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Hu ZH, Zhang N, Qin ZY, Li JW, Tao JP, Yang N, Chen Y, Kong JY, Luo W, Chen X, Li XH, Xiong AS, Zhuang J. Circadian rhythm response and its effect on photosynthetic characteristics of the Lhcb family genes in tea plant. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2024; 24:333. [PMID: 38664694 PMCID: PMC11044350 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-024-04958-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2023] [Accepted: 03/28/2024] [Indexed: 04/29/2024]
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BACKGROUND The circadian clock, also known as the circadian rhythm, is responsible for predicting daily and seasonal changes in the environment, and adjusting various physiological and developmental processes to the appropriate times during plant growth and development. The circadian clock controls the expression of the Lhcb gene, which encodes the chlorophyll a/b binding protein. However, the roles of the Lhcb gene in tea plant remain unclear. RESULTS In this study, a total of 16 CsLhcb genes were identified based on the tea plant genome, which were distributed on 8 chromosomes of the tea plant. The promoter regions of CsLhcb genes have a variety of cis-acting elements including hormonal, abiotic stress responses and light response elements. The CsLhcb family genes are involved in the light response process in tea plant. The photosynthetic parameter of tea leaves showed rhythmic changes during the two photoperiod periods (48 h). Stomata are basically open during the day and closed at night. Real-time quantitative PCR results showed that most of the CsLhcb family genes were highly expressed during the day, but were less expressed at night. CONCLUSIONS Results indicated that CsLhcb genes were involved in the circadian clock process of tea plant, it also provided potential references for further understanding of the function of CsLhcb gene family in tea plant.
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- Zhi-Hang Hu
- Tea Science Research Institute, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, 1 Weigang, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Tea Science Research Institute, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Tea Science Research Institute, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, 1 Weigang, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Tea Science Research Institute, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Tea Science Research Institute, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Tea Science Research Institute, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Tea Science Research Institute, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Tea Science Research Institute, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Tea Science Research Institute, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, 1 Weigang, Nanjing, 210095, China.
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- Tea Science Research Institute, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China.
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Chakraborty C, Das A, Basak C, Roy S, Agarwal T, Ray S. Chloroplastic RecA protein from Physcomitrium patens is able to repair chloroplastic DNA damage by homologous recombination but unable to repair nuclear DNA damage. PHYSIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PLANTS : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 28:2057-2067. [PMID: 36573145 PMCID: PMC9789214 DOI: 10.1007/s12298-022-01264-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2021] [Revised: 12/05/2022] [Accepted: 12/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Plants are unavoidably exposed to a range of environmental stress factors throughout their life. In addition to the external environmental factors, the production of reactive oxygen species as a product of the cellular metabolic process often causes DNA damage and thus affects genome stability. Homologous recombination (HR) is an essential mechanism used for DNA damage repair that helps to maintain genome integrity. Here we report that the recombinase, PpRecA2, a bacterial RecA homolog from moss Physcomitrium patens can partially complement the function of Escherichia coli RecA in the bacterial system. Transcript analysis showed induced expression of PpRecA2 upon experiencing DNA damaging stressors indicating its involvement in DNA damage sensing and repair mechanism. Over-expressing the chloroplast localizing PpRecA2 confers protection to the chloroplast genome against DNA damage by enhancing the chloroplastic HR frequency in transgenic tobacco plants. Although it fails to protect against nuclear DNA damage when engineered for nuclear localization due to the non-availability of interacting partners. Our results indicate that the chloroplastic HR repair mechanism differs from the nucleus, where chloroplastic HR involves RecA as a key player that resembles the bacterial system. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12298-022-01264-7.
