hainan Institute of Zhejiang University, Sanya, China.
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- College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
- Yazhouwan National Laboratory, Sanya, China.
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- College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Key Laboratory of Vegetable Legumes Germplasm Enhancement and Molecular Breeding in Southern China, Zhejiang Xianghu Laboratory, Institute of Vegetables, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China.
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Tayeh N, Hofer JMI, Aubert G, Jacquin F, Turner L, Kreplak J, Paajanen P, Le Signor C, Dalmais M, Pflieger S, Geffroy V, Ellis N, Burstin J. afila, the origin and nature of a major innovation in the history of pea breeding. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2024; 243:1247-1261. [PMID: 38837425 DOI: 10.1111/nph.19800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2023] [Accepted: 03/22/2024] [Indexed: 06/07/2024]
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The afila (af) mutation causes the replacement of leaflets by a branched mass of tendrils in the compound leaves of pea - Pisum sativum L. This mutation was first described in 1953, and several reports of spontaneous af mutations and induced mutants with a similar phenotype exist. Despite widespread introgression into breeding material, the nature of af and the origin of the alleles used remain unknown. Here, we combine comparative genomics with reverse genetic approaches to elucidate the genetic determinants of af. We also investigate haplotype diversity using a set of AfAf and afaf cultivars and breeding lines and molecular markers linked to seven consecutive genes. Our results show that deletion of two tandemly arranged genes encoding Q-type Cys(2)His(2) zinc finger transcription factors, PsPALM1a and PsPALM1b, is responsible for the af phenotype in pea. Eight haplotypes were identified in the af-harbouring genomic region on chromosome 2. These haplotypes differ in the size of the deletion, covering more or less genes. Diversity at the af locus is valuable for crop improvement and sheds light on the history of pea breeding for improved standing ability. The results will be used to understand the function of PsPALM1a/b and to transfer the knowledge for innovation in related crops.
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- Nadim Tayeh
- Agroécologie, INRAE, Institut Agro, Univ. Bourgogne, Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, F-21000, France
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- John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney Lane, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK
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- Agroécologie, INRAE, Institut Agro, Univ. Bourgogne, Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, F-21000, France
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- Agroécologie, INRAE, Institut Agro, Univ. Bourgogne, Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, F-21000, France
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- John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney Lane, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK
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- Agroécologie, INRAE, Institut Agro, Univ. Bourgogne, Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, F-21000, France
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- John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney Lane, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK
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- Agroécologie, INRAE, Institut Agro, Univ. Bourgogne, Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, F-21000, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, INRAE, Université Evry, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), Gif sur Yvette, 91190, France
- Université Paris-Cité, CNRS, INRAE, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), Gif sur Yvette, 91190, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, INRAE, Université Evry, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), Gif sur Yvette, 91190, France
- Université Paris-Cité, CNRS, INRAE, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), Gif sur Yvette, 91190, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, INRAE, Université Evry, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), Gif sur Yvette, 91190, France
- Université Paris-Cité, CNRS, INRAE, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), Gif sur Yvette, 91190, France
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- John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney Lane, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK
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- Agroécologie, INRAE, Institut Agro, Univ. Bourgogne, Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, F-21000, France
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Shani E, Hedden P, Sun TP. Highlights in gibberellin research: A tale of the dwarf and the slender. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2024; 195:111-134. [PMID: 38290048 PMCID: PMC11060689 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiae044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2023] [Revised: 10/30/2023] [Accepted: 11/06/2023] [Indexed: 02/01/2024]
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It has been almost a century since biologically active gibberellin (GA) was isolated. Here, we give a historical overview of the early efforts in establishing the GA biosynthesis and catabolism pathway, characterizing the enzymes for GA metabolism, and elucidating their corresponding genes. We then highlight more recent studies that have identified the GA receptors and early GA signaling components (DELLA repressors and F-box activators), determined the molecular mechanism of DELLA-mediated transcription reprograming, and revealed how DELLAs integrate multiple signaling pathways to regulate plant vegetative and reproductive development in response to internal and external cues. Finally, we discuss the GA transporters and their roles in GA-mediated plant development.
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- Eilon Shani
- School of Plant Sciences and Food Security, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Institute of Experimental Botany and Palacky University, 78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic
- Sustainable Soils and Crops, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden AL5 2JQ, UK
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- Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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Ellis N, Hofer J, Sizer-Coverdale E, Lloyd D, Aubert G, Kreplak J, Burstin J, Cheema J, Bal M, Chen Y, Deng S, Wouters RHM, Steuernagel B, Chayut N, Domoney C. Recombinant inbred lines derived from wide crosses in Pisum. Sci Rep 2023; 13:20408. [PMID: 37990072 PMCID: PMC10663473 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-47329-9] [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: 08/02/2023] [Accepted: 11/12/2023] [Indexed: 11/23/2023] Open
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Genomic resources are becoming available for Pisum but to link these to phenotypic diversity requires well marked populations segregating for relevant traits. Here we describe two such resources. Two recombinant inbred populations, derived from wide crosses in Pisum are described. One high resolution mapping population involves cv Caméor, for which the first pea whole genome assembly was obtained, crossed to JI0281, a basally divergent P. sativum sativum landrace from Ethiopia. The other is an inter sub-specific cross between P. s. sativum and the independently domesticated P. s. abyssinicum. The corresponding genetic maps provide information on chromosome level sequence assemblies and identify structural differences between the genomes of these two Pisum subspecies. In order to visualise chromosomal translocations that distinguish the mapping parents, we created a simplified version of Threadmapper to optimise it for interactive 3-dimensional display of multiple linkage groups. The genetic mapping of traits affecting seed coat roughness and colour, plant height, axil ring pigmentation, leaflet number and leaflet indentation enabled the definition of their corresponding genomic regions. The consequence of structural rearrangement for trait analysis is illustrated by leaf serration. These analyses pave the way for identification of the underlying genes and illustrate the utility of these publicly available resources. Segregating inbred populations derived from wide crosses in Pisum, together with the associated marker data, are made publicly available for trait dissection. Genetic analysis of these populations is informative about chromosome scale assemblies, structural diversity in the pea genome and has been useful for the fine mapping of several discrete and quantitative traits.
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- N Ellis
- John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney Lane, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK.
- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Plas Gogerddan, Aberystwyth, SY23 3EB, UK.
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- John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney Lane, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK
- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Plas Gogerddan, Aberystwyth, SY23 3EB, UK
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Plas Gogerddan, Aberystwyth, SY23 3EB, UK
- Germinal Horizon, Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Plas Gogerddan, Aberystwyth, SY23 3EB, UK
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Plas Gogerddan, Aberystwyth, SY23 3EB, UK
- Germinal Horizon, Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Plas Gogerddan, Aberystwyth, SY23 3EB, UK
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- Agroécologie, INRAE, Institut Agro, Univ. Bourgogne, Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 21000, Dijon, France
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- Agroécologie, INRAE, Institut Agro, Univ. Bourgogne, Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 21000, Dijon, France
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- Agroécologie, INRAE, Institut Agro, Univ. Bourgogne, Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 21000, Dijon, France
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- John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney Lane, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK
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- John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney Lane, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK
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- John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney Lane, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK
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- John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney Lane, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK
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- John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney Lane, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK
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- John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney Lane, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK
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- John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney Lane, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK
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- John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney Lane, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK
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Sussmilch FC, Ross JJ, Reid JB. Mendel: From genes to genome. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2022; 190:2103-2114. [PMID: 36094356 PMCID: PMC9706470 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiac424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2022] [Accepted: 08/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Two hundred years after the birth of Gregor Mendel, it is an appropriate time to reflect on recent developments in the discipline of genetics, particularly advances relating to the prescient friar's model species, the garden pea (Pisum sativum L.). Mendel's study of seven characteristics established the laws of segregation and independent assortment. The genes underlying four of Mendel's loci (A, LE, I, and R) have been characterized at the molecular level for over a decade. However, the three remaining genes, influencing pod color (GP), pod form (V/P), and the position of flowers (FA/FAS), have remained elusive for a variety of reasons, including a lack of detail regarding the loci with which Mendel worked. Here, we discuss potential candidate genes for these characteristics, in light of recent advances in the genetic resources for pea. These advances, including the pea genome sequence and reverse-genetics techniques, have revitalized pea as an excellent model species for physiological-genetic studies. We also discuss the issues that have been raised with Mendel's results, such as the recent controversy regarding the discrete nature of the characters that Mendel chose and the perceived overly-good fit of his segregations to his hypotheses. We also consider the relevance of these controversies to his lasting contribution. Finally, we discuss the use of Mendel's classical results to teach and enthuse future generations of geneticists, not only regarding the core principles of the discipline, but also its history and the role of hypothesis testing.
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- Frances C Sussmilch
- Discipline of Biological Sciences, School of Natural Sciences, University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay, Tasmania 7005, Australia
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- Discipline of Biological Sciences, School of Natural Sciences, University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay, Tasmania 7005, Australia
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- Discipline of Biological Sciences, School of Natural Sciences, University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay, Tasmania 7005, Australia
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Yang T, Liu R, Luo Y, Hu S, Wang D, Wang C, Pandey MK, Ge S, Xu Q, Li N, Li G, Huang Y, Saxena RK, Ji Y, Li M, Yan X, He Y, Liu Y, Wang X, Xiang C, Varshney RK, Ding H, Gao S, Zong X. Improved pea reference genome and pan-genome highlight genomic features and evolutionary characteristics. Nat Genet 2022; 54:1553-1563. [PMID: 36138232 PMCID: PMC9534762 DOI: 10.1038/s41588-022-01172-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2021] [Accepted: 07/26/2022] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Complete and accurate reference genomes and annotations provide fundamental resources for functional genomics and crop breeding. Here we report a de novo assembly and annotation of a pea cultivar ZW6 with contig N50 of 8.98 Mb, which features a 243-fold increase in contig length and evident improvements in the continuity and quality of sequence in complex repeat regions compared with the existing one. Genome diversity of 118 cultivated and wild pea demonstrated that Pisum abyssinicum is a separate species different from P. fulvum and P. sativum within Pisum. Quantitative trait locus analyses uncovered two known Mendel's genes related to stem length (Le/le) and seed shape (R/r) as well as some candidate genes for pod form studied by Mendel. A pan-genome of 116 pea accessions was constructed, and pan-genes preferred in P. abyssinicum and P. fulvum showed distinct functional enrichment, indicating the potential value of them as pea breeding resources in the future.
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- Tao Yang
- National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement / Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement / Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement / Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
- Institute of Crop Germplasm Resources, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences / Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Ecology and Physiology, Jinan, China
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- National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement / Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Center of Excellence in Genomics & Systems Biology, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad, India
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- State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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- Institute of Crop Germplasm Resources, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences / Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Ecology and Physiology, Jinan, China
- College of Life Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China
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- National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement / Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement / Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Center of Excellence in Genomics & Systems Biology, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad, India
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- National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement / Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement / Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement / Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Grain Crops, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plateau Ecology and Agriculture, Qinghai University, Xining, China
- Qinghai Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Xining, China
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- Jiangsu Yanjiang Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Nantong, China
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- Crop Research Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu, China
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- Center of Excellence in Genomics & Systems Biology, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad, India.
- Murdoch's Centre for Crop and Food Innovation, WA State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia.
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- Institute of Crop Germplasm Resources, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences / Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Ecology and Physiology, Jinan, China.
- College of Life Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
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- National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement / Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China.
