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Apodiakou A, Alseekh S, Hoefgen R, Whitcomb SJ. Overexpression of SLIM1 transcription factor accelerates vegetative development in Arabidopsis thaliana. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2024; 15:1327152. [PMID: 38571711 PMCID: PMC10988502 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1327152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2023] [Accepted: 03/01/2024] [Indexed: 04/05/2024]
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The transcription factor Sulfur Limitation 1 (SLIM1) belongs to the plant-specific Ethylene Insenstive3-Like transcription factor family and is known to coordinate gene expression in response to sulfur deficiency. However, the roles of SLIM1 in nutrient-sufficient conditions have not been characterized. Employing constitutive SLIM1 overexpression (35S::SLIM1) and CRISPR/Cas9 mutant plants (slim1-cr), we identified several distinct phenotypes in nutrient-sufficient conditions in Arabidopsis thaliana. Overexpression of SLIM1 results in plants with approximately twofold greater rosette area throughout vegetative development. 35S::SLIM1 plants also bolt earlier and exhibit earlier downregulation of photosynthesis-associated genes and earlier upregulation of senescence-associated genes than Col-0 and slim1-cr plants. This suggests that overexpression of SLIM1 accelerates development in A. thaliana. Genome-wide differential gene expression analysis relative to Col-0 at three time points with slim1-cr and two 35S::SLIM1 lines allowed us to identify 1,731 genes regulated directly or indirectly by SLIM1 in vivo.
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- Anastasia Apodiakou
- Department of Molecular Physiology, Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Physiology, Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Physiology, Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Physiology, Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam, Germany
- Cereal Crops Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service, Madison, WI, United States
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Zhou Y, Yue Y, Chen X, Wu F, Li W, Li P, Han J. Physiological-biochemical responses and transcriptomic analysis reveal the effects and mechanisms of sulfamethoxazole on the carbon fixation function of Chlorella pyrenoidosa. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 917:170460. [PMID: 38286284 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2023] [Revised: 01/23/2024] [Accepted: 01/24/2024] [Indexed: 01/31/2024]
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The occurrence of sulfamethoxazole (SMX) is characterized by low concentration and pseudo-persistence. However, the toxic effects and mechanisms of SMX, especially for low concentration and long-term exposure, are still not clear. This study investigated the effects and mechanisms of SMX on carbon fixation-related biological processes of Chlorella pyrenoidosa at population, physiological-biochemical, and transcriptional levels. Results showed that 1-1000 μg/L SMX significantly inhibited the dry weight and carbon fixation rate of C. pyrenoidosa during 21 d. The upregulation of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) activities, as well as the accumulation of malondialdehyde (MDA) demonstrated that SMX posed oxidative damage to C. pyrenoidosa. SMX inhibited the activity of carbonic anhydrase (CA), and consequently stimulated the activity of Rubisco. Principal component analysis (PCA) revealed that SMX concentration was positively correlated with Rubisco and CAT while exposure time was negatively correlated with CA. Transcriptional analysis showed that the synthesis of chlorophyll-a was stabilized by regulating the diversion of protoporphyrin IX and the chlorophyll cycle. Meanwhile, multiple CO2 compensation mechanisms, including photorespiratory, C4-like CO2 compensation and purine metabolism pathways were triggered in response to the CO2 requirements of Rubisco. This study provides a scientific basis for the comprehensive assessment of the ecological risk of SMX.
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- Yuhao Zhou
- Co-Innovation center for sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Longpan Road 159, Nanjing 210037, Jiangsu, China; School of Chemical Engineering and Materials, Changzhou Institute of Technology, No. 666 Liaohe Road, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213032, China
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- Co-Innovation center for sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Longpan Road 159, Nanjing 210037, Jiangsu, China; National Positioning Observation Station of Hung-tse Lake Wetland Ecosystem in Jiangsu Province, Hongze, Jiangsu 223100, China
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- Co-Innovation center for sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Longpan Road 159, Nanjing 210037, Jiangsu, China; National Positioning Observation Station of Hung-tse Lake Wetland Ecosystem in Jiangsu Province, Hongze, Jiangsu 223100, China
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- Co-Innovation center for sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Longpan Road 159, Nanjing 210037, Jiangsu, China; National Positioning Observation Station of Hung-tse Lake Wetland Ecosystem in Jiangsu Province, Hongze, Jiangsu 223100, China
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- Co-Innovation center for sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Longpan Road 159, Nanjing 210037, Jiangsu, China; National Positioning Observation Station of Hung-tse Lake Wetland Ecosystem in Jiangsu Province, Hongze, Jiangsu 223100, China.
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- Co-Innovation center for sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Longpan Road 159, Nanjing 210037, Jiangsu, China; National Positioning Observation Station of Hung-tse Lake Wetland Ecosystem in Jiangsu Province, Hongze, Jiangsu 223100, China
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- Co-Innovation center for sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Longpan Road 159, Nanjing 210037, Jiangsu, China; School of Chemical Engineering and Materials, Changzhou Institute of Technology, No. 666 Liaohe Road, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213032, China; National Positioning Observation Station of Hung-tse Lake Wetland Ecosystem in Jiangsu Province, Hongze, Jiangsu 223100, China.
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Dong S, Li C, Tian H, Wang W, Yang X, Beckles DM, Liu X, Guan J, Gu X, Sun J, Miao H, Zhang S. Natural variation in STAYGREEN contributes to low-temperature tolerance in cucumber. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2023; 65:2552-2568. [PMID: 37811725 DOI: 10.1111/jipb.13571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2023] [Accepted: 10/06/2023] [Indexed: 10/10/2023]
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Low-temperature (LT) stress threatens cucumber production globally; however, the molecular mechanisms underlying LT tolerance in cucumber remain largely unknown. Here, using a genome-wide association study (GWAS), we found a naturally occurring single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the STAYGREEN (CsSGR) coding region at the gLTT5.1 locus associated with LT tolerance. Knockout mutants of CsSGR generated by clustered regularly interspaced palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated nuclease 9 exhibit enhanced LT tolerance, in particularly, increased chlorophyll (Chl) content and reduced reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation in response to LT. Moreover, the C-repeat Binding Factor 1 (CsCBF1) transcription factor can directly activate the expression of CsSGR. We demonstrate that the LT-sensitive haplotype CsSGRHapA , but not the LT-tolerant haplotype CsSGRHapG could interact with NON-YELLOW COLORING 1 (CsNYC1) to mediate Chl degradation. Geographic distribution of the CsSGR haplotypes indicated that the CsSGRHapG was selected in cucumber accessions from high latitudes, potentially contributing to LT tolerance during cucumber cold-adaptation in these regions. CsSGR mutants also showed enhanced tolerance to salinity, water deficit, and Pseudoperonospora cubensis, thus CsSGR is an elite target gene for breeding cucumber varieties with broad-spectrum stress tolerance. Collectively, our findings provide new insights into LT tolerance and will ultimately facilitate cucumber molecular breeding.
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- Shaoyun Dong
- State Key Laboratory of Vegetable Biobreeding, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetable Biobreeding, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetable Biobreeding, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetable Biobreeding, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetable Biobreeding, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, One Shield Avenue, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetable Biobreeding, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetable Biobreeding, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetable Biobreeding, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetable Biobreeding, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetable Biobreeding, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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Sukiran NL, Karso MAHJ, Razemin QQM, Shamsudin NAA. The Effects of Submergence on Selected Malaysian Rice Varieties. MALAYSIAN APPLIED BIOLOGY 2022; 51:97-106. [DOI: 10.55230/mabjournal.v51i5.2365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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Various varieties have been developed in Malaysia, mainly to improve rice response to environmental changes, pests, and diseases, as well as to increase rice productivity under stressful conditions. Despite being semi-aquatic plants, rice is intolerant to complete submergence for a long period. This study was conducted to evaluate the response of seven Malaysian rice varieties at the vegetative stage under submergence stress. Two-week-old rice seedlings were submerged for 14 days, and the changes in plant height, chlorophyll content, and soluble sugar content were determined. The survival percentage of these varieties was observed after 14 days of de-submergence, where UKMRC2 and MR220CL possessed high survivability (90% & 60%, respectively). After submergence, all varieties showed height increment and reduced chlorophyll and soluble sugar contents. Based on our analyses, UKMRC2 performed better than other varieties, although slightly less than IR64-Sub1. It was confirmed that UKMRC2 is the submergence-tolerant variety, and its response to underwater germination was also determined. Our result showed that UKMRC2 might possess tolerance to anaerobic germination conditions, and more studies are needed to understand its molecular mechanism for submergence. In conclusion, many varieties used were susceptible to submergence, and the development of more submergence-tolerant varieties is crucial for Malaysia’s food security sustainability.