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- Chandrima Chakraborty
- Plant Functional Genomics Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, 35 Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata, West Bengal 700019 India
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- Plant Functional Genomics Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, 35 Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata, West Bengal 700019 India
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- Plant Functional Genomics Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, 35 Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata, West Bengal 700019 India
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- Plant Functional Genomics Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, 35 Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata, West Bengal 700019 India
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- Plant Functional Genomics Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, 35 Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata, West Bengal 700019 India
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- Plant Functional Genomics Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, 35 Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata, West Bengal 700019 India
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Mironov VL, Kondratev AY, Mironova AV. Growth of Sphagnum is strongly rhythmic: contribution of the seasonal, circalunar and third components. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2020; 168:765-776. [PMID: 31613995 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.13037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2019] [Revised: 10/06/2019] [Accepted: 10/09/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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- Victor L Mironov
- Institute of Biology of Karelian Research Centre RAS, Pushkinskaya st. 11, Petrozavodsk, 185910, Russia
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- National Research University Higher School of Economics, Soyuza Pechatnikov st. 16, St. Petersburg, 190121, Russia
- Institute for Regional Economic Studies RAS, Serpuhovskaya st. 38, St. Petersburg, 190013, Russia
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- Tsitsin Main Botanical Garden RAS, Botanicheskaya st. 4, Moscow, 127276, Russia
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Mdodana NT, Jewell JF, Phiri EE, Smith ML, Oberlander K, Mahmoodi S, Kossmann J, Lloyd JR. Mutations in Glucan, Water Dikinase Affect Starch Degradation and Gametophore Development in the Moss Physcomitrella patens. Sci Rep 2019; 9:15114. [PMID: 31641159 PMCID: PMC6805951 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-51632-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2019] [Accepted: 10/01/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The role of starch degradation in non-vascular plants is poorly understood. To expand our knowledge of this area, we have studied this process in Physcomitrella patens. This has been achieved through examination of the step known to initiate starch degradation in angiosperms, glucan phosphorylation, catalysed by glucan, water dikinase (GWD) enzymes. Phylogenetic analysis indicates that GWD isoforms can be divided into two clades, one of which contains GWD1/GWD2 and the other GWD3 isoforms. These clades split at a very early stage within plant evolution, as distinct sequences that cluster within each were identified in all major plant lineages. Of the five genes we identified within the Physcomitrella genome that encode GWD-like enzymes, two group within the GWD1/GWD2 clade and the others within the GWD3 clade. Proteins encoded by both loci in the GWD1/GWD2 clade, named PpGWDa and PpGWDb, are localised in plastids. Mutations of either PpGWDa or PpGWDb reduce starch phosphate abundance, however, a mutation at the PpGWDa locus had a much greater influence than one at PpGWDb. Only mutations affecting PpGWDa inhibited starch degradation. Mutants lacking this enzyme also failed to develop gametophores, a phenotype that could be chemically complemented using glucose supplementation within the growth medium.
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- Ntombizanele T Mdodana
- Department of Genetics, Institute for Plant Biotechnology, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Department of Genetics, Institute for Plant Biotechnology, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Department of Genetics, Institute for Plant Biotechnology, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Department of Genetics, Institute for Plant Biotechnology, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Schweickerdt Herbarium, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield, 0028, South Africa
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- Department of Genetics, Institute for Plant Biotechnology, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Department of Genetics, Institute for Plant Biotechnology, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Department of Genetics, Institute for Plant Biotechnology, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
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Yin C, Karim S, Zhang H, Aronsson H. Arabidopsis RabF1 (ARA6) Is Involved in Salt Stress and Dark-Induced Senescence (DIS). Int J Mol Sci 2017; 18:ijms18020309. [PMID: 28157156 PMCID: PMC5343845 DOI: 10.3390/ijms18020309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2016] [Accepted: 01/25/2017] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Arabidopsis small GTPase RabF1 (ARA6) functions in endosomal vesicle transport and may play a crucial role in recycling and degradation of molecules, thus involved in stress responses. Here we have reported that complementary overexpression lines RabF1OE (overexpression), GTPase mutants RabF1Q93L (constitutively active) and RabF1S47N (dominant negative) lines show longer root growth than wild-type, rabF1 knockout and N-myristoylation deletion (Δ1−29, N-terminus) complementary overexpression mutant plants under salt induced stress, which indicates that N-myristoylation of RabF1 is indispensable for salt tolerance. Moreover, RabF1 is highly expressed during senescence and RabF1OE lines were more tolerant of dark-induced senescence (DIS) than wild-type and rabF1.
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- Congfei Yin
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210014, China.
- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Box 461, Gothenburg SE40530, Sweden.
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Box 461, Gothenburg SE40530, Sweden.
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210014, China.
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Box 461, Gothenburg SE40530, Sweden.
