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Nisler J, Klimeš P, Končitíková R, Kadlecová A, Voller J, Chalaki M, Karampelias M, Murvanidze N, Werbrouck SPO, Kopečný D, Havlíček L, De Diego N, Briozzo P, Moréra S, Zalabák D, Spíchal L. Cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase inhibitors: progress towards agricultural practice. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2024; 75:4873-4890. [PMID: 38776394 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erae239] [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: 01/24/2024] [Accepted: 05/21/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024]
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Cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase (CKX) inhibitors reduce the degradation of cytokinins in plants and thereby may improve the efficiency of agriculture and plant tissue culture-based practices. Here, we report a synthesis and structure-activity relationship study of novel urea derivatives concerning their CKX inhibitory activity. The most active compounds showed sub-nanomolar IC50 values with maize ZmCKX1, the lowest value yet documented. Other CKX isoforms of maize and Arabidopsis were also inhibited very effectively. The binding mode of four compounds was characterized based on high-resolution crystal complex structures. Using the soil nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, and human skin fibroblasts, key CKX inhibitors with low toxicity were identified. These compounds enhanced the shoot regeneration of Lobelia, Drosera, and Plectranthus, as well as the growth of Arabidopsis and Brassica napus. At the same time, a key compound (identified as 82) activated a cytokinin primary response gene, ARR5:GUS, and a cytokinin sensor, TCSv2:GUS, without activating the Arabidopsis cytokinin receptors AHK3 and AHK4. This strongly implies that the effect of compound 82 is due to the up-regulation of cytokinin signalling. Overall, this study identifies highly effective and easily prepared CKX inhibitors with a low risk of environmental toxicity for further investigation of their potential in agriculture and biotechnology.
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- Jaroslav Nisler
- Isotope Laboratory, Institute of Experimental Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, CZ-142 20 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Czech Advanced Technology and Research Institute (CATRIN), Palacký University Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 27, CZ-783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, CZ-783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, CZ-783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, CZ-783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Isotope Laboratory, Institute of Experimental Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, CZ-142 20 Prague, Czech Republic
- Department of Experimental Plant Biology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Viničná 5, CZ-128 43 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Hormonal Regulations in Plants, Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Rozvojová 263, CZ-165 02 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Department Plants and Crops, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department Plants and Crops, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, CZ-783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Isotope Laboratory, Institute of Experimental Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, CZ-142 20 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Czech Advanced Technology and Research Institute (CATRIN), Palacký University Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 27, CZ-783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Route de Saint-Cyr, F-78026 Versailles, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences & Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, CZ-783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Czech Advanced Technology and Research Institute (CATRIN), Palacký University Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 27, CZ-783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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Hsieh CY, Hsieh LS. Cloning of Three Cytokinin Oxidase/Dehydrogenase Genes in Bambusa oldhamii. Curr Issues Mol Biol 2023; 45:1902-1913. [PMID: 36975493 PMCID: PMC10047441 DOI: 10.3390/cimb45030123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2023] [Revised: 02/23/2023] [Accepted: 02/24/2023] [Indexed: 03/03/2023] Open
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Cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase (CKX) catalyzes the irreversible breakdown of active cytokinins, which are a class of plant hormones that regulate cell division. According to conserved sequences of CKX genes from monocotyledons, PCR primers were designed to synthesize a probe for screening a bamboo genomic library. Cloned results of three genes encoding cytokinin oxidase were named as follows: BoCKX1, BoCKX2, and BoCKX3. In comparing the exon-intron structures among the above three genes, there are three exons and two introns in BoCKX1 and BoCKX3 genes, whereas BoCKX2 contains four exons and three introns. The amino acid sequence of BoCKX2 protein shares 78% and 79% identity with BoCKX1 and BoCKX3 proteins, respectively. BoCKX1 and BoCKX3 genes are particularly closely related given that the amino acid and nucleotide sequence identities are more than 90%. These three BoCKX proteins carried putative signal peptide sequences typical of secretion pathway, and a GHS-motif was found at N-terminal flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) binding domain, suggesting that BoCKX proteins might covalently conjugate with an FAD cofactor through a predicted histidine residue.
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- Chun-Yen Hsieh
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei City 11101, Taiwan
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- Department of Food Science, College of Agriculture, Tunghai University, Taichung 40704, Taiwan
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +886-4-23590121 (ext. 37331)
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Zheng X, Zhang S, Liang Y, Zhang R, Liu L, Qin P, Zhang Z, Wang Y, Zhou J, Tang X, Zhang Y. Loss-function mutants of OsCKX gene family based on CRISPR-Cas systems revealed their diversified roles in rice. THE PLANT GENOME 2023:e20283. [PMID: 36660867 DOI: 10.1002/tpg2.20283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2022] [Accepted: 10/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Cytokinin (CTK) is an important plant hormone that promotes cell division, controls cell differentiation, and regulates a variety of plant growth and development processes. Cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase (CKX) is an irreversible cytokinin-degrading enzyme that affects plant growth and development by regulating the dynamic balance of CTKs synthesis and degradation. There are presumed 11 members of the CKX gene family in rice (Oryza sativa L.), but limited members have been reported. In this study, based on CRISPR-Cas9 and CRISPR-Cas12a genome-editing technology, we established a complete set of OsCKX1-OsCKX11 single-gene mutants, as well as double-gene and triple-gene mutants of different OsCKXs gene combinations with high similarity. The results revealed that CRISPR-Cas12a outperformed Cas9 to generate biallelic mutations, multi-gene mutants, and more diverse genotypes. And then, we found, except the reported OsCKX2, OsCKX4, OsCKX9 and OsCKX11, OsCKX5, OsCKX6, OsCKX7, and OsCKX8 also had significant effects on agronomic traits such as plant height, panicle size, grain size, and grain number per panicle in rice. In addition, the different loss-of-function of the OsCKX genes also changed the seed appearance quality and starch composition. Interestingly, by comparing different combinations of multi-gene mutants, we found significant functional redundancy among OsCKX gene members in the same phylogenetic clade. These data collectively reveal the diversified regulating capabilities of OsCKX genes in rice, and also provide the valuable reference for further rice molecular breeding.
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- Xuelian Zheng
- Dep. of Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Center for Informational Biology, Univ. of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, China
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- Dep. of Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Center for Informational Biology, Univ. of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, China
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- Dep. of Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Center for Informational Biology, Univ. of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, China
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- Dep. of Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Center for Informational Biology, Univ. of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, China
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- Dep. of Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Center for Informational Biology, Univ. of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, China
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- Dep. of Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Center for Informational Biology, Univ. of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, China
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- Dep. of Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Center for Informational Biology, Univ. of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, China
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- Dep. of Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Center for Informational Biology, Univ. of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, China
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- Dep. of Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Center for Informational Biology, Univ. of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, China
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- Dep. of Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Center for Informational Biology, Univ. of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, China
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- Dep. of Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Center for Informational Biology, Univ. of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, China
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Song Y, Li C, Zhu Y, Guo P, Wang Q, Zhang L, Wang Z, Di H. Overexpression of ZmIPT2 gene delays leaf senescence and improves grain yield in maize. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:963873. [PMID: 35928712 PMCID: PMC9344930 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.963873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2022] [Accepted: 06/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Cytokinins (CTKs) are a major phytohormone group that are significant in the promotion of cellular division, growth, and divergence. Isopentenyl transferase (IPT) regulates a rate-limiting step in plant CTK synthesis, promotes the synthesis of isopentenyl adenonucleotides from 5-AMP and isopentenyl pyrophosphate, and then converts both these chemicals into various CTKs. Here, the full-length cDNA of ZmIPT2, which encodes 322 amino acids, was isolated and was introduced into a maize inbred line by Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. In both controlled environments and field experiments, the overexpression of ZmIPT2 gene in the transformed plants delayed leaf senescence. Compared to the receptor line, the transgenic maize lines retained higher chlorophyll levels, photosynthetic rates, and cytokinin content for an extended period of time, and produced significantly higher grain yield by a margin of 17.71-20.29% under normal field planting conditions. Subsequently, ten possible genes that interacted with ZmIPT2 were analyzed by qRT-PCR, showing that the expression pattern of GRMZM2G022904 was consistent with ZmIPT2 expression. Through comprehensive analysis, we screened for transgenic lines with stable inheritance of ZmIPT2 gene, clear functional efficiency, and significant yield improvement, in order to provide theoretical basis and material support for the breeding of new high-yield transgenic maize varieties.
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Zhang Y, Bai J, Zhang L, Zhang C, Liu B, Hu Y. Self-Resistance in the Biosynthesis of Fungal Macrolides Involving Cycles of Extracellular Oxidative Activation and Intracellular Reductive Inactivation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:6639-6645. [PMID: 33314510 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202015442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Self-resistance genes are employed by many microbial producers of bioactive natural products to avoid self-harm. Herein, we describe a unique strategy for self-resistance toward a macrolide antibiotic, A26771B (1), identified by elucidating its biosynthetic pathway in the fungus Penicillium egyptiacum. A highly reducing polyketide synthase and a trans-acting thioesterase generate the macrolide backbone, and a cytochrome P450 and an acyltransferase, respectively catalyze hydroxylation and succinylation to form the prodrug berkeleylactone E (2). Then, extracellular oxidative activation by a secreted flavin-dependent oxidase forms 1, while intracellular reductive inactivation by a short-chain reductase reforms 2, forming a redox cycle. Our work illustrates a unique redox-mediated resistance mechanism for fungal antibiotics and contributes to the understanding of antibiotic biosynthesis and resistance.
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- Yalong Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, NHC Key Laboratory of Biosynthesis of Natural Products, CAMS Key Laboratory of Enzyme and Catalysis of Natural Drugs, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100050, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, NHC Key Laboratory of Biosynthesis of Natural Products, CAMS Key Laboratory of Enzyme and Catalysis of Natural Drugs, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100050, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, NHC Key Laboratory of Biosynthesis of Natural Products, CAMS Key Laboratory of Enzyme and Catalysis of Natural Drugs, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100050, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, NHC Key Laboratory of Biosynthesis of Natural Products, CAMS Key Laboratory of Enzyme and Catalysis of Natural Drugs, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100050, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, NHC Key Laboratory of Biosynthesis of Natural Products, CAMS Key Laboratory of Enzyme and Catalysis of Natural Drugs, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100050, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, NHC Key Laboratory of Biosynthesis of Natural Products, CAMS Key Laboratory of Enzyme and Catalysis of Natural Drugs, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100050, P. R. China
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Self‐Resistance in the Biosynthesis of Fungal Macrolides Involving Cycles of Extracellular Oxidative Activation and Intracellular Reductive Inactivation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202015442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The Hulks and the Deadpools of the Cytokinin Universe: A Dual Strategy for Cytokinin Production, Translocation, and Signal Transduction. Biomolecules 2021; 11:biom11020209. [PMID: 33546210 PMCID: PMC7913349 DOI: 10.3390/biom11020209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2021] [Revised: 01/27/2021] [Accepted: 01/28/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Cytokinins are plant hormones, derivatives of adenine with a side chain at the N6-position. They are involved in many physiological processes. While the metabolism of trans-zeatin and isopentenyladenine, which are considered to be highly active cytokinins, has been extensively studied, there are others with less obvious functions, such as cis-zeatin, dihydrozeatin, and aromatic cytokinins, which have been comparatively neglected. To help explain this duality, we present a novel hypothesis metaphorically comparing various cytokinin forms, enzymes of CK metabolism, and their signalling and transporter functions to the comics superheroes Hulk and Deadpool. Hulk is a powerful but short-lived creation, whilst Deadpool presents a more subtle and enduring force. With this dual framework in mind, this review compares different cytokinin metabolites, and their biosynthesis, translocation, and sensing to illustrate the different mechanisms behind the two CK strategies. This is put together and applied to a plant developmental scale and, beyond plants, to interactions with organisms of other kingdoms, to highlight where future study can benefit the understanding of plant fitness and productivity.