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Sakuraba Y. Molecular basis of nitrogen starvation-induced leaf senescence. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:1013304. [PMID: 36212285 PMCID: PMC9538721 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.1013304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2022] [Accepted: 09/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Nitrogen (N), a macronutrient, is often a limiting factor in plant growth, development, and productivity. To adapt to N-deficient environments, plants have developed elaborate N starvation responses. Under N-deficient conditions, older leaves exhibit yellowing, owing to the degradation of proteins and chlorophyll pigments in chloroplasts and subsequent N remobilization from older leaves to younger leaves and developing organs to sustain plant growth and productivity. In recent years, numerous studies have been conducted on N starvation-induced leaf senescence as one of the representative plant responses to N deficiency, revealing that leaf senescence induced by N deficiency is highly complex and intricately regulated at different levels, including transcriptional, post-transcriptional, post-translational and metabolic levels, by multiple genes and proteins. This review summarizes the current knowledge of the molecular mechanisms associated with N starvation-induced leaf senescence.
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Habibi G. Changes in crassulacean acid metabolism expression, chloroplast ultrastructure, photochemical and antioxidant activity in the Aloe vera during acclimation to combined drought and salt stress. FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY : FPB 2021; 49:40-53. [PMID: 34780703 DOI: 10.1071/fp21008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2021] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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We determined time course changes of photochemical and antioxidant activity during the induction of strong crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) in Aloe vera L. plants grown under salt and drought stress. We found that the strong CAM was induced during 25-30days of drought alone treatment. After 25-30days, we showed the withdrawal of strong CAM back to constitutive CAM background under the combination of simultaneous drought and salt stress, which coincided with the accumulation of malondialdehyde, and the decrease in the contents of endogenous nitric oxide (NO) and non-enzymatic antioxidants. At the same time, the chloroplast ultrastructure was damaged with a parallel accumulation of reactive oxygen species, and the whole photosynthetic electron transport flux was impaired by combined stress treatment. In conclusion, the changes in CAM expression parameters was attended by a similar pattern of antioxidant and photochemical change in Aloe plants subjected to only drought or combined stress.
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- Ghader Habibi
- Department of Biology, Payame Noor University (PNU), PO BOX 19395-3697 Tehran, Iran
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Dey D, Dhar D, Fortunato H, Obata D, Tanaka A, Tanaka R, Basu S, Ito H. Insights into the structure and function of the rate-limiting enzyme of chlorophyll degradation through analysis of a bacterial Mg-dechelatase homolog. Comput Struct Biotechnol J 2021; 19:5333-5347. [PMID: 34745453 PMCID: PMC8531759 DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2021.09.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2021] [Revised: 09/20/2021] [Accepted: 09/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The Mg-dechelatase enzyme encoded by the Stay-Green (SGR) gene catalyzes Mg2+ dechelation from chlorophyll a. This reaction is the first committed step of chlorophyll degradation pathway in plants and is thus indispensable for the process of leaf senescence. There is no structural information available for this or its related enzymes. This study aims to provide insights into the structure and reaction mechanism of the enzyme through biochemical and computational analysis of an SGR homolog from the Chloroflexi Anaerolineae (AbSGR-h). Recombinant AbSGR-h with its intact sequence and those with mutations were overexpressed in Escherichia coli and their Mg-dechelatase activity were compared. Two aspartates - D34 and D62 were found to be essential for catalysis, while R26, Y28, T29 and D114 were responsible for structural maintenance. Gel filtration analysis of the recombinant AbSGR-h indicates that it forms a homo-oligomer. The three-dimensional structure of AbSGR-h was predicted by a deep learning-based method, which was evaluated by protein structure quality evaluation programs while structural stability of wild-type and mutant forms were investigated through molecular dynamics simulations. Furthermore, in concordance with the results of enzyme assay, molecular docking concluded the significance of D34 in ligand interaction. By combining biochemical analysis and computational prediction, this study unveils the detailed structural characteristics of the enzyme, including the probable pocket of interaction and the residues of structural and functional importance. It also serves as a basis for further studies on Mg-dechelatase such as elucidation of its reaction mechanism or inhibitor screening.
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- Debayan Dey
- Graduate School of Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan.,Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0819, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan.,Department of Natural History Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Department of Natural History Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0819, Japan
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- Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0819, Japan
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- Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0819, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata 700019, India
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- Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0819, Japan
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Karia P, Yoshioka K, Moeder W. Multiple phosphorylation events of the mitochondrial membrane protein TTM1 regulate cell death during senescence. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2021; 108:766-780. [PMID: 34409658 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2021] [Revised: 07/31/2021] [Accepted: 08/03/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The role of mitochondria in programmed cell death (PCD) during animal growth and development is well documented, but much less is known for plants. We previously showed that the Arabidopsis thaliana triphosphate tunnel metalloenzyme (TTM) proteins TTM1 and TTM2 are tail-anchored proteins that localize in the mitochondrial outer membrane and participate in PCD during senescence and immunity, respectively. Here, we show that TTM1 is specifically involved in senescence induced by abscisic acid (ABA). Moreover, phosphorylation of TTM1 by multiple mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases regulates its function and turnover. A combination of proteomics and in vitro kinase assays revealed three major phosphorylation sites of TTM1 (Ser10, Ser437, and Ser490). Ser437, which is phosphorylated upon perception of senescence cues such as ABA and prolonged darkness, is phosphorylated by the MAP kinases MPK3 and MPK4, and Ser437 phosphorylation is essential for TTM1 function in senescence. These MPKs, together with three additional MAP kinases (MPK1, MPK7, and MPK6), also phosphorylate Ser10 and Ser490, marking TTM1 for protein turnover, which likely prevents uncontrolled cell death. Taken together, our results show that multiple MPKs regulate the function and turnover of the mitochondrial protein TTM1 during senescence-associated cell death, revealing a novel link between mitochondria and PCD.
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- Purva Karia
- Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, 25 Willcocks Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 3B2, Canada
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- Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, 25 Willcocks Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 3B2, Canada
- Center for the Analysis of Genome Evolution and Function (CAGEF), University of Toronto, 25 Willcocks Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 3B2, Canada
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- Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, 25 Willcocks Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 3B2, Canada
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Caicedo M, Munaiz ED, Malvar RA, Jiménez JC, Ordas B. Precision Mapping of a Maize MAGIC Population Identified a Candidate Gene for the Senescence-Associated Physiological Traits. Front Genet 2021; 12:716821. [PMID: 34671382 PMCID: PMC8521056 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2021.716821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2021] [Accepted: 08/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Senescence is an important trait in maize (Zea mais L.), a key crop that provides nutrition values and a renewable source of bioenergy worldwide. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) can be used to identify causative genetic variants that influence the major physiological measures of senescence, which is used by plants as a defense mechanism against abiotic and biotic stresses affecting its performance. We measured four physiological and two agronomic traits that affect senescence. Six hundred seventy-two recombinant inbred lines (RILs) were evaluated in two consecutive years. Thirty-six candidate genes were identified by genome-wide association study (GWAS), and 11 of them were supported by additional evidence for involvement in senescence-related processes including proteolysis, sugar transport, and sink activity. We identified a candidate gene, Zm00001d043586, significantly associated with chlorophyll, and independently studied its transcription expression in an independent panel. Our results showed that Zm00001d043586 affects chlorophyl rate degradation, a key determinant of senescence, at late plant development stages. These results contribute to better understand the genetic relationship of the important trait senescence with physiology related parameters in maize and provide new putative molecular markers that can be used in marker assisted selection for line development.
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- Marlon Caicedo
- Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIAP), Quito, Ecuador
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- National Research Council of Spain (CSIC) Misión Biológica de Galicia, Pontevedra, Spain
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- National Research Council of Spain (CSIC) Misión Biológica de Galicia, Pontevedra, Spain
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- National Institute of Forestry, Agriculture and Livestock Research (INIFAP), Cuauhtémoc, Mexico
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- National Research Council of Spain (CSIC) Misión Biológica de Galicia, Pontevedra, Spain
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Kanojia A, Shrestha DK, Dijkwel PP. Primary metabolic processes as drivers of leaf ageing. Cell Mol Life Sci 2021; 78:6351-6364. [PMID: 34279698 PMCID: PMC8558203 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-021-03896-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2021] [Revised: 06/29/2021] [Accepted: 06/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Ageing in plants is a highly coordinated and complex process that starts with the birth of the plant or plant organ and ends with its death. A vivid manifestation of the final stage of leaf ageing is exemplified by the autumn colours of deciduous trees. Over the past decades, technological advances have allowed plant ageing to be studied on a systems biology level, by means of multi-omics approaches. Here, we review some of these studies and argue that these provide strong support for basic metabolic processes as drivers for ageing. In particular, core cellular processes that control the metabolism of chlorophyll, amino acids, sugars, DNA and reactive oxygen species correlate with leaf ageing. However, while multi-omics studies excel at identifying correlative processes and pathways, molecular genetic approaches can provide proof that such processes and pathways control ageing, by means of knock-out and ectopic expression of predicted regulatory genes. Therefore, we also review historic and current molecular evidence to directly test the hypotheses unveiled by the systems biology approaches. We found that the molecular genetic approaches, by and large, confirm the multi-omics-derived hypotheses with notable exceptions, where there is scant evidence that chlorophyll and DNA metabolism are important drivers of leaf ageing. We present a model that summarises the core cellular processes that drive leaf ageing and propose that developmental processes are tightly linked to primary metabolism to inevitably lead to ageing and death.
