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Rawat N, Wungrampha S, Singla-Pareek SL, Yu M, Shabala S, Pareek A. Rewilding staple crops for the lost halophytism: Toward sustainability and profitability of agricultural production systems. MOLECULAR PLANT 2022; 15:45-64. [PMID: 34915209 DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2021.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2021] [Revised: 12/10/2021] [Accepted: 12/12/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Abiotic stress tolerance has been weakened during the domestication of all major staple crops. Soil salinity is a major environmental constraint that impacts over half of the world population; however, given the increasing reliance on irrigation and the lack of available freshwater, agriculture in the 21st century will increasingly become saline. Therefore, global food security is critically dependent on the ability of plant breeders to create high-yielding staple crop varieties that will incorporate salinity tolerance traits and account for future climate scenarios. Previously, we have argued that the current agricultural practices and reliance on crops that exclude salt from uptake is counterproductive and environmentally unsustainable, and thus called for a need for a major shift in a breeding paradigm to incorporate some halophytic traits that were present in wild relatives but were lost in modern crops during domestication. In this review, we provide a comprehensive physiological and molecular analysis of the key traits conferring crop halophytism, such as vacuolar Na+ sequestration, ROS desensitization, succulence, metabolic photosynthetic switch, and salt deposition in trichomes, and discuss the strategies for incorporating them into elite germplasm, to address a pressing issue of boosting plant salinity tolerance.
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- Nishtha Rawat
- Stress Physiology and Molecular Biology Lab, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067, India
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- Stress Physiology and Molecular Biology Lab, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067, India
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- Plant Stress Biology, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi 110067, India
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- International Research Centre for Environmental Membrane Biology, Foshan University, Foshan 528000, China
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- International Research Centre for Environmental Membrane Biology, Foshan University, Foshan 528000, China; Tasmanian Institute for Agriculture, University of Tasmania, Hobart Tas 7001, Australia.
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- Stress Physiology and Molecular Biology Lab, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067, India; National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali 140306, India.
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Membrane Lipid Remodeling in Response to Salinity. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20174264. [PMID: 31480391 PMCID: PMC6747501 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20174264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2019] [Revised: 08/26/2019] [Accepted: 08/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Salinity is one of the most decisive environmental factors threatening the productivity of crop plants. Understanding the mechanisms of plant salt tolerance is critical to be able to maintain or improve crop yield under these adverse environmental conditions. Plant membranes act as biological barriers, protecting the contents of cells and organelles from biotic and abiotic stress, including salt stress. Alterations in membrane lipids in response to salinity have been observed in a number of plant species including both halophytes and glycophytes. Changes in membrane lipids can directly affect the properties of membrane proteins and activity of signaling molecules, adjusting the fluidity and permeability of membranes, and activating signal transduction pathways. In this review, we compile evidence on the salt stress responses of the major membrane lipids from different plant tissues, varieties, and species. The role of membrane lipids as signaling molecules in response to salinity is also discussed. Advances in mass spectrometry (MS)-based techniques have largely expanded our knowledge of salt-induced changes in lipids, however only a handful studies have investigated the underlying mechanisms of membrane lipidome regulation. This review provides a comprehensive overview of the recent works that have been carried out on lipid remodeling of plant membranes under salt treatment. Challenges and future perspectives in understanding the mechanisms of salt-induced changes to lipid metabolisms are proposed.
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Rojas M, Jimenez-Bremont F, Villicaña C, Carreón-Palau L, Arredondo-Vega BO, Gómez-Anduro G. Involvement of OpsLTP1 from Opuntia streptacantha in abiotic stress adaptation and lipid metabolism. FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY : FPB 2019; 46:816-829. [PMID: 31138396 DOI: 10.1071/fp18280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2018] [Accepted: 04/27/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Plant lipid transfer proteins (LTPs) exhibit the ability to transfer lipids between membranes in vitro, and have been implicated in diverse physiological processes associated to plant growth, reproduction, development, biotic and abiotic stress responses. However, their mode of action is not yet fully understood. To explore the functions of the OpsLTP1 gene encoding a LTP from cactus pear Opuntia streptacantha Lem., we generated transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. plants to overexpress OpsLTP1 and contrasted our results with the loss-of-function mutant ltp3 from A. thaliana under abiotic stress conditions. The ltp3 mutant seeds showed impaired germination under salt and osmotic treatments, in contrast to OpsLTP1 overexpressing lines that displayed significant increases in germination rate. Moreover, stress recovery assays showed that ltp3 mutant seedlings were more sensitive to salt and osmotic treatments than wild-type plants suggesting that AtLTP3 is required for stress-induced responses, while the OpsLTP1 overexpressing line showed no significant differences. In addition, OpsLTP1 overexpressing and ltp3 mutant seeds stored lower amount of total lipids compared with wild-type seeds, showing changes primarily on 16C and 18C fatty acids. However, ltp3 mutant also lead changes in lipid profile and no over concrete lipids which may suggest a compensatory activation of other LTPs. Interestingly, linoleic acid (18:2ω6) was consistently increased in neutral, galactoglycerolipids and phosphoglycerolipids of OpsLTP1 overexpressing line indicating a role of OpsLTP1 in the modulation of lipid composition in A. thaliana.
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- Mario Rojas
- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste (CIBNOR), Av. Instituto Politécnico Nacional 195, Col. Playa Palo de Santa Rita Apdo, Postal 128, 23096 La Paz, B.C.S., México
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- Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica. Camino a la Presa San José 2055, Col. Lomas 4 sección CP. 78216, San Luis Potosí, S.L.P., México
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- CONACYT-Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo, A. C. Carretera a Eldorado Km. 5.5, Apartado Postal 32-A. C. P. 80110, Culiacán, Sinaloa, México
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste (CIBNOR), Av. Instituto Politécnico Nacional 195, Col. Playa Palo de Santa Rita Apdo, Postal 128, 23096 La Paz, B.C.S., México
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste (CIBNOR), Av. Instituto Politécnico Nacional 195, Col. Playa Palo de Santa Rita Apdo, Postal 128, 23096 La Paz, B.C.S., México
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste (CIBNOR), Av. Instituto Politécnico Nacional 195, Col. Playa Palo de Santa Rita Apdo, Postal 128, 23096 La Paz, B.C.S., México; and Corresponding author.
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Farhat S, Jain N, Singh N, Sreevathsa R, Dash PK, Rai R, Yadav S, Kumar P, Sarkar AK, Jain A, Singh NK, Rai V. CRISPR-Cas9 directed genome engineering for enhancing salt stress tolerance in rice. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2019; 96:91-99. [PMID: 31075379 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2019.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2019] [Revised: 05/04/2019] [Accepted: 05/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Crop productivity in rice is harshly limited due to high concentration of salt in the soil. To understand the intricacies of the mechanism it is important to unravel the key pathways operating inside the plant cell. Emerging state-of-the art technologies have provided the tools to discover the key components inside the plant cell for salt tolerance. Among the molecular entities, transcription factors and/or other important components of sensing and signaling cascades have been the attractive targets and the role of NHX and SOS1 transporters amply described. Not only marker assisted programs but also transgenic approaches by using reverse genetic strategies (knockout or knockdown) or overexpression have been extensively used to engineer rice crop. CRISPR/Cas is an attractive paradigm and provides the feasibility for manipulating several genes simultaneously. Here, in this review we highlight some of the molecular entities that could be potentially targeted for generating rice amenable to sustain growth under high salinity conditions by employing CRISPR/Cas. We also try to address key questions for rice salt stress tolerance other than what is already known.