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Nisler J, Kopečný D, Pěkná Z, Končitíková R, Koprna R, Murvanidze N, Werbrouck SPO, Havlíček L, De Diego N, Kopečná M, Wimmer Z, Briozzo P, Moréra S, Zalabák D, Spíchal L, Strnad M. Diphenylurea-derived cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase inhibitors for biotechnology and agriculture. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2021; 72:355-370. [PMID: 32945834 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eraa437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2020] [Accepted: 09/17/2020] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Increasing crop productivity is our major challenge if we are to meet global needs for food, fodder and fuel. Controlling the content of the plant hormone cytokinin is a method of improving plant productivity. Cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase (CKO/CKX) is a major target in this regard because it degrades cytokinins. Here, we describe the synthesis and biological activities of new CKX inhibitors derived mainly from diphenylurea. They were tested on four CKX isoforms from maize and Arabidopsis, where the best compounds showed IC50 values in the 10-8 M concentration range. The binding mode of the most efficient inhibitors was characterized from high-resolution crystal complexed structures. Although these compounds do not possess intrinsic cytokinin activity, we have demonstrated their tremendous potential for use in the plant tissue culture industry as well as in agriculture. We have identified a key substance, compound 19, which not only increases stress resistance and seed yield in Arabidopsis, but also improves the yield of wheat, barley and rapeseed grains under field conditions. Our findings reveal that modulation of cytokinin levels via CKX inhibition can positively affect plant growth, development and yield, and prove that CKX inhibitors can be an attractive target in plant biotechnology and agriculture.
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- Jaroslav Nisler
- Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences & Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, Olomouc, Czech Republic
- Department of Chemistry of Natural Compounds, Faculty of Food and Biochemical Technology, University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague, Technická 5, Prague, Czech Republic
- Department of Chemical Biology and Genetics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Protein Biochemistry and Proteomics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Genetics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Protein Biochemistry and Proteomics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Genetics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department Plants and Crops, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department Plants and Crops, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Isotope Laboratory, Institute of Experimental Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, 142 20 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Genetics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Protein Biochemistry and Proteomics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemistry of Natural Compounds, Faculty of Food and Biochemical Technology, University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague, Technická 5, Prague, Czech Republic
- Isotope Laboratory, Institute of Experimental Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, 142 20 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Route de Saint-Cyr, Versailles, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Genetics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences & Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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Nguyen HN, Kambhampati S, Kisiala A, Seegobin M, Emery RJN. The soybean ( Glycine max L.) cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase multigene family; Identification of natural variations for altered cytokinin content and seed yield. PLANT DIRECT 2021; 5:e00308. [PMID: 33644633 PMCID: PMC7887454 DOI: 10.1002/pld3.308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2020] [Revised: 01/15/2021] [Accepted: 01/18/2021] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Cytokinins (CKs) play a fundamental role in regulating dynamics of organ source/sink relationships during plant development, including flowering and seed formation stages. As a result, CKs are key drivers of seed yield. The cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase (CKX) is one of the critical enzymes responsible for regulating plant CK levels by causing their irreversible degradation. Variation of CKX activity is significantly correlated with seed yield in many crop species while in soybean (Glycine max L.), the possible associations between CKX gene family members (GFMs) and yield parameters have not yet been assessed. In this study, 17 GmCKX GFMs were identified, and natural variations among GmCKX genes were probed among soybean cultivars with varying yield characteristics. The key CKX genes responsible for regulating CK content during seed filling stages of reproductive development were highlighted using comparative phylogenetics, gene expression analysis and CK metabolite profiling. Five of the seventeen identified GmCKX GFMs, showed natural variations in the form of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). The gene GmCKX7-1, with high expression during critical seed filling stages, was found to have a non-synonymous mutation (H105Q), on one of the active site residues, Histidine 105, previously reported to be essential for co-factor binding to maintain structural integrity of the enzyme. Soybean lines with this mutation had higher CK content and desired yield characteristics. The potential for marker-assisted selection based on the identified natural variation within GmCKX7-1, is discussed in the context of hormonal control that can result in higher soybean yield.
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- Department of BiologyTrent UniversityPeterboroughONCanada
- Donald Danforth Plant Science CenterSt. LouisMOUSA
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- Department of BiologyTrent UniversityPeterboroughONCanada
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- Department of BiologyTrent UniversityPeterboroughONCanada
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Zhang W, Peng K, Cui F, Wang D, Zhao J, Zhang Y, Yu N, Wang Y, Zeng D, Wang Y, Cheng Z, Zhang K. Cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase OsCKX11 coordinates source and sink relationship in rice by simultaneous regulation of leaf senescence and grain number. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2021; 19:335-350. [PMID: 33448635 PMCID: PMC7868977 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.13467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2020] [Revised: 07/15/2020] [Accepted: 07/27/2020] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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The flag leaf and grain belong to the source and sink, respectively, of cereals, and both have a bearing on final yield. Premature leaf senescence significantly reduces the photosynthetic rate and severely lowers crop yield. Cytokinins play important roles in leaf senescence and determine grain number. Here, we characterized the roles of the rice (Oryza sativa L.) cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase OsCKX11 in delaying leaf senescence, increasing grain number, and coordinately regulating source and sink. OsCKX11 was predominantly expressed in the roots, leaves, and panicles and was strongly induced by abscisic acid and leaf senescence. Recombinant OsCKX11 protein catalysed the degradation of various types of cytokinins but showed preference for trans-zeatin and cis-zeatin. Cytokinin levels were significantly increased in the flag leaves of osckx11 mutant compared to those of the wild type (WT). In the osckx11 mutant, the ABA-biosynthesizing genes were down-regulated and the ABA-degrading genes were up-regulated, thereby reducing the ABA levels relative to the WT. Thus, OsCKX11 functions antagonistically between cytokinins and ABA in leaf senescence. Moreover, osckx11 presented with significantly increased branch, tiller, and grain number compared with the WT. Collectively, our findings reveal that OsCKX11 simultaneously regulates photosynthesis and grain number, which may provide new insights into leaf senescence and crop molecular breeding.
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- Wei Zhang
- Department of BiologyZhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology on Specialty Economic PlantsCollege of Chemistry and Life SciencesZhejiang Normal UniversityJinhuaZhejiangChina
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- Department of BiologyZhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology on Specialty Economic PlantsCollege of Chemistry and Life SciencesZhejiang Normal UniversityJinhuaZhejiangChina
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- Department of BiologyZhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology on Specialty Economic PlantsCollege of Chemistry and Life SciencesZhejiang Normal UniversityJinhuaZhejiangChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and Center for Plant Gene ResearchInstitute of Genetics and Developmental BiologyChinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
- University of the Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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- Department of BiologyZhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology on Specialty Economic PlantsCollege of Chemistry and Life SciencesZhejiang Normal UniversityJinhuaZhejiangChina
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- Department of BiologyZhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology on Specialty Economic PlantsCollege of Chemistry and Life SciencesZhejiang Normal UniversityJinhuaZhejiangChina
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- Department of BiologyZhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology on Specialty Economic PlantsCollege of Chemistry and Life SciencesZhejiang Normal UniversityJinhuaZhejiangChina
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- Department of BiologyZhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology on Specialty Economic PlantsCollege of Chemistry and Life SciencesZhejiang Normal UniversityJinhuaZhejiangChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice BiologyChina National Rice Research InstituteHangzhouChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and Center for Plant Gene ResearchInstitute of Genetics and Developmental BiologyChinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
- University of the Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
- College of Life SciencesShandong Agricultural UniversityTaianShandongChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and Center for Plant Gene ResearchInstitute of Genetics and Developmental BiologyChinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
- University of the Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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- Department of BiologyZhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology on Specialty Economic PlantsCollege of Chemistry and Life SciencesZhejiang Normal UniversityJinhuaZhejiangChina
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Lu X, Wang J, Wang Y, Wen W, Zhang Y, Du J, Zhao Y, Guo X. Genome-Wide Association Study of Maize Aboveground Dry Matter Accumulation at Seedling Stage. Front Genet 2021; 11:571236. [PMID: 33519889 PMCID: PMC7838602 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2020.571236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2020] [Accepted: 11/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Dry matter accumulation and partitioning during the early phases of development could significantly affect crop growth and productivity. In this study, the aboveground dry matter (DM), the DM of different organs, and partition coefficients of a maize association mapping panel of 412 inbred lines were evaluated at the third and sixth leaf stages (V3 and V6). Further, the properties of these phenotypic traits were analyzed. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) were conducted on the total aboveground biomass and the DM of different organs. Analysis of GWAS results identified a total of 1,103 unique candidate genes annotated by 678 significant SNPs (P value < 1.28e-6). A total of 224 genes annotated by SNPs at the top five of each GWAS method and detected by multiple GWAS methods were regarded as having high reliability. Pathway enrichment analysis was also performed to explore the biological significance and functions of these candidate genes. Several biological pathways related to the regulation of seed growth, gibberellin-mediated signaling pathway, and long-day photoperiodism were enriched. The results of our study could provide new perspectives on breeding high-yielding maize varieties.
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- Xianju Lu
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Plant, Beijing Research Center for Information Technology in Agriculture, National Engineering Research Center for Information Technology in Agriculture, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Plant, Beijing Research Center for Information Technology in Agriculture, National Engineering Research Center for Information Technology in Agriculture, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Plant, Beijing Research Center for Information Technology in Agriculture, National Engineering Research Center for Information Technology in Agriculture, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Plant, Beijing Research Center for Information Technology in Agriculture, National Engineering Research Center for Information Technology in Agriculture, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Plant, Beijing Research Center for Information Technology in Agriculture, National Engineering Research Center for Information Technology in Agriculture, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Plant, Beijing Research Center for Information Technology in Agriculture, National Engineering Research Center for Information Technology in Agriculture, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Maize DNA Fingerprinting and Molecular Breeding, Maize Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Plant, Beijing Research Center for Information Technology in Agriculture, National Engineering Research Center for Information Technology in Agriculture, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
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Wang X, Ding J, Lin S, Liu D, Gu T, Wu H, Trigiano RN, McAvoy R, Huang J, Li Y. Evolution and roles of cytokinin genes in angiosperms 2: Do ancient CKXs play housekeeping roles while non-ancient CKXs play regulatory roles? HORTICULTURE RESEARCH 2020; 7:29. [PMID: 32140238 PMCID: PMC7049301 DOI: 10.1038/s41438-020-0246-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2019] [Revised: 12/27/2019] [Accepted: 01/04/2020] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase (CKX) is a key enzyme responsible for the degradation of endogenous cytokinins. However, the origins and roles of CKX genes in angiosperm evolution remain unclear. Based on comprehensive bioinformatic and transgenic plant analyses, we demonstrate that the CKXs of land plants most likely originated from an ancient chlamydial endosymbiont during primary endosymbiosis. We refer to the CKXs retaining evolutionarily ancient characteristics as "ancient CKXs" and those that have expanded and functionally diverged in angiosperms as "non-ancient CKXs". We show that the expression of some non-ancient CKXs is rapidly inducible within 15 min upon the dehydration of Arabidopsis, while the ancient CKX (AtCKX7) is not drought responsive. Tobacco plants overexpressing a non-ancient CKX display improved oxidative and drought tolerance and root growth. Previous mutant studies have shown that non-ancient CKXs regulate organ development, particularly that of flowers. Furthermore, ancient CKXs preferentially degrade cis-zeatin (cZ)-type cytokinins, while non-ancient CKXs preferentially target N6-(Δ2-isopentenyl) adenines (iPs) and trans-zeatins (tZs). Based on the results of this work, an accompanying study (Wang et al. 10.1038/s41438-019-0211-x) and previous studies, we hypothesize that non-ancient CKXs and their preferred substrates of iP/tZ-type cytokinins regulate angiosperm organ development and environmental stress responses, while ancient CKXs and their preferred substrates of cZs play a housekeeping role, which echoes the conclusions and hypothesis described in the accompanying report (Wang, X. et al. Evolution and roles of cytokinin genes in angiosperms 1: Doancient IPTs play housekeeping while non-ancient IPTs play regulatory roles? Hortic Res7, (2020). 10.1038/s41438-019-0211-x).
