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Beena R, Kirubakaran S, Nithya N, Manickavelu A, Sah RP, Abida PS, Sreekumar J, Jaslam PM, Rejeth R, Jayalekshmy VG, Roy S, Manju RV, Viji MM, Siddique KHM. Association mapping of drought tolerance and agronomic traits in rice (Oryza sativa L.) landraces. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2021; 21:484. [PMID: 34686134 PMCID: PMC8539776 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-021-03272-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2021] [Accepted: 09/29/2021] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND Asian cultivars were predominantly represented in global rice panel selected for sequencing and to identify novel alleles for drought tolerance. Diverse genetic resources adapted to Indian subcontinent were not represented much in spite harboring useful alleles that could improve agronomic traits, stress resilience and productivity. These rice accessions are valuable genetic resource in developing rice varieties suited to different rice ecosystem that experiences varying drought stress level, and at different crop stages. A core collection of rice germplasm adapted to Southwestern Indian peninsular genotyped using SSR markers and characterized by contrasting water regimes to associate genomic regions for physiological, root traits and yield related traits. Genotyping-By-Sequencing of selected accessions within the diverse panel revealed haplotype variation in genic content within genomic regions mapped for physiological, morphological and root traits. RESULTS Diverse rice panel (99 accessions) were evaluated in field and measurements on plant physiological, root traits and yield related traits were made over five different seasons experiencing varying drought stress intensity at different crop stages. Traits like chlorophyll stability index, leaf rolling, days to 50% flowering, chlorophyll content, root volume and root biomass were identified as best predictors of grain yield under stress. Association mapping revealed genetic variation among accessions and revealed 14 genomic targets associated with different physiological, root and plant production traits. Certain accessions were found to have beneficial allele to improve traits, plant height, root length and spikelet fertility, that contribute to the grain yield under stress. Genomic characterization of eleven accessions revealed haplotype variation within key genomic targets on chromosomes 1, 4, 6 and 11 for potential use as molecular markers to combine drought avoidance and tolerance traits. Genes mined within the genomic QTL intervals identified were prioritized based on tissue specific expression level in publicly available rice transcriptome data. CONCLUSION The genetic and genomic resources identified will enable combining traits with agronomic value to optimize yield under stress and hasten trait introgression into elite cultivars. Alleles associated with plant height, specific leaf area, root length from PTB8 and spikelet fertility and grain weight from PTB26 can be harnessed in future rice breeding program.
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- Radha Beena
- Department of Plant Physiology, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, Kerala Agricultural University, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala India
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- Department of Plant Physiology, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, Kerala Agricultural University, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala India
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- Department of Genomic Science, Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod, Kerala India
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- Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)-Central Rice Research Institute, currently named National Rice Research Institute (NRRI), Cuttack, Odisha India
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- Regional Agricultural Research Station, Pattambi, Kerala Agricultural University, Palakkad, Kerala India
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- Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)-Central Tuber Crops Research Institute, Sreekaryam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala India
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- Department of Plant Physiology, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, Kerala Agricultural University, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala India
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, Kerala Agricultural University, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala India
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- Department of Plant Physiology, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, Kerala Agricultural University, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala India
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- Department of Plant Physiology, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, Kerala Agricultural University, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala India
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- Department of Plant Physiology, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, Kerala Agricultural University, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala India
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Iqbal Z, Iqbal MS, Khan MIR, Ansari MI. Toward Integrated Multi-Omics Intervention: Rice Trait Improvement and Stress Management. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:741419. [PMID: 34721467 PMCID: PMC8554098 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.741419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2021] [Accepted: 09/20/2021] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Rice (Oryza sativa) is an imperative staple crop for nearly half of the world's population. Challenging environmental conditions encompassing abiotic and biotic stresses negatively impact the quality and yield of rice. To assure food supply for the unprecedented ever-growing world population, the improvement of rice as a crop is of utmost importance. In this era, "omics" techniques have been comprehensively utilized to decipher the regulatory mechanisms and cellular intricacies in rice. Advancements in omics technologies have provided a strong platform for the reliable exploration of genetic resources involved in rice trait development. Omics disciplines like genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics have significantly contributed toward the achievement of desired improvements in rice under optimal and stressful environments. The present review recapitulates the basic and applied multi-omics technologies in providing new orchestration toward the improvement of rice desirable traits. The article also provides a catalog of current scenario of omics applications in comprehending this imperative crop in relation to yield enhancement and various environmental stresses. Further, the appropriate databases in the field of data science to analyze big data, and retrieve relevant information vis-à-vis rice trait improvement and stress management are described.