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Wang J, Su H, Wu Z, Wang W, Zhou Y, Li M. Integrated Metabolites and Transcriptomics at Different Growth Stages Reveal Polysaccharide and Flavonoid Biosynthesis in Cynomorium songaricum. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms231810675. [PMID: 36142587 PMCID: PMC9501575 DOI: 10.3390/ijms231810675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2022] [Revised: 09/08/2022] [Accepted: 09/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Cynomorium songaricum is a perennial parasitic herb, and its stem is widely used as a traditional Chinese medicine, which largely relies on bioactive compounds (e.g., polysaccharides, flavonoids, and triterpenes). To date, although the optimum harvest time of stems has been demonstrated at the unearthed stage (namely the early flowering stage, EFS), the accumulation mechanism of polysaccharides and flavonoids during growth stages is still limited. In this study, the physiological characteristics (stem fresh weight, contents of soluble sugar and flavonoids, and antioxidant capacity) at four different growth stages (germination stage (GS), vegetative growth stage (VGS), EFS, and flowering stage (FS)) were determined, transcriptomics were analyzed by illumina sequencing, and expression levels of key genes were validated by qRT-PCR at the GS, VGS, and EFS. The results show that the stem biomass, soluble sugar and total flavonoids contents, and antioxidant capacity peaked at EFS compared with GS, VGS, and FS. A total of 6098 and 13,023 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were observed at VGS and EFS vs. GS, respectively, with 367 genes co-expressed. Based on their biological functions, 109 genes were directly involved in polysaccharide and flavonoid biosynthesis as well as growth and development. The expression levels of key genes involved in polysaccharides (e.g., GLCs, XTHs and PMEs), flavonoids (e.g., 4CLLs, CYPs and UGTs), growth and development (e.g., AC58, TCPs and AP1), hormones biosynthesis and signaling (e.g., YUC8, AIPT and ACO1), and transcription factors (e.g., MYBs, bHLHs and WRKYs) were in accordance with changes of physiological characteristics. The combinational analysis of metabolites with transcriptomics provides insight into the mechanism of polysaccharide and flavonoid biosynthesis in C. songaricum during growth stages.
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- Jie Wang
- Qinghai Key Laboratory of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Biological Resource, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining 810008, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science, College of Life Science and Technology, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China
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- Station of Alxa League Aviation Forest Guard, Alxa 750306, China
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- Alxa Forestry and Grassland Research Institute, Alxa 750306, China
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- Qinghai Key Laboratory of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Biological Resource, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining 810008, China
- Correspondence: (Y.Z.); (M.L.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science, College of Life Science and Technology, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China
- Correspondence: (Y.Z.); (M.L.)
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Domesticated plants and animals played crucial roles as models for evolutionary change by means of natural selection and for establishing the rules of inheritance, originally proposed by Charles Darwin and Gregor Mendel, respectively. Here, we review progress that has been made during the last 35 y in unraveling the molecular genetic variation underlying the stunning phenotypic diversity in crops and domesticated animals that inspired Mendel and Darwin. We notice that numerous domestication genes, crucial for the domestication process, have been identified in plants, whereas animal domestication appears to have a polygenic background with no obvious “domestication genes” involved. Although model organisms, such as Drosophila and Arabidopsis, have replaced domesticated species as models for basic research, the latter are still outstanding models for evolutionary research because phenotypic change in these species represents an evolutionary process over thousands of years. A consequence of this is that some alleles contributing to phenotypic diversity have evolved by accumulating multiple changes in the same gene. The continued molecular characterization of crops and farm animals with ever sharper tools is essential for future food security.
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Cheng X, Xie H, Zhang K, Wen J. Enabling Medicago truncatula forward genetics: identification of genetic crossing partner for R108 and development of mapping resources for Tnt1 mutants. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2022; 111:608-616. [PMID: 35510429 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2022] [Revised: 04/19/2022] [Accepted: 05/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Though Medicago truncatula Tnt1 mutants are widely used by researchers in the legume community, they are mainly used for reverse genetics because of the availability of the BLAST-searchable large-scale flanking sequence tags database. However, these mutants should have also been used extensively for forward genetic screens, an effort that has been hindered due to the lack of a compatible genetic crossing partner for the M. truncatula genotype R108, from which Tnt1 mutants were generated. In this study, we selected three Medicago HapMap lines (HM017, HM018 and HM022) and performed reciprocal genetic crosses with R108. After phenotypic analyses in F1 and F2 progenies, HM017 was identified as a compatible crossing partner with R108. By comparing the assembled genomic sequences of HM017 and R108, we developed and confirmed 318 Indel markers evenly distributed across the eight chromosomes of the M. truncatula genome. To validate the effectiveness of these markers, by employing the map-based cloning approach, we cloned the causative gene in the dwarf mutant crs isolated from the Tnt1 mutant population, identifying it as gibberellin 3-β-dioxygenase 1, using some of the confirmed Indel markers. The primer sequences and the size difference of each marker were made available for users in the web-based database. The identification of the crossing partner for R108 and the generation of Indel markers will enhance the forward genetics and the overall usage of the Tnt1 mutants.
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- Xiaofei Cheng
- Noble Research Institute, LLC, Ardmore, OK, 73401, USA
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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, Shandong, 266109, China
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- Noble Research Institute, LLC, Ardmore, OK, 73401, USA
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- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, 74078, USA
- Institute for Agricultural Biosciences, Oklahoma State University, Ardmore, OK, 73401, USA
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Kaur H, Ozga JA, Reinecke DM. Balancing of hormonal biosynthesis and catabolism pathways, a strategy to ameliorate the negative effects of heat stress on reproductive growth. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2021; 44:1486-1503. [PMID: 32515497 DOI: 10.1111/pce.13820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2019] [Accepted: 05/29/2020] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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In pea (Pisum sativum L.), moderate heat stress during early flowering/fruit set increased seed/ovule abortion, and concomitantly produced fruits with reduced ovary (pericarp) length, and fewer seeds at maturity. Plant hormonal networks coordinate seed and pericarp growth and development. To determine if these hormonal networks are modulated in response to heat stress, we analyzed the gene expression patterns and associated these patterns with precursors, and bioactive and inactive metabolites of the auxin, gibberellin (GA), abscisic acid (ABA), and ethylene biosynthesis/catabolism pathways in young developing seeds and pericarps of non-stressed and 4-day heat-stressed fruits. Our data suggest that within the developing seeds heat stress decreased bioactive GA levels reducing GA growth-related processes, and that increased ethylene levels may have promoted this inhibitory response. In contrast, heat stress increased auxin biosynthesis gene expression and auxin levels in the seeds and pericarps, and seed ABA levels, both effects can increase seed sink strength. We hypothesize that seeds with higher auxin- and ABA-induced sink strength and adequate bioactive GA levels will set and continue to grow, while the seeds with lower sink strength (low auxin, ABA, and GA levels) will become more sensitive to heat stress-induced ethylene leading to ovule/seed abortion.
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- Harleen Kaur
- Plant BioSystems, Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Plant BioSystems, Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Plant BioSystems, Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Beji S, Fontaine V, Devaux R, Thomas M, Negro SS, Bahrman N, Siol M, Aubert G, Burstin J, Hilbert JL, Delbreil B, Lejeune-Hénaut I. Genome-wide association study identifies favorable SNP alleles and candidate genes for frost tolerance in pea. BMC Genomics 2020; 21:536. [PMID: 32753054 PMCID: PMC7430820 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-020-06928-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2019] [Accepted: 07/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Frost is a limiting abiotic stress for the winter pea crop (Pisum sativum L.) and identifying the genetic determinants of frost tolerance is a major issue to breed varieties for cold northern areas. Quantitative trait loci (QTLs) have previously been detected from bi-parental mapping populations, giving an overview of the genome regions governing this trait. The recent development of high-throughput genotyping tools for pea brings the opportunity to undertake genetic association studies in order to capture a higher allelic diversity within large collections of genetic resources as well as to refine the localization of the causal polymorphisms thanks to the high marker density. In this study, a genome-wide association study (GWAS) was performed using a set of 365 pea accessions. Phenotyping was carried out by scoring frost damages in the field and in controlled conditions. The association mapping collection was also genotyped using an Illumina Infinium® BeadChip, which allowed to collect data for 11,366 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers. RESULTS GWAS identified 62 SNPs significantly associated with frost tolerance and distributed over six of the seven pea linkage groups (LGs). These results confirmed 3 QTLs that were already mapped in multiple environments on LG III, V and VI with bi-parental populations. They also allowed to identify one locus, on LG II, which has not been detected yet and two loci, on LGs I and VII, which have formerly been detected in only one environment. Fifty candidate genes corresponding to annotated significant SNPs, or SNPs in strong linkage disequilibrium with the formers, were found to underlie the frost damage (FD)-related loci detected by GWAS. Additionally, the analyses allowed to define favorable haplotypes of markers for the FD-related loci and their corresponding accessions within the association mapping collection. CONCLUSIONS This study led to identify FD-related loci as well as corresponding favorable haplotypes of markers and representative pea accessions that might to be used in winter pea breeding programs. Among the candidate genes highlighted at the identified FD-related loci, the results also encourage further attention to the presence of C-repeat Binding Factors (CBF) as potential genetic determinants of the frost tolerance locus on LG VI.
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- Sana Beji
- BioEcoAgro, INRAE, Univ. Liège, Univ. Lille, Univ. Picardie Jules Verne, 2, Chaussée Brunehaut, F-80203 Estrées-Mons, France
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- BioEcoAgro, INRAE, Univ. Liège, Univ. Lille, Univ. Picardie Jules Verne, 2, Chaussée Brunehaut, F-80203 Estrées-Mons, France
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- GQE - Le Moulon, INRAE, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Univ. Paris-Saclay, F-91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- BioEcoAgro, INRAE, Univ. Liège, Univ. Lille, Univ. Picardie Jules Verne, 2, Chaussée Brunehaut, F-80203 Estrées-Mons, France
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- Agroécologie, AgroSup Dijon, INRAE, Univ. Bourgogne, Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, F-21000 Dijon, France
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- Agroécologie, AgroSup Dijon, INRAE, Univ. Bourgogne, Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, F-21000 Dijon, France
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- Agroécologie, AgroSup Dijon, INRAE, Univ. Bourgogne, Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, F-21000 Dijon, France
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- BioEcoAgro, INRAE, Univ. Liège, Univ. Lille, Univ. Picardie Jules Verne, 2, Chaussée Brunehaut, F-80203 Estrées-Mons, France
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- BioEcoAgro, INRAE, Univ. Liège, Univ. Lille, Univ. Picardie Jules Verne, 2, Chaussée Brunehaut, F-80203 Estrées-Mons, France
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- BioEcoAgro, INRAE, Univ. Liège, Univ. Lille, Univ. Picardie Jules Verne, 2, Chaussée Brunehaut, F-80203 Estrées-Mons, France
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Lange T, Pimenta Lange MJ. The Multifunctional Dioxygenases of Gibberellin Synthesis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2020; 61:1869-1879. [DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcaa051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2020] [Accepted: 04/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Gibberellin (GA) hormones regulate the development of plants and their responses to environmental signals. The final part of GA biosynthesis is catalyzed by multifunctional 2-oxoglutarate-dependent dioxygenases, which are encoded by multigene families. According to their enzymatic properties and physiological functions, GA-oxidases are classified as anabolic or catabolic enzymes. Together they allow complex regulation of the GA biosynthetic pathway, which adapts the specific hormonal needs of a plant during development and interaction with its environment. In this review, we combine recent advances in enzymatic characterization of the multifunctional GA-oxidases, in particular, from cucumber and Arabidopsis that have been most comprehensively investigated.
