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Yang Y, Ma K, Zhang T, Li L, Wang J, Cheng T, Zhang Q. Characteristics and Expression Analyses of Trehalose-6-Phosphate Synthase Family in Prunus mume Reveal Genes Involved in Trehalose Biosynthesis and Drought Response. Biomolecules 2020; 10:biom10101358. [PMID: 32977584 PMCID: PMC7598203 DOI: 10.3390/biom10101358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2020] [Revised: 09/20/2020] [Accepted: 09/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Trehalose and its key synthase (trehalose-6-phosphate synthase, TPS) can improve the drought tolerance of plants. However, little is known about the roles of trehalose and the TPS family in Prunus mume response to drought. In our study, we discovered that the trehalose content in leaf, root, and stem tissues significantly increased in P. mume in response to drought. Therefore, the characteristics and functions of the TPS family are worth investigating in P. mume. We identified nine TPS family members in P. mume, which were divided into two sub-families and characterized by gene structure, promoter elements, protein conserved domains, and protein motifs. We found that the Hydrolase_3 domain and several motifs were highly conserved in Group II instead of Group I. The distinctions between the two groups may result from selective constraints, which we estimated by the dN/dS (ω) ratio. The ω values of all the PmTPS family gene pairs were evaluated as less than 1, indicating that purity selection facilitated their divergence. A phylogenetic tree was constructed using 92 TPSs from 10 Rosaceae species, which were further divided into five clusters. Based on evolutionary analyses, the five clusters of TPS family proteins mainly underwent varied purity selection. The expression patterns of PmTPSs under drought suggested that the TPS family played an important role in the drought tolerance of P. mume. Combining the expression patterns of PmTPSs and the trehalose content changes in leaf, stem, and root tissues under normal conditions and drought stress, we found that the PmTPS2 and PmTPS6 mainly function in the trehalose biosynthesis in P. mume. Our findings not only provide valuable information about the functions of trehalose and TPSs in the drought response of P. mume, but they also contribute to the future drought breeding of P. mume.
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- Yongjuan Yang
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China; (Y.Y.); (T.Z.); (L.L.)
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ornamental Plants Germplasm Innovation & Molecular Breeding, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China; (K.M.); (J.W.); (T.C.)
- National Engineering Research Center for Floriculture, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
- Beijing Laboratory of Urban and Rural Ecological Environment, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
- Engineering Research Center of Landscape Environment of Ministry of Education, Beijing 100083, China
- Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants of Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
- School of Landscape Architecture, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ornamental Plants Germplasm Innovation & Molecular Breeding, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China; (K.M.); (J.W.); (T.C.)
- National Engineering Research Center for Floriculture, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
- Beijing Laboratory of Urban and Rural Ecological Environment, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
- Engineering Research Center of Landscape Environment of Ministry of Education, Beijing 100083, China
- Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants of Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
- School of Landscape Architecture, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China; (Y.Y.); (T.Z.); (L.L.)
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ornamental Plants Germplasm Innovation & Molecular Breeding, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China; (K.M.); (J.W.); (T.C.)
- National Engineering Research Center for Floriculture, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
- Beijing Laboratory of Urban and Rural Ecological Environment, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
- Engineering Research Center of Landscape Environment of Ministry of Education, Beijing 100083, China
- Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants of Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
- School of Landscape Architecture, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China; (Y.Y.); (T.Z.); (L.L.)
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ornamental Plants Germplasm Innovation & Molecular Breeding, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China; (K.M.); (J.W.); (T.C.)
- National Engineering Research Center for Floriculture, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
- Beijing Laboratory of Urban and Rural Ecological Environment, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
- Engineering Research Center of Landscape Environment of Ministry of Education, Beijing 100083, China
- Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants of Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
- School of Landscape Architecture, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ornamental Plants Germplasm Innovation & Molecular Breeding, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China; (K.M.); (J.W.); (T.C.)
- National Engineering Research Center for Floriculture, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
- Beijing Laboratory of Urban and Rural Ecological Environment, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
- Engineering Research Center of Landscape Environment of Ministry of Education, Beijing 100083, China
- Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants of Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
- School of Landscape Architecture, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ornamental Plants Germplasm Innovation & Molecular Breeding, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China; (K.M.); (J.W.); (T.C.)
- National Engineering Research Center for Floriculture, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
- Beijing Laboratory of Urban and Rural Ecological Environment, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
- Engineering Research Center of Landscape Environment of Ministry of Education, Beijing 100083, China
- Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants of Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
- School of Landscape Architecture, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China; (Y.Y.); (T.Z.); (L.L.)
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ornamental Plants Germplasm Innovation & Molecular Breeding, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China; (K.M.); (J.W.); (T.C.)
- National Engineering Research Center for Floriculture, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
- Beijing Laboratory of Urban and Rural Ecological Environment, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
- Engineering Research Center of Landscape Environment of Ministry of Education, Beijing 100083, China
- Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants of Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
- School of Landscape Architecture, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +86-010-6233-8005
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Tsafouros A, Roussos PA. The possible bottleneck effect of polyamines' catabolic enzymes in efficient adventitious rooting of two stone fruit rootstocks. J Plant Physiol 2020; 244:152999. [PMID: 31805419 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2019.152999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2019] [Revised: 06/08/2019] [Accepted: 06/11/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Adventitious rooting is an important plant physiological response utilized in cutting propagation, a procedure with high financial significance. Many endogenous factors are involved, such as plant growth regulators, carbohydrates, minerals, polyamines etc. The objective of the present study was to investigate the role of polyamines and polyamine catabolic enzymes in the bases of softwood cuttings of two Prunus rootstocks, during the early phases of rhizogenesis. An easy-to-root and a difficult-to-root rootstock were studied, concerning their polyamine content (in free, soluble conjugate and insoluble bound form), polyamine catabolic enzyme activities (polyamine oxidase, PAO and diamine oxidase, DAO) and catalase activity, with and without the effect of indole-3-butyric acid as rooting hormone, during the early phases of rhizogenesis. Putrescine, spermine and their catabolic product, H2O2, were applied to test their function to rescue the rooting percentage of the recalcitrant species. Spermine was not detected in the difficult to root rootstock, which exhibited higher titer of putrescine and spermidine, PAO and catalase activity, but lower DAO activity compared to the easy-to-root one. The rooting percentage of the recalcitrant species was doubled under spermine and H2O2 application. The results obtained, highlighted the role of polyamine catabolic enzymes and indirectly the role of the polyamine catabolic product H2O2 as more significant than the polyamine content per se in adventitious rooting of the specific stone fruit rootstocks.
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- Athanasios Tsafouros
- Agricultural University of Athens, Department of Crop Science, Laboratory of Pomology, Iera Odos 75, Athens 118 55, Greece.
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- Agricultural University of Athens, Department of Crop Science, Laboratory of Pomology, Iera Odos 75, Athens 118 55, Greece.
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Matsumoto D, Tao R. Recognition of S-RNases by an S locus F-box like protein and an S haplotype-specific F-box like protein in the Prunus-specific self-incompatibility system. Plant Mol Biol 2019; 100:367-378. [PMID: 30937702 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-019-00860-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2018] [Accepted: 03/25/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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S-RNase was demonstrated to be predominantly recognized by an S locus F-box-like protein and an S haplotype-specific F-box-like protein in compatible pollen tubes of sweet cherry. Self-incompatibility (SI) is a reproductive barrier that rejects self-pollen and inhibits self-fertilization to promote outcrossing. In Solanaceae and Rosaceae, S-RNase-based gametophytic SI (GSI) comprises S-RNase and F-box protein(s) as the pistil and pollen S determinants, respectively. Compatible pollen tubes are assumed to detoxify the internalized cytotoxic S-RNases to maintain growth. S-RNase detoxification is conducted by the Skp1-cullin1-F-box protein complex (SCF) formed by pollen S determinants, S locus F-box proteins (SLFs), in Solanaceae. In Prunus, the general inhibitor (GI), but not pollen S determinant S haplotype-specific F-box protein (SFB), is hypothesized to detoxify S-RNases. Recently, SLF-like proteins 1-3 (SLFL1-3) were suggested as GI candidates, although it is still possible that other proteins function predominantly in GI. To identify the other GI candidates, we isolated four other pollen-expressed SLFL and SFB-like (SFBL) proteins PavSLFL6, PavSLFL7A, PavSFBL1, and PavSFBL2 in sweet cherry. Binding assays with four PavS-RNases indicated that PavSFBL2 bound to PavS1, 6-RNase while the others bound to nothing. PavSFBL2 was confirmed to form an SCF complex in vitro. A co-immunoprecipitation assay using the recombinant PavS6-RNase as bait against pollen extracts and a mass spectrometry analysis identified the SCF complex components of PavSLFLs and PavSFBL2, M-locus-encoded glutathione S-transferase (MGST), DnaJ-like protein, and other minor proteins. These results suggest that SLFLs and SFBLs could act as predominant GIs in Prunus-specific S-RNase-based GSI.
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- Daiki Matsumoto
- Laboratory of Pomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamagata University, Tsuruoka, 997-8555, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan
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Wang J, Du J, Mu X, Wang P. Cloning and characterization of the Cerasus humilis sucrose phosphate synthase gene (ChSPS1). PLoS One 2017; 12:e0186650. [PMID: 29036229 PMCID: PMC5643142 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0186650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2017] [Accepted: 10/04/2017] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Sucrose is crucial to the growth and development of plants, and sucrose phosphate synthase (SPS) plays a key role in sucrose synthesis. To understand the genetic and molecular mechanisms of sucrose synthesis in Cerasus humilis, ChSPS1, a homologue of SPS, was cloned using RT-PCR. Sequence analysis showed that the open reading frame (ORF) sequence of ChSPS1 is 3174 bp in length, encoding a predicted protein of 1057 amino acids. The predicted protein showed a high degree of sequence identity with SPS homologues from other species. Real-time RT-PCR analysis showed that ChSPS1 mRNA was detected in all tissues and the transcription level was the highest in mature fruit. There is a significant positive correlation between expression of ChSPS1 and sucrose content. Prokaryotic expression of ChSPS1 indicated that ChSPS1 protein was expressed in E. coli and it had the SPS activity. Overexpression of ChSPS1 in tobacco led to upregulation of enzyme activity and increased sucrose contents in transgenic plants. Real-time RT-PCR analysis showed that the expression of ChSPS1 in transgenic tobacco was significantly higher than in wild type plants. These results suggested that ChSPS1 plays an important role in sucrose synthesis in Cerasus humilis.
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- Juan Wang
- Department of Pomology, College of Horticulture, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, China
- Institute of Pomology, Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Taiyuan, China
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- Department of Pomology, College of Horticulture, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, China
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- Department of Pomology, College of Horticulture, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, China
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- Department of Pomology, College of Horticulture, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, China
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Walker RP, Paoletti A, Leegood RC, Famiani F. Phosphorylation of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) and phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) in the flesh of fruits. Plant Physiol Biochem 2016; 108:323-327. [PMID: 27497301 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2016.07.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2016] [Revised: 07/03/2016] [Accepted: 07/19/2016] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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This study determined whether phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) and phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) are phosphorylated in the flesh of a range of fruits. This was done by incubating fruit flesh with 32P[P] (where 32P[P] = 32PO43-), then PEPCK and PEPC were immunoprecipitated from extracts using specific antisera. The incorporation of 32P[P] into these enzymes was then determined by autoradiography of SDS-PAGE gels. Both enzymes were subject to phosphorylation in vivo in the flesh of grape, tomato, cherry and plum. PEPCK was also subject to phosphorylation in vivo in developing grape seeds. Proteolytic cleavage of PEPCK showed that it was phosphorylated at a site(s) located on its N-terminal extension. Potentially phosphorylation of these enzymes could contribute to the coordinate regulation of their activities in the flesh of fruits and in developing seeds.
