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Zhang W, Higgins EE, Robinson SJ, Clarke WE, Boyle K, Sharpe AG, Fobert PR, Parkin IAP. A systems genomics and genetics approach to identify the genetic regulatory network for lignin content in Brassica napus seeds. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2024; 15:1393621. [PMID: 38903439 PMCID: PMC11188405 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1393621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2024] [Accepted: 04/29/2024] [Indexed: 06/22/2024]
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Seed quality traits of oilseed rape, Brassica napus (B. napus), exhibit quantitative inheritance determined by its genetic makeup and the environment via the mediation of a complex genetic architecture of hundreds to thousands of genes. Thus, instead of single gene analysis, network-based systems genomics and genetics approaches that combine genotype, phenotype, and molecular phenotypes offer a promising alternative to uncover this complex genetic architecture. In the current study, systems genetics approaches were used to explore the genetic regulation of lignin traits in B. napus seeds. Four QTL (qLignin_A09_1, qLignin_A09_2, qLignin_A09_3, and qLignin_C08) distributed on two chromosomes were identified for lignin content. The qLignin_A09_2 and qLignin_C08 loci were homologous QTL from the A and C subgenomes, respectively. Genome-wide gene regulatory network analysis identified eighty-three subnetworks (or modules); and three modules with 910 genes in total, were associated with lignin content, which was confirmed by network QTL analysis. eQTL (expression quantitative trait loci) analysis revealed four cis-eQTL genes including lignin and flavonoid pathway genes, cinnamoyl-CoA-reductase (CCR1), and TRANSPARENT TESTA genes TT4, TT6, TT8, as causal genes. The findings validated the power of systems genetics to identify causal regulatory networks and genes underlying complex traits. Moreover, this information may enable the research community to explore new breeding strategies, such as network selection or gene engineering, to rewire networks to develop climate resilience crops with better seed quality.
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- Wentao Zhang
- Aquatic and Crop Resource Development, National Research Council of Canada, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Saskatoon Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Saskatoon Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Saskatoon Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Aquatic and Crop Resource Development, National Research Council of Canada, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Global Institute for Food Security (GIFS), University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Aquatic and Crop Resource Development, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Saskatoon Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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Liu L, Wang D, Hua J, Kong X, Wang X, Wang J, Si A, Zhao F, Liu W, Yu Y, Chen Z. Genetic and Morpho-Physiological Differences among Transgenic and No-Transgenic Cotton Cultivars. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:3437. [PMID: 37836177 PMCID: PMC10574747 DOI: 10.3390/plants12193437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2023] [Revised: 09/22/2023] [Accepted: 09/27/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023]
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Three carbon-chain extension genes associated with fatty acid synthesis in upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum), namely GhKAR, GhHAD, and GhENR, play important roles in oil accumulation in cotton seeds. In the present study, these three genes were cloned and characterized. The expression patterns of GhKAR, GhHAD, and GhENR in the high seed oil content cultivars 10H1014 and 10H1041 differed somewhat compared with those of 10H1007 and 2074B with low seed oil content at different stages of seed development. GhKAR showed all three cultivars showed higher transcript levels than that of 2074B at 10-, 40-, and 45-days post anthesis (DPA). The expression pattern of GhHAD showed a lower transcript level than that of 2074B at both 10 and 30 DPA but a higher transcript level than that of 2074B at 40 DPA. GhENR showed a lower transcript level than that of 2074B at both 15 and 30 DPA. The highest transcript levels of GhKAR and GhENR were detected at 15 DPA in 10H1007, 10H1014, and 10H1041 compared with 2074B. From 5 to 45 DPA cotton seed, the oil content accumulated continuously in the developing seed. Oil accumulation reached a peak between 40 DPA and 45 DPA and slightly decreased in mature seed. In addition, GhKAR and GhENR showed different expression patterns in fiber and ovule development processes, in which they showed high expression levels at 20 DPA during the fiber elongation stage, but their expression level peaked at 15 DPA during ovule development processes. These two genes showed the lowest expression levels at the late seed maturation stage, while GhHAD showed a peak of 10 DPA in fiber development. Compared to 2074B, the oil contents of GhKAR and GhENR overexpression lines increased 1.05~1.08 folds. These results indicated that GhHAD, GhENR, and GhKAR were involved in both seed oil synthesis and fiber elongation with dual biological functions in cotton.
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- Li Liu
- Cotton Institute, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural and Reclamation Science/Northwest Inland Region Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology and Genetic Breeding, Shihezi 832000, China; (L.L.); (X.K.); (X.W.); (J.W.); (A.S.); (F.Z.); (W.L.)
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- Laboratory of Cotton Genetics, Genomics and Breeding/Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement/Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization of Ministry of Education, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; (D.W.); (J.H.)
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- Laboratory of Cotton Genetics, Genomics and Breeding/Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement/Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization of Ministry of Education, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; (D.W.); (J.H.)
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- Cotton Institute, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural and Reclamation Science/Northwest Inland Region Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology and Genetic Breeding, Shihezi 832000, China; (L.L.); (X.K.); (X.W.); (J.W.); (A.S.); (F.Z.); (W.L.)
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- Cotton Institute, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural and Reclamation Science/Northwest Inland Region Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology and Genetic Breeding, Shihezi 832000, China; (L.L.); (X.K.); (X.W.); (J.W.); (A.S.); (F.Z.); (W.L.)
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- Cotton Institute, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural and Reclamation Science/Northwest Inland Region Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology and Genetic Breeding, Shihezi 832000, China; (L.L.); (X.K.); (X.W.); (J.W.); (A.S.); (F.Z.); (W.L.)
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- Cotton Institute, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural and Reclamation Science/Northwest Inland Region Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology and Genetic Breeding, Shihezi 832000, China; (L.L.); (X.K.); (X.W.); (J.W.); (A.S.); (F.Z.); (W.L.)
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- Cotton Institute, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural and Reclamation Science/Northwest Inland Region Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology and Genetic Breeding, Shihezi 832000, China; (L.L.); (X.K.); (X.W.); (J.W.); (A.S.); (F.Z.); (W.L.)
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- Cotton Institute, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural and Reclamation Science/Northwest Inland Region Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology and Genetic Breeding, Shihezi 832000, China; (L.L.); (X.K.); (X.W.); (J.W.); (A.S.); (F.Z.); (W.L.)
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- Cotton Institute, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural and Reclamation Science/Northwest Inland Region Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology and Genetic Breeding, Shihezi 832000, China; (L.L.); (X.K.); (X.W.); (J.W.); (A.S.); (F.Z.); (W.L.)
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- Key Laboratory of Graphene Forestry Application of National Forest and Grass Administration, Engineering Research Center of Coal-Based Ecological Carbon Sequestration Technology of the Ministry of Education, Shanxi Datong University, Datong 037009, China
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REN J, WU Y, ZHU Z, CHEN R, ZHANG L. Biosynthesis and regulation of diterpenoids in medicinal plants. Chin J Nat Med 2022; 20:761-772. [DOI: 10.1016/s1875-5364(22)60214-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Ma WF, Li YB, Nai GJ, Liang GP, Ma ZH, Chen BH, Mao J. Changes and response mechanism of sugar and organic acids in fruits under water deficit stress. PeerJ 2022; 10:e13691. [PMID: 36039369 PMCID: PMC9419716 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.13691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2021] [Accepted: 06/16/2022] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The content and the ratio of soluble sugars and organic acids in fruits are significant indicators for fruit quality. They are affected by multiple environmental factors, in which water-deficient is the most concern. Previous studies found that the content of soluble sugars and organic acids in fruit displayed great differences under varied water stress. It is important to clarify the mechanism of such difference and to provide researchers with systematic knowledge about the response to drought stress and the mechanism of sugar and acid changes in fruits, so that they can better carry out the study of fruit quality under drought stress. Therefore, the researchers studied dozens of research articles about the content of soluble sugar and organic acid, the activity of related metabolic enzymes, and the expression of related metabolic genes in fruits under water stress, and the stress response of plants to water stress. We found that after plants perceived and transmitted the signal of water deficit, the expression of genes related to the metabolism of soluble sugars and organic acids changed. It was then affected the synthesis of metabolic enzymes and changed their metabolic rate, ultimately leading to changes in soluble sugar and organic acid content. Based on the literature review, we described the pathway diagrams of sugar metabolism, organic acid metabolism, mainly malic acid, tartaric acid, and citric acid metabolism, and of the response to drought stress. From many aspects including plants' perception of water stress signal, signal conversion and transmission, induced gene expression, the changes in soluble sugar and the enzyme activities of organic acids, as well as the final sugar and acid content in fruits, this thesis summarized previous studies on the influence of water stress on soluble sugars and the metabolism of organic acids in fruits.
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Shi R, Bai H, Li B, Liu C, Ying Z, Xiong Z, Wang W. Combined Transcriptome and Lipidomic Analyses of Lipid Biosynthesis in Macadamia ternifolia Nuts. Life (Basel) 2021; 11:1431. [PMID: 34947962 PMCID: PMC8707767 DOI: 10.3390/life11121431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2021] [Revised: 12/07/2021] [Accepted: 12/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Macadamia nuts are considered a high-quality oil crop worldwide. To date, the lipid diversity and the genetic factors that mediate storage lipid biosynthesis in Macadamia ternifolia are poorly known. Here, we performed a comprehensive transcriptomic and lipidomic data analysis to understand the mechanism of lipid biosynthesis by using young, medium-aged, and mature fruit kernels. Our lipidomic analysis showed that the M. ternifolia kernel was a rich source of unsaturated fatty acids. Moreover, different species of triacylglycerols, diacylglycerol, ceramides, phosphatidylethanolamine, and phosphatidic acid had altered accumulations during the developmental stages. The transcriptome analysis revealed a large percentage of differently expressed genes during the different stages of macadamia growth. Most of the genes with significant differential expression performed functional activity of oxidoreductase and were enriched in the secondary metabolite pathway. The integration of lipidomic and transcriptomic data allowed for the identification of glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase, diacylglycerol kinase, phosphatidylinositols, nonspecific phospholipase C, pyruvate kinase 2, 3-ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein reductase, and linoleate 9S-lipoxygenase as putative candidate genes involved in lipid biosynthesis, storage, and oil quality. Our study found comprehensive datasets of lipidomic and transcriptomic changes in the developing kernel of M. ternifolia. In addition, the identification of candidate genes provides essential prerequisites to understand the molecular mechanism of lipid biosynthesis in the kernel of M. ternifolia.