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- Theo Lange
- Institut f�r Pflanzenbiologie, Technische Universit�t Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstr. 4, D-38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institut f�r Pflanzenbiologie, Technische Universit�t Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstr. 4, D-38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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Groszmann M, Chandler PM, Ross JJ, Swain SM. Manipulating Gibberellin Control Over Growth and Fertility as a Possible Target for Managing Wild Radish Weed Populations in Cropping Systems. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:190. [PMID: 32265944 PMCID: PMC7096587 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2019] [Accepted: 02/07/2020] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Wild radish is a major weed of Australian cereal crops. A rapid establishment, fast growth, and abundant seed production are fundamental to its success as an invasive species. Wild radish has developed resistance to a number of commonly used herbicides increasing the problem. New innovative approaches are needed to control wild radish populations. Here we explore the possibility of pursuing gibberellin (GA) biosynthesis as a novel molecular target for controlling wild radish, and in doing so contribute new insights into GA biology. By characterizing ga 3-oxidase (ga3ox) mutants in Arabidopsis, a close taxonomic relative to wild radish, we showed that even mild GA deficiencies cause considerable reductions in growth and fecundity. This includes an explicit requirement for GA biosynthesis in successful female fertility. Similar defects were reproducible in wild radish via chemical inhibition of GA biosynthesis, confirming GA action as a possible new target for controlling wild radish populations. Two possible targeting approaches are considered; the first would involve developing a species-specific inhibitor that selectively inhibits GA production in wild radish over cereal crops. The second, involves making crop species insensitive to GA repression, allowing the use of existing broad spectrum GA inhibitors to control wild radish populations. Toward the first concept, we cloned and characterized two wild radish GA3OX genes, identifying protein differences that appear sufficient for selective inhibition of dicot over monocot GA3OX activity. We developed a novel yeast-based approach to assay GA3OX activity as part of the molecular characterization, which could be useful for future screening of inhibitory compounds. For the second approach, we demonstrated that a subset of GA associated sln1/Rht-1 overgrowth mutants, recently generated in cereals, are insensitive to GA reductions brought on by the general GA biosynthesis inhibitor, paclobutrazol. The location of these mutations within sln1/Rht-1, offers additional insight into the functional domains of these important GA signaling proteins. Our early assessment suggests that targeting the GA pathway could be a viable inclusion into wild radish management programs that warrants further investigation. In drawing this conclusion, we provided new insights into GA regulated reproductive development and molecular characteristics of GA metabolic and signaling proteins.
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- Michael Groszmann
- Division of Plant Sciences, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
- CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- Division of Plant Sciences, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia
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- Division of Plant Sciences, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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Ellis THN, Hofer JMI, Swain MT, van Dijk PJ. Mendel's pea crosses: varieties, traits and statistics. Hereditas 2019; 156:33. [PMID: 31695583 PMCID: PMC6823958 DOI: 10.1186/s41065-019-0111-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2019] [Accepted: 10/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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A controversy arose over Mendel's pea crossing experiments after the statistician R.A. Fisher proposed how these may have been performed and criticised Mendel's interpretation of his data. Here we re-examine Mendel's experiments and investigate Fisher's statistical criticisms of bias. We describe pea varieties available in Mendel's time and show that these could readily provide all the material Mendel needed for his experiments; the characters he chose to follow were clearly described in catalogues at the time. The combination of character states available in these varieties, together with Eichling's report of crosses Mendel performed, suggest that two of his F3 progeny test experiments may have involved the same F2 population, and therefore that these data should not be treated as independent variables in statistical analysis of Mendel's data. A comprehensive re-examination of Mendel's segregation ratios does not support previous suggestions that they differ remarkably from expectation. The χ2 values for his segregation ratios sum to a value close to the expectation and there is no deficiency of extreme segregation ratios. Overall the χ values for Mendel's segregation ratios deviate slightly from the standard normal distribution; this is probably because of the variance associated with phenotypic rather than genotypic ratios and because Mendel excluded some data sets with small numbers of progeny, where he noted the ratios "deviate not insignificantly" from expectation.
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- T. H. Noel Ellis
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Present address: Department of Metabolic Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK
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- Present address: Department of Metabolic Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK
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Rizza A, Jones AM. The makings of a gradient: spatiotemporal distribution of gibberellins in plant development. CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2019; 47:9-15. [PMID: 30173065 PMCID: PMC6414749 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2018.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2018] [Revised: 08/01/2018] [Accepted: 08/05/2018] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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The gibberellin phytohormones regulate growth and development throughout the plant lifecycle. Upstream regulation and downstream responses to gibberellins vary across cells and tissues, developmental stages, environmental conditions, and plant species. The spatiotemporal distribution of gibberellins is the result of an ensemble of biosynthetic, catabolic and transport activities, each of which can be targeted to influence gibberellin levels in space and time. Understanding gibberellin distributions has recently benefited from discovery of transport proteins capable of importing gibberellins as well as novel methods for detecting gibberellins with high spatiotemporal resolution. For example, a genetically-encoded fluorescent biosensor for gibberellins was deployed in Arabidopsis and revealed gibberellin gradients in rapidly elongating tissues. Although cellular accumulations of gibberellins are hypothesized to regulate cell growth in developing embryos, germinating seeds, elongating stems and roots, and developing floral organs, understanding the quantitative relationship between cellular gibberellin levels and cellular growth awaits further investigation. It is also unclear how spatiotemporal gibberellin distributions result from myriad endogenous and environmental factors directing an ensemble of known gibberellin enzymatic and transport steps.
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- Annalisa Rizza
- Sainsbury Laboratory, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK
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Zu P, Schiestl FP. The effects of becoming taller: direct and pleiotropic effects of artificial selection on plant height in Brassica rapa. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2017; 89:1009-1019. [PMID: 27889935 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2016] [Revised: 10/07/2016] [Accepted: 11/18/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Plant height is an important trait for plant reproductive success. Plant height is often under pollinator-mediated selection, and has been shown to be correlated with various other traits. However, few studies have examined the evolutionary trajectory of plant height under selection and the pleiotropic effects of plant height evolution. We conducted a bi-directional artificial selection experiment on plant height with fast cycling Brassica rapa plants to estimate its heritability and genetic correlations, and to reveal evolutionary responses to artificial selection on height and various correlated traits. With the divergent lines obtained through artificial selection, we subsequently conducted pollinator-choice assays and investigated resource limitation of fruit production. We found that plant height variation is strongly genetically controlled (with a realized heritability of 41-59%). Thus, plant height can evolve rapidly under phenotypic selection. In addition, we found remarkable pleiotropic effects in phenology, morphology, floral scent, color, nectar and leaf glucosinolates. Most traits were increased in tall-line plants, but flower size, UV reflection and glucosinolates were decreased, indicating potential trade-offs. Pollinators preferred plants of the tall selection lines over the short selection lines in both greenhouse experiments with bumblebees and field experiment with natural pollinators. We did not detect any differences in resource limitation between plants of the different selection lines. Overall, our study predicts that increased height should evolve under positive pollinator-mediated directional selection with potential trade-offs in floral signals and herbivore defense.
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- Pengjuan Zu
- Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Zürich, Zollikerstrasse 107, CH-8008 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Zürich, Zollikerstrasse 107, CH-8008 Zürich, Switzerland
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Huang Y, Wang X, Ge S, Rao GY. Divergence and adaptive evolution of the gibberellin oxidase genes in plants. BMC Evol Biol 2015; 15:207. [PMID: 26416509 PMCID: PMC4587577 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-015-0490-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2015] [Accepted: 09/17/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The important phytohormone gibberellins (GAs) play key roles in various developmental processes. GA oxidases (GAoxs) are critical enzymes in GA synthesis pathway, but their classification, evolutionary history and the forces driving the evolution of plant GAox genes remain poorly understood. RESULTS This study provides the first large-scale evolutionary analysis of GAox genes in plants by using an extensive whole-genome dataset of 41 species, representing green algae, bryophytes, pteridophyte, and seed plants. We defined eight subfamilies under the GAox family, namely C19-GA2ox, C20-GA2ox, GA20ox,GA3ox, GAox-A, GAox-B, GAox-C and GAox-D. Of these, subfamilies GAox-A, GAox-B, GAox-C and GAox-D are described for the first time. On the basis of phylogenetic analyses and characteristic motifs of GAox genes, we demonstrated a rapid expansion and functional divergence of the GAox genes during the diversification of land plants. We also detected the subfamily-specific motifs and potential sites of some GAox genes, which might have evolved under positive selection. CONCLUSIONS GAox genes originated very early-before the divergence of bryophytes and the vascular plants and the diversification of GAox genes is associated with the functional divergence and could be driven by positive selection. Our study not only provides information on the classification of GAox genes, but also facilitates the further functional characterization and analysis of GA oxidases.
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- Yuan Huang
- College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
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- College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China.
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- College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
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Hedden P, Sponsel V. A Century of Gibberellin Research. JOURNAL OF PLANT GROWTH REGULATION 2015; 34:740-60. [PMID: 26523085 PMCID: PMC4622167 DOI: 10.1007/s00344-015-9546-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 267] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2015] [Accepted: 09/25/2015] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Gibberellin research has its origins in Japan in the 19th century, when a disease of rice was shown to be due to a fungal infection. The symptoms of the disease including overgrowth of the seedling and sterility were later shown to be due to secretions of the fungus Gibberella fujikuroi (now reclassified as Fusarium fujikuroi), from which the name gibberellin was derived for the active component. The profound effect of gibberellins on plant growth and development, particularly growth recovery in dwarf mutants and induction of bolting and flowering in some rosette species, prompted speculation that these fungal metabolites were endogenous plant growth regulators and this was confirmed by chemical characterisation in the late 1950s. Gibberellins are now known to be present in vascular plants, and some fungal and bacterial species. The biosynthesis of gibberellins in plants and the fungus has been largely resolved in terms of the pathways, enzymes, genes and their regulation. The proposal that gibberellins act in plants by removing growth limitation was confirmed by the demonstration that they induce the degradation of the growth-inhibiting DELLA proteins. The mechanism by which this is achieved was clarified by the identification of the gibberellin receptor from rice in 2005. Current research on gibberellin action is focussed particularly on the function of DELLA proteins as regulators of gene expression. This review traces the history of gibberellin research with emphasis on the early discoveries that enabled the more recent advances in this field.
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- Peter Hedden
- />Rothamsted Research, West Common, Harpenden, AL5 2JQ Hertfordshire UK
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- />Department of Biology, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78249 USA
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Chen Y, Hou M, Liu L, Wu S, Shen Y, Ishiyama K, Kobayashi M, McCarty DR, Tan BC. The maize DWARF1 encodes a gibberellin 3-oxidase and is dual localized to the nucleus and cytosol. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2014; 166:2028-39. [PMID: 25341533 PMCID: PMC4256885 DOI: 10.1104/pp.114.247486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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The maize (Zea mays) gibberellin (GA)-deficient mutant dwarf1 (d1) displays dwarfism and andromonoecy (i.e. forming anthers in the female flower). Previous characterization indicated that the d1 mutation blocked three steps in GA biosynthesis; however, the locus has not been isolated and characterized. Here, we report that D1 encodes a GA 3-oxidase catalyzing the final step of bioactive GA synthesis. Recombinant D1 is capable of converting GA20 to GA1, GA20 to GA3, GA5 to GA3, and GA9 to GA4 in vitro. These reactions are widely believed to take place in the cytosol. However, both in vivo GFP fusion analysis and western-blot analysis of organelle fractions using a D1-specific antibody revealed that the D1 protein is dual localized in the nucleus and cytosol. Furthermore, the upstream gibberellin 20-oxidase1 (ZmGA20ox1) protein was found dual localized in the nucleus and cytosol as well. These results indicate that bioactive GA can be synthesized in the cytosol and the nucleus, two compartments where GA receptor Gibberellin-insensitive dwarf protein1 exists. Furthermore, the D1 protein was found to be specifically expressed in the stamen primordia in the female floret, suggesting that the suppression of stamen development is mediated by locally synthesized GAs.