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- Aakansha Kanojia
- Center of Plant Systems Biology and Biotechnology, Ruski 139 Blvd., Plovdiv, 4000, Bulgaria
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- School of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, Private Bag 11222, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- School of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, Private Bag 11222, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
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Gems D, Kern CC, Nour J, Ezcurra M. Reproductive Suicide: Similar Mechanisms of Aging in C. elegans and Pacific Salmon. Front Cell Dev Biol 2021; 9:688788. [PMID: 34513830 PMCID: PMC8430333 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.688788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2021] [Accepted: 07/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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In some species of salmon, reproductive maturity triggers the development of massive pathology resulting from reproductive effort, leading to rapid post-reproductive death. Such reproductive death, which occurs in many semelparous organisms (with a single bout of reproduction), can be prevented by blocking reproductive maturation, and this can increase lifespan dramatically. Reproductive death is often viewed as distinct from senescence in iteroparous organisms (with multiple bouts of reproduction) such as humans. Here we review the evidence that reproductive death occurs in C. elegans and discuss what this means for its use as a model organism to study aging. Inhibiting insulin/IGF-1 signaling and germline removal suppresses reproductive death and greatly extends lifespan in C. elegans, but can also extend lifespan to a small extent in iteroparous organisms. We argue that mechanisms of senescence operative in reproductive death exist in a less catastrophic form in iteroparous organisms, particularly those that involve costly resource reallocation, and exhibit endocrine-regulated plasticity. Thus, mechanisms of senescence in semelparous organisms (including plants) and iteroparous ones form an etiological continuum. Therefore understanding mechanisms of reproductive death in C. elegans can teach us about some mechanisms of senescence that are operative in iteroparous organisms.
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- David Gems
- Institute of Healthy Ageing, Research Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Healthy Ageing, Research Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Healthy Ageing, Research Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom
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Kaur H, Kohli SK, Khanna K, Bhardwaj R. Scrutinizing the impact of water deficit in plants: Transcriptional regulation, signaling, photosynthetic efficacy, and management. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2021; 172:935-962. [PMID: 33686690 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.13389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2020] [Revised: 01/18/2021] [Accepted: 03/03/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Suboptimal availability of water limits plant growth, development, and performance. Drought is one of the leading factors responsible for worldwide crop yield reduction. In the future, owing to climate changes, more agricultural land will be affected by prolonged periods of water deficit. Thus, understanding the fundamental mechanism of drought response is a major scientific concern for improvement of crop production. To combat drought stress, plants deploy varied mechanistic strategies and alter their morphological, physiochemical, and molecular attributes. This helps plant to enhance water uptake and storage, reduce water loss and avoid wilting. Induction of several transcription factors and drought responsive genes leads to synthesis of stress proteins, regulation of water channels i.e. aquaporins and production of osmolytes that are essential for maintenance of osmotic balance at the cellular level. Self- and hormone-regulated signaling pathways are often stimulated by plants after receiving drought stress signals via secondary messengers, mitogen-activated protein kinases, and stress hormones. These signaling cascades often leads to stomatal closure and reduction in transpiration rates. Reduced carbon dioxide diffusion in chloroplast, lowered efficacy of photosystems, and other metabolic constraints limits the key regulatory photosynthetic process during water deficit. The impact of these stomatal and nonstomatal limitations varies with stress intensity, superimposed stresses and plant species. A clear understanding of the drought resistance process is thus important before adopting strategies for imparting drought tolerance in plants. These management practices at present include exogenous hormone application, breeding, and genetic engineering techniques for combating the water deficit issues.
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- Harsimran Kaur
- PG Department of Agriculture, Plant Protection Division, Khalsa College, Amritsar, Punjab, India
- Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, India
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- PG Department of Agriculture, Plant Protection Division, Khalsa College, Amritsar, Punjab, India
- Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, India
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- Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, India
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- Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, India
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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: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [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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Ghifari AS, Teixeira PF, Kmiec B, Pružinská A, Glaser E, Murcha MW. A mitochondrial prolyl aminopeptidase PAP2 releases N-terminal proline and regulates proline homeostasis during stress response. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2020; 104:1182-1194. [PMID: 32920905 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2020] [Revised: 08/17/2020] [Accepted: 08/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Most mitochondrial proteins are synthesised in the cytosol and targeted into the organelle via N-terminal targeting peptides that are cleaved upon import. The free targeting peptide is subsequently processed in a stepwise manner, with single amino acids released as final products. Here, we have characterised a proline-cleaving aminopeptidase in Arabidopsis thaliana, prolyl aminopeptidase-2 (PAP2, At3g61540). Activity assays show that PAP2 has a preferred activity to hydrolyse N-terminal proline. Protein localisation studies revealed that PAP2 is exclusively targeted to mitochondria. Characterisation of pap2 mutants show defective pollen, enhanced dark-induced senescence and increased susceptibility to abiotic stresses, which are likely attributed to a reduced level of accumulated free proline. Taken together, these results demonstrate the role of PAP2 in proline cleavage from mitochondrial peptides and proline homeostasis, which is required for the development of male gametophyte, tolerance to abiotic stresses, and leaf senescence.
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- Abi S Ghifari
- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Perth, WA, 6009, Australia
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Perth, WA, 6009, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Arrhenius Laboratories for Natural Sciences, Stockholm University, Stockholm, SE-106 91, Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Arrhenius Laboratories for Natural Sciences, Stockholm University, Stockholm, SE-106 91, Sweden
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- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Perth, WA, 6009, Australia
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Perth, WA, 6009, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Arrhenius Laboratories for Natural Sciences, Stockholm University, Stockholm, SE-106 91, Sweden
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- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Perth, WA, 6009, Australia
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Perth, WA, 6009, Australia
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Sadok W, Jagadish SVK. The Hidden Costs of Nighttime Warming on Yields. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 25:644-651. [PMID: 32526169 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2020.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2019] [Revised: 02/05/2020] [Accepted: 02/06/2020] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Nighttime warming poses a threat to global food security as it is driving yield declines worldwide, but our understanding of the physiological basis of this phenomenon remains very limited. Furthermore, it is often assumed that such declines are driven solely by increases in nighttime temperature (TNight). Here we argue that, in addition to temperature, increases in nighttime evaporative demand may 'conspire' to penalize yields and end-use quality traits. We propose an ecophysiological framework outlining the possible mechanistic basis of such declines in yield and quality. We suggest ways to use the proposed framework as a guide to future efforts aimed at alleviating productivity losses by integrating crop ecophysiology with modeling, breeding, and management.
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- Walid Sadok
- Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, MN, USA.
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Fu W, Wang Y, Ye Y, Zhen S, Zhou B, Wang Y, Hu Y, Zhao Y, Huang Y. Grain Yields and Nitrogen Use Efficiencies in Different Types of Stay-Green Maize in Response to Nitrogen Fertilizer. PLANTS 2020; 9:plants9040474. [PMID: 32283610 PMCID: PMC7238017 DOI: 10.3390/plants9040474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2020] [Revised: 03/27/2020] [Accepted: 04/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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The stay-green leaf phenotype is typically associated with increased yields and improved stress resistance in maize breeding, due to higher nitrogen (N) nutrient levels that prolong greenness. The application of N fertilizer can regulate the N status of plants, and furthermore, impact the photosynthetic rates of leaves at the productive stage; however, N deficiencies and N excesses will reduce maize yields. Consequently, it is necessary to develop N fertilizer management strategies for different types of stay-green maize. For this study, the senescent cultivar Lianchuang 808 (LC808), moderate-stay-green cultivar Zhengdan 958 (ZD958), and over stay-green cultivar Denghai 685 (DH685) were selected as experimental models. Our results revealed that yields of ZD958 were slightly higher than DH685 and notably improved over than LC808. Compared with a non-stay-green cultivar LC808, ZD958 and DH685 still maintained higher chlorophyll contents and cell activities following the silking stage, while efficiently slowing the senescence rate. The supply of N fertilizer significantly prolonged leaf greenness and delayed senescence for ZD958 and DH685; however, the effect was not obvious for LC808. The stem remobilization efficiency of N was higher in the moderate-stay-green cultivar ZD958, in contrast to LC808, while the transfer of leaf N was lower than LC808, which guaranteed high leaf N levels, and that sufficient N was transferred to grains in ZD958. To obtain the highest yields, the optimal N fertilizer rates were 228.1 kg hm−2 for LC0808, 180 kg hm−2 for ZD958, and 203.8 kg hm−2 for DH685. In future, the selection of stay-green type crops might serve as an important agricultural strategy to reduce the quantity of N fertilizer and increase N efficiency.