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- Rui Shi
- Key Laboratory for Forest Resources Conservation and Utilization in the Southwest Mountains of China, Ministry of Education, Southwest Landscape Architecture Engineering Research Center of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, China; (R.S.); (C.L.); (Z.Y.)
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- Lincang Academy of Forestry, Lincang 677009, China;
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- Yuxi Sannong Plateau Characteristic Modern Agriculture Co., Ltd., Chengjiang 652599, China;
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- Key Laboratory for Forest Resources Conservation and Utilization in the Southwest Mountains of China, Ministry of Education, Southwest Landscape Architecture Engineering Research Center of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, China; (R.S.); (C.L.); (Z.Y.)
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- Key Laboratory for Forest Resources Conservation and Utilization in the Southwest Mountains of China, Ministry of Education, Southwest Landscape Architecture Engineering Research Center of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, China; (R.S.); (C.L.); (Z.Y.)
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- Key Laboratory for Forest Resources Conservation and Utilization in the Southwest Mountains of China, Ministry of Education, Southwest Landscape Architecture Engineering Research Center of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, China; (R.S.); (C.L.); (Z.Y.)
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- Guangxi South Subtropical Agricultural Science Research Institute, Longzhou 532415, China
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Multi-omics responses of red algae Pyropia haitanensis to intertidal desiccation during low tides. ALGAL RES 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2021.102376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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High-throughput insertional mutagenesis reveals novel targets for enhancing lipid accumulation in Nannochloropsis oceanica. Metab Eng 2021; 66:239-258. [PMID: 33971293 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2021.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2021] [Revised: 04/07/2021] [Accepted: 04/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The microalga Nannochloropsis oceanica is considered a promising platform for the sustainable production of high-value lipids and biofuel feedstocks. However, current lipid yields of N. oceanica are too low for economic feasibility. Gaining fundamental insights into the lipid metabolism of N. oceanica could open up various possibilities for the optimization of this species through genetic engineering. Therefore, the aim of this study was to discover novel genes associated with an elevated neutral lipid content. We constructed an insertional mutagenesis library of N. oceanica, selected high lipid mutants by five rounds of fluorescence-activated cell sorting, and identified disrupted genes using a novel implementation of a rapid genotyping procedure. One particularly promising mutant (HLM23) was disrupted in a putative APETALA2-like transcription factor gene. HLM23 showed a 40%-increased neutral lipid content, increased photosynthetic performance, and no growth impairment. Furthermore, transcriptome analysis revealed an upregulation of genes related to plastidial fatty acid biosynthesis, glycolysis and the Calvin-Benson-Bassham cycle in HLM23. Insights gained in this work can be used in future genetic engineering strategies for increased lipid productivity of Nannochloropsis.
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Guo H, Guo H, Zhang L, Fan Y, Wu J, Tang Z, Zhang Y, Fan Y, Zeng F. Dynamic Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Uncharacterized Complex Regulatory Pathway Underlying Genotype-Recalcitrant Somatic Embryogenesis Transdifferentiation in Cotton. Genes (Basel) 2020; 11:E519. [PMID: 32392816 PMCID: PMC7290922 DOI: 10.3390/genes11050519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2020] [Revised: 04/21/2020] [Accepted: 05/05/2020] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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As a notable illustration of totipotency and plant regeneration, somatic embryogenesis (SE) is the developmental reprogramming of somatic cells toward the embryogenesis pathway, the key step for genetic engineering. Investigations examining the totipotency process are of great fundamental and practical importance in crop biotechnology. However, high-frequency regeneration of cotton via SE has been limited due to genotype-dependent response. The molecular basis deciphering SE genotype recalcitrance remains largely unexplored in cotton. In the current study, to comprehensively investigate the dynamic transcriptional profiling and gene regulatory patterns involved in SE process, a genome-wide RNA sequencing analysis was performed in two cotton genotypes with distinct embryogenic abilities, the highly embryogenic genotype Yuzao 1 (YZ) and the recalcitrant genotype Lumian 1 (LM). Three typical developmental staged cultures of early SE-hypocotyls (HY), nonembryogenic calli (NEC) and primary embryogenic calli (PEC)-were selected to establish the transcriptional profiles. Our data revealed that a total of 62,562 transcripts were present amongst different developmental stages in the two genotypes. Of these, 18,394 and 26,514 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified during callus dedifferentiation (NEC-VS-HY) and embryogenic transdifferentiation (PEC-VS-NEC), respectively in the recalcitrant genotype, 21,842 and 22,343 DEGs in the highly embryogenic genotype. Furthermore, DEGs were clustered into six expression patterns during cotton SE process in the two genotypes. Moreover, functional enrichment analysis revealed that DEGs were significantly enriched in fatty acid, tryptophan and pyruvate metabolism in the highly embryogenic genotype and in DNA conformation change otherwise in the recalcitrant genotype. In addition, critical SE-associated expressed transcription factors, as well as alternative splicing events, were notably and preferentially activated during embryogenic transdifferentiation in the highly embryogenic genotype compared with the recalcitrant genotype. Taken together, by systematically comparing two genotypes with distinct embryogenic abilities, the findings in our study revealed a comprehensive overview of the dynamic gene regulatory patterns and uncharacterized complex regulatory pathways during cotton SE genotype-dependent response. Our work provides insights into the molecular basis and important gene resources for understanding the underlying genotype recalcitrance during SE process and plant regeneration, thereby holding great promise for accelerating the application of biotechnology to cotton for improving its breeding efficiency.
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an 271018, China; (H.G.); (H.G.); (L.Z.); (Y.F.); (J.W.); (Z.T.); (Y.Z.); (Y.F.)
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Fei W, Yang S, Hu J, Yang F, Qu G, Peng D, Zhou B. Research advances of WRINKLED1 (WRI1) in plants. FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY : FPB 2020; 47:185-194. [PMID: 31968206 DOI: 10.1071/fp19225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2019] [Accepted: 10/16/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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WRINKLED 1 (WRI1), a member of the AP2/EREBP class of transcription factors, regulates carbon allocation between the glycolytic and fatty acid biosynthetic pathways and plays important roles in other biological events. Previous studies have suggested that post-translational modifications and interacting partners modulate the activity of WRI1. We systematically summarised the structure of WRI1 as well as its molecular interactions during transcription and translation in plants. This work elucidates the genetic evolution and regulatory functions of WRI1 at the molecular level and describes a new pathway involving WRI1 that can be used to produce triacylglycerols (TAGs) in plants.
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- Wenjie Fei
- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry & Technology, Changsha,Hunan, China, 410004
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- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry & Technology, Changsha,Hunan, China, 410004
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- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry & Technology, Changsha,Hunan, China, 410004
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- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry & Technology, Changsha,Hunan, China, 410004
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- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry & Technology, Changsha,Hunan, China, 410004
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- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry & Technology, Changsha,Hunan, China, 410004; and Key Laboratory of Cultivation and Protection for Non-Wood Forest Trees, Ministry of Education,Central South University of Forestry and Technology, 410018, Changsha, China; and Forestry Biotechnology Hunan Key Laboratories, Hunan Changsha, 410004; and National Engineering Laboratory of Applied Technology for Forestry and Ecology in Southern China,Changsha 410004, Hunan, China; and Huitong National Field Station for Scientific Observation and Research of Chinese Fir PlantationEcosystem in Hunan Province, Huitong 438107
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- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry & Technology, Changsha,Hunan, China, 410004; and Key Laboratory of Cultivation and Protection for Non-Wood Forest Trees, Ministry of Education,Central South University of Forestry and Technology, 410018, Changsha, China; and Forestry Biotechnology Hunan Key Laboratories, Hunan Changsha, 410004; and National Engineering Laboratory of Applied Technology for Forestry and Ecology in Southern China,Changsha 410004, Hunan, China; and Huitong National Field Station for Scientific Observation and Research of Chinese Fir PlantationEcosystem in Hunan Province, Huitong 438107; and Corresponding author.
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Domżalska L, Kędracka-Krok S, Jankowska U, Grzyb M, Sobczak M, Rybczyński JJ, Mikuła A. Proteomic analysis of stipe explants reveals differentially expressed proteins involved in early direct somatic embryogenesis of the tree fern Cyathea delgadii Sternb. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2017; 258:61-76. [PMID: 28330564 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2017.01.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2016] [Revised: 01/17/2017] [Accepted: 01/28/2017] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Using cyto-morphological analysis of somatic embryogenesis (SE) in the tree fern Cyathea delgadii as a guide, we performed a comparative proteomic analysis in stipe explants undergoing direct SE. Plant material was cultured on hormone-free medium supplemented with 2% sucrose. Phenol extracted proteins were separated using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE) and mass spectrometry was performed for protein identification. A total number of 114 differentially regulated proteins was identified during early SE, i.e. when the first cell divisions started and several-cell pro-embryos were formed. Proteins were assigned to seven functional categories: carbohydrate metabolism, protein metabolism, cell organization, defense and stress responses, amino acid metabolism, purine metabolism, and fatty acid metabolism. Carbohydrate and protein metabolism were found to be the most sensitive SE functions with the greatest number of alterations in the intensity of spots in gel. Differences, especially in non-enzymatic and structural protein abundance, are indicative for cell organization, including cytoskeleton rearrangement and changes in cell wall components. The highest induced changes concern those enzymes related to fatty acid metabolism. Global analysis of the proteome reveals several proteins that can represent markers for the first 16days of SE induction and expression in fern. The findings of this research improve the understanding of molecular processes involved in direct SE in C. delgadii.