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Pan WJ, Wang X, Deng YR, Li JH, Chen W, Chiang JY, Yang JB, Zheng L. Nondestructive and intuitive determination of circadian chlorophyll rhythms in soybean leaves using multispectral imaging. Sci Rep 2015; 5:11108. [PMID: 26059057 PMCID: PMC4461922 DOI: 10.1038/srep11108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2014] [Accepted: 04/21/2015] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The circadian clock, synchronized by daily cyclic environmental cues, regulates diverse aspects of plant growth and development and increases plant fitness. Even though much is known regarding the molecular mechanism of circadian clock, it remains challenging to quantify the temporal variation of major photosynthesis products as well as their metabolic output in higher plants in a real-time, nondestructive and intuitive manner. In order to reveal the spatial-temporal scenarios of photosynthesis and yield formation regulated by circadian clock, multispectral imaging technique has been employed for nondestructive determination of circadian chlorophyll rhythms in soybean leaves. By utilizing partial least square regression analysis, the determination coefficients R(2), 0.9483 for chlorophyll a and 0.8906 for chlorophyll b, were reached, respectively. The predicted chlorophyll contents extracted from multispectral data showed an approximately 24-h rhythm which could be entrained by external light conditions, consistent with the chlorophyll contents measured by chemical analyses. Visualization of chlorophyll map in each pixel offers an effective way to analyse spatial-temporal distribution of chlorophyll. Our results revealed the potentiality of multispectral imaging as a feasible nondestructive universal assay for examining clock function and robustness, as well as monitoring chlorophyll a and b and other biochemical components in plants.
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- Wen-Juan Pan
- School of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China
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- School of Medical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan
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- School of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan
- Department of Healthcare Administration and Medical Informatics, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan
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- Rice Research Institute, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- School of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China
- School of Medical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China
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Nose M, Watanabe A. Clock genes and diurnal transcriptome dynamics in summer and winter in the gymnosperm Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica (L.f.) D.Don). BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2014; 14:308. [PMID: 25403374 PMCID: PMC4245765 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-014-0308-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2014] [Accepted: 10/27/2014] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND The circadian clock and diurnal dynamics of the transcriptome are presumed to play important roles in the regulation of physiological, biological and developmental processes synchronized with diurnal and annual cycles of plant environments. However, little is known about the circadian clock and its regulation in gymnosperms, including conifers. Here we present the diurnal transcriptome dynamics of Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica (L.f.) D.Don) in both active (summer) and dormant (winter) periods. RESULTS Microarray analysis revealed significant differences in transcripts between summer and winter, and diurnal transcriptome dynamics only in the summer. About 7.7% of unique genes (556 out of 7,254) on the microarray were periodically expressed in summer. Expression patterns of some genes, especially light-related genes, did not show significant oscillation in Japanese cedar, thus differing from those reported in angiosperms. Gene network analysis of the microarray data revealed a network associated with the putative core clock genes (CjLHYa, CjLHYb, CjTOC1, CjGI and CjZTL), which were also isolated, indicating their importance in the diurnal regulation of the transcriptome. CONCLUSION This study revealed the existence of core clock genes and diurnal rhythms of the transcriptome in summer in Japanese cedar. Dampening of diurnal rhythms in winter indicated seasonal change in the rhythms according to environmental conditions. The data also revealed genes that showed different expression patterns compared to angiosperms, suggesting a unique gene regulatory network in conifers. This study provides fundamental data to understand transcriptional regulatory mechanisms in conifers.
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- Mine Nose
- Forest Tree Breeding Center, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Ibaraki, 319-1301, Japan.
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- Forest Tree Breeding Center, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Ibaraki, 319-1301, Japan.
- Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812-8581, Japan.
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Toshima E, Nanjo Y, Komatsu S, Abe T, Matsuura H, Takahashi K. Proteomic analysis of Physcomitrella patens treated with 12-oxo-phytodienoic acid, an important oxylipin in plants. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2014; 78:946-53. [PMID: 25036118 DOI: 10.1080/09168451.2014.912112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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12-Oxo-phytodienoic acid (OPDA) is biosynthesized in the octadecanoid pathway and is considered to be a signaling molecule in plants. In Physcomitrella patens, OPDA is induced by bacterial infection and mechanical stress and is known to suppress growth; however, the functional mechanism of OPDA signaling remains elusive. In this study, we performed a proteomic analysis of P. patens treated with OPDA and found that the expression of 82 proteins was significantly altered, with approximately 80% of these proteins being downregulated by OPDA. The identified proteins were mainly categorized as being involved in photosynthesis, metabolism, and protein synthesis, and most of the proteins that were upregulated by OPDA are involved in light-dependent reactions, suggesting that OPDA regulates a function in chloroplasts. Additionally, OPDA induced the expression of an allene oxide cyclase (PpAOC1) in the octadecanoid pathway, demonstrating positive feedback regulation by OPDA in P. patens.