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- Zahra Iqbal
- Molecular Crop Research Unit, Department of Biochemistry, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Hsieh KT, Chen YT, Hu TJ, Lin SM, Hsieh CH, Liu SH, Shiue SY, Lo SF, Wang IW, Tseng CS, Chen LJ. Comparisons within the Rice GA 2-Oxidase Gene Family Revealed Three Dominant Paralogs and a Functional Attenuated Gene that Led to the Identification of Four Amino Acid Variants Associated with GA Deactivation Capability. RICE (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2021; 14:70. [PMID: 34322729 PMCID: PMC8319247 DOI: 10.1186/s12284-021-00499-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2021] [Accepted: 06/03/2021] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND GA 2-oxidases (GA2oxs) are involved in regulating GA homeostasis in plants by inactivating bioactive GAs through 2β-hydroxylation. Rice GA2oxs are encoded by a family of 10 genes; some of them have been characterized, but no comprehensive comparisons for all these genes have been conducted. RESULTS Rice plants with nine functional GA2oxs were demonstrated in the present study, and these genes not only were differentially expressed but also revealed various capabilities for GA deactivation based on their height-reducing effects in transgenic plants. Compared to that of wild-type plants, the relative plant height (RPH) of transgenic plants was scored to estimate their reducing effects, and 8.3% to 59.5% RPH was observed. Phylogenetic analysis of class I GA2ox genes revealed two functionally distinct clades in the Poaceae. The OsGA2ox3, 4, and 8 genes belonging to clade A showed the most severe effect (8.3% to 8.7% RPH) on plant height reduction, whereas the OsGA2ox7 gene belonging to clade B showed the least severe effect (59.5% RPH). The clade A OsGA2ox3 gene contained two conserved C186/C194 amino acids that were crucial for enzymatic activity. In the present study, these amino acids were replaced with OsGA2ox7-conserved arginine (C186R) and proline (C194P), respectively, or simultaneously (C186R/C194P) to demonstrate their importance in planta. Another two amino acids, Q220 and Y274, conserved in OsGA2ox3 were substituted with glutamic acid (E) and phenylalanine (F), respectively, or simultaneously to show their significance in planta. In addition, through sequence divergence, RNA expression profile and GA deactivation capability analyses, we proposed that OsGA2ox1, OsGA2ox3 and OsGA2ox6 function as the predominant paralogs in each of their respective classes. CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrates rice has nine functional GA2oxs and the class I GA2ox genes are divided into two functionally distinct clades. Among them, the OsGA2ox7 of clade B is a functional attenuated gene and the OsGA2ox1, OsGA2ox3 and OsGA2ox6 are the three predominant paralogs in the family.
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- Kun-Ting Hsieh
- Institute of Molecular Biology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 40227, Taiwan
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- Institute of Molecular Biology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 40227, Taiwan
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- Institute of Molecular Biology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 40227, Taiwan
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- Institute of Molecular Biology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 40227, Taiwan
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- Institute of Molecular Biology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 40227, Taiwan
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- Institute of Molecular Biology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 40227, Taiwan
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- Institute of Molecular Biology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 40227, Taiwan
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- Biotechnology Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 40227, Taiwan
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- Division of Biotechnology, Taiwan Agriculture Research Institute, Taichung, 41362, Taiwan
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- Division of Biotechnology, Taiwan Agriculture Research Institute, Taichung, 41362, Taiwan
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- Institute of Molecular Biology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 40227, Taiwan.
- Biotechnology Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 40227, Taiwan.
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Pasion EA, Badoni S, Misra G, Anacleto R, Parween S, Kohli A, Sreenivasulu N. OsTPR boosts the superior grains through increase in upper secondary rachis branches without incurring a grain quality penalty. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2021; 19:1396-1411. [PMID: 33544455 PMCID: PMC8313136 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.13560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2020] [Revised: 12/29/2020] [Accepted: 01/19/2021] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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To address the future food security in Asia, we need to improve the genetic gain of grain yield while ensuring the consumer acceptance. This study aimed to identify novel genes influencing the number of upper secondary rachis branches (USRB) to elevate superior grains without compromising grain quality by studying the genetic variance of 310 diverse O. sativa var. indica panel using single- and multi-locus genome-wide association studies (GWAS), gene set analyses and gene regulatory network analysis. GWAS of USRB identified 230 significant (q-value < 0.05) SNPs from chromosomes 1 and 2. GWAS targets narrowed down using gene set analyses identified large effect association on an important locus LOC_Os02g50790/LOC_Os02g50799 encoding a nuclear-pore anchor protein (OsTPR). The superior haplotype derived from non-synonymous SNPs identified in OsTPR was specifically associated with increase in USRB with superior grains being low chalk. Through haplotype mining, we further demonstrated the synergy of offering added yield advantage due to superior allele of OsTPR in elite materials with low glycaemic index (GI) property. We further validated the importance of OsTPR using recombinant inbred lines (RILs) population by introgressing a superior allele of OsTPR into elite materials resulted in raise in productivity in high amylose background. This confirmed a critical role for OsTPR in influencing yield while maintaining grain and nutritional quality.
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- Erstelle A. Pasion
- Applied Functional Genomics ClusterGrain Quality and Nutrition CentreStrategic Innovation PlatformInternational Rice Research InstituteLos BañosPhilippines
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- Applied Functional Genomics ClusterGrain Quality and Nutrition CentreStrategic Innovation PlatformInternational Rice Research InstituteLos BañosPhilippines
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- Applied Functional Genomics ClusterGrain Quality and Nutrition CentreStrategic Innovation PlatformInternational Rice Research InstituteLos BañosPhilippines
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- Applied Functional Genomics ClusterGrain Quality and Nutrition CentreStrategic Innovation PlatformInternational Rice Research InstituteLos BañosPhilippines
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- Applied Functional Genomics ClusterGrain Quality and Nutrition CentreStrategic Innovation PlatformInternational Rice Research InstituteLos BañosPhilippines
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- Applied Functional Genomics ClusterGrain Quality and Nutrition CentreStrategic Innovation PlatformInternational Rice Research InstituteLos BañosPhilippines
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- Applied Functional Genomics ClusterGrain Quality and Nutrition CentreStrategic Innovation PlatformInternational Rice Research InstituteLos BañosPhilippines
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Scossa F, Alseekh S, Fernie AR. Integrating multi-omics data for crop improvement. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2021; 257:153352. [PMID: 33360148 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2020.153352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2020] [Revised: 12/13/2020] [Accepted: 12/14/2020] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Our agricultural systems are now in urgent need to secure food for a growing world population. To meet this challenge, we need a better characterization of plant genetic and phenotypic diversity. The combination of genomics, transcriptomics and metabolomics enables a deeper understanding of the mechanisms underlying the complex architecture of many phenotypic traits of agricultural relevance. We review the recent advances in plant genomics to see how these can be integrated with broad molecular profiling approaches to improve our understanding of plant phenotypic variation and inform crop breeding strategies.
