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Nuruzzaman M, Sato M, Okamoto S, Hoque M, Shea DJ, Fujimoto R, Shimizu M, Fukai E, Okazaki K. Comparative transcriptome analysis during tuberous stem formation in Kohlrabi (B. oleracea var. gongylodes) at early growth periods (seedling stages). PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2022; 174:e13770. [PMID: 36018597 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.13770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2021] [Revised: 08/18/2022] [Accepted: 08/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Tuberous stem of kohlrabi is an important agronomic trait, however, the molecular basis of tuberization is poorly understood. To elucidate the tuberization mechanism, we conducted a comparative transcriptomic analysis between kohlrabi and broccoli at 10 and 20 days after germination (DAG) as tuberous stem initiated between these time points. A total of 5580 and 2866 differentially expressed transcripts (DETs) were identified between genotypes (kohlrabi vs. broccoli) and growth stages (10 DAG vs. 20 DAG), respectively, and most of the DETs were down-regulated in kohlrabi. Gene ontology (GO) and KEGG pathway enrichment analyses showed that the DETs between genotypes are involved in cell wall loosening and expansion, cell cycle and division, carbohydrate metabolism, hormone transport, hormone signal transduction and in several transcription factors. The DETs identified in those categories may directly/indirectly relate to the initiation and development of tuberous stem in kohlrabi. In addition, the expression pattern of the hormone synthesis related DETs coincided with the endogenous IAA, IAAsp, GA, ABA, and tZ profiles in kohlrabi and broccoli seedlings, that were revealed in our phytohormone analysis. This is the first report on comparative transcriptome analysis for tuberous stem formation in kohlrabi at early growth periods. The resulting data could provide significant insights into the molecular mechanism underlying tuberous stem development in kohlrabi as well as in other tuberous organ forming crops.
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- Md Nuruzzaman
- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
- Faculty of Agriculture, Sylhet Agricultural University (SAU), Sylhet, Bangladesh
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
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Gelley S, Lankry H, Glusac J, Fishman A. Yeast-derived potato patatins: Biochemical and biophysical characterization. Food Chem 2022; 370:130984. [PMID: 34509145 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2021.130984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2021] [Revised: 08/09/2021] [Accepted: 08/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Potato patatin is considered a valuable plant protein by the food industry for its exceptional functional properties and nutritional value. Nonetheless, it has not been widely used due to its low abundance in potatoes and high cost. Pichia pastoris was utilized for expression of patatin to overcome agricultural limitations. Biochemical and biophysical characterization of Patatin-B2 (rPatB2) and Patatin-17 (rPat17) is described. rPatB2 and rPat17 had higher zeta potential and superior solubility at various pH conditions in comparison with commercial patatin, whereas particle size distribution was similar. Inflection temperatures were higher than potato isolated patatins. Antioxidant capacity of rPatB2 and rPat17 was similar to that of commercial patatin and the specific enzymatic activity of rPatB2 was 5-fold higher than rPat17 and patatins isolated from potato. Results indicate yeast-derived patatin properties are comparable to patatins from potatoes, suggesting their potential use in various plant-based products such as meat and dairy analogues.
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- Sivan Gelley
- Department of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel
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- Department of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel
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- Department of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel
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- Department of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel.
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Shu LJ, Liao JY, Lin NC, Chung CL. Identification of a strawberry NPR-like gene involved in negative regulation of the salicylic acid-mediated defense pathway. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0205790. [PMID: 30312354 PMCID: PMC6185849 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0205790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2018] [Accepted: 10/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Hormonal modulation plays a central role in triggering various resistant responses to biotic and abiotic stresses in plants. In cultivated strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa), the salicylic acid (SA)-dependent defense pathway has been associated with resistance to Colletotrichum spp. and the other pathogens. To better understand the SA-mediated defense mechanisms in strawberry, we analyzed two strawberry cultivars treated with SA for their resistance to anthracnose and gene expression profiles at 6, 12, 24, and 48 hr post-treatment. Strawberry genes related to SA biosynthesis, perception, and signaling were identified from SA-responsive transcriptomes of the two cultivars, and the induction of 17 candidate genes upon SA treatment was confirmed by qRT-PCR. Given the pivotal role of the non-expressor of pathogenesis-related (NPR) family in controlling the SA-mediated defense signaling pathway, we then analyzed NPR orthologous genes in strawberry. From the expression profile, FaNPRL-1 [ortholog of FvNPRL-1 (gene20070 in F. vesca)] was identified as an NPR-like gene significantly induced after SA treatment in both cultivars. With a conserved BTB/POZ domain, ankyrin repeat domain, and nuclear localization signal, FvNPRL-1 was found phylogenetically closer to NPR3/NPR4 than NPR1 in Arabidopsis. Ectopic expression of FvNPRL-1 in the Arabidopsis thaliana wild type suppressed the SA-mediated PR1 expression and the resistance to Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000. Transient expression of FvNPRL-1 fused with green fluorescent protein in Arabidopsis protoplasts showed that SA affected nuclear translocation of FvNPRL-1. FvNPRL-1 likely functions similar to Arabidopsis NPR3/NPR4 as a negative regulator of the SA-mediated defense.
