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Islam MM, Agake SI, Ito T, Habibi S, Yasuda M, Yamada T, Stacey G, Ohkama-Ohtsu N. Involvement of Peptidoglycan Receptor Proteins in Mediating the Growth-Promoting Effects of Bacillus pumilus TUAT1 in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2024; 65:748-761. [PMID: 38372612 PMCID: PMC11138354 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcae016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2023] [Revised: 02/09/2024] [Accepted: 02/12/2024] [Indexed: 02/20/2024]
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Bacillus pumilus TUAT1 acts as plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria for various plants like rice and Arabidopsis. Under stress conditions, B. pumilus TUAT1 forms spores with a thick peptidoglycan (PGN) cell wall. Previous research showed that spores were significantly more effective than vegetative cells in enhancing plant growth. In Arabidopsis, lysin motif proteins, LYM1, LYM3 and CERK1, are required for recognizing bacterial PGNs to mediate immunity. Here, we examined the involvement of PGN receptor proteins in the plant growth promotion (PGP) effects of B. pumilus TUAT1 using Arabidopsis mutants defective in PGN receptors. Root growth of wild-type (WT), cerk1-1, lym1-1 and lym1-2 mutant plants was significantly increased by TUAT1 inoculation, but this was not the case for lym3-1 and lym3-2 mutant plants. RNA-seq analysis revealed that the expression of a number of defense-related genes was upregulated in lym3 mutant plants. These results suggested that B. pumilus TUAT1 may act to reduce the defense response, which is dependent on a functional LYM3. The expression of the defense-responsive gene, WRKY29, was significantly induced by the elicitor flg-22, in both WT and lym3 mutant plants, while this induction was significantly reduced by treatment with B. pumilus TUAT1 and PGNs in WT, but not in lym3 mutant plants. These findings suggest that the PGNs of B. pumilus TUAT1 may be recognized by the LYM3 receptor protein, suppressing the defense response, which results in plant growth promotion in a trade-off between defense and growth.
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- Md. Monirul Islam
- Plant Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Division, Institute of Food and Radiation Biology, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Dhaka 1207, Bangladesh
- United Graduate School of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-5-8 Saiwaicho, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo, 183-8509 Japan
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- Institute of Global Innovation Research, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-8-1 Harumicho, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo, 183-8538 Japan
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- United Graduate School of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-5-8 Saiwaicho, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo, 183-8509 Japan
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- Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-5-8 Saiwaicho, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo, 183-8509 Japan
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- Institute of Global Innovation Research, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-8-1 Harumicho, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo, 183-8538 Japan
- Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-5-8 Saiwaicho, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo, 183-8509 Japan
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- Institute of Global Innovation Research, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-8-1 Harumicho, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo, 183-8538 Japan
- Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-5-8 Saiwaicho, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo, 183-8509 Japan
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- Institute of Global Innovation Research, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-8-1 Harumicho, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo, 183-8538 Japan
- Division of Plant Science and Technology, University of Missouri-Columbia—Bond Life Science Center, 1201 Rollins St., Columbia, MO 65201-4231, USA
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- Institute of Global Innovation Research, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-8-1 Harumicho, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo, 183-8538 Japan
- Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-5-8 Saiwaicho, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo, 183-8509 Japan
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Durand M, Brehaut V, Clement G, Kelemen Z, Macé J, Feil R, Duville G, Launay-Avon A, Roux CPL, Lunn JE, Roudier F, Krapp A. The Arabidopsis transcription factor NLP2 regulates early nitrate responses and integrates nitrate assimilation with energy and carbon skeleton supply. THE PLANT CELL 2023; 35:1429-1454. [PMID: 36752317 PMCID: PMC10118280 DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koad025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2022] [Accepted: 01/04/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Nitrate signaling improves plant growth under limited nitrate availability and, hence, optimal resource use for crop production. Whereas several transcriptional regulators of nitrate signaling have been identified, including the Arabidopsis thaliana transcription factor NIN-LIKE PROTEIN7 (NLP7), additional regulators are expected to fine-tune this pivotal physiological response. Here, we characterized Arabidopsis NLP2 as a top-tier transcriptional regulator of the early nitrate response gene regulatory network. NLP2 interacts with NLP7 in vivo and shares key molecular features such as nitrate-dependent nuclear localization, DNA-binding motif, and some target genes with NLP7. Genetic, genomic, and metabolic approaches revealed a specific role for NLP2 in the nitrate-dependent regulation of carbon and energy-related processes that likely influence plant growth under distinct nitrogen environments. Our findings highlight the complementarity and specificity of NLP2 and NLP7 in orchestrating a multitiered nitrate regulatory network that links nitrate assimilation with carbon and energy metabolism for efficient nitrogen use and biomass production.
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- Mickaël Durand
- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Versailles 78000, France
- UMR CNRS 7267, EBI Ecologie et Biologie des Interactions, Université de Poitiers, Poitiers, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Versailles 78000, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Versailles 78000, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Versailles 78000, France
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- Laboratoire Reproduction et Développement des Plantes, Université de Lyon, ENS de Lyon, UCB Lyon 1, CNRS, INRAE, Lyon, France
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, Potsdam-Golm D-14476, Germany
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Versailles 78000, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, INRAE, Université Evry, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), Gif sur Yvette 91190, France
- Université Paris Cité, CNRS, INRAE, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), Gif sur Yvette 91190, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, INRAE, Université Evry, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), Gif sur Yvette 91190, France
- Université Paris Cité, CNRS, INRAE, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), Gif sur Yvette 91190, France
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, Potsdam-Golm D-14476, Germany
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- Laboratoire Reproduction et Développement des Plantes, Université de Lyon, ENS de Lyon, UCB Lyon 1, CNRS, INRAE, Lyon, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Versailles 78000, France
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Verhoeven A, Finkers-Tomczak A, Prins P, Valkenburg-van Raaij DR, van Schaik CC, Overmars H, van Steenbrugge JJM, Tacken W, Varossieau K, Slootweg EJ, Kappers IF, Quentin M, Goverse A, Sterken MG, Smant G. The root-knot nematode effector MiMSP32 targets host 12-oxophytodienoate reductase 2 to regulate plant susceptibility. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2023; 237:2360-2374. [PMID: 36457296 DOI: 10.1111/nph.18653] [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: 11/02/2022] [Accepted: 11/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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To establish persistent infections in host plants, herbivorous invaders, such as root-knot nematodes, must rely on effectors for suppressing damage-induced jasmonate-dependent host defenses. However, at present, the effector mechanisms targeting the biosynthesis of biologically active jasmonates to avoid adverse host responses are unknown. Using yeast two-hybrid, in planta co-immunoprecipitation, and mutant analyses, we identified 12-oxophytodienoate reductase 2 (OPR2) as an important host target of the stylet-secreted effector MiMSP32 of the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita. MiMSP32 has no informative sequence similarities with other functionally annotated genes but was selected for the discovery of novel effector mechanisms based on evidence of positive, diversifying selection. OPR2 catalyzes the conversion of a derivative of 12-oxophytodienoate to jasmonic acid (JA) and operates parallel to 12-oxophytodienoate reductase 3 (OPR3), which controls the main pathway in the biosynthesis of jasmonates. We show that MiMSP32 targets OPR2 to promote parasitism of M. incognita in host plants independent of OPR3-mediated JA biosynthesis. Artificially manipulating the conversion of the 12-oxophytodienoate by OPRs increases susceptibility to multiple unrelated plant invaders. Our study is the first to shed light on a novel effector mechanism targeting this process to regulate the susceptibility of host plants.
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- Ava Verhoeven
- Laboratory of Nematology, Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University & Research, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB, Wageningen, the Netherlands
- Plant Stress Resilience, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH, Utrecht, the Netherlands
- Plant-Environment Signaling, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Nematology, Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University & Research, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Nematology, Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University & Research, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Nematology, Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University & Research, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Nematology, Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University & Research, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Nematology, Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University & Research, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Nematology, Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University & Research, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Nematology, Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University & Research, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Nematology, Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University & Research, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Nematology, Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University & Research, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University & Research, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- INRAE, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, ISA, F-06903, Sophia Antipolis, France
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- Laboratory of Nematology, Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University & Research, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Nematology, Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University & Research, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Nematology, Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University & Research, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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Yu K, Yang W, Zhao B, Wang L, Zhang P, Ouyang Y, Chang Y, Chen G, Zhang J, Wang S, Wang X, Wang P, Wang W, Roberts JA, Jiang K, Mur LAJ, Zhang X. The Kelch-F-box protein SMALL AND GLOSSY LEAVES 1 (SAGL1) negatively influences salicylic acid biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana by promoting the turn-over of transcription factor SYSTEMIC ACQUIRED RESISTANCE DEFICIENT 1 (SARD1). THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2022; 235:885-897. [PMID: 35491444 DOI: 10.1111/nph.18197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2022] [Accepted: 04/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Salicylic acid (SA) is a key phytohormone regulating plant immunity. Although the transcriptional regulation of SA biosynthesis has been well-studied, its post-translational regulation is largely unknown. We report that a Kelch repeats-containing F-box (KFB) protein, SMALL AND GLOSSY LEAVES 1 (SAGL1), negatively influences SA biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana by mediating the proteolytic turnover of SYSTEMIC ACQUIRED RESISTANCE DEFICIENT 1 (SARD1), a master transcription factor that directly drives SA biosynthesis during immunity. Loss of SAGL1 resulted in characteristic growth inhibition. Combining metabolomic, transcriptional and phenotypic analyses, we found that SAGL1 represses SA biosynthesis and SA-mediated immune activation. Genetic crosses to mutants that are deficient in SA biosynthesis blocked the SA overaccumulation in sagl1 and rescued its growth. Biochemical and proteomic analysis identified that SAGL1 interacts with SARD1 and promotes the degradation of SARD1 in a proteasome-dependent manner. These results unravelled a critical role of KFB protein SAGL1 in maintaining SA homeostasis via controlling SARD1 stability.
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- Ke Yu
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, Henan Joint International Laboratory for Crop Multi-Omics Research, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Jinming Road, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, Henan Joint International Laboratory for Crop Multi-Omics Research, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Jinming Road, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, Henan Joint International Laboratory for Crop Multi-Omics Research, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Jinming Road, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, Henan Joint International Laboratory for Crop Multi-Omics Research, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Jinming Road, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, Henan Joint International Laboratory for Crop Multi-Omics Research, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Jinming Road, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, Henan Joint International Laboratory for Crop Multi-Omics Research, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Jinming Road, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Jinming Road, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, Henan Joint International Laboratory for Crop Multi-Omics Research, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Jinming Road, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, Henan Joint International Laboratory for Crop Multi-Omics Research, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Jinming Road, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, Henan Joint International Laboratory for Crop Multi-Omics Research, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Jinming Road, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, Henan Joint International Laboratory for Crop Multi-Omics Research, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Jinming Road, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, Henan Joint International Laboratory for Crop Multi-Omics Research, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Jinming Road, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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- Faculty of Science and Engineering, School of Biological & Marine Sciences, University of Plymouth, PL4 8AA, UK
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, SY23 3FL, UK
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, Henan Joint International Laboratory for Crop Multi-Omics Research, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Jinming Road, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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Wei X, Liu L, Lu C, Yuan F, Han G, Wang B. SbCASP4 improves salt exclusion by enhancing the root apoplastic barrier. PLANTA 2021; 254:81. [PMID: 34554320 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-021-03731-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2021] [Accepted: 09/11/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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SbCASP4 improves the salt tolerance of sweet sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Mocnch] by enhancing the root apoplastic barrier and blocking the transport of sodium ions to the shoot. Sweet sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Mocnch] is a C4 crop with high biomass and tolerance to abiotic stresses such as salt, drought, and waterlogging. Sweet sorghum is widely used in bioenergy production, as a forage crop, and in liquors and beer. Root salt exclusion has been reported to underlie the salt tolerance of sweet sorghum. The Casparian strip has a key role in root salt exclusion, and the membrane domain protein (CASP) family participates in Casparian strip aggregation. However, the function and the regulatory mechanisms of SbCASP in response to salt stress in sweet sorghum are unclear. In the current study, we cloned SbCASP4 and determined that it is induced by salt stress and expressed in the endodermis cells of sweet sorghum. Histochemical staining and physiological indicators showed that heterologous expression of SbCASP4 significantly increased the tolerance to salt stress in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana. Compared with wild type and casp5 mutants, under 50 mM NaCl treatment, SbCASP4-expression lines had the less leaf Na+, lower PI accumulation in stele, smaller oxidative damage and higher salinity threshold, longer root length and higher expression levels of the genes related to Casparian strip formation.
