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Singh S, Vergish S, Jain N, Sharma AK, Khurana P, Khurana JP. OsCRY2 and OsFBO10 co-regulate photomorphogenesis and photoperiodic flowering in indica rice. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2023; 330:111631. [PMID: 36773757 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2023.111631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2022] [Revised: 02/02/2023] [Accepted: 02/04/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Cryptochromes (CRYs) are a class of photoreceptors that perceive blue/ultraviolet-A light of the visible spectrum to mediate a vast number of physiological responses in bacteria, fungi, animals and plants. In the present study, we have characterized OsCRY2 in a photoperiod sensitive indica variety, Basmati 370, by generating and analyzing overexpression (OE) and knock-down (KD) transgenic lines. The OsCRY2OE lines displayed dwarfism as shown in their reduced plant height and leaf length, attributed largely by an overall reduction in their cell size. The OsCRY2OE lines flowered significantly earlier and showed shorter and broader seeds with an overall reduced seed weight. The OsCRY2KD lines showed contrasting phenotypes, such as increased plant height and delayed flowering, however, decreased seed size and weight were also observed in the KD lines, along with reduced spikelet fertility and high seed shattering rate in mature panicles. Novel interactions were confirmed between OsCRY2 and members of ZEITLUPE family of blue/ultraviolet-A light photoreceptors, encoded by OsFBO8, OsFBO9 and OsFBO10 which are orthologous to ZEITLUPE (ZTL), LOV KELCH PROTEIN2 (LKP2) and FLAVIN BINDING, KELCH REPEAT F-BOX1 (FKF1), respectively, of Arabidopsis thaliana. Since FKF1 is known to play a role in regulating photoperiodic flowering, OsFBO10 was chosen for further studies. OsCRY2 and OsFBO10 interacted in the nucleus and cytoplasm of the cell and cross-regulated the expression of each other. They were also found to regulate the expression of several genes involved in photoperiodic flowering in rice. Both OsCRY2 and OsFBO10 played a positive role in photomorphogenic responses in different light conditions. The physical interaction of OsCRY2 with OsFBO10, their involvement in common physiological and developmental pathways and their cross-regulation of each other suggest that the two photoreceptors may regulate common developmental pathways in plants, either jointly or redundantly.
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- Shipra Singh
- Interdisciplinary Centre for Plant Genomics & Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi, South Campus, New Delhi 110021, India
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- Interdisciplinary Centre for Plant Genomics & Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi, South Campus, New Delhi 110021, India
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- Interdisciplinary Centre for Plant Genomics & Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi, South Campus, New Delhi 110021, India
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- Interdisciplinary Centre for Plant Genomics & Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi, South Campus, New Delhi 110021, India
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- Interdisciplinary Centre for Plant Genomics & Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi, South Campus, New Delhi 110021, India.
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- Interdisciplinary Centre for Plant Genomics & Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi, South Campus, New Delhi 110021, India
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Singh S, Sharma P, Mishra S, Khurana P, Khurana JP. CRY2 gene of rice (Oryza sativa subsp. indica) encodes a blue light sensory receptor involved in regulating flowering, plant height and partial photomorphogenesis in dark. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2023; 42:73-89. [PMID: 36251035 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-022-02937-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2022] [Accepted: 10/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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OsiCRY2 is involved in light-regulated plant development and plays a role in regulating photomorphogenesis, plant height, flowering and most strikingly partial photomorphogenesis in dark. Cryptochrome 2 (CRY2), the blue/UV-A light photoreceptor in plants, has been reported to regulate photoperiod-dependent flowering and seedling photomorphogenesis (under low-intensity light). Among monocots, CRY2 has been reported from japonica rice, wheat, sorghum and barley. The two sub-species of rice, indica and japonica, exhibit a high degree of genetic variation and morphological and physiological differences. This article describes the characterization of CRY2 of indica rice (OsiCRY2). While the transcript levels of OsiCRY2 did not change significantly under blue light, its protein levels were found to decline with increased time duration under blue light. For phenotypic characterization, OsiCRY2 over-expression (OX) transgenics were generated in Oryza sativa Pusa Sugandh 2 (PS2) cultivar, a highly scented Basmati cultivar. The OsiCRY2OX transgenics displayed shorter coleoptiles and dwarfism than wild-type under blue light, white, and far-red light. Interestingly, even the dark-grown transgenics were shorter, concomitant with higher OsiCRY2 protein levels in transgenics than wild-type. Histological analysis revealed that the decrease in the length of the seedlings was due to a decrease in the length of the epidermal cells. The fully mature rice transgenics were shorter than the untransformed plants but flowered at the same time as wild-type. However, the OsiCRY2 Arabidopsis over-expressors exhibited early flowering by 10-15 days, indicating the potential and conservation of function of OsiCRY2. The whole-genome transcriptome profiling of rice transgenics revealed the differential up-regulation of several light-regulated genes in dark-grown coleoptiles. These data provide evidence that OsiCRY2 regulates photomorphogenesis, plant height, and flowering in indica rice.
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- Shipra Singh
- Interdisciplinary Centre for Plant Genomics and Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, 110021, India
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- Interdisciplinary Centre for Plant Genomics and Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, 110021, India
- Proteus Genomics, 218 Summit Parkway, Birmingham, AL, 35209, USA
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- Interdisciplinary Centre for Plant Genomics and Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, 110021, India
- Department of Botany, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, 226007, India
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- Interdisciplinary Centre for Plant Genomics and Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, 110021, India.
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- Interdisciplinary Centre for Plant Genomics and Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, 110021, India
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Kumar V, Sugumaran K, Al-Roumi A, Shajan A. De-novo transcriptome assembly and analysis of lettuce plants grown under red, blue or white light. Sci Rep 2022; 12:22477. [PMID: 36577773 PMCID: PMC9797559 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-26344-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2022] [Accepted: 12/13/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) is grown in various parts of the world for use as a leafy vegetable. Although the use of light-emitting diode (LED) in controlled plant production systems has been successfully used to enhance nutritional quality and plant growth efficiently, the molecular basis of lettuce's response to varying light spectra is not studied. Using next-generation sequencing, we have analyzed the transcriptomes of leaf lettuce (Lactuca sativa var. 'New Red Fire') grown hydroponically in a modular agricultural production system under three different types of LED lighting: red, blue, and white light. Illumina HiSeq sequencing platform was used to generate paired-end sequence reads (58 Gb raw and 54 Gb clean data) of the transcriptome of lettuce leaves exposed to varying light spectra. The de novo assembled final transcriptome contained 74,096 transcripts. Around 53% and 39% of the assembled transcripts matched to the UniProt and RefSeq RNA sequences, respectively. The validation of the differentially expressed transcripts using RT-qPCR showed complete agreement with RNA-Seq data for 27 transcripts. A comparison of the blue versus red light treatments showed the highest number of significantly differentially expressed transcripts. Among the transcripts significantly up-regulated in blue-light-exposed leaves compared to white-light-exposed leaves, ~ 26% were involved in the 'response to stress'. Among the transcripts significantly upregulated under red light compared to white light, ~ 6% were associated with 'nucleosome assembly' and other processes, such as 'oxidation-reduction process' and 'response to water deprivation' were significantly enriched. Thus, the result from the current study provides deeper insights into differential gene expression patterns and associated functional aspects under varying light qualities.
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- Vinod Kumar
- Biotechnology Program, Environment and Life Sciences Research Center, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Safat, Kuwait.
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- Desert Agriculture and Ecosystems Program, Environment and Life Sciences Research Center, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Safat, Kuwait
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- Desert Agriculture and Ecosystems Program, Environment and Life Sciences Research Center, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Safat, Kuwait
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- Biotechnology Program, Environment and Life Sciences Research Center, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Safat, Kuwait
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Chen YY, Lu HQ, Jiang KX, Wang YR, Wang YP, Jiang JJ. The Flavonoid Biosynthesis and Regulation in Brassica napus: A Review. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 24:ijms24010357. [PMID: 36613800 PMCID: PMC9820570 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24010357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2022] [Revised: 12/12/2022] [Accepted: 12/13/2022] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Brassica napus is an important crop for edible oil, vegetables, biofuel, and animal food. It is also an ornamental crop for its various petal colors. Flavonoids are a group of secondary metabolites with antioxidant activities and medicinal values, and are important to plant pigmentation, disease resistance, and abiotic stress responses. The yellow seed coat, purple leaf and inflorescence, and colorful petals of B. napus have been bred for improved nutritional value, tourism and city ornamentation. The putative loci and genes regulating flavonoid biosynthesis in B. napus have been identified using germplasms with various seed, petal, leaf, and stem colors, or different flavonoid contents under stress conditions. This review introduces the advances of flavonoid profiling, biosynthesis, and regulation during development and stress responses of B. napus, and hopes to help with the breeding of B. napus with better quality, ornamental value, and stress resistances.
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- Yuan-Yuan Chen
- Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
- Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, The Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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Zhang X, Fang T, Huang Y, Sun W, Cai S. Transcriptional regulation of photomorphogenesis in seedlings of Brassica napus under different light qualities. PLANTA 2022; 256:77. [PMID: 36088613 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-022-03991-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2022] [Accepted: 09/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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This study displayed the transcriptional regulation network of key regulators and downstream pathway in seedling morphogenesis of Brassica napus under different light quality. Plants undergo photomorphogenesis upon the presence of light, mediated by different light (e.g., blue, red, and far-red) signaling pathways. Although the light signaling pathway has been well documented in Arabidopsis, the underlying mechanisms were studied to a less extent in other plant species including Brassica napus. In this study, we investigated the effect of different light qualities (white, blue, red, and far-red light) on the hypocotyl elongation in B. napus, and performed the transcriptomic analysis of seedlings in response to different light qualities. The results showed that hypocotyl elongation was slightly inhibited by red light, while it was strongly inhibited by blue/far-red light. Transcriptome analysis identified 9748 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) among treatments. Gene ontology (GO) enrichment analysis of DEGs showed that light-responsive and photosynthesis-related genes were highly expressed in response to blue/far-red light rather than in red light. Furthermore, the key genes in light signaling (i.e., PHYB, HY5, HYH, HFR1, and PIF3) exhibited distinct expression patterns between blue/far-red and red light treatments. In addition, subgenome dominant expression of homoeologous genes were observed for some genes, such as PHYA, PHYB, HFR1, and BBXs. The current study displayed a comprehensive dissection of light-mediated transcriptional regulation network, including light signaling, phytohormone, and cell elongation/modification, which improved the understanding on the underlying mechanism of light-regulated hypocotyl growth in B. napus.
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- Xin Zhang
- Institute of Crop Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Institute of Crop Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Institute of Crop Science, Hangzhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, 310024, China
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- Institute of Crop Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Institute of Crop Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
- Shandong (Linyi) Institute of Modern Agriculture, Zhejiang University, Linyi, 276000, China.
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Sharma P, Mishra S, Burman N, Chatterjee M, Singh S, Pradhan AK, Khurana P, Khurana JP. Characterization of Cry2 genes (CRY2a and CRY2b) of B. napus and comparative analysis of BnCRY1 and BnCRY2a in regulating seedling photomorphogenesis. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2022; 110:161-186. [PMID: 35831732 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-022-01293-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2022] [Accepted: 06/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Cryptochrome 2 (CRY2) perceives blue/UV-A light and regulates photomorphogenesis in plants. However, besides Arabidopsis, CRY2 has been functionally characterized only in native species of japonica rice and tomato. In the present study, the BnCRY2a, generating a relatively longer cDNA and harboring an intron in its 5'UTR, has been characterized in detail. Western blot analysis revealed that BnCRY2a is light labile and degraded rapidly by 26S proteasome when seedlings are irradiated with blue light. For functional analysis, BnCRY2a was over-expressed in Brassica juncea, a related species more amenable to transformation. The BnCRY2a over-expression (BnCRY2aOE) transgenics developed short hypocotyl and expanded cotyledons, accumulated more anthocyanin in light-grown seedlings, and displayed early flowering on maturity. Early flowering in BnCRY2aOE transgenics was coupled with the up-regulation of many flowering-related genes such as FT. The present study also highlights the differential light sensitivity of cry1 and cry2 in controlling hypocotyl elongation growth in Brassica. BnCRY2aOE seedlings developed much shorter hypocotyl under the low-intensity of blue light, while BnCRY1OE seedling hypocotyls were shorter under the high-intensity blue light, compared to untransformed seedlings.