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- Lucyna Domżalska
- Polish Academy of Sciences Botanical Garden, Center for Biological Diversity Conservation in Powsin, Prawdziwka 2, 02-973 Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Physical Biochemistry, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Structural Biology, Malopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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- Polish Academy of Sciences Botanical Garden, Center for Biological Diversity Conservation in Powsin, Prawdziwka 2, 02-973 Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Botany, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW), Warsaw, Poland
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- Polish Academy of Sciences Botanical Garden, Center for Biological Diversity Conservation in Powsin, Prawdziwka 2, 02-973 Warsaw, Poland
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- Polish Academy of Sciences Botanical Garden, Center for Biological Diversity Conservation in Powsin, Prawdziwka 2, 02-973 Warsaw, Poland.
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Shtaida N, Khozin-Goldberg I, Boussiba S. The role of pyruvate hub enzymes in supplying carbon precursors for fatty acid synthesis in photosynthetic microalgae. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2015; 125:407-22. [PMID: 25846135 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-015-0136-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2015] [Accepted: 03/27/2015] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Photosynthetic microalgae are currently the focus of basic and applied research due to an ever-growing interest in renewable energy resources. This review discusses the role of carbon-unit supply for the production of acetyl-CoA, a direct precursor of fatty acid biosynthesis and the primary building block of the growing acyl chains for the purpose of triacylglycerol (TAG) production in photosynthetic microalgae under stressful conditions. It underscores the importance of intraplastidic acetyl-CoA generation for storage lipid accumulation. The main focus is placed on two enzymatic steps linking the central carbon metabolism and fatty acid synthesis, namely the reactions catalyzed by the plastidic isoform of pyruvate kinase and the chloroplastic pyruvate dehydrogenase complex. Alternative routes for plastidic acetyl-CoA synthesis are also reviewed. A separate section is devoted to recent advances in functional genomics studies related to fatty acid and TAG biosynthesis.
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- Nastassia Shtaida
- Microalgal Biotechnology Laboratory, French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands, J. Blaustein Institutes of Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus, 84990, Midreshet Ben-Gurion, Israel
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Beld J, Lee DJ, Burkart MD. Fatty acid biosynthesis revisited: structure elucidation and metabolic engineering. MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 2015; 11:38-59. [PMID: 25360565 PMCID: PMC4276719 DOI: 10.1039/c4mb00443d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Fatty acids are primary metabolites synthesized by complex, elegant, and essential biosynthetic machinery. Fatty acid synthases resemble an iterative assembly line, with an acyl carrier protein conveying the growing fatty acid to necessary enzymatic domains for modification. Each catalytic domain is a unique enzyme spanning a wide range of folds and structures. Although they harbor the same enzymatic activities, two different types of fatty acid synthase architectures are observed in nature. During recent years, strained petroleum supplies have driven interest in engineering organisms to either produce more fatty acids or specific high value products. Such efforts require a fundamental understanding of the enzymatic activities and regulation of fatty acid synthases. Despite more than one hundred years of research, we continue to learn new lessons about fatty acid synthases' many intricate structural and regulatory elements. In this review, we summarize each enzymatic domain and discuss efforts to engineer fatty acid synthases, providing some clues to important challenges and opportunities in the field.
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- Joris Beld
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0358, USA.
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López-Emparán A, Quezada-Martinez D, Zúñiga-Bustos M, Cifuentes V, Iñiguez-Luy F, Federico ML. Functional analysis of the Brassica napus L. phytoene synthase (PSY) gene family. PLoS One 2014; 9:e114878. [PMID: 25506829 PMCID: PMC4266642 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2014] [Accepted: 11/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Phytoene synthase (PSY) has been shown to catalyze the first committed and rate-limiting step of carotenogenesis in several crop species, including Brassica napus L. Due to its pivotal role, PSY has been a prime target for breeding and metabolic engineering the carotenoid content of seeds, tubers, fruits and flowers. In Arabidopsis thaliana, PSY is encoded by a single copy gene but small PSY gene families have been described in monocot and dicotyledonous species. We have recently shown that PSY genes have been retained in a triplicated state in the A- and C-Brassica genomes, with each paralogue mapping to syntenic locations in each of the three “Arabidopsis-like” subgenomes. Most importantly, we have shown that in B. napus all six members are expressed, exhibiting overlapping redundancy and signs of subfunctionalization among photosynthetic and non photosynthetic tissues. The question of whether this large PSY family actually encodes six functional enzymes remained to be answered. Therefore, the objectives of this study were to: (i) isolate, characterize and compare the complete protein coding sequences (CDS) of the six B. napus PSY genes; (ii) model their predicted tridimensional enzyme structures; (iii) test their phytoene synthase activity in a heterologous complementation system and (iv) evaluate their individual expression patterns during seed development. This study further confirmed that the six B. napus PSY genes encode proteins with high sequence identity, which have evolved under functional constraint. Structural modeling demonstrated that they share similar tridimensional protein structures with a putative PSY active site. Significantly, all six B. napus PSY enzymes were found to be functional. Taking into account the specific patterns of expression exhibited by these PSY genes during seed development and recent knowledge of PSY suborganellar localization, the selection of transgene candidates for metabolic engineering the carotenoid content of oilseeds is discussed.
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- Ada López-Emparán
- Genomics and Bioinformatics Unit, Agriaquaculture Nutritional Genomic Center, CGNA, Temuco, La Araucanía, Chile
- Instituto de Biología Vegetal y Biotecnología, Universidad de Talca, Talca, Maule, Chile
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- Genomics and Bioinformatics Unit, Agriaquaculture Nutritional Genomic Center, CGNA, Temuco, La Araucanía, Chile
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- Instituto de Biología Vegetal y Biotecnología, Universidad de Talca, Talca, Maule, Chile
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- Depto. Cs. Ecológicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Región Metropolitana, Chile
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- Genomics and Bioinformatics Unit, Agriaquaculture Nutritional Genomic Center, CGNA, Temuco, La Araucanía, Chile
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- Genomics and Bioinformatics Unit, Agriaquaculture Nutritional Genomic Center, CGNA, Temuco, La Araucanía, Chile
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Thambugala D, Cloutier S. Fatty acid composition and desaturase gene expression in flax (Linum usitatissimum L.). J Appl Genet 2014; 55:423-32. [PMID: 24871199 PMCID: PMC4185102 DOI: 10.1007/s13353-014-0222-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2013] [Revised: 04/29/2014] [Accepted: 05/02/2014] [Indexed: 10/29/2022]
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Little is known about the relationship between expression levels of fatty acid desaturase genes during seed development and fatty acid (FA) composition in flax. In the present study, we looked at promoter structural variations of six FA desaturase genes and their relative expression throughout seed development. Computational analysis of the nucleotide sequences of the sad1, sad2, fad2a, fad2b, fad3a and fad3b promoters showed several basic transcriptional elements including CAAT and TATA boxes, and several putative target-binding sites for transcription factors, which have been reported to be involved in the regulation of lipid metabolism. Using semi-quantitative reverse transcriptase PCR, the expression patterns throughout seed development of the six FA desaturase genes were measured in six flax genotypes that differed for FA composition but that carried the same desaturase isoforms. FA composition data were determined by phenotyping the field grown genotypes over four years in two environments. All six genes displayed a bell-shaped pattern of expression peaking at 20 or 24 days after anthesis. Sad2 was the most highly expressed. The expression of all six desaturase genes did not differ significantly between genotypes (P = 0.1400), hence there were no correlations between FA desaturase gene expression and variations in FA composition in relatively low, intermediate and high linolenic acid genotypes expressing identical isoforms for all six desaturases. These results provide further clues towards understanding the genetic factors responsible for FA composition in flax.
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- Dinushika Thambugala
- Department of Plant Science, University of Manitoba, 66 Dafoe Rd, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, R3T 2N2
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Wang J, Tóth K, Tanaka K, Nguyen CT, Yan Z, Brechenmacher L, Dahmen J, Chen M, Thelen JJ, Qiu L, Stacey G. A soybean acyl carrier protein, GmACP, is important for root nodule symbiosis. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2014; 27:415-23. [PMID: 24400939 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-09-13-0269-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Legumes (members of family Fabaceae) establish a symbiotic relationship with nitrogen-fixing soil bacteria (rhizobia) to overcome nitrogen source limitation. Single root hair epidermal cells serve as the entry point for bacteria to infect the host root, leading to development of a new organ, the nodule, which the bacteria colonize. In the present study, the putative role of a soybean acyl carrier protein (ACP), GmACP (Glyma18g47950), was examined in nodulation. ACP represent an essential cofactor protein in fatty acid biosynthesis. Phylogenetic analysis of plant ACP protein sequences showed that GmACP was classified in a legume-specific clade. Quantitative reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction analysis demonstrated that GmACP was expressed in all soybean tissues but showed higher transcript accumulation in nodule tissue. RNA interference-mediated gene silencing of GmACP resulted in a significant reduction in nodule numbers on soybean transgenic roots. Fluorescent protein-labeled GmACP was localized to plastids in planta, the site of de novo fatty acid biosynthesis in plants. Analysis of the fatty acid content of root tissue silenced for GmACP expression, as determined by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, showed an approximately 22% reduction, specifically in palmitic and stearic acid. Taken together, our data provide evidence that GmACP plays an important role in nodulation.