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- Xiaocen Wei
- Department of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Key Laboratory of New Material Research Institute, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, 250355, People's Republic of China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, Shandong, People's Republic of China.
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Jacques F, Zhao Y, Kopečná M, Končitíková R, Kopečný D, Rippa S, Perrin Y. Roles for ALDH10 enzymes in γ-butyrobetaine synthesis, seed development, germination, and salt tolerance in Arabidopsis. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2020; 71:7088-7102. [PMID: 32845293 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eraa394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2020] [Accepted: 08/21/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Plant genomes generally contain two aldehyde dehydrogenase 10 (ALDH10) genes, which encode NAD+-dependent enzymes. These oxidize various aminoaldehydes that are produced by the catabolism of amino acids and polyamines. ALDH10s are closely related to the animal and fungal trimethylaminobutyraldehyde dehydrogenases (TMABADHs) that are involved in the synthesis of γ-butyrobetaine, the precursor of carnitine. Here, we explore the ability of the Arabidopsis thaliana proteins AtALDH10A8 and AtALDH10A9 to oxidize aminoaldehydes. We demonstrate that these enzymes display high TMABADH activities in vitro. Moreover, they can complement the Candida albicans tmabadhΔ/Δ null mutant. These findings illustrate the link between AtALDH10A8 and AtALDH10A9 and γ-butyrobetaine synthesis. An analysis of single and double knockout Arabidopsis mutant lines revealed that the double mutants had reduced γ-butyrobetaine levels. However, there were no changes in the carnitine contents of these mutants. The double mutants were more sensitive to salt stress. In addition, the siliques of the double mutants had a significant proportion of seeds that failed to mature. The mature seeds contained higher amounts of triacylglycerol, facilitating accelerated germination. Taken together, these results show that ALDH10 enzymes are involved in γ-butyrobetaine synthesis. Furthermore, γ-butyrobetaine fulfils a range of physiological roles in addition to those related to carnitine biosynthesis.
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- Florian Jacques
- Université de Technologie de Compiègne, UPJV, CNRS, Enzyme and Cell Engineering, Centre de Recherche Royallieu - CS, Compiègne Cedex, France
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- Université de Technologie de Compiègne, UPJV, CNRS, Enzyme and Cell Engineering, Centre de Recherche Royallieu - CS, Compiègne Cedex, France
- Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Science, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Protein Biochemistry and Proteomics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Olomouc CZ, Czech Republic
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- Department of Protein Biochemistry and Proteomics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Olomouc CZ, Czech Republic
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- Department of Protein Biochemistry and Proteomics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Olomouc CZ, Czech Republic
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- Université de Technologie de Compiègne, UPJV, CNRS, Enzyme and Cell Engineering, Centre de Recherche Royallieu - CS, Compiègne Cedex, France
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- Université de Technologie de Compiègne, UPJV, CNRS, Enzyme and Cell Engineering, Centre de Recherche Royallieu - CS, Compiègne Cedex, France
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TRANSPARENT TESTA GLABRA1, a Key Regulator in Plants with Multiple Roles and Multiple Function Mechanisms. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21144881. [PMID: 32664363 PMCID: PMC7402295 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21144881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2020] [Revised: 07/06/2020] [Accepted: 07/09/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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TRANSPARENT TESTA GLABRA1 (TTG1) is a WD40 repeat protein. The phenotypes caused by loss-of-function of TTG1 were observed about half a century ago, but the TTG1 gene was identified only about twenty years ago. Since then, TTG1 has been found to be a plant-specific regulator with multiple roles and multiple functional mechanisms. TTG1 is involved in the regulation of cell fate determination, secondary metabolisms, accumulation of seed storage reserves, plant responses to biotic and abiotic stresses, and flowering time in plants. In some processes, TTG1 may directly or indirectly regulate the expression of downstream target genes via forming transcription activator complexes with R2R3 MYB and bHLH transcription factors. Whereas in other processes, TTG1 may function alone or interact with other proteins to regulate downstream target genes. On the other hand, the studies on the regulation of TTG1 are very limited. So far, only the B3-domain family transcription factor FUSCA3 (FUS3) has been found to regulate the expression of TTG1, phosphorylation of TTG1 affects its interaction with bHLH transcription factor TT2, and TTG1 proteins can be targeted for degradation by the 26S proteasome. Here, we provide an overview of TTG1, including the identification of TTG1, the functions of TTG1, the possible function mechanisms of TTG1, and the regulation of TTG1. We also proposed potential research directions that may shed new light on the regulation and functional mechanisms of TTG1 in plants.
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Ueda Y, Kiba T, Yanagisawa S. Nitrate-inducible NIGT1 proteins modulate phosphate uptake and starvation signalling via transcriptional regulation of SPX genes. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2020; 102:448-466. [PMID: 31811679 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2019] [Revised: 11/14/2019] [Accepted: 12/03/2019] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Nitrogen and phosphorus are two major soil nutrients required for plant growth. Because requirements of both these elements are interdependent, acquisition of one must be balanced with that of the other. However, the mechanism underlying this balanced acquisition remains unclear. Here, we show by in vivo luciferase imaging that the presence of nitrogen sources is a pre-requisite for strong activation of phosphate starvation responses. In addition, we also show that nitrate rather than ammonium is a potent modulator of phosphate starvation-induced gene expression. Furthermore, protoplast-based transient expression assay and chromatin immunoprecipitation assay demonstrate that NIGT1 GARP-type transcriptional repressors, which are encoded by nitrate-inducible genes, directly bind to and repress the promoters of genes encoding SPX proteins. Consistent with the role of SPX proteins in the suppression of the PHR1 transcriptional activator, the master regulator for phosphate starvation responses, nitrate-dependent enhancement of phosphate starvation responses, such as accumulation of anthocyanin and promotion of root hair growth and phosphate uptake, was less evident in the nigt1.1-nigt1.4 quadruple mutant. Consistently, NIGT1 overexpression alleviated the reduction in phosphate uptake under phosphate-replete conditions. We further reveal the intricate feedback regulations involving PHR1, NIGT1, and SPX family proteins in the phosphate starvation signalling network. Importantly, results of mutant protoplast-based assays and in planta analysis using NIGT1 overexpression in the spx1 spx2 double mutant indicated that the NIGT1-SPX-PHR cascade mediates nitrogen status-responsive regulation of phosphate uptake and starvation signalling. These findings uncover the mechanism underlying the balanced acquisition of nitrogen and phosphorus.
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- Yoshiaki Ueda
- Biotechnology Research Center, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan
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- Center for Sustainable Resource Science, RIKEN, Tsurumi, Yokohama, 230-0045, Japan
- Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan
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- Biotechnology Research Center, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan
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Cyclic Digestion and Ligation-Mediated PCR Used for Flanking Sequence Walking. Sci Rep 2020; 10:3434. [PMID: 32103092 PMCID: PMC7044209 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-60411-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2019] [Accepted: 02/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Ligation-mediated PCR (LM-PCR) is a classical method for isolating flanking sequences; however, it has a common limitation of reduced success rate owing to the circularization or multimerization of target restriction fragments including the known sequence. To address this limitation, we developed a novel LM-PCR method, termed Cyclic Digestion and Ligation-Mediated PCR (CDL-PCR). The novelty of this approach involves the design of new adapters that cannot be digested after being ligated with the restriction fragment, and cyclic digestion and ligation may be manipulated to block the circularization or multimerization of the target restriction fragments. Moreover, to improve the generality and flexibility of CDL-PCR, an adapter precursor sequence was designed, which could be digested to prepare 12 different adapters at low cost. Using this method, the flanking sequences of T-DNA insertions were obtained from transgenic rice and Arabidopsis thaliana. The experimental results demonstrated that CDL-PCR is an efficient and flexible method for identifying the flanking sequences in transgenic rice and Arabidopsis thaliana.
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The transcription factor OsSUF4 interacts with SDG725 in promoting H3K36me3 establishment. Nat Commun 2019; 10:2999. [PMID: 31278262 PMCID: PMC6611904 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-10850-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2019] [Accepted: 06/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The different genome-wide distributions of tri-methylation at H3K36 (H3K36me3) in various species suggest diverse mechanisms for H3K36me3 establishment during evolution. Here, we show that the transcription factor OsSUF4 recognizes a specific 7-bp DNA element, broadly distributes throughout the rice genome, and recruits the H3K36 methyltransferase SDG725 to target a set of genes including the key florigen genes RFT1 and Hd3a to promote flowering in rice. Biochemical and structural analyses indicate that several positive residues within the zinc finger domain are vital for OsSUF4 function in planta. Our results reveal a regulatory mechanism contributing to H3K36me3 distribution in plants. The distribution of H3K36me3 varies between species. Here Liu et al. show that the OsSUF4 transcription factor binds its target motif via a zinc finger domain to promote H3K36 methyltransferase targeting close to the transcription start site of genes including the flowering regulators RFT1 and Hd3a.
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Besnard J, Zhao C, Avice JC, Vitha S, Hyodo A, Pilot G, Okumoto S. Arabidopsis UMAMIT24 and 25 are amino acid exporters involved in seed loading. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2018; 69:5221-5232. [PMID: 30312461 PMCID: PMC6184519 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ery302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2017] [Accepted: 08/14/2018] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Phloem-derived amino acids are the major source of nitrogen supplied to developing seeds. Amino acid transfer from the maternal to the filial tissue requires at least one cellular export step from the maternal tissue prior to the import into the symplasmically isolated embryo. Some members of UMAMIT (usually multiple acids move in an out transporter) family (UMAMIT11, 14, 18, 28, and 29) have previously been implicated in this process. Here we show that additional members of the UMAMIT family, UMAMIT24 and UMAMIT25, also function in amino acid transfer in developing seeds. Using a recently published yeast-based assay allowing detection of amino acid secretion, we showed that UMAMIT24 and UMAMIT25 promote export of a broad range of amino acids in yeast. In plants, UMAMIT24 and UMAMIT25 are expressed in distinct tissues within developing seeds; UMAMIT24 is mainly expressed in the chalazal seed coat and localized on the tonoplast, whereas the plasma membrane-localized UMAMIT25 is expressed in endosperm cells. Seed amino acid contents of umamit24 and umamit25 knockout lines were both decreased during embryogenesis compared with the wild type, but recovered in the mature seeds without any deleterious effect on yield. The results suggest that UMAMIT24 and 25 play different roles in amino acid translocation from the maternal to filial tissue; UMAMIT24 could have a role in temporary storage of amino acids in the chalaza, while UMAMIT25 would mediate amino acid export from the endosperm, the last step before amino acids are taken up by the developing embryo.
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- Julien Besnard
- Department of Soil and Crop, Texas A&M, College Station, TX, USA
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- School of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
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- UMR INRA - UCBN 950 EVA, UFR des Sciences, Département de Biologie, Université de Caen Normandie, Esplanade de la Paix, Caen cedex, France
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- Microscopy and Imaging Center, Texas A&M, College Station, TX, USA
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- Stable Isotopes for Biosphere Science Laboratory, Texas A&M, College Station, TX, USA
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- School of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
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- Department of Soil and Crop, Texas A&M, College Station, TX, USA
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Wei S, Li X, Gruber MY, Feyissa BA, Amyot L, Hannoufa A. COP9 signalosome subunit 5A affects phenylpropanoid metabolism, trichome formation and transcription of key genes of a regulatory tri-protein complex in Arabidopsis. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2018; 18:134. [PMID: 29940863 PMCID: PMC6020244 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-018-1347-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2018] [Accepted: 06/07/2018] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Trichomes and phenylpropanoid-derived phenolics are structural and chemical protection against many adverse conditions. Their production is regulated by a network that includes a TTG1/bHLH/MYB tri-protein complex in Arabidopsis. CSN5a, encoding COP9 signalosome subunit 5a, has also been implicated in trichome and anthocyanin production; however, the regulatory roles of CSN5a in the processes through interaction with the tri-protein complex has yet to be investigated. RESULTS In this study, a new csn5a mutant, sk372, was recovered based on its altered morphological and chemical phenotypes compared to wild-type control. Mutant characterization was conducted with an emphasis on trichome and phenylpropanoid production and possible involvement of the tri-protein complex using metabolite and gene transcription profiling and scanning electron microscopy. Seed metabolite analysis revealed that defective CSN5a led to an enhanced production of many compounds in addition to anthocyanin, most notably phenylpropanoids and carotenoids as well as a glycoside of zeatin. Consistent changes in carotenoids and anthocyanin were also found in the sk372 leaves. In addition, 370 genes were differentially expressed in 10-day old seedlings of sk372 compared to its wild type control. Real-time transcript quantitative analysis showed that in sk372, GL2 and tri-protein complex gene TT2 was significantly suppressed (p < 0.05) while complex genes EGL3 and GL3 slightly decreased (p > 0.05). Complex genes MYB75, GL1 and flavonoid biosynthetic genes TT3 and TT18 in sk372 were all significantly enhanced. Overexpression of GL3 driven by cauliflower mosaic virus 35S promotor increased the number of single pointed trichomes only, no other phenotypic recovery in sk372. CONCLUSIONS Our results indicated clearly that COP9 signalosome subunit CSN5a affects trichome production and the metabolism of a wide range of phenylpropanoid and carotenoid compounds. Enhanced anthocyanin accumulation and reduced trichome production were related to the enhanced MYB75 and suppressed GL2 and some other differentially expressed genes associated with the TTG1/bHLH/MYB complexes.