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Ji MG, Park HJ, Cha JY, Kim JA, Shin GI, Jeong SY, Lee ES, Yun DJ, Lee SY, Kim WY. Expression of Arabidopsis thaliana Thioredoxin-h2 in Brassica napus enhances antioxidant defenses and improves salt tolerance. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2020; 147:313-321. [PMID: 31901883 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2019.12.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2019] [Revised: 12/25/2019] [Accepted: 12/26/2019] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Salt stress limits crop productivity worldwide, particularly in arid and heavily irrigated regions. Salt stress causes oxidative stress, in which plant cells accumulate harmful levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Thioredoxins (Trxs; EC 1.8.4.8) are antioxidant proteins encoded by a ubiquitous multigene family. Arabidopsis thaliana Trx h-type proteins localize in the cytoplasm and other subcellular organelles, and function in plant responses to abiotic stresses and pathogen attack. Here, we isolated the Arabidopsis genes encoding two cytosolic h-type Trx proteins, AtTrx-h2 and AtTrx-h3 and generated transgenic oilseed rape (Brassica napus) plants overexpressing AtTrx-h2 or AtTrx-h3. Heterologous expression of AtTrx-h2 in B. napus conferred salt tolerance with plants grown on 50 mM NaCl having higher fresh weight and chlorophyll contents compared with controls in hydroponic growth system. By contrast, expression of AtTrx-h3 or the empty vector control did not improve salt tolerance. In addition, AtTrx-h2-overexpressing transgenic plants exhibited lower levels of hydrogen peroxide and higher activities of antioxidant enzymes including peroxidase, catalase, and superoxide dismutase, compared with the plants expressing the empty vector control or AtTrx-h3. These results suggest that AtTrx-h2 is a promising candidate for engineering or breeding crops with enhanced salt stress tolerance.
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- Myung Geun Ji
- Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 Plus), Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 52828, Republic of Korea
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- Institute of Glocal Disease Control, Konkuk University, Seoul, 05029, Republic of Korea; Department of Biomedical Science and Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul, 05029, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 Plus), Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 52828, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration, Jeonju, 54874, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 Plus), Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 52828, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 Plus), Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 52828, Republic of Korea
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- PMBBRC, IALS & RILS, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 52828, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Science and Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul, 05029, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 Plus), Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 52828, Republic of Korea; PMBBRC, IALS & RILS, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 52828, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 Plus), Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 52828, Republic of Korea; PMBBRC, IALS & RILS, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 52828, Republic of Korea.
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Elucidating Drought Stress Tolerance in European Oaks Through Cross-Species Transcriptomics. G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS 2019; 9:3181-3199. [PMID: 31395652 PMCID: PMC6778798 DOI: 10.1534/g3.119.400456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The impact of climate change that comes with a dramatic increase of long periods of extreme summer drought associated with heat is a fundamental challenge for European forests. As a result, forests are expected to shift their distribution patterns toward north-east, which may lead to a dramatic loss in value of European forest land. Consequently, unraveling key processes that underlie drought stress tolerance is not only of great scientific but also of utmost economic importance for forests to withstand future heat and drought wave scenarios. To reveal drought stress-related molecular patterns we applied cross-species comparative transcriptomics of three major European oak species: the less tolerant deciduous pedunculate oak (Quercus robur), the deciduous but quite tolerant pubescent oak (Q. pubescens), and the very tolerant evergreen holm oak (Q. ilex). We found 415, 79, and 222 differentially expressed genes during drought stress in Q. robur, Q. pubescens, and Q. ilex, respectively, indicating species-specific response mechanisms. Further, by comparative orthologous gene family analysis, 517 orthologous genes could be characterized that may play an important role in drought stress adaptation on the genus level. New regulatory candidate pathways and genes in the context of drought stress response were identified, highlighting the importance of the antioxidant capacity, the mitochondrial respiration machinery, the lignification of the water transport system, and the suppression of drought-induced senescence - providing a valuable knowledge base that could be integrated in breeding programs in the face of climate change.
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A Novel Stay-Green Mutant of Rice with Delayed Leaf Senescence and Better Harvest Index Confers Drought Tolerance. PLANTS 2019; 8:plants8100375. [PMID: 31561513 PMCID: PMC6843539 DOI: 10.3390/plants8100375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2019] [Revised: 08/09/2019] [Accepted: 08/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Three Ethyl methansulphonate (EMS)-induced stay-green mutants (SGM-1, SGM-2 and SGM-3) and their wild-type (WT), were tested for their Stay-Green (SG) and drought tolerance nature as the relation between these two attributes is not yet established in rice. In the dark induced senescence assay, SGM-3 showed delayed senescence while SGM-1 and SGM-2 showed complete lack of senescence. Mutants showed stable transcript abundance over time, for 15 candidate genes (CGs) associated with senescence, compared to the WT. SGM-3 however showed moderately increasing transcript abundance over time for ATG6a, ATG4a, NYC1, NOL and NYC3. Only SGM-3 performed better than the WT for yield and harvest index under well irrigated as well as drought conditions, though all the mutants showed better performance for other agronomic traits under both the conditions and ascorbate peroxidase activity under drought. Thus, SG trait showed positive correlation with drought tolerance though only SGM-3 could convert this into higher harvest index. Sequence analysis of 80 senescence-associated genes including the 15 CGs showed non-synonymous mutations in four and six genes in SGM-1 and SGM-2 respectively, while no SNPs were found in SGM-3. Analysis of the earlier reported Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) regions in SGM-3 revealed negligible variations from WT, suggesting it to be a novel SG mutant.
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Shull TE, Kurepa J, Smalle JA. Anatase TiO 2 Nanoparticles Induce Autophagy and Chloroplast Degradation in Thale Cress ( Arabidopsis thaliana). ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2019; 53:9522-9532. [PMID: 31356742 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b01648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The extensive use of TiO2 nanoparticles and their subsequent release into the environment have posed an important question about the effects of this nanomaterial on ecosystems. Here, we analyzed the link between the damaging effects of reactive oxygen species generated by TiO2 nanoparticles and autophagy, a housekeeping mechanism that removes damaged cellular constituents. We show that TiO2 nanoparticles induce autophagy in the plant model system Arabidopsis thaliana and that autophagy is an important mechanism for managing TiO2 nanoparticle-induced oxidative stress. Additionally, we find that TiO2 nanoparticles induce oxidative stress predominantly in chloroplasts and that this chloroplastic stress is mitigated by autophagy. Collectively, our results suggest that photosynthetic organisms are particularly susceptible to TiO2 nanoparticle toxicity.
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- Timothy E Shull
- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences , University of Kentucky , Lexington , Kentucky 40546 United States
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- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences , University of Kentucky , Lexington , Kentucky 40546 United States
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- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences , University of Kentucky , Lexington , Kentucky 40546 United States
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Impa SM, Sunoj VSJ, Krassovskaya I, Bheemanahalli R, Obata T, Jagadish SVK. Carbon balance and source-sink metabolic changes in winter wheat exposed to high night-time temperature. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2019; 42:1233-1246. [PMID: 30471235 DOI: 10.1111/pce.13488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2018] [Revised: 10/09/2018] [Accepted: 11/20/2018] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Carbon loss under high night-time temperature (HNT) leads to significant reduction in wheat yield. Growth chamber studies were carried out using six winter wheat genotypes, to unravel postheading HNT (23°C)-induced alterations in carbon balance, source-sink metabolic changes, yield, and yield-related traits compared with control (15°C) conditions. Four of the six tested genotypes recorded a significant increase in night respiration after 4 days of HNT exposure, with all the cultivars regulating carbon loss and demonstrating different degree of acclimation to extended HNT exposure. Metabolite profiling indicated carbohydrate metabolism in spikes and activation of the TriCarboxylic Acid (TCA) cycle in leaves as important pathways operating under HNT exposure. A significant increase in sugars, sugar-alcohols, and phosphate in spikes of the tolerant genotype (Tascosa) indicated osmolytes and membrane protective mechanisms acting against HNT damage. Enhanced night respiration under HNT resulted in higher accumulation of TCA cycle intermediates like isocitrate and fumarate in leaves of the susceptible genotype (TX86A5606). Lower grain number due to lesser productive spikes and reduced grain weight due to shorter grain-filling duration determined HNT-induced yield loss in winter wheat. Traits and mechanisms identified will help catalyze the development of physiological and metabolic markers for breeding HNT-tolerant wheat.
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- Somayanda M Impa
- Department of Agronomy, Throckmorton Plant Sciences Center, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Throckmorton Plant Sciences Center, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Center for Plant Science Innovation, University of Nebraska Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska
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- Department of Agronomy, Throckmorton Plant Sciences Center, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Center for Plant Science Innovation, University of Nebraska Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska
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- Department of Agronomy, Throckmorton Plant Sciences Center, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA
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Kim J. Sugar metabolism as input signals and fuel for leaf senescence. Genes Genomics 2019; 41:737-746. [PMID: 30879182 DOI: 10.1007/s13258-019-00804-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2019] [Accepted: 02/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Senescence in plants is an active and acquired developmental process that occurs at the last developmental stage during the life cycle of a plant. Leaf senescence is a relatively slow process, which is characterized by loss of photosynthetic activity and breakdown of macromolecules, to compensate for reduced energy production. Sugars, major photosynthetic assimilates, are key substrates required for cellular respiration to produce intermediate sources of energy and reducing power, which are known to be essential for the maintenance of cellular processes during senescence. In addition, sugars play roles as signaling molecules to facilitate a wide range of developmental processes as metabolic sensors. However, the roles of sugar during the entire period of senescence remain fragmentary. The purpose of the present review was to examine and explore changes in production, sources, and functions of sugars during leaf senescence. Further, the review explores the current state of knowledge on how sugars mediate the onset or progression of leaf senescence. Progress in the area would facilitate the determination of more sophisticated ways of manipulating the senescence process in plants and offer insights that guide efforts to maintain nutrients in leafy plants during postharvest storage.