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- Pooja Sharma
- Department of Plant Molecular Biology & Interdisciplinary Centre for Plant Genomics, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, 110021, India
- Proteus Genomics, 218 Summit Parkway, Birmingham, AL, 35209, USA
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- Department of Plant Molecular Biology & Interdisciplinary Centre for Plant Genomics, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, 110021, India
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- Department of Plant Molecular Biology & Interdisciplinary Centre for Plant Genomics, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, 110021, India
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- Department of Plant Molecular Biology & Interdisciplinary Centre for Plant Genomics, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, 110021, India
- AeroFarms, Newark, NJ, 07105, USA
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- Department of Plant Molecular Biology & Interdisciplinary Centre for Plant Genomics, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, 110021, India
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- Department of Genetics, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, 110021, India
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- Department of Plant Molecular Biology & Interdisciplinary Centre for Plant Genomics, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, 110021, India.
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- Department of Plant Molecular Biology & Interdisciplinary Centre for Plant Genomics, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, 110021, India
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Wang Q, Gong X, Xie Z, Qi K, Yuan K, Jiao Y, Pan Q, Zhang S, Shiratake K, Tao S. Cryptochrome-mediated blue-light signal contributes to lignin biosynthesis in stone cells in pear fruit. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 318:111211. [PMID: 35351300 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2022.111211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2022] [Revised: 01/29/2022] [Accepted: 02/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Light environment is an indispensable factor that regulates multitudinous developmental processes during the whole life cycle of plants, including fruit development. Stone cells which negatively influence pear fruit quality because of their strongly lignified cell wall are also affected by light, however, how light qualities influence lignin biosynthesis in pear remains unclear. Here, the calli of European pear (Pyrus communis L.) treated with different lights were used to explore the changes in phenotype, lignin content, and H2O2 content, coupled with RNA-Seq and quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) to investigate the possible regulation pathway of light on lignin biosynthesis in stone cells. Results showed that blue light increased the expression of lignin structure genes and promoted lignin accumulation. Besides, four blue light receptors cryptochromes (CRYs) were identified in white pear, named PbCRY1a (Pbr024556.1), PbCRY1b (Pbr001636.3), PbCRY2a (Pbr023037.1), and PbCRY2b (Pbr002655.4). qRT-PCR analysis showed that PbCRY1a is highly expressed in cultivars with a high content of stone cells. Furthermore, the molecular function of PbCRY1a on stone cell formation in pear fruit was demonstrated by genetic transformation of pear calli and Agrobacterium-mediated transient overexpression in pear fruitlets. Co-expression network analyses with RNA-seq data showed that 8 MYB and 5 NAC genes were classified into different co-expression clusters with lignin biosynthesis genes under blue light conditions. These results indicate that CRY-mediated blue-light signal plays an important role in cell wall lignification and promotes the formation of stone cells in pear by regulating downstream genes.
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- Qi Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
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Chen Z, Li M, Liu S, Chen X, Zhang W, Zhu Q, Kohnen MV, Wang Q. The Function and Photoregulatory Mechanisms of Cryptochromes From Moso Bamboo ( Phyllostachys edulis). FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:866057. [PMID: 35432389 PMCID: PMC9006058 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.866057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2022] [Accepted: 03/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Light is one of the most important environmental factors affecting growth and geographic distribution of forestry plants. Moso bamboo is the largest temperate bamboo on earth and an important non-woody forestry species that serves not only important functions in the economy of rural areas but also carbon sequestration in the world. Due to its decades-long reproductive timing, the germplasm of moso bamboo cannot be readily improved by conventional breeding methods, arguing for a greater need to study the gene function and regulatory mechanisms of this species. We systematically studied the photoregulatory mechanisms of the moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis) cryptochrome 1, PheCRY1. Our results show that, similar to its Arabidopsis counterpart, the bamboo PheCRY1s are functionally restricted to the blue light inhibition of cell elongation without an apparent activity in promoting floral initiation. We demonstrate that PheCRY1s undergo light-dependent oligomerization that is inhibited by PheBIC1s, and light-dependent phosphorylation that is catalyzed by PhePPKs. We hypothesize that light-induced phosphorylation of PheCRY1s facilitate their degradation, which control availability of the PheCRY1 proteins and photosensitivity of bamboo plants. Our results demonstrate the evolutionary conservation of not only the function but also photoregulatory mechanism of PheCRY1 in this monocot forestry species.
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- Ziyin Chen
- College of Forestry, Basic Forestry and Proteomics Research Center, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- College of Forestry, Basic Forestry and Proteomics Research Center, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- College of Forestry, Basic Forestry and Proteomics Research Center, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- College of Forestry, Basic Forestry and Proteomics Research Center, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- College of Forestry, Basic Forestry and Proteomics Research Center, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- College of Forestry, Basic Forestry and Proteomics Research Center, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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Wu XM, Wei XR, Li Z, Jia GX, Chen JR, Chen HX, Cao FX, Zheng SX, Li JH, Li YF. Molecular cloning of cryptochrome 1 from Lilium×formolongi and the characterization of its photoperiodic flowering function in Arabidopsis. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 316:111164. [PMID: 35151449 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2021.111164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2021] [Revised: 12/12/2021] [Accepted: 12/21/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Lilium × formolongi is an important cut flower species that is able to flower within a year following seed propagation, with flower induction that is very sensitive to the photoperiod. Cryptochromes are blue/UV-A light receptors that regulate many important plant growth and development processes, including photoperiodic flowering. In this study, we isolated the cryptochrome 1 (CRY1) gene from L. × formolongi and analyzed its function in transgenic Arabidopsis. The predicted LfCRY1 protein was strongly homologous to other CRY1 proteins. The transcription of LfCRY1 was induced by blue light, with LfCRY1 exhibiting its highest expression and diurnal expression patterns during the flowering-induction stage under both long-day (LD) and short-day (SD) photoperiods. Overexpression of LfCRY1 in Arabidopsis promoted flowering under LDs but not SDs and inhibited hypocotyl elongation under blue light. The LfCRY1 protein was located in both the nucleus and cytoplasm. LfCRY1 interacted with the important flowering activator LfCOL9 in both yeast and onion cells. These results provide functional evidence for the role of LfCRY1 in controlling photoperiodic flowering under LDs and indicate that LfCRY1 may be a counterpart of AtCRY1. Understanding the role of LfCRY1 in photoperiodic flowering is beneficial for the molecular breeding of lilies with shorter vegetative stages.
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- Xiao-Mei Wu
- Hunan Mid-Subtropical Quality Plant Breeding and Utilization Engineering Technology Research Center, College of Horticulture, Hunan Agriculture University, Changsha, 410128, China
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- Hunan Mid-Subtropical Quality Plant Breeding and Utilization Engineering Technology Research Center, College of Horticulture, Hunan Agriculture University, Changsha, 410128, China
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- Hunan Mid-Subtropical Quality Plant Breeding and Utilization Engineering Technology Research Center, College of Horticulture, Hunan Agriculture University, Changsha, 410128, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ornamental Plants Germplasm Innovation & Molecular Breeding, National Engineering Research Center for Floriculture, Beijing Laboratory of Urban and Rural Ecological Environment and College of Landscape Architecture, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Hunan Mid-Subtropical Quality Plant Breeding and Utilization Engineering Technology Research Center, College of Horticulture, Hunan Agriculture University, Changsha, 410128, China
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- Hunan Mid-Subtropical Quality Plant Breeding and Utilization Engineering Technology Research Center, College of Horticulture, Hunan Agriculture University, Changsha, 410128, China
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- Hunan Mid-Subtropical Quality Plant Breeding and Utilization Engineering Technology Research Center, College of Horticulture, Hunan Agriculture University, Changsha, 410128, China
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- Institute of Agriculture Environment and Agro Ecology, Hunan Academy of Agriculture Sciences, Changsha, 410125, China
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- Yangming Mountain Provincial Nature Reserve Management Station, Forestry Bureau of Chongyi County, Chongyi, 341300, China
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- Hunan Mid-Subtropical Quality Plant Breeding and Utilization Engineering Technology Research Center, College of Horticulture, Hunan Agriculture University, Changsha, 410128, China.
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Wu XM, Yang ZM, Yang LH, Chen JR, Chen HX, Zheng SX, Zeng JG, Jia GX, Li YF. Cryptochrome 2 from Lilium × formolongi Regulates Photoperiodic Flowering in Transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms222312929. [PMID: 34884732 PMCID: PMC8657805 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222312929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2021] [Revised: 11/22/2021] [Accepted: 11/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The photoperiodic flowering pathway is essential for plant reproduction. As blue and ultraviolet-A light receptors, cryptochromes play an important role in the photoperiodic regulation of flowering. Lilium × formolongi is an important cut flower that flowers within a year after seed propagation. Floral induction is highly sensitive to photoperiod. In this study, we isolated the CRYPTOCHROME2 gene (LfCRY2) from L. × formolongi. The predicted LfCRY2 protein was highly homologous to other CRY2 proteins. The transcription of LfCRY2 was induced by blue light. LfCRY2 exhibits its highest diurnal expression during the floral induction stage under both long-day and short-day photoperiods. Overexpression of LfCRY2 in Arabidopsis thaliana promoted flowering under long days but not short days, and inhibited hypocotyl elongation under blue light. Furthermore, LfCRY2 was located in the nucleus and could interact with L. × formolongi CONSTANS-like 9 (LfCOL9) and A. thaliana CRY-interacting basic-helix-loop-helix 1 (AtCIB1) in both yeast and onion cells, which supports the hypothesis that LfCRY2 hastens the floral transition via the CIB1-CO pathway in a manner similar to AtCRY2. These results provide evidence that LfCRY2 plays a vital role in promoting flowering under long days in L. × formolongi.
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- Xiao-Mei Wu
- Hunan Mid-Subtropical Quality Plant Breeding and Utilization Engineering Technology Research Center, College of Horticulture, Hunan Agriculture University, Changsha 410128, China; (X.-M.W.); (Z.-M.Y.); (L.-H.Y.); (J.-R.C.); (H.-X.C.)
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- Hunan Mid-Subtropical Quality Plant Breeding and Utilization Engineering Technology Research Center, College of Horticulture, Hunan Agriculture University, Changsha 410128, China; (X.-M.W.); (Z.-M.Y.); (L.-H.Y.); (J.-R.C.); (H.-X.C.)
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- Hunan Mid-Subtropical Quality Plant Breeding and Utilization Engineering Technology Research Center, College of Horticulture, Hunan Agriculture University, Changsha 410128, China; (X.-M.W.); (Z.-M.Y.); (L.-H.Y.); (J.-R.C.); (H.-X.C.)
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- Hunan Mid-Subtropical Quality Plant Breeding and Utilization Engineering Technology Research Center, College of Horticulture, Hunan Agriculture University, Changsha 410128, China; (X.-M.W.); (Z.-M.Y.); (L.-H.Y.); (J.-R.C.); (H.-X.C.)
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- Hunan Mid-Subtropical Quality Plant Breeding and Utilization Engineering Technology Research Center, College of Horticulture, Hunan Agriculture University, Changsha 410128, China; (X.-M.W.); (Z.-M.Y.); (L.-H.Y.); (J.-R.C.); (H.-X.C.)
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- Institute of Agriculture Environment and Agro Ecology, Hunan Academy of Agriculture Sciences, Changsha 410125, China;
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- National and Local Union Engineering Research Center of Veterinary Herbal Medicine Resource and Initiative, Hunan Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410125, China;
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- National Engineering Research Center for Floriculture, Beijing Key Laboratory of Ornamental Plants Germplasm Innovation & Molecular Breeding, Beijing Laboratory of Urban and Rural Ecological Environment and College of Landscape Architecture, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
- Correspondence: (G.-X.J.); (Y.-F.L.)
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- Hunan Mid-Subtropical Quality Plant Breeding and Utilization Engineering Technology Research Center, College of Horticulture, Hunan Agriculture University, Changsha 410128, China; (X.-M.W.); (Z.-M.Y.); (L.-H.Y.); (J.-R.C.); (H.-X.C.)
- Correspondence: (G.-X.J.); (Y.-F.L.)