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- Robert P Walker
- Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari e Ambientali, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari e Ambientali, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2 TN, UK
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari e Ambientali, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Italy.
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Matsumoto D, Tao R. Recognition of a wide-range of S-RNases by S locus F-box like 2, a general-inhibitor candidate in the Prunus-specific S-RNase-based self-incompatibility system. Plant Mol Biol 2016; 91:459-69. [PMID: 27071402 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-016-0479-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2015] [Accepted: 04/04/2016] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Many species in the Rosaceae, the Solanaceae, and the Plantaginaceae exhibit S-RNase-based gametophytic self-incompatibility (GSI). This system comprises S-ribonucleases (S-RNases) as the pistil S determinant and a single or multiple F-box proteins as the pollen S determinants. In Prunus, pollen specificity is determined by a single S haplotype-specific F-box protein (SFB). The results of several studies suggested that SFB exerts cognate S-RNase cytotoxicity, and a hypothetical general inhibitor (GI) is assumed to detoxify S-RNases in non-specific manner unless it is affected by SFB. Although the identity of the GI is unknown, phylogenetic and evolutionary analyses have indicated that S locus F-box like 1-3 (or S locus F-box with low allelic sequence polymorphism 1-3; SLFL1-3), which are encoded by a region of the Prunus genome linked to the S locus, are good GI candidates. Here, we examined the biochemical characteristics of SLFL1-3 to determine whether they have appropriate GI characteristics. Pull-down assays and quantitative expression analyses indicated that Prunus avium SLFL1-3 mainly formed a canonical SCF complex with PavSSK1 and PavCul1A. Binding assays with PavS(1,3,4,6)-RNases showed that PavSLFL1, PavSLFL2, and PavSLFL3 bound to PavS(3)-RNase, all PavS-RNases tested, and none of the PavS-RNases tested, respectively. Together, these results suggested that SLFL2 has the appropriate characteristics to be the GI in sweet cherry pollen, while SLFL1 may redundantly work with SLFL2 to detoxify all S-RNases. We discuss the possible roles of SLFL1-3 as the GI in the Prunus-specific S-RNase-based GSI mechanism.
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- Daiki Matsumoto
- Faculty of Agriculture, Yamagata University, Tsuruoka, 997-8555, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan.
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Ren J, Sun LN, Zhang QY, Song XS. Drought Tolerance Is Correlated with the Activity of Antioxidant Enzymes in Cerasus humilis Seedlings. Biomed Res Int 2016; 2016:9851095. [PMID: 27047966 PMCID: PMC4800087 DOI: 10.1155/2016/9851095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2015] [Revised: 02/09/2016] [Accepted: 02/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Cerasus humilis, grown in the northern areas of China, may experience water deficit during their life cycle, which induces oxidative stress. Our present study was conducted to evaluate the role of oxidative stress management in the leaves of two C. humilis genotypes, HR (drought resistant) and ND4 (drought susceptible), when subjected to a long-term soil drought (WS). The HR plants maintained lower membrane injury due to low ROS and MDA accumulation compared to ND4 plants during a long-term WS. This is likely attributed to global increase in the activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD) isoenzymes and enzymes of the ascorbate-glutathione (AsA-GSH) cycle and maintenance of ascorbate (AsA) levels. Consistent closely with enzymes activities, the expression of cytosolic ascorbate peroxidase (cAPX) and dehydroascorbate reductase (DHAR) followed a significant upregulation, indicating that they were regulated at the transcriptional level for HR plants exposed to WS. In contrast, ND4 plants exhibited high ROS levels and poor antioxidant enzyme response, leading to enhanced membrane damage during WS conditions. The present study shows that genotypic differences in drought tolerance could be likely attributed to the ability of C. humilis plants to induce antioxidant defense under drought conditions.
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- Jing Ren
- Department of Genetics, College of Life Science, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
- Key Laboratory of Dairy Science, Ministry of Education, College of Food Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Synergetic Innovation Center of Food Safety and Nutrition, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150030, China
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- Department of Genetics, College of Life Science, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
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- Department of Genetics, College of Life Science, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
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- Department of Genetics, College of Life Science, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
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Di Santo MC, Ilina N, Pagano EA, Sozzi GO. A Japanese plum α-l-arabinofuranosidase/β-D-xylosidase gene is developmentally regulated by alternative splicing. Plant Sci 2015; 231:173-183. [PMID: 25576002 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2014.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2014] [Revised: 11/27/2014] [Accepted: 12/01/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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A full-length cDNA clone named PsARF/XYL was obtained from Prunus salicina Lindl., and determined to encode a putative α-l-arabinofuranosidase/β-d-xylosidase belonging to glycoside hydrolase (GH, EC 3.2.1.-) family 3. Two related PsARF/XYL cDNAs were amplified, one from a fully-spliced transcript (PsARF/XYLa) and another one from an intron-retained transcript (PsARF/XYLb). The protein deduced from PsARF/XYLb is a truncated peptide at C-terminus that conserves the active-site amino acid sequence. High levels of PsARF/XYLa and PsARF/XYLb transcripts are detectable in several plant tissues. PsARF/XYLb transcripts accumulate progressively during the phase of exponential fruit growth but they become barely noticeable during on-tree ripening, or after a 6-h exposure of preclimacteric full-size plums to ethylene. In contrast, PsARF/XYLa is expressed throughout fruit development, and transcript accumulation parallels the climacteric rise in ethylene production during ripening. PsARF/XYLa expression is strongly induced in preclimacteric full-size plums after a 6-h treatment with physiologically active concentrations of ethylene. These findings suggest that PsARF/XYL gene is post-transcriptionally regulated by alternative splicing during development and that ethylene may be involved in this regulation. The isolation of a partial cDNA clone, PsARF1, is also reported. It encodes a putative cell-wall α-l-arabinofuranosidase, and its transcription is rapidly inhibited by ethylene in mature green plums.
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- M Carolina Di Santo
- Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Avenida San Martín 4453, C1417DSE Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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- Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Avenida San Martín 4453, C1417DSE Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Avenida San Martín 4453, C1417DSE Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Fernández i Martí A, Gradziel TM, Socias i Company R. Methylation of the S f locus in almond is associated with S-RNase loss of function. Plant Mol Biol 2014; 86:681-9. [PMID: 25326263 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-014-0258-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2014] [Accepted: 10/10/2014] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Self-compatibility in almond (Prunus dulcis) is attributed to the presence of the S f haplotype, allelic to and dominant over the series of S-alleles controlling self-incompatibility. Some forms of the S f haplotype, however, are phenotypically self-incompatible even though their nucleotide sequences are identical. DNA from leaves and styles from genetically diverse almond samples was cloned and sequenced and then analyzed for changes affecting S f -RNase variants. Epigenetic changes in several cytosine residues were detected in a fragment of 4,700 bp of the 5' upstream region of all self-compatible samples of the S f -RNases, differentiating them from all self-incompatible samples of S f -RNases analyzed. This is the first report of DNA methylation in a Rosaceae species and appears to be strongly associated with inactivation of the S f allele. Results facilitate an understanding of the evolution of self-compatibility/self-incompatibility in almond and other Prunus species, and suggest novel approaches for future crop improvement.
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- Angel Fernández i Martí
- Unidad de Hortofruticultura, Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón (CITA), Av. Montañana 930, 50059, Saragossa, Spain,
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Yamaguchi T, Yamamoto K, Asano Y. Identification and characterization of CYP79D16 and CYP71AN24 catalyzing the first and second steps in L-phenylalanine-derived cyanogenic glycoside biosynthesis in the Japanese apricot, Prunus mume Sieb. et Zucc. Plant Mol Biol 2014; 86:215-23. [PMID: 25015725 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-014-0225-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2014] [Accepted: 07/04/2014] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Japanese apricot, Prunus mume Sieb. et Zucc., belonging to the Rosaceae family, produces as defensive agents the cyanogenic glycosides prunasin and amygdalin, which are presumably derived from L-phenylalanine. In this study, we identified and characterized cytochrome P450s catalyzing the conversion of L-phenylalanine into mandelonitrile via phenylacetaldoxime. Full-length cDNAs encoding CYP79D16, CYP79A68, CYP71AN24, CYP71AP13, CYP71AU50, and CYP736A117 were cloned from P. mume ‘Nanko’ using publicly available P. mume RNA-sequencing data, followed by 5′- and 3′-RACE. CYP79D16 was expressed in seedlings, whereas CYP71AN24 was expressed in seedlings and leaves. Enzyme activity of these cytochrome P450s expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae was evaluated by liquid and gas chromatography–mass spectrometry. CYP79D16, but not CYP79A68, catalyzed the conversion of L-phenylalanine into phenylacetaldoxime. CYP79D16 showed no activity toward other amino acids. CYP71AN24, but not CYP71AP13, CYP71AU50, and CYP736A117, catalyzed the conversion of phenylacetaldoxime into mandelonitrile. CYP71AN24 also showed lower conversions of various aromatic aldoximes and nitriles. The K m value and turnover rate of CYP71AN24 for phenylacetaldoxime were 3.9 µM and 46.3 min(−1), respectively. The K m value and turnover of CYP71AN24 may cause the efficient metabolism of phenylacetaldoxime, avoiding the release of the toxic intermediate to the cytosol. These results suggest that cyanogenic glycoside biosynthesis in P. mume is regulated in concert with catalysis by CYP79D16 in the parental and sequential reaction of CYP71AN24 in the seedling.
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Kanayama Y, Mizutani R, Yaguchi S, Hojo A, Ikeda H, Nishiyama M, Kanahama K. Characterization of an uncharacterized aldo-keto reductase gene from peach and its role in abiotic stress tolerance. Phytochemistry 2014; 104:30-6. [PMID: 24837355 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2014.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2013] [Revised: 03/14/2014] [Accepted: 04/10/2014] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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The aldo-keto reductase (AKR) superfamily is a large enzyme group of NADP-dependent oxidoreductases with numerous roles in metabolism, but many members in this superfamily remain uncharacterized. Here, PpAKR1, which was cloned from the rosaceous peach tree (Prunus persica), was investigated as a member of the superfamily. While PpAKR1 had amino acids that are important in AKRs and which belonged to the AKR4 group, PpAKR1 did not seem to belong to any of the AKR4 subgroups. PpAKR1 mRNA abundance increased with abscisic acid, oxidative stress, and cold and salt stress treatments in peach. NADP-dependent polyol dehydrogenase activity was increased in Arabidopsis thaliana transformed with PpAKR1. Salt tolerance increased in Arabidopsis transformed with PpAKR1. PpAKR1, which was a previously uncharacterized member of the AKR superfamily, could be involved in the abiotic stress tolerance.