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- Shu Wei
- State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui China
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon Research Center, Saskatoon, SK Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon Research Center, Saskatoon, SK Canada
- Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon Research Center, Saskatoon, SK Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON Canada
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Kurzbauer MT, Pradillo M, Kerzendorfer C, Sims J, Ladurner R, Oliver C, Janisiw MP, Mosiolek M, Schweizer D, Copenhaver GP, Schlögelhofer P. Arabidopsis thaliana FANCD2 Promotes Meiotic Crossover Formation. THE PLANT CELL 2018; 30:415-428. [PMID: 29352063 PMCID: PMC5868695 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.17.00745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2017] [Revised: 12/06/2017] [Accepted: 01/17/2018] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Fanconi anemia (FA) is a human autosomal recessive disorder characterized by chromosomal instability, developmental pathologies, predisposition to cancer, and reduced fertility. So far, 19 genes have been implicated in FA, most of them involved in DNA repair. Some are conserved across higher eukaryotes, including plants. The Arabidopsis thaliana genome encodes a homolog of the Fanconi anemia D2 gene (FANCD2) whose function in DNA repair is not yet fully understood. Here, we provide evidence that AtFANCD2 is required for meiotic homologous recombination. Meiosis is a specialized cell division that ensures reduction of genomic content by half and DNA exchange between homologous chromosomes via crossovers (COs) prior to gamete formation. In plants, a mutation in AtFANCD2 results in a 14% reduction of CO numbers. Genetic analysis demonstrated that AtFANCD2 acts in parallel to both MUTS HOMOLOG4 (AtMSH4), known for its role in promoting interfering COs and MMS AND UV SENSITIVE81 (AtMUS81), known for its role in the formation of noninterfering COs. AtFANCD2 promotes noninterfering COs in a MUS81-independent manner and is therefore part of an uncharted meiotic CO-promoting mechanism, in addition to those described previously.
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- Marie-Therese Kurzbauer
- Department of Chromosome Biology, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna Biocenter, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Chromosome Biology, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna Biocenter, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Chromosome Biology, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna Biocenter, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Chromosome Biology, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna Biocenter, 1030 Vienna, Austria
- Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna Biocenter, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Chromosome Biology, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna Biocenter, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Chromosome Biology, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna Biocenter, 1030 Vienna, Austria
- Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna Biocenter, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Chromosome Biology, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna Biocenter, 1030 Vienna, Austria
- Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna Biocenter, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Biology and the Integrative Program for Biological and Genome Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3280
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- Department of Chromosome Biology, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna Biocenter, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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Chini A, Monte I, Zamarreño AM, Hamberg M, Lassueur S, Reymond P, Weiss S, Stintzi A, Schaller A, Porzel A, García-Mina JM, Solano R. An OPR3-independent pathway uses 4,5-didehydrojasmonate for jasmonate synthesis. Nat Chem Biol 2018; 14:171-178. [PMID: 29291349 DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.2540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2017] [Accepted: 11/09/2017] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Biosynthesis of the phytohormone jasmonoyl-isoleucine (JA-Ile) requires reduction of the JA precursor 12-oxo-phytodienoic acid (OPDA) by OPDA reductase 3 (OPR3). Previous analyses of the opr3-1 Arabidopsis mutant suggested an OPDA signaling role independent of JA-Ile and its receptor COI1; however, this hypothesis has been challenged because opr3-1 is a conditional allele not completely impaired in JA-Ile biosynthesis. To clarify the role of OPR3 and OPDA in JA-independent defenses, we isolated and characterized a loss-of-function opr3-3 allele. Strikingly, opr3-3 plants remained resistant to necrotrophic pathogens and insect feeding, and activated COI1-dependent JA-mediated gene expression. Analysis of OPDA derivatives identified 4,5-didehydro-JA in wounded wild-type and opr3-3 plants. OPR2 was found to reduce 4,5-didehydro-JA to JA, explaining the accumulation of JA-Ile and activation of JA-Ile-responses in opr3-3 mutants. Our results demonstrate that in the absence of OPR3, OPDA enters the β-oxidation pathway to produce 4,5-ddh-JA as a direct precursor of JA and JA-Ile, thus identifying an OPR3-independent pathway for JA biosynthesis.
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- Andrea Chini
- Department of Plant Molecular Genetics, National Centre for Biotechnology, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CNB-CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Plant Molecular Genetics, National Centre for Biotechnology, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CNB-CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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- Environmental Biology Department, University of Navarra, Navarre, Spain
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- Division of Physiological Chemistry II, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Plant Physiology and Biotechnology, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Physiology and Biotechnology, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Physiology and Biotechnology, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Halle, Germany
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- Department of Plant Molecular Genetics, National Centre for Biotechnology, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CNB-CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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Zhang B, Schrader A. TRANSPARENT TESTA GLABRA 1-Dependent Regulation of Flavonoid Biosynthesis. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2017; 6:E65. [PMID: 29261137 PMCID: PMC5750641 DOI: 10.3390/plants6040065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2017] [Revised: 12/02/2017] [Accepted: 12/16/2017] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The flavonoid composition of various tissues throughout plant development is of biological relevance and particular interest for breeding. Arabidopsis thaliana TRANSPARENT TESTA GLABRA 1 (AtTTG1) is an essential regulator of late structural genes in flavonoid biosynthesis. Here, we provide a review of the regulation of the pathway's core enzymes through AtTTG1-containing R2R3-MYELOBLASTOSIS-basic HELIX-LOOP-HELIX-WD40 repeat (MBW(AtTTG1)) complexes embedded in an evolutionary context. We present a comprehensive collection of A. thalianattg1 mutants and AtTTG1 orthologs. A plethora of MBW(AtTTG1) mechanisms in regulating the five major TTG1-dependent traits is highlighted.
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- Bipei Zhang
- Botanical Institute, University of Cologne, Zuelpicher Str 47B, 50674 Cologne, Germany.
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- Botanical Institute, University of Cologne, Zuelpicher Str 47B, 50674 Cologne, Germany.
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Zhang Y, Zhao L, Zhao J, Li Y, Wang J, Guo R, Gan S, Liu CJ, Zhang K. S5H/DMR6 Encodes a Salicylic Acid 5-Hydroxylase That Fine-Tunes Salicylic Acid Homeostasis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2017; 175:1082-1093. [PMID: 28899963 PMCID: PMC5664462 DOI: 10.1104/pp.17.00695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2017] [Accepted: 09/08/2017] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The phytohormone salicylic acid (SA) plays essential roles in biotic and abiotic responses, plant development, and leaf senescence. 2,5-Dihydroxybenzoic acid (2,5-DHBA or gentisic acid) is one of the most commonly occurring aromatic acids in green plants and is assumed to be generated from SA, but the enzymes involved in its production remain obscure. DMR6 (Downy Mildew Resistant6; At5g24530) has been proven essential in plant immunity of Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), but its biochemical properties are not well understood. Here, we report the discovery and functional characterization of DMR6 as a salicylic acid 5-hydroxylase (S5H) that catalyzes the formation of 2,5-DHBA by hydroxylating SA at the C5 position of its phenyl ring in Arabidopsis. S5H/DMR6 specifically converts SA to 2,5-DHBA in vitro and displays higher catalytic efficiency (Kcat/Km = 4.96 × 104 m-1 s-1) than the previously reported S3H (Kcat/Km = 6.09 × 103 m-1 s-1) for SA. Interestingly, S5H/DMR6 displays a substrate inhibition property that may enable automatic control of its enzyme activities. The s5h mutant and s5hs3h double mutant overaccumulate SA and display phenotypes such as a smaller growth size, early senescence, and a loss of susceptibility to Pseudomonas syringae pv tomato DC3000. S5H/DMR6 is sensitively induced by SA/pathogen treatment and is expressed widely from young seedlings to senescing plants, whereas S3H is more specifically expressed at the mature and senescing stages. Collectively, our results disclose the identity of the enzyme required for 2,5-DHBA formation and reveal a mechanism by which plants fine-tune SA homeostasis by mediating SA 5-hydroxylation.
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- Yanjun Zhang
- Institute of Plant Genetics and Developmental Biology, College of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang 321004, China
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- Institute of Plant Genetics and Developmental Biology, College of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang 321004, China
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- Institute of Plant Genetics and Developmental Biology, College of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang 321004, China
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- Institute of Plant Genetics and Developmental Biology, College of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang 321004, China
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- Institute of Plant Genetics and Developmental Biology, College of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang 321004, China
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- Institute of Plant Genetics and Developmental Biology, College of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang 321004, China
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- Plant Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
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- Department of Biosciences, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Institute of Plant Genetics and Developmental Biology, College of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang 321004, China
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Hunt L, Amsbury S, Baillie A, Movahedi M, Mitchell A, Afsharinafar M, Swarup K, Denyer T, Hobbs JK, Swarup R, Fleming AJ, Gray JE. Formation of the Stomatal Outer Cuticular Ledge Requires a Guard Cell Wall Proline-Rich Protein. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2017; 174:689-699. [PMID: 28153922 PMCID: PMC5462008 DOI: 10.1104/pp.16.01715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2016] [Accepted: 01/30/2017] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Stomata are formed by a pair of guard cells which have thickened, elastic cell walls to withstand the large increases in turgor pressure that have to be generated to open the pore that they surround. We have characterized FOCL1, a guard cell-expressed, secreted protein with homology to Hyp-rich cell wall proteins. FOCL1-GFP localizes to the guard cell outer cuticular ledge and plants lacking FOCL1 produce stomata without a cuticular ledge. Instead the majority of stomatal pores are entirely covered over by a continuous fusion of the cuticle, and consequently plants have decreased levels of transpiration and display drought tolerance. The focl1 guard cells are larger and less able to reduce the aperture of their stomatal pore in response to closure signals suggesting that the flexibility of guard cell walls is impaired. FOCL1 is also expressed in lateral root initials where it aids lateral root emergence. We propose that FOCL1 acts in these highly specialized cells of the stomata and root to impart cell wall strength at high turgor and/or to facilitate interactions between the cell wall and the cuticle.
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- Lee Hunt
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom (L.H., M.M., A.M., M.A., J.E.G.)
- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7HF, United Kingdom (S.A., A.B., A.J.F.)
- Centre for Integrative Plant Biology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham LE12 5RD, United Kingdom (K.S., T.D., R.S.); and
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7RH, United Kingdom (J.K.H.)
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom (L.H., M.M., A.M., M.A., J.E.G.)
- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7HF, United Kingdom (S.A., A.B., A.J.F.)
- Centre for Integrative Plant Biology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham LE12 5RD, United Kingdom (K.S., T.D., R.S.); and
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7RH, United Kingdom (J.K.H.)
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom (L.H., M.M., A.M., M.A., J.E.G.)
- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7HF, United Kingdom (S.A., A.B., A.J.F.)
- Centre for Integrative Plant Biology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham LE12 5RD, United Kingdom (K.S., T.D., R.S.); and
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7RH, United Kingdom (J.K.H.)
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom (L.H., M.M., A.M., M.A., J.E.G.)
- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7HF, United Kingdom (S.A., A.B., A.J.F.)