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Huang JJ, D’Souza C, Zhou W. Light-Time-Biomass Response Model for Predicting the Growth of Choy Sum ( Brassica rapa var. parachinensis) in Soil-Based LED-Constructed Indoor Plant Factory for Efficient Seedling Production. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:623682. [PMID: 34163494 PMCID: PMC8215676 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.623682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2020] [Accepted: 05/11/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Little is known about how exactly light plays its role in the growth of choy sum (Brassica rapa var. parachinensis), a widely cultivated vegetable in Asia. By applying a commercial soil using black peat as major constituent with 17:10:14 ratio of NPK fertilizer in this study, the growth responses of choy sum seedling to progressively increasing white LED light intensity in an indoor plant factory were investigated, where positive enhancements were observed in choy sum morphology and growth including both dry and fresh mass accumulation under higher light intensity till 400 μmol/(m2⋅s), then a reduction occurred due to light oversaturation and overheat. In indoor plant factory, the inhomogeneous distribution phenomenon of illumination level was inevitably occurred in indoor farm racks generally. For accurately evaluating the productivity of choy sum grown on such racks, a light-time-biomass response model of choy sum seedling grown at the seedling stage was thus established for the first time, which could reliably predict the production outcome of this species in indoor farming practice under various lighting condition and duration. The robustness of the model was further tested by model variation test and sufficient robustness of this model was confirmed. The new insight obtained for the light-dependence of choy sum growth and the light-time-biomass response model can be used to efficiently direct its seedling production in indoor plant factories.
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- Jim Junhui Huang
- Environmental Research Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Environmental Research Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Environmental Research Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- Department of Food Science and Technology, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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Lopez L, Fasano C, Perrella G, Facella P. Cryptochromes and the Circadian Clock: The Story of a Very Complex Relationship in a Spinning World. Genes (Basel) 2021; 12:672. [PMID: 33946956 PMCID: PMC8145066 DOI: 10.3390/genes12050672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2021] [Revised: 04/19/2021] [Accepted: 04/27/2021] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Cryptochromes are flavin-containing blue light photoreceptors, present in most kingdoms, including archaea, bacteria, plants, animals and fungi. They are structurally similar to photolyases, a class of flavoproteins involved in light-dependent repair of UV-damaged DNA. Cryptochromes were first discovered in Arabidopsis thaliana in which they control many light-regulated physiological processes like seed germination, de-etiolation, photoperiodic control of the flowering time, cotyledon opening and expansion, anthocyanin accumulation, chloroplast development and root growth. They also regulate the entrainment of plant circadian clock to the phase of light-dark daily cycles. Here, we review the molecular mechanisms by which plant cryptochromes control the synchronisation of the clock with the environmental light. Furthermore, we summarise the circadian clock-mediated changes in cell cycle regulation and chromatin organisation and, finally, we discuss a putative role for plant cryptochromes in the epigenetic regulation of genes.
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- Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), TERIN-BBC-BBE, Trisaia Research Center, 75026 Rotondella, Matera, Italy; (L.L.); (C.F.); (G.P.)
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Bhaskar A, Paul LK, Sharma E, Jha S, Jain M, Khurana JP. OsRR6, a type-A response regulator in rice, mediates cytokinin, light and stress responses when over-expressed in Arabidopsis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2021; 161:98-112. [PMID: 33581623 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2021.01.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2020] [Accepted: 01/28/2021] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Plants have evolved a complex network of components that sense and respond to diverse signals. In the present study, we have characterized OsRR6, a type-A response regulator, which is part of the two-component sensor-regulator machinery in rice. The expression of OsRR6 is induced by exogenous cytokinin and various abiotic stress treatments, including drought, cold and salinity stress. Organ-specific expression analysis revealed that its expression is high in anther and low in shoot apical meristem. The Arabidopsis plants constitutively expressing OsRR6 (OsRR6OX) exhibited reduced cytokinin sensitivity, adventitious root formation and enhanced anthocyanin accumulation in seeds. OsRR6OX plants were more tolerant to drought and salinity conditions when compared to wild-type. The hypocotyl growth in OsRR6OX seedlings was significantly inhibited under red, far-red and blue-light conditions and also a decline in transcript levels of OsRR6 was observed in rice under the above monochromatic as well as white light treatments. Transcriptome profiling revealed that the genes associated with defense responses and anthocyanin metabolism are up-regulated in OsRR6OX seedlings. Comparative transcriptome analysis showed that the genes associated with phenylpropanoid and triterpenoid biosynthesis are enriched among differentially expressed genes in OsRR6OX seedlings of Arabidopsis, which is in conformity with reanalysis of the transcriptome data performed in rice transgenics for OsRR6. Further, genes like DREB1A/CBF3, COR15A, KIN1, ERD10 and RD29A are significantly upregulated in OsRR6OX seedlings when subjected to ABA and abiotic stress treatments. Thus, a negative regulator of cytokinin signaling, OsRR6, plays a positive role in imparting abiotic stress tolerance.
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- Avantika Bhaskar
- Interdisciplinary Centre for Plant Genomics & Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, 110021, India
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- Interdisciplinary Centre for Plant Genomics & Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, 110021, India
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- Interdisciplinary Centre for Plant Genomics & Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, 110021, India
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- Central Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
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- Interdisciplinary Centre for Plant Genomics & Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, 110021, India; School of Computational & Integrative Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- Interdisciplinary Centre for Plant Genomics & Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, 110021, India.
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Nie G, Liu X, Zhou X, Song Q, Fu M, Xu F, Wang X. Functional analysis of a novel cryptochrome gene ( GbCRY1) from Ginkgo biloba. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2021; 16:1850627. [PMID: 33258712 PMCID: PMC7849775 DOI: 10.1080/15592324.2020.1850627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2020] [Revised: 11/09/2020] [Accepted: 11/10/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Cryptochrome (CRY) is a blue light receptor that is widely distributed in animals, plants, and microorganisms. CRY as a coding gene of cryptochrome that regulates the organism gene expression and plays an important role in organism growth and development. In this study, we identified four photolyase/cryptochrome (PHR/CRY) members from the genome of Ginkgo biloba. Phylogenetic tree analysis showed that the Ginkgo PHR/CRY family members were closely related to Arabidopsis thaliana and Solanum lycopersicum. We isolated a cryptochrome gene, GbCRY1, from G. biloba and analyzed its structure and function. GbCRY1 shared high similarity with AtCRY1 from A. thaliana. GbCRY1 expression level was higher in stems and leaves and lower in roots, male strobili, female strobili. GbCRY1 expression level fluctuated periodically within 24 h, gradually increased in the dark, and decreased under blue light. The newly germinated ginkgo seedlings were cultured under dark, white light, and blue light conditions. The blue light normally induced photomorphogenesis of ginkgo seedlings, which included hypocotyl elongation inhibition, leaf expansion inhibition, and chlorophyll formation. Treating dark-adapted ginkgo leaves with blue light could induce stomatal opening. At the same time, blue light reduced the expression level of GbCRY1 in the process of inducing photomorphogenesis and stoma opening. Our results provide evidence that GbCRY1 expression is affected by space, circadian cycle and light, and also proves that GbCRY1 is related to ginkgo circadian clock, photomorphogenesis and stoma opening process.
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- Gongping Nie
- College of Horticulture and Gardening, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei, China
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- College of Horticulture and Gardening, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei, China
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- College of Horticulture and Gardening, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei, China
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- College of Horticulture and Gardening, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei, China
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- College of Horticulture and Gardening, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei, China
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- College of Horticulture and Gardening, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei, China
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- College of Art, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei, China
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Zhao Y, Min T, Chen M, Wang H, Zhu C, Jin R, Allan AC, Lin-Wang K, Xu C. The Photomorphogenic Transcription Factor PpHY5 Regulates Anthocyanin Accumulation in Response to UVA and UVB Irradiation. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 11:603178. [PMID: 33537042 PMCID: PMC7847898 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.603178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2020] [Accepted: 12/28/2020] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Red coloration contributes to fruit quality and is determined by anthocyanin content in peach (Prunus persica). Our previous study illustrated that anthocyanin accumulation is strongly regulated by light, and the effect of induction differs according to light quality. Here we showed that both ultraviolet-A (UVA) and ultraviolet-B (UVB) irradiation promoted anthocyanin biosynthesis in "Hujingmilu" peach fruit, and a combination of UVA and UVB had additional effects. The expression of anthocyanin biosynthesis and light signaling related genes, including transcription factor genes and light signaling elements, were induced following UV irradiation as early as 6 h post-treatment, earlier than apparent change in coloration which occurred at 72 h. To investigate the molecular mechanisms for UVA- and UVB-induced anthocyanin accumulation, the genes encoding ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL 5 (HY5), CONSTITUTIVE PHOTOMORPHOGENIC1 (COP1), Cryptochrome (CRY), and UV RESISTANCE LOCUS 8 (UVR8) in peach were isolated and characterized through functional complementation in corresponding Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) mutants. PpHY5 and PpCOP1.1 restored hypocotyl length and anthocyanin content in Arabidopsis mutants under white light; while PpCRY1 and PpUVR8.1 restored AtHY5 expression in Arabidopsis mutants in response to UV irradiation. Arabidopsis PpHY5/hy5 transgenic lines accumulated higher amounts of anthocyanin under UV supplementation (compared with weak white light only), especially when UVA and UVB were applied together. These data indicated that PpHY5, acting as AtHY5 counterpart, was a vital regulator in UVA and UVB signaling pathway. In peach, the expression of PpHY5 was up-regulated by UVA and UVB, and PpHY5 positively regulated both its own transcription by interacting with an E-box in its own promoter, and the transcription of the downstream anthocyanin biosynthetic genes chalcone synthase 1 (PpCHS1), chalcone synthase 2 (PpCHS2), and dihydroflavonol 4-reductase (PpDFR1) as well as the transcription factor gene PpMYB10.1. In summary, functional evidence supports the role of PpHY5 in UVA and UVB light transduction pathway controlling anthocyanin biosynthesis. In peach this is via up-regulation of expression of genes encoding biosynthetic enzymes, as well as the transcription factor PpMYB10.1 and PpHY5 itself.
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- Yun Zhao
- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Integrative Biology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- College of Food Science & Engineering, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan, China
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- College of Food Science & Engineering, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan, China
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- Fenghua Institute of Honey Peach, Fenghua, China
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- College of Biology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Integrative Biology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Integrative Biology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited, Auckland, New Zealand
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Integrative Biology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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Guo X, Wang D, Shakeel M. Transcriptome analysis reveals light-induced anthocyanin synthesis candidate genes in rabbiteye blueberry ( Vaccinium ashei: Reade). BIOTECHNOL BIOTEC EQ 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/13102818.2021.1924078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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- Xiaolan Guo
- Department of Forest Cultivation, College of Forestry, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, PR China
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- Department of Forest Cultivation, College of Forestry, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, PR China
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- Provincial Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of Mountainous Regions, Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, PR China
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Biswal DP, Panigrahi KCS. Light- and hormone-mediated development in non-flowering plants: An overview. PLANTA 2020; 253:1. [PMID: 33245411 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-020-03501-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2020] [Accepted: 10/21/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Light, hormones and their interaction regulate different aspects of development in non-flowering plants. They might have played a role in the evolution of different plant groups by conferring specific adaptive evolutionary changes. Plants are sessile organisms. Unlike animals, they lack the opportunity to abandon their habitat in unfavorable conditions. They respond to different environmental cues and adapt accordingly to control their growth and developmental pattern. While phytohormones are known to be internal regulators of plant development, light is a major environmental signal that shapes plant processes. It is plausible that light-hormone crosstalk might have played an important role in plant evolution. But how the crosstalk between light and phytohormone signaling pathways might have shaped the plant evolution is unclear. One of the possible reasons is that flowering plants have been studied extensively in context of plant development, which cannot serve the purpose of evolutionary comparisons. In order to elucidate the role of light, hormone and their crosstalk in the evolutionary adaptation in plant kingdom, one needs to understand various light- and hormone-mediated processes in diverse non-flowering plants. This review is an attempt to outline major light- and phytohormone-mediated responses in non-flowering plant groups such as algae, bryophytes, pteridophytes and gymnosperms.