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- Xiaojing Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement and College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement and College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement and College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement and College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement and College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement and College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P. R. China
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-4560 USA
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- Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269 USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, Key Laboratory of Plant Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, China
- Department of Biology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858 USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement and College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P. R. China
- Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269 USA
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Hošek P, Hoyerová K, Kiran NS, Dobrev PI, Zahajská L, Filepová R, Motyka V, Müller K, Kamínek M. Distinct metabolism of N-glucosides of isopentenyladenine and trans-zeatin determines cytokinin metabolic spectrum in Arabidopsis. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2020; 225:2423-2438. [PMID: 31682013 DOI: 10.1111/nph.16310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2019] [Accepted: 10/26/2019] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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The diversity of cytokinin (CK) metabolites suggests their interconversions are the predominant regulatory mechanism of CK action. Nevertheless, little is known about their directionality and kinetics in planta. CK metabolite levels were measured in 2-wk-old Arabidopsis thaliana plants at several time points up to 100 min following exogenous application of selected CKs. The data were then evaluated qualitatively and by mathematical modeling. Apart from elevated levels of trans-zeatin (tZ) metabolites upon application of N6 -(Δ2 -isopentenyl)adenine (iP), we observed no conversions between the individual CK-types - iP, tZ, dihydrozeatin (DHZ) and cis-zeatin (cZ). In particular, there was no sign of isomerization between tZ and cZ families. Also, no increase of DHZ-type CKs was observed after application of tZ, suggesting low baseline activity of zeatin reductase. Among N-glucosides, those of iP were not converted back to iP while tZ N-glucosides were cleaved to tZ bases, thus affecting the whole metabolic spectrum. We present the first large-scale study of short-term CK metabolism kinetics and show that tZ N7- and N9-glucosides are metabolized in vivo. We thus refute the generally accepted hypothesis that N-glucosylation irreversibly inactivates CKs. The subsequently constructed mathematical model provides estimates of the metabolic conversion rates.
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- Petr Hošek
- The Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Experimental Botany, Rozvojová 263, 165 02, Praha 6, Czech Republic
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- The Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Experimental Botany, Rozvojová 263, 165 02, Praha 6, Czech Republic
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- The Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Experimental Botany, Rozvojová 263, 165 02, Praha 6, Czech Republic
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- The Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Experimental Botany, Rozvojová 263, 165 02, Praha 6, Czech Republic
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- The Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Experimental Botany, Rozvojová 263, 165 02, Praha 6, Czech Republic
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- The Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Experimental Botany, Rozvojová 263, 165 02, Praha 6, Czech Republic
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- The Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Experimental Botany, Rozvojová 263, 165 02, Praha 6, Czech Republic
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- The Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Experimental Botany, Rozvojová 263, 165 02, Praha 6, Czech Republic
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- The Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Experimental Botany, Rozvojová 263, 165 02, Praha 6, Czech Republic
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Kroll CK, Brenner WG. Cytokinin Signaling Downstream of the His-Asp Phosphorelay Network: Cytokinin-Regulated Genes and Their Functions. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:604489. [PMID: 33329676 PMCID: PMC7718014 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.604489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2020] [Accepted: 10/26/2020] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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The plant hormone cytokinin, existing in several molecular forms, is perceived by membrane-localized histidine kinases. The signal is transduced to transcription factors of the type-B response regulator family localized in the nucleus by a multi-step histidine-aspartate phosphorelay network employing histidine phosphotransmitters as shuttle proteins across the nuclear envelope. The type-B response regulators activate a number of primary response genes, some of which trigger in turn further signaling events and the expression of secondary response genes. Most genes activated in both rounds of transcription were identified with high confidence using different transcriptomic toolkits and meta analyses of multiple individual published datasets. In this review, we attempt to summarize the existing knowledge about the primary and secondary cytokinin response genes in order to try connecting gene expression with the multitude of effects that cytokinin exerts within the plant body and throughout the lifespan of a plant.
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Qiu Y, Guan SC, Wen C, Li P, Gao Z, Chen X. Auxin and cytokinin coordinate the dormancy and outgrowth of axillary bud in strawberry runner. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2019; 19:528. [PMID: 31783789 PMCID: PMC6884756 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-019-2151-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2019] [Accepted: 11/20/2019] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Axillary buds allow the production of either vegetative or reproductive shoots, which display a plastic developmental potential of the plant to suit the prevailing environmental changes. Strawberry represents one of many plant species which displays horizontal above-ground growth of shoot development for asexual reproduction. Two distinct runner growth patterns exist in different strawberry species: one is called sympodial type such as Fragaria vesca, and the other one is called monopodial type such as Fragaria pentaphylla. Despite the runner growth morphology of these strawberry species have been well known, the mechanisms that determine the distinct patterns have rarely been reported. RESULTS In this study, we used Fragaria vesca Hawaii-4 and Fragaria pentaphylla as model species, and captured the initiated dormant bud and non-dormant bud as materials to compare their transcriptome profiles and phytohormone content. Comparisons revealed that relatively higher auxin activity is present in the dormant bud and relatively higher cytokinin activity is in the non-dormant bud. Decapitation and pharmacological experiments on dormant buds showed that the reduction of auxin accumulation triggers the regeneration of vegetative shoots in dormant buds, and exogenous cytokinin application triggers cell fate turnover and generation of reproductive shoots. CONCLUSION Here, we uncover a mechanism by which auxin and cytokinin coordinate the dormancy and outgrowth of axillary bud in strawberry runner. Our results suggest a contrasting behavior of auxin and cytokinin in control of axillary bud development, facilitating a preliminary understanding of shoot architecture formation in strawberry.
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- Yuting Qiu
- College of Horticulture and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Haixia Applied Plant Systems Biology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
- FAFU-UCR Joint Center for Horticultural Biology and Metabolomics, Haixia Institute of Science and Technology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- College of Horticulture and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Haixia Applied Plant Systems Biology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
- FAFU-UCR Joint Center for Horticultural Biology and Metabolomics, Haixia Institute of Science and Technology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- College of Horticulture and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Haixia Applied Plant Systems Biology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
- FAFU-UCR Joint Center for Horticultural Biology and Metabolomics, Haixia Institute of Science and Technology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- Zibo Agriculture and Rural Affairs Service Center, Zibo, 255400, China
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- FAFU-UCR Joint Center for Horticultural Biology and Metabolomics, Haixia Institute of Science and Technology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China.
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- College of Horticulture and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Haixia Applied Plant Systems Biology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
- FAFU-UCR Joint Center for Horticultural Biology and Metabolomics, Haixia Institute of Science and Technology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China.
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Wan L, Koeck M, Williams SJ, Ashton AR, Lawrence GJ, Sakakibara H, Kojima M, Böttcher C, Ericsson DJ, Hardham AR, Jones DA, Ellis JG, Kobe B, Dodds PN. Structural and functional insights into the modulation of the activity of a flax cytokinin oxidase by flax rust effector AvrL567-A. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2019; 20:211-222. [PMID: 30242946 PMCID: PMC6637871 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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During infection, plant pathogens secrete effector proteins to facilitate colonization. In comparison with our knowledge of bacterial effectors, the current understanding of how fungal effectors function is limited. In this study, we show that the effector AvrL567-A from the flax rust fungus Melampsora lini interacts with a flax cytosolic cytokinin oxidase, LuCKX1.1, using both yeast two-hybrid and in planta bimolecular fluorescence assays. Purified LuCKX1.1 protein shows catalytic activity against both N6-(Δ2-isopentenyl)-adenine (2iP) and trans-zeatin (tZ) substrates. Incubation of LuCKX1.1 with AvrL567-A results in increased catalytic activity against both substrates. The crystal structure of LuCKX1.1 and docking studies with AvrL567-A indicate that the AvrL567 binding site involves a flexible surface-exposed region that surrounds the cytokinin substrate access site, which may explain its effect in modulating LuCKX1.1 activity. Expression of AvrL567-A in transgenic flax plants gave rise to an epinastic leaf phenotype consistent with hormonal effects, although no difference in overall cytokinin levels was observed. We propose that, during infection, plant pathogens may differentially modify the levels of extracellular and intracellular cytokinins.
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- Li Wan
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre and Institute for Molecular BioscienceUniversity of QueenslandBrisbaneQLD4072Australia
- Department of BiologyUniversity of North CarolinaChapel HillNorth Carolina27599‐3280USA
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Agriculture and FoodCanberraACT2601Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre and Institute for Molecular BioscienceUniversity of QueenslandBrisbaneQLD4072Australia
- Division of Plant Sciences, Research School of BiologyAustralian National UniversityCanberraACT2601Australia
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Agriculture and FoodCanberraACT2601Australia
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Agriculture and FoodCanberraACT2601Australia
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource ScienceYokohamaKanagawa230‐0045Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource ScienceYokohamaKanagawa230‐0045Japan
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Agriculture and FoodAdelaideSA5064Australia
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- Australian SynchrotronMacromolecular CrystallographyClaytonVictoria3168Australia
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- Division of Plant Sciences, Research School of BiologyAustralian National UniversityCanberraACT2601Australia
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- Division of Plant Sciences, Research School of BiologyAustralian National UniversityCanberraACT2601Australia
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Agriculture and FoodCanberraACT2601Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre and Institute for Molecular BioscienceUniversity of QueenslandBrisbaneQLD4072Australia
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Agriculture and FoodCanberraACT2601Australia
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Marchetti CF, Škrabišová M, Galuszka P, Novák O, Causin HF. Blue light suppression alters cytokinin homeostasis in wheat leaves senescing under shading stress. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2018; 130:647-657. [PMID: 30142601 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2018.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2018] [Revised: 07/19/2018] [Accepted: 08/06/2018] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Blue light (BL) suppression accelerates the senescence rate of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) leaves exposed to shading. In order to study whether this effect involves the alteration of different cytokinin (CK) metabolites, CK-degradation, as well as the expression profile of genes responsible of CK-perception, -inactivation, -reactivation and/or -turnover, leaf segments of 30 day-old plants were placed in boxes containing bi-distilled water and covered with blue (B) or green (G) light filters, which supplied a similar irradiance but differed in the percentage of BL transmitted (G << B). A neutral (N) filter was used as control. When appropriate, different CK metabolites or an inhibitor of CK-degradation were added in order to alter the endogenous CK levels. A rapid decrement of trans-zeatin (tZ) and cis-zeatin (cZ) content was observed after leaf excision, which progressed at a higher rate in treatment G than in the control and B treatments. Senescence progression correlated with an accumulation of glycosylated forms (particularly cZ-derivatives), and an increment of CK-degradation, both of which were slowed in the presence of BL. On the contrary, CK-reactivation (analyzed through TaGLU1-3 expression) was delayed in the absence of BL. When different CK were exogenously supplied, tZ was the only natural free base capable to emulate the senescence-retarding effect of BL. Even though the signaling components involved in the regulation of senescence rate and CK-homeostasis by BL remain elusive, our data suggest that changes in the expression profile and/or functioning of the transcription factor HY5 might play an important role.
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- Cintia F Marchetti
- Department of Molecular Biology, Centre of the Region of Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University. Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71 Olomouc. Czech Republic.
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Centre of the Region of Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University. Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71 Olomouc. Czech Republic.
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Centre of the Region of Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University. Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71 Olomouc. Czech Republic.
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- Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University & Institute of Experimental Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71 Olomouc. Czech Republic.
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- Institute of Biodiversity, Experimental and Applied Biology (IBBEA), CONICET-UBA, Department of Biodiversity and Experimental Biology (DBBE), University of Buenos Aires, Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, Ciudad Universitaria, Pab. II, C1428EGA, C.A.B.A. Argentina.
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Differential proteomics research of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens and its genome-shuffled saltant for improving fengycin production. Braz J Microbiol 2018; 49 Suppl 1:166-177. [PMID: 29898867 PMCID: PMC6328713 DOI: 10.1016/j.bjm.2018.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2017] [Revised: 04/13/2018] [Accepted: 04/18/2018] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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In the previous study, we used genome shuffling to improve fengycin production of the original strain Bacillus amyloliquefaciens ES-2-4. After two rounds of genome shuffling, a high-yield recombinant FMB72 strain that exhibited 8.30-fold increase in fengycin production was obtained. In this study, comparative proteomic analysis of the parental ES-2-4 and genome-shuffled FMB72 strains was conducted to examine the differentially expressed proteins. In the shuffled strain FMB72, 50 differently expressed spots (p<0.05) were selected to be excised and analyzed using Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time of Flight/Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry, and finally 44 protein spots were confidently identified according to NCBI database. According to clusters of orthologous groups (COG) functional category analysis and related references, the differentially expressed proteins could be classified into several functional categories, including proteins involved in metabolism, energy generation and conversion, DNA replication, transcription, translation, ribosomal structure and biogenesis, cell motility and secretion, signal transduction mechanisms, general function prediction. Of the 44 identified proteins, signaling proteins ComA and Spo0A may positively regulate fengycin synthesis at transcriptional level. Taken together, the present study will be informative for exploring the exact roles of ComA and Spo0A in fengycin synthesis and explaining the molecular mechanism of fengycin synthesis.