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- Sufia Farhat
- National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, IARI, PUSA Campus, New Delhi 110012, India.
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- National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, IARI, PUSA Campus, New Delhi 110012, India.
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- National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, IARI, PUSA Campus, New Delhi 110012, India.
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- National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, IARI, PUSA Campus, New Delhi 110012, India.
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- National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, IARI, PUSA Campus, New Delhi 110012, India.
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- National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, IARI, PUSA Campus, New Delhi 110012, India.
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India.
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India.
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India.
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- Department of Biotechnology, Amity University, Jaipur, India.
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- National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, IARI, PUSA Campus, New Delhi 110012, India.
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- National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, IARI, PUSA Campus, New Delhi 110012, India.
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Schneider S, Turetschek R, Wedeking R, Wimmer MA, Wienkoop S. A Protein-Linger Strategy Keeps the Plant On-Hold After Rehydration of Drought-Stressed Beta vulgaris. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:381. [PMID: 30984226 PMCID: PMC6449722 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2018] [Accepted: 03/13/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Most crop plants are exposed to intermittent drought periods. To cope with these continuous changes, plants need strategies to prevent themselves from exhaustive adjustment maneuvers. Drought stress recovery has been shown to be an active process, possibly involved in a drought memory effect allowing plants to better cope with recurrent aridity. An integrated understanding of the molecular processes of enhanced drought tolerance is required to tailor key networks for improved crop protection. During summer, prolonged periods of drought are the major reason for economic yield losses of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris) in Europe. A drought stress and recovery time course experiment was carried out under controlled environmental conditions. In order to find regulatory key mechanisms enabling plants to rapidly react to periodic stress events, beets were either subjected to 11 days of progressive drought, or were drought stressed for 9 days followed by gradual rewatering for 14 days. Based on physiological measurements of leaf water relations and changes in different stress indicators, plants experienced a switch from moderate to severe water stress between day 9 and 11 of drought. The leaf proteome was analyzed, revealing induced protein pre-adjustment (prior to severe stress) and putative stress endurance processes. Three key protein targets, regulatory relevant during drought stress and with lingering levels of abundance upon rewatering were further exploited through their transcript performance. These three targets consist of a jasmonate induced, a salt-stress enhanced and a phosphatidylethanolamine-binding protein. The data demonstrate delayed protein responses to stress compared to their transcripts and indicate that the lingering mechanism is post-transcriptionally regulated. A set of lingering proteins is discussed with respect to a possible involvement in drought stress acclimation and memory effects.
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- Sebastian Schneider
- Division of Molecular Systems Biology, Department of Ecogenomics and Systems Biology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Molecular Systems Biology, Department of Ecogenomics and Systems Biology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation – Plant Nutrition, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- Environmental Safety/Ecotoxicology, Bayer AG, Crop Science Division, Monheim am Rhein, Germany
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- Institute of Crop Science – Quality of Plant Products, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Division of Molecular Systems Biology, Department of Ecogenomics and Systems Biology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Cloning and Functional Analysis of Phosphoethanolamine Methyltransferase Promoter from Maize (Zea mays L.). Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:ijms19010191. [PMID: 29316727 PMCID: PMC5796140 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19010191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2017] [Revised: 01/02/2018] [Accepted: 01/04/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Betaine, a non-toxic osmoprotectant, is believed to accumulate considerably in plants under stress conditions to maintain the osmotic pressure and promote a variety of processes involved in growth and development. Phosphoethanolamine N-methyltransferase (PEAMT), a key enzyme for betaine synthesis, is reported to be regulated by its upstream promoter. In the present investigation, by using the transgenic approach, a 1048 bp long promoter region of ZmPEAMT gene from Zea mays was cloned and functionally characterized in tobacco. Computational analysis affirmed the existence of abiotic stress responsive cis-elements like ABRE, MYC, HST, LST etc., as well as pathogen, wound and phytohormone responsive motifs. For transformation in tobacco, four 5′-deletion constructs of 826 bp (P2), 642 bp (P3), 428 bp (P4) and 245 bp (P5) were constructed from the 1048 bp (P1) promoter fragment. The transgenic plants generated through a single event exhibited a promising expression of GUS reporter protein in the leaf tissues of treated with salt, drought, oxidative and cold stress as well as control plants. The GUS expression level progressively reduced from P1 to P5 in the leaf tissues, whereas a maximal expression was observed with the P3 construct in the leaves of control plants. The expression of GUS was noted to be higher in the leaves of osmotically- or salt-treated transgenic plants than that in the untreated (control) plants. An effective expression of GUS in the transgenic plants manifests that this promoter can be employed for both stress-inducible and constitutive expression of gene(s). Due to this characteristic, this potential promoter can be effectively used for genetic engineering of several crops.
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Hamdani F, Derridj A, Rogers HJ. Multiple mechanisms mediate growth and survival in young seedlings of two populations of the halophyte Atriplex halimus (L.) subjected to long single-step salinity treatments. FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY : FPB 2017; 44:761-773. [PMID: 32480605 DOI: 10.1071/fp17026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2017] [Accepted: 05/04/2017] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Understanding how halophytes survive high soil salinity in realistic long-term experiments is important for strategies to mitigate the effects of increasing soil salinity worldwide. Protective mechanisms in halophytes enabling survival include sequestration of salt via Na+/H+ antiporters, synthesis and accumulation of osmolytes, and activation of protective mechanisms against reactive oxygen species (ROS). Protective mechanisms elicited by a single step-up to a range of NaCl treatments (34-256mM) in two populations of the halophyte Atriplex halimus L. from contrasting environments (arid steppe and saline coastline) were compared over 6 weeks. The coastal population survived significantly better at high salinity compared with the steppe population, although in both populations, salinity inhibited growth. Increased Na+ and K+ concentration was accompanied by higher induction of Na+/H+ antiporter gene expression in coastal than in steppe population leaves. Osmolytes increased more significantly in the coastal than in the steppe population with greater induction of choline mono-oxygenase gene expression. Activation of ROS scavenging mechanisms was greater in coastal than in steppe plants. Differential responses found through time, in different salt concentrations, and between leaves and roots indicate a finely tuned response. Sharp changes in responses at 171mM NaCl indicate that different mechanisms may be invoked at different stress levels.