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- Durga Prasad Biswal
- School of Biological Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
- Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Training School Complex, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai, 400094, India
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- School of Biological Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
- Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Training School Complex, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai, 400094, India.
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Cryptochromes are blue-light receptors that mediate photoresponses in plants. The genomes of most land plants encode two clades of cryptochromes, CRY1 and CRY2, which mediate distinct and overlapping photoresponses within the same species and between different plant species. Photoresponsive protein-protein interaction is the primary mode of signal transduction of cryptochromes. Cryptochromes exist as physiologically inactive monomers in the dark; the absorption of photons leads to conformational change and cryptochrome homooligomerization, which alters the affinity of cryptochromes interacting with cryptochrome-interacting proteins to form various cryptochrome complexes. These cryptochrome complexes, collectively referred to as the cryptochrome complexome, regulate transcription or stability of photoresponsive proteins to modulate plant growth and development. The activity of cryptochromes is regulated by photooligomerization; dark monomerization; cryptochrome regulatory proteins; and cryptochrome phosphorylation, ubiquitination, and degradation. Most of the more than 30 presently known cryptochrome-interacting proteins are either regulated by other photoreceptors or physically interactingwith the protein complexes of other photoreceptors. Some cryptochrome-interacting proteins are also hormonal signaling or regulatory proteins. These two mechanisms enable cryptochromes to integrate blue-light signals with other internal and external signals to optimize plant growth and development.
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- Qin Wang
- Basic Forestry and Proteomics Research Center, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA;
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Landi M, Zivcak M, Sytar O, Brestic M, Allakhverdiev SI. Plasticity of photosynthetic processes and the accumulation of secondary metabolites in plants in response to monochromatic light environments: A review. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2019; 1861:148131. [PMID: 31816291 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2019.148131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2019] [Revised: 10/17/2019] [Accepted: 11/28/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Light spectra significantly influence plant metabolism, growth and development. Here, we review the effects of monochromatic blue, red and green light compared to those of multispectral light sources on the morpho-anatomical, photosynthetic and molecular traits of herbaceous plants. Emphasis is given to the effect of light spectra on the accumulation of secondary metabolites, which are important bioactive phytochemicals that determine the nutritional quality of vegetables. Overall, blue light may promote the accumulation of phenylpropanoid-based compounds without substantially affecting plant morpho-anatomical traits compared to the effects of white light. Red light, conversely, strongly alters plant morphology and physiology compared to that under white light without showing a consistent positive effect on secondary metabolism. Due to species-specific effects and the small shifts in the spectral band within the same color that can substantially affect plant growth and metabolism, it is conceivable that monochromatic light significantly affects not only plant photosynthetic performance but also the "quality" of plants by modulating the biosynthesis of photoprotective compounds.
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- Marco Landi
- Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Plant Physiology, Slovak University of Agriculture, Nitra, Slovak Republic.
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- Department of Plant Physiology, Slovak University of Agriculture, Nitra, Slovak Republic
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- Department of Plant Physiology, Slovak University of Agriculture, Nitra, Slovak Republic; Department of Botany and Plant Physiology, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences, 16500 Prague, Czech Republic
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- K.A. Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia; Institute of Basic Biological Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia; Department of Plant Physiology, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia; Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Institutsky lane 9, Dolgoprudny, Moscow Region, Russia; Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Baku, Azerbaijan; King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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Naznin MT, Lefsrud M, Gravel V, Azad MOK. Blue Light added with Red LEDs Enhance Growth Characteristics, Pigments Content, and Antioxidant Capacity in Lettuce, Spinach, Kale, Basil, and Sweet Pepper in a Controlled Environment. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2019; 8:E93. [PMID: 30965584 PMCID: PMC6524371 DOI: 10.3390/plants8040093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2019] [Revised: 04/02/2019] [Accepted: 04/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The aim of this study was to investigate the different combinations of red (R) and blue (B) light emitting diode (LEDs') lighting effects on growth, pigment content, and antioxidant capacity in lettuce, spinach, kale, basil, and pepper in a growth chamber. The growth chamber was equipped with R and B light percentages based on total light intensity: 83% R + 17% B; 91% R + 9% B; 95% R + 5% B; and control was 100% R. The photosynthetic photon flux density (PPFD), photoperiod, temperature, and relative humidity of the growth chamber were maintained at 200 ± 5 μmol m-2 s-1, 16 h, 25/21 ± 2.5 °C, and 65 ± 5%, respectively. It is observed that the plant height of lettuce, kale, and pepper was significantly increased under 100% R light, whereas the plant height of spinach and basil did not show any significant difference. The total leaf number of basil and pepper was significantly increased under the treatment of 95% R + 5% B light, while no significant difference was observed for other plant species in the same treatment. Overall, the fresh and dry mass of the studied plants was increased under 91% R + 9% B and 95% R + 5% B light treatment. The significantly higher flower and fruit numbers of pepper were observed under the 95% R + 5% B treatment. The chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, and total chlorophyll content of lettuce, spinach, basil, and pepper was significantly increased under the 91% R + 9% B treatment while the chlorophyll content of kale was increased under the 95% R + 5% B light treatment. The total carotenoid content of lettuce and spinach was higher in the 91% R + 9% B treatment whereas the carotenoid content of kale, basil, and pepper was increased under the 83% R + 17% B treatment. The antioxidant capacity of the lettuce, spinach, and kale was increased under the 83% R + 17% B treatment while basil and pepper were increased under the 91% R + 9% B treatment. This result indicates that the addition of B light is essential with R light to enhance growth, pigment content, and antioxidant capacity of the vegetable plant in a controlled environment. Moreover, the percentage of B with R light is plant species dependent.
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- Most Tahera Naznin
- Department of Biosystems and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 103-23053 Alnarp, Sweden.
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- Bioresource Engineering Department, McGill University, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC H9X3V9, Canada.
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- Plant Science Department, McGill University, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC H9X3V9, Canada.
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- Department of Bio-Health Technology, College of Biomedical Science, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Korea.
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Fantini E, Sulli M, Zhang L, Aprea G, Jiménez-Gómez JM, Bendahmane A, Perrotta G, Giuliano G, Facella P. Pivotal Roles of Cryptochromes 1a and 2 in Tomato Development and Physiology. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2019; 179:732-748. [PMID: 30541876 PMCID: PMC6426409 DOI: 10.1104/pp.18.00793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2018] [Accepted: 12/05/2018] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Cryptochromes are flavin-containing blue/UVA light photoreceptors that regulate various plant light-induced physiological processes. In Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), cryptochromes mediate de-etiolation, photoperiodic control of flowering, entrainment of the circadian clock, cotyledon opening and expansion, anthocyanin accumulation, and root growth. In tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), cryptochromes are encoded by a multigene family, comprising CRY1a, CRY1b, CRY2, and CRY3 We have previously reported the phenotypes of tomato cry1a mutants and CRY2 overexpressing plants. Here, we report the isolation by targeting induced local lesions in genomes, of a tomato cry2 knock-out mutant, its introgression in the indeterminate Moneymaker background, and the phenotypes of cry1a/cry2 single and double mutants. The cry1a/cry2 mutant showed phenotypes similar to its Arabidopsis counterpart (long hypocotyls in white and blue light), but also several additional features such as increased seed weight and internode length, enhanced hypocotyl length in red light, inhibited primary root growth under different light conditions, anticipation of flowering under long-day conditions, and alteration of the phase of circadian leaf movements. Both cry1a and cry2 control the levels of photosynthetic pigments in leaves, but cry2 has a predominant role in fruit pigmentation. Metabolites of the sterol, tocopherol, quinone, and sugar classes are differentially accumulated in cry1a and cry2 leaves and fruits. These results demonstrate a pivotal role of cryptochromes in controlling tomato development and physiology. The manipulation of these photoreceptors represents a powerful tool to influence important agronomic traits such as flowering time and fruit quality.
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- Elio Fantini
- Agenzia Nazionale per le Nuove Tecnologie, l'Energia e lo Sviluppo Economico Sostenibile (ENEA), Trisaia Research Center, 75026 Rotondella (Matera), Italy
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- Agenzia Nazionale per le Nuove Tecnologie, l'Energia e lo Sviluppo Economico Sostenibile (ENEA), Casaccia Research Center, 00123 Roma, Italy
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, 50829 Cologne, Germany
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- Agenzia Nazionale per le Nuove Tecnologie, l'Energia e lo Sviluppo Economico Sostenibile (ENEA), Casaccia Research Center, 00123 Roma, Italy
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), AgroParisTech, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Paris-Saclay, 78026 Versailles Cedex, France
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- Institute of Plant Science - Paris-Saclay, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Agenzia Nazionale per le Nuove Tecnologie, l'Energia e lo Sviluppo Economico Sostenibile (ENEA), Trisaia Research Center, 75026 Rotondella (Matera), Italy
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- Agenzia Nazionale per le Nuove Tecnologie, l'Energia e lo Sviluppo Economico Sostenibile (ENEA), Casaccia Research Center, 00123 Roma, Italy
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- Agenzia Nazionale per le Nuove Tecnologie, l'Energia e lo Sviluppo Economico Sostenibile (ENEA), Trisaia Research Center, 75026 Rotondella (Matera), Italy
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Zhou T, Meng L, Ma Y, Liu Q, Zhang Y, Yang Z, Yang D, Bian M. Overexpression of sweet sorghum cryptochrome 1a confers hypersensitivity to blue light, abscisic acid and salinity in Arabidopsis. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2018; 37:251-264. [PMID: 29098377 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-017-2227-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2017] [Accepted: 10/16/2017] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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This work provides the bioinformatics, expression pattern and functional analyses of cryptochrome 1a from sweet sorghum (SbCRY1a), together with an exploration of the signaling mechanism mediated by SbCRY1a. Sweet sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] is considered to be an ideal candidate for biofuel production due to its high efficiency of photosynthesis and the ability to maintain yield under harsh environmental conditions. Blue light receptor cryptochromes regulate multiple aspects of plant growth and development. Here, we reported the function and signal mechanism of sweet sorghum cryptochrome 1a (SbCRY1a) to explore its potential for genetic improvement of sweet sorghum varieties. SbCRY1a transcripts experienced almost 24 h diurnal cycling; however, its protein abundance showed no oscillation. Overexpression of SbCRY1a in Arabidopsis rescued the phenotype of cry1 mutant in a blue light-specific manner and regulated HY5 accumulation under blue light. SbCRY1a protein was present in both nucleus and cytoplasm. The photoexcited SbCRY1a interacted directly with a putative RING E3 ubiquitin ligase constitutive photomorphogenesis 1 (COP1) from sweet sorghum (SbCOP1) instead of SbSPA1 to suppress SbCOP1-SbHY5 interaction responding to blue light. These observations indicate that the function and signaling mechanism of cryptochromes are basically conservative between monocotyledons and dicotyledons. Moreover, SbCRY1a-overexpressed transgenic Arabidopsis showed oversensitive to abscisic acid (ABA) and salinity. The ABA-responsive gene ABI5 was up-regulated evidently in SbCRY1a transgenic lines, suggesting that SbCRY1a might regulate ABA signaling through the HY5-ABI5 regulon.
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- Tingting Zhou
- Jilin Province Engineering Laboratory of Plant Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science, Jilin University, 5333 xi'an Road, Changchun, 130062, China
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- Jilin Province Engineering Laboratory of Plant Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science, Jilin University, 5333 xi'an Road, Changchun, 130062, China
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- Agronomy College of Northeast Agricultural University, 59 Wood Street, Harbin, 150030, China
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- Jilin Province Engineering Laboratory of Plant Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science, Jilin University, 5333 xi'an Road, Changchun, 130062, China
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- Jilin Province Engineering Laboratory of Plant Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science, Jilin University, 5333 xi'an Road, Changchun, 130062, China
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- Jilin Province Engineering Laboratory of Plant Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science, Jilin University, 5333 xi'an Road, Changchun, 130062, China
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- Agronomy College of Northeast Agricultural University, 59 Wood Street, Harbin, 150030, China
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- Jilin Province Engineering Laboratory of Plant Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science, Jilin University, 5333 xi'an Road, Changchun, 130062, China.