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- Yoshinori Kanayama
- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 981-8555, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 981-8555, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 981-8555, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 981-8555, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 981-8555, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 981-8555, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 981-8555, Japan
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Yildirim D, Tükel SS, Alagöz D. Crosslinked enzyme aggregates of hydroxynitrile lyase partially purified from Prunus dulcis seeds and its application for the synthesis of enantiopure cyanohydrins. Biotechnol Prog 2014; 30:818-27. [PMID: 24799464 DOI: 10.1002/btpr.1925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2013] [Revised: 04/29/2014] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Hydroxynitrile lyases are powerful catalysts in the synthesis of enantiopure cyanohydrins which are key synthons in the preparations of a variety of important chemicals. The response surface methodology including three-factor and three-level Box-Behnken design was applied to optimize immobilization of hydroxynitrile lyase purified partially from Prunus dulcis seeds as crosslinked enzyme aggregates (PdHNL-CLEAs). The quadratic model was developed for predicting the response and its adequacy was validated with the analysis of variance test. The optimized immobilization parameters were initial glutaraldehyde concentration, ammonium sulfate saturation concentration, and crosslinking time, and the response was relative activity of PdHNL-CLEA. The optimal conditions were determined as initial glutaraldehyde concentration of 25% w/v, ammonium sulfate saturation concentration of 43% w/v, and crosslinking time of 18 h. The preparations of PdHNL-CLEA were examined for the synthesis of (R)-mandelonitrile, (R)-2-chloromandelonitrile, (R)-3,4-dihydroxymandelonitrile, (R)-2-hydroxy-4-phenyl butyronitrile, (R)-4-bromomandelonitrile, (R)-4-fluoromandelonitrile, and (R)-4-nitromandelonitrile from their corresponding aldehydes and hydrocyanic acid. After 96-h reaction time, the yield-enantiomeric excess values (%) were 100-99, 100-21, 100-99, 83-91, 100-99, 100-72, and 100-14%, respectively, for (R)-mandelonitrile, (R)-2-chloromandelonitrile, (R)-3,4-dihydroxymandelonitrile, (R)-2-hydroxy-4-phenyl butyronitrile, (R)-4-bromomandelonitrile, (R)-4-fluoromandelonitrile, and (R)-4-nitromandelonitrile. The results show that PdHNL-CLEA offers a promising potential for the preparation of enantiopure (R)-mandelonitrile, (R)-3,4-dihydroxymandelonitrile, (R)-2-hydroxy-4-phenyl butyronitrile, and (R)-4-bromomandelonitrile with a high yield and enantiopurity.
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- Deniz Yildirim
- Dept. of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences & Letters, University of Cukurova, Adana, 01330, Turkey
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Falchi R, Vendramin E, Zanon L, Scalabrin S, Cipriani G, Verde I, Vizzotto G, Morgante M. Three distinct mutational mechanisms acting on a single gene underpin the origin of yellow flesh in peach. Plant J 2013; 76:175-87. [PMID: 23855972 PMCID: PMC4223380 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2013] [Revised: 06/27/2013] [Accepted: 07/04/2013] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Peach flesh color (white or yellow) is among the most popular commercial criteria for peach classification, and has implications for consumer acceptance and fruit nutritional quality. Despite the increasing interest in improving cultivars of both flesh types, little is known about the genetic basis for the carotenoid content diversity in peach. Here we describe the association between genotypes at a locus encoding the carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase 4 (PpCCD4), localized in pseudomolecule 1 of the Prunus persica reference genome sequence, and the flesh color for 37 peach varieties, including two somatic revertants, and three ancestral relatives of peach, providing definitive evidence that this locus is responsible for flesh color phenotype. We show that yellow peach alleles have arisen from various ancestral haplotypes by at least three independent mutational events involving nucleotide substitutions, small insertions and transposable element insertions, and that these mutations, despite being located within the transcribed portion of the gene, also result in marked differences in transcript levels, presumably as a consequence of differential transcript stability involving nonsense-mediated mRNA decay. The PpCCD4 gene provides a unique example of a gene for which humans, in their quest to diversify phenotypic appearance and qualitative characteristics of a fruit, have been able to select and exploit multiple mutations resulting from a variety of mechanisms.
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- Rachele Falchi
- Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Ambientali, University of UdineVia delle Scienze 206, 33100, Udine, Italy
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- Consiglio per la Ricerca e la Sperimentazione in Agricoltura (CRA) – Centro di Ricerca per la FrutticolturaVia di Fioranello 52, 00134, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Ambientali, University of UdineVia delle Scienze 206, 33100, Udine, Italy
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- Istituto di Genomica Applicata (IGA)Via J. Linussio 51, 33100, Udine, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Ambientali, University of UdineVia delle Scienze 206, 33100, Udine, Italy
- Consiglio per la Ricerca e la Sperimentazione in Agricoltura (CRA) – Centro di Ricerca per la FrutticolturaVia di Fioranello 52, 00134, Rome, Italy
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- Consiglio per la Ricerca e la Sperimentazione in Agricoltura (CRA) – Centro di Ricerca per la FrutticolturaVia di Fioranello 52, 00134, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Ambientali, University of UdineVia delle Scienze 206, 33100, Udine, Italy
- *For correspondence (e-mail or )
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Ambientali, University of UdineVia delle Scienze 206, 33100, Udine, Italy
- Istituto di Genomica Applicata (IGA)Via J. Linussio 51, 33100, Udine, Italy
- *For correspondence (e-mail or )
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Diaz-Vivancos P, Faize M, Barba-Espin G, Faize L, Petri C, Hernández JA, Burgos L. Ectopic expression of cytosolic superoxide dismutase and ascorbate peroxidase leads to salt stress tolerance in transgenic plums. Plant Biotechnol J 2013; 11:976-85. [PMID: 23750614 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2013] [Revised: 04/29/2013] [Accepted: 05/14/2013] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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To fortify the antioxidant capacity of plum plants, genes encoding cytosolic antioxidants ascorbate peroxidase (cytapx) and Cu/Zn-superoxide dismutase (cytsod) were genetically engineered in these plants. Transgenic plum plants expressing the cytsod and/or cytapx genes in cytosol have been generated under the control of the CaMV35S promoter. High levels of cytsod and cytapx gene transcripts suggested that the transgenes were constitutively and functionally expressed. We examined the potential functions of cytSOD and cytAPX in in vitro plum plants against salt stress (100 mm NaCl). Several transgenic plantlets expressing cytsod and/or cytapx showed an enhanced tolerance to salt stress, mainly lines C5-5 and J8-1 (expressing several copies of sod and apx, respectively). Transformation as well as NaCl treatments influenced the antioxidative metabolism of plum plantlets, including enzymatic and nonenzymatic antioxidants. Transgenic plantlets exhibited higher contents of nonenzymatic antioxidants glutathione and ascorbate than nontransformed control, which correlated with lower accumulation of hydrogen peroxide. Overall, our results suggest that transformation of plum plants with genes encoding antioxidant enzymes enhances the tolerance to salinity.
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- Pedro Diaz-Vivancos
- Department of Plant Breeding, Group of Fruit Tree Biotechnology, CEBAS-CSIC, Murcia, Spain
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Sytykiewicz H, Sprawka I, Czerniewicz P, Sempruch C, Leszczyński B, Sikora M. Biochemical characterisation of chlorophyllase from leaves of selected Prunus species--a comparative study. Acta Biochim Pol 2013; 60:457-465. [PMID: 23894730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2013] [Revised: 06/28/2013] [Accepted: 07/24/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Despite senescence-induced chlorophyll depletion in plants has been widely studied, the enzymatic background of this physiologically regulated process still remains highly unclear. The purpose of this study was to determine selected biochemical properties of partially purified fractions of chlorophyllase (Chlase, chlorophyll chlorophyllido-hydrolase, EC 3.1.1.14) from leaves of three Prunus species: bird cherry (Prunus padus L.), European plum (Prunus domestica L.), and sour cherry (Prunus cerasus L.). Secondarily, this report was aimed at comparing seasonal dynamics of Chlase activity and chlorophyll a (Chl a) content within investigated plant systems. Molecular weight of native Chlase F1 has been estimated at 90 kDa (bird cherry) and approximately 100 kDa (European plum and sour cherry), whereas molecular mass of Chlase F2 varied from 35 kDa (European plum) to 60 kDa (sour cherry). Furthermore, enzyme fractions possessed similar optimal pH values ranging from 7.6 to 8.0. It was found that among a broad panel of tested metal ions, Hg(+2), Fe(+2), and Cu(+2) cations showed the most pronounced inhibitory effect on the activity of Chlase. In contrast, the presence of Mg(+2) ions influenced a subtle stimulation of the enzymatic activity. Importantly, although Chlase activity was negatively correlated with the amount of Chl a in leaves of examined Prunus species, detailed comparative analyses revealed an incidental decrement of enzymatic activity in early or moderately senescing leaves. It provides evidence that foliar Chlase is not the only enzyme involved in autumnal chlorophyll breakdown and further in-depth studies elucidating this catabolic process are required.
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- Hubert Sytykiewicz
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities, Siedlce, Poland
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Faize M, Faize L, Petri C, Barba-Espin G, Diaz-Vivancos P, Clemente-Moreno MJ, Koussa T, Rifai LA, Burgos L, Hernandez JA. Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase and ascorbate peroxidase enhance in vitro shoot multiplication in transgenic plum. J Plant Physiol 2013; 170:625-32. [PMID: 23485261 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2012.12.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2012] [Revised: 12/10/2012] [Accepted: 12/14/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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In this study we examined the role of antioxidant metabolism in in vitro shoot multiplication. We generated transgenic plum plantlets overexpressing the cytsod and cytapx genes in cytosol under the control of the constitutive promoter CaMV35S. Three transgenic lines with up-regulated sod at transcriptional levels that showed silenced cytapx expression displayed an elevated in vitro multiplication rate. By contrast, a transgenic line harboring several copies of cytapx and with elevated APX enzymatic activity did not show any improvement in plant vigor, measured as the number of axillary shoots and shoot length. All of the lines with elevated micropropagation ability exhibited intensive H2O2 accumulation, monitored by 3,3'-diaminobenzidine (DAB) staining as well as by colorimetric analysis, providing direct in vitro evidence of the role of H2O2 and antioxidant genes in in vitro shoot multiplication.
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- Mohamed Faize
- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology, Ecology and Ecosystem Valorization, Faculty of Sciences, University Chouaib Doukkali, 24000 El Jadida, Morocco
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Ahn-Jarvis JH, Riedl KM, Schwartz SJ, Vodovotz Y. Design and selection of soy breads used for evaluating isoflavone bioavailability in clinical trials. J Agric Food Chem 2013; 61:3111-3120. [PMID: 23451757 PMCID: PMC3804034 DOI: 10.1021/jf304699k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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To modulate isoflavone aglycone composition within a soy functional food, soy ingredients were processed and evaluated in a soy bread system intended for clinical trials. A soy flour/soy milk mixture (SM) was boiled, fermented, steamed, or roasted prior to dough preparation. The isoflavone compositions of five processed SM and their corresponding breads combined with and without β-glucosidase-rich almonds were examined using HPLC. Isoflavone malonyl-glucosides (>80%) were converted into acetyl and simple glucoside forms (substrates more favorable for β-glucosidase) in steamed and roasted SM. Their corresponding breads had isoflavones predominately as aglycones (∼75%) with soy-almond bread with steamed SM being more consumer acceptable than roasted. Isoflavone composition in soy bread was stable during frozen storage and toasting. A suitable glycoside-rich soy bread (31.6 ± 2.1 mg aglycone equiv/slice) using unprocessed SM and an aglycone-rich soy-almond bread (31.1 ± 1.9 mg aglycone equiv/slice) using steamed SM were developed to evaluate fundamental questions of isoflavone bioavailability in clinical trials.