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- Faiza Hamdani
- Faculté des Sciences Biologiques et des Sciences Agronomiques, Université Mouloud Mammeri de Tizi-Ouzou, 15000 Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria
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- Faculté des Sciences Biologiques et des Sciences Agronomiques, Université Mouloud Mammeri de Tizi-Ouzou, 15000 Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria
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- School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, UK
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Mishra A, Tanna B. Halophytes: Potential Resources for Salt Stress Tolerance Genes and Promoters. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 8:829. [PMID: 28572812 PMCID: PMC5435751 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2017] [Accepted: 05/02/2017] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Halophytes have demonstrated their capability to thrive under extremely saline conditions and thus considered as one of the best germplasm for saline agriculture. Salinity is a worldwide problem, and the salt-affected areas are increasing day-by-day because of scanty rainfall, poor irrigation system, salt ingression, water contamination, and other environmental factors. The salinity stress tolerance mechanism is a very complex phenomenon, and some pathways are coordinately linked for imparting salinity tolerance. Though a number of salt responsive genes have been reported from the halophytes, there is always a quest for promising stress-responsive genes that can modulate plant physiology according to the salt stress. Halophytes such as Aeluropus, Mesembryanthemum, Suaeda, Atriplex, Thellungiella, Cakile, and Salicornia serve as a potential candidate for the salt-responsive genes and promoters. Several known genes like antiporters (NHX, SOS, HKT, VTPase), ion channels (Cl-, Ca2+, aquaporins), antioxidant encoding genes (APX, CAT, GST, BADH, SOD) and some novel genes such as USP, SDR1, SRP etc. were isolated from halophytes and explored for developing stress tolerance in the crop plants (glycophytes). It is evidenced that stress triggers salt sensors that lead to the activation of stress tolerance mechanisms which involve multiple signaling proteins, up- or down-regulation of several genes, and finally the distinctive or collective effects of stress-responsive genes. In this review, halophytes are discussed as an excellent platform for salt responsive genes which can be utilized for developing salinity tolerance in crop plants through genetic engineering.
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- Avinash Mishra
- Marine Biotechnology and Ecology Division, Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSIR)Bhavnagar, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, Council of Scientific and Industrial ResearchNew Delhi, India
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- Marine Biotechnology and Ecology Division, Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSIR)Bhavnagar, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, Council of Scientific and Industrial ResearchNew Delhi, India
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Jin Y, Ye N, Zhu F, Li H, Wang J, Jiang L, Zhang J. Calcium-dependent protein kinase CPK28 targets the methionine adenosyltransferases for degradation by the 26S proteasome and affects ethylene biosynthesis and lignin deposition in Arabidopsis. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2017; 90:304-318. [PMID: 28112445 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2016] [Revised: 12/30/2016] [Accepted: 01/11/2017] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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S-adenosylmethionine (AdoMet) is synthesized by methionine adenosyltransferase (MAT), and plays an essential role in ethylene biosynthesis and other methylation reactions. Despite increasing knowledge of MAT regulation at transcriptional levels, how MAT is post-translationally regulated remains unknown in plant cells. Phosphorylation is an important post-translational modification for regulating the activity of enzymes, protein function and signaling transduction. Using molecular and biochemical approaches, we have identified the phosphorylation of MAT proteins by calcium-dependent protein kinase (CPK28). Phenotypically, both MAT2-overexpressing transgenic plants and cpk28 mutants display short hypocotyls and ectopic lignifications. Their shortened hypocotyl phenotypes are caused by ethylene overproduction and rescued by ethylene biosynthesis inhibitor aminoethoxyvinylglycine treatment. Genetic evidence reveals that MAT2 mutation restores the phenotype of ectopic lignification in CPK28-deficient plants. We find that total MAT proteins and AdoMet are increased in cpk28 mutants, but decreased in CPK28-overexpressing seedlings. We also find that MATs in OE::CPK28 are degraded through the 26S proteasome pathway. Our work suggests that CPK28 targets MATs (MAT1, MAT2 and MAT3) for degradation by the 26S proteasome pathway, and thus affects ethylene biosynthesis and lignin deposition in Arabidopsis.
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- Yu Jin
- School of Life Sciences and State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China
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- Shenzhen Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China
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- Shenzhen Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China
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- School of Life Sciences and State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Life Sciences and State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Life Sciences and State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Life Sciences and State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China
- Shenzhen Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China
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Katam R, Sakata K, Suravajhala P, Pechan T, Kambiranda DM, Naik KS, Guo B, Basha SM. Comparative leaf proteomics of drought-tolerant and -susceptible peanut in response to water stress. J Proteomics 2016; 143:209-226. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2016.05.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2016] [Revised: 05/25/2016] [Accepted: 05/28/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Abdollah Hosseini S, Gharechahi J, Heidari M, Koobaz P, Abdollahi S, Mirzaei M, Nakhoda B, Hosseini Salekdeh G. Comparative proteomic and physiological characterisation of two closely related rice genotypes with contrasting responses to salt stress. FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY : FPB 2015; 42:527-542. [PMID: 32480698 DOI: 10.1071/fp14274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2014] [Accepted: 02/07/2015] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Salinity is a limiting factor affecting crop growth. We evaluated the responses of a salt-tolerant recombinant inbred rice (Oryza sativa L.) line, FL478, and the salt-sensitive IR29. Seedlings were exposed to salt stress and the growth rate was monitored to decipher the effect of long-term stress. At Day 16, IR29 produced lower shoot biomass than FL478. Significant differences for Na+ and K+ concentrations and Na+ : K+ ratios in roots and shoots were observed between genotypes. Changes in the proteomes of control and salt-stressed plants were analysed, identifying 59 and 39 salt-responsive proteins in roots and leaves, respectively. Proteomic analysis showed greater downregulation of proteins in IR29. In IR29, proteins related to pathways involved in salt tolerance (e.g. oxidative stress response, amino acid biosynthesis, polyamine biosynthesis, the actin cytoskeleton and ion compartmentalisation) changed to combat salinity. We found significant downregulation of proteins related to photosynthetic electron transport in IR29, indicating that photosynthesis was influenced, probably increasing the risk of reactive oxygen species formation. The sensitivity of IR29 might be related to its inability to exclude salt from its transpiration stream, to compartmentalise excess ions and to maintain a healthy photosynthetic apparatus during salt stress, or might be because of the leakiness of its roots, allowing excess salt to enter apoplastically. In FL478, superoxide dismutase, ferredoxin thioredoxin reductase, fibre protein and inorganic pyrophosphatase, which may participate in salt tolerance, increased in abundance. Our analyses provide novel insights into the mechanisms behind salt tolerance and sensitivity in genotypes with close genetic backgrounds.