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- Federico Scossa
- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, 14476, Potsdam, Golm, Germany; Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA), Research Centre for Genomics and Bioinformatics (CREA-GB), 00178, Rome, Italy.
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, 14476, Potsdam, Golm, Germany; Center of Plant Systems Biology and Biotechnology (CPSBB), Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, 14476, Potsdam, Golm, Germany; Center of Plant Systems Biology and Biotechnology (CPSBB), Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
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Wiszniewska A, Koźmińska A, Hanus-Fajerska E, Dziurka M, Dziurka K. Insight into mechanisms of multiple stresses tolerance in a halophyte Aster tripolium subjected to salinity and heavy metal stress. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2019; 180:12-22. [PMID: 31059903 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.04.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2019] [Revised: 04/16/2019] [Accepted: 04/18/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The study aimed at comparing metabolic reactions of a halophyte Aster tripolium to abiotic stresses. Profiling of endogenous phytohormones, soluble carbohydrates and stress-related amino acids was conducted in plants exposed to moderate and high salinity (150 and 300 mM NaCl), and heavy metal salts CdCl2 or PbCl2 (100 and 200 μM). High NaCl and Pb doses inhibited growth of A. tripolium (Stress Tolerance Index STI) of 37% and 32-35%, respectively. The plants tolerated moderate salinity and Cd (STI = 91% and STI = 83-96%, respectively). Toxic metals accumulated mainly in the roots but Cd translocation to the shoots was also observed. The stressors did not affect total concentrations of the main growth promoting phytohormones but we observed enhanced deactivation of auxins and gibberellins, and reduced accumulation of jasmonate precursor. ABA content increased under stress except for moderate salinity. A common reaction was also activation of osmotic adjustment, however it was disparately manifested under salinity and metallic stress. The distinct responses to salinity and metallic stresses involved changes in carbohydrate profile and altered interplay between salicylic acid content and the pool of active gibberellins. The content of active jasmonates diversified A. tripolium reactions to salt excess and each of the heavy metals. This parameter was linked to the accumulation of ethylene precursor. The results of the study can be used to decipher potential co-tolerance mechanism of this halophyte species to multiple environmental stresses.
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- Alina Wiszniewska
- Unit of Botany and Plant Physiology, Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Horticulture, University of Agriculture in Kraków, Al. 29 Listopada 54, 31-425, Kraków, Poland.
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- Unit of Botany and Plant Physiology, Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Horticulture, University of Agriculture in Kraków, Al. 29 Listopada 54, 31-425, Kraków, Poland
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- Unit of Botany and Plant Physiology, Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Horticulture, University of Agriculture in Kraków, Al. 29 Listopada 54, 31-425, Kraków, Poland
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- The Franciszek Górski Institute of Plant Physiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Niezapominajek 21, 30-239, Kraków, Poland
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- The Franciszek Górski Institute of Plant Physiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Niezapominajek 21, 30-239, Kraków, Poland
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Liu J, Feng K, Hou X, Li H, Wang G, Xu Z, Xiong A. Transcriptome profiling reveals the association of multiple genes and pathways contributing to hormonal control in celery leaves. Acta Biochim Biophys Sin (Shanghai) 2019; 51:524-534. [PMID: 30939194 DOI: 10.1093/abbs/gmz034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Celery is a vital vegetable belonging to the Apiaceae family. The leaves of celery are its main edible part with high nutritional value. Hormone signaling plays diverse and critical roles in controlling plant growth and development. However, the molecular mechanism of hormone regulating growth and development in celery leaves has not been investigated. Here, we aimed to understand the molecular functions of genes related to hormone metabolism in celery leaf growth and development. A total of 77 hormone-related differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified from the transcriptome of celery leaves at three development stages. The roles and interactions of DEGs in the growth and development of celery leaves were discussed. The contents of multiple hormones (IAA, ZR, ABA, BR, GA3, and MeJA) in celery leaf development were also detected. The changes of endogenous hormone level during the development of celery leaves could be regulated by the expressions of hormone-related genes. Our results indicated that the plant hormones had a complex regulatory mechanism for the growth of celery leaves. Our current findings will provide potential valuable references for the future research on celery leaf development.
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- Jiexia Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Biology and Germplasm Enhancement of Horticultural Crops in East China, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Biology and Germplasm Enhancement of Horticultural Crops in East China, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Biology and Germplasm Enhancement of Horticultural Crops in East China, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Biology and Germplasm Enhancement of Horticultural Crops in East China, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Biology and Germplasm Enhancement of Horticultural Crops in East China, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Biology and Germplasm Enhancement of Horticultural Crops in East China, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Biology and Germplasm Enhancement of Horticultural Crops in East China, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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Hong WJ, Kim YJ, Chandran AKN, Jung KH. Infrastructures of systems biology that facilitate functional genomic study in rice. RICE (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2019; 12:15. [PMID: 30874968 PMCID: PMC6419666 DOI: 10.1186/s12284-019-0276-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2018] [Accepted: 03/06/2019] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is both a major staple food for the worldwide population and a model crop plant for studying the mode of action of agronomically valuable traits, providing information that can be applied to other crop plants. Due to the development of high-throughput technologies such as next generation sequencing and mass spectrometry, a huge mass of multi-omics data in rice has been accumulated. Through the integration of those data, systems biology in rice is becoming more advanced.To facilitate such systemic approaches, we have summarized current resources, such as databases and tools, for systems biology in rice. In this review, we categorize the resources using six omics levels: genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, integrated omics, and functional genomics. We provide the names, websites, references, working states, and number of citations for each individual database or tool and discuss future prospects for the integrated understanding of rice gene functions.