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Goettel W, Xia E, Upchurch R, Wang ML, Chen P, An YQC. Identification and characterization of transcript polymorphisms in soybean lines varying in oil composition and content. BMC Genomics 2014; 15:299. [PMID: 24755115 PMCID: PMC4023607 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2013] [Accepted: 04/07/2014] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Variation in seed oil composition and content among soybean varieties is largely attributed to differences in transcript sequences and/or transcript accumulation of oil production related genes in seeds. Discovery and analysis of sequence and expression variations in these genes will accelerate soybean oil quality improvement. RESULTS In an effort to identify these variations, we sequenced the transcriptomes of soybean seeds from nine lines varying in oil composition and/or total oil content. Our results showed that 69,338 distinct transcripts from 32,885 annotated genes were expressed in seeds. A total of 8,037 transcript expression polymorphisms and 50,485 transcript sequence polymorphisms (48,792 SNPs and 1,693 small Indels) were identified among the lines. Effects of the transcript polymorphisms on their encoded protein sequences and functions were predicted. The studies also provided independent evidence that the lack of FAD2-1A gene activity and a non-synonymous SNP in the coding sequence of FAB2C caused elevated oleic acid and stearic acid levels in soybean lines M23 and FAM94-41, respectively. CONCLUSIONS As a proof-of-concept, we developed an integrated RNA-seq and bioinformatics approach to identify and functionally annotate transcript polymorphisms, and demonstrated its high effectiveness for discovery of genetic and transcript variations that result in altered oil quality traits. The collection of transcript polymorphisms coupled with their predicted functional effects will be a valuable asset for further discovery of genes, gene variants, and functional markers to improve soybean oil quality.
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- Wolfgang Goettel
- USDA-ARS, Midwest Area, Plant Genetics Research Unit at Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, 975 N Warson Rd, St. Louis, MO 63132, USA
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- 508 East Stoughton Street, Champaign, IL 61820, USA
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- USDA-ARS, Soybean and Nitrogen Fixation Research, 2417 Gardner Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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- USDA-ARS, Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit, 1109 Experiment St., Griffin, GA 30223, USA
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- Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA
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- USDA-ARS, Midwest Area, Plant Genetics Research Unit at Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, 975 N Warson Rd, St. Louis, MO 63132, USA
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Gu K, Yi C, Tian D, Sangha JS, Hong Y, Yin Z. Expression of fatty acid and lipid biosynthetic genes in developing endosperm of Jatropha curcas. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2012; 5:47. [PMID: 22809288 PMCID: PMC3457857 DOI: 10.1186/1754-6834-5-47] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2012] [Accepted: 07/04/2012] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Temporal and spatial expression of fatty acid and lipid biosynthetic genes are associated with the accumulation of storage lipids in the seeds of oil plants. In jatropha (Jatropha curcas L.), a potential biofuel plant, the storage lipids are mainly synthesized and accumulated in the endosperm of seeds. Although the fatty acid and lipid biosynthetic genes in jatropha have been identified, the expression of these genes at different developing stages of endosperm has not been systemically investigated. RESULTS Transmission electron microscopy study revealed that the oil body formation in developing endosperm of jatropha seeds initially appeared at 28 days after fertilization (DAF), was actively developed at 42 DAF and reached to the maximum number and size at 56 DAF. Sixty-eight genes that encode enzymes, proteins or their subunits involved in fatty acid and lipid biosynthesis were identified from a normalized cDNA library of jatropha developing endosperm. Gene expression with quantitative reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction analysis demonstrated that the 68 genes could be collectively grouped into five categories based on the patterns of relative expression of the genes during endosperm development. Category I has 47 genes and they displayed a bell-shaped expression pattern with the peak expression at 28 or 42 DAF, but low expression at 14 and 56 DAF. Category II contains 8 genes and expression of the 8 genes was constantly increased from 14 to 56 DAF. Category III comprises of 2 genes and both genes were constitutively expressed throughout endosperm development. Category IV has 9 genes and they showed a high expression at 14 and 28 DAF, but a decreased expression from 42 to 56 DAF. Category V consists of 2 genes and both genes showed a medium expression at 14 DAF, the lowest expression at 28 or 42 DAF, and the highest expression at 56 DAF. In addition, genes encoding enzymes or proteins with similar function were differentially expressed during endosperm development. CONCLUSION The formation of oil bodies in jatropha endosperm is developmentally regulated. The expression of the majority of fatty acid and lipid biosynthetic genes is highly consistent with the development of oil bodies and endosperm in jatropha seeds, while the genes encoding enzymes with similar function may be differentially expressed during endosperm development. These results not only provide the initial information on spatial and temporal expression of fatty acid and lipid biosynthetic genes in jatropha developing endosperm, but are also valuable to identify the rate-limiting genes for storage lipid biosynthesis and accumulation during seed development.
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- Keyu Gu
- Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, 1 Research Link, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117604, Republic of Singapore
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- JOil (S) Private Limited, 1 Research Link, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117604, Republic of Singapore
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- Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, 1 Research Link, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117604, Republic of Singapore
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- Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, 1 Research Link, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117604, Republic of Singapore
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- Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, 1 Research Link, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117604, Republic of Singapore
- JOil (S) Private Limited, 1 Research Link, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117604, Republic of Singapore
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- Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, 1 Research Link, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117604, Republic of Singapore
- Department of Biological Sciences, 14 Science Drive, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117543, Republic of Singapore
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Li X, Ilarslan H, Brachova L, Qian HR, Li L, Che P, Wurtele ES, Nikolau BJ. Reverse-genetic analysis of the two biotin-containing subunit genes of the heteromeric acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase in Arabidopsis indicates a unidirectional functional redundancy. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2011; 155:293-314. [PMID: 21030508 PMCID: PMC3075786 DOI: 10.1104/pp.110.165910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2010] [Accepted: 10/26/2010] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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The heteromeric acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase catalyzes the first and committed reaction of de novo fatty acid biosynthesis in plastids. This enzyme is composed of four subunits: biotin carboxyl-carrier protein (BCCP), biotin carboxylase, α-carboxyltransferase, and β-carboxyltransferase. With the exception of BCCP, single-copy genes encode these subunits in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). Reverse-genetic approaches were used to individually investigate the physiological significance of the two paralogous BCCP-coding genes, CAC1A (At5g16390, codes for BCCP1) and CAC1B (At5g15530, codes for BCCP2). Transfer DNA insertional alleles that completely eliminate the accumulation of BCCP2 have no perceptible effect on plant growth, development, and fatty acid accumulation. In contrast, transfer DNA insertional null allele of the CAC1A gene is embryo lethal and deleteriously affects pollen development and germination. During seed development the effect of the cac1a null allele first becomes apparent at 3-d after flowering, when the synchronous development of the endosperm and embryo is disrupted. Characterization of CAC1A antisense plants showed that reducing BCCP1 accumulation to 35% of wild-type levels, decreases fatty acid accumulation and severely affects normal vegetative plant growth. Detailed expression analysis by a suite of approaches including in situ RNA hybridization, promoter:reporter transgene expression, and quantitative western blotting reveal that the expression of CAC1B is limited to a subset of the CAC1A-expressing tissues, and CAC1B expression levels are only about one-fifth of CAC1A expression levels. Therefore, a likely explanation for the observed unidirectional redundancy between these two paralogous genes is that whereas the BCCP1 protein can compensate for the lack of BCCP2, the absence of BCCP1 cannot be tolerated as BCCP2 levels are not sufficient to support heteromeric acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase activity at a level that is required for normal growth and development.
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MESH Headings
- Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase/genetics
- Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase/metabolism
- Alleles
- Arabidopsis/embryology
- Arabidopsis/enzymology
- Arabidopsis/genetics
- Arabidopsis/growth & development
- Arabidopsis/ultrastructure
- Arabidopsis Proteins/genetics
- Arabidopsis Proteins/metabolism
- Biotin/metabolism
- DNA, Bacterial
- Endosperm/enzymology
- Endosperm/growth & development
- Endosperm/ultrastructure
- Fatty Acid Synthase, Type II/genetics
- Fatty Acid Synthase, Type II/metabolism
- Fatty Acids/metabolism
- Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
- Gene Knockout Techniques
- Genes, Plant/genetics
- Genes, Recessive/genetics
- Genetic Complementation Test
- Genetic Techniques
- Germination
- Mutation/genetics
- Pollen Tube/enzymology
- Pollen Tube/growth & development
- Pollen Tube/ultrastructure
- Protein Subunits/genetics
- Protein Subunits/metabolism
- RNA, Antisense/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
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Parkin IA, Clarke WE, Sidebottom C, Zhang W, Robinson SJ, Links MG, Karcz S, Higgins EE, Fobert P, Sharpe AG. Towards unambiguous transcript mapping in the allotetraploid Brassica napusThis article is one of a selection of papers from the conference “Exploiting Genome-wide Association in Oilseed Brassicas: a model for genetic improvement of major OECD crops for sustainable farming”. Genome 2010; 53:929-38. [DOI: 10.1139/g10-053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The architecture of the Brassica napus genome is marked by its evolutionary origins. The genome of B. napus was formed from the hybridization of two closely related diploid Brassica species, both of which evolved from an hexaploid ancestor. The extensive whole genome duplication events in its near and distant past result in the allotetraploid genome of B. napus maintaining multiple copies of most genes, which predicts a highly complex and redundant transcriptome that can confound any expression analyses. A stringent assembly of 142 399 B. napus expressed sequence tags allowed the development of a well-differentiated set of reference transcripts, which were used as a foundation to assess the efficacy of available tools for identifying and distinguishing transcripts in B. napus ; including microarray hybridization and 3′ anchored sequence tag capture. Microarray platforms cannot distinguish transcripts derived from the two progenitors or close homologues, although observed differential expression appeared to be biased towards unique transcripts. The use of 3′ capture enhanced the ability to unambiguously identify homologues within the B. napus transcriptome but was limited by tag length. The ability to comprehensively catalogue gene expression in polyploid species could be transformed by the application of cost-efficient next generation sequencing technologies that will capture millions of long sequence tags.