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Joshi R, Sahoo KK, Tripathi AK, Kumar R, Gupta BK, Pareek A, Singla-Pareek SL. Knockdown of an inflorescence meristem-specific cytokinin oxidase - OsCKX2 in rice reduces yield penalty under salinity stress condition. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2018; 41:936-946. [PMID: 28337744 DOI: 10.1111/pce.12947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2016] [Revised: 02/14/2017] [Accepted: 02/19/2017] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Cytokinins play a significant role in determining grain yield in plants. Cytokinin oxidases catalyse irreversible degradation of cytokinins and hence modulate cellular cytokinin levels. Here, we studied the role of an inflorescence meristem-specific rice cytokinin oxidase - OsCKX2 - in reducing yield penalty under salinity stress conditions. We utilized an RNAi-based approach to study the function of OsCKX2 in maintaining grain yield under salinity stress condition. Ultra-performance liquid chromatography-based estimation revealed a significant increase in cytokinins in the inflorescence meristem of OsCKX2-knockdown plants. To determine if there exists a correlation between OsCKX2 levels and yield under salinity stress condition, we assessed the growth, physiology and grain yield of OsCKX2-knockdown plants vis-à-vis the wild type. OsCKX2-knockdown plants showed better vegetative growth, higher relative water content and photosynthetic efficiency and reduced electrolyte leakage as compared with the wild type under salinity stress. Importantly, we found a negative correlation between OsCKX2 expression and plant productivity as evident by assessment of agronomical parameters such as panicle branching, filled grains per plant and harvest index both under control and salinity stress conditions. These results suggest that OsCKX2, via controlling cytokinin levels, regulates floral primordial activity modulating rice grain yield under normal as well as abiotic stress conditions.
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- Rohit Joshi
- Plant Stress Biology, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, 110 067, India
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- Plant Stress Biology, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, 110 067, India
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- Plant Stress Biology, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, 110 067, India
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- Plant Stress Biology, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, 110 067, India
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- Plant Stress Biology, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, 110 067, India
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- Stress Physiology and Molecular Biology Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- Plant Stress Biology, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, 110 067, India
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Ewing TA, Fraaije MW, Mattevi A, van Berkel WJ. The VAO/PCMH flavoprotein family. Arch Biochem Biophys 2017; 632:104-117. [DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2017.06.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2017] [Revised: 06/26/2017] [Accepted: 06/29/2017] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Hluska T, Šebela M, Lenobel R, Frébort I, Galuszka P. Purification of Maize Nucleotide Pyrophosphatase/Phosphodiesterase Casts Doubt on the Existence of Zeatin Cis- Trans Isomerase in Plants. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 8:1473. [PMID: 28878803 PMCID: PMC5572937 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2017] [Accepted: 08/08/2017] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Almost 25 years ago, an enzyme named zeatin cis-trans isomerase from common bean has been described by Bassil et al. (1993). The partially purified enzyme required an external addition of FAD and dithiothreitol for the conversion of cis-zeatin to its trans- isomer that occurred only under light. Although an existence of this important enzyme involved in the metabolism of plant hormones cytokinins was generally accepted by plant biologists, the corresponding protein and encoding gene have not been identified to date. Based on the original paper, we purified and identified an enzyme from maize, which shows the described zeatin cis-trans isomerase activity. The enzyme belongs to nucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase family, which is well characterized in mammals, but less known in plants. Further experiments with the recombinant maize enzyme obtained from yeast expression system showed that rather than the catalytic activity of the enzyme itself, a non-enzymatic flavin induced photoisomerization is responsible for the observed zeatin cis-trans interconversion in vitro. An overexpression of the maize nucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase gene led to decreased FAD and increased FMN and riboflavin contents in transgenic Arabidopsis plants. However, neither contents nor the ratio of zeatin isomers was altered suggesting that the enzyme is unlikely to catalyze the interconversion of zeatin isomers in vivo. Using enhanced expression of a homologous gene, functional nucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase was also identified in rice.
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- Tomáš Hluska
- Department of Molecular Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University OlomoucOlomouc, Czechia
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- Department of Protein Biochemistry and Proteomics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University OlomoucOlomouc, Czechia
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- Department of Protein Biochemistry and Proteomics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University OlomoucOlomouc, Czechia
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University OlomoucOlomouc, Czechia
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University OlomoucOlomouc, Czechia
- *Correspondence: Petr Galuszka,
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Nisler J, Kopečný D, Končitíková R, Zatloukal M, Bazgier V, Berka K, Zalabák D, Briozzo P, Strnad M, Spíchal L. Novel thidiazuron-derived inhibitors of cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2016; 92:235-48. [PMID: 27422623 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-016-0509-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2016] [Accepted: 06/29/2016] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Two new TDZ derivatives (HETDZ and 3FMTDZ) are very potent inhibitors of CKX and are promising candidates for in vivo studies. Cytokinin hormones regulate a wide range of essential processes in plants. Thidiazuron (N-phenyl-N'-1,2,3-thiadiazol-5-yl urea, TDZ), formerly registered as a cotton defoliant, is a well known inhibitor of cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase (CKX), an enzyme catalyzing the degradation of cytokinins. TDZ thus increases the lifetime of cytokinins and their effects in plants. We used in silico modeling to design, synthesize and characterize twenty new TDZ derivatives with improved inhibitory properties. Two compounds, namely 1-[1,2,3]thiadiazol-5-yl-3-(3-trifluoromethoxy-phenyl)urea (3FMTDZ) and 1-[2-(2-hydroxyethyl)phenyl]-3-(1,2,3-thiadiazol-5-yl)urea (HETDZ), displayed up to 15-fold lower IC 50 values compared with TDZ for AtCKX2 from Arabidopsis thaliana and ZmCKX1 and ZmCKX4a from Zea mays. Binding modes of 3FMTDZ and HETDZ were analyzed by X-ray crystallography. Crystal structure complexes, solved at 2.0 Å resolution, revealed that HETDZ and 3FMTDZ bound differently in the active site of ZmCKX4a: the thiadiazolyl ring of 3FMTDZ was positioned over the isoalloxazine ring of FAD, whereas that of HETDZ had the opposite orientation, pointing toward the entrance of the active site. The compounds were further tested for cytokinin activity in several cytokinin bioassays. We suggest that the combination of simple synthesis, lowered cytokinin activity, and enhanced inhibitory effects on CKX isoforms, makes 3FMTDZ and HETDZ suitable candidates for in vivo studies.
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- Jaroslav Nisler
- Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research (CRH), Institute of Experimental Botany AS CR, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
- Department of Chemical Biology and Genetics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
- Department of Chemistry of Natural Compounds, Faculty of Food and Biochemical Technology, University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague, Technická 5, 166 28, Prague, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Protein Biochemistry and Proteomics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Protein Biochemistry and Proteomics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research (CRH), Institute of Experimental Botany AS CR, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71, Olomouc, Czech Republic
- Department of Chemical Biology and Genetics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research (CRH), Institute of Experimental Botany AS CR, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71, Olomouc, Czech Republic
- Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, 17. listopadu 1192/12, 771 46, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, 17. listopadu 1192/12, 771 46, Olomouc, Czech Republic
- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, 17. listopadu 1192/12, 771 46, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 78026, Versailles, France
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- Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research (CRH), Institute of Experimental Botany AS CR, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research (CRH), Institute of Experimental Botany AS CR, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71, Olomouc, Czech Republic
- Department of Chemical Biology and Genetics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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Šmehilová M, Dobrůšková J, Novák O, Takáč T, Galuszka P. Cytokinin-Specific Glycosyltransferases Possess Different Roles in Cytokinin Homeostasis Maintenance. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 7:1264. [PMID: 27602043 PMCID: PMC4993776 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2016] [Accepted: 08/08/2016] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Plant hormones cytokinins (CKs) are one of the major mediators of physiological responses throughout plant life span. Therefore, a proper homeostasis is maintained by regulation of their active levels. Besides degradation, CKs are deactivated by uridine diphosphate glycosyltransferases (UGTs). Physiologically, CKs active levels decline in senescing organs, providing a signal to nutrients that a shift to reproductive tissues has begun. In this work, we show CK glucosides distribution in Arabidopsis leaves during major developmental transition phases. Besides continuous accumulation of N-glucosides we detected sharp maximum of the glucosides in senescence. This is caused prevalently by N7-glucosides followed by N9-glucosides and specifically also by trans-zeatin-O-glucoside (tZOG). Interestingly, we observed a similar trend in response to exogenously applied CK. In Arabidopsis, only three UGTs deactivate CKs in vivo: UGT76C1, UGT76C2 and UGT85A1. We thereby show that UGT85A1 is specifically expressed in senescent leaves whereas UGT76C2 is activated rapidly in response to exogenously applied CK. To shed more light on the UGTs physiological roles, we performed a comparative study on UGTs loss-of-function mutants, characterizing a true ugt85a1-1 loss-of-function mutant for the first time. Although no altered phenotype was detected under standard condition we observed reduced chlorophyll degradation with increased anthocyanin accumulation in our experiment on detached leaves accompanied by senescence and stress related genes modulated expression. Among the mutants, ugt76c2 possessed extremely diminished CK N-glucosides levels whereas ugt76c1 showed some specificity toward cis-zeatin (cZ). Besides tZOG, a broader range of CK glucosides was decreased in ugt85a1-1. Performing CK metabolism gene expression profiling, we revealed that activation of CK degradation pathway serves as a general regulatory mechanism of disturbed CK homeostasis followed by decreased CK signaling in all UGT mutants. In contrast, a specific regulation of CKX7, CKX1 and CKX2 was observed for each individual UGT mutant isoform after exogenous CK uptake. Employing an in silico prediction we proposed cytosolic localization of UGT76C1 and UGT76C2, that we further confirmed by GFP tagging of UGT76C2. Integrating all the results, we therefore hypothesize that UGTs possess different physiological roles in Arabidopsis and serve as a fine-tuning mechanism of active CK levels in cytosol.
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- Mária Šmehilová
- Department of Molecular Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University in OlomoucOlomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University in OlomoucOlomouc, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Growth Regulators and Department of Chemical Biology and Genetics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University in Olomouc and Institute of Experimental Botany ASCROlomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Cell Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University in OlomoucOlomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University in OlomoucOlomouc, Czech Republic
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Zalabák D, Johnová P, Plíhal O, Šenková K, Šamajová O, Jiskrová E, Novák O, Jackson D, Mohanty A, Galuszka P. Maize cytokinin dehydrogenase isozymes are localized predominantly to the vacuoles. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2016; 104:114-24. [PMID: 27031423 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2016.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2015] [Revised: 03/09/2016] [Accepted: 03/10/2016] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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The maize genome encompasses 13 genes encoding for cytokinin dehydrogenase isozymes (CKXs). These enzymes are responsible for irreversible degradation of cytokinin plant hormones and thus, contribute regulating their levels. Here, we focus on the unique aspect of CKXs: their diverse subcellular distribution, important in regulating cytokinin homeostasis. Maize CKXs were tagged with green fluorescent protein (GFP) and transiently expressed in maize protoplasts. Most of the isoforms, namely ZmCKX1, ZmCKX2, ZmCKX4a, ZmCKX5, ZmCKX6, ZmCKX8, ZmCKX9, and ZmCKX12, were associated with endoplasmic reticulum (ER) several hours after transformation. GFP-fused CKXs were observed to accumulate in putative prevacuolar compartments. To gain more information about the spatiotemporal localization of the above isoforms, we prepared stable expression lines of all ZmCKX-GFP fusions in Arabidopsis thaliana Ler suspension culture. All the ER-associated isoforms except ZmCKX1 and ZmCKX9 were found to be targeted primarily to vacuoles, suggesting that ER-localization is a transition point in the intracellular secretory pathway and vacuoles serve as these isoforms' final destination. ZmCKX9 showed an ER-like localization pattern similar to those observed in the transient maize assay. Apoplastic localization of ZmCKX1 was further confirmed and ZmCKX10 showed cytosolic/nuclear localization due to the absence of the signal peptide sequence as previously reported. Additionally, we prepared GFP-fused N-terminal signal deletion mutants of ZmCKX2 and ZmCKX9 and clearly demonstrated that the localization pattern of these mutant forms was cytosolic/nuclear. This study provides the first complex model for spatiotemporal localization of the key enzymes of the cytokinin degradation/catabolism in monocotyledonous plants.