- Centre for Integrative Plant Biology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham LE12 5RD, United Kingdom (K.S., T.D., R.S.); and
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7RH, United Kingdom (J.K.H.)
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom (L.H., M.M., A.M., M.A., J.E.G.)
- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7HF, United Kingdom (S.A., A.B., A.J.F.)
- Centre for Integrative Plant Biology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham LE12 5RD, United Kingdom (K.S., T.D., R.S.); and
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7RH, United Kingdom (J.K.H.)
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom (L.H., M.M., A.M., M.A., J.E.G.)
- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7HF, United Kingdom (S.A., A.B., A.J.F.)
- Centre for Integrative Plant Biology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham LE12 5RD, United Kingdom (K.S., T.D., R.S.); and
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7RH, United Kingdom (J.K.H.)
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom (L.H., M.M., A.M., M.A., J.E.G.)
- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7HF, United Kingdom (S.A., A.B., A.J.F.)
- Centre for Integrative Plant Biology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham LE12 5RD, United Kingdom (K.S., T.D., R.S.); and
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7RH, United Kingdom (J.K.H.)
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom (L.H., M.M., A.M., M.A., J.E.G.)
- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7HF, United Kingdom (S.A., A.B., A.J.F.)
- Centre for Integrative Plant Biology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham LE12 5RD, United Kingdom (K.S., T.D., R.S.); and
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7RH, United Kingdom (J.K.H.)
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom (L.H., M.M., A.M., M.A., J.E.G.)
- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7HF, United Kingdom (S.A., A.B., A.J.F.)
- Centre for Integrative Plant Biology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham LE12 5RD, United Kingdom (K.S., T.D., R.S.); and
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7RH, United Kingdom (J.K.H.)
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom (L.H., M.M., A.M., M.A., J.E.G.)
- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7HF, United Kingdom (S.A., A.B., A.J.F.)
- Centre for Integrative Plant Biology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham LE12 5RD, United Kingdom (K.S., T.D., R.S.); and
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7RH, United Kingdom (J.K.H.)
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom (L.H., M.M., A.M., M.A., J.E.G.)
- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7HF, United Kingdom (S.A., A.B., A.J.F.)
- Centre for Integrative Plant Biology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham LE12 5RD, United Kingdom (K.S., T.D., R.S.); and
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7RH, United Kingdom (J.K.H.)
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom (L.H., M.M., A.M., M.A., J.E.G.);
- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7HF, United Kingdom (S.A., A.B., A.J.F.);
- Centre for Integrative Plant Biology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham LE12 5RD, United Kingdom (K.S., T.D., R.S.); and
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7RH, United Kingdom (J.K.H.)
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Arango J, Beltrán J, Nuñez J, Chavarriaga P. Evidence of Epigenetic Mechanisms Affecting Carotenoids. Subcell Biochem 2017; 79:295-307. [PMID: 27485227 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-39126-7_11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Epigenetic mechanisms are able to regulate plant development by generating non-Mendelian allelic interactions. An example of these are the responses to environmenal stimuli that result in phenotypic variability and transgression amongst important crop traits. The need to predict phenotypes from genotypes to understand the molecular basis of the genotype-by-environment interaction is a research priority. Today, with the recent discoveries in the field of epigenetics, this challenge goes beyond analyzing how DNA sequences change. Here we review examples of epigenetic regulation of genes involved in carotenoid synthesis and degradation, cases in which histone- and/or DNA-methylation, and RNA silencing at the posttranscriptional level affect carotenoids in plants.
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- Jacobo Arango
- International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), A.A. 6713, Cali, Colombia.
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- Agronomy and Horticulture Department, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Beadle Center 1901 Vine Street, Lincoln, NE, 68588-0660, USA
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- International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), A.A. 6713, Cali, Colombia
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- International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), A.A. 6713, Cali, Colombia
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Liu Z, Tavares R, Forsythe ES, André F, Lugan R, Jonasson G, Boutet-Mercey S, Tohge T, Beilstein MA, Werck-Reichhart D, Renault H. Evolutionary interplay between sister cytochrome P450 genes shapes plasticity in plant metabolism. Nat Commun 2016; 7:13026. [PMID: 27713409 PMCID: PMC5059761 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2016] [Accepted: 08/26/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Expansion of the cytochrome P450 gene family is often proposed to have a critical role in the evolution of metabolic complexity, in particular in microorganisms, insects and plants. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying the evolution of this complexity are poorly understood. Here we describe the evolutionary history of a plant P450 retrogene, which emerged and underwent fixation in the common ancestor of Brassicales, before undergoing tandem duplication in the ancestor of Brassicaceae. Duplication leads first to gain of dual functions in one of the copies. Both sister genes are retained through subsequent speciation but eventually return to a single copy in two of three diverging lineages. In the lineage in which both copies are maintained, the ancestral functions are split between paralogs and a novel function arises in the copy under relaxed selection. Our work illustrates how retrotransposition and gene duplication can favour the emergence of novel metabolic functions.
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- Zhenhua Liu
- Institute of Plant Molecular Biology, CNRS, University of Strasbourg, 12 rue du Général Zimmer, Strasbourg 67084 France
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- Université Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR 5558, Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Évolutive, 16 rue Raphael Dubois, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France
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- School of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA
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- iBiTec-S/SB2SM, UMR 9198 CNRS, University Paris Sud, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institute of Plant Molecular Biology, CNRS, University of Strasbourg, 12 rue du Général Zimmer, Strasbourg 67084 France
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- iBiTec-S/SB2SM, UMR 9198 CNRS, University Paris Sud, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, UMR 1318 INRA-AgroParisTech, Saclay Plant Sciences RD10, 78026 Versailles, France
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- Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Department of Molecular Physiology, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- School of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA
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- Institute of Plant Molecular Biology, CNRS, University of Strasbourg, 12 rue du Général Zimmer, Strasbourg 67084 France.,University of Strasbourg Institute for Advanced Study, 67000 Strasbourg, France.,Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Molecular Biology, CNRS, University of Strasbourg, 12 rue du Général Zimmer, Strasbourg 67084 France.,University of Strasbourg Institute for Advanced Study, 67000 Strasbourg, France.,Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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Herdean A, Teardo E, Nilsson AK, Pfeil BE, Johansson ON, Ünnep R, Nagy G, Zsiros O, Dana S, Solymosi K, Garab G, Szabó I, Spetea C, Lundin B. A voltage-dependent chloride channel fine-tunes photosynthesis in plants. Nat Commun 2016; 7:11654. [PMID: 27216227 PMCID: PMC4890181 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2015] [Accepted: 04/16/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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In natural habitats, plants frequently experience rapid changes in the intensity of sunlight. To cope with these changes and maximize growth, plants adjust photosynthetic light utilization in electron transport and photoprotective mechanisms. This involves a proton motive force (PMF) across the thylakoid membrane, postulated to be affected by unknown anion (Cl(-)) channels. Here we report that a bestrophin-like protein from Arabidopsis thaliana functions as a voltage-dependent Cl(-) channel in electrophysiological experiments. AtVCCN1 localizes to the thylakoid membrane, and fine-tunes PMF by anion influx into the lumen during illumination, adjusting electron transport and the photoprotective mechanisms. The activity of AtVCCN1 accelerates the activation of photoprotective mechanisms on sudden shifts to high light. Our results reveal that AtVCCN1, a member of a conserved anion channel family, acts as an early component in the rapid adjustment of photosynthesis in variable light environments.
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- Andrei Herdean
- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg 40530, Sweden
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- Department of Biology, University of Padova, Padova 35121, Italy
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg 40530, Sweden
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg 40530, Sweden
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg 40530, Sweden
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- Laboratory for Neutron Scattering and Imaging, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen 5232, Switzerland
- Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics, Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest 1121, Hungary
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- Laboratory for Neutron Scattering and Imaging, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen 5232, Switzerland
- Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics, Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest 1121, Hungary
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- Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Center, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged 6701, Hungary
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg 40530, Sweden
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- Department of Plant Anatomy, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest 1117, Hungary
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- Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Center, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged 6701, Hungary
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- Department of Biology, University of Padova, Padova 35121, Italy
- CNR Neuroscience Institute, Padova 35121, Italy
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg 40530, Sweden
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg 40530, Sweden
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Alahakoon UI, Taheri A, Nayidu NK, Epp D, Yu M, Parkin I, Hegedus D, Bonham-Smith P, Gruber MY. Hairy Canola (Brasssica napus) re-visited: Down-regulating TTG1 in an AtGL3-enhanced hairy leaf background improves growth, leaf trichome coverage, and metabolite gene expression diversity. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2016; 16:12. [PMID: 26739276 PMCID: PMC4704247 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-015-0680-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2014] [Accepted: 12/11/2015] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND Through evolution, some plants have developed natural resistance to insects by having hairs (trichomes) on leaves and other tissues. The hairy trait has been neglected in Brassica breeding programs, which mainly focus on disease resistance, yield, and overall crop productivity. In Arabidopsis, a network of three classes of proteins consisting of TTG1 (a WD40 repeat protein), GL3 (a bHLH factor) and GL1 (a MYB transcription factor), activates trichome initiation and patterning. Introduction of a trichome regulatory gene AtGL3 from Arabidopsis into semi-glabrous Brassica napus resulted in hairy canola plants which showed tolerance to flea beetles and diamondback moths; however plant growth was negatively affected. In addition, the role of BnTTG1 transcription in the new germplasm was not understood. RESULTS Here, we show that two ultra-hairy lines (K-5-8 and K-6-3) with BnTTG1 knock-down in the hairy AtGL3+ B. napus background showed stable enhancement of trichome coverage, density, and length and restored wild type growth similar to growth of the semi-glabrous Westar plant. In contrast, over-expression of BnTTG1 in the hairy AtGL3+ B. napus background gave consistently glabrous plants of very low fertility and poor stability, with only one glabrous plant (O-3-7) surviving to the T3 generation. Q-PCR trichome gene expression data in leaf samples combining several leaf stages for these lines suggested that BnGL2 controlled B. napus trichome length and out-growth and that strong BnTTG1 transcription together with strong GL3 expression inhibited this process. Weak expression of BnTRY in both glabrous and trichome-bearing leaves of B. napus in the latter Q-PCR experiment suggested that TRY may have functions other than as an inhibitor of trichome initiation in the Brassicas. A role for BnTTG1 in the lateral inhibition of trichome formation in neighbouring cells was also proposed for B. napus. RNA sequencing of first leaves identified a much larger array of genes with altered expression patterns in the K-5-8 line compared to the hairy AtGL3(+) B. napus background (relative to the Westar control plant). These genes particularly included transcription factors, protein degradation and modification genes, but also included pathways that coded for anthocyanins, flavonols, terpenes, glucosinolates, alkaloids, shikimates, cell wall biosynthesis, and hormones. A 2nd Q-PCR experiment was conducted on redox, cell wall carbohydrate, lignin, and trichome genes using young first leaves, including T4 O-3-7-5 plants that had partially reverted to yield two linked growth and trichome phenotypes. Most of the trichome genes tested showed to be consistant with leaf trichome phenotypes and with RNA sequencing data in three of the lines. Two redox genes showed highest overall expression in K-5-8 leaves and lowest in O-3-7-5 leaves, while one redox gene and three cell wall genes were consistently higher in the two less robust lines compared with the two robust lines. CONCLUSION The data support the strong impact of BnTTG1 knockdown (in the presence of strong AtGL3 expression) at restoring growth, enhancing trichome coverage and length, and enhancing expression and diversity of growth, metabolic, and anti-oxidant genes important for stress tolerance and plant health in B. napus. Our data also suggests that the combination of strong (up-regulated) BnTTG1 expression in concert with strong AtGL3 expression is unstable and lethal to the plant.
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- Ushan I Alahakoon
- Saskatoon Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK, S7N0X2, Canada.
- Present address: DOW Agro-Sciences, 101-421 Downey Rd., Saskatoon, SK, S7N4L8, Canada.
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- Saskatoon Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK, S7N0X2, Canada.
- Present address: Department of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Tennessee State University, 3500 John A Merritt Blvd., Nashville, TN, 37209, USA.
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- Saskatoon Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK, S7N0X2, Canada.
- Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, 112 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK, S7N5E2, Canada.
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- Saskatoon Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK, S7N0X2, Canada.
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- Saskatoon Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK, S7N0X2, Canada.
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- Saskatoon Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK, S7N0X2, Canada.
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- Saskatoon Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK, S7N0X2, Canada.