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- Jeongsik Kim
- Faculty of Science Education, Jeju National University, Jeju, 63243, Republic of Korea.
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VanBuren R, Man Wai C, Pardo J, Giarola V, Ambrosini S, Song X, Bartels D. Desiccation Tolerance Evolved through Gene Duplication and Network Rewiring in Lindernia. THE PLANT CELL 2018; 30:2943-2958. [PMID: 30361236 PMCID: PMC6354263 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.18.00517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2018] [Revised: 10/02/2018] [Accepted: 10/23/2018] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Although several resurrection plant genomes have been sequenced, the lack of suitable dehydration-sensitive outgroups has limited genomic insights into the origin of desiccation tolerance. Here, we utilized a comparative system of closely related desiccation-tolerant (Lindernia brevidens) and -sensitive (Lindernia subracemosa) species to identify gene- and pathway-level changes associated with the evolution of desiccation tolerance. The two high-quality Lindernia genomes we assembled are largely collinear, and over 90% of genes are conserved. L. brevidens and L. subracemosa have evidence of an ancient, shared whole-genome duplication event, and retained genes have neofunctionalized, with desiccation-specific expression in L. brevidens Tandem gene duplicates also are enriched in desiccation-associated functions, including a dramatic expansion of early light-induced proteins from 4 to 26 copies in L. brevidens A comparative differential gene coexpression analysis between L. brevidens and L. subracemosa supports extensive network rewiring across early dehydration, desiccation, and rehydration time courses. Many LATE EMBRYOGENESIS ABUNDANT genes show significantly higher expression in L. brevidens compared with their orthologs in L. subracemosa Coexpression modules uniquely upregulated during desiccation in L. brevidens are enriched with seed-specific and abscisic acid-associated cis-regulatory elements. These modules contain a wide array of seed-associated genes that have no expression in the desiccation-sensitive L. subracemosa Together, these findings suggest that desiccation tolerance evolved through a combination of gene duplications and network-level rewiring of existing seed desiccation pathways.
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- Robert VanBuren
- Department of Horticulture, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824
- Plant Resilience Institute, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824
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- Department of Horticulture, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824
- Plant Resilience Institute, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824
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- Plant Resilience Institute, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824
- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824
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Muneer S, Lee JH. Hazardous gases (CO, NO x, CH 4 and C 3H 8) released from CO 2 fertilizer unit lead to oxidative damage and degrades photosynthesis in strawberry plants. Sci Rep 2018; 8:12291. [PMID: 30116034 PMCID: PMC6095870 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-30838-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2018] [Accepted: 07/27/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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CO2 boilers/direct heating systems used in greenhouses often lead to incomplete combustion, which results in the formation of hazardous gases, such as carbon monoxide (CO), nitroxide (NOX) and other hydrocarbons. In this study, strawberry plants that were grown on rockwool cubes were transferred to airtight bottles and treated with CO, NOX, CH4 and C3H8 gases for 1-48 hours. Oxidative damage due to hazardous gases was observed, as indicated by H2O2 and [Formula: see text] determination. Photosynthetic pigments were reduced, and stomatal guard cells were damaged and remained closed compared to the control. The activity of other photosynthetic parameters was negatively related to hazardous gases. Reduction in the expression of multiprotein complexes was highly observed under hazardous gas treatments. This study highlighted that hazardous gases (CO, NOX, CH4 and C3H8) emitted due to incomplete combustion of CO2 fertilization units/or direct heating systems resulted in the formation of ROS in shoots and limited photosynthetic metabolism. We predicted that major steps must be incorporated to improve the efficiency of CO2 boiler/heating systems to decrease the emission of these hazardous gases and other hydrocarbons and to reduce the observed risks that are key to the reduction of crops.
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- Sowbiya Muneer
- Department of Horticulture, College of Agricultural life sciences, Chonnam National University, 300 Young Bong-Dong Buk-Gu, Gwangju, 500-757, Korea
- Centre for Agricultural Innovations and Adavnced Learning [VAIAL], Vellore Institute of Technology, Tamil Nadu, Vellore, 632014, India
- School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Vellore Institute of Technology, Tamil-Nadu, Vellore, 632014, India
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- Department of Horticulture, College of Agricultural life sciences, Chonnam National University, 300 Young Bong-Dong Buk-Gu, Gwangju, 500-757, Korea.
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Broda M, Millar AH, Van Aken O. Mitophagy: A Mechanism for Plant Growth and Survival. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 23:434-450. [PMID: 29576328 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2018.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2017] [Revised: 02/13/2018] [Accepted: 02/23/2018] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Mitophagy is a conserved cellular process that is important for autophagic removal of damaged mitochondria to maintain a healthy mitochondrial population. Mitophagy also appears to occur in plants and has roles in development, stress response, senescence, and programmed cell death. However, many of the genes that control mitophagy in yeast and animal cells are absent from plants, and no plant proteins marking defunct mitochondria for autophagic degradation are yet known. New insights implicate general autophagy-related proteins in mitophagy, affecting the senescence of plant tissues. Mitophagy control and its importance for energy metabolism, survival, signaling, and cell death in plants are discussed. Furthermore, we suggest mitochondrial membrane proteins containing ATG8-interacting motifs, which might serve as mitophagy receptor proteins in plant mitochondria.
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- Martyna Broda
- Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
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- Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
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- Department of Biology, Lund University, Sölvegatan 35, 223 62 Lund, Sweden.
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Enrique Gomez R, Joubès J, Valentin N, Batoko H, Satiat-Jeunemaître B, Bernard A. Lipids in membrane dynamics during autophagy in plants. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2018; 69:1287-1299. [PMID: 29140451 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erx392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2017] [Accepted: 10/09/2017] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Autophagy is a critical pathway for plant adaptation to stress. Macroautophagy relies on the biogenesis of a specialized membrane named the phagophore that maturates into a double membrane vesicle. Proteins and lipids act synergistically to promote membrane structure and functions, yet research on autophagy has mostly focused on autophagy-related proteins while knowledge of supporting lipids in the formation of autophagic membranes remains scarce. This review expands on studies in plants with examples from other organisms to present and discuss our current understanding of lipids in membrane dynamics associated with the autophagy pathway in plants.
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- Rodrigo Enrique Gomez
- CNRS, Laboratoire de Biogenèse Membranaire, UMR5200, Bordeaux, France
- Université de Bordeaux, Laboratoire de Biogenèse Membranaire, UMR5200, Bordeaux, France
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- CNRS, Laboratoire de Biogenèse Membranaire, UMR5200, Bordeaux, France
- Université de Bordeaux, Laboratoire de Biogenèse Membranaire, UMR5200, Bordeaux, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CNRS, CEA, Paris-Sud University, Avenue de la Terrasse, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institut des Sciences de la Vie, Université catholique de Louvain, Croix du Sud 4-L7.07.14, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CNRS, CEA, Paris-Sud University, Avenue de la Terrasse, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- CNRS, Laboratoire de Biogenèse Membranaire, UMR5200, Bordeaux, France
- Université de Bordeaux, Laboratoire de Biogenèse Membranaire, UMR5200, Bordeaux, France
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Di Berardino J, Marmagne A, Berger A, Yoshimoto K, Cueff G, Chardon F, Masclaux-Daubresse C, Reisdorf-Cren M. Autophagy controls resource allocation and protein storage accumulation in Arabidopsis seeds. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2018; 69:1403-1414. [PMID: 29378007 PMCID: PMC6018931 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ery012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2017] [Accepted: 01/16/2018] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Autophagy is essential for nutrient recycling and plays a fundamental role in seed production and grain filling in plants. Autophagy participates in nitrogen remobilization at the whole-plant level, and the seeds of autophagy mutants present abnormal C and N contents relative to wild-type (WT) plants. It is well known that autophagy (ATG) genes are induced in leaves during senescence; however, expression of such genes in seeds has not yet been reported. In this study we show that most of the ATG genes are induced during seed maturation in Arabidopsis siliques. Promoter-ATG8f::UIDA and promoter-ATG8f::GFP fusions showed the strong expression of ATG8f in the phloem companion cells of pericarps and the funiculus, and in the embryo. Expression was especially strong at the late stages of development. The presence of many GFP-ATG8 pre-autophagosomal structures and autophagosomes confirmed the presence of autophagic activity in WT seed embryos. Seeds of atg5 and WT plants grown under low- or high-nitrate conditions were analysed. Nitrate-independent phenotypes were found with higher seed abortion in atg5 and early browing, higher total protein concentrations in the viable seeds of this mutant as compared to the WT. The higher total protein accumulation in atg5 viable seeds was significant from early developmental stages onwards. In addition, relatively low and early accumulation of 12S globulins were found in atg5 seeds. These features led us to the conclusion that atg5 seed development is accelerated and that the protein storage deposition pathway is somehow abnormal or incomplete.