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- Seyed Abdollah Hosseini
- Department of Molecular Physiology, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran, PO Box 31535-1897, Karaj 3135933151, Iran
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- Chemical Injuries Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, PO Box 19395-5478, Tehran 1435916471, Iran
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- Department of Molecular Physiology, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran, PO Box 31535-1897, Karaj 3135933151, Iran
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- Department of Molecular Physiology, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran, PO Box 31535-1897, Karaj 3135933151, Iran
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- Department of Molecular Physiology, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran, PO Box 31535-1897, Karaj 3135933151, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia
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- Department of Molecular Physiology, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran, PO Box 31535-1897, Karaj 3135933151, Iran
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- Department of Systems Biology, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran, PO Box 31535-1897, Karaj 3135933151, Iran
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Yamamoto N, Takano T, Tanaka K, Ishige T, Terashima S, Endo C, Kurusu T, Yajima S, Yano K, Tada Y. Comprehensive analysis of transcriptome response to salinity stress in the halophytic turf grass Sporobolus virginicus. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2015; 6:241. [PMID: 25954282 PMCID: PMC4404951 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2015] [Accepted: 03/26/2015] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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The turf grass Sporobolus virginicus is halophyte and has high salinity tolerance. To investigate the molecular basis of its remarkable tolerance, we performed Illumina high-throughput RNA sequencing on roots and shoots of a S. virginicus genotype under normal and saline conditions. The 130 million short reads were assembled into 444,242 unigenes. A comparative analysis of the transcriptome with rice and Arabidopsis transcriptome revealed six turf grass-specific unigenes encoding transcription factors. Interestingly, all of them showed root specific expression and five of them encode bZIP type transcription factors. Another remarkable transcriptional feature of S. virginicus was activation of specific pathways under salinity stress. Pathway enrichment analysis suggested transcriptional activation of amino acid, pyruvate, and phospholipid metabolism. Up-regulation of several unigenes, previously shown to respond to salt stress in other halophytes was also observed. Gene Ontology enrichment analysis revealed that unigenes assigned as proteins in response to water stress, such as dehydrin and aquaporin, and transporters such as cation, amino acid, and citrate transporters, and H(+)-ATPase, were up-regulated in both shoots and roots under salinity. A correspondence analysis of the enriched pathways in turf grass cells, but not in rice cells, revealed two groups of unigenes similarly up-regulated in the turf grass in response to salt stress; one of the groups, showing excessive up-regulation under salinity, included unigenes homologos to salinity responsive genes in other halophytes. Thus, the present study identified candidate genes involved in salt tolerance of S. virginicus. This genetic resource should be valuable for understanding the mechanisms underlying high salt tolerance in S. virginicus. This information can also provide insight into salt tolerance in other halophytes.
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- Naoki Yamamoto
- Bioinformatics Laboratory, Department of Life Sciences, School of Agriculture, Meiji UniversityTama-ku, Kawasaki, Japan
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- Bioinformatics Laboratory, Department of Life Sciences, School of Agriculture, Meiji UniversityTama-ku, Kawasaki, Japan
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- NODAI Genome Research Center, Tokyo University of AgricultureSetagaya-ku, Japan
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- NODAI Genome Research Center, Tokyo University of AgricultureSetagaya-ku, Japan
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- Bioinformatics Laboratory, Department of Life Sciences, School of Agriculture, Meiji UniversityTama-ku, Kawasaki, Japan
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- School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo University of TechnologyHachioji, Japan
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- School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo University of TechnologyHachioji, Japan
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- NODAI Genome Research Center, Tokyo University of AgricultureSetagaya-ku, Japan
- Department of Bioscience, Tokyo University of AgricultureSetagaya-ku, Japan
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- Bioinformatics Laboratory, Department of Life Sciences, School of Agriculture, Meiji UniversityTama-ku, Kawasaki, Japan
- *Correspondence: Kentaro Yano, Bioinformatics Laboratory, Department of Life Sciences, School of Agriculture, Meiji University, 1-1-1 Higashi-mita, Tama-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 214-8571, Japan
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- School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo University of TechnologyHachioji, Japan
- Yuichi Tada, School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo University of Technology, 1404-1 Katakura, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0982, Japan
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Guo Z, Tan J, Zhuo C, Wang C, Xiang B, Wang Z. Abscisic acid, H2O2 and nitric oxide interactions mediated cold-induced S-adenosylmethionine synthetase in Medicago sativa subsp. falcata that confers cold tolerance through up-regulating polyamine oxidation. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2014; 12:601-12. [PMID: 24517136 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2013] [Revised: 12/01/2013] [Accepted: 12/22/2013] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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S-adenosylmethionine synthetase (SAMS) is the key enzyme catalysing the formation of S-adenosylmethionine (SAM), a precursor of polyamines and ethylene. To investigate the potential role of SAMS in cold tolerance, we isolated MfSAMS1 from the cold-tolerant germplasm Medicago sativa subsp. falcata and analysed the association of SAM-derived polyamines with cold tolerance. The expression of MfSAMS1 in leaves was greatly induced by cold, abscisic acid (ABA), H2O2 and nitric oxide (NO). Our data revealed that ABA, H2O2 and NO interactions mediated the cold-induced MfSAMS1 expression and cold acclimation in falcata. SAM, putrescine, spermidine and spermine levels, ethylene production and polyamine oxidation were sequentially altered in response to cold, indicating that SAMS-derived SAM is preferentially used in polyamine synthesis and homeostasis during cold acclimation. Antioxidant enzyme activities were also induced in response to cold and showed correlation with polyamine oxidation. Overexpression of MfSAMS1 in tobacco resulted in elevated SAM levels, but polyamine levels and ethylene production in the transgenic plants were not significantly changed. Compared to the wild type, transgenic plants had increased levels of apoplastic H2O2, higher transcript levels of genes involved in polyamine synthesis and oxidation, and higher activities of polyamine oxidation and antioxidant enzymes. The results showed that overexpression of MfSAMS1 promoted polyamine synthesis and oxidation, which in turn improved H2 O2 -induced antioxidant protection, as a result enhanced tolerance to freezing and chilling stress in transgenic plants. This is the first report demonstrating that SAMS plays an important role in plant tolerance to cold via up-regulating polyamine oxidation.
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- Zhenfei Guo
- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangdong Key Laboratory for Innovative Development and Utilization of Forest Plant Germplasm, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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Yang L, Zhang Y, Zhu N, Koh J, Ma C, Pan Y, Yu B, Chen S, Li H. Proteomic Analysis of Salt Tolerance in Sugar Beet Monosomic Addition Line M14. J Proteome Res 2013; 12:4931-50. [DOI: 10.1021/pr400177m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Le Yang
- Key Laboratory of
Molecular
Biology of Heilongjiang Province, College of Life Sciences, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China
- Engineering Research Center
of Agricultural Microbiology Technology, Ministry of Education, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150500, China
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- Information Science and Technology
School, Heilongjiang University, Harbin
150080, China
- Department
of Biology, Genetics
Institute, Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, Interdisciplinary
Center for Biotechnology Research, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, United States
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- Department
of Biology, Genetics
Institute, Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, Interdisciplinary
Center for Biotechnology Research, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, United States
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- Department
of Biology, Genetics
Institute, Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, Interdisciplinary
Center for Biotechnology Research, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, United States
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- Key Laboratory of
Molecular
Biology of Heilongjiang Province, College of Life Sciences, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China
- Engineering Research Center
of Agricultural Microbiology Technology, Ministry of Education, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150500, China
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- Key Laboratory of
Molecular
Biology of Heilongjiang Province, College of Life Sciences, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China
- Engineering Research Center
of Agricultural Microbiology Technology, Ministry of Education, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150500, China
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- Key Laboratory of
Molecular
Biology of Heilongjiang Province, College of Life Sciences, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China
- Engineering Research Center
of Agricultural Microbiology Technology, Ministry of Education, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150500, China
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- Key Laboratory of
Molecular
Biology of Heilongjiang Province, College of Life Sciences, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China
- Engineering Research Center
of Agricultural Microbiology Technology, Ministry of Education, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150500, China
- Department
of Biology, Genetics
Institute, Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, Interdisciplinary
Center for Biotechnology Research, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, United States
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- Key Laboratory of
Molecular
Biology of Heilongjiang Province, College of Life Sciences, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China
- Engineering Research Center
of Agricultural Microbiology Technology, Ministry of Education, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150500, China
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Yang L, Ma C, Wang L, Chen S, Li H. Salt stress induced proteome and transcriptome changes in sugar beet monosomic addition line M14. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2012; 169:839-50. [PMID: 22498239 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2012.01.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2011] [Revised: 01/20/2012] [Accepted: 01/31/2012] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Sugar beet monosomic addition line M14 displays interesting phenotypes such as apomixis and salt stress tolerance. Here we reported proteomic and transcriptomic analysis of M14 leaves and roots under 500mM NaCl treatment for seven days. Proteins from control and treated samples were extracted and separated using two-dimensional difference gel electrophoresis (2D-DIGE). A total of 40 protein spots from leaf gels and 36 protein spots from root gels exhibited significant changes. Using mass spectrometry and database searching, 38 unique proteins in leaves and 29 unique proteins in roots were identified. The proteins included those involved in metabolism, protein folding, photosynthesis, and protein degradation. In addition, cDNA libraries of differentially expressed genes were constructed using suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH). Fifty-eight unigenes including 14 singletons and 44 contigs were obtained. Some salt-responsive genes were identified to function in metabolism, photosynthesis, stress and defense, energy, protein synthesis and protein degradation. This research has revealed candidate genes and proteins for detailed functional characterization, and set the stage for further investigation of the salt tolerance mechanisms in sugar beet.