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- Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, 112 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK, S7N5E2, Canada.
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- Saskatoon Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK, S7N0X2, Canada.
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Msanne J, Chen M, Luttgeharm KD, Bradley AM, Mays ES, Paper JM, Boyle DL, Cahoon RE, Schrick K, Cahoon EB. Glucosylceramides are critical for cell-type differentiation and organogenesis, but not for cell viability in Arabidopsis. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2015; 84:188-201. [PMID: 26313010 PMCID: PMC4765501 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2015] [Revised: 08/14/2015] [Accepted: 08/18/2015] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Glucosylceramides (GlcCer), glucose-conjugated sphingolipids, are major components of the endomembrane system and plasma membrane in most eukaryotic cells. Yet the quantitative significance and cellular functions of GlcCer are not well characterized in plants and other multi-organ eukaryotes. To address this, we examined Arabidopsis lines that were lacking or deficient in GlcCer by insertional disruption or by RNA interference (RNAi) suppression of the single gene for GlcCer synthase (GCS, At2g19880), the enzyme that catalyzes GlcCer synthesis. Null mutants for GCS (designated 'gcs-1') were viable as seedlings, albeit strongly reduced in size, and failed to develop beyond the seedling stage. Heterozygous plants harboring the insertion allele exhibited reduced transmission through the male gametophyte. Undifferentiated calli generated from gcs-1 seedlings and lacking GlcCer proliferated in a manner similar to calli from wild-type plants. However, gcs-1 calli, in contrast to wild-type calli, were unable to develop organs on differentiation media. Consistent with a role for GlcCer in organ-specific cell differentiation, calli from gcs-1 mutants formed roots and leaves on media supplemented with the glucosylated sphingosine glucopsychosine, which was readily converted to GlcCer independent of GCS. Underlying these phenotypes, gcs-1 cells had altered Golgi morphology and fewer cisternae per Golgi apparatus relative to wild-type cells, indicative of protein trafficking defects. Despite seedling lethality in the null mutant, GCS RNAi suppression lines with ≤2% of wild-type GlcCer levels were viable and fertile. Collectively, these results indicate that GlcCer are essential for cell-type differentiation and organogenesis, and plant cells produce amounts of GlcCer in excess of that required for normal development.
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- Joseph Msanne
- Center for Plant Science Innovation and Department of Biochemistry, E318 Beadle Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA
- School of Natural Resources, 807 Hardin Hall, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583, USA
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- Center for Plant Science Innovation and Department of Biochemistry, E318 Beadle Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA
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- Center for Plant Science Innovation and Department of Biochemistry, E318 Beadle Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA
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- Division of Biology, 116 Ackert Hall, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Division of Biology, 116 Ackert Hall, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Division of Biology, 116 Ackert Hall, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Division of Biology, 116 Ackert Hall, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Center for Plant Science Innovation and Department of Biochemistry, E318 Beadle Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA
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- Division of Biology, 116 Ackert Hall, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
- Corresponding Authors: Edgar B. Cahoon, E318 Beadle Center, 1901 Vine Street, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68506, USA, Phone: +1 402 472 5611, . Kathrin Schrick, 116 Ackert Hall, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506-4901, Phone: +1 785 532 6360,
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- Center for Plant Science Innovation and Department of Biochemistry, E318 Beadle Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA
- Corresponding Authors: Edgar B. Cahoon, E318 Beadle Center, 1901 Vine Street, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68506, USA, Phone: +1 402 472 5611, . Kathrin Schrick, 116 Ackert Hall, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506-4901, Phone: +1 785 532 6360,
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Habets MEJ, Offringa R. Auxin Binding Protein 1: A Red Herring After All? MOLECULAR PLANT 2015; 8:1131-4. [PMID: 25917757 DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2015.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2015] [Revised: 03/13/2015] [Accepted: 04/21/2015] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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- Myckel E J Habets
- Institute Biology Leiden, Leiden University, Sylviusweg 72, 2333 BE Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Institute Biology Leiden, Leiden University, Sylviusweg 72, 2333 BE Leiden, the Netherlands.
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Taheri A, Gao P, Yu M, Cui D, Regan S, Parkin I, Gruber M. A landscape of hairy and twisted: hunting for new trichome mutants in the Saskatoon Arabidopsis T-DNA population. PLANT BIOLOGY (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 2015; 17:384-94. [PMID: 25348773 DOI: 10.1111/plb.12230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2014] [Accepted: 06/10/2014] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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A total of 88 new Arabidopsis lines with trichome variation were recovered by screening 49,200 single-seed descent T3 lines from the SK activation-tagged population and from a new 20,000-line T-DNA insertion population (called pAG). Trichome variant lines were classified into 12 distinct phenotype categories. Single or multiple T-DNA insertion sites were identified for 89% of these mutant lines. Alleles of the well-known trichome genes TRY, GL2 and TTG1 were recovered with atypical phenotype variation not reported previously. Moreover, atypical gene expression profiles were documented for two additional mutants specifying TRY and GL2 disruptions. In remaining mutants, ten lines were disrupted in genes coding for proteins not implicated in trichome development, five were disrupted in hypothetical proteins and 11 were disrupted in proteins with unknown function. The collection represents new opportunities for the plant biology community to define trichome development more precisely and to refine the function of individual trichome genes.
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- A Taheri
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon Research Centre, Saskatoon, SK, Canada; College of Agriculture, Human and Natural Sciences, Tennessee State University, 3500 John A. Merritt Blvd., Nashville, TN, 37209-1561
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Gao Y, Zhang Y, Zhang D, Dai X, Estelle M, Zhao Y. Auxin binding protein 1 (ABP1) is not required for either auxin signaling or Arabidopsis development. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2015; 112:2275-80. [PMID: 25646447 PMCID: PMC4343106 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1500365112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 244] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Auxin binding protein 1 (ABP1) has been studied for decades. It has been suggested that ABP1 functions as an auxin receptor and has an essential role in many developmental processes. Here we present our unexpected findings that ABP1 is neither required for auxin signaling nor necessary for plant development under normal growth conditions. We used our ribozyme-based CRISPR technology to generate an Arabidopsis abp1 mutant that contains a 5-bp deletion in the first exon of ABP1, which resulted in a frameshift and introduction of early stop codons. We also identified a T-DNA insertion abp1 allele that harbors a T-DNA insertion located 27 bp downstream of the ATG start codon in the first exon. We show that the two new abp1 mutants are null alleles. Surprisingly, our new abp1 mutant plants do not display any obvious developmental defects. In fact, the mutant plants are indistinguishable from wild-type plants at every developmental stage analyzed. Furthermore, the abp1 plants are not resistant to exogenous auxin. At the molecular level, we find that the induction of known auxin-regulated genes is similar in both wild-type and abp1 plants in response to auxin treatments. We conclude that ABP1 is not a key component in auxin signaling or Arabidopsis development.
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- Yangbin Gao
- Section of Cell and Developmental Biology and
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- Section of Cell and Developmental Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0116; and
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- Section of Cell and Developmental Biology and College of Life Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China
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- Section of Cell and Developmental Biology and
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- Section of Cell and Developmental Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0116; and
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- Section of Cell and Developmental Biology and
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Regulation of arabidopsis flowering by the histone mark readers MRG1/2 via interaction with CONSTANS to modulate FT expression. PLoS Genet 2014; 10:e1004617. [PMID: 25211338 PMCID: PMC4161306 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2014] [Accepted: 07/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Day-length is important for regulating the transition to reproductive development (flowering) in plants. In the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, the transcription factor CONSTANS (CO) promotes expression of the florigen FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT), constituting a key flowering pathway under long-day photoperiods. Recent studies have revealed that FT expression is regulated by changes of histone modification marks of the FT chromatin, but the epigenetic regulators that directly interact with the CO protein have not been identified. Here, we show that the Arabidopsis Morf Related Gene (MRG) group proteins MRG1 and MRG2 act as H3K4me3/H3K36me3 readers and physically interact with CO to activate FT expression. In vitro binding analyses indicated that the chromodomains of MRG1 and MRG2 preferentially bind H3K4me3/H3K36me3 peptides. The mrg1 mrg2 double mutant exhibits reduced mRNA levels of FT, but not of CO, and shows a late-flowering phenotype under the long-day but not short-day photoperiod growth conditions. MRG2 associates with the chromatin of FT promoter in a way dependent of both CO and H3K4me3/H3K36me3. Vice versa, loss of MRG1 and MRG2 also impairs CO binding at the FT promoter. Crystal structure analyses of MRG2 bound with H3K4me3/H3K36me3 peptides together with mutagenesis analysis in planta further demonstrated that MRG2 function relies on its H3K4me3/H3K36me3-binding activity. Collectively, our results unravel a novel chromatin regulatory mechanism, linking functions of MRG1 and MRG2 proteins, H3K4/H3K36 methylations, and CO in FT activation in the photoperiodic regulation of flowering time in plants. The photoperiodic flowering in Arabidopsis requires the key regulator CO and its target gene FT. However, how CO regulates FT expression in the context of chromatin remains largely obscure. In this work, we present Arabidopsis MRG1/2 as novel chromatin effectors directly involved in the CO-FT photoperiodic flowering. Firstly, MRG1/2 proteins are identified as recognition factors of H3K4 and H3K36 methylation via their chromodomains. The mrg1 mrg2 double mutant shows a late-flowering phenotype only under long-day conditions through down-regulation of FT but not of CO. MRG2 can directly target in vivo the FT promoter chromatin in a H3K4me3/H3K36me3-level dependent manner. More importantly, MRG2 and CO physically interact and enhance each other's binding to the FT promoter in planta. Determination of co-crystal structures of MRG2 with H3K4me3/H3K36me3 peptides and mutagenesis of a key amino acid residue involved in structural interaction demonstrate that MRG2 reader activity is essential for in planta function. Taken together, our findings uncover a novel mechanism of FT activation in flowering promotion and provide a striking example of mutual interplay between a transcription factor and a histone methylation reader in transcription regulation.
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Yamaguchi N, Winter CM, Wu MF, Kanno Y, Yamaguchi A, Seo M, Wagner D. Gibberellin acts positively then negatively to control onset of flower formation in Arabidopsis. Science 2014; 344:638-41. [PMID: 24812402 DOI: 10.1126/science.1250498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The switch to reproductive development is biphasic in many plants, a feature important for optimal pollination and yield. We show that dual opposite roles of the phytohormone gibberellin underpin this phenomenon in Arabidopsis. Although gibberellin promotes termination of vegetative development, it inhibits flower formation. To overcome this effect, the transcription factor LEAFY induces expression of a gibberellin catabolism gene; consequently, increased LEAFY activity causes reduced gibberellin levels. This allows accumulation of gibberellin-sensitive DELLA proteins. The DELLA proteins are recruited by SQUAMOSA PROMOTER BINDING PROTEIN-LIKE transcription factors to regulatory regions of the floral commitment gene APETALA1 and promote APETALA1 up-regulation and floral fate synergistically with LEAFY. The two opposing functions of gibberellin may facilitate evolutionary and environmental modulation of plant inflorescence architecture.
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- Nobutoshi Yamaguchi
- Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, 415 South University Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6018, USA
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Block A, Widhalm JR, Fatihi A, Cahoon RE, Wamboldt Y, Elowsky C, Mackenzie SA, Cahoon EB, Chapple C, Dudareva N, Basset GJ. The Origin and Biosynthesis of the Benzenoid Moiety of Ubiquinone (Coenzyme Q) in Arabidopsis. THE PLANT CELL 2014; 26:1938-1948. [PMID: 24838974 PMCID: PMC4079360 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.114.125807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2014] [Revised: 04/15/2014] [Accepted: 04/24/2014] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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It is not known how plants make the benzenoid ring of ubiquinone, a vital respiratory cofactor. Here, we demonstrate that Arabidopsis thaliana uses for that purpose two separate biosynthetic branches stemming from phenylalanine and tyrosine. Gene network modeling and characterization of T-DNA mutants indicated that acyl-activating enzyme encoded by At4g19010 contributes to the biosynthesis of ubiquinone specifically from phenylalanine. CoA ligase assays verified that At4g19010 prefers para-coumarate, ferulate, and caffeate as substrates. Feeding experiments demonstrated that the at4g19010 knockout cannot use para-coumarate for ubiquinone biosynthesis and that the supply of 4-hydroxybenzoate, the side-chain shortened version of para-coumarate, can bypass this blockage. Furthermore, a trans-cinnamate 4-hydroxylase mutant, which is impaired in the conversion of trans-cinnamate into para-coumarate, displayed similar defects in ubiquinone biosynthesis to that of the at4g19010 knockout. Green fluorescent protein fusion experiments demonstrated that At4g19010 occurs in peroxisomes, resulting in an elaborate biosynthetic architecture where phenylpropanoid intermediates have to be transported from the cytosol to peroxisomes and then to mitochondria where ubiquinone is assembled. Collectively, these results demonstrate that At4g19010 activates the propyl side chain of para-coumarate for its subsequent β-oxidative shortening. Evidence is shown that the peroxisomal ABCD transporter (PXA1) plays a critical role in this branch.