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- Woo-Jong Hong
- Graduate School of Biotechnology & Crop Biotech Institute, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, 17104, Korea
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- Graduate School of Biotechnology & Crop Biotech Institute, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, 17104, Korea
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- Graduate School of Biotechnology & Crop Biotech Institute, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, 17104, Korea.
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Chen K, Liu J, Ji R, Chen T, Zhou X, Yang J, Tong Y, Jiang C, Zhou J, Zhao Y, Jin Y, Yuan Y, Huang L. Biogenic Synthesis and Spatial Distribution of Endogenous Phytohormones and Ginsenosides Provide Insights on Their Intrinsic Relevance in Panax ginseng. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 9:1951. [PMID: 30687354 PMCID: PMC6333697 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2018] [Accepted: 12/14/2018] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Ginseng, the root and rhizome of Panax ginseng C. A. Mey., is a well-known and valuable traditional Chinese medicine. The pharmacological activities of ginseng are mainly attributed to the presence of ginsenosides, which are considered to be critical biomarkers for evaluating ginseng quality. The biosynthesis of triterpenes, which serve defensive functions in plants, is regulated by endogenous phytohormones that play key roles in growth and defense of plant populations. However, the role of major hormones that are closely related to secondary metabolism pathways in P. ginseng is poorly understood. To gain insight into their potential correlation, we performed a spatial synthesis analysis and studied the distribution of endogenous phytohormones and ginsenosides in different tissue regions of the entire P. ginseng plant. Gibberellins are growth hormones that accumulate in the fiber root. In contrast, abscisic acid (ABA), salicylic acid (SA), and jasmonic acid (JA), which are considered stress hormones, were predominantly found in the leaf and leaf peduncle. We observed a tissue-specific distribution of phytohormones consistent with the expression of genes involved in hormone biosynthesis that influenced ginsenoside synthesis and distribution. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of different endogenous phytohormones on triterpene metabolites in ginseng innate immunity.
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- Kang Chen
- Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China
- National Resource Center for Chinese Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Resource Center for Chinese Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Resource Center for Chinese Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Resource Center for Chinese Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Resource Center for Chinese Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Resource Center for Chinese Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Resource Center for Chinese Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Resource Center for Chinese Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Resource Center for Chinese Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Resource Center for Chinese Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Resource Center for Chinese Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China
- National Resource Center for Chinese Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China
- National Resource Center for Chinese Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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López-Cristoffanini C, Serrat X, Jáuregui O, Nogués S, López-Carbonell M. Phytohormone Profiling Method for Rice: Effects of GA20ox Mutation on the Gibberellin Content of Japonica Rice Varieties. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:733. [PMID: 31231411 PMCID: PMC6565999 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2019] [Accepted: 05/16/2019] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Gibberellins (GAs) are a very important group of phytohormones involved in seed germination, vegetative growth, flowering, and fruit development, being only 4 of the 136 known bioactives: GA1, GA3, GA4, and GA7. It has been evidenced that mutations in the OsGA20ox-2 gene produce rice (Oryza sativa) dwarf varieties, which were one of the main pillars of the green revolution. In this work two main objectives were proposed: (i) develop a rapid and broad phytohormone profiling method and (ii) to study the effects on the GA content of the GA20ox-2 mutation in several rice developmental stages using three varieties (tall variety, elite variety, mutated variety). A phytohormone extraction using an SPE step and HPLC-MS/MS detection using a QqQ instrument was determined which resulted in limits of detection (LOD) and limits of quantification (LOQ) for GAs that varied between 0.1-0.7 and 0.3-2.3 pg ⋅ g-1 (f.w.) of rice sample, respectively, allowing highly sensitive phytohormones detection in samples. Moreover, a good reproducibility was obtained for the GAs as relative standard deviations (RSD) for a 40 ng ⋅ mL-1 pattern varied between 0.3 and 0.9%. Notoriously, GA1 was absent in the coleoptile and GA4 was the GA with higher content in the majority of developmental stages. We also observed a large content increase of the four bioactive GAs in the internode of the flag leaf of the mutated variety allowing to reach same height as the elite variety. Therefore, we provide a rapid and broad phytohormonal profiling method and evidence that the GA20ox-2 mutation is not the only factor generating dwarf varieties. To our knowledge, this is the first study that it has been reported such a high number of simultaneously analyzed gibberellins in rice samples (Oryza sativa ssp. japonica) in different tissues of different growth stages.
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- Camilo López-Cristoffanini
- Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia I Ciències Ambientals, Secció de Fisiologia Vegetal, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- *Correspondence: Camilo López-Cristoffanini,
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- Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia I Ciències Ambientals, Secció de Fisiologia Vegetal, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Scientific and Technological Centers, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia I Ciències Ambientals, Secció de Fisiologia Vegetal, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia I Ciències Ambientals, Secció de Fisiologia Vegetal, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Kurotani A, Yamada Y, Sakurai T. Alga-PrAS (Algal Protein Annotation Suite): A Database of Comprehensive Annotation in Algal Proteomes. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2017; 58:e6. [PMID: 28069893 PMCID: PMC5444574 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcw212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2016] [Accepted: 11/24/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Algae are smaller organisms than land plants and offer clear advantages in research over terrestrial species in terms of rapid production, short generation time and varied commercial applications. Thus, studies investigating the practical development of effective algal production are important and will improve our understanding of both aquatic and terrestrial plants. In this study we estimated multiple physicochemical and secondary structural properties of protein sequences, the predicted presence of post-translational modification (PTM) sites, and subcellular localization using a total of 510,123 protein sequences from the proteomes of 31 algal and three plant species. Algal species were broadly selected from green and red algae, glaucophytes, oomycetes, diatoms and other microalgal groups. The results were deposited in the Algal Protein Annotation Suite database (Alga-PrAS; http://alga-pras.riken.jp/), which can be freely accessed online.