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- Isobel A.P. Parkin
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X2, Canada
- Department of Computing Science, 176 Thorvaldson Building, University of Saskatchewan, 110 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5C9, Canada
- National Research Council Plant Biotechnology Institute, 110 Gymnasium Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0W9, Canada
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology, WCVM, University of Saskatchewan, 52 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5B4, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X2, Canada
- Department of Computing Science, 176 Thorvaldson Building, University of Saskatchewan, 110 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5C9, Canada
- National Research Council Plant Biotechnology Institute, 110 Gymnasium Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0W9, Canada
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology, WCVM, University of Saskatchewan, 52 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5B4, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X2, Canada
- Department of Computing Science, 176 Thorvaldson Building, University of Saskatchewan, 110 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5C9, Canada
- National Research Council Plant Biotechnology Institute, 110 Gymnasium Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0W9, Canada
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology, WCVM, University of Saskatchewan, 52 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5B4, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X2, Canada
- Department of Computing Science, 176 Thorvaldson Building, University of Saskatchewan, 110 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5C9, Canada
- National Research Council Plant Biotechnology Institute, 110 Gymnasium Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0W9, Canada
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology, WCVM, University of Saskatchewan, 52 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5B4, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X2, Canada
- Department of Computing Science, 176 Thorvaldson Building, University of Saskatchewan, 110 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5C9, Canada
- National Research Council Plant Biotechnology Institute, 110 Gymnasium Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0W9, Canada
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology, WCVM, University of Saskatchewan, 52 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5B4, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X2, Canada
- Department of Computing Science, 176 Thorvaldson Building, University of Saskatchewan, 110 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5C9, Canada
- National Research Council Plant Biotechnology Institute, 110 Gymnasium Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0W9, Canada
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology, WCVM, University of Saskatchewan, 52 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5B4, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X2, Canada
- Department of Computing Science, 176 Thorvaldson Building, University of Saskatchewan, 110 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5C9, Canada
- National Research Council Plant Biotechnology Institute, 110 Gymnasium Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0W9, Canada
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology, WCVM, University of Saskatchewan, 52 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5B4, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X2, Canada
- Department of Computing Science, 176 Thorvaldson Building, University of Saskatchewan, 110 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5C9, Canada
- National Research Council Plant Biotechnology Institute, 110 Gymnasium Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0W9, Canada
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology, WCVM, University of Saskatchewan, 52 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5B4, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X2, Canada
- Department of Computing Science, 176 Thorvaldson Building, University of Saskatchewan, 110 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5C9, Canada
- National Research Council Plant Biotechnology Institute, 110 Gymnasium Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0W9, Canada
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology, WCVM, University of Saskatchewan, 52 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5B4, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X2, Canada
- Department of Computing Science, 176 Thorvaldson Building, University of Saskatchewan, 110 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5C9, Canada
- National Research Council Plant Biotechnology Institute, 110 Gymnasium Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0W9, Canada
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology, WCVM, University of Saskatchewan, 52 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5B4, Canada
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Natarajan P, Kanagasabapathy D, Gunadayalan G, Panchalingam J, Shree N, Sugantham PA, Singh KK, Madasamy P. Gene discovery from Jatropha curcas by sequencing of ESTs from normalized and full-length enriched cDNA library from developing seeds. BMC Genomics 2010; 11:606. [PMID: 20979643 PMCID: PMC3091748 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-11-606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2010] [Accepted: 10/27/2010] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Jatropha curcas L. is promoted as an important non-edible biodiesel crop worldwide. Jatropha oil, which is a triacylglycerol, can be directly blended with petro-diesel or transesterified with methanol and used as biodiesel. Genetic improvement in jatropha is needed to increase the seed yield, oil content, drought and pest resistance, and to modify oil composition so that it becomes a technically and economically preferred source for biodiesel production. However, genetic improvement efforts in jatropha could not take advantage of genetic engineering methods due to lack of cloned genes from this species. To overcome this hurdle, the current gene discovery project was initiated with an objective of isolating as many functional genes as possible from J. curcas by large scale sequencing of expressed sequence tags (ESTs). RESULTS A normalized and full-length enriched cDNA library was constructed from developing seeds of J. curcas. The cDNA library contained about 1 × 10(6) clones and average insert size of the clones was 2.1 kb. Totally 12,084 ESTs were sequenced to average high quality read length of 576 bp. Contig analysis revealed 2258 contigs and 4751 singletons. Contig size ranged from 2-23 and there were 7333 ESTs in the contigs. This resulted in 7009 unigenes which were annotated by BLASTX. It showed 3982 unigenes with significant similarity to known genes and 2836 unigenes with significant similarity to genes of unknown, hypothetical and putative proteins. The remaining 191 unigenes which did not show similarity with any genes in the public database may encode for unique genes. Functional classification revealed unigenes related to broad range of cellular, molecular and biological functions. Among the 7009 unigenes, 6233 unigenes were identified to be potential full-length genes. CONCLUSIONS The high quality normalized cDNA library was constructed from developing seeds of J. curcas for the first time and 7009 unigenes coding for diverse biological functions including oil biosynthesis were identified. These genes will serve as invaluable genetic resource for crop improvement in jatropha to make it an ideal and profitable crop for biodiesel production.
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- Purushothaman Natarajan
- Genomics Laboratory, Department of Genetic Engineering, SRM University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 603 203, India
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Sánchez-García A, Moreno-Pérez AJ, Muro-Pastor AM, Salas JJ, Garcés R, Martínez-Force E. Acyl-ACP thioesterases from castor (Ricinus communis L.): an enzymatic system appropriate for high rates of oil synthesis and accumulation. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2010; 71:860-9. [PMID: 20382402 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2010.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2010] [Revised: 03/04/2010] [Accepted: 03/15/2010] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Acyl-acyl carrier protein (ACP) thioesterases are enzymes that terminate the intraplastidial fatty acid synthesis in plants by hydrolyzing the acyl-ACP intermediates and releasing free fatty acids to be incorporated into glycerolipids. These enzymes are classified in two families, FatA and FatB, which differ in amino acid sequence and substrate specificity. In the present work, both FatA and FatB thioesterases were cloned, sequenced and characterized from castor (Ricinus communis) seeds, a crop of high interest in oleochemistry. Single copies of FatA and FatB were found in castor resulting to be closely related with those of Jatropha curcas. The corresponding mature proteins were heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli for biochemical characterization after purification, resulting in high catalytic efficiency of RcFatA on oleoyl-ACP and palmitoleoyl-ACP and high efficiencies of RcFatB for oleoyl-ACP and palmitoyl-ACP. The expression profile of these genes displayed the highest levels in expanding tissues that typically are very active in lipid biosynthesis such as developing seed endosperm and young expanding leaves. The contribution of these two enzymes to the synthesis of castor oil is discussed.
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Baud S, Wuillème S, To A, Rochat C, Lepiniec L. Role of WRINKLED1 in the transcriptional regulation of glycolytic and fatty acid biosynthetic genes in Arabidopsis. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2009; 60:933-47. [PMID: 19719479 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2009.04011.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The WRINKLED1 (WRI1) protein is an important regulator of oil accumulation in maturing Arabidopsis seeds. WRI1 is a member of a plant-specific family of transcription factors (AP2/EREBP) that share either one or two copies of a DNA-binding domain called the AP2 domain. Here, it is shown that WRI1 acts as a transcriptional enhancer of genes involved in carbon metabolism in transgenic seeds overexpressing this transcription factor. PKp-beta1 and BCCP2, two genes encoding enzymes of the glycolysis and fatty acid biosynthetic pathway, respectively, have been chosen to investigate the regulatory action exerted by WRI1 over these pathways. Using the reporter gene uidA, it was possible to demonstrate in planta that WRI1 regulates the activity of both PKp-beta1 and BCCP2 promoters. Electrophoretic mobility-shift assays and yeast one-hybrid experiments showed that WRI1 was able to interact with the BCCP2 promoter. To further elucidate the regulatory mechanism controlling the transcription of these genes, functional dissections of PKp-beta1 and BCCP2 promoters were performed. Two enhancers, of 54 and 79 bp, respectively, have thus been isolated that are essential to direct the activity of these promoters in oil-accumulating tissues of the embryo. A consensus site is present in these enhancers as well as in other putative target promoters of WRI1. Loss of this consensus sequence in the BCPP2 promoter decreases both the strength of the interaction between WRI1 and this promoter in yeast and the activity of the promoter in planta.
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- Sébastien Baud
- Laboratoire de Biologie des Semences, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, UMR204, INRA/AgroParisTech, F-78026 Versailles, France.