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- Yi Chen
- Institute of Plant Molecular Biology and Agricultural Biotechnology, State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories 852, Hong Kong (Y.C., M.H., Y.S., B.-C.T.);Key Laboratory of Plant Cell Engineering and Germplasm Innovation, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250100, People's Republic of China (M.H., B.-C.T.);Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611 (L.L., S.W., D.R.M.); andExperimental Plant Division, RIKEN BioResource Center, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0074, Japan (K.I., M.K.)
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- Institute of Plant Molecular Biology and Agricultural Biotechnology, State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories 852, Hong Kong (Y.C., M.H., Y.S., B.-C.T.);Key Laboratory of Plant Cell Engineering and Germplasm Innovation, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250100, People's Republic of China (M.H., B.-C.T.);Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611 (L.L., S.W., D.R.M.); andExperimental Plant Division, RIKEN BioResource Center, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0074, Japan (K.I., M.K.)
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- Institute of Plant Molecular Biology and Agricultural Biotechnology, State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories 852, Hong Kong (Y.C., M.H., Y.S., B.-C.T.);Key Laboratory of Plant Cell Engineering and Germplasm Innovation, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250100, People's Republic of China (M.H., B.-C.T.);Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611 (L.L., S.W., D.R.M.); andExperimental Plant Division, RIKEN BioResource Center, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0074, Japan (K.I., M.K.)
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- Institute of Plant Molecular Biology and Agricultural Biotechnology, State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories 852, Hong Kong (Y.C., M.H., Y.S., B.-C.T.);Key Laboratory of Plant Cell Engineering and Germplasm Innovation, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250100, People's Republic of China (M.H., B.-C.T.);Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611 (L.L., S.W., D.R.M.); andExperimental Plant Division, RIKEN BioResource Center, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0074, Japan (K.I., M.K.)
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- Institute of Plant Molecular Biology and Agricultural Biotechnology, State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories 852, Hong Kong (Y.C., M.H., Y.S., B.-C.T.);Key Laboratory of Plant Cell Engineering and Germplasm Innovation, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250100, People's Republic of China (M.H., B.-C.T.);Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611 (L.L., S.W., D.R.M.); andExperimental Plant Division, RIKEN BioResource Center, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0074, Japan (K.I., M.K.)
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- Institute of Plant Molecular Biology and Agricultural Biotechnology, State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories 852, Hong Kong (Y.C., M.H., Y.S., B.-C.T.);Key Laboratory of Plant Cell Engineering and Germplasm Innovation, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250100, People's Republic of China (M.H., B.-C.T.);Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611 (L.L., S.W., D.R.M.); andExperimental Plant Division, RIKEN BioResource Center, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0074, Japan (K.I., M.K.)
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- Institute of Plant Molecular Biology and Agricultural Biotechnology, State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories 852, Hong Kong (Y.C., M.H., Y.S., B.-C.T.);Key Laboratory of Plant Cell Engineering and Germplasm Innovation, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250100, People's Republic of China (M.H., B.-C.T.);Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611 (L.L., S.W., D.R.M.); andExperimental Plant Division, RIKEN BioResource Center, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0074, Japan (K.I., M.K.)
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- Institute of Plant Molecular Biology and Agricultural Biotechnology, State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories 852, Hong Kong (Y.C., M.H., Y.S., B.-C.T.);Key Laboratory of Plant Cell Engineering and Germplasm Innovation, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250100, People's Republic of China (M.H., B.-C.T.);Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611 (L.L., S.W., D.R.M.); andExperimental Plant Division, RIKEN BioResource Center, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0074, Japan (K.I., M.K.)
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- Institute of Plant Molecular Biology and Agricultural Biotechnology, State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories 852, Hong Kong (Y.C., M.H., Y.S., B.-C.T.);Key Laboratory of Plant Cell Engineering and Germplasm Innovation, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250100, People's Republic of China (M.H., B.-C.T.);Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611 (L.L., S.W., D.R.M.); andExperimental Plant Division, RIKEN BioResource Center, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0074, Japan (K.I., M.K.)
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Nakajima M, Nakayama A, Xu ZJ, Yamaguchi I. Gibberellin Induces α-Amylase Gene in Seed Coat ofIpomoea nilImmature Seeds. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2014; 68:631-7. [PMID: 15056897 DOI: 10.1271/bbb.68.631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Two full-length cDNAs encoding gibberellin 3-oxidases, InGA3ox1 and InGA3ox2, were cloned from developing seeds of morning glory (Ipomoea nil (Pharbitis nil) Choisy cv. Violet) with degenerate-PCR and RACEs. The RNA-blot analysis for these clones revealed that the InGA3ox2 gene was organ-specifically expressed in the developing seeds at 6-18 days after anthesis. In situ hybridization showed the signals of InGA3ox2 mRNA in the seed coat, suggesting that active gibberellins (GAs) were synthesized in the tissue, although no active GA was detected there by immunohistochemistry. In situ hybridization analysis for InAmy1 (former PnAmy1) mRNA showed that InAmy1 was also synthesized in the seed coat. Both InGA3ox2 and InAmy1 genes were expressed spatially overlapped without a clear time lag, suggesting that both active GAs and InAmy1 were synthesized almost simultaneously in seed coat and secreted to the integument. These observations support the idea that GAs play an important role in seed development by inducing alpha-amylase.
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- Masatoshi Nakajima
- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Japan.
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Reinecke DM, Wickramarathna AD, Ozga JA, Kurepin LV, Jin AL, Good AG, Pharis RP. Gibberellin 3-oxidase gene expression patterns influence gibberellin biosynthesis, growth, and development in pea. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2013; 163:929-45. [PMID: 23979969 PMCID: PMC3793069 DOI: 10.1104/pp.113.225987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2013] [Accepted: 08/21/2013] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Gibberellins (GAs) are key modulators of plant growth and development. PsGA3ox1 (LE) encodes a GA 3β-hydroxylase that catalyzes the conversion of GA20 to biologically active GA1. To further clarify the role of GA3ox expression during pea (Pisum sativum) plant growth and development, we generated transgenic pea lines (in a lele background) with cauliflower mosaic virus-35S-driven expression of PsGA3ox1 (LE). PsGA3ox1 transgene expression led to higher GA1 concentrations in a tissue-specific and development-specific manner, altering GA biosynthesis and catabolism gene expression and plant phenotype. PsGA3ox1 transgenic plants had longer internodes, tendrils, and fruits, larger stipules, and displayed delayed flowering, increased apical meristem life, and altered vascular development relative to the null controls. Transgenic PsGA3ox1 overexpression lines were then compared with lines where endogenous PsGA3ox1 (LE) was introduced, by a series of backcrosses, into the same genetic background (BC LEle). Most notably, the BC LEle plants had substantially longer internodes containing much greater GA1 levels than the transgenic PsGA3ox1 plants. Induction of expression of the GA deactivation gene PsGA2ox1 appears to make an important contribution to limiting the increase of internode GA1 to modest levels for the transgenic lines. In contrast, PsGA3ox1 (LE) expression driven by its endogenous promoter was coordinated within the internode tissue to avoid feed-forward regulation of PsGA2ox1, resulting in much greater GA1 accumulation. These studies further our fundamental understanding of the regulation of GA biosynthesis and catabolism at the tissue and organ level and demonstrate that the timing/localization of GA3ox expression within an organ affects both GA homeostasis and GA1 levels, and thereby growth.
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- Plant BioSystems, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2P5 (D.M.R., A.D.W., J.A.O., A.L.J.)
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4 (L.V.K., R.P.P.); and
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E9 (A.G.G.)
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- Plant BioSystems, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2P5 (D.M.R., A.D.W., J.A.O., A.L.J.)
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4 (L.V.K., R.P.P.); and
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E9 (A.G.G.)
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- Plant BioSystems, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2P5 (D.M.R., A.D.W., J.A.O., A.L.J.)
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4 (L.V.K., R.P.P.); and
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E9 (A.G.G.)
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- Plant BioSystems, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2P5 (D.M.R., A.D.W., J.A.O., A.L.J.)
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4 (L.V.K., R.P.P.); and
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E9 (A.G.G.)
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de Saint Germain A, Ligerot Y, Dun EA, Pillot JP, Ross JJ, Beveridge CA, Rameau C. Strigolactones stimulate internode elongation independently of gibberellins. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2013; 163:1012-25. [PMID: 23943865 PMCID: PMC3793021 DOI: 10.1104/pp.113.220541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2013] [Accepted: 08/08/2013] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Strigolactone (SL) mutants in diverse species show reduced stature in addition to their extensive branching. Here, we show that this dwarfism in pea (Pisum sativum) is not attributable to the strong branching of the mutants. The continuous supply of the synthetic SL GR24 via the root system using hydroponics can restore internode length of the SL-deficient rms1 mutant but not of the SL-response rms4 mutant, indicating that SLs stimulate internode elongation via RMS4. Cytological analysis of internode epidermal cells indicates that SLs control cell number but not cell length, suggesting that SL may affect stem elongation by stimulating cell division. Consequently, SLs can repress (in axillary buds) or promote (in the stem) cell division in a tissue-dependent manner. Because gibberellins (GAs) increase internode length by affecting both cell division and cell length, we tested if SLs stimulate internode elongation by affecting GA metabolism or signaling. Genetic analyses using SL-deficient and GA-deficient or DELLA-deficient double mutants, together with molecular and physiological approaches, suggest that SLs act independently from GAs to stimulate internode elongation.
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRA UMR1318, INRA-AgroParisTech, F–78000 Versailles, France (A.d.S.G., Y.L., J-P.P., C.R.)
- University of Queensland, School of Biological Sciences, St. Lucia, Queensland 4072 Australia (E.A.D., C.A.B.); and
- School of Plant Science, University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay, Tasmania 7005 Australia (J.J.R.)
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRA UMR1318, INRA-AgroParisTech, F–78000 Versailles, France (A.d.S.G., Y.L., J-P.P., C.R.)
- University of Queensland, School of Biological Sciences, St. Lucia, Queensland 4072 Australia (E.A.D., C.A.B.); and
- School of Plant Science, University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay, Tasmania 7005 Australia (J.J.R.)
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRA UMR1318, INRA-AgroParisTech, F–78000 Versailles, France (A.d.S.G., Y.L., J-P.P., C.R.)
- University of Queensland, School of Biological Sciences, St. Lucia, Queensland 4072 Australia (E.A.D., C.A.B.); and
- School of Plant Science, University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay, Tasmania 7005 Australia (J.J.R.)
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRA UMR1318, INRA-AgroParisTech, F–78000 Versailles, France (A.d.S.G., Y.L., J-P.P., C.R.)
- University of Queensland, School of Biological Sciences, St. Lucia, Queensland 4072 Australia (E.A.D., C.A.B.); and
- School of Plant Science, University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay, Tasmania 7005 Australia (J.J.R.)