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- Lin-Jie Shu
- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Agricultural Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Development of Real-time PCR Assays for the Detection of the pin II Terminator (tpinII) Used in GM Constructs and Its Donor Organism, Potato (Solanum tuberosum). FOOD ANAL METHOD 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s12161-018-1203-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Huang L, Yang M, Li L, Li H, Yang D, Shi T, Yang P. Whole genome re-sequencing reveals evolutionary patterns of sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera). JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2018; 60:2-15. [PMID: 29052958 DOI: 10.1111/jipb.12606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2017] [Accepted: 09/28/2017] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera or lotus) is an important aquatic plant in horticulture and ecosystems. As a foundation for exploring genomic variation and evolution among different germplasms, we re-sequenced 19 individuals from three cultivated temperate lotus subgroups (rhizome, seed and flower lotus), one wild temperate lotus subgroup (wild lotus), one tropical lotus group (Thai lotus) and an outgroup (Nelumbo lutea). Through genetic diversity and polymorphism analysis by non-missing SNP sites widely distributed in the whole genome, we confirmed that wild and Thai lotus exhibited greater differentiation with a higher genomic diversity compared to cultivated lotus. Rhizome lotus had the lowest genomic diversity and a closer relationship to wild lotus, whereas the genomes of seed and flower lotus were admixed. Genes in energy metabolism process and plant immunity evolved rapidly in lotus, reflecting local adaptation. We established that candidate genes in genomic regions with significant differentiation associated with temperate and tropical lotus divergence always exhibited highly divergent expression pattern. Together, this study comprehensive and credible interpretates important patterns of genetic diversity and relationships, gene evolution, and genomic signature from ecotypic differentiation of sacred lotus.
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- Longyu Huang
- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China
- Sino-African Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China
- Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Grain Industry, Jingzhou 434025, China
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Dutt S, Manjul AS, Raigond P, Singh B, Siddappa S, Bhardwaj V, Kawar PG, Patil VU, Kardile HB. Key players associated with tuberization in potato: potential candidates for genetic engineering. Crit Rev Biotechnol 2017; 37:942-957. [PMID: 28095718 DOI: 10.1080/07388551.2016.1274876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Tuberization in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is a complex biological phenomenon which is affected by several environmental cues, genetic factors and plant nutrition. Understanding the regulation of tuber induction is essential to devise strategies to improve tuber yield and quality. It is well established that short-day photoperiods promote tuberization, whereas long days and high-temperatures inhibit or delay tuberization. Worldwide research on this complex biological process has yielded information on the important bio-molecules (proteins, RNAs, plant growth regulators) associated with the tuberization process in potato. Key proteins involved in the regulation of tuberization include StSP6A, POTH1, StBEL5, StPHYB, StCONSTANS, Sucrose transporter StSUT4, StSP5G, etc. Biomolecules that become transported from "source to sink" have also been suggested to be important signaling candidates regulating the tuberization process in potatos. Four molecules, namely StSP6A protein, StBEL5 RNA, miR172 and GAs, have been found to be the main candidates acting as mobile signals for tuberization. These biomolecules can be manipulated (overexpressed/inhibited) for improving the tuberization in commercial varieties/cultivars of potato. In this review, information about the genes/proteins and their mechanism of action associated with the tuberization process is discussed.
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- Som Dutt
- a ICAR-Central Potato Research Institute (ICAR-CPRI) , Shimla , Himachal Pradesh , India
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- a ICAR-Central Potato Research Institute (ICAR-CPRI) , Shimla , Himachal Pradesh , India
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- a ICAR-Central Potato Research Institute (ICAR-CPRI) , Shimla , Himachal Pradesh , India
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- a ICAR-Central Potato Research Institute (ICAR-CPRI) , Shimla , Himachal Pradesh , India
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- a ICAR-Central Potato Research Institute (ICAR-CPRI) , Shimla , Himachal Pradesh , India
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- a ICAR-Central Potato Research Institute (ICAR-CPRI) , Shimla , Himachal Pradesh , India
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- a ICAR-Central Potato Research Institute (ICAR-CPRI) , Shimla , Himachal Pradesh , India
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Yu R, Wang J, Xu L, Wang Y, Wang R, Zhu X, Sun X, Luo X, Xie Y, Everlyne M, Liu L. Transcriptome Profiling of Taproot Reveals Complex Regulatory Networks during Taproot Thickening in Radish (Raphanus sativus L.). FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 7:1210. [PMID: 27597853 PMCID: PMC4992731 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2015] [Accepted: 07/29/2016] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Radish (Raphanus sativus L.) is one of the most important vegetable crops worldwide. Taproot thickening represents a critical developmental period that determines yield and quality in radish life cycle. To isolate differentially expressed genes (DGEs) involved in radish taproot thickening process and explore the molecular mechanism underlying taproot development, three cDNA libraries from radish taproot collected at pre-cortex splitting stage (L1), cortex splitting stage (L2), and expanding stage (L3) were constructed and sequenced by RNA-Seq technology. More than seven million clean reads were obtained from the three libraries, from which 4,717,617 (L1, 65.35%), 4,809,588 (L2, 68.24%) and 4,973,745 (L3, 69.45%) reads were matched to the radish reference genes, respectively. A total of 85,939 transcripts were generated from three libraries, from which 10,450, 12,325, and 7392 differentially expressed transcripts (DETs) were detected in L1 vs. L2, L1 vs. L3, and L2 vs. L3 comparisons, respectively. Gene Ontology and pathway analysis showed that many DEGs, including EXPA9, Cyclin, CaM, Syntaxin, MADS-box, SAUR, and CalS were involved in cell events, cell wall modification, regulation of plant hormone levels, signal transduction and metabolisms, which may relate to taproot thickening. Furthermore, the integrated analysis of mRNA-miRNA revealed that 43 miRNAs and 92 genes formed 114 miRNA-target mRNA pairs were co-expressed, and three miRNA-target regulatory networks of taproot were constructed from different libraries. Finally, the expression patterns of 16 selected genes were confirmed using RT-qPCR analysis. A hypothetical model of genetic regulatory network associated with taproot thickening in radish was put forward. The taproot formation of radish is mainly attributed to cell differentiation, division and expansion, which are regulated and promoted by certain specific signal transduction pathways and metabolism processes. These results could provide new insights into the complex molecular mechanism underlying taproot thickening and facilitate genetic improvement of taproot in radish.