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- Julien Di Berardino
- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRA, AgroParisTech, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, France
- Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRA, AgroParisTech, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRA, AgroParisTech, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRA, AgroParisTech, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRA, AgroParisTech, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRA, AgroParisTech, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRA, AgroParisTech, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRA, AgroParisTech, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, France
- Université de Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines, Université Paris Saclay, Versailles, France
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Bresson J, Bieker S, Riester L, Doll J, Zentgraf U. A guideline for leaf senescence analyses: from quantification to physiological and molecular investigations. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2018; 69:769-786. [PMID: 28992225 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erx246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Leaf senescence is not a chaotic breakdown but a dynamic process following a precise timetable. It enables plants to economize with their resources and control their own viability and integrity. The onset as well as the progression of leaf senescence are co-ordinated by a complex genetic network that continuously integrates developmental and environmental signals such as biotic and abiotic stresses. Therefore, studying senescence requires an integrative and multi-scale analysis of the dynamic changes occurring in plant physiology and metabolism. In addition to providing an automated and standardized method to quantify leaf senescence at the macroscopic scale, we also propose an analytic framework to investigate senescence at physiological, biochemical, and molecular levels throughout the plant life cycle. We have developed protocols and suggested methods for studying different key processes involved in senescence, including photosynthetic capacities, membrane degradation, redox status, and genetic regulation. All methods presented in this review were conducted on Arabidopsis thaliana Columbia-0 and results are compared with senescence-related mutants. This guideline includes experimental design, protocols, recommendations, and the automated tools for leaf senescence analyses that could also be applied to other species.
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- Justine Bresson
- ZMBP, General Genetics, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 32, Tübingen, Germany
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- ZMBP, General Genetics, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 32, Tübingen, Germany
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- ZMBP, General Genetics, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 32, Tübingen, Germany
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- ZMBP, General Genetics, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 32, Tübingen, Germany
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- ZMBP, General Genetics, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 32, Tübingen, Germany
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Otegui MS. Vacuolar degradation of chloroplast components: autophagy and beyond. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2018; 69:741-750. [PMID: 28992297 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erx234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2017] [Accepted: 07/10/2017] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Chloroplast degradation during natural or stress-induced senescence requires the participation of both plastidic and extraplastidic degradative pathways. As part of the extraplastidic pathways, chloroplasts export stroma, envelope, and thylakoid proteins in membrane-bound organelles that are ultimately degraded in vacuoles. Some of these pathways, such as the formation of senescence-associated vacuoles (SAVs) and CV-containing vesicles (CCVs), do not depend on autophagy, whereas delivery of Rubisco-containing bodies (RCBs), ATI1-PS (ATG8-interacting Protein 1) bodies, and small starch-like granule (SSLG) bodies is autophagy dependent. In addition, autophagy of entire chloroplasts delivers damaged chloroplasts into the vacuolar lumen for degradation. This review summarizes the autophagy-dependent and independent trafficking mechanisms by which plant cells degrade chloroplast components in vacuoles.
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- Marisa S Otegui
- Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Biology and Departments of Botany and Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI, USA
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High salinity, one of the most severe abiotic stresses encountered by land plants, often results from water deficit and also induces whole-plant senescence. Thus, salt treatment provides a useful technique for stress-mediated induction of senescence in plants. In this chapter, we describe the procedures to induce senescence in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) and rice (Oryza sativa), using NaCl or KCl. Furthermore, we present experimental approaches to measure salt stress-induced leaf senescence.
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Hazrati S, Tahmasebi-Sarvestani Z, Modarres-Sanavy SAM, Mokhtassi-Bidgoli A, Nicola S. Effects of water stress and light intensity on chlorophyll fluorescence parameters and pigments of Aloe vera L. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2016; 106:141-8. [PMID: 27161580 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2016.04.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2016] [Revised: 04/24/2016] [Accepted: 04/25/2016] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Aloe vera L. is one of the most important medicinal plants in the world. In order to determine the effects of light intensity and water deficit stress on chlorophyll (Chl) fluorescence and pigments of A. vera, a split-plot in time experiment was laid out in a randomized complete block design with four replications in a research greenhouse. The factorial combination of three light intensities (50, 75 and 100% of sunlight) and four irrigation regimes (irrigation after depleting 20, 40, 60 and 80% of soil water content) were considered as main factors. Sampling time was considered as sub factor. The first, second and third samplings were performed 90, 180 and 270 days after imposing the treatments, respectively. The results demonstrated that the highest light intensity and the severe water stress decreased maximum fluorescence (Fm), variable fluorescence (Fv)/Fm, quantum yield of PSII photochemistry (ФPSII), Chl and photochemical quenching (qP) but increased non-photochemical quenching (NPQ), minimum fluorescence (F0) and Anthocyanin (Anth). Additionally, the highest Fm, Fv/Fm, ФPSII and qP and the lowest NPQ and F0 were observed when 50% of sunlight was blocked and irrigation was done after 40% soil water depletion. Irradiance of full sunlight and water deficit stress let to the photoinhibition of photosynthesis, as indicated by a reduced quantum yield of PSII, ФPSII, and qP, as well as higher NPQ. Thus, chlorophyll florescence measurements provide valuable physiological data. Close to half of total solar radiation and irrigation after depleting 40% of soil water content were selected as the most efficient treatments.
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- Saeid Hazrati
- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, 14115-336, Iran
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- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, 14115-336, Iran
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- Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences, VEGMAP, Univeristy of Turin, 10090, Italy
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Rouphael Y, Colla G, Bernardo L, Kane D, Trevisan M, Lucini L. Zinc Excess Triggered Polyamines Accumulation in Lettuce Root Metabolome, As Compared to Osmotic Stress under High Salinity. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 7:842. [PMID: 27375675 PMCID: PMC4901059 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2016] [Accepted: 05/30/2016] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Abiotic stresses such as salinity and metal contaminations are the major environmental stresses that adversely affect crop productivity worldwide. Crop responses and tolerance to abiotic stress are complex processes for which "-omic" approaches such as metabolomics is giving us a newest view of biological systems. The aim of the current research was to assess metabolic changes in lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.), by specifically probing the root metabolome of plants exposed to elevated isomolar concentrations of NaCl and ZnSO4. Most of the metabolites that were differentially accumulated in roots were identified for stress conditions, however the response was more intense in plants exposed to NaCl. Compounds identified in either NaCl or ZnSO4 conditions were: carbohydrates, phenolics, hormones, glucosinolates, and lipids. Our findings suggest that osmotic stress and the consequent redox imbalance play a major role in determining lettuce root metabolic response. In addition, it was identified that polyamines and polyamine conjugates were triggered as a specific response to ZnSO4. These findings help improve understanding of how plants cope with abiotic stresses. This information can be used to assist decision-making in breeding programs for improving crop tolerance to salinity and heavy metal contaminations.
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- Youssef Rouphael
- Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples Federico IINaples, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, University of TusciaViterbo, Italy
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- Institute of Environmental and Agricultural Chemistry, Catholic University of the Sacred HeartPiacenza, Italy
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- Enviresearch Ltd., Nanotechnology Centre, Newcastle UniversityNewcastle Upon Tyne, UK
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- Institute of Environmental and Agricultural Chemistry, Catholic University of the Sacred HeartPiacenza, Italy
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- Institute of Environmental and Agricultural Chemistry, Catholic University of the Sacred HeartPiacenza, Italy
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Zhuang X, Chung KP, Jiang L. Origin of the Autophagosomal Membrane in Plants. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 7:1655. [PMID: 27867391 PMCID: PMC5096340 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2016] [Accepted: 10/20/2016] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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During autophagy, cargo molecules destined for degradation are sequestrated into a double-membrane structure called autophagosome, which subsequently fuses with the vacuole. An isolation membrane structure (also called the phagophore) initiates from the platform termed PAS (phagophore assembly site or preautophagosomal structure), which then elongates and expands to become the completed autophagosome. The origin of the membrane for autophagosome formation has been extensively investigated but remains an enigma in the field of autophagy. In yeast and mammalian cells multiple membrane sources have been suggested to contribute to autophagosome formation at different steps, from initiation through expansion and maturation. Recent studies in plants have provided a significant advance in our understanding of the conserved role of autophagy and the underlying mechanism for autophagosome formation. Here, we will discuss and evaluate these new findings on autophagosome formation in plants, with a particular focus on the origin of plant autophagosomal membranes.