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- Erika Toshima
- a Division of Applied Bioscience, Research Faculty of Agriculture , Hokkaido University , Sapporo , Japan
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Aoki S, Okada R, Satbhai SB. Transformation and measurement of bioluminescence rhythms in the moss Physcomitrella patens. Methods Mol Biol 2014; 1158:325-36. [PMID: 24792062 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-0700-7_22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Gene targeting is a highly effective and straightforward technique for the functional analysis of a gene of interest. However, its efficiency is not satisfactorily high in many model plants including Arabidopsis thaliana. In the moss Physcomitrella patens, a model species of basal plants, the efficiency of gene targeting is as high as in yeasts, and this moss is becoming widely recognized as an experimental model of choice in various areas of plant biology. Here we focus on the transformation of protoplast cells and on the measurement of bioluminescence rhythms from protonema tissues of luciferase reporter strains in P. patens, both of which are important for mechanistic studies of the circadian clock.
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- Setsuyuki Aoki
- Graduate School of Information Science, Nagoya University Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan,
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Busch H, Boerries M, Bao J, Hanke ST, Hiss M, Tiko T, Rensing SA. Network theory inspired analysis of time-resolved expression data reveals key players guiding P. patens stem cell development. PLoS One 2013; 8:e60494. [PMID: 23637751 PMCID: PMC3630159 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2012] [Accepted: 02/27/2013] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Transcription factors (TFs) often trigger developmental decisions, yet, their transcripts are often only moderately regulated and thus not easily detected by conventional statistics on expression data. Here we present a method that allows to determine such genes based on trajectory analysis of time-resolved transcriptome data. As a proof of principle, we have analysed apical stem cells of filamentous moss (P. patens) protonemata that develop from leaflets upon their detachment from the plant. By our novel correlation analysis of the post detachment transcriptome kinetics we predict five out of 1,058 TFs to be involved in the signaling leading to the establishment of pluripotency. Among the predicted regulators is the basic helix loop helix TF PpRSL1, which we show to be involved in the establishment of apical stem cells in P. patens. Our methodology is expected to aid analysis of key players of developmental decisions in complex plant and animal systems.
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- Hauke Busch
- ZBSA Center for Biological Systems Analysis, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
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McClung CR. Beyond Arabidopsis: the circadian clock in non-model plant species. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2013; 24:430-6. [PMID: 23466287 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2013.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2012] [Revised: 02/13/2013] [Accepted: 02/15/2013] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Circadian clocks allow plants to temporally coordinate many aspects of their biology with the diurnal cycle derived from the rotation of Earth on its axis. Although there is a rich history of the study of clocks in many plant species, in recent years much progress in elucidating the architecture and function of the plant clock has emerged from studies of the model plant, Arabidopsis thaliana. There is considerable interest in extending this knowledge of the circadian clock into diverse plant species in order to address its role in topics as varied as agricultural productivity and the responses of individual species and plant communities to global climate change and environmental degradation. The analysis of circadian clocks in the green lineage provides insight into evolutionary processes in plants and throughout the eukaryotes.
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- C Robertson McClung
- Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Class of 1978 Life Sciences Center, Hanover, NH 03755, USA.