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- Rugang Yu
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjing, China
- School of Life Science, Huaibei Normal UniversityHuaibei, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjing, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjing, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjing, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjing, China
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- Department of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State UniversityFargo, ND, USA
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjing, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjing, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjing, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjing, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjing, China
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C K Rajendran SR, Mason B, Udenigwe CC. Peptidomics of Peptic Digest of Selected Potato Tuber Proteins: Post-Translational Modifications and Limited Cleavage Specificity. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2016; 64:2432-2437. [PMID: 26947758 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.6b00418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Bioinformatic tools are useful in predicting bioactive peptides from food proteins. This study was focused on using bioinformatics and peptidomics to evaluate the specificity of peptide release and post-translational modifications (PTMs) in a peptic digest of potato protein isolate. Peptides in the protein hydrolysate were identified by LC-MS/MS and subsequently aligned to their parent potato tuber proteins. Five major proteins were selected for further analysis, namely, lipoxygenase, α-1,4-glucan phosphorylase, annexin, patatin, and polyubiquitin, based on protein coverage, abundance, confidence levels, and function. Comparison of the in silico peptide profile generated with ExPASy PeptideCutter and experimental peptidomics data revealed several differences. The experimental peptic cleavage sites were found to vary in number and specificity from PeptideCutter predictions. Average peptide chain length was also found to be higher than predicted with hexapeptides as the smallest detected peptides. Moreover, PTMs, particularly Met oxidation and Glu/Asp deamidation, were observed in some peptides, and these were unaccounted for during in silico analysis. PTMs can be formed during aging of potato tubers, or as a result of processing conditions during protein isolation and hydrolysis. The findings provide insights on the limitations of current bioinformatics tools for predicting bioactive peptide release from proteins, and on the existence of structural modifications that can alter the peptide bioactivity and functionality.
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- Subin R C K Rajendran
- Department of Environmental Sciences, Dalhousie University , Truro, Nova Scotia B2N 5E3, Canada
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- Verschuren Centre for Sustainability in Energy and the Environment, Cape Breton University , Sydney, Nova Scotia B1P 6L2, Canada
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Dalhousie University , Truro, Nova Scotia B2N 5E3, Canada
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Bártová V, Bárta J, Brabcová A, Zdráhal Z, Horáčková V. Amino acid composition and nutritional value of four cultivated South American potato species. J Food Compost Anal 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jfca.2014.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Liu B, Zhang N, Zhao S, Chang J, Wang Z, Zhang G, Si H, Wang D. Proteomic changes during tuber dormancy release process revealed by iTRAQ quantitative proteomics in potato. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2015; 86:181-190. [PMID: 25514565 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2014.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2014] [Accepted: 12/03/2014] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Given that limited information is available with regard to tuber dormancy release related proteome, we conducted proteome analysis of tuber dormancy release process at dormant tuber (DT), dormancy release tuber (DRT) and sprouting tuber (ST) using the iTRAQ technology. A total of 1,752 proteins were identified. Among them, a subset of 316 proteins was screened as significant up- (137) and down regulated (179) between DT vs DRT. A subset of 120 proteins experienced significant up- (40) or down-regulation (80) between DRT vs ST. The differentially expressed proteins were grouped into 11 functional categories. Proteins enriched in functional categories of major carbohydrate (CHO) metabolism, glycolysis, fermentation, amino acid metabolism, protein and transport were highly up-regulated, while functional categories of photosynthesis and RNA were down-regulated between DT vs DRT. Proteins enriched in functional groups of protein, cell wall, lipid metabolism, miscellaneous, and signaling were strongly up-regulated, while functional categories of photosynthesis, hormone metabolism and protein were down-regulated between DRT vs ST. Consistent with previous documented differentially expressed genes, most of differentially expressed proteins were also identified between DT and DRT, indicating the metabolism shift from growth suspension to growth activation as tubers dormancy breaking. The changes in protein profiles showed lower concordance with corresponding alterations in transcript levels, indicating possible transcriptional and posttranscriptional regulation. Furthermore, the possible mechanism of tuber dormancy release was discussed in relation to what was known in transcripts change and other plant models from carbohydrate metabolism, protein metabolism, stress response, redox regulation, transcription regulation, DNA metabolism, amino acid metabolism, development, signaling as well as hormone metabolism.
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- Bailin Liu
- Gansu Provincial Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science, Gansu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic and Germplasm Enhancement, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, People's Republic of China; College of Agronomy, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, People's Republic of China
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- Gansu Provincial Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science, Gansu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic and Germplasm Enhancement, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, People's Republic of China; College of Life Science and Technology, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, People's Republic of China
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- Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB E3B 6C2, Canada
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- Gansu Provincial Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science, Gansu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic and Germplasm Enhancement, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, People's Republic of China; College of Life Science and Technology, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, People's Republic of China
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- Gansu Provincial Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science, Gansu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic and Germplasm Enhancement, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, People's Republic of China; College of Life Science and Technology, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, People's Republic of China
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- Gansu Provincial Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science, Gansu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic and Germplasm Enhancement, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, People's Republic of China; College of Life Science and Technology, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, People's Republic of China
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- Gansu Provincial Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science, Gansu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic and Germplasm Enhancement, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, People's Republic of China; College of Life Science and Technology, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, People's Republic of China.
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- Gansu Provincial Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science, Gansu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic and Germplasm Enhancement, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, People's Republic of China; College of Agronomy, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, People's Republic of China.