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- Atsushi Kurotani
- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 1-7-22 Suehiro, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 1-7-22 Suehiro, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 1-7-22 Suehiro, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045, Japan
- Interdisciplinary Science Unit, Multidisciplinary Science Cluster, Research and Education Faculty, Kochi University, 200 Otsu, Monobe, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8502, Japan
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Kudo T, Terashima S, Takaki Y, Tomita K, Saito M, Kanno M, Yokoyama K, Yano K. PlantExpress: A Database Integrating OryzaExpress and ArthaExpress for Single-species and Cross-species Gene Expression Network Analyses with Microarray-Based Transcriptome Data. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2017; 58:e1. [PMID: 28158643 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcw208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2016] [Accepted: 11/19/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Publicly available microarray-based transcriptome data on plants are remarkably valuable in terms of abundance and variation of samples, particularly for Oryza sativa (rice) and Arabidopsis thaliana (Arabidopsis). Here, we introduce the web database PlantExpress (http://plantomics.mind.meiji.ac.jp/PlantExpress/) as a platform for gene expression network (GEN) analysis with the public microarray data of rice and Arabidopsis. PlantExpress has two functional modes. The single-species mode is specialized for GEN analysis within one of the species, while the cross-species mode is optimized for comparative GEN analysis between the species. The single-species mode for rice is the new version of OryzaExpress, which we have maintained since 2006. The single-species mode for Arabidopsis, named ArthaExpress, was newly developed. PlantExpress stores data obtained from three microarrays, the Affymetrix Rice Genome Array, the Agilent Rice Gene Expression 4x44K Microarray, and the Affymetrix Arabidopsis ATH1 Genome Array, with respective totals of 2,678, 1,206, and 10,940 samples. This database employs a ‘MyList’ function with which users may save lists of arbitrary genes and samples (experimental conditions) to use in analyses. In cross-species mode, the MyList function allows performing comparative GEN analysis between rice and Arabidopsis. In addition, the gene lists saved in MyList can be directly exported to the PODC database, which provides information and a platform for comparative GEN analysis based on RNA-seq data and knowledge-based functional annotation of plant genes. PlantExpress will facilitate understanding the biological functions of plant genes.
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- Toru Kudo
- Bioinformatics Laboratory, School of Agriculture, Meiji University, Higashi-mita, Tama-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Bioinformatics Laboratory, School of Agriculture, Meiji University, Higashi-mita, Tama-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Bioinformatics Laboratory, School of Agriculture, Meiji University, Higashi-mita, Tama-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Bioinformatics Laboratory, School of Agriculture, Meiji University, Higashi-mita, Tama-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Bioinformatics Laboratory, School of Agriculture, Meiji University, Higashi-mita, Tama-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Bioinformatics Laboratory, School of Agriculture, Meiji University, Higashi-mita, Tama-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Bioinformatics Laboratory, School of Agriculture, Meiji University, Higashi-mita, Tama-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Bioinformatics Laboratory, School of Agriculture, Meiji University, Higashi-mita, Tama-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
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Kudo T, Sasaki Y, Terashima S, Matsuda-Imai N, Takano T, Saito M, Kanno M, Ozaki S, Suwabe K, Suzuki G, Watanabe M, Matsuoka M, Takayama S, Yano K. Identification of reference genes for quantitative expression analysis using large-scale RNA-seq data of Arabidopsis thaliana and model crop plants. Genes Genet Syst 2016; 91:111-125. [PMID: 27040147 DOI: 10.1266/ggs.15-00065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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In quantitative gene expression analysis, normalization using a reference gene as an internal control is frequently performed for appropriate interpretation of the results. Efforts have been devoted to exploring superior novel reference genes using microarray transcriptomic data and to evaluating commonly used reference genes by targeting analysis. However, because the number of specifically detectable genes is totally dependent on probe design in the microarray analysis, exploration using microarray data may miss some of the best choices for the reference genes. Recently emerging RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) provides an ideal resource for comprehensive exploration of reference genes since this method is capable of detecting all expressed genes, in principle including even unknown genes. We report the results of a comprehensive exploration of reference genes using public RNA-seq data from plants such as Arabidopsis thaliana (Arabidopsis), Glycine max (soybean), Solanum lycopersicum (tomato) and Oryza sativa (rice). To select reference genes suitable for the broadest experimental conditions possible, candidates were surveyed by the following four steps: (1) evaluation of the basal expression level of each gene in each experiment; (2) evaluation of the expression stability of each gene in each experiment; (3) evaluation of the expression stability of each gene across the experiments; and (4) selection of top-ranked genes, after ranking according to the number of experiments in which the gene was expressed stably. Employing this procedure, 13, 10, 12 and 21 top candidates for reference genes were proposed in Arabidopsis, soybean, tomato and rice, respectively. Microarray expression data confirmed that the expression of the proposed reference genes under broad experimental conditions was more stable than that of commonly used reference genes. These novel reference genes will be useful for analyzing gene expression profiles across experiments carried out under various experimental conditions.