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- David Zalabák
- Department of Molecular Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Šlechtitelů 27, Olomouc 783 71, Czech Republic
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Šlechtitelů 27, Olomouc 783 71, Czech Republic
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Šlechtitelů 27, Olomouc 783 71, Czech Republic
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Šlechtitelů 27, Olomouc 783 71, Czech Republic
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- Department of Cell Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Šlechtitelů 27, Olomouc 783 71, Czech Republic
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Šlechtitelů 27, Olomouc 783 71, Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Genetics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Šlechtitelů 27, Olomouc 783 71, Czech Republic
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA
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- DuPont Pioneer Ag Biotech, DuPont Knowledge Centre, Turkapally Village, Hyderabad 500078, Telangana, India
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Šlechtitelů 27, Olomouc 783 71, Czech Republic.
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Yu J, Han J, Wang R, Li X. Down-regulation of nitrogen/carbon metabolism coupled with coordinative hormone modulation contributes to developmental inhibition of the maize ear under nitrogen limitation. PLANTA 2016; 244:111-24. [PMID: 26979324 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-016-2499-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2016] [Accepted: 02/29/2016] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Developmental inhibition of the maize ear by nitrogen limitation is due to overall down-regulation of nitrogen/carbon metabolism, coordinative hormonal modulation, and probable early senescence. The kernel number is primarily determined from 2 weeks pre-silking to 3 weeks post-silking, largely depending on dynamic nitrogen (N) and carbohydrate metabolism and accumulation in the maize ear. Underlying physiological and molecular mechanisms of kernel abortion caused by N limitation needs to be further investigated. Using a widely grown maize hybrid ZD958, we found that the N deficient ear was shorter, with less biomass accumulation, lower N concentrations, and overall lower concentrations of N assimilates and soluble sugars at 1- or 2-week after silking. Such negative alterations were probably due to significant decreases in activities of nitrate reductase, glutamine synthetase, sucrose phosphate synthetase, and sucrose synthetase in the N deficient maize ear especially after silking. Compensatory up-regulation of corresponding gene expression, together with co-downregulation of gene expression and enzyme activities in certain circumstances, suggested regulatory complexity and mechanistic differentiation from gene expression to functioning at physiological and molecular levels in quickly developing maize ear in counteracting N deficiency. Importantly, auxin, gibberellin, cytokinin, and abscisic acid may act in a coordinative manner to negatively modulate ear development under N limitation, as indicated by their concentration variations and substantial up-regulation of IAA14, GA2-ox1, and CKX12. Lastly, early senescence may occur in the low-N ear driven by interplay of hormone functioning and senescence-related gene regulation.
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- Jiaojiao Yu
- Department of Plant Nutrition, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
- The Key Laboratory of Plant-Soil Interactions, MOE, Beijing, China
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- Department of Plant Nutrition, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
- The Key Laboratory of Plant-Soil Interactions, MOE, Beijing, China
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- Department of Plant Nutrition, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
- The Key Laboratory of Plant-Soil Interactions, MOE, Beijing, China
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- Department of Plant Nutrition, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China.
- The Key Laboratory of Plant-Soil Interactions, MOE, Beijing, China.
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Pospíšilová H, Jiskrová E, Vojta P, Mrízová K, Kokáš F, Čudejková MM, Bergougnoux V, Plíhal O, Klimešová J, Novák O, Dzurová L, Frébort I, Galuszka P. Transgenic barley overexpressing a cytokinin dehydrogenase gene shows greater tolerance to drought stress. N Biotechnol 2016; 33:692-705. [PMID: 26773738 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2015.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2015] [Revised: 12/07/2015] [Accepted: 12/08/2015] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Together with auxins, cytokinins are the main plant hormones involved in many different physiological processes. Given this knowledge, cytokinin levels can be manipulated by genetic modification in order to improve agronomic parameters of cereals in relation to, for example, morphology, yield, and tolerance to various stresses. The barley (Hordeum vulgare) cultivar Golden Promise was transformed using the cytokinin dehydrogenase 1 gene from Arabidopsis thaliana (AtCKX1) under the control of mild root-specific β-glucosidase promoter from maize. Increased cytokinin degradation activity was observed positively to affect the number and length of lateral roots. The impact on morphology depended upon the recombinant protein's subcellular compartmentation. While assumed cytosolic and vacuolar targeting of AtCKX1 had negligible effect on shoot growth, secretion of AtCKX1 protein to the apoplast had a negative effect on development of the aerial part and yield. Upon the application of severe drought stress, all transgenic genotypes maintained higher water content and showed better growth and yield parameters during revitalization. Higher tolerance to drought stress was most caused by altered root morphology resulting in better dehydration avoidance.
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- Hana Pospíšilová
- Department of Molecular Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University in Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University in Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University in Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic; Institute of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacký University Olomouc, Hněvotínská 1333/5, 779 00 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University in Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University in Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University in Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University in Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University in Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Crop Science, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Metabolomics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany AS CR, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University in Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University in Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University in Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic.
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Kopečný D, Končitíková R, Popelka H, Briozzo P, Vigouroux A, Kopečná M, Zalabák D, Šebela M, Skopalová J, Frébort I, Moréra S. Kinetic and structural investigation of the cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase active site. FEBS J 2015; 283:361-77. [PMID: 26519657 DOI: 10.1111/febs.13581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2015] [Revised: 10/26/2015] [Accepted: 10/28/2015] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Cytokinins are hormones that regulate plant development and their environmental responses. Their levels are mainly controlled by the cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase (CKO), which oxidatively cleaves cytokinins using redox-active electron acceptors. CKO belongs to the group of flavoproteins with an 8α-N1-histidyl FAD covalent linkage. Here, we investigated the role of seven active site residues, H105, D169, E288, V378, E381, P427 and L492, in substrate binding and catalysis of the CKO1 from maize (Zea mays, ZmCKO1) combining site-directed mutagenesis with kinetics and X-ray crystallography. We identify E381 as a key residue for enzyme specificity that restricts substrate binding as well as quinone electron acceptor binding. We show that D169 is important for catalysis and that H105 covalently linked to FAD maintains the enzyme's structural integrity, stability and high rates with electron acceptors. The L492A mutation significantly modulates the cleavage of aromatic cytokinins and zeatin isomers. The high resolution X-ray structures of ZmCKO1 and the E381S variant in complex with N6-(2-isopentenyl)adenosine reveal the binding mode of cytokinin ribosides. Those of ZmCKO2 and ZmCKO4a contain a mobile domain, which might contribute to binding of the N9 substituted cytokinins.
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- David Kopečný
- Department of Protein Biochemistry and Proteomics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Protein Biochemistry and Proteomics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, UMR1318 INRA, AgroParisTech, Versailles, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CNRS-CEA-Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Department of Protein Biochemistry and Proteomics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Protein Biochemistry and Proteomics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CNRS-CEA-Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Gao S, Fang J, Xu F, Wang W, Sun X, Chu J, Cai B, Feng Y, Chu C. CYTOKININ OXIDASE/DEHYDROGENASE4 Integrates Cytokinin and Auxin Signaling to Control Rice Crown Root Formation. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2014; 165:1035-1046. [PMID: 24808099 PMCID: PMC4081320 DOI: 10.1104/pp.114.238584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2014] [Accepted: 05/03/2014] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Crown roots constitute the majority of the rice (Oryza sativa) root system and play an important role in rice growth and development. However, the molecular mechanism of crown root formation in rice is not well understood. Here, we characterized a rice dominant mutant, root enhancer1 (ren1-D), which was observed to exhibit a more robust root system, increased crown root number, and reduced plant height. Molecular and genetic analyses revealed that these phenotypes are caused by the activation of a cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase (CKX) family gene, OsCKX4. Subcellular localization demonstrated that OsCKX4 is a cytosolic isoform of CKX. OsCKX4 is predominantly expressed in leaf blades and roots. It is the dominant CKX, preferentially expressed in the shoot base where crown root primordia are produced, underlining its role in root initiation. OsCKX4 is induced by exogenous auxin and cytokinin in the roots. Furthermore, one-hybrid assays revealed that OsCKX4 is a direct binding target of both the auxin response factor OsARF25 and the cytokinin response regulators OsRR2 and OsRR3. Overexpression and RNA interference of OsCKX4 confirmed that OsCKX4 plays a positive role in crown root formation. Moreover, expression analysis revealed a significant alteration in the expression of auxin-related genes in the ren1-D mutants, indicating that the OsCKX4 mediates crown root development by integrating the interaction between cytokinin and auxin. Transgenic plants harboring OsCKX4 under the control of the root-specific promoter RCc3 displayed enhanced root development without affecting their shoot parts, suggesting that this strategy could be a powerful tool in rice root engineering.
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- Shaopei Gao
- Key Laboratory of Cell Proliferation and Regulation Biology of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China (S.G.);State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research (Beijing), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China (S.G., J.F., F.X., W.W., X.S., J.C., C.C.); andKey Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine of the Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China (B.C., Y.F.)
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- Key Laboratory of Cell Proliferation and Regulation Biology of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China (S.G.);State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research (Beijing), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China (S.G., J.F., F.X., W.W., X.S., J.C., C.C.); andKey Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine of the Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China (B.C., Y.F.)
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- Key Laboratory of Cell Proliferation and Regulation Biology of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China (S.G.);State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research (Beijing), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China (S.G., J.F., F.X., W.W., X.S., J.C., C.C.); andKey Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine of the Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China (B.C., Y.F.)
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- Key Laboratory of Cell Proliferation and Regulation Biology of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China (S.G.);State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research (Beijing), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China (S.G., J.F., F.X., W.W., X.S., J.C., C.C.); andKey Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine of the Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China (B.C., Y.F.)
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- Key Laboratory of Cell Proliferation and Regulation Biology of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China (S.G.);State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research (Beijing), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China (S.G., J.F., F.X., W.W., X.S., J.C., C.C.); andKey Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine of the Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China (B.C., Y.F.)
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- Key Laboratory of Cell Proliferation and Regulation Biology of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China (S.G.);State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research (Beijing), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China (S.G., J.F., F.X., W.W., X.S., J.C., C.C.); andKey Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine of the Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China (B.C., Y.F.)
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- Key Laboratory of Cell Proliferation and Regulation Biology of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China (S.G.);State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research (Beijing), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China (S.G., J.F., F.X., W.W., X.S., J.C., C.C.); andKey Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine of the Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China (B.C., Y.F.)
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- Key Laboratory of Cell Proliferation and Regulation Biology of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China (S.G.);State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research (Beijing), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China (S.G., J.F., F.X., W.W., X.S., J.C., C.C.); andKey Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine of the Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China (B.C., Y.F.)
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- Key Laboratory of Cell Proliferation and Regulation Biology of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China (S.G.);State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research (Beijing), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China (S.G., J.F., F.X., W.W., X.S., J.C., C.C.); andKey Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine of the Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China (B.C., Y.F.)
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Köllmer I, Novák O, Strnad M, Schmülling T, Werner T. Overexpression of the cytosolic cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase (CKX7) from Arabidopsis causes specific changes in root growth and xylem differentiation. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2014; 78:359-71. [PMID: 24528491 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2013] [Revised: 01/30/2014] [Accepted: 02/06/2014] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Degradation of the plant hormone cytokinin is catalyzed by cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase (CKX) enzymes. The Arabidopsis thaliana genome encodes seven CKX proteins which differ in subcellular localization and substrate specificity. Here we analyze the CKX7 gene, which to the best of our knowledge has not yet been studied. pCKX7:GUS expression was detected in the vasculature, the transmitting tissue and the mature embryo sac. A CKX7-GFP fusion protein localized to the cytosol, which is unique among all CKX family members. 35S:CKX7-expressing plants developed short, early terminating primary roots with smaller apical meristems, contrasting with plants overexpressing other CKX genes. The vascular bundles of 35S:CKX7 primary roots contained only protoxylem elements, thus resembling the wol mutant of the CRE1/AHK4 receptor gene. We show that CRE1/AHK4 activity is required to establish the CKX7 overexpression phenotype. Several cytokinin metabolites, in particular cis-zeatin (cZ) and N-glucoside cytokinins, were depleted stronger in 35S:CKX7 plants compared with plants overexpressing other CKX genes. Interestingly, enhanced protoxylem formation together with reduced primary root growth was also found in the cZ-deficient tRNA isopentenyltransferase mutant ipt2,9. However, different cytokinins were similarly efficient in suppressing 35S:CKX7 and ipt2,9 vascular phenotypes. Therefore, we hypothesize that the pool of cytosolic cytokinins is particularly relevant in the root procambium where it mediates the differentiation of vascular tissues through CRE1/AHK4. Taken together, the distinct consequences of CKX7 overexpression indicate that the cellular compartmentalization of cytokinin degradation and substrate preference of CKX isoforms are relevant parameters that define the activities of the hormone.