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Agrawal L, Narula K, Basu S, Shekhar S, Ghosh S, Datta A, Chakraborty N, Chakraborty S. Comparative Proteomics Reveals a Role for Seed Storage Protein AmA1 in Cellular Growth, Development, and Nutrient Accumulation. J Proteome Res 2013; 12:4904-30. [DOI: 10.1021/pr4007987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Lalit Agrawal
- Laboratory 104 and ‡Laboratory 105, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna
Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India
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- Laboratory 104 and ‡Laboratory 105, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna
Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India
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- Laboratory 104 and ‡Laboratory 105, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna
Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India
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- Laboratory 104 and ‡Laboratory 105, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna
Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India
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- Laboratory 104 and ‡Laboratory 105, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna
Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India
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- Laboratory 104 and ‡Laboratory 105, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna
Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India
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- Laboratory 104 and ‡Laboratory 105, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna
Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India
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- Laboratory 104 and ‡Laboratory 105, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna
Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India
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Cheng L, Li S, Yin J, Li L, Chen X. Genome-Wide Analysis of Differentially Expressed Genes Relevant to Rhizome Formation in Lotus Root (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn). PLoS One 2013; 8:e67116. [PMID: 23840598 PMCID: PMC3694149 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2013] [Accepted: 05/14/2013] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Lotus root is a popular wetland vegetable which produces edible rhizome. At the molecular level, the regulation of rhizome formation is very complex, which has not been sufficiently addressed in research. In this study, to identify differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in lotus root, four libraries (L1 library: stolon stage, L2 library: initial swelling stage, L3 library: middle swelling stage, L4: later swelling stage) were constructed from the rhizome development stages. High-throughput tag-sequencing technique was used which is based on Solexa Genome Analyzer Platform. Approximately 5.0 million tags were sequenced, and 4542104, 4474755, 4777919, and 4750348 clean tags including 151282, 137476, 215872, and 166005 distinct tags were obtained after removal of low quality tags from each library respectively. More than 43% distinct tags were unambiguous tags mapping to the reference genes, and 40% were unambiguous tag-mapped genes. From L1, L2, L3, and L4, total 20471, 18785, 23448, and 21778 genes were annotated, after mapping their functions in existing databases. Profiling of gene expression in L1/L2, L2/L3, and L3/L4 libraries were different among most of the selected 20 DEGs. Most of the DEGs in L1/L2 libraries were relevant to fiber development and stress response, while in L2/L3 and L3/L4 libraries, major of the DEGs were involved in metabolism of energy and storage. All up-regulated transcriptional factors in four libraries and 14 important rhizome formation-related genes in four libraries were also identified. In addition, the expression of 9 genes from identified DEGs was performed by qRT-PCR method. In a summary, this study provides a comprehensive understanding of gene expression during the rhizome formation in lotus root.
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- Libao Cheng
- School of Horticulture and Plant Protection of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Horticulture and Plant Protection of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Horticulture and Plant Protection of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Horticulture and Plant Protection of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Horticulture and Plant Protection of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China
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Cheng L, Li S, Xu X, Hussain J, Yin J, Zhang Y, Li L, Chen X. Identification of differentially expressed genes relevant to corm formation in Sagittaria trifolia. PLoS One 2013; 8:e54573. [PMID: 23359383 PMCID: PMC3554737 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2012] [Accepted: 12/12/2012] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Sagittaria trifolia is a good model of wetland plants to elucidate the formation of corm. However, few studies have been conducted to uncover the complexity of gene expression involved in corm formation. In this study, high-throughput tag-sequencing based on Solexa Genome Analyzer Platform was applied to monitor the changes in gene expression with three libraries of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) (C1 library: stolon stage, C2 library: initial swelling stage and C3 library: swelling stage) during corm formation in Sagittaria trifolia. Approximately 6.0 million tags were sequenced, and 5854021, 5983454, and 5761079 clean tags including 138319, 116804, and 101739 distinct tags were obtained after removal of low quality tags from each library, respectively. About 46% distinct tags were unambiguous tags mapping to the reference genes, and 33% were unambiguous tag-mapped genes. Totally, 20575, 19807, and 18438 were annotated in C1, C2, and C3 libraries, respectively, after mapping their functions in existing databases. In addition, we found that profiling of gene expression in C1/C2 and C2/C3 libraries were different among most of the selected 20 DEGs. Most DEGs in C1/C2 libraries were relevant to hormone synthesis and response; energy metabolism and stress response, while most of the genes in C2/C3 libraries were involved in carbohydrate metabolism. All up-regulated transcriptional factors and 16 important genes relevant to corm formation in three libraries were also identified. To further analyze the expression of 9 genes, from the results of tag-sequencing, qRT-PCR was applied. In summary, this study provides a comprehensive understanding of gene expression, during the formation of corm in Sagittaria trifolia.