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- Le Yang
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Heilongjiang Province, College of Life Sciences, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China
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Roorkiwal M, Sharma PC. Sequence similarity based identification of abiotic stress responsive genes in chickpea. Bioinformation 2012; 8:92-7. [PMID: 22359442 PMCID: PMC3282263 DOI: 10.6026/97320630008092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2012] [Accepted: 01/07/2012] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is an important food legume crop, particularly for the arid regions including Indian subcontinent. Considering the detrimental effect of drought, temperature and salt stress on crop yield, efforts have been initiated in the direction of developing improved varieties and designing alternate strategies to sustain chickpea production in adverse environmental conditions. Identification of genes that confer abiotic stress tolerance in plants remains a challenge in contemporary plant breeding. The present study focused on the identification of abiotic stress responsive genes in chickpea based on sequence similarity approach exploiting known abiotic stress responsive genes from model crops or other plant species. Ten abiotic stress responsive genes identified in other plants were partially amplified from eight chickpea genotypes and their presence in chickpea was confirmed after sequencing the PCR products. These genes have been functionally validated and reported to play significant role in stress response in model plants like Arabidopsis, rice and other legume crops. Chickpea EST sequences available at NCBI EST database were used for the identification of abiotic stress responsive genes. A total of 8,536 unique coding long sequences were used for identification of chickpea homologues of these abiotic stress responsive genes by sequence similarity search (BLASTN and BLASTX). These genes can be further explored towards achieving the goal of developing superior chickpea varieties providing improved yields under stress conditions using modern molecular breeding approaches.
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- Manish Roorkiwal
- University School of Biotechnology, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Dwarka Sector 16C, New Delhi-110075, India
- Present Address - International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru-502324, India
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- University School of Biotechnology, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Dwarka Sector 16C, New Delhi-110075, India
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Ogawa S, Mitsuya S. S-methylmethionine is involved in the salinity tolerance of Arabidopsis thaliana plants at germination and early growth stages. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2012; 144:13-9. [PMID: 21895670 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2011.01516.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Methionine (Met) is biosynthesized by the activated methyl cycle and S-methylmethionine (SMM) cycle in one-carbon (C1) metabolism in plants. It is converted to S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) which serves as a precursor for many metabolites including glycinebetaine, methylated polyols, polyamines and ethylene which accumulate in plants in response to salinity. We have investigated how the Met biosynthetic pathway is regulated under saline conditions at the transcriptional level in Arabidopsis thaliana plants. Within Met biosynthesis-related genes, the expression of homocysteine methyltransferase (HMT) and methionine methyltransferase (MMT) genes in SMM cycle had altered toward increasing Met production by the presence of NaCl. We have determined the salinity tolerance of an Arabidopsis mmt mutant with an insertional mutation in the single copy of the AtMMT gene. Although the mmt mutant showed comparable germination and shoot growth with wild type under normal conditions, NaCl treatment caused severe repression of germination rate and shoot growth in the mmt mutant compared with in the wild type. These results indicate that the utilization of SMM is important for the salinity tolerance of Arabidopsis plants at the germination and early growth stages.
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- Saori Ogawa
- Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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Délano-Frier JP, Avilés-Arnaut H, Casarrubias-Castillo K, Casique-Arroyo G, Castrillón-Arbeláez PA, Herrera-Estrella L, Massange-Sánchez J, Martínez-Gallardo NA, Parra-Cota FI, Vargas-Ortiz E, Estrada-Hernández MG. Transcriptomic analysis of grain amaranth (Amaranthus hypochondriacus) using 454 pyrosequencing: comparison with A. tuberculatus, expression profiling in stems and in response to biotic and abiotic stress. BMC Genomics 2011; 12:363. [PMID: 21752295 PMCID: PMC3146458 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-12-363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2011] [Accepted: 07/13/2011] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Amaranthus hypochondriacus, a grain amaranth, is a C4 plant noted by its ability to tolerate stressful conditions and produce highly nutritious seeds. These possess an optimal amino acid balance and constitute a rich source of health-promoting peptides. Although several recent studies, mostly involving subtractive hybridization strategies, have contributed to increase the relatively low number of grain amaranth expressed sequence tags (ESTs), transcriptomic information of this species remains limited, particularly regarding tissue-specific and biotic stress-related genes. Thus, a large scale transcriptome analysis was performed to generate stem- and (a)biotic stress-responsive gene expression profiles in grain amaranth. RESULTS A total of 2,700,168 raw reads were obtained from six 454 pyrosequencing runs, which were assembled into 21,207 high quality sequences (20,408 isotigs + 799 contigs). The average sequence length was 1,064 bp and 930 bp for isotigs and contigs, respectively. Only 5,113 singletons were recovered after quality control. Contigs/isotigs were further incorporated into 15,667 isogroups. All unique sequences were queried against the nr, TAIR, UniRef100, UniRef50 and Amaranthaceae EST databases for annotation. Functional GO annotation was performed with all contigs/isotigs that produced significant hits with the TAIR database. Only 8,260 sequences were found to be homologous when the transcriptomes of A. tuberculatus and A. hypochondriacus were compared, most of which were associated with basic house-keeping processes. Digital expression analysis identified 1,971 differentially expressed genes in response to at least one of four stress treatments tested. These included several multiple-stress-inducible genes that could represent potential candidates for use in the engineering of stress-resistant plants. The transcriptomic data generated from pigmented stems shared similarity with findings reported in developing stems of Arabidopsis and black cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa). CONCLUSIONS This study represents the first large-scale transcriptomic analysis of A. hypochondriacus, considered to be a highly nutritious and stress-tolerant crop. Numerous genes were found to be induced in response to (a)biotic stress, many of which could further the understanding of the mechanisms that contribute to multiple stress-resistance in plants, a trait that has potential biotechnological applications in agriculture.