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- Xiaohong Zhuang
- School of Life Sciences, Centre for Cell and Developmental Biology and State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong KongShatin, Hong Kong
- *Correspondence: Liwen Jiang, Xiaohong Zhuang,
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- School of Life Sciences, Centre for Cell and Developmental Biology and State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong KongShatin, Hong Kong
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- School of Life Sciences, Centre for Cell and Developmental Biology and State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong KongShatin, Hong Kong
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research InstituteShenzhen, China
- *Correspondence: Liwen Jiang, Xiaohong Zhuang,
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Wang P, Sun X, Jia X, Wang N, Gong X, Ma F. Characterization of an Autophagy-Related Gene MdATG8i from Apple. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 7:720. [PMID: 27252732 PMCID: PMC4879346 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2016] [Accepted: 05/10/2016] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Nutrient deficiencies restrict apple (Malus sp.) tree growth and productivity in Northwest China. The process of autophagy, a conserved degradation pathway in eukaryotic cells, has important roles in nutrient-recycling and helps improve plant performance during periods of nutrient-starvation. Little is known about the functioning of autophagy-related genes (ATGs) in apple. In this study, one of the ATG8 gene family members MdATG8i was isolated from Malus domestica. MdATG8i has conserved putative tubulin binding sites and ATG7 interaction domains. A 1865-bp promoter region cloned from apple genome DNA was predicated to have cis-regulatory elements responsive to light, environmental stresses, and hormones. MdATG8i transcriptions were induced in response to leaf senescence, nitrogen depletion, and oxidative stress. At cellular level, MdATG8i protein was expressed in the nucleus and cytoplasm of onion epidermal cells. Yeast two-hybrid tests showed that MdATG8i could interact with MdATG7a and MdATG7b. In Arabidopsis, its heterologous expression was associated with enhanced vegetative growth, leaf senescence, and tolerance to nitrogen- and carbon-starvation. MdATG8i-overexpressing "Orin" apple callus lines also displayed improved tolerance to nutrient-limited conditions. Our results demonstrate that MdATG8i protein could function in autophagy in a conserved way, as a positive regulator in the response to nutrient-starvation.
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Zhuang X, Cui Y, Gao C, Jiang L. Endocytic and autophagic pathways crosstalk in plants. CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2015; 28:39-47. [PMID: 26453966 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2015.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2015] [Revised: 07/25/2015] [Accepted: 08/30/2015] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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The vacuole is the central site for both storage and metabolism in plant cells and mediates multiple cellular events during plant development and growth. Cargo proteins are usually sequestered into membrane-bound organelles and delivered into the vacuole upon membrane fusion. Two major organelles are responsible for the recognition and transport of cargos targeted to the vacuole: the single-membrane multivesicular body (MVB) or prevacuolar compartment (PVC) and the double-membrane autophagosome. Here, we will highlight recent discoveries about MVB/PVC-mediated and autophagosome-mediated protein trafficking and degradation, and will pay special attention to a possible interplay between the endocytic and autophagic pathways in regulating vacuolar degradation in plants.
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- Xiaohong Zhuang
- School of Life Sciences, Centre for Cell & Developmental Biology and State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Centre for Cell & Developmental Biology and State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Centre for Cell & Developmental Biology and State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Centre for Cell & Developmental Biology and State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China; CUHK Shenzhen Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen 518057, China.
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Jagadish KSV, Kavi Kishor PB, Bahuguna RN, von Wirén N, Sreenivasulu N. Staying Alive or Going to Die During Terminal Senescence-An Enigma Surrounding Yield Stability. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2015; 6:1070. [PMID: 26648957 PMCID: PMC4663250 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.01070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2015] [Accepted: 11/16/2015] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Breeding programs with the aim to enhance yield productivity under abiotic stress conditions during the reproductive stage of crops is a top priority in the era of climate change. However, the choice of exploring stay-green or senescence phenotypes, which represent an opposing physiological bearing, are explored in cereal breeding programs for enhanced yield stability to a different extent. Thus, the consideration of stay-green or senescence phenotypes is still an ongoing debate and has not been comprehensively addressed. In this review, we provide arguments for designing a target phenotype to mitigate abiotic stresses during pre- and post-anthesis in cereals with a focus on hormonal balances regulating stay-green phenotype versus remobilization. The two major hypothesis for grain yield improvement are (i) the importance of the stay-green trait to elevate grain number under pre-anthesis and anthesis stress and (ii) fine tuning the regulatory and molecular physiological mechanisms to accelerate nutrient remobilization to optimize grain quality and seed weight under post-anthesis stress. We highlight why a cautious balance in the phenotype design is essential. While stay-green phenotypes promise to be ideal for developing stress-tolerant lines during pre-anthesis and fertilization to enhance grain number and yield per se, fine-tuning efficient remobilizing behavior during seed filling might optimize grain weight, grain quality and nutrient efficiency. The proposed model provides novel and focused directions for cereal stress breeding programs to ensure better seed-set and efficient grain-filling in cereals under terminal drought and heat stress exposure.
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben, Germany
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- International Rice Research Institute, Metro Manila, Philippines
- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben, Germany
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Sztatelman O, Grzyb J, Gabryś H, Banaś AK. The effect of UV-B on Arabidopsis leaves depends on light conditions after treatment. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2015; 15:281. [PMID: 26608826 PMCID: PMC4660668 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-015-0667-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2015] [Accepted: 11/17/2015] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND Ultraviolet B (UV-B) irradiation can influence many cellular processes. Irradiation with high UV-B doses causes chlorophyll degradation, a decrease in the expression of genes associated with photosynthesis and its subsequent inhibition. On the other hand, sublethal doses of UV-B are used in post-harvest technology to prevent yellowing in storage. To address this inconsistency the effect of short, high-dose UV-B irradiation on detached Arabidopsis thaliana leaves was examined. RESULTS Two different experimental models were used. After short treatment with a high dose of UV-B the Arabidopsis leaves were either put into darkness or exposed to constant light for up to 4 days. UV-B inhibited dark-induced chlorophyll degradation in Arabidopsis leaves in a dose-dependent manner. The expression of photosynthesis-related genes, chlorophyll content and photosynthetic efficiency were higher in UV-B -treated leaves left in darkness. UV-B treatment followed by constant light caused leaf yellowing and induced the expression of senescence-related genes. Irrespective of light treatment a high UV-B dose led to clearly visible cell death 3 days after irradiation. CONCLUSIONS High doses of UV-B have opposing effects on leaves depending on their light status after UV treatment. In darkened leaves short UV-B treatment delays the appearance of senescence symptoms. When followed by light treatment, the same doses of UV-B result in chlorophyll degradation. This restricts the potential usability of UV treatment in postharvest technology to crops which are stored in darkness.
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- Olga Sztatelman
- Department of Plant Biotechnology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7, Krakow, 30-387, Poland.
- Current address: Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa, 02-106, Poland.
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- Laboratory of Biological Physics, Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotników 32/46, Warszawa, 02-668, Poland.
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7, Krakow, 30-387, Poland.
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7, Krakow, 30-387, Poland.
- The Malopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7, Krakow, 30-387, Poland.
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Voitsekhovskaja OV, Tyutereva EV. Chlorophyll b in angiosperms: Functions in photosynthesis, signaling and ontogenetic regulation. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2015; 189:51-64. [PMID: 26513460 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2015.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2015] [Revised: 09/10/2015] [Accepted: 09/11/2015] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Chlorophyll b (Chlb) is an antenna chlorophyll. The binding of Chlb by antenna proteins is crucial for the correct assembly of the antenna complexes in thylakoid membranes. Since the levels of the proteins of major and minor antenna are affected to different extents by Chlb binding, the availability of Chlb influences the composition and the size of antenna complexes which in turn determine the supramolecular organization of the thylakoid membranes in grana. Therefore, Chlb synthesis levels have a major impact on lateral mobility and diffusion of membrane molecules, and thus affect not only light harvesting and thermal energy dissipation processes, but also linear electron transport and repair processes in grana. Furthermore, in angiosperms Chlb synthesis affects plant functions beyond chloroplasts. First, the stability of pigment-protein complexes in the antennae, which depends on Chlb, is an important factor in the regulation of plant ontogenesis, and Chlb levels were recently shown to influence plant ontogenetic signaling. Second, the amounts of minor antenna proteins in chloroplasts, which depend on the availability of Chlb, were recently shown to affect ABA levels and signaling in plants. These mechanisms can be examined in mutants where Chlb synthesis is reduced or abolished. The dramatic effects caused by the lack of Chlb on plant productivity are interpreted in this review in light of the pleiotropic effects on photosynthesis and signaling, and the potential to manipulate Chlb biosynthesis for the improvement of crop production is discussed.
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- O V Voitsekhovskaja
- Komarov Botanical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Plant Ecological Physiology, ul. Professora Popova, 2, 197376 St. Petersburg, Russia.