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- Libao Cheng
- School of Horticulture and Plant Protection of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Horticulture and Plant Protection of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Horticulture and Plant Protection of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China
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- China-UK HUST-RRes Genetic Engineering and Genomics Joint Laboratory, College of Life Science and Technology of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Horticulture and Plant Protection of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Horticulture and Plant Protection of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Horticulture and Plant Protection of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Horticulture and Plant Protection of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China
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Yu JW, Choi JS, Upadhyaya CP, Kwon SO, Gururani MA, Nookaraju A, Nam JH, Choi CW, Kim SI, Ajappala H, Kim HS, Jeon JH, Park SW. Dynamic proteomic profile of potato tuber during its in vitro development. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2012; 195:1-9. [PMID: 22920994 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2012.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2011] [Revised: 06/14/2012] [Accepted: 06/15/2012] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Potato tuberization is a complicated biochemical process, which is dependent on external environmental factors. Tuber development in potato consists of a series of biochemical and morphological processes at the stolon tip. Signal transduction proteins are involved in the source-sink transition during potato tuberization. In the present study, we examined protein profiles under in vitro tuber-inducing conditions using a shotgun proteomic approach involving denaturing gel electrophoresis and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. A total of 251 proteins were identified and classified into 9 groups according to distinctive expression patterns during the tuberization stage. Stolon stage-specific proteins were primarily involved in the photosynthetic machinery. Proteins specific to the initial tuber stage included patatin. Proteins specific to the developing tuber stage included 6-fructokinase, phytoalexin-deficient 4-1, metallothionein II-like protein, and malate dehydrogenase. Novel stage-specific proteins identified during in vitro tuberization were ferredoxin-NADP reductase, 34 kDa porin, aquaporin, calmodulin, ripening-regulated protein, and starch synthase. Superoxide dismutase, dehydroascorbate reductase, and catalase I were most abundantly expressed in the stolon; however, the enzyme activities of these proteins were most activated at the initial tuber. The present shotgun proteomic study provides insights into the proteins that show altered expression during in vitro potato tuberization.
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- Jae Woong Yu
- Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Konkuk University, 1, Hwayang-dong, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 143-701, Republic of Korea
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Alvarado VY, Odokonyero D, Duncan O, Mirkov TE, Scholthof HB. Molecular and physiological properties associated with zebra complex disease in potatoes and its relation with Candidatus Liberibacter contents in psyllid vectors. PLoS One 2012; 7:e37345. [PMID: 22615987 PMCID: PMC3355140 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2011] [Accepted: 04/20/2012] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Zebra complex (ZC) disease on potatoes is associated with Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum (CLs), an α-proteobacterium that resides in the plant phloem and is transmitted by the potato psyllid Bactericera cockerelli (Šulc). The name ZC originates from the brown striping in fried chips of infected tubers, but the whole plants also exhibit a variety of morphological features and symptoms for which the physiological or molecular basis are not understood. We determined that compared to healthy plants, stems of ZC-plants accumulate starch and more than three-fold total protein, including gene expression regulatory factors (e.g. cyclophilin) and tuber storage proteins (e.g., patatins), indicating that ZC-affected stems are reprogrammed to exhibit tuber-like physiological properties. Furthermore, the total phenolic content in ZC potato stems was elevated two-fold, and amounts of polyphenol oxidase enzyme were also high, both serving to explain the ZC-hallmark rapid brown discoloration of air-exposed damaged tissue. Newly developed quantitative and/or conventional PCR demonstrated that the percentage of psyllids in laboratory colonies containing detectable levels of CLs and its titer could fluctuate over time with effects on colony prolificacy, but presumed reproduction-associated primary endosymbiont levels remained stable. Potato plants exposed in the laboratory to psyllid populations with relatively low-CLs content survived while exposure of plants to high-CLs psyllids rapidly culminated in a lethal collapse. In conclusion, we identified plant physiological biomarkers associated with the presence of ZC and/or CLs in the vegetative potato plant tissue and determined that the titer of CLs in the psyllid population directly affects the rate of disease development in plants.
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- Veria Y Alvarado
- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America.
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Bárta J, Bártová V, Zdráhal Z, Sedo O. Cultivar variability of patatin biochemical characteristics: table versus processing potatoes (Solanum tuberosum L.). JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2012; 60:4369-4378. [PMID: 22497238 DOI: 10.1021/jf3003448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Biochemical characteristics of patatin proteins purified by ion-exchange and affinity chromatography from tubers of 20 potato cultivars were studied to evaluate their genotype differences with respect to utility groups, table potato cultivars (TPCs) and processing potato cultivars (PPCs). Both groups of cultivars showed similar values of protein content in dry matter (3.98-7.39%) and of patatin relative abundance (5.40-35.40%). Three mass levels (∼40.6, 41.8, and 42.9 kDa) of purified patatins were found by MALDI-TOF MS within all cultivars. Differences among mass levels corresponding with the mass of sugar antenna (∼1.2 kDa) confirmed the previous concept of different glycosylation extentsin patatin proteins. It was showed that the individual types of patatin varying in their masses occur in the patatin family in a ratio specific for each of the cultivars, with the lowest mass type being the major one. Electrophoretic analyses demonstrated wide cultivar variability in number of patatin forms. Especially 2D-PAGE showed 17-23 detected protein spots independently on the utility group. Specific lipid acyl hydrolase (LAH) activity of purified patatins from the individual tested cultivars varied between 0.92 and 5.46 μmol/(min mg). Patatin samples within most of the TPCs exhibited higher values of specific LAH activity than samples of PPCs. It may be supposed that individual patatin forms do not have similar physiological roles.
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- Jan Bárta
- Department of Plant Production and Agroecology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of South Bohemia, Studentská 13, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
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Urbany C, Colby T, Stich B, Schmidt L, Schmidt J, Gebhardt C. Analysis of Natural Variation of the Potato Tuber Proteome Reveals Novel Candidate Genes for Tuber Bruising. J Proteome Res 2011; 11:703-16. [DOI: 10.1021/pr2006186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Claude Urbany
- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, 50829 Cologne, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, 50829 Cologne, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, 50829 Cologne, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, 50829 Cologne, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, 50829 Cologne, Germany
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Bou-Torrent J, Martínez-García JF, García-Martínez JL, Prat S. Gibberellin A1 metabolism contributes to the control of photoperiod-mediated tuberization in potato. PLoS One 2011; 6:e24458. [PMID: 21961036 PMCID: PMC3178525 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2011] [Accepted: 08/10/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Some potato species require a short-day (SD) photoperiod for tuberization, a process that is negatively affected by gibberellins (GAs). Here we report the isolation of StGA3ox2, a gene encoding a GA 3-oxidase, whose expression is increased in the aerial parts and is repressed in the stolons after transfer of photoperiod-dependent potato plants to SD conditions. Over-expression of StGA3ox2 under control of constitutive or leaf-specific promoters results in taller plants which, in contrast to StGA20ox1 over-expressers previously reported, tuberize earlier under SD conditions than the controls. By contrast, StGA3ox2 tuber-specific over-expression results in non-elongated plants with slightly delayed tuber induction. Together, our experiments support that StGA3ox2 expression and gibberellin metabolism significantly contribute to the tuberization time in strictly photoperiod-dependent potato plants.