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- Toru Kudo
- School of Agriculture, Meiji University
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Cai WJ, Ye TT, Wang Q, Cai BD, Feng YQ. A rapid approach to investigate spatiotemporal distribution of phytohormones in rice. PLANT METHODS 2016; 12:47. [PMID: 27891171 PMCID: PMC5112728 DOI: 10.1186/s13007-016-0147-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2016] [Accepted: 11/03/2016] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Phytohormones play crucial roles in almost all stages of plant growth and development. Accurate and simultaneous determination of multiple phytohormones enabled us to better understand the physiological functions and the regulatory networks of phytohormones. However, simultaneous determination of multiple phytohormones in plant is still a challenge due to their low concentrations, structural and chemical diversity, and complex matrix of plant tissues. Therefore, development of a simple and selective method for the simultaneous determination of multiple phytohormones is highly needed. RESULTS We developed a clean-up strategy for profiling of multiple phytohormones, which can overcome the challenge of structural and chemical diversity. By using a one-step dispersive solid-phase extraction (DSPE) combined with UPLC-MS/MS, 54 phytohormones including auxins, ABA, SA, JA, GAs and CKs were simultaneously analyzed from a single rice sample extract. Using the developed method, we investigated the spatiotemporal distribution of phytohormones in rice. The profiling of various tissues of rice at different growth stages revealed the complexity of metabolic regulation and allocations of phytohormone species. CONCLUSION A rapid one-step method was developed for the simultaneous analysis of six groups of phytohormones, including cytokinins, auxins, salicylic acid, jasmonates, abscisic acid and gibberellins in a single run, using UPLC-ESI-MS/MS. The proposed method was successfully applied to investigate spatiotemporal distribution of multiple phytohormones in rice. The spatiotemporal information obtained may be helpful for better understanding of phytohormones functions throughout life cycle of rice when integrated into transcriptome and other omics data.
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- Wen-Jing Cai
- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072 People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072 People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072 People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072 People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072 People’s Republic of China
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Kurotani A, Sakurai T. In Silico Analysis of Correlations between Protein Disorder and Post-Translational Modifications in Algae. Int J Mol Sci 2015; 16:19812-35. [PMID: 26307970 PMCID: PMC4581327 DOI: 10.3390/ijms160819812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2015] [Revised: 08/12/2015] [Accepted: 08/13/2015] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Recent proteome analyses have reported that intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs) of proteins play important roles in biological processes. In higher plants whose genomes have been sequenced, the correlation between IDRs and post-translational modifications (PTMs) has been reported. The genomes of various eukaryotic algae as common ancestors of plants have also been sequenced. However, no analysis of the relationship to protein properties such as structure and PTMs in algae has been reported. Here, we describe correlations between IDR content and the number of PTM sites for phosphorylation, glycosylation, and ubiquitination, and between IDR content and regions rich in proline, glutamic acid, serine, and threonine (PEST) and transmembrane helices in the sequences of 20 algae proteomes. Phosphorylation, O-glycosylation, ubiquitination, and PEST preferentially occurred in disordered regions. In contrast, transmembrane helices were favored in ordered regions. N-glycosylation tended to occur in ordered regions in most of the studied algae; however, it correlated positively with disordered protein content in diatoms. Additionally, we observed that disordered protein content and the number of PTM sites were significantly increased in the species-specific protein clusters compared to common protein clusters among the algae. Moreover, there were specific relationships between IDRs and PTMs among the algae from different groups.
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- Atsushi Kurotani
- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan.
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan.
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Hu S, Lübberstedt T. Getting the 'MOST' out of crop improvement. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2015; 20:372-379. [PMID: 25899781 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2015.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2014] [Revised: 02/26/2015] [Accepted: 03/03/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Unraveling the function of genes affecting agronomic traits is accelerating due to progress in DNA sequencing and other high-throughput genomic approaches. Characterized genes can be exploited by plant breeders by using either marker-aided selection (MAS) or transgenic procedures. Here, we propose a third 'outlet', 'molecular strengthening' (MOST), as alternative option for exploiting detailed molecular understanding of trait expression, which is comparable to the pharmaceutical treatment of human diseases. MOST treatments can be used to enhance yield stability. Alternatively, they can be used to control traits temporally, such as flowering time to facilitate crosses for plant breeders. We also discuss the essence for developing MOST treatments, their prospects, and limitations.
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- Songlin Hu
- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, 100 Osborn Drive, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, 100 Osborn Drive, Ames, IA 50011, USA.
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Kakei Y, Shimada Y. AtCAST3.0 update: a web-based tool for analysis of transcriptome data by searching similarities in gene expression profiles. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2015; 56:e7. [PMID: 25505006 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcu174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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In transcriptome experiments, the experimental conditions (e.g. mutants and/or treatments) cause transcriptional changes. Identifying experimental conditions that induce similar or opposite transcriptional changes can be useful to identify experimental conditions that affect the same biological process. AtCAST (http://atpbsmd.yokohama-cu.ac.jp) is a web-based tool to analyze the relationship between experimental conditions among transcriptome data. Users can analyze 'user's transcriptome data' of a new mutant or a new chemical compound whose function remains unknown to generate novel biological hypotheses. This tool also allows for mining of related 'experimental conditions' from the public microarray data, which are pre-included in AtCAST. This tool extracts a set of genes (i.e. module) that show significant transcriptional changes and generates a network graph to present related transcriptome data. The updated AtCAST now contains data on >7,000 microarrays, including experiments on various stresses, mutants and chemical treatments. Gene ontology term enrichment (GOE) analysis is introduced to assist the characterization of transcriptome data. The new AtCAST supports input from multiple platforms, including the 'Arabisopsis gene 1.1 ST array', a new microarray chip from Affymetrix and RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) data obtained using next-generation sequencing (NGS). As a pilot study, we conducted microarray analysis of Arabidopsis under auxin treatment using the new Affymetrix chip, and then analyzed the data in AtCAST. We also analyzed RNA-seq data of the pifq mutant using AtCAST. These new features will facilitate analysis of associations between transcriptome data obtained using different platforms.