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- Anna Block
- Center for Plant Science Innovation, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588
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- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
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- Center for Plant Science Innovation, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588
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- Center for Plant Science Innovation, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588
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- Center for Plant Science Innovation, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588
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- Center for Plant Science Innovation, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588
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- Center for Plant Science Innovation, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588
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- Center for Plant Science Innovation, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588
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- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
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- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
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- Center for Plant Science Innovation, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588
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Nayidu NK, Kagale S, Taheri A, Withana-Gamage TS, Parkin IAP, Sharpe AG, Gruber MY. Comparison of five major trichome regulatory genes in Brassica villosa with orthologues within the Brassicaceae. PLoS One 2014; 9:e95877. [PMID: 24755905 PMCID: PMC3995807 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2013] [Accepted: 03/31/2014] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Coding sequences for major trichome regulatory genes, including the positive regulators GLABRA 1(GL1), GLABRA 2 (GL2), ENHANCER OF GLABRA 3 (EGL3), and TRANSPARENT TESTA GLABRA 1 (TTG1) and the negative regulator TRIPTYCHON (TRY), were cloned from wild Brassica villosa, which is characterized by dense trichome coverage over most of the plant. Transcript (FPKM) levels from RNA sequencing indicated much higher expression of the GL2 and TTG1 regulatory genes in B. villosa leaves compared with expression levels of GL1 and EGL3 genes in either B. villosa or the reference genome species, glabrous B. oleracea; however, cotyledon TTG1 expression was high in both species. RNA sequencing and Q-PCR also revealed an unusual expression pattern for the negative regulators TRY and CPC, which were much more highly expressed in trichome-rich B. villosa leaves than in glabrous B. oleracea leaves and in glabrous cotyledons from both species. The B. villosa TRY expression pattern also contrasted with TRY expression patterns in two diploid Brassica species, and with the Arabidopsis model for expression of negative regulators of trichome development. Further unique sequence polymorphisms, protein characteristics, and gene evolution studies highlighted specific amino acids in GL1 and GL2 coding sequences that distinguished glabrous species from hairy species and several variants that were specific for each B. villosa gene. Positive selection was observed for GL1 between hairy and non-hairy plants, and as expected the origin of the four expressed positive trichome regulatory genes in B. villosa was predicted to be from B. oleracea. In particular the unpredicted expression patterns for TRY and CPC in B. villosa suggest additional characterization is needed to determine the function of the expanded families of trichome regulatory genes in more complex polyploid species within the Brassicaceae.
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- Naghabushana K. Nayidu
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon Research Centre, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
- Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon SK, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon Research Centre, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
- National Research Council (NRC), Saskatoon SK, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon Research Centre, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon Research Centre, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon Research Centre, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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Powikrowska M, Khrouchtchova A, Martens HJ, Zygadlo-Nielsen A, Melonek J, Schulz A, Krupinska K, Rodermel S, Jensen PE. SVR4 (suppressor of variegation 4) and SVR4-like: two proteins with a role in proper organization of the chloroplast genetic machinery. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2014; 150:477-92. [PMID: 24111559 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.12108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2013] [Revised: 08/26/2013] [Accepted: 09/03/2013] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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SUPPRESSOR OF VARIEGATION 4 (SVR4, also called MRL7) and its homolog SVR4-like (also called MRL7-Like) were originally identified as important proteins for proper function of the chloroplast in Arabidopsis. Both are nuclear-encoded chloroplast-located proteins, and knockout mutants of either gene result in seedling lethality. Transmission electron microscopy analysis revealed that chloroplast development is arrested at an early developmental stage in both mutants. Accordingly, in the mutant plants severely decreased levels of photosynthetic pigments as well as subunits of the photosynthetic complexes could be detected. In absence of either of the two proteins chloroplast DNA organization was clearly affected. Immunological analysis revealed that SVR4 is a component of the transcriptionally active chromosome (TAC) from barley chloroplasts. Analyses of gene expression indicate that SVR4 and SVR4-like are required for proper function of the plastid transcriptional machinery. We propose that SVR4 and SVR4-like function as molecular chaperones ensuring proper organization of the nucleoids in chloroplasts.
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- Marta Powikrowska
- Villum Centre of Excellence "Plant Plasticity" and Center for Synthetic Biology, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, DK-1871, Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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Plackett ARG, Ferguson AC, Powers SJ, Wanchoo-Kohli A, Phillips AL, Wilson ZA, Hedden P, Thomas SG. DELLA activity is required for successful pollen development in the Columbia ecotype of Arabidopsis. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2014; 201:825-836. [PMID: 24400898 PMCID: PMC4291109 DOI: 10.1111/nph.12571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2013] [Accepted: 09/15/2013] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Excessive gibberellin (GA) signalling, mediated through the DELLA proteins, has a negative impact on plant fertility. Loss of DELLA activity in the monocot rice (Oryza sativa) causes complete male sterility, but not in the dicot model Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) ecotype Landsberg erecta (Ler), in which DELLA function has been studied most extensively, leading to the assumption that DELLA activity is not essential for Arabidopsis pollen development. A novel DELLA fertility phenotype was identified in the Columbia (Col-0) ecotype that necessitates re-evaluation of the general conclusions drawn from Ler. Fertility phenotypes were compared between the Col-0 and Ler ecotypes under conditions of chemical and genetic GA overdose, including mutants in both ecotypes lacking the DELLA paralogues REPRESSOR OF ga1-3 (RGA) and GA INSENSITIVE (GAI). Ler displays a less severe fertility phenotype than Col-0 under GA treatment. Col-0 rga gai mutants, in contrast with the equivalent Ler phenotype, were entirely male sterile, caused by post-meiotic defects in pollen development, which were rescued by the reintroduction of DELLA into either the tapetum or developing pollen. We conclude that DELLA activity is essential for Arabidopsis pollen development. Differences between the fertility responses of Col-0 and Ler might be caused by differences in downstream signalling pathways or altered DELLA expression.
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- Andrew R G Plackett
- Plant Biology and Crop Science Department, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ, UK
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- School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE12 5RD, UK
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- Biomathematics and Bioinformatics Department, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ, UK
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- Plant Biology and Crop Science Department, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ, UK
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- Plant Biology and Crop Science Department, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ, UK
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- School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE12 5RD, UK
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- Plant Biology and Crop Science Department, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ, UK
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- Plant Biology and Crop Science Department, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ, UK
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Matus JT, Ferrier T, Riechmann JL. Identification of Arabidopsis knockout lines for genes of interest. Methods Mol Biol 2014; 1110:347-362. [PMID: 24395269 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-9408-9_20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Determining gene function through reverse genetics has been an important experimental approach in the field of flower development. The method largely relies on the availability of knockout lines for the gene of interest. Insertional mutagenesis can be performed using either T-DNA or transposable elements, but the former has been more frequently employed in Arabidopsis. A primary concern for working with insertional mutant lines is whether the respective insertion results in a complete or rather a partial loss of gene function. The effect of the insertion largely depends on its position with respect to the structure of the gene. In order to quickly identify and obtain knockout lines for genes of interest in Arabidopsis, more than 325,000 mapped insertion lines have been catalogued on indexed libraries and made publicly available to researchers. Online accessible databases provide information regarding the site of insertion, whether a mutant line is available in a homozygous or hemizygous state, and outline technical aspects for plant identification, such as primer design tools used for genotyping. In this chapter, we describe the procedure for isolating knockout lines for genes of interest in Arabidopsis.
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- José Tomás Matus
- Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Centromeric cohesion is protected twice at meiosis, by SHUGOSHINs at anaphase I and by PATRONUS at interkinesis. Curr Biol 2013; 23:2090-9. [PMID: 24206843 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.08.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2013] [Revised: 08/01/2013] [Accepted: 08/12/2013] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND At meiosis, two successive rounds of chromosome segregation lead to ploidy halving. This is achieved through a stepwise release of sister chromatid cohesion, along chromosome arms to allow homolog segregation at anaphase I and at centromeres to allow sister chromatid segregation at anaphase II. Cohesins, the protein complex that ensures cohesion, must then be protected at centromeres throughout meiosis, until the onset of anaphase II. Members of the Shugoshin protein family have been shown to protect centromeric cohesins at anaphase I, but much less is known about the protection of cohesion during interkinesis, the stage between meiosis I and meiosis II. RESULTS Here, we (1) show that both Arabidopsis SHUGOSHINs paralogs are required for complete protection of centromeric cohesins during meiosis I, without apparent somatic function, and (2) identified PATRONUS (PANS1), a novel protein required for protection of meiotic centromeric cohesion. Although AtSGO1 and AtSGO2 protect centromeric cohesion during anaphase I, PANS1 is required at a later stage, during interkinesis. Additionally, we identified PANS2, a paralog of PANS1, whose mutation is synthetically lethal with pans1 suggesting that PANS genes are also essential for mitosis. PANS1 interacts directly with the CDC27b and the CDC20.1 subunit of the Anaphase Promoting Complex (APC/C), in a manner suggesting that PANS1 could be both a regulator and a target of the APC/C. CONCLUSIONS This study reveals that centromeric cohesion is actively protected at two successive stages of meiosis, by SHUGOSHINs at anaphase I and by PATRONUS at interkinesis.
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Hannoufa A, Pillai BVS, Chellamma S. Genetic enhancement of Brassica napus seed quality. Transgenic Res 2013; 23:39-52. [PMID: 23979711 DOI: 10.1007/s11248-013-9742-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2013] [Accepted: 08/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The ultimate value of the Brassica napus (canola) seed is derived from the oil fraction, which has long been recognized for its premium dietary attributes, including its low level of saturated fatty acids, high content of monounsaturated fatty acids, and favorable omega-3 fatty acid profile. However, the protein (meal) portion of the seed has also received favorable attention for its essential amino acids, including abundance of sulfur-containing amino acids, such that B. napus protein is being contemplated for large scale use in livestock and fish feed formulations. Efforts to optimize the composition of B. napus oil and protein fractions are well documented; therefore, this article will review research concerned with optimizing secondary metabolites that affect the quality of seed oil and meal, from undesirable anti-nutritional factors to highl value beneficial products. The biological, agronomic, and economic values attributed to secondary metabolites have brought much needed attention to those in Brassica oilseeds and other crops. This review focuses on increasing levels of beneficial endogenous secondary metabolites (such as carotenoids, choline and tochopherols) and decreasing undesirable antinutritional factors (glucosinolates, sinapine and phytate). Molecular genetic approaches are given emphasis relative to classical breeding.
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- Abdelali Hannoufa
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 1391 Sandford Street, London, ON, N5V 4T3, Canada,
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Time- and cost-efficient identification of T-DNA insertion sites through targeted genomic sequencing. PLoS One 2013; 8:e70912. [PMID: 23951038 PMCID: PMC3741346 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2013] [Accepted: 06/24/2013] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Forward genetic screens enable the unbiased identification of genes involved in biological processes. In Arabidopsis, several mutant collections are publicly available, which greatly facilitates such practice. Most of these collections were generated by agrotransformation of a T-DNA at random sites in the plant genome. However, precise mapping of T-DNA insertion sites in mutants isolated from such screens is a laborious and time-consuming task. Here we report a simple, low-cost and time efficient approach to precisely map T-DNA insertions simultaneously in many different mutants. By combining sequence capture, next-generation sequencing and 2D-PCR pooling, we developed a new method that allowed the rapid localization of T-DNA insertion sites in 55 out of 64 mutant plants isolated in a screen for gyrase inhibition hypersensitivity.