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Cândido EDS, Pinto MFS, Pelegrini PB, Lima TB, Silva ON, Pogue R, Grossi-de-Sá MF, Franco OL. Plant storage proteins with antimicrobial activity: novel insights into plant defense mechanisms. FASEB J 2011; 25:3290-305. [PMID: 21746866 DOI: 10.1096/fj.11-184291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Storage proteins perform essential roles in plant survival, acting as molecular reserves important for plant growth and maintenance, as well as being involved in defense mechanisms by virtue of their properties as insecticidal and antimicrobial proteins. These proteins accumulate in storage vacuoles inside plant cells, and, in response to determined signals, they may be used by the different plant tissues in response to pathogen attack. To shed some light on these remarkable proteins with dual functions, storage proteins found in germinative tissues, such as seeds and kernels, and in vegetative tissues, such as tubercles and leaves, are extensively discussed here, along with the related mechanisms of protein expression. Among these proteins, we focus on 2S albumins, Kunitz proteinase inhibitors, plant lectins, glycine-rich proteins, vicilins, patatins, tarins, and ocatins. Finally, the potential use of these molecules in development of drugs to combat human and plant pathogens, contributing to the development of new biotechnology-based medications and products for agribusiness, is also presented.
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- Elizabete de Souza Cândido
- Centro de Análises Proteômicas e Bioquímicas, Universidade Católica de Brasília, Campus Avançado Asa Norte, SGAN 916 Avenida W5, CEP: 70790-160, Brasilia, DF, Brazil
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Hoehenwarter W, Larhlimi A, Hummel J, Egelhofer V, Selbig J, van Dongen JT, Wienkoop S, Weckwerth W. MAPA Distinguishes Genotype-Specific Variability of Highly Similar Regulatory Protein Isoforms in Potato Tuber. J Proteome Res 2011; 10:2979-91. [DOI: 10.1021/pr101109a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Wolfgang Hoehenwarter
- Department of Molecular Systems Biology, University of Vienna, Faculty of Life Sciences, Althanstrasse 14, A-1090, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 24−25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, D-14476, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Systems Biology, University of Vienna, Faculty of Life Sciences, Althanstrasse 14, A-1090, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 24−25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, D-14476, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Systems Biology, University of Vienna, Faculty of Life Sciences, Althanstrasse 14, A-1090, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Molecular Systems Biology, University of Vienna, Faculty of Life Sciences, Althanstrasse 14, A-1090, Vienna, Austria
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Nakamura R, Satoh R, Nakamura R, Shimazaki T, Kasuga M, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K, Kikuchi A, Watanabe KN, Teshima R. Immunoproteomic and two-dimensional difference gel electrophoresis analysis of Arabidopsis dehydration response element-binding protein 1A (DREB1A)-transgenic potato. Biol Pharm Bull 2010; 33:1418-25. [PMID: 20686241 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.33.1418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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To produce crops that are more tolerant to stresses such as heat, cold, and salt, transgenic plants have been produced those express stress-associated proteins. In this study, we used immunoproteomic and two-dimensional difference gel electrophoresis (2D-DIGE) methods to investigate the allergenicity of transgenic potatoes expressing Arabidopsis DREB1A (dehydration responsive element-binding protein 1A), driven by the rd29A promoter or the 35S promoter. Immunoproteomic analysis using sera from potato-allergic patients revealed several immunoglobulin E (IgE)-binding protein spots. The patterns of protein binding were almost the same between transgenic and non-transgenic potatoes. The IgE-binding proteins in potato were identified as patatin precursors, a segment of serine protease inhibitor 2, and proteinase inhibitor II by matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight (MALDI-TOF) MS/MS. 2D-DIGE analysis revealed several differences in protein expression between non-transgenic potato and transgenic potato; those showing increased expression in transgenic potatoes were identified as precursors of patatin, a major potato allergen, and those showing decreased expression in transgenic potatoes were identified as lipoxygenase and glycogen (starch) synthase. These results suggested that transgenic potatoes may express slightly higher levels of allergens, but their IgE-binding patterns were almost the same as those of control potatoes. Further research on changes in protein expressions in response to environmental factors is required to confirm whether the differences observed in this study are due to gene transfection, rather than environmental factors.