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Chen ML, Su X, Xiong W, Liu JF, Wu Y, Feng YQ, Yuan BF. Assessing gibberellins oxidase activity by anion exchange/hydrophobic polymer monolithic capillary liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. PLoS One 2013; 8:e69629. [PMID: 23922762 PMCID: PMC3724942 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2013] [Accepted: 06/12/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Bioactive gibberellins (GAs) play a key regulatory role in plant growth and development. In the biosynthesis of GAs, GA3-oxidase catalyzes the final step to produce bioactive GAs. Thus, the evaluation of GA3-oxidase activity is critical for elucidating the regulation mechanism of plant growth controlled by GAs. However, assessing catalytic activity of endogenous GA3-oxidase remains challenging. In the current study, we developed a capillary liquid chromatography--mass spectrometry (cLC-MS) method for the sensitive assay of in-vitro recombinant or endogenous GA3-oxidase by analyzing the catalytic substrates and products of GA3-oxidase (GA1, GA4, GA9, GA20). An anion exchange/hydrophobic poly([2-(methacryloyloxy)ethyl]trimethylammonium-co-divinylbenzene-co-ethylene glycol dimethacrylate)(META-co-DVB-co-EDMA) monolithic column was successfully prepared for the separation of all target GAs. The limits of detection (LODs, Signal/Noise = 3) of GAs were in the range of 0.62-0.90 fmol. We determined the kinetic parameters (K m) of recombinant GA3-oxidase in Escherichia coli (E. coli) cell lysates, which is consistent with previous reports. Furthermore, by using isotope labeled substrates, we successfully evaluated the activity of endogenous GA3-oxidase that converts GA9 to GA4 in four types of plant samples, which is, to the best of our knowledge, the first report for the quantification of the activity of endogenous GA3-oxidase in plant. Taken together, the method developed here provides a good solution for the evaluation of endogenous GA3-oxidase activity in plant, which may promote the in-depth study of the growth regulation mechanism governed by GAs in plant physiology.
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- Ming-Luan Chen
- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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The GAs (gibberellins) comprise a large group of diterpenoid carboxylic acids that are ubiquitous in higher plants, in which certain members function as endogenous growth regulators, promoting organ expansion and developmental changes. These compounds are also produced by some species of lower plants, fungi and bacteria, although, in contrast to higher plants, the function of GAs in these organisms has only recently been investigated and is still unclear. In higher plants, GAs are synthesized by the action of terpene cyclases, cytochrome P450 mono-oxygenases and 2-oxoglutarate-dependent dioxygenases localized, respectively, in plastids, the endomembrane system and the cytosol. The concentration of biologically active GAs at their sites of action is tightly regulated and is moderated by numerous developmental and environmental cues. Recent research has focused on regulatory mechanisms, acting primarily on expression of the genes that encode the dioxygenases involved in biosynthesis and deactivation. The present review discusses the current state of knowledge on GA metabolism with particular emphasis on regulation, including the complex mechanisms for the maintenance of GA homoeostasis.
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Middleton AM, Úbeda-Tomás S, Griffiths J, Holman T, Hedden P, Thomas SG, Phillips AL, Holdsworth MJ, Bennett MJ, King JR, Owen MR. Mathematical modeling elucidates the role of transcriptional feedback in gibberellin signaling. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2012; 109:7571-6. [PMID: 22523240 PMCID: PMC3358864 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1113666109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The hormone gibberellin (GA) is a key regulator of plant growth. Many of the components of the gibberellin signal transduction [e.g., GIBBERELLIN INSENSITIVE DWARF 1 (GID1) and DELLA], biosynthesis [e.g., GA 20-oxidase (GA20ox) and GA3ox], and deactivation pathways have been identified. Gibberellin binds its receptor, GID1, to form a complex that mediates the degradation of DELLA proteins. In this way, gibberellin relieves DELLA-dependent growth repression. However, gibberellin regulates expression of GID1, GA20ox, and GA3ox, and there is also evidence that it regulates DELLA expression. In this paper, we use integrated mathematical modeling and experiments to understand how these feedback loops interact to control gibberellin signaling. Model simulations are in good agreement with in vitro data on the signal transduction and biosynthesis pathways and in vivo data on the expression levels of gibberellin-responsive genes. We find that GA-GID1 interactions are characterized by two timescales (because of a lid on GID1 that can open and close slowly relative to GA-GID1 binding and dissociation). Furthermore, the model accurately predicts the response to exogenous gibberellin after a number of chemical and genetic perturbations. Finally, we investigate the role of the various feedback loops in gibberellin signaling. We find that regulation of GA20ox transcription plays a significant role in both modulating the level of endogenous gibberellin and generating overshoots after the removal of exogenous gibberellin. Moreover, although the contribution of other individual feedback loops seems relatively small, GID1 and DELLA transcriptional regulation acts synergistically with GA20ox feedback.
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- Alistair M. Middleton
- Centre for Plant Integrative Biology, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Loughborough LE12 5RD, United Kingdom
- Zentrum für Biosystemanalyse, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, 79104 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
- Centre for Mathematical Medicine and Biology, School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom; and
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- Centre for Plant Integrative Biology, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Loughborough LE12 5RD, United Kingdom
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- Plant Science Department, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Herts AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Plant Integrative Biology, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Loughborough LE12 5RD, United Kingdom
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- Plant Science Department, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Herts AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom
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- Plant Science Department, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Herts AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom
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- Plant Science Department, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Herts AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Plant Integrative Biology, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Loughborough LE12 5RD, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Plant Integrative Biology, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Loughborough LE12 5RD, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Plant Integrative Biology, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Loughborough LE12 5RD, United Kingdom
- Centre for Mathematical Medicine and Biology, School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom; and
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- Centre for Plant Integrative Biology, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Loughborough LE12 5RD, United Kingdom
- Centre for Mathematical Medicine and Biology, School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom; and
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Ellis THN, Hofer JMI, Timmerman-Vaughan GM, Coyne CJ, Hellens RP. Mendel, 150 years on. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2011; 16:590-6. [PMID: 21775188 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2011.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2011] [Revised: 06/07/2011] [Accepted: 06/21/2011] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Mendel's paper 'Versuche über Pflanzen-Hybriden' is the best known in a series of studies published in the late 18th and 19th centuries that built our understanding of the mechanism of inheritance. Mendel investigated the segregation of seven gene characters of pea (Pisum sativum), of which four have been identified. Here, we review what is known about the molecular nature of these genes, which encode enzymes (R and Le), a biochemical regulator (I) and a transcription factor (A). The mutations are: a transposon insertion (r), an amino acid insertion (i), a splice variant (a) and a missense mutation (le-1). The nature of the three remaining uncharacterized characters (green versus yellow pods, inflated versus constricted pods, and axial versus terminal flowers) is discussed.
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- T H Noel Ellis
- Institute of Biological, Environmental & Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Gogerddan Campus, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY233EB, UK
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Bou-Torrent J, Martínez-García JF, García-Martínez JL, Prat S. Gibberellin A1 metabolism contributes to the control of photoperiod-mediated tuberization in potato. PLoS One 2011; 6:e24458. [PMID: 21961036 PMCID: PMC3178525 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2011] [Accepted: 08/10/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Some potato species require a short-day (SD) photoperiod for tuberization, a process that is negatively affected by gibberellins (GAs). Here we report the isolation of StGA3ox2, a gene encoding a GA 3-oxidase, whose expression is increased in the aerial parts and is repressed in the stolons after transfer of photoperiod-dependent potato plants to SD conditions. Over-expression of StGA3ox2 under control of constitutive or leaf-specific promoters results in taller plants which, in contrast to StGA20ox1 over-expressers previously reported, tuberize earlier under SD conditions than the controls. By contrast, StGA3ox2 tuber-specific over-expression results in non-elongated plants with slightly delayed tuber induction. Together, our experiments support that StGA3ox2 expression and gibberellin metabolism significantly contribute to the tuberization time in strictly photoperiod-dependent potato plants.
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The discipline of classical genetics is founded on the hereditary behavior of the seven genes studied by Gregor Mendel. The advent of molecular techniques has unveiled much about the identity of these genes. To date, four genes have been sequenced: A (flower color), LE (stem length), I (cotyledon color), and R (seed shape). Two of the other three genes, GP (pod color) and FA (fasciation), are amenable to candidate gene approaches on the basis of their function, linkage relationships, and synteny between the pea and Medicago genomes. However, even the gene (locus) identity is not known for certain for the seventh character, the pod form, although it is probably V. While the nature of the mutations used by Mendel cannot be determined with certainty, on the basis of the varieties available in Europe in the 1850s, we can speculate on their nature. It turns out that these mutations are attributable to a range of causes-from simple base substitutions and changes to splice sites to the insertion of a transposon-like element. These findings provide a fascinating connection between Mendelian genetics and molecular biology that can be used very effectively in teaching new generations of geneticists. Mendel's characters also provide novel insights into the nature of the genes responsible for characteristics of agronomic and consumer importance.
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- James B. Reid
- School of Plant Science, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia
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- School of Plant Science, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia
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Franssen SU, Shrestha RP, Bräutigam A, Bornberg-Bauer E, Weber APM. Comprehensive transcriptome analysis of the highly complex Pisum sativum genome using next generation sequencing. BMC Genomics 2011; 12:227. [PMID: 21569327 PMCID: PMC3224338 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-12-227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2010] [Accepted: 05/11/2011] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The garden pea, Pisum sativum, is among the best-investigated legume plants and of significant agro-commercial relevance. Pisum sativum has a large and complex genome and accordingly few comprehensive genomic resources exist. RESULTS We analyzed the pea transcriptome at the highest possible amount of accuracy by current technology. We used next generation sequencing with the Roche/454 platform and evaluated and compared a variety of approaches, including diverse tissue libraries, normalization, alternative sequencing technologies, saturation estimation and diverse assembly strategies. We generated libraries from flowers, leaves, cotyledons, epi- and hypocotyl, and etiolated and light treated etiolated seedlings, comprising a total of 450 megabases. Libraries were assembled into 324,428 unigenes in a first pass assembly.A second pass assembly reduced the amount to 81,449 unigenes but caused a significant number of chimeras. Analyses of the assemblies identified the assembly step as a major possibility for improvement. By recording frequencies of Arabidopsis orthologs hit by randomly drawn reads and fitting parameters of the saturation curve we concluded that sequencing was exhaustive. For leaf libraries we found normalization allows partial recovery of expression strength aside the desired effect of increased coverage. Based on theoretical and biological considerations we concluded that the sequence reads in the database tagged the vast majority of transcripts in the aerial tissues. A pathway representation analysis showed the merits of sampling multiple aerial tissues to increase the number of tagged genes. All results have been made available as a fully annotated database in fasta format. CONCLUSIONS We conclude that the approach taken resulted in a high quality - dataset which serves well as a first comprehensive reference set for the model legume pea. We suggest future deep sequencing transcriptome projects of species lacking a genomics backbone will need to concentrate mainly on resolving the issues of redundancy and paralogy during transcriptome assembly.