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Niu Y, Wu GZ, Ye R, Lin WH, Shi QM, Xue LJ, Xu XD, Li Y, Du YG, Xue HW. Global analysis of gene expression profiles in Brassica napus developing seeds reveals a conserved lipid metabolism regulation with Arabidopsis thaliana. MOLECULAR PLANT 2009; 2:1107-22. [PMID: 19825684 DOI: 10.1093/mp/ssp042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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In order to study Brassica napus fatty acid (FA) metabolism and relevant regulatory networks, a systematic identification of fatty acid (FA) biosynthesis-related genes was conducted. Following gene identification, gene expression profiles during B. napus seed development and FA metabolism were performed by cDNA chip hybridization (>8000 EST clones from seed). The results showed that FA biosynthesis and regulation, and carbon flux, were conserved between B. napus and Arabidopsis. However, a more critical role of starch metabolism was detected for B. napus seed FA metabolism and storage-component accumulation when compared with Arabidopsis. In addition, a crucial stage for the transition of seed-to-sink tissue was 17-21 d after flowering (DAF), whereas FA biosynthesis-related genes were highly expressed primarily at 21 DAF. Hormone (auxin and jasmonate) signaling is found to be important for FA metabolism. This study helps to reveal the global regulatory network of FA metabolism in developing B. napus seeds.
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- Ya Niu
- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Science (SIBS), Chinese Academy of Sciences, 300 Fenglin Road, 200032 Shanghai, China
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Cloning of Citrate Synthase Gene in Rapeseed ( Brassica napus L.) and Its Expression under Stresses. ZUOWU XUEBAO 2009. [DOI: 10.3724/sp.j.1006.2009.00033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Mu J, Tan H, Zheng Q, Fu F, Liang Y, Zhang J, Yang X, Wang T, Chong K, Wang XJ, Zuo J. LEAFY COTYLEDON1 is a key regulator of fatty acid biosynthesis in Arabidopsis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2008; 148:1042-54. [PMID: 18689444 PMCID: PMC2556827 DOI: 10.1104/pp.108.126342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 262] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2008] [Accepted: 08/01/2008] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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In plants, fatty acids are de novo synthesized predominantly in plastids from acetyl-coenzyme A. Although fatty acid biosynthesis has been biochemically well studied, little is known about the regulatory mechanisms of the pathway. Here, we show that overexpression of the Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) LEAFY COTYLEDON1 (LEC1) gene causes globally increased expression of fatty acid biosynthetic genes, which are involved in key reactions of condensation, chain elongation, and desaturation of fatty acid biosynthesis. In the plastidial fatty acid synthetic pathway, over 58% of known enzyme-coding genes are up-regulated in LEC1-overexpressing transgenic plants, including those encoding three subunits of acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase, a key enzyme controlling the fatty acid biosynthesis flux. Moreover, genes involved in glycolysis and lipid accumulation are also up-regulated. Consistent with these results, levels of major fatty acid species and lipids were substantially increased in the transgenic plants. Genetic analysis indicates that the LEC1 function is partially dependent on ABSCISIC ACID INSENSITIVE3, FUSCA3, and WRINKLED1 in the regulation of fatty acid biosynthesis. Moreover, a similar phenotype was observed in transgenic Arabidopsis plants overexpressing two LEC1-like genes of Brassica napus. These results suggest that LEC1 and LEC1-like genes act as key regulators to coordinate the expression of fatty acid biosynthetic genes, thereby representing promising targets for genetic improvement of oil production plants.
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- Jinye Mu
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Plant Gene Research Center , Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Mu J, Tan H, Zheng Q, Fu F, Liang Y, Zhang J, Yang X, Wang T, Chong K, Wang XJ, Zuo J. LEAFY COTYLEDON1 is a key regulator of fatty acid biosynthesis in Arabidopsis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2008. [PMID: 18689444 DOI: 10.1104/pp108.126342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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In plants, fatty acids are de novo synthesized predominantly in plastids from acetyl-coenzyme A. Although fatty acid biosynthesis has been biochemically well studied, little is known about the regulatory mechanisms of the pathway. Here, we show that overexpression of the Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) LEAFY COTYLEDON1 (LEC1) gene causes globally increased expression of fatty acid biosynthetic genes, which are involved in key reactions of condensation, chain elongation, and desaturation of fatty acid biosynthesis. In the plastidial fatty acid synthetic pathway, over 58% of known enzyme-coding genes are up-regulated in LEC1-overexpressing transgenic plants, including those encoding three subunits of acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase, a key enzyme controlling the fatty acid biosynthesis flux. Moreover, genes involved in glycolysis and lipid accumulation are also up-regulated. Consistent with these results, levels of major fatty acid species and lipids were substantially increased in the transgenic plants. Genetic analysis indicates that the LEC1 function is partially dependent on ABSCISIC ACID INSENSITIVE3, FUSCA3, and WRINKLED1 in the regulation of fatty acid biosynthesis. Moreover, a similar phenotype was observed in transgenic Arabidopsis plants overexpressing two LEC1-like genes of Brassica napus. These results suggest that LEC1 and LEC1-like genes act as key regulators to coordinate the expression of fatty acid biosynthetic genes, thereby representing promising targets for genetic improvement of oil production plants.
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- Jinye Mu
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Plant Gene Research Center , Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Rao S, Abdel-Reheem M, Bhella R, McCracken C, Hildebrand D. Characteristics of high alpha-linolenic acid accumulation in seed oils. Lipids 2008; 43:749-755. [PMID: 18597133 DOI: 10.1007/s11745-008-3207-3200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2008] [Accepted: 06/03/2008] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Modern diets are often deficient in omega-3 fatty acids and additional dietary sources of omega-3 fatty acids are useful. In order to investigate the molecular basis of the high accumulation of the omega-3 fatty acid, alpha-linolenic acid (18:3), in three different plants, flax (Linum usitatissimum), Dracocephalum moldavica, and Perilla frutescens omega-3 desaturase activity, transcript levels, and 18:3 in-vivo synthesis were examined. The 18:3 content was found to be higher at the later developmental stage of D. moldavica (68%) compared with P. frutescens (59%) and flax (45%) cotyledons. The 18:3 and 18:2 contents in both PC and TAG were determined during various stages of seed development for all three plants in addition to soybean (Glycine max). Northern blot analysis data of three different stages of D. moldavica, flax, and P. frutescens compared with moderately low 18:3 producers, soybean (Glycine max), and Arabidopsis thaliana and Brassica napus, (8-10% 18:3) at a stage of zygotic embryo development of high triglyceride synthesis showed that omega-3 desaturase mRNA levels were higher in all three high 18:3 producers, flax, D. moldavica and P. frutescens. This indicates that the high level of alpha-linolenic acid in TAG may be largely controlled by the level of omega-3 desaturase gene expression. However, the PC versus TAG fatty acid composition data suggested that along with omega-3 desaturase other enzymes also play a role in 18:3 accumulation in TAG, and the high accumulators have a selective transfer of alpha-linolenic acid into TAG.
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- Suryadevara Rao
- Plant Biochemistry/Physiology/Molecular Biology Program, University of Kentucky, 445 Plant Sci. Bldg., Lexington, KY 40546-0312, USA
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Rao S, Abdel-Reheem M, Bhella R, McCracken C, Hildebrand D. Characteristics of high alpha-linolenic acid accumulation in seed oils. Lipids 2008; 43:749-55. [PMID: 18597133 DOI: 10.1007/s11745-008-3207-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2008] [Accepted: 06/03/2008] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Modern diets are often deficient in omega-3 fatty acids and additional dietary sources of omega-3 fatty acids are useful. In order to investigate the molecular basis of the high accumulation of the omega-3 fatty acid, alpha-linolenic acid (18:3), in three different plants, flax (Linum usitatissimum), Dracocephalum moldavica, and Perilla frutescens omega-3 desaturase activity, transcript levels, and 18:3 in-vivo synthesis were examined. The 18:3 content was found to be higher at the later developmental stage of D. moldavica (68%) compared with P. frutescens (59%) and flax (45%) cotyledons. The 18:3 and 18:2 contents in both PC and TAG were determined during various stages of seed development for all three plants in addition to soybean (Glycine max). Northern blot analysis data of three different stages of D. moldavica, flax, and P. frutescens compared with moderately low 18:3 producers, soybean (Glycine max), and Arabidopsis thaliana and Brassica napus, (8-10% 18:3) at a stage of zygotic embryo development of high triglyceride synthesis showed that omega-3 desaturase mRNA levels were higher in all three high 18:3 producers, flax, D. moldavica and P. frutescens. This indicates that the high level of alpha-linolenic acid in TAG may be largely controlled by the level of omega-3 desaturase gene expression. However, the PC versus TAG fatty acid composition data suggested that along with omega-3 desaturase other enzymes also play a role in 18:3 accumulation in TAG, and the high accumulators have a selective transfer of alpha-linolenic acid into TAG.
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- Suryadevara Rao
- Plant Biochemistry/Physiology/Molecular Biology Program, University of Kentucky, 445 Plant Sci. Bldg., Lexington, KY 40546-0312, USA
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Salas JJ, Youssar L, Martínez-Force E, Garcés R. The biochemical characterization of a high-stearic acid sunflower mutant reveals the coordinated regulation of stearoyl-acyl carrier protein desaturases. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2008; 46:109-116. [PMID: 18023195 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2007.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2007] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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In this study, we have biochemically characterized the high-stearic sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) mutant CAS-14. This mutant displays an abnormal fatty acid composition along the length of the seed when grown at high temperatures. Thus, at the expense of oleate and linoleate, CAS-14 seeds present an increasing axial gradient of stearic acid from the embryo to the distal extreme of the seed. The accumulation of oil in this mutant was initially characterized by analysing the incorporation of radiolabelled acetate, a fatty acid synthetic precursor, into the developing seed tissues in vivo. These experiments indicated that the mutant phenotype was associated with a decrease in the soluble stearoyl-acyl carrier protein desaturase (SAD) activity, as later confirmed when assessing this activity in cell-free extracts from developing sunflower kernels. Furthermore, SAD enzyme gene transcription was also examined in this tissue, identifying the coordinated decrease in the transcription of the sad17 and sad6 genes as underlying the decrease in enzyme activity. On the basis of these results and those previously obtained on the inheritance of the CAS-14 trait, we discuss the possible regulatory mechanisms acting on plant soluble desaturases.