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Tatsuki M, Nakajima N, Fujii H, Shimada T, Nakano M, Hayashi KI, Hayama H, Yoshioka H, Nakamura Y. Increased levels of IAA are required for system 2 ethylene synthesis causing fruit softening in peach (Prunus persica L. Batsch). J Exp Bot 2013; 64:1049-59. [PMID: 23364941 PMCID: PMC3580816 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ers381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The fruit of melting-flesh peach (Prunus persica L. Batsch) cultivars produce high levels of ethylene caused by high expression of PpACS1 (an isogene of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid synthase), resulting in rapid fruit softening at the late-ripening stage. In contrast, the fruit of stony hard peach cultivars do not soften and produce little ethylene due to low expression of PpACS1. To elucidate the mechanism for suppressing PpACS1 expression in stony hard peaches, a microarray analysis was performed. Several genes that displayed similar expression patterns as PpACS1 were identified and shown to be indole-3-acetic acid (IAA)-inducible genes (Aux/IAA, SAUR). That is, expression of IAA-inducible genes increased at the late-ripening stage in melting flesh peaches; however, these transcripts were low in mature fruit of stony hard peaches. The IAA concentration increased suddenly just before harvest time in melting flesh peaches exactly coinciding with system 2 ethylene production. In contrast, the IAA concentration did not increase in stony hard peaches. Application of 1-naphthalene acetic acid, a synthetic auxin, to stony hard peaches induced a high level of PpACS1 expression, a large amount of ethylene production and softening. Application of an anti-auxin, α-(phenylethyl-2-one)-IAA, to melting flesh peaches reduced levels of PpACS1 expression and ethylene production. These observations indicate that suppression of PpACS1 expression at the late-ripening stage of stony hard peach may result from a low level of IAA and that a high concentration of IAA is required to generate a large amount of system 2 ethylene in peaches.
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- Miho Tatsuki
- Institute of Fruit Tree Science, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Fujimoto, 2-1 Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
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Pastorello EA, Farioli L, Scibilia G, Pravettoni V, Mascheri A, Stafylaraki C, Nichelatti M, Balossi L, Asero R. Baseline tryptase levels are related to age, total IgE, and anti-rPru p 3 IgE levels in peach-allergic patients. J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol 2013; 23:127-128. [PMID: 23654081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023] Open
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- E A Pastorello
- Allergology and Immunology Unit, Niguarda Ca' Granda Hospital, Milano, Italy
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Triebwasser DJ, Tharayil N, Preston CM, Gerard PD. The susceptibility of soil enzymes to inhibition by leaf litter tannins is dependent on the tannin chemistry, enzyme class and vegetation history. New Phytol 2012; 196:1122-1132. [PMID: 23025512 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04346.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2012] [Accepted: 08/15/2012] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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By inhibiting soil enzymes, tannins play an important role in soil carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) mineralization. The role of tannin chemistry in this inhibitory process, in conjunction with enzyme classes and isoforms, is less well understood. Here, we compared the inhibition efficiencies of mixed tannins (MTs, mostly limited to angiosperms) and condensed tannins (CTs, produced mostly by gymnosperms) against the potential activity of β-glucosidase (BG), N-acetyl-glucosaminidase (NAG), and peroxidase in two soils that differed in their vegetation histories. Compared with CTs, MTs exhibited 50% more inhibition of almond (Prunus dulcis) BG activity and greater inhibition of the potential NAG activity in the gymnosperm-acclimatized soils. CTs exhibited lower BG inhibition in the angiosperm-acclimated soils, whereas both types of tannins exhibited higher peroxidase inhibition in the angiosperm soils than in gymnosperm soils. At all of the tested tannin concentrations, irrespective of the tannin type and site history, the potential peroxidase activity was inhibited two-fold more than the hydrolase activity and was positively associated with the redox-buffering efficiency of tannins. Our finding that the inhibitory activities and mechanisms of MTs and CTs are dependent on the vegetative history and enzyme class is novel and furthers our understanding of the role of tannins and soil isoenzymes in decomposition.
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- Daniella J Triebwasser
- School of Agriculture, Forestry and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, 29634, USA
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- School of Agriculture, Forestry and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, 29634, USA
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- School of Agriculture, Forestry and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, 29634, USA
- Natural Resources Canada, Pacific Forestry Centre, Victoria, BC, V8Z 1M5, Canada
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- Mathematical Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, 29634, USA
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Gerardi C, Blando F, Santino A. Purification and chemical characterisation of a cell wall-associated β-galactosidase from mature sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) fruit. Plant Physiol Biochem 2012; 61:123-30. [PMID: 23121861 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2012.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2012] [Accepted: 09/21/2012] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Using four different chromatographic steps, β-galactosidase was purified from the ripe fruit of sweet cherry to apparent electrophoretic homogeneity with approximately 131-fold purification. The Prunus avium β-galactosidase showed an apparent molecular mass of about 100 kDa and consisted of four different active polypeptides with pIs of about 7.9, 7.4, 6.9 and 6.4 as estimated by native IEF and β-galactosidase-activity staining. The active polypeptides were individually excised from the gel and subjected to SDS-PAGE. Each of the four native enzymes showing β-galactosidase activity was composed of two polypeptides with an estimated mass of 54 and 33 kDa. Both of these polypeptides were subjected to N-terminal amino acid sequence analysis. The 54 kDa polypeptide of sweet cherry β-galactosidase showed a 43% identity with the 44 kDa subunit of persimmon and apple β-galactosidases and the 48 kDa subunit of carambola galactosidase I. The sweet cherry β-galactosidase exhibited a strict specificity towards p-nitrophenyl β-D-galactopyranoside, a pH optimum of 4.0 and K(m) and V(max) values of 0.42 mM and 4.12 mmol min(-1) mg(-1) of protein respectively with this substrate. The enzyme was also active towards complex glycans. Taken together the results of this study prompted a role for this class of enzymes on sweet cherry fruit ripening and softening.
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- Carmela Gerardi
- Institute of Sciences of Food Production, C.N.R. Unit of Lecce, via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy.
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Bustamante CA, Budde CO, Borsani J, Lombardo VA, Lauxmann MA, Andreo CS, Lara MV, Drincovich MF. Heat treatment of peach fruit: modifications in the extracellular compartment and identification of novel extracellular proteins. Plant Physiol Biochem 2012; 60:35-45. [PMID: 22902552 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2012.07.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2012] [Accepted: 07/23/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Ripening of peach (Prunus persica L. Batsch) fruit is accompanied by dramatic cell wall changes that lead to softening. Post-harvest heat treatment is effective in delaying softening and preventing some chilling injury symptoms that this fruit exhibits after storage at low temperatures. In the present work, the levels of twelve transcripts encoding proteins involved in cell wall metabolism, as well as the differential extracellular proteome, were examined after a post-harvest heat treatment (HT; 39 °C for 3 days) of "Dixiland" peach fruit. A typical softening behaviour, in correlation with an increase in 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid oxidase-1 (PpACO1), was observed for peach maintained at 20 °C for 3 days (R3). Six transcripts encoding proteins involved in cell wall metabolism significantly increased in R3 with respect to peach at harvest, while six showed no modification or even decreased. In contrast, after HT, fruit maintained their firmness, exhibiting low PpACO1 level and significant lower levels of the twelve cell wall-modifying genes than in R3. Differential proteomic analysis of apoplastic proteins during softening and after HT revealed a significant decrease of DUF642 proteins after HT; as well as an increase of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPC) after softening. The presence of GAPC in the peach extracellular matrix was further confirmed by in situ immunolocalization and transient expression in tomato fruit. Though further studies are required to establish the function of DUF642 and GAPC in the apoplast, this study contributes to a deeper understanding of the events during peach softening and after HT with a focus on this key compartment.
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- Claudia A Bustamante
- Centro de Estudios Fotosintéticos y Bioquímicos (CEFOBI), Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Suipacha 531, Rosario 2000, Argentina
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Koushesh saba M, Arzani K, Barzegar M. Postharvest polyamine application alleviates chilling injury and affects apricot storage ability. J Agric Food Chem 2012; 60:8947-53. [PMID: 22867007 DOI: 10.1021/jf302088e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Fruit of two apricot cultivars 'Bagheri' and 'Asgarabadi' were treated with putrescine (Put) or spermidine (Spd) at 1 mM and then were stored at 1 °C for 21 days. Fruit were sampled weekly and stored 2 days at 20 °C for shelf-life study. The treatments reduced ethylene production and maintained the firmness and color of the fruit. Peroxidase (POX), catalase (CAT), superoxide dismutase (SOD), and polyphenol oxidase (PPO) activities and total phenol (TP) concentrations were measured during storage. Both cultivars showed chilling injury (CI) incidence, and the severity in control fruit was higher than either Put or Spd treatments. CI incidence in Spd-treated fruit was lower than that of Put-treated fruit. Polyamine (PA) treatment generally increased antioxidant enzyme activity of fruit during storage. PA treatments may help maintain the quality of apricot fruit during storage by inhibiting ripening and decreasing CI incidence.
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- Mahmoud Koushesh saba
- Department of Horticultural Science, Tarbiat Modares University (TMU) , Post Office Box 14115-336, Tehran, Iran
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Guo ZX, Pan TF, Li KT, Zhong FL, Lin L, Pan DM, Lu LX. Cloning of NAD-SDH cDNA from plum fruit and its expression and characterization. Plant Physiol Biochem 2012; 57:175-180. [PMID: 22721947 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2012.05.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2012] [Accepted: 05/21/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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A full-length cDNA consisting of 1444 bp for NAD dependent sorbitol dehydrogenase (NAD-SDH) was cloned from fruit of plum (Prunus salicina var. cordata cv. Younai) by means of RT-PCR and RACE. The cDNA containing an open reading frame (ORF) of 1101 bp encoded a polypeptide of 367 amino acid residues. The maltose binding protein fusion SDH (MBP-SDH) was expressed and partially purified from Escherichia coli cells, and biochemical properties of MBP-SDH and SDH cleaved from the fusion protein by factor Xa were characterized. The MBP-SDH had the specific affinity for NAD and was able to oxidize sorbitol, xylitol, l-ribitol and mannitol but not ethyl alcohol, arabitol and other polyols. The optimum pH for the oxidation of sorbitol and the reduction of fructose was 9.0 and 7.0, respectively; the maximum reaction rate occurred when temperature increased up to 50 °C in the presence of sorbitol. The MBP-SDH with a subunit of 80 kDa appears to be a hexamer. Its molecular weight was 478.6 kDa estimated by gel filtration and 493.2 kDa estimated using native linear gradient PAGE. The K(m) values for sorbitol, NAD, fructose and NADH were 95.86 mM, 0.31 mM, 1.04 M and 0.038 mM, respectively. However, when MBP was cleaved from the fusion enzyme, the SDH exists as a homotetramer with the native molecular weight of 164.8 kDa estimated by gel filtration. The K(m) values were 111.8 mM, 0.35 mM, 1.25 M and 0.048 mM for sorbitol, NAD, fructose and NADH, respectively. The MBP-SDH and the SDH were similar with respect to their kinetic characteristics despite their difference in quaternary structures.
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- Zhi-Xiong Guo
- Institute of Postharvest Science and Technology of Horticultural Products, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, Fujian Province, PR China.