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- Rika Nakamura
- Division of Novel Foods and Immunochemistry, National Institute of Health Sciences, Tokyo, Japan
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Weeda SM, Mohan Kumar GN, Richard Knowles N. Developmentally linked changes in proteases and protease inhibitors suggest a role for potato multicystatin in regulating protein content of potato tubers. PLANTA 2009; 230:73-84. [PMID: 19347354 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-009-0928-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2009] [Accepted: 03/22/2009] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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The soluble protein fraction of fully developed potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) tubers is dominated by patatin, a 40 kD storage glycoprotein, and protease inhibitors. Potato multicystatin (PMC) is a multidomain Cys-type protease inhibitor. PMC effectively inhibits degradation of patatin by tuber proteases in vitro. Herein we show that changes in PMC, patatin concentration, activities of various proteases, and their gene expression are temporally linked during tuber development, providing evidence that PMC has a role in regulating tuber protein content in vivo. PMC was barely detectable in non-tuberized stolons. PMC transcript levels increased progressively during tuberization, concomitant with a 40-fold increase in PMC concentration (protein basis) as tubers developed to 10 g fresh wt. Further increases in PMC were comparatively modest (3.7-fold) as tubers developed to full maturity (250 g). Protease activity declined precipitously as PMC levels increased during tuberization. Proteolytic activity was highest in non-tuberized stolons and fell substantially through the 10-g fresh wt stage. Cys-type proteases dominated the pre-tuberization and earliest stages of tuber development. Increases in patatin transcript levels during tuberization were accompanied by a notable lag in patatin accumulation. Patatin did not begin to accumulate substantially on a protein basis until tubers had reached the 10-g stage, wherein protease activity had been inhibited by approximately 60%. These results indicate that a threshold level of PMC (ca. 3 microg tuber(-1), 144 ng mg(-1) protein) is needed to favor patatin accumulation. Collectively, these results are consistent with a role for PMC in facilitating the accumulation of proteins in developing tubers by inhibiting Cys-type proteases.
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- Sarah M Weeda
- Postharvest Physiology and Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Washington State University, P.O. Box 646414, Pullman, WA 99164-6414, USA
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Welinder KG, Jørgensen M. Covalent structures of potato tuber lipases (patatins) and implications for vacuolar import. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:9764-9. [PMID: 19211558 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m809674200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Proteome data of potato (Solanum tuberosum) tuber juice and of purified potato tuber vacuoles indicated that mature patatins may perhaps lack a C-terminal propeptide. We have confirmed this by complete mass spectrometric sequencing of a number of patatin variants as well as their N-linked complex-type glycans from the starch-rich cultivar Kuras. For this cultivar full-length patatin cDNAs have also been sequenced, as the patatin locus is highly polymorphous. It is well known that patatins are located in the vacuoles of potato tubers. Furthermore, the complex glycan structures show that the path is via the Golgi apparatus. However, the vacuolar targeting signal has never been identified for this storage and defense protein, which amounts to 25-40% of tuber protein. We propose that a six-residue C-terminal propeptide, -ANKASY-COO(-) comprises this signal. The crystallographic structure of a recombinant patatin (Rydel, T. J., Williams, J. M., Krieger, E., Moshiri, F., Stallings, W. C., Brown, S. M., Pershing, J. C., Prucell, J. P., and Alibhai, M. F. (2003) Biochemistry 42, 6696-6708), which included this propeptide thus, for the first time, shows the structure of a putative ligand of the vacuolar sorting receptor and processing enzyme responsible for patatin import.
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- Karen G Welinder
- Section for Biotechnology, Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Aalborg University, Sohngaardsholmsvej 49, Aalborg DK-9000, Denmark.
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Agrawal L, Chakraborty S, Jaiswal DK, Gupta S, Datta A, Chakraborty N. Comparative proteomics of tuber induction, development and maturation reveal the complexity of tuberization process in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.). J Proteome Res 2008; 7:3803-17. [PMID: 18672926 DOI: 10.1021/pr8000755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Tuberization in potato ( Solanum tuberosum L.) is a developmental process that serves a double function, as a storage organ and as a vegetative propagation system. It is a multistep, complex process and the underlying mechanisms governing these overlapping steps are not fully understood. To understand the molecular basis of tuberization in potato, a comparative proteomic approach has been applied to monitor differentially expressed proteins at different development stages using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE). The differentially displayed proteomes revealed 219 protein spots that change their intensities more than 2.5-fold. The LC-ES-MS/MS analyses led to the identification of 97 differentially regulated proteins that include predicted and novel tuber-specific proteins. Nonhierarchical clustering revealed coexpression patterns of functionally similar proteins. The expression of reactive oxygen species catabolizing enzymes, viz., superoxide dismutase, ascorbate peroxidase and catalase, were induced by more than 2-fold indicating their possible role during the developmental transition from stolons into tubers. We demonstrate that nearly 100 proteins, some presumably associated with tuber cell differentiation, regulate diverse functions like protein biogenesis and storage, bioenergy and metabolism, and cell defense and rescue impinge on the complexity of tuber development in potato.
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- Lalit Agrawal
- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India
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A snapshot of the Chinese SOL Project. J Genet Genomics 2008; 35:387-90. [DOI: 10.1016/s1673-8527(08)60056-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2008] [Revised: 06/04/2008] [Accepted: 06/05/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Robbins ML, Sekhon RS, Meeley R, Chopra S. A Mutator transposon insertion is associated with ectopic expression of a tandemly repeated multicopy Myb gene pericarp color1 of maize. Genetics 2008; 178:1859-74. [PMID: 18430921 PMCID: PMC2323782 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.107.082503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2007] [Accepted: 01/28/2008] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The molecular basis of tissue-specific pigmentation of maize carrying a tandemly repeated multicopy allele of pericarp color1 (p1) was examined using Mutator (Mu) transposon-mediated mutagenesis. The P1-wr allele conditions a white or colorless pericarp and a red cob glumes phenotype. However, a Mu-insertion allele, designated as P1-wr-mum6, displayed an altered phenotype that was first noted as occasional red stripes on pericarp tissue. This gain-of-pericarp-pigmentation phenotype was heritable, yielding families that displayed variable penetrance and expressivity. In one fully penetrant family, deep red pericarp pigmentation was observed. Several reports on Mu suppressible alleles have shown that Mu transposons can affect gene expression by mechanisms that depend on transposase activity. Conversely, the P1-wr-mum6 phenotype is not affected by transposase activity. The increased pigmentation was associated with elevated mRNA expression of P1-wr-mum6 copy (or copies) that was uninterrupted by the transposons. Genomic bisulfite sequencing analysis showed that the elevated expression was associated with hypomethylation of a floral-specific enhancer that is approximately 4.7 kb upstream of the Mu1 insertion site and may be proximal to an adjacent repeated copy. We propose that the Mu1 insertion interferes with the DNA methylation and related chromatin packaging of P1-wr, thereby inducing expression from gene copy (or copies) that is otherwise suppressed.