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Matsuo T, Ishiura M. Chlamydomonas reinhardtiias a new model system for studying the molecular basis of the circadian clock. FEBS Lett 2011; 585:1495-502. [DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2011.02.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2010] [Revised: 01/31/2011] [Accepted: 02/21/2011] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Satbhai SB, Yamashino T, Okada R, Nomoto Y, Mizuno T, Tezuka Y, Itoh T, Tomita M, Otsuki S, Aoki S. Pseudo-response regulator (PRR) homologues of the moss Physcomitrella patens: insights into the evolution of the PRR family in land plants. DNA Res 2010; 18:39-52. [PMID: 21186242 PMCID: PMC3041508 DOI: 10.1093/dnares/dsq033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The pseudo-response regulators (PRRs) are the circadian clock component proteins in the model dicot Arabidopsis thaliana. They contain a receiver-like domain (RLD) similar to the receiver domains of the RRs in the His–Asp phosphorelay system, but the RLDs lack the phosphoacceptor aspartic acid residue invariably conserved in the receiver domains. To study the evolution of PRR genes in plants, here we characterize their homologue genes, PpPRR1, PpPRR2, PpPRR3 and PpPRR4, from the moss Physcomitrella patens. In the phylogenetic analysis, PpPRRs cluster together, sister to an angiosperm PRR gene subfamily, illustrating their close relationships with the angiosperm PRRs. However, distinct from the angiosperm sequences, the RLDs of PpPRR2/3/4 exhibit a potential phosphoacceptor aspartic acid–aspartic acid–lysine (DDK) motif. Consistently, the PpPRR2 RLD had phosphotransfer ability in vitro, suggesting that PpPRR2 functions as an RR. The PpPRR1 RLD, on the other hand, shows a partially diverged DDK motif, and it did not show phosphotransfer ability. All PpPRRs were expressed in a circadian and light-dependent manner, with differential regulation between PpPRR2/4 and PpPRR1/3. Altogether, our results illustrate that PRRs originated from an RR(s) and that there are intraspecific divergences among PpPRRs. Finally, we offer scenarios for the evolution of the PRR family in land plants.
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- Santosh B Satbhai
- Graduate School of Information Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Japan
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Holm K, Källman T, Gyllenstrand N, Hedman H, Lagercrantz U. Does the core circadian clock in the moss Physcomitrella patens (Bryophyta) comprise a single loop? BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2010; 10:109. [PMID: 20550695 PMCID: PMC3017809 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-10-109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2009] [Accepted: 06/15/2010] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND The endogenous circadian clock allows the organism to synchronize processes both to daily and seasonal changes. In plants, many metabolic processes such as photosynthesis, as well as photoperiodic responses, are under the control of a circadian clock. Comparative studies with the moss Physcomitrella patens provide the opportunity to study many aspects of land plant evolution. Here we present a comparative overview of clock-associated components and the circadian network in the moss P. patens. RESULTS The moss P. patens has a set of conserved circadian core components that share genetic relationship and gene expression patterns with clock genes of vascular plants. These genes include Myb-like transcription factors PpCCA1a and PpCCA1b, pseudo-response regulators PpPRR1-4, and regulatory elements PpELF3, PpLUX and possibly PpELF4. However, the moss lacks homologs of AtTOC1, AtGI and the AtZTL-family of genes, which can be found in all vascular plants studied here. These three genes constitute essential components of two of the three integrated feed-back loops in the current model of the Arabidopsis circadian clock mechanism. Consequently, our results suggest instead a single loop circadian clock in the moss. Possibly as a result of this, temperature compensation of core clock gene expression appears to be decreased in P. patens. CONCLUSIONS This study is the first comparative overview of the circadian clock mechanism in a basal land plant, the moss P. patens. Our results indicate that the moss clock mechanism may represent an ancestral state in contrast to the more complex and partly duplicated structure of subsequent land plants. These findings may provide insights into the understanding of the evolution of circadian network topology.
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- Karl Holm
- Program in Evolutionary Functional Genomics, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18D, SE-752 36 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Program in Evolutionary Functional Genomics, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18D, SE-752 36 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Plant Biology and Forest Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Program in Evolutionary Functional Genomics, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18D, SE-752 36 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Program in Evolutionary Functional Genomics, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18D, SE-752 36 Uppsala, Sweden
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New Insights into the Circadian Clock in Chlamydomonas. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2010; 280:281-314. [DOI: 10.1016/s1937-6448(10)80006-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Okada R, Kondo S, Satbhai SB, Yamaguchi N, Tsukuda M, Aoki S. Functional characterization of CCA1/LHY homolog genes, PpCCA1a and PpCCA1b, in the moss Physcomitrella patens. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2009; 60:551-63. [PMID: 19624471 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2009.03979.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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The evolution of circadian clocks in land plants is not understood, because circadian rhythms have received little attention in plants other than angiosperms. We have characterized two genes, PpCCA1a and PpCCA1b, homologs of the Arabidopsis thaliana clock genes CCA1/LHY, from the moss Physcomitrella patens. PpCCA1a and PpCCA1b, together with angiosperm CCA1/LHY homologs, belong to the clock-associated single-myb gene family of green plants (including green algae and land plants). The accumulation of PpCCA1a and PpCCA1b mRNA showed rhythms with a period of approximately 1 day, phased as are those of angiosperm homologs, under 24 h light/dark cycles or in continuous dark. However, in marked contrast to angiosperm homologs, both genes showed arrhythmic profiles in continuous light. The timing of the PpCCA1b peak is determined by the time of the last light to dark transition, suggesting that the arrhythmicity in continuous light is due to dysfunction of the core clock. We generated single and double disruptants for PpCCA1a and PpCCA1b, and found that the double disruptants showed: (i) short periodicity and damped amplitude in the PpCCA1b rhythm, (ii) similar changes in the rhythmically expressed genes PpSIG5 and PpPRRa, and (iii) de-repression of PpCCA1b transcription levels, indicating negative feedback regulation. These observations indicate that the two genes are not merely structural homologs but also functional counterparts of CCA1/LHY. Together, our results illustrate similarities as well as divergence of the clock machineries between P. patens and A. thaliana, two distantly placed species in land plant phylogeny.