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Bussell JD, Keech O, Fenske R, Smith SM. Requirement for the plastidial oxidative pentose phosphate pathway for nitrate assimilation in Arabidopsis. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2013; 75:578-91. [PMID: 23621281 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2013] [Revised: 04/22/2013] [Accepted: 04/24/2013] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Sugar metabolism and the oxidative pentose phosphate pathway (OPPP) are strongly implicated in N assimilation, although the relationship between them and the roles of the plastidial and cytosolic OPPP have not been established genetically. We studied a knock-down mutant of the plastid-localized OPPP enzyme 6-phosphogluconolactonase 3 (PGL3). pgl3-1 plants exhibited relatively greater resource allocation to roots but were smaller than the wild type. They had a lower content of amino acids and free NO3 - in leaves than the wild type, despite exhibiting comparable photosynthetic rates and efficiency, and normal levels of many other primary metabolites. When N-deprived plants were fed via the roots with 15NO3 -, pgl3-1 exhibited normal induction of OPPP and nitrate assimilation genes in roots, and amino acids in roots and shoots were labeled with (15) N at least as rapidly as in the wild type. However, when N-replete plants were fed via the roots with sucrose, expression of specific OPPP and N assimilation genes in roots increased in the wild type but not in pgl3-1. Thus, sugar-dependent expression of N assimilation genes requires OPPP activity and the specificity of the effect of the pgl3-1 mutation on N assimilation genes establishes that it is not the result of general energy deficiency or accumulation of toxic intermediates. We conclude that expression of specific nitrate assimilation genes in the nucleus of root cells is positively regulated by a signal emanating from OPPP activity in the plastid.
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- John D Bussell
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology (M316), University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia
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Jégu T, Latrasse D, Delarue M, Mazubert C, Bourge M, Hudik E, Blanchet S, Soler MN, Charon C, De Veylder L, Raynaud C, Bergounioux C, Benhamed M. Multiple functions of Kip-related protein5 connect endoreduplication and cell elongation. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2013; 161:1694-705. [PMID: 23426196 PMCID: PMC3613449 DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.212357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2012] [Accepted: 02/01/2013] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Despite considerable progress in our knowledge regarding the cell cycle inhibitor of the Kip-related protein (KRP) family in plants, less is known about the coordination of endoreduplication and cell differentiation. In animals, the role of cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitors as multifunctional factors coordinating cell cycle regulation and cell differentiation is well documented and involves not only the inhibition of CDK/cyclin complexes but also other mechanisms, among them the regulation of transcription. Interestingly, several plant KRPs have a punctuated distribution in the nucleus, suggesting that they are associated with heterochromatin. Here, one of these chromatin-bound KRPs, KRP5, has been studied in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). KRP5 is expressed in endoreduplicating cells, and loss of KRP5 function decreases endoreduplication, indicating that KRP5 is a positive regulator of endoreduplication. This regulation relies on several mechanisms: in addition to its role in cyclin/CDK kinase inhibition previously described, chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing data combined with transcript quantification provide evidence that KRP5 regulates the transcription of genes involved in cell wall organization. Furthermore, KRP5 overexpression increases chromocenter decondensation and endoreduplication in the Arabidopsis trithorax-related protein5 (atxr5) atxr6 double mutant, which is deficient for the deposition of heterochromatin marks. Hence, KRP5 could bind chromatin to coordinately control endoreduplication and chromatin structure and allow the expression of genes required for cell elongation.
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Meinke DW. A survey of dominant mutations in Arabidopsis thaliana. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2013; 18:84-91. [PMID: 22995285 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2012.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2012] [Revised: 08/03/2012] [Accepted: 08/13/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Following the recent publication of a comprehensive dataset of 2400 genes with a loss-of-function mutant phenotype in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), questions remain concerning the diversity of dominant mutations in Arabidopsis. Most of these dominant phenotypes are expected to result from inappropriate gene expression, novel protein function, or disrupted protein complexes. This review highlights the major classes of dominant mutations observed in model organisms and presents a collection of 200 Arabidopsis genes associated with a dominant or semidominant phenotype. Emphasis is placed on mutants identified through forward genetic screens of mutagenized or activation-tagged populations. These datasets illustrate the variety of genetic changes and protein functions that underlie dominance in Arabidopsis and may ultimately contribute to phenotypic variation in flowering plants.
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- David W Meinke
- Department of Botany, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA.
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Wen B, Nieuwland J, Murray JAH. The Arabidopsis CDK inhibitor ICK3/KRP5 is rate limiting for primary root growth and promotes growth through cell elongation and endoreduplication. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2013; 64:1135-44. [PMID: 23440171 PMCID: PMC3580825 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ert009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The coordination of plant cell division and expansion controls plant morphogenesis, development, and growth. Cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) are not only key regulators of cell division but also play an important role in cell differentiation. In plants, CDK activity is modulated by the binding of INHIBITOR OF CDK/KIP-RELATED PROTEIN (ICK/KRP). Previously, ICK2/KRP2 has been shown to mediate auxin responses in lateral root initiation. Here are analysed the roles of all ICK/KRP genes in root growth. Analysis of ick/krp null-mutants revealed that only ick3/krp5 was affected in primary root growth. ICK3/KRP5 is strongly expressed in the root apical meristem (RAM), with lower expression in the expansion zone. ick3/krp5 roots grow more slowly than wildtype controls, and this results not from reduction of division in the proliferative region of the RAM but rather reduced expansion as cells exit the meristem. This leads to shorter final cell lengths in different tissues of the ick3/krp5 mutant root, particularly the epidermal non-hair cells, and this reduction in cell size correlates with reduced endoreduplication. Loss of ICK3/KRP5 also leads to delayed germination and in the mature embryo ICK3/KRP5 is specifically expressed in the transition zone between root and hypocotyl. Cells in the transition zone were smaller in the ick3/krp5 mutant, despite the absence of endoreduplication in the embryo suggesting a direct effect of ICK3/KRP5 on cell growth. It is concluded that ICK3/KRP5 is a positive regulator of both cell growth and endoreduplication.
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- Bo Wen
- Present address: Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi, 030801, PR China
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Wei S, Gruber MY, Yu B, Gao MJ, Khachatourians GG, Hegedus DD, Parkin IAP, Hannoufa A. Arabidopsis mutant sk156 reveals complex regulation of SPL15 in a miR156-controlled gene network. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2012; 12:169. [PMID: 22989211 PMCID: PMC3520712 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-12-169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2012] [Accepted: 07/30/2012] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND The Arabidopsis microRNA156 (miR156) regulates 11 members of the SQUAMOSA PROMOTER BINDING PROTEIN LIKE (SPL) family by base pairing to complementary target mRNAs. Each SPL gene further regulates a set of other genes; thus, miR156 controls numerous genes through a complex gene regulation network. Increased axillary branching occurs in transgenic Arabidopsis overexpressing miR156b, similar to that observed in loss-of-function max3 and max4 mutants with lesions in carotenoid cleavage dioxygenases. Arabidopsis miR156b was found to enhance carotenoid levels and reproductive shoot branching when expressed in Brassica napus, suggesting a link between miR156b expression and carotenoid metabolism. However, details of the miR156 regulatory network of SPL genes related to carotenoid metabolism are not known. RESULTS In this study, an Arabidopsis T-DNA enhancer mutant, sk156, was identified due to its altered branching and trichome morphology and increased seed carotenoid levels compared to wild type (WT) ecovar Columbia. Enhanced miR156b expression due to the 35S enhancers present on the T-DNA insert was responsible for these phenotypes. Constitutive and leaf primodium-specific expression of a miR156-insensitive (mutated) SPL15 (SPL15m) largely restored WT seed carotenoid levels and plant morphology when expressed in sk156. The Arabidopsis native miR156-sensitive SPL15 (SPL15n) and SPL15m driven by a native SPL15 promoter did not restore the WT phenotype in sk156. Our findings suggest that SPL15 function is somewhat redundant with other SPL family members, which collectively affect plant phenotypes. Moreover, substantially decreased miR156b transcript levels in sk156 expressing SPL15m, together with the presence of multiple repeats of SPL-binding GTAC core sequence close to the miR156b transcription start site, suggested feedback regulation of miR156b expression by SPL15. This was supported by the demonstration of specific in vitro interaction between DNA-binding SBP domain of SPL15 and the proximal promoter sequence of miR156b. CONCLUSIONS Enhanced miR156b expression in sk156 leads to the mutant phenotype including carotenoid levels in the seed through suppression of SPL15 and other SPL target genes. Moreover, SPL15 has a regulatory role not only for downstream components, but also for its own upstream regulator miR156b.
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- Shu Wei
- College of Tea & Food Science and Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, 130 Changjiang Blvd West, Hefei, 230036, China
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0X2, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0X2, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0X2, Canada
- Current address: Plant Biotechnology Institute, National Research Council of Canada, 110 Gymnasium Place, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0W9, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0X2, Canada
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- Department of Food and Bioproduct Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5A8, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0X2, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0X2, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 1391 Sandford Street, London, ON, N5V 5T3, Canada
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Yu B, Gruber MY, Khachatourians GG, Zhou R, Epp DJ, Hegedus DD, Parkin IAP, Welsch R, Hannoufa A. Arabidopsis cpSRP54 regulates carotenoid accumulation in Arabidopsis and Brassica napus. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2012; 63:5189-202. [PMID: 22791829 PMCID: PMC3430994 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ers179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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An Arabidopsis thaliana mutant, cbd (carotenoid biosynthesis deficient), was recovered from a mutant population based on its yellow cotyledons, yellow-first true leaves, and stunted growth. Seven-day-old seedlings and mature seeds of this mutant had lower chlorophyll and total carotenoids than the wild type (WT). Genetic and molecular characterization revealed that cbd was a recessive mutant caused by a T-DNA insertion in the gene cpSRP54 encoding the 54 kDa subunit of the chloroplast signal recognition particle. Transcript levels of most of the main carotenoid biosynthetic genes in cbd were unchanged relative to WT, but expression increased in carotenoid and abscisic acid catabolic genes. The chloroplasts of cbd also had developmental defects that contributed to decreased carotenoid and chlorophyll contents. Transcription of AtGLK1 (Golden 2-like 1), AtGLK2, and GUN4 appeared to be disrupted in the cbd mutant suggesting that the plastid-to-nucleus retrograde signal may be affected, regulating the changes in chloroplast functional and developmental states and carotenoid content flux. Transformation of A. thaliana and Brassica napus with a gDNA encoding the Arabidopsis cpSRP54 showed the utility of this gene in enhancing levels of seed carotenoids without affecting growth or seed yield.
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- Bianyun Yu
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0X2, Canada
- Department of Food and Bioproduct Sciences, University of Saskatchewan51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5A8, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0X2, Canada
- To whom correspondence should be addressed: E-mail:
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- Department of Food and Bioproduct Sciences, University of Saskatchewan51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5A8, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0X2, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0X2, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0X2, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0X2, Canada
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- Institute for Biology II, Cell BiologySchaenzlestr. 1, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada1391 Sandford Street, London, ON, N5V 4T3, Canada
- To whom correspondence should be addressed: E-mail:
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Taheri A, Robinson SJ, Parkin I, Gruber MY. Revised selection criteria for candidate restriction enzymes in genome walking. PLoS One 2012; 7:e35117. [PMID: 22509391 PMCID: PMC3324424 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2011] [Accepted: 03/13/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A new method to improve the efficiency of flanking sequence identification by genome walking was developed based on an expanded, sequential list of criteria for selecting candidate enzymes, plus several other optimization steps. These criteria include: step (1) initially choosing the most appropriate restriction enzyme according to the average fragment size produced by each enzyme determined using in silico digestion of genomic DNA, step (2) evaluating the in silico frequency of fragment size distribution between individual chromosomes, step (3) selecting those enzymes that generate fragments with the majority between 100 bp and 3,000 bp, step (4) weighing the advantages and disadvantages of blunt-end sites vs. cohesive-end sites, step (5) elimination of methylation sensitive enzymes with methylation-insensitive isoschizomers, and step (6) elimination of enzymes with recognition sites within the binary vector sequence (T-DNA and plasmid backbone). Step (7) includes the selection of a second restriction enzyme with highest number of recognition sites within regions not covered by the first restriction enzyme. Step (8) considers primer and adapter sequence optimization, selecting the best adapter-primer pairs according to their hairpin/dimers and secondary structure. In step (9), the efficiency of genomic library development was improved by column-filtration of digested DNA to remove restriction enzyme and phosphatase enzyme, and most important, to remove small genomic fragments (<100 bp) lacking the T-DNA insertion, hence improving the chance of ligation between adapters and fragments harbouring a T-DNA. Two enzymes, NsiI and NdeI, fit these criteria for the Arabidopsis thaliana genome. Their efficiency was assessed using 54 T3 lines from an Arabidopsis SK enhancer population. Over 70% success rate was achieved in amplifying the flanking sequences of these lines. This strategy was also tested with Brachypodium distachyon to demonstrate its applicability to other larger genomes.