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Yang JF, Chen YZ, Kawabata S, Li YH, Wang Y. Identification of Light-Independent Anthocyanin Biosynthesis Mutants Induced by Ethyl Methane Sulfonate in Turnip "Tsuda" (Brassica rapa). Int J Mol Sci 2017. [PMID: 28640193 PMCID: PMC5535824 DOI: 10.3390/ijms18071288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The epidermis of swollen storage roots in purple cultivars of turnip “Tsuda” (Brassica rapa) accumulates anthocyanin in a light-dependent manner, especially in response to UV-A light, of which the mechanism is unclear. In this study, we mutagenized 15,000 seeds by 0.5% (v/v) ethyl methane sulfonate (EMS) and obtained 14 mutants with abnormal anthocyanin production in their epidermis of swollen storage roots. These mutants were classified into two groups: the red mutants with constitutive anthocyanin accumulation in their epidermis of storage roots even in underground parts in darkness and the white mutants without anthocyanin accumulation in the epidermis of storage roots in aboveground parts exposed to sunlight. Test cross analysis demonstrated that w9, w68, w204, r15, r21, r30 and r57 contained different mutations responsible for their phenotypic variations. Further genetic analysis of four target mutants (w9, w68, w204 and r15) indicated that each of them was controlled by a different recessive gene. Intriguingly, the expression profiles of anthocyanin biosynthesis genes, including structural and regulatory genes, coincided with their anthocyanin levels in the epidermis of storage roots in the four target mutants. We proposed that potential genes responsible for the mutations should be upstream factors of the anthocyanin biosynthesis pathway in turnips, which provided resources to further investigate the mechanisms of light-induced anthocyanin accumulation.
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- Jian-Fei Yang
- College of Life Science, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China.
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- College of Life Science, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China.
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- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Bunkyo Tokyo 113-8654, Japan.
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- College of Life Science, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China.
- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China.
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- College of Life Science, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China.
- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China.
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Molecular cloning and function analysis of ClCRY1a and ClCRY1b , two genes in Chrysanthemum lavandulifolium that play vital roles in promoting floral transition. Gene 2017; 617:32-43. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2017.02.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2016] [Revised: 01/20/2017] [Accepted: 02/14/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Novák A, Boldizsár Á, Gierczik K, Vágújfalvi A, Ádám É, Kozma-Bognár L, Galiba G. Light and Temperature Signalling at the Level of CBF14 Gene Expression in Wheat and Barley. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTER 2017; 35:399-408. [PMID: 28751800 PMCID: PMC5504222 DOI: 10.1007/s11105-017-1035-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The wheat and barley CBF14 genes have been newly defined as key components of the light quality-dependent regulation of the freezing tolerance by the integration of phytochrome-mediated light and temperature signals. To further investigate the wavelength dependence of light-induced CBF14 expression in cereals, we carried out a detailed study using monochromatic light treatments at an inductive and a non-inductive temperature. Transcript levels of CBF14 gene in winter wheat Cheyenne, winter einkorn G3116 and winter barley Nure genotypes were monitored. We demonstrated that (1) CBF14 is most effectively induced by blue light and (2) provide evidence that this induction does not arise from light-controlled CRY gene expression. (3) We demonstrate that temperature shifts induce CBF14 transcription independent of the light conditions and that (4) the effect of temperature and light treatments are additive. Based on these data, it can be assumed that temperature and light signals are relayed to the level of CBF14 expression via separate signalling routes.
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- Aliz Novák
- Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Martonvásár, Hungary
- Festetics Doctoral School, Georgikon Faculty, University of Pannonia, Keszthely, Hungary
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- Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Martonvásár, Hungary
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- Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Martonvásár, Hungary
- Festetics Doctoral School, Georgikon Faculty, University of Pannonia, Keszthely, Hungary
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- Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Martonvásár, Hungary
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- Biological Research Centre, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary
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- Biological Research Centre, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary
- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Sciences and Informatics, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Martonvásár, Hungary
- Festetics Doctoral School, Georgikon Faculty, University of Pannonia, Keszthely, Hungary
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Baek H, Cho U. Developmental Changes of the Photochemical Reflectance Index (PRI), Chlorophyll Fluorescence and Leaf Pigments Show the Adaptability of Trees to Local Environments. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [DOI: 10.4236/ajps.2017.81001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Bo K, Wang H, Pan Y, Behera TK, Pandey S, Wen C, Wang Y, Simon PW, Li Y, Chen J, Weng Y. SHORT HYPOCOTYL1 Encodes a SMARCA3-Like Chromatin Remodeling Factor Regulating Elongation. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2016; 172:1273-1292. [PMID: 27559036 PMCID: PMC5047076 DOI: 10.1104/pp.16.00501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2016] [Accepted: 08/22/2016] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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In Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), the UVR8-mediated signaling pathway is employed to attain UVB protection and acclimation to deal with low-dosage UVB (LDUVB)-induced stresses. Here, we identified SHORT HYPOCOTYL1 (SH1) in cucumber (Cucumis sativus), which regulates LDUVB-dependent hypocotyl elongation by modulating the UVR8 signaling pathway. We showed that hypocotyl elongation in cucumbers carrying the recessive sh1 allele was LDUVB insensitive and that Sh1 encoded a human SMARCA3-like chromatin remodeling factor. The allele frequency and distribution pattern at this locus among natural populations supported the wild cucumber origin of sh1 for local adaptation, which was under selection during domestication. The cultivated cucumber carries predominantly the Sh1 allele; the sh1 allele is nearly fixed in the semiwild Xishuangbanna cucumber, and the wild cucumber population is largely at Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium for the two alleles. The SH1 protein sequence was highly conserved among eukaryotic organisms, but its regulation of hypocotyl elongation in cucumber seems to be a novel function. While Sh1 expression was inhibited by LDUVB, its transcript abundance was highly correlated with hypocotyl elongation rate and the expression level of cell-elongation-related genes. Expression profiling of key regulators in the UVR8 signaling pathway revealed significant differential expression of CsHY5 between two near isogenic lines of Sh1 Sh1 and CsHY5 acted antagonistically at transcriptional level. A working model was proposed in which Sh1 regulates LDUVB-dependent hypocotyl elongation in cucumber through changing the chromatin states and thus the accessibility of CsHY5 in the UVR8 signaling pathway to promoters of LDUVB-responsive genes for hypocotyl elongation.
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- Kailiang Bo
- Horticulture Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 (K.B., Y.P., Y.Wa., P.W.S., Y.We.); Horticulture College, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China (K.B., J.C.);Horticulture College, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China (H.W., Y.P., Y.L.);Division of Vegetable Science, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 10012, India (T.K.B.);Division of Crop Improvement, Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221305, India (S.P.);Beijing Vegetable Research Center and National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, China (C.W.); andVegetable Crops Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 (P.W.S., Y.We.)
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- Horticulture Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 (K.B., Y.P., Y.Wa., P.W.S., Y.We.); Horticulture College, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China (K.B., J.C.);Horticulture College, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China (H.W., Y.P., Y.L.);Division of Vegetable Science, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 10012, India (T.K.B.);Division of Crop Improvement, Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221305, India (S.P.);Beijing Vegetable Research Center and National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, China (C.W.); andVegetable Crops Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 (P.W.S., Y.We.)
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- Horticulture Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 (K.B., Y.P., Y.Wa., P.W.S., Y.We.); Horticulture College, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China (K.B., J.C.);Horticulture College, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China (H.W., Y.P., Y.L.);Division of Vegetable Science, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 10012, India (T.K.B.);Division of Crop Improvement, Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221305, India (S.P.);Beijing Vegetable Research Center and National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, China (C.W.); andVegetable Crops Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 (P.W.S., Y.We.)
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- Horticulture Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 (K.B., Y.P., Y.Wa., P.W.S., Y.We.); Horticulture College, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China (K.B., J.C.);Horticulture College, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China (H.W., Y.P., Y.L.);Division of Vegetable Science, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 10012, India (T.K.B.);Division of Crop Improvement, Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221305, India (S.P.);Beijing Vegetable Research Center and National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, China (C.W.); andVegetable Crops Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 (P.W.S., Y.We.)
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- Horticulture Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 (K.B., Y.P., Y.Wa., P.W.S., Y.We.); Horticulture College, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China (K.B., J.C.);Horticulture College, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China (H.W., Y.P., Y.L.);Division of Vegetable Science, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 10012, India (T.K.B.);Division of Crop Improvement, Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221305, India (S.P.);Beijing Vegetable Research Center and National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, China (C.W.); andVegetable Crops Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 (P.W.S., Y.We.)
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- Horticulture Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 (K.B., Y.P., Y.Wa., P.W.S., Y.We.); Horticulture College, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China (K.B., J.C.);Horticulture College, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China (H.W., Y.P., Y.L.);Division of Vegetable Science, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 10012, India (T.K.B.);Division of Crop Improvement, Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221305, India (S.P.);Beijing Vegetable Research Center and National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, China (C.W.); andVegetable Crops Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 (P.W.S., Y.We.)
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- Horticulture Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 (K.B., Y.P., Y.Wa., P.W.S., Y.We.); Horticulture College, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China (K.B., J.C.);Horticulture College, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China (H.W., Y.P., Y.L.);Division of Vegetable Science, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 10012, India (T.K.B.);Division of Crop Improvement, Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221305, India (S.P.);Beijing Vegetable Research Center and National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, China (C.W.); andVegetable Crops Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 (P.W.S., Y.We.)
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- Horticulture Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 (K.B., Y.P., Y.Wa., P.W.S., Y.We.); Horticulture College, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China (K.B., J.C.);Horticulture College, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China (H.W., Y.P., Y.L.);Division of Vegetable Science, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 10012, India (T.K.B.);Division of Crop Improvement, Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221305, India (S.P.);Beijing Vegetable Research Center and National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, China (C.W.); andVegetable Crops Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 (P.W.S., Y.We.)
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- Horticulture Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 (K.B., Y.P., Y.Wa., P.W.S., Y.We.); Horticulture College, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China (K.B., J.C.);Horticulture College, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China (H.W., Y.P., Y.L.);Division of Vegetable Science, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 10012, India (T.K.B.);Division of Crop Improvement, Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221305, India (S.P.);Beijing Vegetable Research Center and National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, China (C.W.); andVegetable Crops Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 (P.W.S., Y.We.)
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- Horticulture Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 (K.B., Y.P., Y.Wa., P.W.S., Y.We.); Horticulture College, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China (K.B., J.C.);Horticulture College, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China (H.W., Y.P., Y.L.);Division of Vegetable Science, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 10012, India (T.K.B.);Division of Crop Improvement, Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221305, India (S.P.);Beijing Vegetable Research Center and National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, China (C.W.); andVegetable Crops Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 (P.W.S., Y.We.)
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- Horticulture Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 (K.B., Y.P., Y.Wa., P.W.S., Y.We.); Horticulture College, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China (K.B., J.C.);Horticulture College, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China (H.W., Y.P., Y.L.);Division of Vegetable Science, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 10012, India (T.K.B.);Division of Crop Improvement, Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221305, India (S.P.);Beijing Vegetable Research Center and National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, China (C.W.); andVegetable Crops Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 (P.W.S., Y.We.)
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Kadomura-Ishikawa Y, Miyawaki K, Takahashi A, Masuda T, Noji S. Light and abscisic acid independently regulated FaMYB10 in Fragaria × ananassa fruit. PLANTA 2015; 241:953-65. [PMID: 25534946 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-014-2228-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2014] [Accepted: 12/12/2014] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Light and ABA independently regulated anthocyanin biosynthesis via activation of FaMYB10 expression. FaMYB10 accelerated anthocyanin synthesis of pelargonidin 3-glucoside and cyanidin 3-glucoside during strawberry fruit ripening. Light is an integral factor in fruit ripening. Ripening in non-climacteric fruit is also effected by the plant hormone abscisic acid (ABA). However, how light and/or ABA regulate fruit ripening processes, such as strawberry color development remains elusive. Results of the present study showed light and ABA regulated strawberry fruit coloration via activation of FaMYB10 expression, an R2R3 MYB transcription factor. Light exposure increased FaMYB10 transcript levels, flavonoid pathway genes, and anthocyanin content. Exogenous ABA promoted FaMYB10 expression, and anthocyanin content, accompanied by increased ABA-responsive transcript levels and flavonoid pathway genes. ABA biosynthesis inhibitor treatment, and RNAi-mediated down-regulation of the ABA biosynthetic gene (9-cis epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase: FaNCED1), and ABA receptor (magnesium chelatase H subunit: FaCHLH/ABAR) showed inverse ABA effects. Furthermore, additive effects were observed in anthocyanin accumulation under combined light and ABA, indicating independent light and ABA signaling pathways. FaMYB10 down-regulation by Agrobacterium-mediated RNA interference (RNAi) in strawberry fruits showed decreased pelargonidin 3-glucoside and cyanidin 3-glucoside levels, accompanied by consistent flavonoid pathway gene expression levels. FaMYB10 over-expression showed opposite FaMYB10 RNAi phenotypes, particularly cyanidin 3-glucoside synthesis by FaMYB10, which was correlated with FaF3'H transcript levels. These data provided evidence that light and ABA promoted FaMYB10 expression, resulting in anthocyanin accumulation via acceleration of flavonoid pathway gene expression. Finally, our results suggested FaMYB10 serves a role as a signal transduction mediator from light and ABA perception to anthocyanin synthesis in strawberry fruit.