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- Joaquín J Salas
- Instituto de la Grasa (CSIC), Av. Padre García Tejero 4, 41012 Sevilla, Spain.
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Metabolic Engineering of the Content and Fatty Acid Composition of Vegetable Oils. BIOENGINEERING AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PLANT PATHWAYS 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/s1755-0408(07)01007-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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O'Hara P, Slabas AR, Fawcett T. Antisense expression of 3-oxoacyl-ACP reductase affects whole plant productivity and causes collateral changes in activity of fatty acid synthase components. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2007; 48:736-44. [PMID: 17401135 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcm041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Brassica napus cv Westar plants were transformed with 3-oxoacyl-ACP reductase (KR) in antisense orientation, driven by either the cauliflower mosaic virus 35S promoter or a seed-specific acyl carrier protein promoter to determine the effects on plant productivity and on the activity of other fatty acid synthase (FAS) components. In plants with altered KR activity, total seed yield was reduced in all cases. In less severely affected plant lines, seeds had a normal appearance and composition but the yield of seeds was reduced by approximately 50%. In more severely affected lines, reductions in both seed fatty acid content and the number of seeds produced per plant were evident, resulting in a 90% reduction in fatty acid synthesized per plant. These phenotypes were independent of the promoter used. In severely affected lines, a large proportion of seeds showed precocious germination, and these had a reduced oleate content and increased levels of polyunsaturated 18-carbon fatty acids, compared with normal seeds of the same line. This reduction in 18:1 fatty acids was mimicked on imbibition of seeds with a normal appearance, indicating a preferential use of oleate moieties in precocious germination events. The reduction in activity of KR was mirrored for a second fatty acid synthase component, enoyl-ACP reductase, indicating a mechanism to maintain the ratio of fatty acid synthase components throughout embryogenesis.
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- Paul O'Hara
- School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durham University, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK
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Chen GQ, Turner C, He X, Nguyen T, McKeon TA, Laudencia-Chingcuanco D. Expression profiles of genes involved in fatty acid and triacylglycerol synthesis in castor bean (Ricinus communis L.). Lipids 2007; 42:263-74. [PMID: 17393231 DOI: 10.1007/s11745-007-3022-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2006] [Accepted: 12/24/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Castor seed triacylglycerols (TAGs) contain 90% ricinoleate (12-hydroxy-oleate) which has numerous industrial applications. Due to the presence of the toxin ricin and potent allergenic 2S albumins in the seed, it is desirable to produce ricinoleate from temperate oilseeds. To identify regulatory genes or genes for enzymes that may up-regulate multiple activities or entire pathways leading to the ricinoleate and TAG synthesis, we have analyzed expression profiles of 12 castor genes involved in fatty acid and TAG synthesis using quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction technology. A collection of castor seeds with well-defined developmental stages and morphologies was used to determine the levels of mRNA, ricinoleate and TAG. The synthesis of ricinoleate and TAG occurred when seeds progressed to stages of cellular endosperm development. Concomitantly, most of the genes increased their expression levels, but showed various temporal expression patterns and different maximum inductions ranging from 4- to 43,000-fold. Clustering analysis of the expression data indicated five gene groups with distinct temporal patterns. We identified genes involved in fatty acid biosynthesis and transport that fell into two related clusters with moderate flat-rise or concave-rise patterns, and others that were highly expressed during seed development that displayed either linear-rise or bell-shaped patterns. Castor diacylglycerol acyltransferase 1 was the only gene having a higher expression level in leaf and a declining pattern during cellular endosperm development. The relationships among gene expression, cellular endosperm development and ricinoleate/TAG accumulation are discussed.
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- Grace Q Chen
- Western Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 800 Buchanan St., Albany, CA 94710, USA.
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Tai HH, Williams M, Iyengar A, Yeates J, Beardmore T. Regulation of the beta-hydroxyacyl ACP dehydratase gene of Picea mariana by alternative splicing. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2007; 26:105-13. [PMID: 17021849 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-006-0213-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2006] [Revised: 06/27/2006] [Accepted: 07/01/2006] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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The gene for beta-hydroxyacyl ACP dehydratase, a de novo fatty acid biosynthetic enzyme, was cloned from Picea mariana (black spruce) and consists of five exons and four introns. The first intron of the beta-hydroxyacyl ACP dehydratase mRNA is alternatively spliced. Retention of intron 1 in splice variants results in truncation of the beta-hydroxyacyl ACP dehydratase ORF at a premature termination codon. In addition, splicing of intron 1 was found to be associated with cold temperature. mRNAs retaining intron 1 increase with seed imbibition at 22 degrees C but not 4 degrees C, whereas, splicing of intron 1 increases in winter weeks with temperatures below freezing. These results provide evidence that alternative splicing may also contribute to regulation of lipid biosynthesis in Picea mariana.
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- Helen H Tai
- Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada, P.O. Box 4000, Fredericton, NB, E3B 5P7, Canada.
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Li RJ, Wang HZ, Mao H, Lu YT, Hua W. Identification of differentially expressed genes in seeds of two near-isogenic Brassica napus lines with different oil content. PLANTA 2006; 224:952-62. [PMID: 16575595 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-006-0266-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2005] [Accepted: 03/09/2006] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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The regulation of seed oil synthesis in rapeseed is largely unknown. In this study, we compared the gene expression during seed development between two lines of Brassica napus with a 10% difference in oil content. We isolated the immature seeds 15 and 25 days after flowering at periods preceding and including the major accumulation of storage oils and proteins. The differentially expressed gene clones between the two rape lines were isolated by subtractive suppression hybridization (SSH). All SSH clones were arrayed and screened by dot blot hybridization, followed by RT-PCR analysis for selected clones. A total of 217 cDNA clones corresponding to 30 genes were found to have a high expression in seeds with high oil content. Six genes were highly expressed in seeds with low oil content. Northern blot and enzyme activity analysis demonstrated a change in expression pattern of several genes. The results provide information on gene-encoding factors responsible for the regulation of oil synthesis. The possible role of these genes in seeds is discussed. The genes in this study may be suitable as novel targets for genetic improvement of seed oil content and may also provide molecular markers for studies of rape breeding.
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- Rong-Jun Li
- Institute of Oil Crops Research, Chinese Academy of Agriculture Sciences, Wuhan 430062, China
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Puyaubert J, Dieryck W, Costaglioli P, Chevalier S, Breton A, Lessire R. Temporal gene expression of 3-ketoacyl-CoA reductase is different in high and in low erucic acid Brassica napus cultivars during seed development. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2005; 1687:152-63. [PMID: 15708363 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2004.11.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2004] [Revised: 11/15/2004] [Accepted: 11/19/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The membrane-bound acyl-CoA elongase complex is a key enzyme responsible for erucoyl-CoA synthesis. Among the four putative genes encoding the four moieties of this complex in Brassica napus seeds, only one has been characterized, the Bn-fae1 gene, which encodes the 3-ketoacyl-CoA synthase. The genes encoding the other enzymes (3-ketoacyl-CoA reductase, 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydratase and trans-2,3-enoyl-CoA reductase) have not been identified. We cloned two 3-ketoacyl-CoA reductase cDNA isoforms, Bn-kcr1 and Bn-kcr2, from B. napus seeds. Their function was identified by heterologous complementation in yeast by restoring elongase activities. The comparison of Bn-kcr mRNA expression in different B. napus tissues showed that the genes were preferentially expressed in seeds and roots. We also investigated the regulation of gene expression in High Erucic Acid Rapeseed (HEAR) and in Low Erucic Acid Rapeseed (LEAR) cultivars during seed development. The co-expression of Bn-fae1 and Bn-kcr observed in HEAR cultivar during seed development was different in LEAR cultivar, suggesting that expression of both genes was directly or indirectly linked.
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- Juliette Puyaubert
- Laboratoire de Biogenèse Membranaire, CNRS FRE 2694, Université V. Segalen Bordeaux 2, 146, Rue Léo Saignat, 33076 Bordeaux Cedex, France
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Poghosyan ZP, Giannoulia K, Katinakis P, Murphy DJ, Hatzopoulos P. Temporal and transient expression of olive enoyl-ACP reductase gene during flower and fruit development. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2005; 43:37-44. [PMID: 15763664 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2004.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2004] [Accepted: 12/12/2004] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Enoyl-ACP reductase is a catalytic component of the fatty acid synthetase (FAS) type II system in plants that is involved in the de novo fatty acid biosynthesis in plastids. A cDNA encoding an enoyl-ACP reductase responsible for the removal of the trans-unsaturated double bonds to form saturated acyl-ACP has been isolated from a library made from ripening fruits of Olea europaea L. The predicted protein contains 393 amino acid residues including a consensus chloroplast specific transit peptide. A strong homology was observed when olive enoyl-ACP reductase aligned with other plant sequences. Southern hybridization analysis revealed that enoyl-ACP reductase is encoded by a single gene in olives. Northern hybridization showed a transient expression of the enoyl-ACP reductase (ENR) gene at early stages of drupe (5-7 weeks after flowering, WAF), embryo and endosperm (13-16 WAF) while in mesocarp (13-19 WAF) the expression remained at high levels. In situ hybridization showed particularly prominent expression in the palisade and vascular tissue of young leaves, the tapetum, developing pollen grains and vascular tissue of anthers and to less extent in the embryo sac and transmitting tissue of the carpel. The distinctive spatial and temporal regulation of the ENR gene is consistent with major roles, not only in thylakoid membrane formation and fatty acid deposition, but also in the provision of precursor molecules for the biosynthesis of oxilipins that are important in plant tissues involved in transportation and reproduction.