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- Ali Taheri
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon Research Centre, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
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Hotta T, Kong Z, Ho CMK, Zeng CJT, Horio T, Fong S, Vuong T, Lee YRJ, Liu B. Characterization of the Arabidopsis augmin complex uncovers its critical function in the assembly of the acentrosomal spindle and phragmoplast microtubule arrays. THE PLANT CELL 2012; 24:1494-509. [PMID: 22505726 PMCID: PMC3398559 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.112.096610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2012] [Revised: 03/10/2012] [Accepted: 03/20/2012] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Plant cells assemble the bipolar spindle and phragmoplast microtubule (MT) arrays in the absence of the centrosome structure. Our recent findings in Arabidopsis thaliana indicated that AUGMIN subunit3 (AUG3), a homolog of animal dim γ-tubulin 3, plays a critical role in γ-tubulin-dependent MT nucleation and amplification during mitosis. Here, we report the isolation of the entire plant augmin complex that contains eight subunits. Among them, AUG1 to AUG6 share low sequence similarity with their animal counterparts, but AUG7 and AUG8 share homology only with proteins of plant origin. Genetic analyses indicate that the AUG1, AUG2, AUG4, and AUG5 genes are essential, as stable mutations in these genes could only be transmitted to heterozygous plants. The sterile aug7-1 homozygous mutant in which AUG7 expression is significantly reduced exhibited pleiotropic phenotypes of seriously retarded vegetative and reproductive growth. The aug7-1 mutation caused delocalization of γ-tubulin in the mitotic spindle and phragmoplast. Consequently, spindles were abnormally elongated, and their poles failed to converge, as MTs were splayed to discrete positions rendering deformed arrays. In addition, the mutant phragmoplasts often had disorganized MT bundles with uneven edges. We conclude that assembly of MT arrays during plant mitosis depends on the augmin complex, which includes two plant-specific subunits.
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- Takashi Hotta
- Department of Plant Biology, University of California, Davis, California 95616
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- Department of Plant Biology, University of California, Davis, California 95616
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- Department of Plant Biology, University of California, Davis, California 95616
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- Department of Plant Biology, University of California, Davis, California 95616
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045
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- Department of Plant Biology, University of California, Davis, California 95616
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- Department of Plant Biology, University of California, Davis, California 95616
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- Department of Plant Biology, University of California, Davis, California 95616
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- Department of Plant Biology, University of California, Davis, California 95616
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Gruber M, Wu L, Links M, Gjetvaj B, Durkin J, Lewis C, Sharpe A, Lydiate D, Hegedus D. Analysis of expressed sequence tags in Brassica napus cotyledons damaged by crucifer flea beetle feeding. Genome 2012; 55:118-33. [PMID: 22276855 DOI: 10.1139/g11-083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The molecular basis of canola ( Brassica napus L.) susceptibility to the crucifer flea beetle (FB, Phyllotreta cruciferae Goeze) was investigated by comparing transcript representation in FB-damaged and undamaged cotyledons. The B. napus cotyledon transcriptome increased and diversified substantially after FB feeding damage. Twenty-two genes encoding proteins with unknown function, six encoding proteins involved in signaling, and a gene encoding a B-box zinc finger transcription factor were moderately or strongly changed in representation with FB feeding damage. Zinc finger and calcium-dependent genes formed the largest portion of transcription factors and signaling factors with changes in representation. Six genes with unknown function, one transcription factor, and one signaling gene specific to the FB-damaged library were co-represented in a FB-damaged leaf library. Out of 188 transcription factor and signaling gene families screened for "early" expression changes, 16 showed changes in expression within 8 h. Four of these early factors were zinc finger genes with representation only in the FB-damaged cotyledon. These genes are now available to test their potential at initiating or specifying cotyledon responses to crucifer FB feeding.
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- Margaret Gruber
- Saskatoon Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon, Canada.
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Insertional mutagenesis is one of the most effective approaches to determine the function of plant genes. However, due to genetic redundancy, loss-of-function mutations often fail to reveal the function of a member of gene families. Activation tagging is a powerful gain-of-function approach to reveal the functions of genes, especially those with high sequence similarity recalcitrant to loss-of-function genetic analyses. Activation tagging randomly inserts a T-DNA fragment containing engineered four copies of enhancer element into a plant genome to activate transcription of flanking genes. We recently generated a new binary vector, pBASTA-AT2, which has been efficiently used to discover genes involved in BR biosynthesis, metabolism, and signal transduction. Compared to pSKI015, a commonly used activation tagging vector, pBASTA-AT2, contains a smaller size of T-DNA and a bigger number of unique restriction sites within the T-DNA region, making cloning of the flanking sequence a lot easier. Our analysis indicated that pBASTA-AT2 gives dramatically improved transformation efficiency relative to pSKI015. In this article, detailed information about this activation tagging vector and the protocol for its application are provided. Three recommended gene cloning approaches based on the use of pBASTA-AT2, including inverse PCR, thermal asymmetric interlaced PCR, and adaptor ligation-mediated PCR, are described to identify T-DNA insertion sites after selection of activation-tagged mutant plants.
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- Xiaoping Gou
- School of life sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
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Bolle C, Schneider A, Leister D. Perspectives on Systematic Analyses of Gene Function in Arabidopsis thaliana: New Tools, Topics and Trends. Curr Genomics 2011; 12:1-14. [PMID: 21886450 PMCID: PMC3129038 DOI: 10.2174/138920211794520187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2010] [Revised: 10/28/2010] [Accepted: 11/23/2010] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Since the sequencing of the nuclear genome of Arabidopsis thaliana ten years ago, various large-scale analyses of gene function have been performed in this model species. In particular, the availability of collections of lines harbouring random T-DNA or transposon insertions, which include mutants for almost all of the ~27,000 A. thaliana genes, has been crucial for the success of forward and reverse genetic approaches. In the foreseeable future, genome-wide phenotypic data from mutant analyses will become available for Arabidopsis, and will stimulate a flood of novel in-depth gene-function analyses. In this review, we consider the present status of resources and concepts for systematic studies of gene function in A. thaliana. Current perspectives on the utility of loss-of-function and gain-of-function mutants will be discussed in light of the genetic and functional redundancy of many A. thaliana genes.
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- C Bolle
- Lehrstuhl für Molekularbiologie der Pflanzen (Botanik), Department Biologie I, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Großhaderner Str. 2, D-82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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Stiti N, Missihoun TD, Kotchoni SO, Kirch HH, Bartels D. Aldehyde Dehydrogenases in Arabidopsis thaliana: Biochemical Requirements, Metabolic Pathways, and Functional Analysis. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2011; 2:65. [PMID: 22639603 PMCID: PMC3355590 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2011.00065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2011] [Accepted: 09/23/2011] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Aldehyde dehydrogenases (ALDHs) are a family of enzymes which catalyze the oxidation of reactive aldehydes to their corresponding carboxylic acids. Here we summarize molecular genetic and biochemical analyses of selected ArabidopsisALDH genes. Aldehyde molecules are very reactive and are involved in many metabolic processes but when they accumulate in excess they become toxic. Thus activity of aldehyde dehydrogenases is important in regulating the homeostasis of aldehydes. Overexpression of some ALDH genes demonstrated an improved abiotic stress tolerance. Despite the fact that several reports are available describing a role for specific ALDHs, their precise physiological roles are often still unclear. Therefore a number of genetic and biochemical tools have been generated to address the function with an emphasis on stress-related ALDHs. ALDHs exert their functions in different cellular compartments and often in a developmental and tissue specific manner. To investigate substrate specificity, catalytic efficiencies have been determined using a range of substrates varying in carbon chain length and degree of carbon oxidation. Mutational approaches identified amino acid residues critical for coenzyme usage and enzyme activities.
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- Naim Stiti
- Institute of Molecular Physiology and Biotechnology of Plants, University of BonnBonn, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Physiology and Biotechnology of Plants, University of BonnBonn, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Physiology and Biotechnology of Plants, University of BonnBonn, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Physiology and Biotechnology of Plants, University of BonnBonn, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Physiology and Biotechnology of Plants, University of BonnBonn, Germany
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Jonker A, Gruber M, Wang Y, Coulman B, Azarfar A, McKinnon J, Christensen D, Yu P. Modeling degradation ratios and nutrient availability of anthocyanidin-accumulating Lc-alfalfa populations in dairy cows. J Dairy Sci 2011; 94:1430-44. [DOI: 10.3168/jds.2010-3604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2010] [Accepted: 11/16/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Li X, Gao P, Cui D, Wu L, Parkin I, Saberianfar R, Menassa R, Pan H, Westcott N, Gruber MY. The Arabidopsis tt19-4 mutant differentially accumulates proanthocyanidin and anthocyanin through a 3' amino acid substitution in glutathione S-transferase. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2011; 34:374-388. [PMID: 21054438 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2010.02249.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The Arabidopsis transparent testa (tt) mutant tt19-4 shows reduced seed coat colour, but stains darkly with DMACA and accumulates anthocyanins in aerial tissues. Positional cloning showed that tt19-4 was allelic to tt19-1 and has a G-to-T mutation in a conserved 3'-domain in the TT19-4 gene. Soluble and unextractable seed proanthocyanidins and hydrolysis of unextractable proanthocyanidin differ between wild-type Col-4 and both mutants. However, seed quercetins, unextractable proanthocyanidin hydrolysis, and seedling anthocyanin content, and flavonoid gene expression differ between tt19-1 and tt19-4. Transformation of tt19-1 with a TT19-4 cDNA results in vegetative anthocyanins, whereas TT19-4 cDNA cannot complement the proanthocyanidin and pale seed coat phenotype of tt19-1. Both recombinant TT19 and TT19-4 enzymes are functional GSTs and are localized in the cytosol, but TT19 did not function with wide range of flavonoids and natural products to produce conjugation products. We suggest that the dark seed coat of Arabidopsis is related to soluble proanthocyanidin content and that quercetin holds the key to the function of TT19. In addition, TT19 appears to have a 5' GSH-binding domain influencing both anthocyanin and proanthocyanidin accumulation and a 3' domain affecting proanthocyanidin accumulation by a single amino acid substitution.
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- Xiang Li
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon Research Center, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N0X2, Canada.
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Missihoun TD, Schmitz J, Klug R, Kirch HH, Bartels D. Betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase genes from Arabidopsis with different sub-cellular localization affect stress responses. PLANTA 2011; 233:369-82. [PMID: 21053011 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-010-1297-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2010] [Accepted: 09/23/2010] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Arabidopsis thaliana belongs to those plants that do not naturally accumulate glycine betaine (GB), although its genome contains two genes, ALDH10A8 and ALDH10A9 that code for betaine aldehyde dehydrogenases (BADHs). BADHs were initially known to catalyze the last step of the biosynthesis of GB in plants. But they can also oxidize metabolism-derived aminoaldehydes to their corresponding amino acids in some cases. This study was carried out to investigate the functional properties of Arabidopsis BADH genes. Here, we have shown that ALDH10A8 and ALDH10A9 proteins are targeted to leucoplasts and peroxisomes, respectively. The expression patterns of ALDH10A8 and ALDH10A9 genes have been analysed under abiotic stress conditions. Both genes are expressed in the plant and weakly induced by ABA, salt, chilling (4°C), methyl viologen and dehydration. The role of the ALDH10A8 gene was analysed using T-DNA insertion mutants. There was no phenotypic difference between wild-type and mutant plants in the absence of stress. But ALDH10A8 seedlings and 4-week-old plants were more sensitive to dehydration and salt stress than wild-type plants. The recombinant ALDH10A9 enzyme was shown to oxidize betaine aldehyde, 4-aminobutyraldehyde and 3-aminopropionaldehyde to their corresponding carboxylic acids. We hypothesize that ALDH10A8 or ALDH10A9 may serve as detoxification enzymes controlling the level of aminoaldehydes, which are produced in cellular metabolism under stress conditions.
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- Tagnon D Missihoun
- Institute of Molecular Physiology and Biotechnology of Plants (IMBIO), University of Bonn, Kirschallee 1, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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