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- Ireen Köllmer
- Institute of Biology/Applied Genetics, Dahlem Centre of Plant Sciences (DCPS), Freie Universität Berlin, Albrecht-Thaer-Weg 6, D-14195, Berlin, Germany
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Suttle JC, Huckle LL, Lu S, Knauber DC. Potato tuber cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase genes: biochemical properties, activity, and expression during tuber dormancy progression. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2014; 171:448-57. [PMID: 24594397 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2013.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2013] [Revised: 11/18/2013] [Accepted: 11/19/2013] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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The enzymatic and biochemical properties of the proteins encoded by five potato cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase (CKX)-like genes functionally expressed in yeast and the effects of tuber dormancy progression on StCKX expression and cytokinin metabolism were examined in lateral buds isolated from field-grown tubers. All five putative StCKX genes encoded proteins with in vitro CKX activity. All five enzymes were maximally active at neutral to slightly alkaline pH with 2,6-dichloro-indophenol as the electron acceptor. In silico analyses indicated that four proteins were likely secreted. Substrate dependence of two of the most active enzymes varied; one exhibiting greater activity with isopentenyl-type cytokinins while the other was maximally active with cis-zeatin as a substrate. [(3)H]-isopentenyl-adenosine was readily metabolized by excised tuber buds to adenine/adenosine demonstrating that CKX was active in planta. There was no change in apparent in planta CKX activity during either natural or chemically forced dormancy progression. Similarly although expression of individual StCKX genes varied modestly during tuber dormancy, there was no clear correlation between StCKX gene expression and tuber dormancy status. Thus although CKX gene expression and enzyme activity are present in potato tuber buds throughout dormancy, they do not appear to play a significant role in the regulation of cytokinin content during tuber dormancy progression.
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- Jeffrey C Suttle
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Northern Crop Science Laboratory, 1605 Albrecht Boulevard N, Fargo, ND 58102-2765, USA.
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Northern Crop Science Laboratory, 1605 Albrecht Boulevard N, Fargo, ND 58102-2765, USA
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Northern Crop Science Laboratory, 1605 Albrecht Boulevard N, Fargo, ND 58102-2765, USA
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Northern Crop Science Laboratory, 1605 Albrecht Boulevard N, Fargo, ND 58102-2765, USA
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A highly selective biosensor with nanomolar sensitivity based on cytokinin dehydrogenase. PLoS One 2014; 9:e90877. [PMID: 24595403 PMCID: PMC3942484 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2013] [Accepted: 02/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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We have developed a N6-dimethylallyladenine (cytokinin) dehydrogenase-based microbiosensor for real-time determination of the family of hormones known as cytokinins. Cytokinin dehydrogenase from Zea mays (ZmCKX1) was immobilised concurrently with electrodeposition of a silica gel film on the surface of a Pt microelectrode, which was further functionalized by free electron mediator 2,6-dichlorophenolindophenol (DCPIP) in supporting electrolyte to give a bioactive film capable of selective oxidative cleavage of the N6- side chain of cytokinins. The rapid electron shuffling between freely diffusible DCPIP and the FAD redox group in ZmCKX1 endowed the microbiosensor with a fast response time of less than 10 s. The immobilised ZmCKX1 retained a high affinity for its preferred substrate N6-(Δ2-isopentenyl) adenine (iP), and gave the miniaturized biosensor a large linear dynamic range from 10 nM to 10 µM, a detection limit of 3.9 nM and a high sensitivity to iP of 603.3 µAmM-1cm-2 (n = 4, R2 = 0.9999). Excellent selectivity was displayed for several other aliphatic cytokinins and their ribosides, including N6-(Δ2-isopentenyl) adenine, N6-(Δ2-isopentenyl) adenosine, cis-zeatin, trans-zeatin and trans-zeatin riboside. Aromatic cytokinins and metabolites such as cytokinin glucosides were generally poor substrates. The microbiosensors exhibited excellent stability in terms of pH and long-term storage and have been used successfully to determine low nanomolar cytokinin concentrations in tomato xylem sap exudates.
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Zalabák D, Galuszka P, Mrízová K, Podlešáková K, Gu R, Frébortová J. Biochemical characterization of the maize cytokinin dehydrogenase family and cytokinin profiling in developing maize plantlets in relation to the expression of cytokinin dehydrogenase genes. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2014; 74:283-93. [PMID: 24333683 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2013.11.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2013] [Accepted: 11/19/2013] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The cytokinin dehydrogenases (CKX; EC 1.5.99.12) are a protein family that maintains the endogenous levels of cytokinins in plants by catalyzing their oxidative degradation. The CKX family in maize (Zea mays L.) has thirteen members, only two of which--ZmCKX1 and ZmCKX10--have previously been characterized in detail. In this study, nine further maize CKX isoforms were heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli, purified by affinity and ion-exchange chromatography and biochemically characterized. ZmCKX6 and ZmCKX9 could only be expressed successfully after the removal of putative sequence-specific vacuolar sorting signals (LLPT and LPTS, respectively), suggesting that these proteins are localized to the vacuole. Substrate specificity analyses revealed that the CKX isoforms can be grouped into two subfamilies: members of the first strongly prefer cytokinin free bases while members of the second degrade a broad range of substrates. The most active isoform was found to be ZmCKX1. One of the studied isoforms, ZmCKX6, seemed to encode a nonfunctional enzyme due to a mutation in a conserved HFG protein domain at the C-terminus. Site-directed mutagenesis experiments revealed that this domain is essential for CKX activity. The roles of the maize CKX enzymes in the development of maize seedlings during the two weeks immediately after radicle emergence were also investigated. It appears that ZmCKX1 is a key regulator of active cytokinin levels in developing maize roots. However, the expression of individual CKX isoforms in the shoots varied and none of them seemed to have strong effects on the cytokinin pool.
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- David Zalabák
- Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Department of Molecular Biology, Šlechtitelů 11, Olomouc 783 71, Czech Republic.
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- Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Department of Molecular Biology, Šlechtitelů 11, Olomouc 783 71, Czech Republic.
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- Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Department of Molecular Biology, Šlechtitelů 11, Olomouc 783 71, Czech Republic.
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- Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Department of Chemical Biology and Genetics, Šlechtitelů 11, Olomouc 783 71, Czech Republic.
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- Key Lab of Plant Nutrition, MOA, College of Resources and Environmental Science, China Agricultural University, 100193 Beijing, China.
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- Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Department of Chemical Biology and Genetics, Šlechtitelů 11, Olomouc 783 71, Czech Republic.
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Locascio A, Roig-Villanova I, Bernardi J, Varotto S. Current perspectives on the hormonal control of seed development in Arabidopsis and maize: a focus on auxin. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2014; 5:412. [PMID: 25202316 PMCID: PMC4142864 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2014] [Accepted: 08/03/2014] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The seed represents the unit of reproduction of flowering plants, capable of developing into another plant, and to ensure the survival of the species under unfavorable environmental conditions. It is composed of three compartments: seed coat, endosperm and embryo. Proper seed development depends on the coordination of the processes that lead to seed compartments differentiation, development and maturation. The coordination of these processes is based on the constant transmission/perception of signals by the three compartments. Phytohormones constitute one of these signals; gradients of hormones are generated in the different seed compartments, and their ratios comprise the signals that induce/inhibit particular processes in seed development. Among the hormones, auxin seems to exert a central role, as it is the only one in maintaining high levels of accumulation from fertilization to seed maturation. The gradient of auxin generated by its PIN carriers affects several processes of seed development, including pattern formation, cell division and expansion. Despite the high degree of conservation in the regulatory mechanisms that lead to seed development within the Spermatophytes, remarkable differences exist during seed maturation between Monocots and Eudicots species. For instance, in Monocots the endosperm persists until maturation, and constitutes an important compartment for nutrients storage, while in Eudicots it is reduced to a single cell layer, as the expanding embryo gradually replaces it during the maturation. This review provides an overview of the current knowledge on hormonal control of seed development, by considering the data available in two model plants: Arabidopsis thaliana, for Eudicots and Zea mays L., for Monocots. We will emphasize the control exerted by auxin on the correct progress of seed development comparing, when possible, the two species.
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- Antonella Locascio
- Department of Agronomy Food Natural Resources Animals Environment - University of PadovaPadova, Italy
- IBMCP-CSIC, Universidad Politécnica de ValenciaValencia, Spain
- *Correspondence: Antonella Locascio, IBMCP-CSIC, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Avda de los Naranjos s/n, ed.8E, 46020 Valencia, Spain e-mail:
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- Istituto di Agronomia Genetica e Coltivazioni Erbacee, Università Cattolica del Sacro CuorePiacenza, Italy
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- Department of Agronomy Food Natural Resources Animals Environment - University of PadovaPadova, Italy
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Mrízová K, Jiskrová E, Vyroubalová Š, Novák O, Ohnoutková L, Pospíšilová H, Frébort I, Harwood WA, Galuszka P. Overexpression of cytokinin dehydrogenase genes in barley (Hordeum vulgare cv. Golden Promise) fundamentally affects morphology and fertility. PLoS One 2013; 8:e79029. [PMID: 24260147 PMCID: PMC3829838 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2013] [Accepted: 09/17/2013] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Barley is one of the most important cereal crops grown worldwide. It has numerous applications, but its utility could potentially be extended by genetically manipulating its hormonal balances. To explore some of this potential we identified gene families of cytokinin dehydrogenases (CKX) and isopentenyl transferases, enzymes that respectively irreversibly degrade and synthesize cytokinin (CK) plant hormones, in the raw sequenced barley genome. We then examined their spatial and temporal expression patterns by immunostaining and qPCR. Two CKX-specific antibodies, anti-HvCKX1 and anti-HvCKX9, predominantly detect proteins in the aleurone layer of maturing grains and leaf vasculature, respectively. In addition, two selected CKX genes were used for stable, Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation of the barley cultivar Golden Promise. The results show that constitutive overexpression of CKX causes morphological changes in barley plants and prevents their transition to flowering. In all independent transgenic lines roots proliferated more rapidly and root-to-shoot ratios were higher than in wild-type plants. Only one transgenic line, overexpressing CKX under the control of a promoter from a phosphate transporter gene, which is expressed more strongly in root tissue than in aerial parts, yielded progeny. Analysis of several T1-generation plants indicates that plants tend to compensate for effects of the transgene and restore CK homeostasis later during development. Depleted CK levels during early phases of development are restored by down-regulation of endogenous CKX genes and reinforced de novo biosynthesis of CKs.
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- Katarína Mrízová
- Department of Molecular Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Growth Regulatory, Palacký University and Institute of Experimental Botany, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Crop Genetics, John Innes Centre, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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Wan L, Williams SJ, Zhang X, Ericsson DJ, Koeck M, Dodds PN, Ellis JG, Kobe B. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of the flax cytokinin oxidase LuCKX1.1. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 2013; 69:1094-6. [PMID: 24100555 PMCID: PMC3792663 DOI: 10.1107/s1744309113023142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2013] [Accepted: 08/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The plant hormones cytokinins play a central role in regulating cell division and developmental events. Cytokinin oxidase regulates the levels of these plant hormones by catalyzing their irreversible oxidation, which contributes to the regulation of various morpho-physiological processes controlled by cytokinins. In this study, the crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of the flax cytokinin oxidase LuCKX1.1 are reported. Plate-like crystals of LuCKX1.1 were obtained using PEG 3350 as a precipitant and diffracted X-rays to 1.78 Å resolution. The protein crystals have the symmetry of space group C2 and are most likely to contain two molecules per asymmetric unit.