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- Susanne U Franssen
- Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, Westfalian Wilhelms University, Hüfferstrasse 1, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, 48823 East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, 48823 East Lansing, MI, USA
- Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Heinrich Heine University, Universitätsstrasse 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, Westfalian Wilhelms University, Hüfferstrasse 1, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, 48823 East Lansing, MI, USA
- Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Heinrich Heine University, Universitätsstrasse 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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Ward DA, MacMillan J, Gong F, Phillips AL, Hedden P. Gibberellin 3-oxidases in developing embryos of the southern wild cucumber, Marah macrocarpus. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2010; 71:2010-8. [PMID: 20965527 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2010.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2010] [Revised: 09/22/2010] [Accepted: 09/23/2010] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Immature seeds of the southern wild cucumber, Marah macrocarpus, are a rich source of gibberellins (GAs) and were used in some of the earliest experiments on GA biosynthesis. The main biologically active GAs in developing embryos and endosperm of M. macrocarpus are GA(4) and GA(7), which have been shown previously to be formed from GA(9) in separate pathways, GA(4) being formed directly by 3β-hydroxylation, while GA(7) is produced in two steps via 2,3-didehydroGA(9). In order to identify the enzymes responsible for these conversions, three cDNA clones encoding functionally different GA 3-oxidases, MmGA3ox1, -2 and -3, were obtained from young immature M. macrocarpus embryos. Their biochemical functions were determined by expression of the cDNAs in Escherichia coli and incubation of cell lysates with (14)C-labelled substrates. MmGA3ox1 and MmGA3ox3 converted GA(9) to GA(4) as sole product, while MmGA3ox2 produced several products, including GA(4), 2,3-didehydroGA(9), 2,3-epoxyGA(9), GA(20) and GA(5), these last two products requiring 13-hydroxylation of GA(9) and 2,3-didehydroGA(9), respectively. MmGA3ox1 converted 2,3-didehydroGA(9) to GA(7), while MmGA3ox3 converted this substrate to the 2,3-epoxide, and MmGA3ox2 also formed the epoxide, but also GA(5.) Thus, formation of GA(7) requires the sequential activities of MmGA3ox2 and MmGA3ox1, while MmGA3ox3 is not involved in GA(7) production. The enzymes catalysed similar reactions when incubated with 13-hydroxylated GAs, although with reduced efficiencies. The 13-hydroxylase activity of MmGA3ox2 may be responsible for the production of GA(1) and GA(3), which are present at low levels in developing M. macrocarpus seeds.
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- Dennis A Ward
- Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Herts AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom
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Steele KP, Ickert-Bond SM, Zarre S, Wojciechowski MF. Phylogeny and character evolution in Medicago (Leguminosae): Evidence from analyses of plastid trnK/matK and nuclear GA3ox1 sequences. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 2010; 97:1142-55. [PMID: 21616866 DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1000009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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PREMISE OF THE STUDY The genus Medicago, with about 87 species, includes the model legume species M. truncatula, and a number of important forage species such as M. sativa (alfalfa), M. scutellata (snail medic), and M. lupulina (black medic). Relationships within the genus are not yet sufficiently resolved, contributing to difficulty in understanding the evolution of a number of distinguishing characteristics such as aneuploidy and polyploidy, life history, structure of cotyledons, and number of seeds per fruit. • METHODS Phylogenetic relationships of 70-73 species of Medicago and its sister genus Trigonella (including Melilotus) were reconstructed from nucleotide sequences of the plastid trnK/matK region and the nuclear-encoded GA3ox1 gene (gibberellin 3-β-hydroxylase) using maximum parsimony and Bayesian inference methods. • KEY RESULTS Our results support certain currently recognized taxonomic groups, e.g., sect. Medicago (with M. sativa) and sect. Buceras. However, other strongly supported clades-the "reduced subsection Leptospireae clade" that includes M. lupulina, the "polymorpha clade" that includes M. murex and M. polymorpha and the "subsection Pachyspireae clade" that includes M. truncatula-each of which includes species presently in different subsections of sect. Spirocarpos, contradict the current classification. • CONCLUSIONS These results support the hypothesis that some characters considered important in existing taxonomies, for example, single-seeded fruits that have arisen more than once in both Medicago and Trigonella, are indeed homoplastic. Others, such as the 2n = 14 chromosome number, have also arisen independently within the genus. In addition, we demonstrate support for the utility of GA3ox1 sequences for phylogenetic analysis among and within closely related genera of legumes.
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- Kelly P Steele
- Arizona State University, Department of Applied Sciences and Mathematics, Polytechnic Campus, 6098 Backus Mall, Mesa, Arizona 85212 USA
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Ozga JA, Reinecke DM, Ayele BT, Ngo P, Nadeau C, Wickramarathna AD. Developmental and hormonal regulation of gibberellin biosynthesis and catabolism in pea fruit. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2009; 150:448-62. [PMID: 19297588 PMCID: PMC2675736 DOI: 10.1104/pp.108.132027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2008] [Accepted: 03/09/2009] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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In pea (Pisum sativum), normal fruit growth requires the presence of the seeds. The coordination of growth between the seed and ovary tissues involves phytohormones; however, the specific mechanisms remain speculative. This study further explores the roles of the gibberellin (GA) biosynthesis and catabolism genes during pollination and fruit development and in seed and auxin regulation of pericarp growth. Pollination and fertilization events not only increase pericarp PsGA3ox1 message levels (codes for GA 3-oxidase that converts GA(20) to bioactive GA(1)) but also reduce pericarp PsGA2ox1 mRNA levels (codes for GA 2-oxidase that mainly catabolizes GA(20) to GA(29)), suggesting a concerted regulation to increase levels of bioactive GA(1) following these events. 4-Chloroindole-3-acetic acid (4-Cl-IAA) was found to mimic the seeds in the stimulation of PsGA3ox1 and the repression of PsGA2ox1 mRNA levels as well as the stimulation of PsGA2ox2 mRNA levels (codes for GA 2-oxidase that mainly catabolizes GA(1) to GA(8)) in pericarp at 2 to 3 d after anthesis, while the other endogenous pea auxin, IAA, did not. This GA gene expression profile suggests that both seeds and 4-Cl-IAA can stimulate the production, as well as modulate the half-life, of bioactive GA(1), leading to initial fruit set and subsequent growth and development of the ovary. Consistent with these gene expression profiles, deseeded pericarps converted [(14)C]GA(12) to [(14)C]GA(1) only if treated with 4-Cl-IAA. These data further support the hypothesis that 4-Cl-IAA produced in the seeds is transported to the pericarp, where it differentially regulates the expression of pericarp GA biosynthesis and catabolism genes to modulate the level of bioactive GA(1) required for initial fruit set and growth.
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- Jocelyn A Ozga
- Plant BioSystems, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2P5.
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Dalmadi A, Kaló P, Jakab J, Saskoi A, Petrovics T, Deák G, Kiss GB. Dwarf plants of diploid Medicago sativa carry a mutation in the gibberellin 3-beta-hydroxylase gene. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2008; 27:1271-1279. [PMID: 18504589 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-008-0546-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2007] [Revised: 03/26/2008] [Accepted: 04/11/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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In this paper we describe the identification of a gene, MsDWF1 coding for a putative gibberellin 3-beta-hydroxylase (GA3ox), whose natural mutation is conditioning a dwarf growth phenotype in Medicago sativa. The dwarf phenotype could not be complemented with grafting, which indicates that the bioactive gibberellin compound necessary for shoot elongation is immobile. On the contrary, exogenously added gibberellic acid restored normal growth. The genetic position of the Msdwf1 gene was mapped to linkage group 2 (LG2) and the physical location was delimited by map-based cloning using Medicago truncatula genomic resources. Based on the similar appearance and behavior of the dwarf Medicago sativa plants to the pea stem length mutant (le) as well as the synthenic map position of the two genes it was postulated that MsDWF1 and pea Le are orthologs. The comparison of wild type and mutant allele sequences of MsGA3ox revealed an amino acid change in a conserved position in the mutant allele, which most probably impaired the function of the enzyme. Our results indicate that the dwarf phenotype was the consequence of this mutation.
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- Agnes Dalmadi
- Institute of Genetics Agricultural Biotechnology Center, Szent-Györgyi A. St. 4, 2100, Gödöllo, Hungary
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Weston DE, Elliott RC, Lester DR, Rameau C, Reid JB, Murfet IC, Ross JJ. The Pea DELLA proteins LA and CRY are important regulators of gibberellin synthesis and root growth. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2008; 147:199-205. [PMID: 18375599 PMCID: PMC2330316 DOI: 10.1104/pp.108.115808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2008] [Accepted: 03/26/2008] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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The theory that bioactive gibberellins (GAs) act as inhibitors of inhibitors of plant growth was based originally on the slender pea (Pisum sativum) mutant (genotype la cry-s), but the molecular nature of this mutant has remained obscure. Here we show that the genes LA and CRY encode DELLA proteins, previously characterized in other species (Arabidopsis [Arabidopsis thaliana] and several grasses) as repressors of growth, which are destabilized by GAs. Mutations la and cry-s encode nonfunctional proteins, accounting for the fact that la cry-s plants are extremely elongated, or slender. We use the la and cry-s mutations to show that in roots, DELLA proteins effectively promote the expression of GA synthesis genes, as well as inhibit elongation. We show also that one of the DELLA-regulated genes is a second member of the pea GA 3-oxidase family, and that this gene appears to play a major role in pea roots.
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- Diana E Weston
- School of Plant Science, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia
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Gallego-Giraldo L, Ubeda-Tomás S, Gisbert C, García-Martínez JL, Moritz T, López-Díaz I. Gibberellin homeostasis in tobacco is regulated by gibberellin metabolism genes with different gibberellin sensitivity. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2008; 49:679-90. [PMID: 18337269 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcn042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2023]
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Gibberellins are phytohormones that regulate growth and development of plants. Gibberellin homeostasis is maintained by feedback regulation of gibberellin metabolism genes. To understand this regulation, we manipulated the gibberellin pathway in tobacco and studied its effects on the morphological phenotype, gibberellin levels and the expression of endogenous gibberellin metabolism genes. The overexpression of a gibberellin 3-oxidase (biosynthesis gene) in tobacco (3ox-OE) induced slight variations in phenotype and active GA(1) levels, but we also found an increase in GA(8) levels (GA(1) inactivation product) and a conspicuous induction of gibberellin 2-oxidases (catabolism genes; NtGA2ox3 and -5), suggesting an important role for these particular genes in the control of gibberellin homeostasis. The effect of simultaneous overexpression of two biosynthesis genes, a gibberellin 3-oxidase and a gibberellin 20-oxidase (20ox/3ox-OE), on phenotype and gibberellin content suggests that gibberellin 3-oxidases are non-limiting enzymes in tobacco, even in a 20ox-OE background. Moreover, the expression analysis of gibberellin metabolism genes in transgenic plants (3ox-OE, 20ox-OE and hybrid 3ox/20ox-OE), and in response to application of different GA(1) concentrations, showed genes with different gibberellin sensitivity. Gibberellin biosynthesis genes (NtGA20ox1 and NtGA3ox1) are negatively feedback regulated mainly by high gibberellin levels. In contrast, gibberellin catabolism genes which are subject to positive feedback regulation are sensitive to high (NtGA2ox1) or to low (NtGA2ox3 and -5) gibberellin concentrations. These two last GA2ox genes seem to play a predominant role in gibberellin homeostasis under mild gibberellin variations, but not under large gibberellin changes, where the biosynthesis genes GA20ox and GA3ox may be more important.
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- Lina Gallego-Giraldo
- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia-CSIC, Avda. de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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Burger JC, Chapman MA, Burke JM. Molecular insights into the evolution of crop plants. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 2008; 95:113-22. [PMID: 21632337 DOI: 10.3732/ajb.95.2.113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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The domestication and improvement of crop plants have long fascinated evolutionary biologists, geneticists, and anthropologists. In recent years, the development of increasingly powerful molecular and statistical tools has reinvigorated this now fast-paced field of research. In this paper, we provide an overview of how such tools have been applied to the study of crop evolution. We also highlight lessons that have been learned in light of a few long-standing and interrelated hypotheses concerning the origins of crop plants and the nature of the genetic changes underlying their evolution. We conclude by discussing compelling evolutionary genomic approaches that make possible the efficient and unbiased identification of genes controlling crop-related traits and provide further insight into the actual timing of selection on particular genomic regions.