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- Ryo Okada
- Graduate School of Information Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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Hedman H, Källman T, Lagercrantz U. Early evolution of the MFT-like gene family in plants. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2009; 70:359-69. [PMID: 19288213 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-009-9478-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2008] [Accepted: 03/01/2009] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Angiosperm genes sharing a conserved phosphatidylethanolamine-binding (PEPB) domain have been shown to be involved in the control of shoot meristem identity and flowering time. The family is divided into three subfamilies, FT-like, TFL1-like and MFT-like. This study is focused on the evolution of the MFT-like clade, suggested to be ancestral to the two other clades. We report that the bryophyte Physcomitrella patens and the lycopod Selaginella moellendorfii contain four and two MFT-like genes respectively. Neither species have any FT or TFL1-like genes. Furthermore, we have identified a new subclade of MFT-like genes in Angiosperms. Quantitative expression analysis of MFT-like genes in Physcomitrella patens reveals that the expression patterns are circadian and reaches maximum in gametangia and sporophytes. Our data suggest that the occurrence FT and TFL1-like genes, is associated with the evolution of seed plants. Expression data for Physcomitrella MFT-like genes implicates an involvement in the development of reproductive tissues in the moss.
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- Harald Hedman
- Department of Evolutionary Functional Genomics, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18D, Uppsala, Sweden.
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Okada R, Satbhai SB, Aoki S. Photoperiod-dependent regulation of cell growth by PpCCA1a and PpCCA1b genes encoding single-myb clock proteins in the moss Physcomitrella patens. Genes Genet Syst 2009; 84:379-84. [DOI: 10.1266/ggs.84.379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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- Ryo Okada
- Graduate School of Information Science, Nagoya University
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- Graduate School of Information Science, Nagoya University
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Kabeya Y, Kobayashi Y, Suzuki H, Itoh J, Sugita M. Transcription of plastid genes is modulated by two nuclear-encoded alpha subunits of plastid RNA polymerase in the moss Physcomitrella patens. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2007; 52:730-41. [PMID: 17894784 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2007.03270.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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In general, in higher plants, the core subunits of a bacterial-type plastid-encoded RNA polymerase (PEP) are encoded by the plastid rpoA, rpoB, rpoC1 and rpoC2 genes. However, an rpoA gene is absent from the moss Physcomitrella patens plastid genome, although the PpRpoA gene (renamed PpRpoA1) nuclear counterpart is present in the nuclear genome. In this study, we identified and characterized a second gene encoding the plastid-targeting alpha subunit (PpRpoA2). PpRpoA2 comprised 525 amino acids and showed 59% amino acid identity with PpRpoA1. Two PpRpoA proteins were present in the PEP active fractions separated from the moss chloroplast lysate, confirming that both proteins are alpha subunits of PEP. Northern blot analysis showed that PpRpoA2 was highly expressed in the light, but not in the dark, whereas PpRpoA1 was constitutively expressed. Disruption of the PpRpoA1 gene resulted in an increase in the PpRpoA2 transcript level, but most plastid gene transcript levels were not significantly altered. This indicates that transcription of most plastid genes depends on PpRpoA2-PEP rather than on PpRpoA1-PEP. In contrast, the transcript levels of petN, psbZ and ycf3 were altered in the PpRpoA1 gene disruptant, suggesting that these are PpRpoA1-PEP-dependent genes. These observations suggest that plastid genes are differentially transcribed by distinct PEP enzymes with either PpRpoA1 or PpRpoA2.