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- Li Wan
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Institute for Molecular Bioscience (Division of Chemistry and Structural Biology) and Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Institute for Molecular Bioscience (Division of Chemistry and Structural Biology) and Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Institute for Molecular Bioscience (Division of Chemistry and Structural Biology) and Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Institute for Molecular Bioscience (Division of Chemistry and Structural Biology) and Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- Plant Industry, CSIRO, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Institute for Molecular Bioscience (Division of Chemistry and Structural Biology) and Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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Avalbaev AM, Somov KA, Yuldashev RA, Shakirova FM. Cytokinin oxidase is key enzyme of cytokinin degradation. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2013; 77:1354-61. [PMID: 23244730 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297912120024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Cytokinin oxidase (EC 1.5.99.12) is an enzyme that catalyzes the irreversible degradation of cytokinin phytohormones that are extremely necessary for growth, development, and differentiation of plants. Cytokinin oxidase plays an important role in the regulation of quantitative level of cytokinins and their distribution in plant tissues. This review generalizes the available information on the structure, properties, and functional role of this enzyme in plant ontogeny under conditions of normal growth and under the influence of unfavorable environmental factors.
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- A M Avalbaev
- Institute of Biochemistry and Genetics, Ufa Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Oktyabrya 71, 450054 Ufa, Bashkortostan Republic, Russia
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Weng J, Li B, Liu C, Yang X, Wang H, Hao Z, Li M, Zhang D, Ci X, Li X, Zhang S. A non-synonymous SNP within the isopentenyl transferase 2 locus is associated with kernel weight in Chinese maize inbreds (Zea mays L.). BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2013; 13:98. [PMID: 23826856 PMCID: PMC3704264 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-13-98] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2012] [Accepted: 07/02/2013] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Kernel weight, controlled by quantitative trait loci (QTL), is an important component of grain yield in maize. Cytokinins (CKs) participate in determining grain morphology and final grain yield in crops. ZmIPT2, which is expressed mainly in the basal transfer cell layer, endosperm, and embryo during maize kernel development, encodes an isopentenyl transferase (IPT) that is involved in CK biosynthesis. RESULTS The coding region of ZmIPT2 was sequenced across a panel of 175 maize inbred lines that are currently used in Chinese maize breeding programs. Only 16 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and seven haplotypes were detected among these inbred lines. Nucleotide diversity (π) within the ZmIPT2 window and coding region were 0.347 and 0.0047, respectively, and they were significantly lower than the mean nucleotide diversity value of 0.372 for maize Chromosome 2 (P < 0.01). Association mapping revealed that a single nucleotide change from cytosine (C) to thymine (T) in the ZmIPT2 coding region, which converted a proline residue into a serine residue, was significantly associated with hundred kernel weight (HKW) in three environments (P <0.05), and explained 4.76% of the total phenotypic variation. In vitro characterization suggests that the dimethylallyl diphospate (DMAPP) IPT activity of ZmIPT2-T is higher than that of ZmIPT2-C, as the amounts of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), adenosine diphosphate (ADP), and adenosine monophosphate (AMP) consumed by ZmIPT2-T were 5.48-, 2.70-, and 1.87-fold, respectively, greater than those consumed by ZmIPT2-C. The effects of artificial selection on the ZmIPT2 coding region were evaluated using Tajima's D tests across six subgroups of Chinese maize germplasm, with the most frequent favorable allele identified in subgroup PB (Partner B). CONCLUSIONS These results showed that ZmIPT2, which is associated with kernel weight, was subjected to artificial selection during the maize breeding process. ZmIPT2-T had higher IPT activity than ZmIPT2-C, and this favorable allele for kernel weight could be used in molecular marker-assisted selection for improvement of grain yield components in Chinese maize breeding programs.
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- Jianfeng Weng
- Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Beijing 100081, China
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- Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110161, China
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- Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Beijing 100081, China
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- Chongqing Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chongqing 409912, China
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- Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110161, China
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- Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Beijing 100081, China
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- Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Beijing 100081, China
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- Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Beijing 100081, China
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- Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Beijing 100081, China
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- Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Beijing 100081, China
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- Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Beijing 100081, China
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Jin SH, Ma XM, Kojima M, Sakakibara H, Wang YW, Hou BK. Overexpression of glucosyltransferase UGT85A1 influences trans-zeatin homeostasis and trans-zeatin responses likely through O-glucosylation. PLANTA 2013; 237:991-999. [PMID: 23187681 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-012-1818-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2012] [Accepted: 11/16/2012] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Trans-zeatin is a kind of cytokinins that plays a crucial role in plant growth and development. The master trans-zeatin O-glucosyltransferase of Arabidopsis thaliana, UGT85A1, has been previously identified through biochemical approach. To determine the in planta role of UGT85A1 gene, the characterization of transgenic Arabidopsis plants overexpressing UGT85A1 was carried out. Under normal conditions, transgenic Arabidopsis did not display clearly altered phenotypes. A remarkable alteration is that the accumulation level of the trans-zeatin O-glucosides was significantly increased in UGT85A1 overexpressing transgenic Arabidopsis, while other forms of cytokinins kept the similar concentrations compared to the wild type. When treated with exogenously applied trans-zeatin, UGT85A1 overexpressing Arabidopsis showed much less sensitivity to trans-zeatin in primary root elongation and lateral root formation. Meanwhile, the chlorophyll content of detached leaves of transgenic Arabidopsis was much lower than wild type. Studies of spatial-temporal expression patterns showed that UGT85A1 was mainly expressed in the early seedlings and developing seeds. Analysis of subcellular localization suggested that UGT85A1 was localized to cytoplasm and nucleus. Taken together, our data suggest that overexpression of Arabidopsis glucosyltransferase UGT85A1 influences trans-zeatin homeostasis and trans-zeatin responses likely through O-glucosylation in planta.
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- Shang-Hui Jin
- The Key Lab of Plant Cell Engineering and Germplasm Innovation, Education Ministry of China, Jinan, 250100, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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Sp Chal LX. Cytokinins - recent news and views of evolutionally old molecules. FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY : FPB 2012; 39:267-284. [PMID: 32480780 DOI: 10.1071/fp11276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2011] [Accepted: 03/06/2012] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Cytokinins (CKs) are evolutionally old and highly conserved low-mass molecules that have been identified in almost all known organisms. In plants, they evolved into an important group of plant hormones controlling many physiological and developmental processes throughout the whole lifespan of the plant. CKs and their functions are, however, not unique to plants. In this review, the strategies and mechanisms of plants - and phylogenetically distinct plant-interacting organisms such as bacteria, fungi, nematodes and insects employing CKs or regulation of CK status in plants - are described and put into their evolutionary context. The major breakthroughs made in the last decade in the fields of CK biosynthesis, degradation and signalling are also summarised.
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- Luk X Sp Chal
- Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 11, CZ-78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic. Email
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Ha S, Vankova R, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K, Shinozaki K, Tran LSP. Cytokinins: metabolism and function in plant adaptation to environmental stresses. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2012; 17:172-9. [PMID: 22236698 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2011.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 271] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2011] [Revised: 12/06/2011] [Accepted: 12/12/2011] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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In plants, the cytokinin (CK) phytohormones regulate numerous biological processes, including responses to environmental stresses, via a complex network of CK signaling. By an unknown mechanism, stress signals are perceived and transmitted through the His-Asp phosphorelay, an important component of the CK signal transduction pathway, triggering CK-responsive genes. Because of the intensive crosstalk between CKs and abscisic acid (ABA), modulation of CK levels and their signal transduction affects both ABA-dependent and ABA-independent pathways, enabling plant adaptation to adverse conditions. This review presents our current understanding of the functions of CKs and CK signaling in the regulation of plant adaptation to stress. Biotechnological strategies based on the modulation of CK levels have been examined with the aim of stabilizing agriculture yields.
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- Sukbong Ha
- Department of Plant Biotechnology, Chonnam National University, Buk-Gu, Gwangju 500-757, Korea
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Mameaux S, Cockram J, Thiel T, Steuernagel B, Stein N, Taudien S, Jack P, Werner P, Gray JC, Greenland AJ, Powell W. Molecular, phylogenetic and comparative genomic analysis of the cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase gene family in the Poaceae. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2012; 10:67-82. [PMID: 21838715 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2011.00645.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The genomes of cereals such as wheat (Triticum aestivum) and barley (Hordeum vulgare) are large and therefore problematic for the map-based cloning of agronomicaly important traits. However, comparative approaches within the Poaceae permit transfer of molecular knowledge between species, despite their divergence from a common ancestor sixty million years ago. The finding that null variants of the rice gene cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase 2 (OsCKX2) result in large yield increases provides an opportunity to explore whether similar gains could be achieved in other Poaceae members. Here, phylogenetic, molecular and comparative analyses of CKX families in the sequenced grass species rice, brachypodium, sorghum, maize and foxtail millet, as well as members identified from the transcriptomes/genomes of wheat and barley, are presented. Phylogenetic analyses define four Poaceae CKX clades. Comparative analyses showed that CKX phylogenetic groupings can largely be explained by a combination of local gene duplication, and the whole-genome duplication event that predates their speciation. Full-length OsCKX2 homologues in barley (HvCKX2.1, HvCKX2.2) and wheat (TaCKX2.3, TaCKX2.4, TaCKX2.5) are characterized, with comparative analysis at the DNA, protein and genetic/physical map levels suggesting that true CKX2 orthologs have been identified. Furthermore, our analysis shows CKX2 genes in barley and wheat have undergone a Triticeae-specific gene-duplication event. Finally, by identifying ten of the eleven CKX genes predicted to be present in barley by comparative analyses, we show that next-generation sequencing approaches can efficiently determine the gene space of large-genome crops. Together, this work provides the foundation for future functional investigation of CKX family members within the Poaceae.
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- Sabine Mameaux
- National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB), Cambridge, UK
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Zalabák D, Pospíšilová H, Šmehilová M, Mrízová K, Frébort I, Galuszka P. Genetic engineering of cytokinin metabolism: prospective way to improve agricultural traits of crop plants. Biotechnol Adv 2011; 31:97-117. [PMID: 22198203 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2011.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2011] [Accepted: 12/02/2011] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Cytokinins (CKs) are ubiquitous phytohormones that participate in development, morphogenesis and many physiological processes throughout plant kingdom. In higher plants, mutants and transgenic cells and tissues with altered activity of CK metabolic enzymes or perception machinery, have highlighted their crucial involvement in different agriculturally important traits, such as productivity, increased tolerance to various stresses and overall plant morphology. Furthermore, recent precise metabolomic analyses have elucidated the specific occurrence and distinct functions of different CK types in various plant species. Thus, smooth manipulation of active CK levels in a spatial and temporal way could be a very potent tool for plant biotechnology in the future. This review summarises recent advances in cytokinin research ranging from transgenic alteration of CK biosynthetic, degradation and glucosylation activities and CK perception to detailed elucidation of molecular processes, in which CKs work as a trigger in model plants. The first attempts to improve the quality of crop plants, focused on cereals are discussed, together with proposed mechanism of action of the responses involved.
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- David Zalabák
- Department of Molecular Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 11, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic.
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Ames BD, Haynes SW, Gao X, Evans BS, Kelleher NL, Tang Y, Walsh CT. Complexity generation in fungal peptidyl alkaloid biosynthesis: oxidation of fumiquinazoline A to the heptacyclic hemiaminal fumiquinazoline C by the flavoenzyme Af12070 from Aspergillus fumigatus. Biochemistry 2011; 50:8756-69. [PMID: 21899262 DOI: 10.1021/bi201302w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The human pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus makes a series of fumiquinazoline (FQ) peptidyl alkaloids of increasing scaffold complexity using L-Trp, 2 equiv of L-Ala, and the non-proteinogenic amino acid anthranilate as building blocks. The FQ gene cluster encodes two non-ribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPS) and two flavoproteins. The trimodular NRPS Af12080 assembles FQF (the first level of complexity) while the next two enzymes, Af12060 and Af12050, act in tandem in an oxidative annulation sequence to couple alanine to the indole side chain of FQF to yield the imidazolindolone-containing FQA. In this study we show that the fourth enzyme, the monocovalent flavoprotein Af12070, introduces a third layer of scaffold complexity by converting FQA to the spirohemiaminal FQC, presumably by catalyzing the formation of a transient imine within the pyrazinone ring (and therefore acting in an unprecedented manner as an FAD-dependent amide oxidase). FQC subsequently converts nonenzymatically to the known cyclic aminal FQD. We also investigated the effect of substrate structure on Af12070 activity and subsequent cyclization with a variety of FQA analogues, including an FQA diastereomer (2'-epi-FQA), which is an intermediate in the fungal biosynthesis of the tremorgenic tryptoquialanine. 2'-epi-FQA is processed by Af12070 to epi-FQD, not epi-FQC, illustrating that the delicate balance in product cyclization regiochemistry can be perturbed by a remote stereochemical center.