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Chen L, Hu YD, Li N, Zong MH. Cross-linked enzyme aggregates of β-glucosidase from Prunus domestica seeds. Biotechnol Lett 2012; 34:1673-8. [PMID: 22618237 DOI: 10.1007/s10529-012-0947-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2012] [Accepted: 05/04/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Cross-linked enzyme aggregates (CLEAs) of β-glucosidase were prepared and characterized. Under the optimum conditions, the activity recovery of CLEAs reached 84 %. The reduction by NaBH(4) resulted in slightly lower activities of CLEAs, while their thermostability was enhanced. CLEAs were more thermally stable than free enzyme (half lives, 973 vs. 518 min at 50 °C), while less stable than seed meal (half life, 1,090 min). In 90 % (v/v) t-butanol, the half lives of CLEAs and free enzyme were 53 and 6.7 h, respectively. Besides, the catalytic efficiency (V (max)/K (m)) of CLEAs was comparable to free enzyme (0.42 vs. 0.47 min(-1) mg(-1)). This carrier-free immobilized enzyme had a network structure with multiple layers. The productivity of salidroside using CLEAs reached 150 g/l g catalyst, while being 6.3 g/l g with seed meal.
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- Lei Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, College of Light Industry and Food Sciences, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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Famiani F, Casulli V, Baldicchi A, Battistelli A, Moscatello S, Walker RP. Development and metabolism of the fruit and seed of the Japanese plum Ozark premier (Rosaceae). J Plant Physiol 2012; 169:551-60. [PMID: 22317786 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2011.11.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2011] [Revised: 11/24/2011] [Accepted: 11/29/2011] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The growth characteristics of some plums and their component parts have been previously studied, as have some aspects of their developmental anatomy and composition. However, little is known about either their metabolism or about the interactions between the metabolism of their component parts. In this study we investigated these aspects in the Japanese plum Ozark Premier. Throughout fruit and seed development, changes in sugar and organic acid contents, protein composition and abundance of selected enzymes were determined. In the stone, there was a transient accumulation of vegetative storage proteins. These were subsequently mobilized and this coincided with the onset of the lignification of the stone and the start of storage protein accumulation in the seed. Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) was present in the seeds, even though they lacked chlorophyll, and its presence may be related to limited gas exchange. In the flesh of some fruits, phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) and NADP malic enzyme (NADP-ME) are thought to function in the dissimilation of malate and/or citrate during ripening. However, PEPCK and NADP-ME were present in plum flesh for most of its development, although there was no net dissimilation of malate until the latter stages of ripening. There is an interaction between the developing seed and endocarp with respect to the utilization of imported sugars and amino acids. An hypothesis is presented to account for the presence of PEPCK and NADP-ME enzyme in plum flesh when there was no net dissimilation of organic acids.
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- Franco Famiani
- Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Ambientali, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Borgo XX Giugno 74, I-06121 Perugia, Italy.
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Sánchez-Pérez R, Belmonte FS, Borch J, Dicenta F, Møller BL, Jørgensen K. Prunasin hydrolases during fruit development in sweet and bitter almonds. Plant Physiol 2012; 158:1916-32. [PMID: 22353576 PMCID: PMC3320195 DOI: 10.1104/pp.111.192021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2011] [Accepted: 02/16/2012] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Amygdalin is a cyanogenic diglucoside and constitutes the bitter component in bitter almond (Prunus dulcis). Amygdalin concentration increases in the course of fruit formation. The monoglucoside prunasin is the precursor of amygdalin. Prunasin may be degraded to hydrogen cyanide, glucose, and benzaldehyde by the action of the β-glucosidase prunasin hydrolase (PH) and mandelonitirile lyase or be glucosylated to form amygdalin. The tissue and cellular localization of PHs was determined during fruit development in two sweet and two bitter almond cultivars using a specific antibody toward PHs. Confocal studies on sections of tegument, nucellus, endosperm, and embryo showed that the localization of the PH proteins is dependent on the stage of fruit development, shifting between apoplast and symplast in opposite patterns in sweet and bitter cultivars. Two different PH genes, Ph691 and Ph692, have been identified in a sweet and a bitter almond cultivar. Both cDNAs are 86% identical on the nucleotide level, and their encoded proteins are 79% identical to each other. In addition, Ph691 and Ph692 display 92% and 86% nucleotide identity to Ph1 from black cherry (Prunus serotina). Both proteins were predicted to contain an amino-terminal signal peptide, with the size of 26 amino acid residues for PH691 and 22 residues for PH692. The PH activity and the localization of the respective proteins in vivo differ between cultivars. This implies that there might be different concentrations of prunasin available in the seed for amygdalin synthesis and that these differences may determine whether the mature almond develops into bitter or sweet.
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- Raquel Sánchez-Pérez
- Department of Plant Breeding, Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, E–30100 Espinardo, Murcia, Spain (R.S.-P., F.D.); Plant Biochemistry Laboratory, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, 1871 Frederiksberg C, Copenhagen, Denmark (R.S.-P., B.L.M., K.J.); Department of Bioimaging, Campus Universitario de Espinardo, 30100 Murcia, Spain (F.S.B.); Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, DK–5230 Odense M, Denmark (J.B.)
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- Department of Plant Breeding, Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, E–30100 Espinardo, Murcia, Spain (R.S.-P., F.D.); Plant Biochemistry Laboratory, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, 1871 Frederiksberg C, Copenhagen, Denmark (R.S.-P., B.L.M., K.J.); Department of Bioimaging, Campus Universitario de Espinardo, 30100 Murcia, Spain (F.S.B.); Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, DK–5230 Odense M, Denmark (J.B.)
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- Department of Plant Breeding, Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, E–30100 Espinardo, Murcia, Spain (R.S.-P., F.D.); Plant Biochemistry Laboratory, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, 1871 Frederiksberg C, Copenhagen, Denmark (R.S.-P., B.L.M., K.J.); Department of Bioimaging, Campus Universitario de Espinardo, 30100 Murcia, Spain (F.S.B.); Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, DK–5230 Odense M, Denmark (J.B.)
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- Department of Plant Breeding, Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, E–30100 Espinardo, Murcia, Spain (R.S.-P., F.D.); Plant Biochemistry Laboratory, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, 1871 Frederiksberg C, Copenhagen, Denmark (R.S.-P., B.L.M., K.J.); Department of Bioimaging, Campus Universitario de Espinardo, 30100 Murcia, Spain (F.S.B.); Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, DK–5230 Odense M, Denmark (J.B.)
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- Department of Plant Breeding, Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, E–30100 Espinardo, Murcia, Spain (R.S.-P., F.D.); Plant Biochemistry Laboratory, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, 1871 Frederiksberg C, Copenhagen, Denmark (R.S.-P., B.L.M., K.J.); Department of Bioimaging, Campus Universitario de Espinardo, 30100 Murcia, Spain (F.S.B.); Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, DK–5230 Odense M, Denmark (J.B.)
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- Department of Plant Breeding, Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, E–30100 Espinardo, Murcia, Spain (R.S.-P., F.D.); Plant Biochemistry Laboratory, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, 1871 Frederiksberg C, Copenhagen, Denmark (R.S.-P., B.L.M., K.J.); Department of Bioimaging, Campus Universitario de Espinardo, 30100 Murcia, Spain (F.S.B.); Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, DK–5230 Odense M, Denmark (J.B.)
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Amador ML, Sancho S, Bielsa B, Gomez-Aparisi J, Rubio-Cabetas MJ. Physiological and biochemical parameters controlling waterlogging stress tolerance in Prunus before and after drainage. Physiol Plant 2012; 144:357-368. [PMID: 22221115 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2012.01568.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Waterlogging is associated with poor soil drainage. As a consequence oxygen levels decrease in the root environment inducing root asphyxia and affecting plant growth. Some plants can survive under these conditions triggering complex anatomical and biochemical adaptations, mostly in the roots. Long- and short-term responses to waterlogging stress were compared in two trials using a set of two myrobalans (Prunus cerasifera Erhr), 'P.2175' and 'P.2980', as tolerant rootstocks and two almond × peach [Prunus amygdalus Batsch ×Prunus persica (L.) Batsch] interspecific hybrids, 'Garnem' and 'Felinem', as sensitive ones in two consecutive years. Stomatal conductance and chlorophyll content were measured in the long-term trials to assess survival performance, while the enzyme activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD, EC 1.15.1.1), guaiacol peroxidase (POD, EC 1.11.1.7), and catalase (CAT, EC 1.11.1.6) were measured in the short-term trials to study early antioxidant response. The incidence of the stress in the root environment was different as a result of the different plant development at the moment of the treatment, as a consequence of different environmental conditions both before and during the treatment between the 2 years. The activity of the different enzymes was higher in the sensitive genotype 'Felinem' than in the tolerant 'P.2175'. This result shows an activation of the antioxidant system and has been observed to depend of the different nature of the roots between the 2 years. As the antioxidant enzymes seem to work more efficiently when roots are more aerated, we cannot conclude that they are responsible for the higher tolerance observed in the myrobalan plums.
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- María L Amador
- Unidad de Fruticultura, CITA de Aragón, Av Montañana 930, 50059 Zaragoza, Spain
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Xi WP, Zhang B, Liang L, Shen JY, Wei WW, Xu CJ, Allan AC, Ferguson IB, Chen KS. Postharvest temperature influences volatile lactone production via regulation of acyl-CoA oxidases in peach fruit. Plant Cell Environ 2012; 35:534-45. [PMID: 21951070 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2011.02433.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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The biosynthesis of volatile compounds in plants is affected by environmental conditions. Lactones are considered to be peach-like aroma volatiles; however, no enzymes or genes associated with their biosynthesis have been characterized. White-fleshed (cv. Hujingmilu) and yellow-fleshed (cv. Jinxiu) melting peach (Prunus persica L. Batsch) fruit were used as materials in two successive seasons and responses measured to four different temperature treatments. Five major lactones accumulated during postharvest peach fruit ripening at 20 °C. Peach fruit at 5 °C, which induces chilling injury (CI), had the lowest lactone content during subsequent shelf life after removal, while 0 °C and a low-temperature conditioning (LTC) treatment alleviated development of CI and maintained significantly higher lactone contents. Expression of PpACX1 and activity of acyl-CoA oxidase (ACX) with C16-CoA tended to increase during postharvest ripening both at 20 °C and during shelf life after removal from cold storage when no CI was developed. There was a positive correlation between ACX and lactones in peach fruit postharvest. Changes in lactone production in response to temperatures are suggested to be a consequence of altered expression of PpACX1 and long-chain ACX activity.
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- Wan-Peng Xi
- Laboratory of Fruit Quality Biology/The State Agriculture Ministry Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Growth, Development and Quality Improvement, Zhejiang University, Zijingang Campus, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Yang Z, Cao S, Zheng Y, Jiang Y. Combined salicyclic acid and ultrasound treatments for reducing the chilling injury on peach fruit. J Agric Food Chem 2012; 60:1209-1212. [PMID: 22229406 DOI: 10.1021/jf2041164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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The effects of salicylic acid (SA; 1 mmol L(-1)) and ultrasound treatment (40 kHz, 10 min) either separately or combined on the chilling injury (CI) in cold-stored peach fruit ( Prunus persica Batsch cv. Baifeng) were investigated. The results showed that SA treatment alone alleviated CI during storage. Ultrasound alone had no influence, but when it was combined with SA, it resulted in greater inhibition of CI than SA alone. The activities of antioxidant enzymes, such as catalase, ascorbate peroxidase, monodehydroascorbate reductase, dehydroascorbate reductase, and glutathione reductase, were induced by a combination of SA with ultrasound. In addition, the combined treatment also increased the endogenous SA concentrations in peaches. These results suggested that the induced tolerance against CI by the combination of ultrasound and SA treatment in cold-stored peach fruit was related to the induction of antioxidant enzymes and the increase in the SA concentration.