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- Komarov Botanical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Plant Ecological Physiology, ul. Professora Popova, 2, 197376 St. Petersburg, Russia
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Piao W, Kim EY, Han SH, Sakuraba Y, Paek NC. Rice Phytochrome B (OsPhyB) Negatively Regulates Dark- and Starvation-Induced Leaf Senescence. PLANTS 2015; 4:644-63. [PMID: 27135344 PMCID: PMC4844404 DOI: 10.3390/plants4030644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2015] [Revised: 08/18/2015] [Accepted: 08/28/2015] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Light regulates leaf senescence and light deprivation causes large-scale transcriptional reprogramming to dismantle cellular components and remobilize nutrients to sink organs, such as seeds and storage tissue. We recently reported that in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), Phytochrome-Interacting Factor4 (PIF4) and PIF5 promote dark-induced senescence and natural senescence by directly activating the expression of typical senescence-associated genes (SAGs), including ORESARA1 (ORE1) and ETHYLENE INSENSITIVE3 (EIN3). In contrast, phytochrome B (PhyB) inhibits leaf senescence by repressing PIF4 and PIF5 at the post-translational level. Although we found how red light signaling represses leaf senescence in Arabidopsis, it remains unknown whether PhyB and/or PhyA are involved in leaf senescence in rice (Oryza sativa). Here we show that rice phyB knockout mutants (osphyB-1, -2, and -3) exhibited an early senescence phenotype during dark-induced senescence, but an osphyA knockout mutant (osphyA-3) senesced normally. The RT-qPCR analysis revealed that several senescence-associated genes, including OsORE1 and OsEIN3, were significantly up-regulated in osphyB-2 mutants, indicating that OsPhyB also inhibits leaf senescence, like Arabidopsis PhyB. We also found that leaf segments of osphyB-2 senesced faster even under light conditions. Supplementation with nitrogen compounds, such as KNO3 and NH4NO3, rescued the early senescence phenotype of osphyB-2, indicating that starvation is one of the major signaling factors in the OsPhyB-dependent leaf senescence pathway.
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- Weilan Piao
- Department of Plant Science, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-921, Korea.
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- Department of Plant Science, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-921, Korea.
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- Department of Plant Science, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-921, Korea.
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- Department of Plant Science, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-921, Korea.
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- Department of Plant Science, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-921, Korea.
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New Insight into the Mechanism and Function of Autophagy in Plant Cells. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2015; 320:1-40. [PMID: 26614870 DOI: 10.1016/bs.ircmb.2015.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Autophagy is a degradation pathway that is conserved throughout eukaryotic organisms and plays important roles in the tolerance of abiotic and biotic stresses. It functions as a housekeeping process to remove unwanted cell components under normal conditions, and is induced during stress and senescence to break down damaged cellular contents and to recycle materials. The target components are engulfed into specialized transport structures termed autophagosomes and are subsequently delivered to the vacuole for degradation. Here, we review milestones in the study of autophagy in plants, discuss recent advances in our understanding of the mechanism and physiological roles of plant autophagy, and highlight potential future directions of research.
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Sakuraba Y, Park SY, Paek NC. The Divergent Roles of STAYGREEN (SGR) Homologs in Chlorophyll Degradation. Mol Cells 2015; 38:390-5. [PMID: 25913011 PMCID: PMC4443279 DOI: 10.14348/molcells.2015.0039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2015] [Revised: 03/06/2015] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Degradation of chlorophyll (Chl) by Chl catabolic enzymes (CCEs) causes the loss of green color that typically occurs during senescence of leaves. In addition to CCEs, staygreen1 (SGR1) functions as a key regulator of Chl degradation. Although sgr1 mutants in many plant species exhibit a stay-green phenotype, the biochemical function of the SGR1 protein remains elusive. Many recent studies have examined the physiological and molecular roles of SGR1 and its homologs (SGR2 and SGR-LIKE) in Chl metabolism, finding that these proteins have different roles in different species. In this review, we summarize the recent studies on SGR and discuss the most likely functions of SGR homologs.
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- Yasuhito Sakuraba
- Department of Plant Science, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-921,
Korea
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology and Weed Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0331,
USA
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- Department of Plant Science, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-921,
Korea
- Crop Biotechnology Institute, GreenBio Science and Technology, Seoul National University, Pyeongchang 232-916,
Korea
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Mukae K, Inoue Y, Moriyasu Y. ATG5-knockout mutants of Physcomitrella provide a platform for analyzing the involvement of autophagy in senescence processes in plant cells. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2015; 10:e1086859. [PMID: 26368055 PMCID: PMC4883962 DOI: 10.1080/15592324.2015.1086859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2015] [Accepted: 08/20/2015] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Autophagy is a pathway in which a cell degrades part of its cytoplasm in vacuoles or lysosomes. To identify the physiological functions of autophagy in plants, we disrupted ATG5, an autophagy-related gene, in Physcomitrella, and confirmed that atg5 mutants are deficient in the process of autophagy. On carbon or nitrogen starvation medium, atg5 colonies turned yellow earlier than the wild-type (WT) colonies, showing that Physcomitrella atg5 mutants, like yeast and Arabidopsis, are sensitive to nutrient starvation. In the dark, even under nutrient-sufficient conditions, colonies turned yellow and the net degradation of chlorophyll and Rubisco protein occurred together with the upregulation of several senescence-associated genes. Yellowing reactions were inhibited by the protein synthesis inhibitor cycloheximide, suggesting that protonemal colonies undergo dark-induced senescence like the green leaves of higher plants. Such senescence responses in the dark occurred earlier in atg5 colonies than WT colonies. The sugar content was almost the same between WT and atg5 colonies, indicating that the early-senescence phenotype of atg5 is not explained by sugar deficiency. However, the levels of 7 amino acids showed significantly different alteration between atg5 and WT in the dark: 6 amino acids, particularly arginine and alanine, were much more deficient in the atg5 mutants, irrespective of the early degradation of Rubisco protein. On nutrient-sufficient medium supplemented with casamino acids, the early-senescence phenotype was slightly moderated. We propose that the early-senescence phenotype in atg5 mutants is partly explained by amino acid imbalance because of the lack of cytoplasmic degradation by autophagy in Physcomitrella.
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- Kyosuke Mukae
- Graduate School of Science and Engineering; Saitama University; Saitama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Engineering; Saitama University; Saitama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Engineering; Saitama University; Saitama, Japan
- Correspondence to: Yuji Moriyasu;
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Michaeli S, Honig A, Levanony H, Peled-Zehavi H, Galili G. Arabidopsis ATG8-INTERACTING PROTEIN1 is involved in autophagy-dependent vesicular trafficking of plastid proteins to the vacuole. THE PLANT CELL 2014; 26:4084-101. [PMID: 25281689 PMCID: PMC4247578 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.114.129999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2014] [Revised: 08/28/2014] [Accepted: 09/18/2014] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Selective autophagy has been extensively studied in various organisms, but knowledge regarding its functions in plants, particularly in organelle turnover, is limited. We have recently discovered ATG8-INTERACTING PROTEIN1 (ATI1) from Arabidopsis thaliana and showed that following carbon starvation it is localized on endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-associated bodies that are subsequently transported to the vacuole. Here, we show that following carbon starvation ATI1 is also located on bodies associating with plastids, which are distinct from the ER ATI bodies and are detected mainly in senescing cells that exhibit plastid degradation. Additionally, these plastid-localized bodies contain a stroma protein marker as cargo and were observed budding and detaching from plastids. ATI1 interacts with plastid-localized proteins and was further shown to be required for the turnover of one of them, as a representative. ATI1 on the plastid bodies also interacts with ATG8f, which apparently leads to the targeting of the plastid bodies to the vacuole by a process that requires functional autophagy. Finally, we show that ATI1 is involved in Arabidopsis salt stress tolerance. Taken together, our results implicate ATI1 in autophagic plastid-to-vacuole trafficking through its ability to interact with both plastid proteins and ATG8 of the core autophagy machinery.
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- Simon Michaeli
- Department of Plant Science, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Department of Plant Science, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Department of Plant Science, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Department of Plant Science, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Department of Plant Science, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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Sakuraba Y, Kim D, Kim YS, Hörtensteiner S, Paek NC. Arabidopsis STAYGREEN-LIKE (SGRL) promotes abiotic stress-induced leaf yellowing during vegetative growth. FEBS Lett 2014; 588:3830-7. [PMID: 25261252 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2014.09.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2014] [Revised: 09/04/2014] [Accepted: 09/04/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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During leaf senescence in Arabidopsis, STAYGREEN 1 (SGR1) and SGR2 regulate chlorophyll degradation positively and negatively, respectively. SGR-LIKE (SGRL) is also expressed in pre-senescing leaves, but its function remains largely unknown. Here we show that under abiotic stress, Arabidopsis plants overexpressing SGRL exhibit early leaf yellowing and sgrl-1 mutants exhibit persistent green color of leaves. Under salt stress, SGR1 and SGRL act synergistically for rapid Chl degradation prior to senescence. Furthermore, SGRL forms homo- and heterodimers with SGR1 and SGR2 in vivo, and interacts with LHCII and chlorophyll catabolic enzymes. The role of SGRL under abiotic stress is discussed.
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- Yasuhito Sakuraba
- Department of Plant Science, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-921, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Plant Science, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-921, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Plant Science, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-921, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Plant Science, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-921, Republic of Korea.
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