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- John P Délano-Frier
- Unidad de Biotecnología e Ingeniería Genética de Plantas, (Cinvestav-Unidad Irapuato) Km 9.6 del Libramiento Norte Carretera Irapuato-León. Apartado Postal 629, C.P. 36821, Irapuato, Gto., México
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- Unidad de Biotecnología e Ingeniería Genética de Plantas, (Cinvestav-Unidad Irapuato) Km 9.6 del Libramiento Norte Carretera Irapuato-León. Apartado Postal 629, C.P. 36821, Irapuato, Gto., México
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- Unidad de Biotecnología e Ingeniería Genética de Plantas, (Cinvestav-Unidad Irapuato) Km 9.6 del Libramiento Norte Carretera Irapuato-León. Apartado Postal 629, C.P. 36821, Irapuato, Gto., México
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- Unidad de Biotecnología e Ingeniería Genética de Plantas, (Cinvestav-Unidad Irapuato) Km 9.6 del Libramiento Norte Carretera Irapuato-León. Apartado Postal 629, C.P. 36821, Irapuato, Gto., México
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- Unidad de Biotecnología e Ingeniería Genética de Plantas, (Cinvestav-Unidad Irapuato) Km 9.6 del Libramiento Norte Carretera Irapuato-León. Apartado Postal 629, C.P. 36821, Irapuato, Gto., México
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- Laboratorio Nacional de Génomica para la Biodiversidad, Km 9.6 del Libramiento Norte Carretera Irapuato-León. Apartado Postal 629, C.P. 36821, Irapuato, Gto., México
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- Unidad de Biotecnología e Ingeniería Genética de Plantas, (Cinvestav-Unidad Irapuato) Km 9.6 del Libramiento Norte Carretera Irapuato-León. Apartado Postal 629, C.P. 36821, Irapuato, Gto., México
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- Unidad de Biotecnología e Ingeniería Genética de Plantas, (Cinvestav-Unidad Irapuato) Km 9.6 del Libramiento Norte Carretera Irapuato-León. Apartado Postal 629, C.P. 36821, Irapuato, Gto., México
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- Unidad de Biotecnología e Ingeniería Genética de Plantas, (Cinvestav-Unidad Irapuato) Km 9.6 del Libramiento Norte Carretera Irapuato-León. Apartado Postal 629, C.P. 36821, Irapuato, Gto., México
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- Unidad de Biotecnología e Ingeniería Genética de Plantas, (Cinvestav-Unidad Irapuato) Km 9.6 del Libramiento Norte Carretera Irapuato-León. Apartado Postal 629, C.P. 36821, Irapuato, Gto., México
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- Unidad de Biotecnología e Ingeniería Genética de Plantas, (Cinvestav-Unidad Irapuato) Km 9.6 del Libramiento Norte Carretera Irapuato-León. Apartado Postal 629, C.P. 36821, Irapuato, Gto., México
- Department of Entomology, College of Agricultural Sciences. Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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Liu T, Jiang X, Shi W, Chen J, Pei Z, Zheng H. Comparative proteomic analysis of differentially expressed proteins in β-aminobutyric acid enhanced Arabidopsis thaliana tolerance to simulated acid rain. Proteomics 2011; 11:2079-94. [PMID: 21500342 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201000307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2010] [Revised: 01/13/2011] [Accepted: 02/17/2011] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Acid rain is a worldwide environmental issue that has seriously destroyed forest ecosystems. As a highly effective and broad-spectrum plant resistance-inducing agent, β-aminobutyric acid could elevate the tolerance of Arabidopsis when subjected to simulated acid rain. Using comparative proteomic strategies, we analyzed 203 significantly varied proteins of which 175 proteins were identified responding to β-aminobutyric acid in the absence and presence of simulated acid rain. They could be divided into ten groups according to their biological functions. Among them, the majority was cell rescue, development and defense-related proteins, followed by transcription, protein synthesis, folding, modification and destination-associated proteins. Our conclusion is β-aminobutyric acid can lead to a large-scale primary metabolism change and simultaneously activate antioxidant system and salicylic acid, jasmonic acid, abscisic acid signaling pathways. In addition, β-aminobutyric acid can reinforce physical barriers to defend simulated acid rain stress.
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- Tingwu Liu
- Key Laboratory for Coast and Wetland Ecosystem of Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, P R China
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Bobenchik AM, Augagneur Y, Hao B, Hoch JC, Ben Mamoun C. Phosphoethanolamine methyltransferases in phosphocholine biosynthesis: functions and potential for antiparasite therapy. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2011; 35:609-19. [PMID: 21303393 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2011.00267.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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S-adenosyl-L-methionine (SAM)-dependent methyltransferases represent a diverse group of enzymes that catalyze the transfer of a methyl group from a methyl donor SAM to nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur or carbon atoms of a large number of biologically active large and small molecules. These modifications play a major role in the regulation of various biological functions such as gene expression, signaling, nuclear division and metabolism. The three-step SAM-dependent methylation of phosphoethanolamine to form phosphocholine catalyzed by phosphoethanolamine N-methyltransferases (PMTs) has emerged as an important biochemical step in the synthesis of the major phospholipid, phosphatidylcholine, in some eukaryotes. PMTs have been identified in nematodes, plants, African clawed frogs, zebrafish, the Florida lancelet, Proteobacteria and human malaria parasites. Data accumulated thus far suggest an important role for these enzymes in growth and development. This review summarizes published studies on the biochemical and genetic characterization of these enzymes, and discusses their evolution and their suitability as targets for the development of therapies against parasitic infections, as well as in bioengineering for the development of nutritional and stress-resistant plants.
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- April M Bobenchik
- Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510-3221, USA
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Chen THH, Murata N. Glycinebetaine protects plants against abiotic stress: mechanisms and biotechnological applications. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2011; 34:1-20. [PMID: 20946588 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2010.02232.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 266] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Various compatible solutes enable plants to tolerate abiotic stress, and glycinebetaine (GB) is one of the most-studied among such solutes. Early research on GB focused on the maintenance of cellular osmotic potential in plant cells. Subsequent genetically engineered synthesis of GB-biosynthetic enzymes and studies of transgenic plants demonstrated that accumulation of GB increases tolerance of plants to various abiotic stresses at all stages of their life cycle. Such GB-accumulating plants exhibit various advantageous traits, such as enlarged fruits and flowers and/or increased seed number under non-stress conditions. However, levels of GB in transgenic GB-accumulating plants are relatively low being, generally, in the millimolar range. Nonetheless, these low levels of GB confer considerable tolerance to various stresses, without necessarily contributing significantly to cellular osmotic potential. Moreover, low levels of GB, applied exogenously or generated by transgenes for GB biosynthesis, can induce the expression of certain stress-responsive genes, including those for enzymes that scavenge reactive oxygen species. Thus, transgenic approaches that increase tolerance to abiotic stress have enhanced our understanding of mechanisms that protect plants against such stress.