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- Brian D Ames
- Department of Biological Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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Frébort I, Kowalska M, Hluska T, Frébortová J, Galuszka P. Evolution of cytokinin biosynthesis and degradation. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2011; 62:2431-52. [PMID: 21321050 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/err004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 221] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Cytokinin hormones are important regulators of development and environmental responses of plants that execute their action via the molecular machinery of signal perception and transduction. The limiting step of the whole process is the availability of the hormone in suitable concentrations in the right place and at the right time to interact with the specific receptor. Hence, the hormone concentrations in individual tissues, cells, and organelles must be properly maintained by biosynthetic and metabolic enzymes. Although there are merely two active cytokinins, isopentenyladenine and its hydroxylated derivative zeatin, a variety of conjugates they may form and the number of enzymes/isozymes with varying substrate specificity involved in their biosynthesis and conversion gives the plant a variety of tools for fine tuning of the hormone level. Recent genome-wide studies revealed the existence of the respective coding genes and gene families in plants and in some bacteria. This review summarizes present knowledge on the enzymes that synthesize cytokinins, form cytokinin conjugates, and carry out irreversible elimination of the hormones, including their phylogenetic analysis and possible variations in different organisms.
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- Ivo Frébort
- Department of Molecular Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 813/21, CZ-78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic.
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Rijavec T, Jain M, Dermastia M, Chourey PS. Spatial and temporal profiles of cytokinin biosynthesis and accumulation in developing caryopses of maize. ANNALS OF BOTANY 2011; 107:1235-45. [PMID: 21169292 PMCID: PMC3091798 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcq247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2010] [Revised: 08/24/2010] [Accepted: 11/02/2010] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Cytokinins are a major group of plant hormones and are associated with various developmental processes. Developing caryopses of maize have high levels of cytokinins, but little is known about their spatial and temporal distribution. The localization and quantification of cytokinins was investigated in maize (Zea mays) caryopsis from 0 to 28 d after pollination together with the expression and localization of isopentenyltransferase ZmIPT1 involved in cytokinin biosynthesis and ZmCNGT, the gene putatively involved in N9-glucosylation. METHODS Biochemical, cellular and molecular approaches resolved the overall cytokinin profiles, and several gene expression assays were used for two critical genes to assess cytokinin cell-specific biosynthesis and conversion to the biologically inactive form. Cytokinins were immunolocalized for the first time in maize caryopses. KEY RESULTS During the period 0-28 d after pollination (DAP): (1) large quantities of cytokinins were detected in the maternal pedicel region relative to the filial tissues during the early stages after fertilization; (2) unpollinated ovules did not accumulate cytokinins; (3) the maternal nucellar region showed little or no cytokinin signal; (4) the highest cytokinin concentrations in filial endosperm and embryo were detected at 12 DAP, predominantly zeatin riboside and zeatin-9-glucoside, respectively; and (5) a strong cytokinin immuno-signal was detected in specific cell types in the pedicel, endosperm and embryo. CONCLUSIONS The cytokinins of developing maize caryopsis may originate from both local syntheses as well as by transport. High levels of fertilization-dependent cytokinins in the pedicel suggest filial control on metabolism in the maternal tissue; they may also trigger developmental programmed cell death in the pedicel.
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- Tomaž Rijavec
- National Institute of Biology, Večna pot 111, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Agronomy Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-0680, USA
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- National Institute of Biology, Večna pot 111, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- For correspondence. E-mail
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- United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology, Chemistry Unit, Gainesville, FL 32608-1069, USA
- Agronomy and Plant Pathology Departments, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-0680, USA
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Kim HJ, Murai N, Fang DD, Triplett BA. Functional analysis of Gossypium hirsutum cellulose synthase catalytic subunit 4 promoter in transgenic Arabidopsis and cotton tissues. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2011; 180:323-32. [PMID: 21421377 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2010.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2010] [Revised: 09/23/2010] [Accepted: 10/06/2010] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Gossypium hirsutum cellulose synthase catalytic subunit 4 (GhCesA4) plays an important role in cellulose biosynthesis during cotton fiber development. The transcript levels of GhCesA4 are significantly up-regulated as secondary cell wall cellulose is produced in developing cotton fibers. To understand the molecular mechanisms involved in transcriptional regulation of GhCesA4, β-glucuronidase (GUS) activity regulated by a GhCesA4 promoter (-2574/+56) or progressively deleted promoters were determined in both cotton tissues and transgenic Arabidopsis. The spatial regulation of GhCesA4 expression was similar between cotton tissues and transgenic Arabidopsis. GUS activity regulated by the GhCesA4 promoter (-2574/+56) was found in trichomes and root vascular tissues in both cotton and transgenic Arabidopsis. The -2574/-1824 region was responsible for up-regulation of GhCesA4 expression in trichomes and root vascular tissues in transgenic Arabidopsis. The -1824/-1355 region negatively regulated GhCesA4 expression in most Arabidopsis vascular tissues. For vascular expression in stems and leaves, the -898/-693 region was required. The -693/-320 region of the GhCesA4 promoter was necessary for basal expression of GhCesA4 in cotton roots as well as Arabidopsis roots. Exogenous phytohormonal treatments on transgenic Arabidopsis revealed that phytohormones may be involved in the differential regulation of GhCesA4 during cotton fiber development.
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- Hee Jin Kim
- Southern Regional Research Center, Cotton Fiber Bioscience, USDA-ARS, 1100 Robert E. Lee Blvd, New Orleans, LA 70124, USA.
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Kowalska M, Galuszka P, Frébortová J, Šebela M, Béres T, Hluska T, Šmehilová M, Bilyeu KD, Frébort I. Vacuolar and cytosolic cytokinin dehydrogenases of Arabidopsis thaliana: heterologous expression, purification and properties. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2010; 71:1970-8. [PMID: 20825956 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2010.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2010] [Revised: 07/20/2010] [Accepted: 08/11/2010] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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The catabolism of cytokinins is a vital component of hormonal regulation, contributing to the control of active forms of cytokinins and their cellular distribution. The enzyme catalyzing the irreversible cleavage of N(6)-side chains from cytokinins is a flavoprotein classified as cytokinin dehydrogenase (CKX, EC 1.5.99.12). CKXs also show low cytokinin oxidase activity, but molecular oxygen is a comparatively poor electron acceptor. The CKX gene family of Arabidopsis thaliana comprises seven members. Four code for proteins secreted to the apoplast, the remainder are not secreted. Two are targeted to the vacuoles and one is restricted to the cytosol. This study presents the purification and characterization of each of these non-secreted CKX enzymes and substrate specificities are discussed with respect to their compartmentation. Vacuolar enzymes AtCKX1 and AtCKX3 were produced in Pichia pastoris and cytosolic enzyme AtCKX7 was expressed in Escherichia coli. The recombinant proteins were purified by column chromatography. All enzymes preferred synthetic electron acceptors over oxygen, namely potassium ferricyanide and 2,3-dimetoxy-5-methyl-1,4-benzoquinone (Q(0)). In slightly acidic conditions (pH 5.0), N(6)-(2-isopentenyl)adenine 9-glucoside (iP9G) was the best substrate for AtCKX1 and AtCKX7, whereas AtCKX3 preferentially degraded N(6)-(2-isopentenyl)adenine 9-riboside-5'-monophosphate (iPMP). Moreover, vacuolar AtCKX enzymes in certain conditions degraded N(6)-(2-isopentenyl)adenine di- and triphosphates two to five times more effectively than its monophosphate.
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- Marta Kowalska
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 11, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic.
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Zhang J, Liu W, Yang X, Gao A, Li X, Wu X, Li L. Isolation and characterization of two putative cytokinin oxidase genes related to grain number per spike phenotype in wheat. Mol Biol Rep 2010; 38:2337-47. [PMID: 21104150 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-010-0367-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2010] [Accepted: 11/03/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Cytokinin oxidases are involved in the regulation of plant cytokinin levels, which are important in regulating plant growth and development, and may affect the yield of cereals. Here, we report the isolation and characterization of two putative cytokinin oxidase genes, TaCKX2.1 and TaCKX2.2, from wheat. Both TaCKX2.1 and TaCKX2.2 are mapped to the 0.24-0.55 region of the short arm of wheat chromosome 3D and their coding proteins are most closely related to OsCKX2. Phylogenetic tree analysis reveals that TaCKX2.1 and TaCKX2.2 belong to the clustered clade I of monocot plants. Tissue expression pattern show that both TaCKX2.1 and TaCKX2.2 genes are highly expressed in young spikes and culms of wheat. The detailed spatial expression pattern of TaCKX2.1 were further conducted by in situ hybridization and promoter-fused GUS expression in Arabidopsis experiments. A collection of 12 typical common wheat varieties exhibiting grain number per spike ranging from 31 to 139 were used for the transcription abundance detection of two TaCKX2 genes. A significantly positive correlation between expression level of two TaCKX2 genes and grain number per spike suggests that TaCKX2.1 and TaCKX2.2 on wheat chromosome 3DS may play an important role in wheat spike morphogenesis.
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- Jinpeng Zhang
- The National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, People's Republic of China
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Frébortová J, Novák O, Frébort I, Jorda R. Degradation of cytokinins by maize cytokinin dehydrogenase is mediated by free radicals generated by enzymatic oxidation of natural benzoxazinones. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2010; 61:467-81. [PMID: 19912568 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2009.04071.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Hydroxamic acid 2,4-dihydroxy-7-methoxy-1,4-benzoxazin-one (DIMBOA) was isolated from maize phloem sap as a compound enhancing the degradation of isopentenyl adenine by maize cytokinin dehydrogenase (CKX), after oxidative conversion by either laccase or peroxidase. Laccase and peroxidase catalyze oxidative cleavage of DIMBOA to 4-nitrosoresorcinol-1-monomethyl ether (coniferron), which serves as a weak electron acceptor of CKX. The oxidation of DIMBOA and coniferron generates transitional free radicals that are used by CKX as effective electron acceptors. The function of free radicals in the CKX-catalyzed reaction was also verified with a stable free radical of 2,2'-azino-bis-3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid. Application of exogenous cytokinin to maize seedlings resulted in an enhanced benzoxazinoid content in maize phloem sap. The results indicate a new function for DIMBOA in the metabolism of the cytokinin group of plant hormones.
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- Jitka Frébortová
- Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Faculty of Science, Palacký University/Institute of Experimental Botany of the Academy of Science, Slechtitelů 11, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic.
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Vyroubalová S, Václavíková K, Turecková V, Novák O, Smehilová M, Hluska T, Ohnoutková L, Frébort I, Galuszka P. Characterization of new maize genes putatively involved in cytokinin metabolism and their expression during osmotic stress in relation to cytokinin levels. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2009; 151:433-47. [PMID: 19641027 PMCID: PMC2735981 DOI: 10.1104/pp.109.142489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2009] [Accepted: 07/27/2009] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
Abstract
Plant hormones, cytokinins (CKs), have been for a long time considered to be involved in plant responses to stress. However, their exact roles in processes linked to stress signalization and acclimatization to adverse environmental conditions are unknown. In this study, expression profiles of the entire gene families of CK biosynthetic and degradation genes in maize (Zea mays) during development and stress responses are described. Transcript abundance of particular genes is discussed in relation to the levels of different CK metabolites. Salt and osmotic stresses induce expression of some CK biosynthetic genes in seedlings of maize, leading to a moderate increase of active forms of CKs lasting several days during acclimatization to stress. A direct effect of CKs to mediate activation of stress responses does not seem to be possible due to the slow changes in metabolite levels. However, expression of genes involved in cytokinin signal transduction is uniformly down-regulated within 0.5 h of stress induction by an unknown mechanism. cis-Zeatin and its derivatives were found to be the most abundant CKs in young maize seedlings. We demonstrate that levels of this zeatin isomer are significantly enhanced during early stress response and that it originates independently from de novo biosynthesis in stressed tissues, possibly by elevated specific RNA degradation. By enhancing their CK levels, plants could perhaps undergo a reduction of growth rates maintained by abscisic acid accumulation in stressed tissues. A second role for cytokinin receptors in sensing turgor response is hypothesized besides their documented function in CK signaling.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sárka Vyroubalová
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Olomouc CZ-78371, Czech Republic
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