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- Zhenfeng Yang
- College of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Wanli University, Ningbo, People's Republic of China.
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Saihangerel, Seqinbater. [The analysis of allozymic variation and genetic diversity in different Prunus mongolica population]. Zhong Yao Cai 2012; 35:195-9. [PMID: 22822662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the allozymic variation and genetic diversity from four wild population of Prunus mongolica. METHODS The technique of polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis was used. RESULTS The percentage of loci polymorphic (P) was 77.78%. The mean number of alleles per locus (A) was 1.7916. The mean observed heterozygosity per locus ( H ) was 0.4009 and the mean expected heterozygosity per locus (He) was 0.4898. The coefficient of gene differentiation (G(ST)) was 0.0693 which explained that 6.93% of the total genetic diversity was distributed within populations. The gene flow (Nm) was 3. 3575, which indicated the gene flow took place among populations. The fixation index (F) was 0.0896 which indicated a slight excess of homozygote within populations and a little insufficiency of heterozygosity. CONCLUSION Considering the relatively high level of genetic diversity in Prunus mongolica regenerating in the largest population, we recommend in situ conservation to maintain viable Prunus mongolica populations in their original habitats.
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El-Sharkawy I, El Kayal W, Prasath D, Fernández H, Bouzayen M, Svircev AM, Jayasankar S. Identification and genetic characterization of a gibberellin 2-oxidase gene that controls tree stature and reproductive growth in plum. J Exp Bot 2012; 63:1225-39. [PMID: 22080981 PMCID: PMC3276086 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/err345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2011] [Revised: 09/19/2011] [Accepted: 10/05/2011] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Several dwarf plum genotypes (Prunus salicina L.), due to deficiency of unknown gibberellin (GA) signalling, were identified. A cDNA encoding GA 2-oxidase (PslGA2ox), the major gibberellin catabolic enzyme in plants, was cloned and used to screen the GA-deficient hybrids. This resulted in the identification of a dwarf plum hybrid, designated as DGO24, that exhibits a markedly elevated PslGA2ox signal. Grafting 'Early Golden' (EG), a commercial plum cultivar, on DGO24 (EG/D) enhanced PslGA2ox accumulation in the scion part and generated trees of compact stature. Assessment of active GAs in such trees revealed that DGO24 and EG/D accumulated relatively much lower quantities of main bioactive GAs (GA(1) and GA(4)) than control trees (EG/M). Moreover, the physiological function of PslGA2ox was studied by determining the molecular and developmental consequences due to ectopic expression in Arabidopsis. Among several lines, two groups of homozygous transgenics that exhibited contrasting phenotypes were identified. Group-1 displayed a dwarf growth pattern typical of mutants with a GA deficiency including smaller leaves, shorter stems, and delay in the development of reproductive events. In contrast, Group-2 exhibited a 'GA overdose' phenotype as all the plants showed elongated growth, a typical response to GA application, even under limited GA conditions, potentially due to co-suppression of closely related Arabidopsis homologous. The studies reveal the possibility of utilizing PslGA2ox as a marker for developing size-controlling rootstocks in Prunus.
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- I. El-Sharkawy
- University of Guelph, Department of Plant Agriculture. 4890 Victoria Av. N., PO Box 7000 Vineland Station, ON, L0R 2E0 Canada
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- University of Alberta, Department of Biological Sciences, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E9 Canada
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- University of Guelph, Department of Plant Agriculture. 4890 Victoria Av. N., PO Box 7000 Vineland Station, ON, L0R 2E0 Canada
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- Laboratorio de Fisiología Vegetal Dpt. BOS, Universidad de Oviedo, c) Catedrático R Uría s/n, Oviedo, E-33071, Spain
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- UMR 990 INRA/INPT-ENSAT ‘Génomique et Biotechnologie des Fruits’, Av. de l’Agrobiopole, BP 32607, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan Cedex, France
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Southern Crop Protection and Food Research Centre. 4902 Victoria Av. N., PO Box 6000 Vineland Station, ON L0R 2E0 Canada
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- University of Guelph, Department of Plant Agriculture. 4890 Victoria Av. N., PO Box 7000 Vineland Station, ON, L0R 2E0 Canada
- To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Cheng J, Khan MA, Qiu WM, Li J, Zhou H, Zhang Q, Guo W, Zhu T, Peng J, Sun F, Li S, Korban SS, Han Y. Diversification of genes encoding granule-bound starch synthase in monocots and dicots is marked by multiple genome-wide duplication events. PLoS One 2012; 7:e30088. [PMID: 22291904 PMCID: PMC3264551 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2011] [Accepted: 12/13/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Starch is one of the major components of cereals, tubers, and fruits. Genes encoding granule-bound starch synthase (GBSS), which is responsible for amylose synthesis, have been extensively studied in cereals but little is known about them in fruits. Due to their low copy gene number, GBSS genes have been used to study plant phylogenetic and evolutionary relationships. In this study, GBSS genes have been isolated and characterized in three fruit trees, including apple, peach, and orange. Moreover, a comprehensive evolutionary study of GBSS genes has also been conducted between both monocots and eudicots. Results have revealed that genomic structures of GBSS genes in plants are conserved, suggesting they all have evolved from a common ancestor. In addition, the GBSS gene in an ancestral angiosperm must have undergone genome duplication ∼251 million years ago (MYA) to generate two families, GBSSI and GBSSII. Both GBSSI and GBSSII are found in monocots; however, GBSSI is absent in eudicots. The ancestral GBSSII must have undergone further divergence when monocots and eudicots split ∼165 MYA. This is consistent with expression profiles of GBSS genes, wherein these profiles are more similar to those of GBSSII in eudicots than to those of GBSSI genes in monocots. In dicots, GBSSII must have undergone further divergence when rosids and asterids split from each other ∼126 MYA. Taken together, these findings suggest that it is GBSSII rather than GBSSI of monocots that have orthologous relationships with GBSS genes of eudicots. Moreover, diversification of GBSS genes is mainly associated with genome-wide duplication events throughout the evolutionary course of history of monocots and eudicots.
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- Jun Cheng
- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (Ministry of Education), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (Ministry of Education), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- School of Science and Technology, Georgia Gwinnett College, Lawrenceville, Georgia, United States of America
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
- * E-mail: (SK); (YH)
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei, China
- * E-mail: (SK); (YH)
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Lombardo VA, Osorio S, Borsani J, Lauxmann MA, Bustamante CA, Budde CO, Andreo CS, Lara MV, Fernie AR, Drincovich MF. Metabolic profiling during peach fruit development and ripening reveals the metabolic networks that underpin each developmental stage. Plant Physiol 2011; 157:1696-710. [PMID: 22021422 PMCID: PMC3327199 DOI: 10.1104/pp.111.186064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2011] [Accepted: 10/19/2011] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Fruit from rosaceous species collectively display a great variety of flavors and textures as well as a generally high content of nutritionally beneficial metabolites. However, relatively little analysis of metabolic networks in rosaceous fruit has been reported. Among rosaceous species, peach (Prunus persica) has stone fruits composed of a juicy mesocarp and lignified endocarp. Here, peach mesocarp metabolic networks were studied across development using metabolomics and analysis of key regulatory enzymes. Principal component analysis of peach metabolic composition revealed clear metabolic shifts from early through late development stages and subsequently during postharvest ripening. Early developmental stages were characterized by a substantial decrease in protein abundance and high levels of bioactive polyphenols and amino acids, which are substrates for the phenylpropanoid and lignin pathways during stone hardening. Sucrose levels showed a large increase during development, reflecting translocation from the leaf, while the importance of galactinol and raffinose is also inferred. Our study further suggests that posttranscriptional mechanisms are key for metabolic regulation at early stages. In contrast to early developmental stages, a decrease in amino acid levels is coupled to an induction of transcripts encoding amino acid and organic acid catabolic enzymes during ripening. These data are consistent with the mobilization of amino acids to support respiration. In addition, sucrose cycling, suggested by the parallel increase of transcripts encoding sucrose degradative and synthetic enzymes, appears to operate during postharvest ripening. When taken together, these data highlight singular metabolic programs for peach development and may allow the identification of key factors related to agronomic traits of this important crop species.
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Walker RP, Battistelli A, Moscatello S, Chen ZH, Leegood RC, Famiani F. Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase in cherry (Prunus avium L.) fruit during development. J Exp Bot 2011; 62:5357-65. [PMID: 21908472 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/err189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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In this study the abundance and location of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) was determined in the flesh and skin of the sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) cultivar Durone Nero II during development. PEPCK was not present in young fruit but appeared in both tissues as the fruit increased in size. In these there was no net dissimilation of malic acid, which accounts for the bulk of their organic acid contents when PEPCK was present. To assist in understanding the function of PEPCK, the abundance of a number of other enzymes was determined. These enzymes were aspartate aminotransferase (AspAT), glutamine synthetase (GS), phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC), pyruvate, orthophosphate dikinase (PPDK), and ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (rubisco). A potential role for PEPCK in the regulation of pH and the utilization of malate in gluconeogenesis in the flesh and skin of cherries is presented.
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- Robert P Walker
- Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Ambientali, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Borgo XX Giugno, 74, I-06121, Perugia, Italy.
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Sun Z, Li Y, Zhou J, Zhu SH. Effects of exogenous nitric oxide on contents of soluble sugars and related enzyme activities in 'Feicheng' peach fruit. J Sci Food Agric 2011; 91:1795-1800. [PMID: 21681759 DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.4384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2010] [Revised: 11/16/2010] [Accepted: 02/14/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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BACKGROUND Sugar content is one of the main characteristics related to the quality of fruit. Research confirms that nitric oxide (NO) involves a physiological process and prolongs the storage life of fruit. However, little attention has been paid to the effects of NO on sugar metabolism in fruit during storage. In this study, the effect of different concentrations (0, 10, 30 µmol L⁻¹) of exogenous NO treatment on sugar content and related enzyme activities in 'Feicheng' peach fruit was investigated during storage (0-12 days after harvest) at room temperature (25 °C). RESULTS Results showed that the decrease of firmness and accumulation of sugar and acid:sugar ratio in peach fruit during storage were significantly inhibited by treatment with 10 µmol L⁻¹ NO. Treatment with 10 µmol L⁻¹ NO could promote fructose and glucose metabolism during the first 4 days of storage, and increase the content of sucrose and the activities of sorbitol dehydrogenase, sorbitol oxidase and sucrose phosphate synthase in peach fruit during storage. However, acid invertase activity from 8 to 12 days of storage and neutral invertase activity during the first 4 days of storage were inhibited by treatment with 10 µmol L⁻¹ NO. At the same time, treatment with 10 µmol L⁻¹ NO inhibited sucrose synthase (SS) activity in decomposition during storage and SS activity in synthesis from 8 to 12 days of storage. CONCLUSION Treatment with 10 µmol L⁻¹ NO had a significant impact on content of soluble sugars and related enzyme activities in 'Feicheng' peach fruit during storage (0-12 days) at room temperature (25 °C).