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- Yusuke Kakei
- Plant Biotechnology Division, Kihara Institute for Biological Research, Yokohama City University, 641-12 Maioka-cho, Totsuka-ku Yokohama, Kanagawa, 244-0813 Japan
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- Plant Biotechnology Division, Kihara Institute for Biological Research, Yokohama City University, 641-12 Maioka-cho, Totsuka-ku Yokohama, Kanagawa, 244-0813 Japan
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Kurotani A, Yamada Y, Shinozaki K, Kuroda Y, Sakurai T. Plant-PrAS: a database of physicochemical and structural properties and novel functional regions in plant proteomes. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2015; 56:e11. [PMID: 25435546 PMCID: PMC4301743 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcu176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2014] [Accepted: 10/31/2014] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Arabidopsis thaliana is an important model species for studies of plant gene functions. Research on Arabidopsis has resulted in the generation of high-quality genome sequences, annotations and related post-genomic studies. The amount of annotation, such as gene-coding regions and structures, is steadily growing in the field of plant research. In contrast to the genomics resource of animals and microorganisms, there are still some difficulties with characterization of some gene functions in plant genomics studies. The acquisition of information on protein structure can help elucidate the corresponding gene function because proteins encoded in the genome possess highly specific structures and functions. In this study, we calculated multiple physicochemical and secondary structural parameters of protein sequences, including length, hydrophobicity, the amount of secondary structure, the number of intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs) and the predicted presence of transmembrane helices and signal peptides, using a total of 208,333 protein sequences from the genomes of six representative plant species, Arabidopsis thaliana, Glycine max (soybean), Populus trichocarpa (poplar), Oryza sativa (rice), Physcomitrella patens (moss) and Cyanidioschyzon merolae (alga). Using the PASS tool and the Rosetta Stone method, we annotated the presence of novel functional regions in 1,732 protein sequences that included unannotated sequences from the Arabidopsis and rice proteomes. These results were organized into the Plant Protein Annotation Suite database (Plant-PrAS), which can be freely accessed online at http://plant-pras.riken.jp/.
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- Atsushi Kurotani
- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045 Japan Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, Faculty of Technology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8588 Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045 Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045 Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, Faculty of Technology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8588 Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045 Japan
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Peng D, Gu X, Xue LJ, Leebens-Mack JH, Tsai CJ. Bayesian phylogeny of sucrose transporters: ancient origins, differential expansion and convergent evolution in monocots and dicots. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2014; 5:615. [PMID: 25429293 PMCID: PMC4228843 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2014] [Accepted: 10/20/2014] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Sucrose transporters (SUTs) are essential for the export and efficient movement of sucrose from source leaves to sink organs in plants. The angiosperm SUT family was previously classified into three or four distinct groups, Types I, II (subgroup IIB), and III, with dicot-specific Type I and monocot-specific Type IIB functioning in phloem loading. To shed light on the underlying drivers of SUT evolution, Bayesian phylogenetic inference was undertaken using 41 sequenced plant genomes, including seven basal lineages at key evolutionary junctures. Our analysis supports four phylogenetically and structurally distinct SUT subfamilies, originating from two ancient groups (AG1 and AG2) that diverged early during terrestrial colonization. In both AG1 and AG2, multiple intron acquisition events in the progenitor vascular plant established the gene structures of modern SUTs. Tonoplastic Type III and plasmalemmal Type II represent evolutionarily conserved descendants of AG1 and AG2, respectively. Type I and Type IIB were previously thought to evolve after the dicot-monocot split. We show, however, that divergence of Type I from Type III SUT predated basal angiosperms, likely associated with evolution of vascular cambium and phloem transport. Type I SUT was subsequently lost in monocots along with vascular cambium, and independent evolution of Type IIB coincided with modified monocot vasculature. Both Type I and Type IIB underwent lineage-specific expansion. In multiple unrelated taxa, the newly-derived SUTs exhibit biased expression in reproductive tissues, suggesting a functional link between phloem loading and reproductive fitness. Convergent evolution of Type I and Type IIB for SUT function in phloem loading and reproductive organs supports the idea that differential vascular development in dicots and monocots is a strong driver for SUT family evolution in angiosperms.
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- Duo Peng
- Institute of Bioinformatics, University of GeorgiaAthens, GA, USA
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- Institute of Bioinformatics, University of GeorgiaAthens, GA, USA
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- Institute of Bioinformatics, University of GeorgiaAthens, GA, USA
- Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of GeorgiaAthens, GA, USA
- Department of Genetics, University of GeorgiaAthens, GA, USA
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- Institute of Bioinformatics, University of GeorgiaAthens, GA, USA
- Department of Plant Biology, University of GeorgiaAthens, GA, USA
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- Institute of Bioinformatics, University of GeorgiaAthens, GA, USA
- Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of GeorgiaAthens, GA, USA
- Department of Genetics, University of GeorgiaAthens, GA, USA
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Yonemaru JI, Ebana K, Yano M. HapRice, an SNP haplotype database and a web tool for rice. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2014; 55:e9. [PMID: 24334415 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pct188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) analysis is a promising tool to examine the genetic diversity of rice populations and genetic traits of scientific and economic importance. Next-generation sequencing technology has accelerated the re-sequencing of diverse rice varieties and the discovery of genome-wide SNPs. Notably, validation of these SNPs by a high-throughput genotyping system, such as an SNP array, could provide a manageable and highly accurate SNP set. To enhance the potential utility of genome-wide SNPs for geneticists and breeders, analysis tools need to be developed. Here, we constructed an SNP haplotype database, which allows visualization of the allele frequency of all SNPs in the genome browser. We calculated the allele frequencies of 3,334 SNPs in 76 accessions from the world rice collection and 3,252 SNPs in 177 Japanese rice accessions; all these SNPs have been validated in our previous studies. The SNP haplotypes were defined by the allele frequency in each cultivar group (aus, indica, tropical japonica and temperate japonica) for the world rice accessions, and in non-irrigated and three irrigated groups (three variety registration periods) for Japanese rice accessions. We also developed web tools for finding polymorphic SNPs between any two rice accessions and for the primer design to develop cleaved amplified polymorphic sequence markers at any SNP. The 'HapRice' database and the web tools can be accessed at http://qtaro.abr.affrc.go.jp/index.html. In addition, we established a core SNP set consisting of 768 SNPs uniformly distributed in the rice genome; this set is of a practically appropriate size for use in rice genetic analysis.