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- Jutta C Burger
- Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602 USA
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Identification, genetic characterization, GA response and molecular mapping of Sdt97: a dominant mutant gene conferring semi-dwarfism in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Genet Res (Camb) 2008; 89:221-30. [DOI: 10.1017/s0016672307009020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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SummarySemi-dwarfism is an important agronomic trait in rice breeding programmes. sd-1, termed the ‘Green Revolution gene’, confers semi-dwarf stature, increases harvest index, improves lodging resistance, and is associated with increased responsiveness to nitrogen fertilizer. It has contributed substantially to the significant increase in rice production. In this paper, a novel semi-dwarf mutant in rice is reported. Genetic analysis revealed that only a single dominant gene locus non-allelic to sd-1, temporarily designated Sdt97, is involved in the control of semi-dwarfism of the mutant. The semi-dwarfism of the mutant could be partly restored to the tall wild-type by application of exogenous GA3, suggesting that the mutant gene Sdt97 may be involved in the gibberellin (GA) synthesis pathway and not the GA response pathway in rice. A residual heterozygous line (RHL) population derived from a recombinant inbred line (RIL) was developed. Simple sequence repeat (SSR) and bulked segregation analysis (BSA) combined with recessive class analysis (RCA) techniques were used to map Sdt97 to the long arm of chromosome 6 at the interval between two STS markers, N6 and TX5, with a genetic distance of 0·2 cM and 0·8 cM, respectively. A contig map was constructed based on the reference sequence aligned by the Sdt97 linked markers. The physical map of the Sdt97 locus was defined to a 118 kb interval, and 19 candidate genes were detected in the target region. This is the first time that a dominant semi-dwarf gene has been reported in rice. Cloning and functional analysis of gene Sdt97 will help us to learn more about molecular mechanism of rice semi-dwarfism.
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Ludidi NN, Pellny TK, Kiddle G, Dutilleul C, Groten K, VAN Heerden PDR, Dutt S, Powers SJ, Römer P, Foyer CH. Genetic variation in pea (Pisum sativum L.) demonstrates the importance of root but not shoot C/N ratios in the control of plant morphology and reveals a unique relationship between shoot length and nodulation intensity. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2007; 30:1256-68. [PMID: 17727416 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2007.01699.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Nodule numbers are regulated through systemic auto-regulatory signals produced by shoots and roots. The relative effects of shoot and root genotype on nodule numbers together with relationships to organ biomass, carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) status, and related parameters were measured in pea (Pisum sativum) exploiting natural genetic variation in maturity and apparent nodulation intensity. Reciprocal grafting experiments between the early (Athos), intermediate (Phönix) and late (S00182) maturity phenotypes were performed and Pearson's correlation coefficients for the parameters were calculated. No significant correlations were found between shoot C/N ratios and plant morphology parameters, but the root C/N ratio showed a strong correlation with root fresh and dry weights as well as with shoot fresh weight with less significant interactions with leaf number. Hence, the root C/N ratio rather than shoot C/N had a predominant influence on plant morphology when pea plants are grown under conditions of symbiotic nitrogen supply. The only phenotypic characteristic that showed a statistically significant correlation with nodulation intensity was shoot length, which accounted for 68.5% of the variation. A strong linear relationship was demonstrated between shoot length and nodule numbers. Hence, pea nodule numbers are controlled by factors related to shoot extension, but not by shoot or root biomass accumulation, total C or total N. The relationship between shoot length and nodule numbers persisted under field conditions. These results suggest that stem height could be used as a breeding marker for the selection of pea cultivars with high nodule numbers and high seed N contents.
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- Ndiko N Ludidi
- Crop Performance and Improvement Division, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Herts AL5 2JQ, UK
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Triques K, Sturbois B, Gallais S, Dalmais M, Chauvin S, Clepet C, Aubourg S, Rameau C, Caboche M, Bendahmane A. Characterization of Arabidopsis thaliana mismatch specific endonucleases: application to mutation discovery by TILLING in pea. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2007; 51:1116-25. [PMID: 17651368 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2007.03201.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Scanning DNA sequences for mutations and polymorphisms has become one of the most challenging, often expensive and time-consuming obstacles in many molecular genetic applications, including reverse genetic and clinical diagnostic applications. Enzymatic mutation detection methods are based on the cleavage of heteroduplex DNA at the mismatch sites. These methods are often limited by the availability of a mismatch-specific endonuclease, their sensitivity in detecting one allele in a pool of DNA and their costs. Here, we present detailed biochemical analysis of five Arabidopsis putative mismatch-specific endonucleases. One of them, ENDO1, is presented as the first endonuclease that recognizes and cleaves all types of mismatches with high efficiency. We report on a very simple protocol for the expression and purification of ENDO1. The ENDO1 system could be exploited in a wide range of mutation diagnostic tools. In particular, we report the use of ENDO1 for discovery of point mutations in the gibberellin 3beta-hydrolase gene of Pisum sativum. Twenty-one independent mutants were isolated, five of these were characterized and two new mutations affecting internodes length were identified. To further evaluate the quality of the mutant population we screened for mutations in four other genes and identified 5-21 new alleles per target. Based on the frequency of the obtained alleles we concluded that the pea population described here would be suitable for use in a large reverse-genetics project.
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- Karine Triques
- URGV, Unité de Recherche en Génomique Végétale, UMR INRA CNRS. 2, Rue Gaston Crémieux, 91057 Evry Cedex, France
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Sato Y, Morita R, Nishimura M, Yamaguchi H, Kusaba M. Mendel's green cotyledon gene encodes a positive regulator of the chlorophyll-degrading pathway. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007; 104:14169-74. [PMID: 17709752 PMCID: PMC1955798 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0705521104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2007] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Mutants that retain greenness of leaves during senescence are known as "stay-green" mutants. The most famous stay-green mutant is Mendel's green cotyledon pea, one of the mutants used in determining the law of genetics. Pea plants homozygous for this recessive mutation (known as i at present) retain greenness of the cotyledon during seed maturation and of leaves during senescence. We found tight linkage between the I locus and stay-green gene originally found in rice, SGR. Molecular analysis of three i alleles including one with no SGR expression confirmed that the I gene encodes SGR in pea. Functional analysis of sgr mutants in pea and rice further revealed that leaf functionality is lowered despite a high chlorophyll a (Chl a) and chlorophyll b (Chl b) content in the late stage of senescence, suggesting that SGR is primarily involved in Chl degradation. Consistent with this observation, a wide range of Chl-protein complexes, but not the ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) large subunit, were shown to be more stable in sgr than wild-type plants. The expression of OsCHL and NYC1, which encode the first enzymes in the degrading pathways of Chl a and Chl b, respectively, was not affected by sgr in rice. The results suggest that SGR might be involved in activation of the Chl-degrading pathway during leaf senescence through translational or posttranslational regulation of Chl-degrading enzymes.
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- Yutaka Sato
- *Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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- Institute of Radiation Breeding, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Hitachi-ohmiya 219-2293, Japan; and
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- Institute of Radiation Breeding, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Hitachi-ohmiya 219-2293, Japan; and
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- National Institute of Floricultural Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba 305-8519, Japan
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- *Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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Iino M, Nomura T, Tamaki Y, Yamada Y, Yoneyama K, Takeuchi Y, Mori M, Asami T, Nakano T, Yokota T. Progesterone: its occurrence in plants and involvement in plant growth. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2007; 68:1664-73. [PMID: 17512025 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2007.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2006] [Revised: 03/19/2007] [Accepted: 03/30/2007] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Progesterone is a mammalian gonadal hormone. In the current study, we identified and quantified progesterone in a range of higher plants by using GC-MS and examined its effects on the vegetative growth of plants. The growth of Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) seedlings was promoted by progesterone at low concentrations but suppressed at higher concentrations under both light and dark growth conditions. The growth of the gibberellin-deficient mutant lh of pea (Pisum sativum) was also promoted by progesterone. An earlier study demonstrated that progesterone binds to MEMBRANE STEROID BINDING PROTEIN 1 (MSBP1) of Arabidopsis. In this work, we cloned the homologous genes of Arabidopsis, MSBP2 and STEROID BINDING PROTEIN (SBP), as well as of rice (Oryza sativa), OsMSBP1, OsMSBP2 and OsSBP and examined their expression in plant tissues. All of these genes, except OsMSBP1, were expressed abundantly in plant tissues. The roles of progesterone in plant growth were also discussed.
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- Mayumi Iino
- Center for Research on Wild Plants, Utsunomiya University, Utsunomiya 321-8505, Japan
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Julier B, Huguet T, Chardon F, Ayadi R, Pierre JB, Prosperi JM, Barre P, Huyghe C. Identification of quantitative trait loci influencing aerial morphogenesis in the model legume Medicago truncatula. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2007; 114:1391-406. [PMID: 17375280 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-007-0525-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2006] [Accepted: 02/16/2007] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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In many legume crops, especially in forage legumes, aerial morphogenesis defined as growth and development of plant organs, is an essential trait as it determines plant and seed biomass as well as forage quality (protein concentration, dry matter digestibility). Medicago truncatula is a model species for legume crops. A set of 29 accessions of M. truncatula was evaluated for aerial morphogenetic traits. A recombinant inbred lines (RILs) mapping population was used for analysing quantitative variation in aerial morphogenetic traits and QTL detection. Genes described to be involved in aerial morphogenetic traits in other species were mapped to analyse co-location between QTLs and genes. A large variation was found for flowering date, morphology and dynamics of branch elongation among the 29 accessions and within the RILs population. Flowering date was negatively correlated to main stem and branch length. QTLs were detected for all traits, and each QTL explained from 5.2 to 59.2% of the phenotypic variation. A QTL explaining a large part of genetic variation for flowering date and branch growth was found on chromosome 7. The other chromosomes were also involved in the variation detected in several traits. Mapping of candidate genes indicates a co-location between a homologue of Constans gene or a flowering locus T (FT) gene and the QTL of flowering date on chromosome 7. Other candidate genes for several QTLs are described.
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- Bernadette Julier
- INRA, Unité de Génétique et d'Amélioration des Plantes Fourragères, BP6, 86600, Lusignan, France.
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Ayele BT, Ozga JA, Kurepin LV, Reinecke DM. Developmental and embryo axis regulation of gibberellin biosynthesis during germination and young seedling growth of pea. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2006; 142:1267-81. [PMID: 17012410 PMCID: PMC1630722 DOI: 10.1104/pp.106.086199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2006] [Accepted: 09/20/2006] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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The expression patterns of five genes (PsGA20ox1, PsGA20ox2, PsGA3ox1, PsGA2ox1, and PsGA2ox2) encoding five regulatory gibberellin (GA) biosynthesis enzymes (two GA 20-oxidases, a GA 3beta-hydroxylase, and two GA 2beta-hydroxylases) were examined to gain insight into how these genes coordinate GA biosynthesis during germination and early postgermination stages of the large-seeded dicotyledonous plant pea (Pisum sativum). At the time the developing embryo fills the seed coat, high mRNA levels of PsGA20ox2 (primarily responsible for conversion of C20-GAs to GA(20)), PsGA2ox1 (primarily responsible for conversion of GA(20) to GA(29)), and PsGA2ox2 (primarily responsible for conversion of GA(1) to GA(8)) were detected in the seeds, along with high GA(20) and GA(29) levels, the enzymatic products of these genes. Embryo maturation was accompanied by a large reduction in PsGA20ox2 and PsGA2ox1 mRNA and lower GA(20) and GA(29) levels. However, PsGA2ox2 transcripts remained high. Following seed imbibition, GA(20) levels in the cotyledons decreased, while PsGA3ox1 mRNA and GA(1) levels increased, implying that GA(20) was being used for de novo synthesis of GA(1). The presence of the embryo axis was required for stimulation of cotyledonary GA(1) synthesis at the mRNA and enzyme activity levels. As the embryo axis doubled in size, PsGA20ox1 and PsGA3ox1 transcripts increased, both GA(1) and GA(8) were detectable, PsGA2ox2 transcripts decreased, and PsGA2ox1 transcripts remained low. Cotyledonary-, root-, and shoot-specific expression of these GA biosynthesis genes and the resultant endogenous GA profiles support a key role for de novo GA biosynthesis in each organ during germination and early seedling growth of pea.