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- Yukihiro Kabeya
- Center for Gene Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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Okamoto K, Ishiura M, Torii T, Aoki S. A compact multi-channel apparatus for automated real-time monitoring of bioluminescence. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 70:535-8. [PMID: 17300843 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbbm.2007.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2006] [Revised: 01/05/2007] [Accepted: 01/05/2007] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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We have developed a multi-channel apparatus for automated monitoring of bioluminescence in real time. We designed this apparatus to be compact (230 mm wide, 600 mm deep, and 227.5 mm high) so that it can be operated in a relatively small commercially-available incubator. The apparatus can process 20 samples at maximum in a single run, providing enough processibility in small-scale experiments. We verified the reliability and sensitivity of the apparatus by observing circadian bioluminescence rhythms over one week from a bioluminescent reporter strain (E9) of the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7942 [Ishiura, M., Kutsuna, S., Aoki, S., Iwasaki, H., Andersson, C.R., Tanabe, A., Golden, S.S., Johnson, C.H., Kondo, T., Expression of a gene cluster kaiABC as a circadian feedback process in cyanobacteria, Science, 281 (1998) 1519-1523]. Our apparatus allows flexible experimental designs and will be effectively used for the studies of gene expression in various purposes.
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- Kazuhisa Okamoto
- Gene Research Center, Nagoya University, Furo, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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The moss Physcomitrella patens, like seed plants, shows alternation of generations, but its gametophyte, the haploid phase of the life cycle, is dominant, making it ideal for genetic studies. Crosses show direct segregations, so F2 or test crosses are unnecessary. Mutagenesis yields mutants, the phenotype of which is directly evident. Haploid tissue can be propagated vegetatively, allowing the maintenance of mutants blocked early in development. Protoplasts, isolated from filamentous gametophytic tissue, regenerate directly into filamentous tissue, providing an abundant supply of single haploid cells for transformation. Recombination occurs at a high frequency between genomic sequences in transforming DNA and the corresponding chromosomal sequences, allowing precise inactivation or modification of genes. RNAi technology allows the inactivation of the expression of gene families and the partial knockdown of essential genes. Over 100,000 ESTs have been sequenced and annotated, and sequencing of the genome should be completed by the end of 2005.
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- David Cove
- Center for Plant Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom.
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Matsuo T, Onai K, Okamoto K, Minagawa J, Ishiura M. Real-time monitoring of chloroplast gene expression by a luciferase reporter: evidence for nuclear regulation of chloroplast circadian period. Mol Cell Biol 2006; 26:863-70. [PMID: 16428442 PMCID: PMC1347041 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.26.3.863-870.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2005] [Revised: 10/08/2005] [Accepted: 11/03/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Chloroplast-encoded genes, like nucleus-encoded genes, exhibit circadian expression. How the circadian clock exerts its control over chloroplast gene expression, however, is poorly understood. To facilitate the study of chloroplast circadian gene expression, we developed a codon-optimized firefly luciferase gene for the chloroplast of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii as a real-time bioluminescence reporter and introduced it into the chloroplast genome. The bioluminescence of the reporter strain correlated well with the circadian expression pattern of the introduced gene and satisfied all three criteria for circadian rhythms. Moreover, the period of the rhythm was lengthened in per mutants, which are phototactic rhythm mutants carrying a long-period gene in their nuclear genome. These results demonstrate that chloroplast gene expression rhythm is a bona fide circadian rhythm and that the nucleus-encoded circadian oscillator determines the period length of the chloroplast rhythm. Our reporter strains can serve as a powerful tool not only for analysis of the circadian regulation mechanisms of chloroplast gene expression but also for a genetic approach to the molecular oscillator of the algal circadian clock.