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- Tony H H Chen
- Department of Horticulture, ALS 4017, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan
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Kanani H, Dutta B, Klapa MI. Individual vs. combinatorial effect of elevated CO2 conditions and salinity stress on Arabidopsis thaliana liquid cultures: comparing the early molecular response using time-series transcriptomic and metabolomic analyses. BMC SYSTEMS BIOLOGY 2010; 4:177. [PMID: 21190570 PMCID: PMC3027597 DOI: 10.1186/1752-0509-4-177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2010] [Accepted: 12/29/2010] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND In this study, we investigated the individual and combinatorial effect of elevated CO2 conditions and salinity stress on the dynamics of both the transcriptional and metabolic physiology of Arabidopsis thaliana liquid hydroponic cultures over the first 30 hours of continuous treatment. Both perturbations are of particular interest in plant and agro-biotechnological applications. Moreover, within the timeframe of this experiment, they are expected to affect plant growth to opposite directions. Thus, a major objective was to investigate whether this expected "divergence" was valid for the individual perturbations and to study how it is manifested under the combined stress at two molecular levels of cellular function, using high-throughput analyses. RESULTS We observed that a) high salinity has stronger effect than elevated CO2 at both the transcriptional and metabolic levels, b) the transcriptional responses to the salinity and combined stresses exhibit strong similarity, implying a robust transcriptional machinery acting to the salinity stress independent of the co-occurrence of elevated CO2, c) the combinatorial effect of the two perturbations on the metabolic physiology is milder than of the salinity stress alone. Metabolomic analysis suggested that the beneficial role of elevated CO2 on salt-stressed plants within the timeframe of this study should be attributed to the provided additional resources; these allow the plants to respond to high salinity without having to forfeit other major metabolic functions, and d) 9 h-12 h and 24 h of treatment coincide with significant changes in the metabolic physiology under any of the investigated stresses. Significant differences between the acute and longer term responses were observed at both molecular levels. CONCLUSIONS This study contributes large-scale dynamic omic data from two levels of cellular function for a plant system under various stresses. It provides an additional example of the power of integrated omic analyses for the comprehensive study of the molecular physiology of complex biological systems. Moreover, taking into consideration the particular interest of the two investigated perturbations in plant biotechnology, enhanced understanding of the molecular physiology of the plants under these conditions could lead to the design of novel metabolic engineering strategies to increase the resistance of commercial crops to salinity stress.
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- Harin Kanani
- Metabolic Engineering and Systems Biology Laboratory, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
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Jost R, Berkowitz O, Shaw J, Masle J. Biochemical characterization of two wheat phosphoethanolamine N-methyltransferase isoforms with different sensitivities to inhibition by phosphatidic acid. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:31962-71. [PMID: 19762471 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.022657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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In plants the triple methylation of phosphoethanolamine to phosphocholine catalyzed by phosphoethanolamine N-methyltransferase (PEAMT) is considered a rate-limiting step in the de novo synthesis of phosphatidylcholine. Besides being a major membrane phospholipid, phosphatidylcholine can be hydrolyzed into choline and phosphatidic acid. Phosphatidic acid is widely recognized as a second messenger in stress signaling, and choline can be oxidized within the chloroplast to yield the putative osmoprotectant glycine betaine. Here we describe the cloning and biochemical characterization of a second wheat PEAMT isoform that has a four times higher specific activity than the previously described WPEAMT/TaPEAMT1 enzyme and is less sensitive to product inhibition by S-adenosyl homocysteine, but more sensitive to inhibition by phosphocholine. Both enzymes follow a sequential random Bi Bi mechanism and show mixed-type product inhibition patterns with partial inhibition for TaPEAMT1 and a strong non-competitive component for TaPEAMT2. An induction of TaPEAMT protein expression and activity is observed after cold exposure, ahead of an increase in gene expression. Our results demonstrate direct repression of in vitro enzymatic activities by phosphatidic acid for both enzymes, with TaPEAMT1 being more sensitive than TaPEAMT2 in the physiological concentration range. Other lipid ligands identified in protein-lipid overlays are phosphoinositide mono- as well as some di-phosphates and cardiolipin. These results provide new insights into the complex regulatory circuits of phospholipid biosynthesis in plants and underline the importance of head group biosynthesis in adaptive stress responses.
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- Ricarda Jost
- Environmental Biology Group, Research School of Biological Sciences, The Australian National University, G. P. O. Box 475, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
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Wang X, Fan P, Song H, Chen X, Li X, Li Y. Comparative Proteomic Analysis of Differentially Expressed Proteins in Shoots of Salicornia europaea under Different Salinity. J Proteome Res 2009; 8:3331-45. [DOI: 10.1021/pr801083a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Xuchu Wang
- Research Center for Molecular and Developmental Biology, Key Laboratory of Photosynthesis and Environmental Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, P.R. China
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- Research Center for Molecular and Developmental Biology, Key Laboratory of Photosynthesis and Environmental Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, P.R. China
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- Research Center for Molecular and Developmental Biology, Key Laboratory of Photosynthesis and Environmental Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, P.R. China
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- Research Center for Molecular and Developmental Biology, Key Laboratory of Photosynthesis and Environmental Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, P.R. China
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- Research Center for Molecular and Developmental Biology, Key Laboratory of Photosynthesis and Environmental Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, P.R. China
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- Research Center for Molecular and Developmental Biology, Key Laboratory of Photosynthesis and Environmental Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, P.R. China
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Li Q, Yin H, Li D, Zhu H, Zhang Y, Zhu W. Isolation and characterization of CMO gene promoter from halophyte Suaeda liaotungensis K. J Genet Genomics 2009; 34:355-61. [PMID: 17498634 DOI: 10.1016/s1673-8527(07)60038-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2006] [Accepted: 08/05/2006] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The 5'-flanking proximal region of stress-induced gene encoding choline monooxygenase (CMO) was isolated by Adaptor-PCR and TAIL-PCR from halophyte Suaeda liaotungensis K. A total of 2,204 bp DNA sequence was obtained. The transcription start site, which is located at 128 bp upstream to the start ATG, was predicted by the TSSP-TCM program. The functional elements were analysed by PLACE program. The obtained SlCMO gene promoter contains the basic elements: TATA-box, CAAT-box, and stress-induced elements, for example, salt responsive element (GAAAAA), cold responsive elements (CANNTG), ABA (Abscisic Acid) responsive elements (NAACAA), water stress element (CGGTTG), and WUN responsive elements (GTTAGGTTC). Isolation and analysis of the promoter of the CMO gene from S. liaotungensis lays a foundation for characterising the stress-induced promoter elements, studying the relationship between the structure and function of the promoter, and investigating the molecular mechanism of CMO gene regulation.
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- Qiuli Li
- College of Life Science, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, China.