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- Belay T Ayele
- Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology Research Group, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2P5
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Pimenta Lange MJ, Lange T. Gibberellin biosynthesis and the regulation of plant development. PLANT BIOLOGY (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 2006; 8:281-90. [PMID: 16807819 DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-923882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Gibberellins (GAs) form a large family of plant growth substances with distinct functions during the whole life cycle of higher plants. The rate of GA biosynthesis and catabolism determines how the GA hormone pool occurs in plants in a tissue and developmentally regulated manner. With the availability of genes coding for GA biosynthetic enzymes, our understanding has improved dramatically of how GA plant hormones regulate and integrate a wide range of growth and developmental processes. This review focuses on two plant systems, pumpkin and Arabidopsis, which have added significantly to our understanding of GA biosynthesis and its regulation. In addition, we present models for regulation of GA biosynthesis in transgenic plants, and discuss their suitability for altering plant growth and development.
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- M J Pimenta Lange
- Institut für Pflanzenbiologie, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstrasse 4, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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Mitchum MG, Yamaguchi S, Hanada A, Kuwahara A, Yoshioka Y, Kato T, Tabata S, Kamiya Y, Sun TP. Distinct and overlapping roles of two gibberellin 3-oxidases in Arabidopsis development. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2006; 45:804-18. [PMID: 16460513 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2005.02642.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 196] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Gibberellin (GA) 3-oxidase, a class of 2-oxoglutarate-dependent dioxygenases, catalyzes the conversion of precursor GAs to their bioactive forms, thereby playing a direct role in determining the levels of bioactive GAs in plants. Gibberellin 3-oxidase in Arabidopsis is encoded by a multigene family consisting of at least four members, designated AtGA3ox1 to AtGA3ox4. It has yet to be investigated how each AtGA3ox gene contributes to optimizing bioactive GA levels during growth and development. Using quantitative real-time PCR analysis, we have shown that each AtGA3ox gene exhibits a unique organ-specific expression pattern, suggesting distinct developmental roles played by individual AtGA3ox members. To investigate the sites of synthesis of bioactive GA in plants, we generated transgenic Arabidopsis that carried AtGA3ox1-GUS and AtGA3ox2-GUS fusions. Comparisons of the GUS staining patterns of these plants with that of AtCPS-GUS from previous studies revealed the possible physical separation of the early and late stages of the GA pathway in roots. Phenotypic characterization and quantitative analysis of the endogenous GA content of ga3ox1 and ga3ox2 single and ga3ox1/ga3ox2 double mutants revealed distinct as well as overlapping roles of AtGA3ox1 and AtGA3ox2 in Arabidopsis development. Our results show that AtGA3ox1 and AtGA3ox2 are responsible for the synthesis of bioactive GAs during vegetative growth, but that they are dispensable for reproductive development. The stage-specific severe GA-deficient phenotypes of the ga3ox1/ga3ox2 mutant suggest that AtGA3ox3 and AtGA3ox4 are tightly regulated by developmental cues; AtGA3ox3 and AtGA3ox4 are not upregulated to compensate for GA deficiency during vegetative growth of the double mutant.
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- Melissa G Mitchum
- Developmental, Cell, and Molecular Biology Group, Department of Botany, Box 91000, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-1000, USA
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Appleford NEJ, Evans DJ, Lenton JR, Gaskin P, Croker SJ, Devos KM, Phillips AL, Hedden P. Function and transcript analysis of gibberellin-biosynthetic enzymes in wheat. PLANTA 2006; 223:568-82. [PMID: 16160850 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-005-0104-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2005] [Accepted: 07/29/2005] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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The enzymes gibberellin (GA) 20-oxidase and 3-oxidase are major sites of regulation in GA biosynthesis. We have characterised one member of each of the gene families encoding these enzymes that are highly expressed in elongating stems and in developing and germinating grains of wheat and are therefore likely to have prominent developmental roles in these tissues. We mapped the three homoeologues of the GA 20-oxidase gene TaGA20ox1 to chromosomes 5BL, 5DL and 4AL. TaGA20ox1 is expressed mainly in the nodes and ears of the elongating stem, and also in developing and germinating embryos. Expression in the nodes, ears and germinating embryos is predominantly from the A and D genomes. Each homoeologous cDNA encodes a functional enzyme that catalyses the multi-step conversions of GA12-GA9, and GA53-GA20. Time course and enzyme kinetic studies indicate that the initial oxidation steps from GA12 and GA53 to the free alcohol forms of GA15 and GA44, respectively, occur rapidly but that subsequent steps occur more slowly. The intermediate GA19 has an especially low affinity for the enzyme, consistent with its accumulation in wheat tissues. The three homoeologous cDNAs for the 3-oxidase gene TaGA3ox2 encode functional enzymes, one of which was shown to possess low levels of 2beta-hydroxylase, 2,3-desaturase, 2,3-epoxidase and even 13-hydroxylase activities in addition to 3beta-hydroxylase activity. In contrast to TaGA20ox1, TaGA3ox2 is expressed in internodes, as well as nodes and the ear of the elongating stem. It is also highly expressed in developing and germinated embryos.
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Davidson SE, Swain SM, Reid JB. Regulation of the early GA biosynthesis pathway in pea. PLANTA 2005; 222:1010-9. [PMID: 16133215 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-005-0045-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2005] [Accepted: 05/24/2005] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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The early steps in the gibberellin (GA) biosynthetic pathway are controlled by single copy genes or small gene families. In pea (Pisum sativum L.) there are two ent-kaurenoic acid oxidases, one expressed only in the seeds, while ent-copalyl synthesis and ent-kaurene oxidation appear to be controlled by single copy genes. None of these genes appear to show feedback regulation and the only major developmental regulation appears to be during seed development. During shoot maturation, transcript levels do not change markedly with the result that all the three genes examined are expressed in mature tissue, supporting recent findings that these tissues can synthesise GAs. It therefore appears that the regulation of bioactive GA levels are determined by the enzymes encoded by the 2-oxoglutarate-dependent dioxygenase gene families controlling the later steps in GA biosynthesis. However the early steps are nonetheless important as a clear log/linear relationship exists between elongation and the level of GA1 in a range of single and double mutants in genes controlling these steps.
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- Sandra E Davidson
- School of Plant Science, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 55, Hobart, TAS, 7001, Australia
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Curtis IS, Hanada A, Yamaguchi S, Kamiya Y. Modification of plant architecture through the expression of GA 2-oxidase under the control of an estrogen inducible promoter in Arabidopsis thaliana L. PLANTA 2005; 222:957-67. [PMID: 16270204 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-005-0037-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2005] [Accepted: 04/29/2005] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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The gibberellin (GA) 2-oxidase (PcGA2ox1) from bean catalyses the 2beta-hydroxylation of some precursor and bioactive GAs resulting in their inactivation. We have expressed PcGA2ox1 under the control of the estrogen receptor-based chemical-inducible system, XVE, to modify plant architecture and assess whether transgene expression is localised. Applications of estradiol to the shoot apical region of inducible PcGA2ox1 overexpressors exhibited delays in both bolting (maximum of 46 days) and times to anthesis (maximum of 62 days) compared to wildtype (36 and 41 days, respectively), without altering leaf area. Individual treated leaves showed signs of epinasty and became dark green; such estradiol-treated regions maintained these 'green-islands' well beyond the onset of leaf senescence. Northern blots revealed that the PcGA2ox1 transcript could be detected within 1 h of treatment. The level of PcGA2ox1 transcript appeared to peak 3-5 h after estradiol application in both high and semi expressors. Quantitative Reverse Transcription (QRT)-PCR data showed that GA down-regulated genes AtGA3ox1, AtGA20ox1 and SCARECROW-LIKE3 (SCL3) were up-regulated and the GA up-regulated genes AtGA2ox1 and AtExp1 were down-regulated in estradiol-treated leaves of inducible PcGA2ox1 overexpressors; neighbouring non-treated leaves showing no significant changes. Further molecular analyses revealed that expression of the transgene was confined to estradiol-treated leaves only. Expression profiles of GA down- and up-regulated genes in inducer-treated overexpressors appeared to be synchronised with changes in leaf phenotype. These observations suggest that PcGA2ox1 under the control of the XVE system can be used effectively to alter plant architecture in Arabidopsis by localised 2beta-hydroxylation of GAs at estradiol-treated sites.
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- Ian S Curtis
- Plant Science Center, RIKEN, 1-7-22 Suehirocho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045, Japan.
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Stavang JA, Lindgård B, Erntsen A, Lid SE, Moe R, Olsen JE. Thermoperiodic stem elongation involves transcriptional regulation of gibberellin deactivation in pea. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2005; 138:2344-53. [PMID: 16055683 PMCID: PMC1183420 DOI: 10.1104/pp.105.063149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2005] [Revised: 05/21/2005] [Accepted: 05/31/2005] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The physiological basis of thermoperiodic stem elongation is as yet poorly understood. Thermoperiodic control of gibberellin (GA) metabolism has been suggested as an underlying mechanism. We have investigated the influence of different day and night temperature combinations on GA levels, and diurnal steady-state expression of genes involved in GA biosynthesis (LS, LH, NA, PSGA20ox1, and PsGA3ox1) and GA deactivation (PsGA2ox1 and PsGA2ox2), and related this to diurnal stem elongation in pea (Pisum sativum L. cv Torsdag). The plants were grown under a 12-h light period with an average temperature of 17 degrees C. A day temperature/night temperature combination of 13 degrees C/21 degrees C reduced stem elongation after 12 d by 30% as compared to 21 degrees C/13 degrees C. This was correlated with a 55% reduction of GA1. Although plant height correlated with GA1 content, there was no correlation between diurnal growth rhythms and GA1 content. NA, PsGA20ox1, and PsGA2ox2 showed diurnal rhythms of expression. PsGA2ox2 was up-regulated in 13 degrees C/21 degrees C (compared to 21 degrees C/13 degrees C), at certain time points, by up to 19-fold. Relative to PsGA2ox2, the expression of LS, LH, NA, PSGA20ox1, PsGA3ox1, and PsGA2ox1 was not or only slightly affected by the different temperature treatments. The sln mutant having a nonfunctional PsGA2ox1 gene product showed the same relative stem elongation response to temperature as the wild type. This supports the importance of PsGA2ox2 in mediating thermoperiodic stem elongation responses in pea. We present evidence for an important role of GA catabolism in thermoperiodic effect on stem elongation and conclude that PsGA2ox2 is the main mediator of this effect in pea.
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- Jon Anders Stavang
- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, N1432 As, Norway
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