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- Michael L Robbins
- Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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Bhaskar PB, Raasch JA, Kramer LC, Neumann P, Wielgus SM, Austin-Phillips S, Jiang J. Sgt1, but not Rar1, is essential for the RB-mediated broad-spectrum resistance to potato late blight. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2008; 8:8. [PMID: 18215301 PMCID: PMC2267190 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-8-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2007] [Accepted: 01/23/2008] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND Late blight is the most serious potato disease world-wide. The most effective and environmentally sound way for controlling late blight is to incorporate natural resistance into potato cultivars. Several late blight resistance genes have been cloned recently. However, there is almost no information available about the resistance pathways mediated by any of those genes. RESULTS We previously cloned a late blight resistance gene, RB, from a diploid wild potato species Solanum bulbocastanum. Transgenic potato lines containing a single RB gene showed a rate-limiting resistance against all known races of Phytophthora infestans, the late blight pathogen. To better understand the RB-mediated resistance we silenced the potato Rar1 and Sgt1 genes that have been implicated in mediating disease resistance responses against various plant pathogens and pests. The Rar1 and Sgt1 genes of a RB-containing potato clone were silenced using a RNA interference (RNAi)-based approach. All of the silenced potato plants displayed phenotypically normal growth. The late blight resistance of the Rar1 and Sgt1 silenced lines were evaluated by a traditional greenhouse inoculation method and quantified using a GFP-tagged P. infestans strain. The resistance of the Rar1-silenced plants was not affected. However, silencing of the Sgt1 gene abolished the RB-mediated resistance. CONCLUSION Our study shows that silencing of the Sgt1 gene in potato does not result in lethality. However, the Sgt1 gene is essential for the RB-mediated late blight resistance. In contrast, the Rar1 gene is not required for RB-mediated resistance. These results provide additional evidence for the universal role of the Sgt1 gene in various R gene-mediated plant defense responses.
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- Pudota B Bhaskar
- Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Biotechnology Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Romanov GA, Naumkina EM, Ashapkin VV, Vanyushin BF. Methylation of GCGG sites of the patatin promoter is organ-specific and inversely correlates with its activity. DOKL BIOCHEM BIOPHYS 2007; 417:327-30. [DOI: 10.1134/s1607672907060105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Stupar RM, Bhaskar PB, Yandell BS, Rensink WA, Hart AL, Ouyang S, Veilleux RE, Busse JS, Erhardt RJ, Buell CR, Jiang J. Phenotypic and transcriptomic changes associated with potato autopolyploidization. Genetics 2007; 176:2055-67. [PMID: 17565939 PMCID: PMC1950613 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.107.074286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 186] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2007] [Accepted: 05/17/2007] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Polyploidy is remarkably common in the plant kingdom and polyploidization is a major driving force for plant genome evolution. Polyploids may contain genomes from different parental species (allopolyploidy) or include multiple sets of the same genome (autopolyploidy). Genetic and epigenetic changes associated with allopolyploidization have been a major research subject in recent years. However, we know little about the genetic impact imposed by autopolyploidization. We developed a synthetic autopolyploid series in potato (Solanum phureja) that includes one monoploid (1x) clone, two diploid (2x) clones, and one tetraploid (4x) clone. Cell size and organ thickness were positively correlated with the ploidy level. However, the 2x plants were generally the most vigorous and the 1x plants exhibited less vigor compared to the 2x and 4x individuals. We analyzed the transcriptomic variation associated with this autopolyploid series using a potato cDNA microarray containing approximately 9000 genes. Statistically significant expression changes were observed among the ploidies for approximately 10% of the genes in both leaflet and root tip tissues. However, most changes were associated with the monoploid and were within the twofold level. Thus, alteration of ploidy caused subtle expression changes of a substantial percentage of genes in the potato genome. We demonstrated that there are few genes, if any, whose expression is linearly correlated with the ploidy and can be dramatically changed because of ploidy alteration.
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- Robert M Stupar
- Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Lehesranta SJ, Davies HV, Shepherd LVT, Koistinen KM, Massat N, Nunan N, McNicol JW, Kärenlampi SO. Proteomic analysis of the potato tuber life cycle. Proteomics 2006; 6:6042-52. [PMID: 17106910 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200600383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The tuber of potato (Solanum tuberosum) is commonly used as a model for underground storage organs. In this study, changes in the proteome were followed from tuberization, through tuber development and storage into the sprouting phase. Data interrogation using principal component analysis was able to clearly discriminate between the various stages of the tuber life cycle. Moreover, five well-defined protein expression patterns were found by hierarchical clustering. Altogether 150 proteins showing highly significant differences in abundance between specific stages in the life cycle were highlighted; 59 of these were identified. In addition, 50 proteins with smaller changes in abundance were identified, including several novel proteins. Most noticeably, the development process was characterized by the accumulation of the major storage protein patatin isoforms and enzymes involved in disease and defense reactions. Furthermore, enzymes involved in carbohydrate and energy metabolism and protein processing were associated with development but decreased during tuber maturation. These results represent the first comprehensive picture of many proteins involved in the tuber development and physiology.
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- Satu J Lehesranta
- Institute of Applied Biotechnology, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
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