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- Yasuko Kadomura-Ishikawa
- Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokushima, 3-18-15 Kuramoto-cho, Tokushima, 770-8503, Japan,
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Mao K, Jiang L, Bo W, Xu F, Wu R. Cloning of the cryptochrome-encoding PeCRY1 gene from Populus euphratica and functional analysis in Arabidopsis. PLoS One 2014; 9:e115201. [PMID: 25503486 PMCID: PMC4264880 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2014] [Accepted: 11/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Cryptochromes are photolyase-like blue/UV-A light receptors that evolved from photolyases. In plants, cryptochromes regulate various aspects of plant growth and development. Despite of their involvement in the control of important plant traits, however, most studies on cryptochromes have focused on lower plants and herbaceous crops, and no data on cryptochrome function are available for forest trees. In this study, we isolated a cryptochrome gene, PeCRY1, from Euphrates poplar (Populus euphratica), and analyzed its structure and function in detail. The deduced PeCRY1 amino acid sequence contained a conserved N-terminal photolyase-homologous region (PHR) domain as well as a C-terminal DQXVP-acidic-STAES (DAS) domain. Secondary and tertiary structure analysis showed that PeCRY1 shares high similarity with AtCRY1 from Arabidopsis thaliana. PeCRY1 expression was upregulated at the mRNA level by light. Using heterologous expression in Arabidopsis, we showed that PeCRY1 overexpression rescued the cry1 mutant phenotype. In addition, PeCRY1 overexpression inhibited hypocotyl elongation, promoted root growth, and enhanced anthocyanin accumulation in wild-type background seedlings grown under blue light. Furthermore, we examined the interaction between PeCRY1 and AtCOP1 using a bimolecular fluorescence complementation (BiFc) assay. Our data provide evidence for the involvement of PeCRY1 in the control of photomorphogenesis in poplar.
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- Ke Mao
- Center for Computational Biology, College of Biological Science and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Center for Computational Biology, College of Biological Science and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Center for Computational Biology, College of Biological Science and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Center for Computational Biology, College of Biological Science and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Center for Computational Biology, College of Biological Science and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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Kim YB, Chun JH, Kim HR, Kim SJ, Lim YP, Park SU. Variation of Glucosinolate Accumulation and Gene Expression of Transcription Factors at Different Stages of Chinese Cabbage Seedlings under Light and Dark Conditions. Nat Prod Commun 2014. [DOI: 10.1177/1934578x1400900428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Chinese cabbage is one of the most important leafy vegetables widely used in East Asian cuisines. The glucosinolate (GSL) accumulation and transcript levels of 7 transcription factors (Dofl.l, IQD1-1, MYB28, MYB29, MYB34, MYB51, and MYB122, and their isoforms) involved in the biosynthesis of aliphatic and indolic glucosinolates (GSLs) were analyzed at different stages of Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa ssp. pekinensis) seedlings under light and dark conditions using high performance liquid chromatography and quantitative real time PCR. During seedling development, transcription of almost all transcription factors under light conditions was higher expressed than under dark conditions. Five aliphatic GSLs (progoitrin, sinigrin, glucoalyssin, gluconapin, and glucobrassicanapin) and four indolic GSLs (4-hydroxyglucobrassicin, glucobrassicin, 4-methoxyglucobrassicin, and neoglucobrasscin) were detected. Total GSL contents under light conditions 6, 8, and 10 days after sowing (DAS) were 3.2-, 3.9-, and 6.9-fold higher, respectively than those of dark conditions. Interestingly, total GSL contents 2 {85.4 μmol/g dry weight (DW)} to 10 (7.74 μmol/g DW) DAS under dark conditions were gradually decreased. In this study, our results suggest that light affects the levels of GSL in Chinese cabbage seedlings. These results could be useful for obtaining cabbage varieties rich in GSLs.
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- Yeon Bok Kim
- Department of Crop Science, Chungnam National University, 99 Daehak-Ro, Yuseong-Gu, Daejeon, 305-754, Korea
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- Department of Bio-Environmental Chemistry, Chungnam National University, 99 Daehak-Ro, Yuseong-Gu, Daejeon 305-764, Korea
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- Green Bio Research Center, Cabbage Genomics Assisted Breeding Supporting Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon 305-806, Korea
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- Department of Bio-Environmental Chemistry, Chungnam National University, 99 Daehak-Ro, Yuseong-Gu, Daejeon 305-764, Korea
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- Department of Horticultural Science, Chungnam National University, 99 Daehak-Ro, Yuseong-Gu, Daejeon, 305-754, Korea
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- Department of Crop Science, Chungnam National University, 99 Daehak-Ro, Yuseong-Gu, Daejeon, 305-754, Korea
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Sharma P, Chatterjee M, Burman N, Khurana JP. Cryptochrome 1 regulates growth and development in Brassica through alteration in the expression of genes involved in light, phytohormone and stress signalling. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2014; 37:961-77. [PMID: 24117455 DOI: 10.1111/pce.12212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2012] [Accepted: 10/01/2013] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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The blue light photoreceptors cryptochromes are ubiquitous in higher plants and are vital for regulating plant growth and development. In spite of being involved in controlling agronomically important traits like plant height and flowering time, cryptochromes have not been extensively characterized from agriculturally important crops. Here we show that overexpression of CRY1 from Brassica napus (BnCRY1), an oilseed crop, results in short-statured Brassica transgenics, likely to be less prone to wind and water lodging. The overexpression of BnCRY1 accentuates the inhibition of cell elongation in hypocotyls of transgenic seedlings. The analysis of hypocotyl growth inhibition and anthocyanin accumulation responses in BnCRY1 overexpressors substantiates that regulation of seedling photomorphogenesis by cry1 is dependent on light intensity. This study highlights that the photoactivated cry1 acts through coordinated induction and suppression of specific downstream genes involved in phytohormone synthesis or signalling, and those involved in cell wall modification, during de-etiolation of Brassica seedlings. The microarray-based transcriptome profiling also suggests that the overexpression of BnCRY1 alters abiotic/biotic stress signalling pathways; the transgenic seedlings were apparently oversensitive to abscisic acid (ABA) and mannitol.
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- Pooja Sharma
- Interdisciplinary Centre for Plant Genomics and Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, 110021, India
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Tang K, Shen Q, Yan T, Fu X. Transgenic approach to increase artemisinin content in Artemisia annua L. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2014; 33:605-15. [PMID: 24413765 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-014-1566-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2013] [Accepted: 01/02/2014] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Artemisinin, the endoperoxide sesquiterpene lactone, is an effective antimalarial drug isolated from the Chinese medicinal plant Artemisia annua L. Due to its effectiveness against multi-drug-resistant cerebral malaria, it becomes the essential components of the artemisinin-based combination therapies which are recommended by the World Health Organization as the preferred choice for malaria tropica treatments. To date, plant A. annua is still the main commercial source of artemisinin. Although semi-synthesis of artemisinin via artemisinic acid in yeast is feasible at present, another promising approach to reduce the price of artemisinin is using plant metabolic engineering to obtain a higher content of artemisinin in transgenic plants. In the past years, an Agrobacterium-mediated transformation system of A. annua has been established by which a number of genes related to artemisinin biosynthesis have been successfully transferred into A. annua plants. In this review, the progress on increasing artemisinin content in A. annua by transgenic approach and its future prospect are summarized and discussed.
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- Kexuan Tang
- Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture (South) Ministry of Agriculture, Plant Biotechnology Research Center, Fudan-SJTU-Nottingham Plant Biotechnology R&D Center, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, People's Republic of China,
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Gupta N, Prasad VBR, Chattopadhyay S. LeMYC2 acts as a negative regulator of blue light mediated photomorphogenic growth, and promotes the growth of adult tomato plants. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2014; 14:38. [PMID: 24483714 PMCID: PMC3922655 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-14-38] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2013] [Accepted: 01/28/2014] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Arabidopsis ZBF1/MYC2bHLH transcription factor is a repressor of photomorphogenesis, and acts as a point of cross talk in light, abscisic acid (ABA) and jasmonic acid (JA) signaling pathways. MYC2 also functions as a positive regulator of lateral root development and flowering time under long day conditions. However, the function of MYC2 in growth and development remains unknown in crop plants. RESULTS Here, we report the functional analyses of LeMYC2 in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum). The amino acid sequence of LeMYC2 showed extensive homology with Arabidopsis MYC2, containing the conserved bHLH domain. To study the function of LeMYC2 in tomato, overexpression and RNA interference (RNAi) LeMYC2 tomato transgenic plants were generated. Examination of seedling morphology, physiological responses and light regulated gene expression has revealed that LeMYC2 works as a negative regulator of blue light mediated photomorphogenesis. Furthermore, LeMYC2 specifically binds to the G-box of LeRBCS-3A promoter. Overexpression of LeMYC2 has led to increased root length with more number of lateral roots. The tomato plants overexpressing LeMYC2 have reduced internode distance with more branches, and display the opposite morphology to RNAi transgenic lines. Furthermore, this study shows that LeMYC2 promotes ABA and JA responsiveness. CONCLUSIONS Collectively, this study highlights that working in light, ABA and JA signaling pathways LeMYC2 works as an important regulator for growth and development in tomato plants.
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- Nisha Gupta
- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi 110067, India
- Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology, Mahatma Gandhi Avenue, Durgapur 713209, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi 110067, India
- Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology, Mahatma Gandhi Avenue, Durgapur 713209, India
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Cryptochromes (CRYs) are photolyase-like flavoproteins that have been found in all evolutionary lineages. Plant and animal CRYs are no longer DNA-repairing enzymes but they apparently gained other biochemical functions in evolution. Plant CRYs are UV-A/blue-light photoreceptors and play a pivotal role in plant growth and development, whereas animal CRYs act as either photoreceptors or transcription regulators. The first CRY gene was isolated from Arabidopsis thaliana, which regulates stem growth, flowering time, stomatal opening, circadian clock, and other light responses. CRYs are also found in all major crops investigated, with additional functions discovered, such as seed germination, leaf senescence, and stress responses. In this chapter, we will review some aspects of CRY-mediated light responses in plants. Readers are referred to other review articles for photochemistry and signal transduction mechanism of plant CRYs (Liu et al., 2010, 2011; Fankhauser and Ulm, 2011) [1-3].
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- Xu Wang
- The Basic Forestry and Biotechnology Center, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China; Department of Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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- The Basic Forestry and Biotechnology Center, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China; Department of Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Li YY, Mao K, Zhao C, Zhang RF, Zhao XY, Zhang HL, Shu HR, Zhao YJ. Molecular cloning of cryptochrome 1 from apple and its functional characterization in Arabidopsis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2013; 67:169-177. [PMID: 23570872 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2013.02.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2012] [Accepted: 02/28/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Cryptochromes are blue-light photoreceptors involved in regulating many aspects of plant growth and development. Investigations of cryptochromes in plants have largely focused on Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), rice (Oryza sativa) and pea (Pisum sativum). Here, we isolated the cryptochrome 1 gene from apple (Malus domestica) (MdCRY1) and analyzed its function in transgenic Arabidopsis. The predicted MdCRY1 protein was most closely homologous to strawberry CRY1. In terms of transcript levels, MdCRY1 expression was up-regulated by light. The function of MdCRY1 was analyzed through heterologous expression in Arabidopsis. Overexpression of MdCRY1 in Arabidopsis is able to rescue the cry1 mutant phenotype, inhibit hypocotyl elongation, promote root growth, and enhance anthocyanin accumulation in wild-type seedlings under blue light. These data provide functional evidence for a role of MdCRY1 in controlling photomorphogenesis under blue light and indicate that CRY1 function is conserved between Arabidopsis and apple. Furthermore, we found that MdCRY1 interacts with AtCOP1 in both yeast and onion cells. This interaction may represent an important regulatory mechanism in blue-light signaling pathway in apple.