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Li H, Wang Y, Jiang J, Liu G, Gao C, Yang C. Identification of genes responsive to salt stress on Tamarix hispida roots. Gene 2008; 433:65-71. [PMID: 19146931 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2008.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2008] [Revised: 11/27/2008] [Accepted: 12/03/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Plant roots are the primary site of perception and injury for salinity stress. In order to characterize the complexity of adaptation to salty environments in roots of Tamarix hispida, a woody halophyte, expressed sequence tag (EST) analysis was performed. Three cDNA libraries were generated from root tissues of T. hispida that were exposed to 0.4 M NaCl for 0 (control), 24 and 48 h. A total of 7726 ESTs were generated from the three libraries, and were assembled into 1142 contigs and 3026 singletons. EST analysis was performed to compare gene expression in the three cDNA libraries. Ninety redundant unique transcripts responsive to NaCl treatment were identified. Of them, 21 genes were novel or of unknown function while others were involved in the functional activities, such as ROS scavenging, lipid metabolism, osmolyte biosynthesis, signal transduction, transport, lignin synthesis and homeostasis. The genes, including those for metallothionein-like protein, polyubiquitin, hypothetical protein, and glycine-rich cell wall structural protein, were abundant in the libraries and showed obvious up-regulation after NaCl treatments, suggesting important roles in NaCl tolerance. The results of this study may contribute to our understanding of the molecular mechanism of salt tolerance in the roots of plants.
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- Huiyu Li
- Key Laboratory of Forest Tree Genetics Improvement and Biotechnology, Northeast Forestry University, Ministry of Education, Harbin, China
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Halophytes, plants that survive to reproduce in environments where the salt concentration is around 200 mm NaCl or more, constitute about 1% of the world's flora. Some halophytes show optimal growth in saline conditions; others grow optimally in the absence of salt. However, the tolerance of all halophytes to salinity relies on controlled uptake and compartmentalization of Na+, K+ and Cl- and the synthesis of organic 'compatible' solutes, even where salt glands are operative. Although there is evidence that different species may utilize different transporters in their accumulation of Na+, in general little is known of the proteins and regulatory networks involved. Consequently, it is not yet possible to assign molecular mechanisms to apparent differences in rates of Na+ and Cl- uptake, in root-to-shoot transport (xylem loading and retrieval), or in net selectivity for K+ over Na+. At the cellular level, H+-ATPases in the plasma membrane and tonoplast, as well as the tonoplast H+-PPiase, provide the trans-membrane proton motive force used by various secondary transporters. The widespread occurrence, taxonomically, of halophytes and the general paucity of information on the molecular regulation of tolerance mechanisms persuade us that research should be concentrated on a number of 'model' species that are representative of the various mechanisms that might be involved in tolerance.
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- Timothy J Flowers
- School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, Sussex, BN1 9QG, UK
- School of Plant Biology, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia
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- School of Plant Biology, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia
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Bhuiyan NH, Liu W, Liu G, Selvaraj G, Wei Y, King J. Transcriptional regulation of genes involved in the pathways of biosynthesis and supply of methyl units in response to powdery mildew attack and abiotic stresses in wheat. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2007; 64:305-18. [PMID: 17406792 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-007-9155-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2006] [Accepted: 02/20/2007] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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From a library of 3,000 expression sequence tags (ESTs), derived from the epidermis of a diploid wheat (Triticum monococcum) inoculated with Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici (Bgt), we cloned 23 cDNAs representing 12 genes that are involved in the pathways of biosynthesis and supply of methyl units. We studied the transcription of these genes to investigate how the methyl units are generated and regulated in response to Bgt infection and abiotic stresses in wheat. Expression of 5, 10-methylene-tetrahydrofolate reductase, methionine synthase, S-adenosylmethionine synthetase, and S-adenosylhomocystein hydrolase transcripts were highly induced at an early stage of infection. This induction was specific to the epidermis and linked to host cell wall apposition (CWA) formation, suggesting that the pathways for generation of methyl units are transcriptionally activated for the host defense response. Levels of S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase, caffeic acid 3-O-methyltransferase, 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate oxidase mRNA, but not phosphoethanolamine N-methyltransferase and nicotianamine synthase mRNA, were up-regulated after infection and showed similar expression patterns to genes involved in the pathways of generation of methyl units, revealing possible routes of methyl transfer towards polyamine, lignin and ethylene biosynthesis rather than glycine betaine and nicotianamine in response to Bgt attack. After imposing various abiotic stresses, genes involved in the pathways of generation and supply of methyl units were also up-regulated differentially, suggesting that the generation of sufficient methyl units at an early stage might be crucial to the mitigation of multiple stresses.
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- Nazmul H Bhuiyan
- Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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Freitas-Astúa J, Bastianel M, Locali-Fabris EC, Novelli VM, Silva-Pinhati AC, Basílio-Palmieri AC, Targon MLP, Machado MA. Differentially expressed stress-related genes in the compatible citrus-Citrus leprosis virus interaction. Genet Mol Biol 2007. [DOI: 10.1590/s1415-47572007000500026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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- Juliana Freitas-Astúa
- Instituto Agronômico de Campinas, Brazil; Embrapa Mandioca e Fruticultura Tropical, Brazil
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Tabuchi T, Okada T, Azuma T, Nanmori T, Yasuda T. Posttranscriptional regulation by the upstream open reading frame of the phosphoethanolamine N-methyltransferase gene. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2006; 70:2330-4. [PMID: 16960350 DOI: 10.1271/bbb.60309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Phosphoethanolamine N-methyltransferase (PEAMT) is involved in choline biosynthesis in plants. The 5' untranslated region (UTR) of several PEAMT genes was found to contain an upstream open reading frame (uORF). We generated transgenic Arabidopsis calli that expressed a chimeric gene constructed by fusing the 5' UTR of the Arabidopsis PEAMT gene (AtNMT1) upstream of the beta-glucuronidase gene. The AtNMT1 uORF was found to be involved in declining levels of the chimeric gene mRNA and repression of downstream beta-glucuronidase gene translation in the calli when the cells were treated with choline. Further, we discuss the role of the uORF.
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- Tomoki Tabuchi
- Laboratory of Tropical Plant Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan.
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Askari H, Edqvist J, Hajheidari M, Kafi M, Salekdeh GH. Effects of salinity levels on proteome of Suaeda aegyptiaca leaves. Proteomics 2006; 6:2542-54. [PMID: 16612795 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200500328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Saline soils are the major problem of cultivated lands of Iran. Suaeda aegyptiaca is a salt-tolerant plant (halophytes) that grow naturally in salt-affected areas of Iran. We have employed proteomics to identify the mechanisms of salt responsiveness in leaves of S. aegyptiaca grown under different salt concentrations. Ten-day-old plants were treated with 0, 150, 300, 450, and 600 mM NaCl. After 30 days of treatment, leaf samples were collected and analyzed using 2-D-PAGE. Out of 700 protein spots reproducible detected within replications, 102 spots showed significant response to salt treatment compared to 0 mM NaCl. We analyzed expression pattern of salt-responsive proteins using a hierarchical and two nonhierarchical (Fuzzy ART and SOM) statistical methods and concluded that Fuzzy ART is the superior method. Forty proteins of 12 different expression groups were analyzed using LC/MS/MS. Of these, 27 protein spots were identified including proteins involved in oxidative stress tolerance, glycinebetain synthesis, cytoskeleton remodeling, photosynthesis, ATP production, protein degradation, cyanide detoxification, and chaperone activities. The expression pattern of these proteins and their possible roles in the adaptation of S. aegyptiaca to salinity is discussed.
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- Hossein Askari
- Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran, Karaj, Iran
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