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- Zhen Sun
- College of Chemistry and Material Science, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, Shandong 271018, People's Republic of China
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Ghiani A, Onelli E, Aina R, Cocucci M, Citterio S. A comparative study of melting and non-melting flesh peach cultivars reveals that during fruit ripening endo-polygalacturonase (endo-PG) is mainly involved in pericarp textural changes, not in firmness reduction. J Exp Bot 2011; 62:4043-54. [PMID: 21511903 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/err109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Peach softening is usually attributed to the dismantling of the cell wall in which endo-polygalacturonase (endo-PG)-catalysed depolymerization of pectins plays a central role. In this study, the hypothesis that the function of endo-PG is critical for achieving a melting flesh fruit texture but not for reducing fruit firmness was tested by comparing pericarp morphology and endo-PG expression and localization in melting (MF) and non-melting flesh (NMF) fruit at successive stages of ripening. MF Bolero, Springbelle, and Springcrest, and NMF Oro-A and Jonia cultivars were analysed. Both MF and NMF fruit were left to ripen on the tree and reached a firmness of <10 Newtons (N). The image analysis of pericarp tissues revealed that during softening the loss of cell turgidity was a process common to mesocarp cells of all MF and NMF fruit and was clearly visible in peaches with a firmness of less than ∼20 N. In contrast, the loss of cell adhesion was a feature exclusively observed in ripe MF fruit pericarp. In this ripe fruit, large numbers of endo-PG isoforms were highly expressed and the enzyme localization corresponded to the middle lamella. As a consequence, wide apoplastic spaces characterized the pericarp of ripe MF peaches. In contrast, no loss of cell adhesion was observed in any NMF fruit or in unripe MF peaches. Accordingly, no endo-PG was detected in unripe NMF fruit, whereas few and poorly expressed enzyme isoforms were revealed in ripe NMF and in unripe MF peaches. In this fruit, the poorly expressed endo-PG localized mainly in vesicles within the cytoplasm and inner primary cell wall. On the whole the results suggested that endo-PG function was needed to achieve melting flesh texture, which was characterized by wide apoplastic spaces and partially deflated mesocarp cells. Conversely, endo-PG activity had no critical influence on the reduction of fruit firmness given the capacity of NMF peaches to soften, reaching values of 5-10 N. As in tomato, the change of symplast/apoplast water status seems to be the main process through which peach fruit regulates its firmness.
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- A Ghiani
- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza n. 1, 20126 Milan, Italy
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Nimitkeatkai H, Shishido M, Okawa K, Ohara H, Ban Y, Kita M, Moriguchi T, Ikeura H, Hayata Y, Kondo S. Effect of jasmonates on ethylene biosynthesis and aroma volatile emission in Japanese apricot infected by a pathogen (Colletotrichum gloeosporioides). J Agric Food Chem 2011; 59:6423-9. [PMID: 21599017 DOI: 10.1021/jf2010996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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The effects of the application of the jasmonic acid derivative n-propyl dihydrojasmonate (PDJ) on ethylene biosynthesis, volatile compounds, and endogenous jasmonic acid (JA) and methyl jasmonate (MeJA) were examined in Japanese apricot (Prunus mume Sieb.) infected by a pathogen (Colletotrichum gloeosporioides). The fruit were dipped into 0.4 mM PDJ solution before inoculation with the pathogen and stored at 25 °C for 6 days. The inoculation induced an increase in 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC), ethylene, JA, and MeJA. In contrast, PDJ application reduced the endogenous JA, MeJA, and ethylene production and expression of the ACC oxidase gene (PmACO1) caused by the pathogen infection. The lesion diameter with C. gloeosporioides decreased upon PDJ application. The alcohol, ester, ketone, and lactone concentrations and alcohol acyltransferase (AAT) activity increased in the pathogen-infected fruit, but were decreased by PDJ application. These results suggest that PDJ application might influence ethylene production through PmACO1 and that aroma volatile emissions affected by pathogen infection can be correlated with the ethylene production, which is mediated by the levels of jasmonates.
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Gonzalo MJ, Moreno MÁ, Gogorcena Y. Physiological responses and differential gene expression in Prunus rootstocks under iron deficiency conditions. J Plant Physiol 2011; 168:887-93. [PMID: 21306783 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2010.11.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2010] [Revised: 10/12/2010] [Accepted: 11/15/2010] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Two Prunus rootstocks, the Myrobalan plum P 2175 and the interspecific peach-almond hybrid, Felinem, were studied to characterize their biochemical and molecular responses induced under iron-Deficient conditions. Plants of both genotypes were submitted to different treatments using a hydroponic system that permitted removal of Fe from the nutrient solution. Control plants were grown in 90 μM Fe (III)-EDTA, Deficient plants were grown in an iron free solution, and plants submitted to an Inductor treatment were resupplied with 180 μM Fe (III)-EDTA over 1 and 2 days after a period of 4 or 15 days of growth on an iron-free solution. Felinem increased the activity of the iron chelate reductase (FC-R) in the Inductor treatment after 4 days of iron deprivation. In contrast, P 2175 did not show any response after at least 15 days without iron. The induction of the FC-R activity in this genotype was coincident in time with the medium acidification. These results suggest two different mechanisms of iron chlorosis tolerance in both Strategy I genotypes. Felinem would use the iron reduction as the main mechanism to capture the iron from the soil, and in P 2175, the mechanism of response would be slower and start with the acidification of the medium synchronized with the gradual loss of chlorophyll in leaves. To better understand the control of these responses at the molecular level, the differential expression of PFRO2, PIRT1 and PAHA2 genes involved in the reductase activity, the iron transport in roots, and the proton release, respectively, were analyzed. The expression of these genes, estimated by quantitative real-time PCR, was different between genotypes and among treatments. The results were in agreement with the physiological responses observed.
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- María José Gonzalo
- Pomology Department, Estación Experimental de Aula Dei, CSIC, Apartado 13034, E-50080 Zaragoza, Spain
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Brandi F, Bar E, Mourgues F, Horváth G, Turcsi E, Giuliano G, Liverani A, Tartarini S, Lewinsohn E, Rosati C. Study of 'Redhaven' peach and its white-fleshed mutant suggests a key role of CCD4 carotenoid dioxygenase in carotenoid and norisoprenoid volatile metabolism. BMC Plant Biol 2011; 11:24. [PMID: 21269483 PMCID: PMC3045293 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-11-24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2010] [Accepted: 01/26/2011] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND Carotenoids are plant metabolites which are not only essential in photosynthesis but also important quality factors in determining the pigmentation and aroma of flowers and fruits. To investigate the regulation of carotenoid metabolism, as related to norisoprenoids and other volatile compounds in peach (Prunus persica L. Batsch.), and the role of carotenoid dioxygenases in determining differences in flesh color phenotype and volatile composition, the expression patterns of relevant carotenoid genes and metabolites were studied during fruit development along with volatile compound content. Two contrasted cultivars, the yellow-fleshed 'Redhaven' (RH) and its white-fleshed mutant 'Redhaven Bianca' (RHB) were examined. RESULTS The two genotypes displayed marked differences in the accumulation of carotenoid pigments in mesocarp tissues. Lower carotenoid levels and higher levels of norisoprenoid volatiles were observed in RHB, which might be explained by differential activity of carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase (CCD) enzymes. In fact, the ccd4 transcript levels were dramatically higher at late ripening stages in RHB with respect to RH. The two genotypes also showed differences in the expression patterns of several carotenoid and isoprenoid transcripts, compatible with a feed-back regulation of these transcripts. Abamine SG - an inhibitor of CCD enzymes - decreased the levels of both isoprenoid and non-isoprenoid volatiles in RHB fruits, indicating a complex regulation of volatile production. CONCLUSIONS Differential expression of ccd4 is likely to be the major determinant in the accumulation of carotenoids and carotenoid-derived volatiles in peach fruit flesh. More in general, dioxygenases appear to be key factors controlling volatile composition in peach fruit, since abamine SG-treated 'Redhaven Bianca' fruits had strongly reduced levels of norisoprenoids and other volatile classes. Comparative functional studies of peach carotenoid cleavage enzymes are required to fully elucidate their role in peach fruit pigmentation and aroma.
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- Federica Brandi
- Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura, Unità di Ricerca per la Frutticoltura-Forlì (CRA-FRF), via la Canapona 1 bis, 47100 Forlì, Italy
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- Dept. of Vegetable Crops, ARO Newe Ya'ar Research Center, P.O. Box 1021, 30095 Ramat Yishay, Israel
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- National Agency for New technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), Trisaia Research Center, S.S. 106 km 419+500, 75026 Rotondella, Italy
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- University of Pécs, Medical School Department of Pharmacognosy, H-7624 Pécs, Rókus u. 2, Hungary
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- University of Pécs, Medical School, Department of Biochemistry and Medical Chemistry, H-7624 Pécs, Szigeti út 12, Hungary
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- ENEA, Casaccia Research Center, Via Anguillarese 301, 00123 Roma, Italy
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- Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura, Unità di Ricerca per la Frutticoltura-Forlì (CRA-FRF), via la Canapona 1 bis, 47100 Forlì, Italy
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- Dipartimento Colture Arboree, Università di Bologna, via Fanin 42, 40127 Bologna, Italy
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- Dept. of Vegetable Crops, ARO Newe Ya'ar Research Center, P.O. Box 1021, 30095 Ramat Yishay, Israel
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- National Agency for New technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), Trisaia Research Center, S.S. 106 km 419+500, 75026 Rotondella, Italy
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Ren J, Sun L, Wu J, Zhao S, Wang C, Wang Y, Ji K, Leng P. Cloning and expression analysis of cDNAs for ABA 8'-hydroxylase during sweet cherry fruit maturation and under stress conditions. J Plant Physiol 2010; 167:1486-1493. [PMID: 20728961 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2010.05.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2010] [Revised: 05/20/2010] [Accepted: 05/25/2010] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Abscisic acid (ABA) plays a key role in various aspects of plant growth and development, including adaptation to environmental stress and fruit maturation in sweet cherry fruit. In higher plants, the level of ABA is determined by synthesis and catabolism. In order to gain insight into ABA synthesis and catabolism in sweet cherry fruit during maturation and under stress conditions, four cDNAs of PacCYP707A1 -PacCYP707A4 for 8'-hydroxylase, a key enzyme in the oxidative catabolism of ABA, and one cDNA of PacNCED1 for 9-cis-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase, a key enzyme in the ABA biosynthetic pathway, were isolated from sweet cherry fruit (Prunus avium L.). The timing and pattern of PacNCED1 expression was coincident with that of ABA accumulation, which was correlated to maturation of sweet cherry fruit. All four PacCYP707As were expressed at varying intensities throughout fruit development and appeared to play overlapping roles in ABA catabolism throughout sweet cherry fruit development. The application of ABA enhanced the expression of PacCYP707A1 -PacCYP707A3 as well as PacNCED1, but downregulated the PacCYP707A4 transcript level. Expressions of PacCYP707A1, PacCYP707A3 and PacNCED1 were strongly increased by water stress. No significant differences in PacCYP707A2 and PacCYP707A4 expression were observed between dehydrated and control fruits. The results suggest that endogenous ABA content is modulated by a dynamic balance between biosynthesis and catabolism, which are regulated by PacNCED1 and PacCYP707As transcripts, respectively, during fruit maturation and under stress conditions.
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- Jie Ren
- College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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Camejo D, Martí MC, Román P, Ortiz A, Jiménez A. Antioxidant system and protein pattern in peach fruits at two maturation stages. J Agric Food Chem 2010; 58:11140-7. [PMID: 20879712 DOI: 10.1021/jf102807t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Peach fruits were selected to study the protein pattern and antioxidant system as well as oxidative parameters such as superoxide radical and hydrogen peroxide accumulation, at two maturity stages, which were chosen for being suitable for the processing industry and fresh consumption. The proteins phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase, sucrose synthase, and 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate oxidase, as well as the antioxidants glutathione synthetase and ascorbate peroxidase, appeared as new in the mature peach fruits. Activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and components of the ascorbate-glutathione cycle were also measured to explore their role in the two maturity stages studied. Changes in the SOD isoenzyme pattern and an increase in the activities of ascorbate peroxidase, monodehydroascorbate reductase, and glutathione reductase were observed in mature fruits, revealing an efficient system to cope with the oxidative process accompanying ripening.