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- Yuan-Yuan Li
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Tai-An, Shandong 271018, China; National Research Center for Apple Engineering and Technology, Tai-An, Shandong 271018, China; College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai-An, Shandong 271018, China
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- College of Biological Science and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Tai-An, Shandong 271018, China; National Research Center for Apple Engineering and Technology, Tai-An, Shandong 271018, China; College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai-An, Shandong 271018, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Tai-An, Shandong 271018, China; National Research Center for Apple Engineering and Technology, Tai-An, Shandong 271018, China; College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai-An, Shandong 271018, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Tai-An, Shandong 271018, China; National Research Center for Apple Engineering and Technology, Tai-An, Shandong 271018, China; College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai-An, Shandong 271018, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Tai-An, Shandong 271018, China; National Research Center for Apple Engineering and Technology, Tai-An, Shandong 271018, China; College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai-An, Shandong 271018, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Tai-An, Shandong 271018, China; National Research Center for Apple Engineering and Technology, Tai-An, Shandong 271018, China; College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai-An, Shandong 271018, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Tai-An, Shandong 271018, China; National Research Center for Apple Engineering and Technology, Tai-An, Shandong 271018, China; College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai-An, Shandong 271018, China.
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Li YY, Mao K, Zhao C, Zhao XY, Zhang RF, Zhang HL, Shu HR, Hao YJ. Molecular cloning and functional analysis of a blue light receptor gene MdCRY2 from apple (Malus domestica). PLANT CELL REPORTS 2013; 32:555-566. [PMID: 23314496 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-013-1387-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2012] [Revised: 12/13/2012] [Accepted: 01/04/2013] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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MdCRY2 was isolated from apple fruit skin, and its function was analyzed in MdCRY2 transgenic Arabidopsis. The interaction between MdCRY2 and AtCOP1 was found by yeast two-hybrid and BiFC assays. Cryptochromes are blue/ultraviolet-A (UV-A) light receptors involved in regulating various aspects of plant growth and development. Investigations of the structure and functions of cryptochromes in plants have largely focused on Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), pea (Pisum sativum), and rice (Oryza sativa). However, no data on the function of CRY2 are available in woody plants. In this study, we isolated a cryptochrome gene, MdCRY2, from apple (Malus domestica). The deduced amino acid sequences of MdCRY2 contain the conserved N-terminal photolyase-related domain and the flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) binding domain, as well as the C-terminal DQXVP-acidic-STAES (DAS) domain. Relationship analysis indicates that MdCRY2 shows the highest similarity to the strawberry FvCRY protein. The expression of MdCRY2 is induced by blue/UV-A light, which represents a 48-h circadian rhythm. To investigate the function of MdCRY2, we overexpressed the MdCRY2 gene in a cry2 mutant and wild type (WT) Arabidopsis, assessed the phenotypes of the resulting transgenic plants, and found that MdCRY2 functions to regulate hypocotyl elongation, root growth, flower initiation, and anthocyanin accumulation. Furthermore, we examined the interaction between MdCRY2 and AtCOP1 using a yeast two-hybrid assay and a bimolecular fluorescence complementation assay. These data provide functional evidence for a role of blue/UV-A light-induced MdCRY2 in controlling photomorphogenesis in apple.
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- Yuan-Yuan Li
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, National Research Center for Apple Engineering and Technology, College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai-An, 271018, Shandong, China
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Matsuura HN, Fett-Neto AG. The major indole alkaloid N,β-D-glucopyranosyl vincosamide from leaves ofPsychotria leiocarpaCham. & Schltdl. is not an antifeedant but shows broad antioxidant activity. Nat Prod Res 2013; 27:402-11. [DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2012.715293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Wang Y, Folta KM. Contributions of green light to plant growth and development. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 2013; 100:70-8. [PMID: 23281393 DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1200354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Light passing through or reflected from adjacent foliage provides a developing plant with information that is used to guide specific genetic and physiological processes. Changes in gene expression underlie adaptation to, or avoidance of, the light-compromised environment. These changes have been well described and are mostly attributed to a decrease in the red light to far-red light ratio and/or a reduction in blue light fluence rate. In most cases, these changes rely on the integration of red/far-red/blue light signals, leading to changes in phytohormone levels. Studies over the last decade have described distinct responses to green light and/or a shift of the blue-green, or red-green ratio. Responses to green light are typically low-light responses, suggesting that they may contribute to the adaptation to growth under foliage or within close proximity to other plants. This review summarizes the growth responses in artificially manipulated light environments with an emphasis on the roles of green wavebands. The information may be extended to understanding the influence of green light in shade avoidance responses as well as other plant developmental and physiological processes.
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- Yihai Wang
- Graduate Program in Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611 USA
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Bhosale SU, Stich B, Rattunde HFW, Weltzien E, Haussmann BIG, Hash CT, Ramu P, Cuevas HE, Paterson AH, Melchinger AE, Parzies HK. Association analysis of photoperiodic flowering time genes in west and central African sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench]. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2012; 12:32. [PMID: 22394582 PMCID: PMC3364917 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-12-32] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2011] [Accepted: 03/07/2012] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND Photoperiod-sensitive flowering is a key adaptive trait for sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) in West and Central Africa. In this study we performed an association analysis to investigate the effect of polymorphisms within the genes putatively related to variation in flowering time on photoperiod-sensitive flowering in sorghum. For this purpose a genetically characterized panel of 219 sorghum accessions from West and Central Africa was evaluated for their photoperiod response index (PRI) based on two sowing dates under field conditions. RESULTS Sorghum accessions used in our study were genotyped for single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in six genes putatively involved in the photoperiodic control of flowering time. Applying a mixed model approach and previously-determined population structure parameters to these candidate genes, we found significant associations between several SNPs with PRI for the genes CRYPTOCHROME 1 (CRY1-b1) and GIGANTEA (GI). CONCLUSIONS The negative values of Tajima's D, found for the genes of our study, suggested that purifying selection has acted on genes involved in photoperiodic control of flowering time in sorghum. The SNP markers of our study that showed significant associations with PRI can be used to create functional markers to serve as important tools for marker-assisted selection of photoperiod-sensitive cultivars in sorghum.
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- Sankalp U Bhosale
- Institute of Plant Breeding, Seed Science, and Population Genetics, University of Hohenheim, 70593 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, 50829 Köln, Germany
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- International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) - Bamako, BP 320 Bamako, Mali
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- International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) - Bamako, BP 320 Bamako, Mali
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- Institute of Plant Breeding, Seed Science, and Population Genetics, University of Hohenheim, 70593 Stuttgart, Germany
- ICRISAT - Sadoré, BP 12404 Niamey, Niger
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- ICRISAT - Sadoré, BP 12404 Niamey, Niger
- ICRISAT - Patancheru, Hyderabad 502324, Andhra Pradesh, India
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- ICRISAT - Patancheru, Hyderabad 502324, Andhra Pradesh, India
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- Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory, University of Georgia, Athens GA 30602, USA
- U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Tropical Agriculture Research Station, 2200 P.A. Campos Ave., Mayaguez P.R. 00680, Puerto Rico
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- Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory, University of Georgia, Athens GA 30602, USA
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- Institute of Plant Breeding, Seed Science, and Population Genetics, University of Hohenheim, 70593 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Breeding, Seed Science, and Population Genetics, University of Hohenheim, 70593 Stuttgart, Germany
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Page M, Sultana N, Paszkiewicz K, Florance H, Smirnoff N. The influence of ascorbate on anthocyanin accumulation during high light acclimation in Arabidopsis thaliana: further evidence for redox control of anthocyanin synthesis. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2012; 35:388-404. [PMID: 21631536 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2011.02369.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Ascorbate and anthocyanins act as photoprotectants during exposure to high light (HL). They accumulate in Arabidopsis leaves in response to HL on a similar timescale, suggesting a potential relationship between them. Flavonoids and related metabolites were identified and profiled by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). The ascorbate-deficient mutants vtc1, vtc2 and vtc3 accumulated less anthocyanin than wild-type (WT) during HL acclimation. In contrast, kaempferol glycoside accumulation was less affected by light and not decreased by ascorbate deficiency, while sinapoyl malate levels decreased during HL acclimation. Comparison of six Arabidopsis ecotypes showed a positive correlation between ascorbate and anthocyanin accumulation in HL. mRNA-Seq analysis showed that all flavonoid biosynthesis transcripts were increased by HL acclimation in WT. RT-PCR analysis showed that vtc1 and vtc2 were impaired in HL induction of transcripts of anthocyanin biosynthesis enzymes, and the transcription factors PAP1, GL3 and EGL3 that activate the pathway. Abscisic acid (ABA) and jasmonic acid (JA), hormones that could affect anthocyanin accumulation, were unaffected in vtc mutants. It is concluded that HL induction of anthocyanin synthesis involves a redox-sensitive process upstream of the known transcription factors. Because anthocyanins accumulate in preference to kaempferol glycosides and sinapoyl malate in HL, they might have specific properties that make them useful in HL acclimation.
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- Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QD, UK
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Liao HL, Burns JK. Light controls phospholipase A2alpha and beta gene expression in Citrus sinensis. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2010; 61:2469-2478. [PMID: 20388744 PMCID: PMC2877900 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erq083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2010] [Revised: 02/26/2010] [Accepted: 03/10/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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The low-molecular weight secretory phospholipase A2alpha (CssPLA2alpha) and beta (CsPLA2beta) cloned in this study exhibited diurnal rhythmicity in leaf tissue of Citrus sinensis. Only CssPLA2alpha displayed distinct diurnal patterns in fruit tissues. CssPLA2alpha and CsPLA2beta diurnal expression exhibited periods of approximately 24 h; CssPLA2alpha amplitude averaged 990-fold in the leaf blades from field-grown trees, whereas CsPLA2beta amplitude averaged 6.4-fold. Diurnal oscillation of CssPLA2alpha and CsPLA2beta gene expression in the growth chamber experiments was markedly dampened 24 h after transfer to continuous light or dark conditions. CssPLA2alpha and CsPLA2beta expressions were redundantly mediated by blue, green, red and red/far-red light, but blue light was a major factor affecting CssPLA2alpha and CsPLA2beta expression. Total and low molecular weight CsPLA2 enzyme activity closely followed diurnal changes in CssPLA2alpha transcript expression in leaf blades of seedlings treated with low intensity blue light (24 micromol m(-2) s(-1)). Compared with CssPLA2alpha basal expression, CsPLA2beta expression was at least 10-fold higher. Diurnal fluctuation and light regulation of PLA2 gene expression and enzyme activity in citrus leaf and fruit tissues suggests that accompanying diurnal changes in lipophilic second messengers participate in the regulation of physiological processes associated with phospholipase A2 action.
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Lu Y, Du J, Tang J, Wang F, Zhang J, Huang J, Liang W, Wang L. Environmental regulation of floral anthocyanin synthesis in Ipomoea purpurea. Mol Ecol 2009; 18:3857-71. [PMID: 19694947 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2009.04288.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Responses of metabolites to environmental fluctuations may play large roles in biological adaptation, yet how these responses initiate in the natural environment and the molecular mechanisms remain unclear. Synthesis of floral anthocyanins, as typical examples of secondary metabolites, is known to respond to the physical environment and therefore an ideal system for understanding the process of the environmental regulation. Here, by simultaneous monitoring of six natural environmental variables and anthocyanin content of daily opening flowers throughout a natural flowering season ( approximately 50 days) of Ipomoea purpurea, we have identified significant and positive correlations of temperature (3-days ago) and ultraviolet (UV) light intensity (5-days ago) with the floral anthocyanin content. We sequenced all known (seven structural and three regulatory) anthocyanin genes in I. purpurea flowers and examined their transcript quantities in the natural environment across eight floral developmental stages (covering 0-96 h before anthesis). The anthocyanin gene expression patterns corroborated with the inferred effects from the time-series data, and further showed that the positive UV effect became negative on transcript levels about 36 h before anthesis. With falling natural temperature, content of the principal anthocyanin declined, whereas that of an alternative anthocyanin with fewer glucose and caffeic acid moieties increased. Our data suggest that environmental regulation of the anthocyanin pathway may account for more than half of the flux variation in the floral limb, and is influenced mainly by daily average temperature and UV light intensity that modulate anthocyanin transcript levels (most likely via myb1) at floral developmental stages.