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- Takuya Matsuo
- Center for Gene Research, Nagoya University, Furo, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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Kucho KI, Okamoto K, Tabata S, Fukuzawa H, Ishiura M. Identification of novel clock-controlled genes by cDNA macroarray analysis in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2005; 57:889-906. [PMID: 15952072 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-005-3248-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2004] [Accepted: 03/05/2005] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Circadian rhythms are self-sustaining oscillations whose period length under constant conditions is about 24 h. Circadian rhythms are widespread and involve functions as diverse as human sleep-wake cycles and cyanobacterial nitrogen fixation. In spite of a long research history, knowledge about clock-controlled genes is limited in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Using a cDNA macroarray containing 10 368 nuclear-encoded genes, we examined global circadian regulation of transcription in Chlamydomonas. We identified 269 candidates for circadianly expressed gene. Northern blot analysis confirmed reproducible and sustainable rhythmicity for 12 genes. Most genes exhibited peak expression at the transition point between day and night. One hundred and eighteen genes were assigned predicted annotations. The functions of the cycling genes were diverse and included photosynthesis, respiration, cellular structure, and various metabolic pathways. Surprisingly, 18 genes encoding chloroplast ribosomal proteins showed a coordinated circadian pattern of expression and peaked just at the beginning of subjective day. The co-regulation of genes bearing a similar function was also observed in genes involved in cellular structure. They peaked at the end of the subjective night, which is when the regeneration of cell walls and flagella in daughter cells occurs. Expression of the chlamyopsin gene, which encodes an opsin-type photoreceptor, also exhibited circadian rhythm.
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- Ken-Ichi Kucho
- Center for Gene Research, , Nagoya University, Furo-cho, 464-8602, Nagoya, Chikusa-ku, Japan
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Shimizu M, Ichikawa K, Aoki S. Photoperiod-regulated expression of the PpCOL1 gene encoding a homolog of CO/COL proteins in the moss Physcomitrella patens. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2005; 324:1296-301. [PMID: 15504355 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.09.194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2004] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The CONSTANS (CO) protein is a critical regulator of the photoperiodic control of flowering in Arabidopsis thaliana and Oryza sativa. We isolated a cDNA PpCOL1 encoding a homolog of the CO/CO-LIKE (COL) family proteins from a cryptogam Physcomitrella patens. The predicted PpCOL1 protein has N-terminal zinc finger and C-terminal CCT domains, which are conserved in the angiosperm CO/COL proteins. Structurally, PpCOL1 is the most closely related to the Group Ia or Ic proteins, which include AtCO and AtCOL1/2, among diverged members of the family. A transient expression assay using GFP showed that the CCT domain of PpCOL1 contains a nuclear-localizing signal. Northern blotting analyses revealed that the PpCOL1 expression is controlled by the circadian clock, and moreover, it is photoperiodically regulated at a gametophore stage when the rate of sporophyte formation is affected by day length. These observations indicate a possible involvement of PpCOL1 as a nuclear factor in the photoperiodic regulation of reproduction of Physcomitrella.
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- Masashi Shimizu
- Graduate School of Information Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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Ichikawa K, Sugita M, Imaizumi T, Wada M, Aoki S. Differential expression on a daily basis of plastid sigma factor genes from the moss Physcomitrella patens. Regulatory interactions among PpSig5, the circadian clock, and blue light signaling mediated by cryptochromes. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2004; 136:4285-98. [PMID: 15563615 PMCID: PMC535858 DOI: 10.1104/pp.104.053033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2004] [Revised: 10/08/2004] [Accepted: 10/11/2004] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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The nuclear-encoded plastid sigma factors are supposed to be a regulatory subunit of the multisubunit bacteria-type plastid RNA polymerase. We studied here whether or not three genes, PpSig1, PpSig2, and PpSig5 encoding plastid sigma factors, are controlled by the circadian clock and/or by blue light signaling in the moss Physcomitrella patens. Among the three PpSig genes, only PpSig5 was clearly controlled by the circadian clock. In contrast to the differential regulation on a daily timescale, a pulse of blue light induced the expression of all the three PpSig genes. This induction was significantly reduced in a knockout mutant that lacked the blue light photoreceptor cryptochromes PpCRY1a and PpCRY1b, indicating that PpCRY1a and/or PpCRY1b mediate the blue light signal that induces the expression of the PpSig genes. In a daily cycle of 12-h blue light/12-h dark, the timing of peak expression of PpSig5 and a chloroplast gene psbD, encoding the D2 subunit of photosystem II, advanced in the cryptochrome mutant relative to those in the wild type, suggesting the presence of regulatory interactions among the expression of PpSig5 and psbD, the circadian clock, and the blue light signaling mediated by the cryptochrome(s).
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- Kazuhiro Ichikawa
- Graduate School of Information Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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