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- Jun-ichi Yonemaru
- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Kannondai 2-1-2, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8602 Japan
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Akiyama K, Kurotani A, Iida K, Kuromori T, Shinozaki K, Sakurai T. RARGE II: an integrated phenotype database of Arabidopsis mutant traits using a controlled vocabulary. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2014; 55:e4. [PMID: 24272250 PMCID: PMC3894705 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pct165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2013] [Accepted: 11/05/2013] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Arabidopsis thaliana is one of the most popular experimental plants. However, only 40% of its genes have at least one experimental Gene Ontology (GO) annotation assigned. Systematic observation of mutant phenotypes is an important technique for elucidating gene functions. Indeed, several large-scale phenotypic analyses have been performed and have generated phenotypic data sets from many Arabidopsis mutant lines and overexpressing lines, which are freely available online. Since each Arabidopsis mutant line database uses individual phenotype expression, the differences in the structured term sets used by each database make it difficult to compare data sets and make it impossible to search across databases. Therefore, we obtained publicly available information for a total of 66,209 Arabidopsis mutant lines, including loss-of-function (RATM and TARAPPER) and gain-of-function (AtFOX and OsFOX) lines, and integrated the phenotype data by mapping the descriptions onto Plant Ontology (PO) and Phenotypic Quality Ontology (PATO) terms. This approach made it possible to manage the four different phenotype databases as one large data set. Here, we report a publicly accessible web-based database, the RIKEN Arabidopsis Genome Encyclopedia II (RARGE II; http://rarge-v2.psc.riken.jp/), in which all of the data described in this study are included. Using the database, we demonstrated consistency (in terms of protein function) with a previous study and identified the presumed function of an unknown gene. We provide examples of AT1G21600, which is a subunit in the plastid-encoded RNA polymerase complex, and AT5G56980, which is related to the jasmonic acid signaling pathway.
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- Kenji Akiyama
- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045 Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045 Japan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto, 606-8501 Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045 Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045 Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045 Japan
- *Corresponding author: E-mail, ; Fax, +81-45-503-9665
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Mochida K, Shinozaki K. Unlocking Triticeae genomics to sustainably feed the future. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2013; 54:1931-50. [PMID: 24204022 PMCID: PMC3856857 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pct163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2013] [Accepted: 11/04/2013] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The tribe Triticeae includes the major crops wheat and barley. Within the last few years, the whole genomes of four Triticeae species-barley, wheat, Tausch's goatgrass (Aegilops tauschii) and wild einkorn wheat (Triticum urartu)-have been sequenced. The availability of these genomic resources for Triticeae plants and innovative analytical applications using next-generation sequencing technologies are helping to revitalize our approaches in genetic work and to accelerate improvement of the Triticeae crops. Comparative genomics and integration of genomic resources from Triticeae plants and the model grass Brachypodium distachyon are aiding the discovery of new genes and functional analyses of genes in Triticeae crops. Innovative approaches and tools such as analysis of next-generation populations, evolutionary genomics and systems approaches with mathematical modeling are new strategies that will help us discover alleles for adaptive traits to future agronomic environments. In this review, we provide an update on genomic tools for use with Triticeae plants and Brachypodium and describe emerging approaches toward crop improvements in Triticeae.
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Affiliation(s)
- Keiichi Mochida
- Biomass Research Platform Team, Biomass Engineering Program Cooperation Division, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045 Japan
- Kihara Institute for Biological Research, Yokohama City University, 641-12 Maioka-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045 Japan
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- Biomass Research Platform Team, Biomass Engineering Program Cooperation Division, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045 Japan
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Kamada-Nobusada T, Makita N, Kojima M, Sakakibara H. Nitrogen-dependent regulation of de novo cytokinin biosynthesis in rice: the role of glutamine metabolism as an additional signal. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2013; 54:1881-93. [PMID: 24058148 PMCID: PMC3814184 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pct127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2013] [Accepted: 09/09/2013] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
Abstract
Cytokinin activity in plants is closely related to nitrogen availability, and an Arabidopsis gene for adenosine phosphate-isopentenyltransferase (IPT), IPT3, is regulated by inorganic nitrogen sources in a nitrate-specific manner. In this study, we have identified another regulatory system of cytokinin de novo biosynthesis in response to nitrogen status. In rice, OsIPT4, OsIPT5, OsIPT7 and OsIPT8 were up-regulated in response to exogenously applied nitrate and ammonium, with accompanying accumulation of cytokinins. Pre-treatment of roots with l-methionine sulfoximine, a potent inhibitor of glutamine synthetase, abolished the nitrate- and ammonium-dependent induction of OsIPT4 and OsIPT5, while glutamine application induced their expression. Thus, neither nitrate nor ammonium, but glutamine or a related metabolite, is essential for the induction of these IPT genes in rice. On the other hand, glutamine-dependent induction of IPT3 occurs in Arabidopsis, at least to some extent. In transgenic lines repressing the expression of OsIPT4, which is the dominant IPT in rice roots, the nitrogen-dependent increase of cytokinin in the xylem sap was significantly reduced, and seedling shoot growth was retarded despite sufficient nitrogen. We conclude that plants possess multiple regulation systems for nitrogen-dependent cytokinin biosynthesis to modulate growth in response to nitrogen availability.
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Obayashi T, Yano K. The 2013 Plant and Cell Physiology database issue. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2013; 54:169-170. [PMID: 23396810 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pct011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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