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- Zaruhi P Poghosyan
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, 118 55 Athens, Greece
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Seeds provide humans with much of their diet and have been targets for improvement for millennia. The recent development of a range of methodologies for investigating the control of seed metabolism will allow rapid progress towards understanding this process in the future. In situ measurements of metabolite concentrations, in combination with the localisation of gene expression, in developing legume seeds have led to the description of detailed models of the control of starch and protein synthesis. In oilseeds, the application of recently developed 13C-labelling methods allows the quantification of carbon fluxes through individual pathways in the cytosol and plastid. Molecular and genetic approaches are being used in combination to probe both the importance of individual steps in the pathways of storage-product synthesis and potential regulators of the entire process.
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- Matthew J Hills
- Department of Metabolic Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK.
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Moire L, Rezzonico E, Goepfert S, Poirier Y. Impact of unusual fatty acid synthesis on futile cycling through beta-oxidation and on gene expression in transgenic plants. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2004; 134:432-42. [PMID: 14671017 PMCID: PMC316322 DOI: 10.1104/pp.103.032938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2003] [Revised: 10/04/2003] [Accepted: 10/20/2003] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Arabidopsis expressing the castor bean (Ricinus communis) oleate 12-hydroxylase or the Crepis palaestina linoleate 12-epoxygenase in developing seeds typically accumulate low levels of ricinoleic acid and vernolic acid, respectively. We have examined the presence of a futile cycle of fatty acid degradation in developing seeds using the synthesis of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) from the intermediates of the peroxisomal beta-oxidation cycle. Both the quantity and monomer composition of the PHA synthesized in transgenic plants expressing the 12-epoxygenase and 12-hydroxylase in developing seeds revealed the presence of a futile cycle of degradation of the corresponding unusual fatty acids, indicating a limitation in their stable integration into lipids. The expression profile of nearly 200 genes involved in fatty acid biosynthesis and degradation has been analyzed through microarray. No significant changes in gene expression have been detected as a consequence of the activity of the 12-epoxygenase or the 12-hydroxylase in developing siliques. Similar results have also been obtained for transgenic plants expressing the Cuphea lanceolata caproyl-acyl carrier protein thioesterase and accumulating high amounts of caproic acid. Only in developing siliques of the tag1 mutant, deficient in the accumulation of triacylglycerols and shown to have a substantial futile cycling of fatty acids toward beta-oxidation, have some changes in gene expression been detected, notably the induction of the isocitrate lyase gene. These results indicate that analysis of peroxisomal PHA is a better indicator of the flux of fatty acid through beta-oxidation than the expression profile of genes involved in lipid metabolism.
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- Laurence Moire
- Département de Biologie Moléculaire Végétale, Université de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Biotin-containing proteins are found in all forms of life, and they catalyze carboxylation, decarboxylation, or transcarboxylation reactions that are central to metabolism. In plants, five biotin-containing proteins have been characterized. Of these, four are catalysts, namely the two structurally distinct acetyl-CoA carboxylases (heteromeric and homomeric), 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA carboxylase and geranoyl-CoA carboxylase. In addition, plants contain a noncatalytic biotin protein that accumulates in seeds and is thought to play a role in storing biotin. Acetyl-CoA carboxylases generate two pools of malonyl-CoA, one in plastids that is the precursor for de novo fatty acid biosynthesis and the other in the cytosol that is the precursor for fatty acid elongation and a large number of secondary metabolites. 3-Methylcrotonyl-CoA carboxylase catalyzes a reaction in the mitochondrial pathway for leucine catabolism. The exact metabolic function of geranoyl-CoA carboxylase is as yet unknown, but it may be involved in isoprenoid metabolism. This minireview summarizes the recent developments in our understanding of the structure, regulation, and metabolic functions of these proteins in plants.
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Buckhout TJ, Thimm O. Insights into metabolism obtained from microarray analysis. CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2003; 6:288-96. [PMID: 12753980 DOI: 10.1016/s1369-5266(03)00040-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The regulation of plant metabolic processes in response to environmental and developmental signals is a complex interaction between optimization of enzyme activity and transcriptional regulation of gene expression. Through painstaking efforts over more than 50 years, many metabolic pathways in plants have been characterized and their regulation investigated, often in detail. Widely available cDNA and oligonucleotide arrays can now be used to analyze the expression profiles of a large number of genes in parallel. Coupling these expression profiles to detailed analyzes of metabolite changes will allow deep insight into the cellular mechanisms of metabolic adaptation to a wide variety of growth conditions.
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- Thomas J Buckhout
- Applied Botany, Institute of Biology, Humboldt University Berlin, Invalidenstrasse 42, D-10115 Berlin, Germany.
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Beisson F, Koo AJK, Ruuska S, Schwender J, Pollard M, Thelen JJ, Paddock T, Salas JJ, Savage L, Milcamps A, Mhaske VB, Cho Y, Ohlrogge JB. Arabidopsis genes involved in acyl lipid metabolism. A 2003 census of the candidates, a study of the distribution of expressed sequence tags in organs, and a web-based database. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2003; 132:681-97. [PMID: 12805597 PMCID: PMC167007 DOI: 10.1104/pp.103.022988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 256] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2003] [Revised: 03/25/2003] [Accepted: 03/28/2003] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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The genome of Arabidopsis has been searched for sequences of genes involved in acyl lipid metabolism. Over 600 encoded proteins have been identified, cataloged, and classified according to predicted function, subcellular location, and alternative splicing. At least one-third of these proteins were previously annotated as "unknown function" or with functions unrelated to acyl lipid metabolism; therefore, this study has improved the annotation of over 200 genes. In particular, annotation of the lipolytic enzyme group (at least 110 members total) has been improved by the critical examination of the biochemical literature and the sequences of the numerous proteins annotated as "lipases." In addition, expressed sequence tag (EST) data have been surveyed, and more than 3,700 ESTs associated with the genes were cataloged. Statistical analysis of the number of ESTs associated with specific cDNA libraries has allowed calculation of probabilities of differential expression between different organs. More than 130 genes have been identified with a statistical probability > 0.95 of preferential expression in seed, leaf, root, or flower. All the data are available as a Web-based database, the Arabidopsis Lipid Gene database (http://www.plantbiology.msu.edu/lipids/genesurvey/index.htm). The combination of the data of the Lipid Gene Catalog and the EST analysis can be used to gain insights into differential expression of gene family members and sets of pathway-specific genes, which in turn will guide studies to understand specific functions of individual genes.
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- Frédéric Beisson
- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824, USA
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Podkowinski J, Jelenska J, Sirikhachornkit A, Zuther E, Haselkorn R, Gornicki P. Expression of cytosolic and plastid acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase genes in young wheat plants. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2003; 131:763-72. [PMID: 12586900 PMCID: PMC166852 DOI: 10.1104/pp.013169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2002] [Revised: 11/04/2002] [Accepted: 11/12/2002] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Expression of cytosolic and plastid acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase (ACCase) gene families at the mRNA level was analyzed in developing wheat (Triticum aestivum) plants. The major plastid ACCase mRNA level is high in the middle part of the plant and low in roots and leaf blades. An alternative plastid ACCase transcript initiated at a different promoter and using an alternative 5' splice site for the first intron accumulates to its highest level in roots. Cytosolic ACCase mRNA also consists of two species, one of which is present at approximately a constant level, whereas the other accumulates to a high level in the lower sheath section. It is likely that different promoters are also responsible for the two forms of cytosolic ACCase mRNA. The abundances of cytosolic and plastid ACCase mRNAs in the sheath section of the plant are similar. ACCase protein level is significantly lower in the leaf blades, in parallel with changes in the total ACCase mRNA level. Homoeologous ACCase genes show the same expression patterns and similar mRNA levels, suggesting that none of the genes was silenced or acquired new tissue specificity after polyploidization.
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- Jan Podkowinski
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637
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Baud S, Guyon V, Kronenberger J, Wuillème S, Miquel M, Caboche M, Lepiniec L, Rochat C. Multifunctional acetyl-CoA carboxylase 1 is essential for very long chain fatty acid elongation and embryo development in Arabidopsis. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2003; 33:75-86. [PMID: 12943542 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313x.2003.016010.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACCase) catalyses the carboxylation of acetyl-CoA, forming malonyl-CoA, which is used in the plastid for fatty acid synthesis and in the cytosol in various biosynthetic pathways including fatty acid elongation. In Arabidopsis thaliana, ACC1 and ACC2, two genes located in a tandem repeat within a 25-kbp genomic region near the centromere of chromosome 1, encode two multifunctional ACCase isoforms. Both genes, ACC1 and ACC2, appear to be ubiquitously expressed, but little is known about their respective function and importance. Here, we report the isolation and characterisation of two allelic mutants disrupted in the ACC1 gene. Both acc1-1 and acc1-2 mutations are recessive and embryo lethal. Embryo morphogenesis is impaired and both alleles lead to cucumber-like structures lacking in cotyledons, while the shortened hypocotyl and root exhibit a normal radial pattern organisation of the body axis. In this abnormal embryo, the maturation process still occurs. Storage proteins accumulate normally, while triacylglycerides (TAG) are synthesised at a lower concentration than in the wild-type seed. However, these TAG are totally devoid of very long chain fatty acids (VLCFA) and consequently enriched in C18:1, like all lipid fractions analysed in the mutant seed. These data demonstrate, in planta, the role of ACCase 1 in VLCFA elongation. Furthermore, this multifunctional enzyme also plays an unexpected and central function in embryo morphogenesis, especially in apical meristem development.
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- Sébastien Baud
- Unité de Biologie des Semences, INRA, RD 10, 78026 Versailles Cedex, France
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