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- Yingqing Lu
- State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
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Composition and phylogenetic analysis of wheat cryptochrome gene family. Mol Biol Rep 2009; 37:825-32. [PMID: 19626459 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-009-9628-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2009] [Accepted: 07/09/2009] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Cryptochrome (CRY) gene family encodes photoreceptors mediating developmental responses to blue light throughout the life of plants. We report here the characterization of CRY gene family in hexaploid wheat. Degenerate PCR amplification of the regions encoding the conserved flavin-binding domain of CRY proteins yielded seven bands, resulting from amplification of CRY1a, CRY1b and CRY2 homologous genes. Assignment of individual amplicons to subgenomes was accomplished by comparing their sequence compositions with those from the ancestor species of wheat. ESTs coding for CRY-DASH like proteins were identified in wheat EST database in GenBank. Southern blot showed that TaCRY1a, TaCRY1b and TaCRY2 are single copy genes. We mapped TaCRY1a and TaCRY2 to chromosomes of homoeologous group 6, TaCRY1b to group 2, and TaCRY-DASH to group 7. Phylogenetic analysis showed that CRY subfamily diversification occurred before the divergence of monocots and dicots. The regulatory and functional changes of CRY members within subfamily are discussed.
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Xu P, Ma Z. Plant cryptochromes employ complicated mechanisms for subcellular localization and are involved in pathways apart from photomorphogenesis. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2009; 4:200-1. [PMID: 19721748 PMCID: PMC2652527 DOI: 10.4161/psb.4.3.7756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2009] [Accepted: 01/05/2009] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Cryptochromes (CRYs) are photoreceptors mediating developmental responses to blue light throughout the life of plants. Function and signal transduction of CRYs in photomorphogenesis have been well characterized in Arabidopsis. Studies on rice CRYs demonstrate that monocots CRYs may function similarly to their Arabidopsis counterparts. However, there is inconsistency in subcellular localization of CRYs in different species and little has been known about the effects of environmental cues on CRYs except for light. We recently reported that TaCRY1a of monocot wheat displays a light-responsive nucleocytoplasmic shuttling pattern similar to Arabidopsis CRY1 but differs from AtCRY1 and OsCRY1 by containing nuclear localization domains in both its N and C termini and the sequence for nuclear export in its N-terminal domain. TaCRY1a and TaCRY2 are transcriptionally regulated by osmotic stress/ABA and overexpression of TaCRY1a-GFP and TaCRY2-GFP led to higher sensitivity to high salinity, osmotic stress and ABA treatment. Mining wheat EST database provided additional clues for CRY's involvement in pathways apart from photomorphogenesis.
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- Pei Xu
- The Applied Plant Genomics Lab; Crop Genomics and Bioinformatics Center & National Key Lab of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement; Nanjing Agricultural University; Jiangsu, China
- Institute of Vegetables; Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences; Hangzhou, China
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- The Applied Plant Genomics Lab; Crop Genomics and Bioinformatics Center & National Key Lab of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement; Nanjing Agricultural University; Jiangsu, China
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Xu P, Xiang Y, Zhu H, Xu H, Zhang Z, Zhang C, Zhang L, Ma Z. Wheat cryptochromes: subcellular localization and involvement in photomorphogenesis and osmotic stress responses. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2009; 149:760-74. [PMID: 19052154 PMCID: PMC2633824 DOI: 10.1104/pp.108.132217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2008] [Accepted: 11/28/2008] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Cryptochromes (CRYs) are blue light receptors important for plant growth and development. Comprehensive information on monocot CRYs is currently only available for rice (Oryza sativa). We report here the molecular and functional characterization of two CRY genes, TaCRY1a and TaCRY2, from the monocot wheat (Triticum aestivum). The expression of TaCRY1a was most abundant in seedling leaves and barely detected in roots and germinating embryos under normal growth conditions. The expression of TaCRY2 in germinating embryos was equivalent to that in leaves and much higher than the TaCRY1a counterpart. Transition from dark to light slightly affected the expression of TaCRY1a and TaCRY2 in leaves, and red light produced a stronger induction of TaCRY1a. Treatment of seedlings with high salt, polyethylene glycol, and abscisic acid (ABA) up-regulated TaCRY2 in roots and germinating embryos. TaCRY1a displays a light-responsive nucleocytoplasmic shuttling pattern similar to that of Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) CRY1, contains nuclear localization domains in both the N and C termini, and includes information for nuclear export in its N-terminal domain. TaCRY2 was localized to the nucleus in the dark. Expression of TaCRY1a-green fluorescent protein or TaCRY2-green fluorescent protein in Arabidopsis conferred a shorter hypocotyl phenotype under blue light. These transgenic Arabidopsis plants showed higher sensitivity to high-salt, osmotic stress, and ABA treatment during germination and postgermination development, and they displayed altered expression of stress/ABA-responsive genes. The primary root growth in transgenic seedlings was less tolerant of ABA. These observations indicate that TaCRY1 and TaCRY2 might be involved in the ABA signaling pathway in addition to their role in primary blue light signal transduction.
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- Pei Xu
- Applied Plant Genomics Laboratory, Crop Genomics and Bioinformatics Center, Nanjing Agricultural University, Jiangsu 210095, China
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Zhang Q, Li H, Li R, Hu R, Fan C, Chen F, Wang Z, Liu X, Fu Y, Lin C. Association of the circadian rhythmic expression of GmCRY1a with a latitudinal cline in photoperiodic flowering of soybean. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008; 105:21028-33. [PMID: 19106300 PMCID: PMC2607247 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0810585105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Photoperiodic control of flowering time is believed to affect latitudinal distribution of plants. The blue light receptor CRY2 regulates photoperiodic flowering in the experimental model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. However, it is unclear whether genetic variations affecting cryptochrome activity or expression is broadly associated with latitudinal distribution of plants. We report here an investigation of the function and expression of two cryptochromes in soybean, GmCRY1a and GmCRY2a. Soybean is a short-day (SD) crop commonly cultivated according to the photoperiodic sensitivity of cultivars. Both cultivated soybean (Glycine max) and its wild relative (G. soja) exhibit a strong latitudinal cline in photoperiodic flowering. Similar to their Arabidopsis counterparts, both GmCRY1a and GmCRY2a affected blue light inhibition of cell elongation, but only GmCRY2a underwent blue light- and 26S proteasome-dependent degradation. However, in contrast to Arabidopsis cryptochromes, soybean GmCRY1a, but not GmCRY2a, exhibited a strong activity promoting floral initiation, and the level of protein expression of GmCRY1a, but not GmCRY2a, oscillated with a circadian rhythm that has different phase characteristics in different photoperiods. Consistent with the hypothesis that GmCRY1a is a major regulator of photoperiodic flowering in soybean, the photoperiod-dependent circadian rhythmic expression of the GmCRY1a protein correlates with photoperiodic flowering and latitudinal distribution of soybean cultivars. We propose that genes affecting protein expression of the GmCRY1a protein play an important role in determining latitudinal distribution of soybeans.
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- Qingzhu Zhang
- Institute of Crop Sciences, National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
- The Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Biopesticide and Chemistry Biology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China; and
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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- The Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Biopesticide and Chemistry Biology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China; and
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
- Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095
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Ryona I, Pan BS, Intrigliolo DS, Lakso AN, Sacks GL. Effects of cluster light exposure on 3-isobutyl-2-methoxypyrazine accumulation and degradation patterns in red wine grapes ( Vitis vinifera L. Cv. Cabernet Franc). JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2008; 56:10838-10846. [PMID: 18942833 DOI: 10.1021/jf801877y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The effects of light exposure on 3-isobutyl-2-methoxypyrazine (IBMP) accumulation and degradation in Vitis vinifera L. cv. Cabernet Franc berries were assessed by comparison of shaded and exposed clusters within the same vine throughout a growing season. Twenty-seven vines were shoot-thinned to create regions of high and low cluster-light exposure within each vine. Samples were collected at 10 time points starting from 5 to 130 days postbloom. The experimental design allowed for intravine comparison of IBMP levels between treatments at each time. Vine-to-vine variability of IBMP and the correlation of IBMP to malic acid were also evaluated. Cluster exposure reduced accumulation of IBMP at all preveraison time points by 21-44%, but did not increase postveraison degradation. Significant vine-to-vine variability in IBMP content was observed, with the highest level of IBMP in shaded berries in the most vigorous block of vines. Although IBMP concentration by weight decreased significantly due to dilution just prior to color change (veraison), no significant IBMP degradation per berry occurred until after color change (day 70 postbloom). By contrast, malic acid degradation began prior to color change, and malic acid concentrations were not affected by cluster exposure preveraison, but were affected postveraison. A survey of 13 sites in New York state (Seneca Lake) showed that IBMP concentrations at 2 weeks preveraison were highly correlated (R(2) = 0.936, p < 0.0001) to levels at harvest, whereas classic grape maturity indices at harvest were uncorrelated with IBMP at harvest. In summary, light exposure conditions critically influence IBMP accumulation but not IBMP degradation.
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- Imelda Ryona
- Department of Food Science and Technology, Cornell University, Geneva, New York, USA
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Bhatia S, Gangappa SN, Kushwaha R, Kundu S, Chattopadhyay S. SHORT HYPOCOTYL IN WHITE LIGHT1, a serine-arginine-aspartate-rich protein in Arabidopsis, acts as a negative regulator of photomorphogenic growth. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2008; 147:169-78. [PMID: 18375596 PMCID: PMC2330309 DOI: 10.1104/pp.108.118174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2008] [Accepted: 03/13/2008] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Light is an important factor for plant growth and development. We have identified and functionally characterized a regulatory gene SHORT HYPOCOTYL IN WHITE LIGHT1 (SHW1) involved in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) seedling development. SHW1 encodes a unique serine-arginine-aspartate-rich protein, which is constitutively localized in the nucleus of hypocotyl cells. Transgenic analyses have revealed that the expression of SHW1 is developmentally regulated and is closely associated with the photosynthetically active tissues. Genetic and molecular analyses suggest that SHW1 acts as a negative regulator of light-mediated inhibition of hypocotyl elongation, however, plays a positive regulatory role in light-regulated gene expression. The shw1 mutants also display shorter hypocotyl in dark, and analyses of shw1 cop1 double mutants reveal that SHW1 acts nonredundantly with COP1 to control hypocotyl elongation in the darkness. Taken together, this study provides evidences that SHW1 is a regulatory protein that is functionally interrelated to COP1 and plays dual but opposite regulatory roles in photomorphogenesis.
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- Shikha Bhatia
- National Institute for Plant Genome Research, New Delhi 110067, India
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Cryptochromes are blue light receptors that mediate various light-induced responses in plants and animals. They share sequence similarity to photolyases, flavoproteins that catalyze the repair of UV light-damaged DNA, but do not have photolyase activity. Arabidopsis cryptochromes work together with the red/far-red light receptor phytochromes to regulate various light responses, including the regulation of cell elongation and photoperiodic flowering, and are also found to act together with the blue light receptor phototropins to mediate blue light regulation of stomatal opening. The signaling mechanism of Arabidopsis cryptochromes is mediated through negative regulation of COP1 by direct CRY-COP1 interaction through CRY C-terminal domain. Arabidopsis CRY dimerized through its N-terminal domain and dimerization of CRY is required for light activation of the photoreceptor activity. Recently, significant progresses have been made in our understanding of cryptochrome functions in other dicots such as pea and tomato and lower plants including moss and fern. This review will focus on recent advances in functional and mechanism characterization of cryptochromes in plants. It is not intended to cover every aspect of the field; readers are referred to other review articles for historical perspectives and a more comprehensive understanding of this photoreceptor.
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- Qing-Hua Li
- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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