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- Daymi Camejo
- Department of Stress Biology and Plant Pathology, CEBAS-CSIC, P.O. Box 164, E-30100 Murcia, Spain
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Wünsch A, Tao R, Hormaza JI. Self-compatibility in 'Cristobalina' sweet cherry is not associated with duplications or modified transcription levels of S-locus genes. Plant Cell Rep 2010; 29:715-721. [PMID: 20411390 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-010-0857-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2010] [Revised: 03/24/2010] [Accepted: 04/08/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Sweet cherry shows S-RNase-based gametophytic self-incompatibility, which prevents self- and cross-fertilization between genetically related individuals. The specificity of the self-incompatible reaction is determined by two genes located in the S-locus. These encode a pistil-expressed ribonuclease (S-RNase) that inhibits self pollen tube growth, and a pollen-expressed F-box protein (SFB) that may be involved in the cytotoxicity of self-S-RNases. Initial genetic and pollination studies in a self-compatible sweet cherry cultivar, 'Cristobalina' (S (3) S (6)), showed that self-compatibility was caused by the loss of pollen function of both haplotypes (S (3) and S (6)). In this study, we further characterize self-compatibility in this genotype by molecular analysis of the S-locus. DNA blot analyses using S-RNase and SFB probes show no duplications of 'Cristobalina' S-locus genes or differences in the restriction patterns when compared with self-incompatible cultivars with the same S-genotype. Furthermore, reverse transcriptase-PCR of S-locus genes and quantitative reverse transcription-PCR of SFBs revealed no differences at the transcription level when compared with a self-incompatible genotype. The results of this study show that no differences at the S-locus can be correlated with self-compatibility, indicating the possible involvement of non-S-locus modifiers in self-incompatibility breakdown in this cultivar.
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- A Wünsch
- Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón, Zaragoza, Spain.
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Falchi R, Cipriani G, Marrazzo T, Nonis A, Vizzotto G, Ruperti B. Identification and differential expression dynamics of peach small GTPases encoding genes during fruit development and ripening. J Exp Bot 2010; 61:2829-42. [PMID: 20501747 PMCID: PMC2882273 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erq116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2009] [Revised: 04/02/2010] [Accepted: 04/07/2010] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The function of monomeric GTPases of the RAS superfamily in fruit development and ripening has been partially characterized. Here the identification of peach (Prunus persica) small GTPases of the RAS superfamily expressed in fruit and the characterization of their expression profiles during fruit development are described. Extensive searches on expressed sequence tag (EST) databases led to the selection of a total of 24 genes from peach encoding proteins with significant similarity to Arabidopsis small GTPases. Sequence similarity analyses and identification of conserved motifs, diagnostic of specific RAS families and subfamilies, enabled bona fide assignment of fourteen PpRAB, seven PpARF/ARL/SAR, two PpROP and one PpRAN GTPases. Transcriptional expression profiles of peach monomeric GTPases, analysed by real-time quantitative reverse transcription-PCR, were obtained for mesocarp samples, collected in two consecutive years. Reproducible patterns of expression could be identified for five peach RAB-encoding genes (PpRABA1-1, PpRABA2, PpRABD2-1, PpRABD2-2, and PpRABC2), two ARFs (PpARFA1-1 and PpARLB1), and two ROPs (PpROP3 and PpROP4). Interestingly, the transient transcriptional up-regulation of PpARF genes and of PpRAB genes of the A and D clades, putatively controlling the exocytic delivery of cell wall components and modifying enzymes, appeared to coincide with peaks of growth speed and sugar accumulation and with the final phases of ripening. To our knowledge, this is the first description of the co-ordinated differential expression of a set of genes encoding small GTPases of the ARF and RAB families which takes place during key moments of fruit development and maturation.
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- Rachele Falchi
- Università di Udine, Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Ambientali, Via delle Scienze 208, 33100 Udine, Italy
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- Università di Udine, Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Ambientali, Via delle Scienze 208, 33100 Udine, Italy
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- Università di Udine, Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Ambientali, Via delle Scienze 208, 33100 Udine, Italy
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- Università di Udine, Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Ambientali, Via delle Scienze 208, 33100 Udine, Italy
- Present address: Università di Padova, Dipartimento di Agronomia Ambientale e Produzioni Vegetali, Viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro (PD), Italy
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- Università di Udine, Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Ambientali, Via delle Scienze 208, 33100 Udine, Italy
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- Università di Udine, Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Ambientali, Via delle Scienze 208, 33100 Udine, Italy
- Present address: Università di Padova, Dipartimento di Agronomia Ambientale e Produzioni Vegetali, Viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro (PD), Italy
- To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Dardick CD, Callahan AM, Chiozzotto R, Schaffer RJ, Piagnani MC, Scorza R. Stone formation in peach fruit exhibits spatial coordination of the lignin and flavonoid pathways and similarity to Arabidopsis dehiscence. BMC Biol 2010; 8:13. [PMID: 20144217 PMCID: PMC2830173 DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-8-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2009] [Accepted: 02/09/2010] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Lignification of the fruit endocarp layer occurs in many angiosperms and plays a critical role in seed protection and dispersal. This process has been extensively studied with relationship to pod shatter or dehiscence in Arabidopsis. Dehiscence is controlled by a set of transcription factors that define the fruit tissue layers and whether or not they lignify. In contrast, relatively little is known about similar processes in other plants such as stone fruits which contain an extremely hard lignified endocarp or stone surrounding a single seed. RESULTS Here we show that lignin deposition in peach initiates near the blossom end within the endocarp layer and proceeds in a distinct spatial-temporal pattern. Microarray studies using a developmental series from young fruits identified a sharp and transient induction of phenylpropanoid, lignin and flavonoid pathway genes concurrent with lignification and subsequent stone hardening. Quantitative polymerase chain reaction studies revealed that specific phenylpropanoid (phenylalanine ammonia-lyase and cinnamate 4-hydroxylase) and lignin (caffeoyl-CoA O-methyltransferase, peroxidase and laccase) pathway genes were induced in the endocarp layer over a 10 day time period, while two lignin genes (p-coumarate 3-hydroxylase and cinnamoyl CoA reductase) were co-regulated with flavonoid pathway genes (chalcone synthase, dihydroflavanol 4-reductase, leucoanthocyanidin dioxygen-ase and flavanone-3-hydrosylase) which were mesocarp and exocarp specific. Analysis of other fruit development expression studies revealed that flavonoid pathway induction is conserved in the related Rosaceae species apple while lignin pathway induction is not. The transcription factor expression of peach genes homologous to known endocarp determinant genes in Arabidopsis including SHATTERPROOF, SEEDSTCK and NAC SECONDARY WALL THICENING PROMOTING FACTOR 1 were found to be specifically expressed in the endocarp while the negative regulator FRUITFUL predominated in exocarp and mesocarp. CONCLUSIONS Collectively, the data suggests, first, that the process of endocarp determination and differentiation in peach and Arabidopsis share common regulators and, secondly, reveals a previously unknown coordination of competing lignin and flavonoid biosynthetic pathways during early fruit development.
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- Christopher D Dardick
- Appalachian Fruit Research Station, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Kearneysville, WV, 25430, USA
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- Appalachian Fruit Research Station, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Kearneysville, WV, 25430, USA
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- Department of Crop Production, Fruit Tree Unit, University of Milan, Milan 20133, Italy
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- The New Zealand Institute of Plant and Food Research, Mt Albert, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
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- Department of Crop Production, Fruit Tree Unit, University of Milan, Milan 20133, Italy
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- Appalachian Fruit Research Station, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Kearneysville, WV, 25430, USA
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Zhang M, Leng P, Zhang G, Li X. Cloning and functional analysis of 9-cis-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase (NCED) genes encoding a key enzyme during abscisic acid biosynthesis from peach and grape fruits. J Plant Physiol 2009; 166:1241-1252. [PMID: 19307046 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2009.01.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2008] [Revised: 01/28/2009] [Accepted: 01/29/2009] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Ripening and senescence are generally controlled by ethylene in climacteric fruits like peaches, and the ripening process of grape, a non-climacteric fruit, may have some relationship to abscisic acid (ABA) function. In order to better understand the role of ABA in ripening and senescence of these two types of fruits, we cloned the 9-cis-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase (NCED) gene that encodes a key enzyme in ABA biosynthesis from peaches and grapes using an RT-PCR approach. The NCED gene fragments were cloned from peaches (PpNCED1and PpNCED2, each 740bp) and grapes (VVNCED1, 741bp) using degenerate primers designed based on the conserved amino acids sequence of NCEDs in other plants. PpNCED1 showed 78.54% homology with PpNCED2, 74.90% homology with VVNCED1, and both showed high homology to NCEDs from other plants. The expression patterns of PpNCED1 and VVNCED1 were very similar. Both were highly expressed at the beginning of ripening when ABA content becomes high. The maximum ABA preceded ethylene production in peach fruit. ABA in the grape gradually increased from the beginning of ripening and reached the highest level at 20d before the harvest stage. However, ethylene remained at low levels during the entire process of fruit development, including ripening and senescence. ABA content, and ripening and softening of both types of fruits, were promoted or delayed by exogenous ABA or Fluridone (or NDGA) treatment. The roles of ABA and ethylene in the later ripening of fruit are complex. Based on results obtained in this study, we concluded that PpNCED1 and VVNCED1 initiate ABA biosynthesis at the beginning of fruit ripening, and that ABA accumulation might play a key role in the regulation of ripeness and senescence of both peach and grape fruits.
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- Mei Zhang
- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China.
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- Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission, Beijing 100035, China
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- Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission, Beijing 100035, China
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Imai T, Ban Y, Terakami S, Yamamoto T, Moriguchi T. L-Ascorbate biosynthesis in peach: cloning of six L-galactose pathway-related genes and their expression during peach fruit development. Physiol Plant 2009; 136:139-49. [PMID: 19453508 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2009.01213.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The L-ascorbate (AsA) content and the expression of six L-galactose pathway-related genes were analyzed in peach flesh during fruit development. Fluctuation of AsA during peach fruit development was divided into four phases based on the overall total AsA (T-AsA) content per fruit: AsA I, 0-36 days after full bloom (DAFB); AsA II, 37-65 DAFB; AsA III, 66-92 DAFB and AsA IV, 93-112 DAFB. Phase AsA III was a lag phase for AsA accumulation, but did not coincide with the lag phase for fruit development. The T-AsA concentration was highest at the early stage until 21 DAFB [2-3 micromol per gram of fresh weight (g(-1) FW)], and decreased to 1/4 and 1/15 of this value at 50 and 92 DAFB, respectively. T-AsA then remained at 0.15-0.20 micromol g(-1) FW until harvest at 112 DAFB. More than 90% of the T-AsA was in the reduced form until 21 DAFB. The proportion of reduced form of AsA then decreased concomitantly with the decrease in AsA concentration. To determine the main pathway of AsA biosynthesis and the AsA biosynthetic capacity of peach flesh, several precursors were incubated with immature whole fruit (59 DAFB). The AsA concentration increased markedly with L-galactono-1,4-lactone or L-galactose (Gal), but d-galacturonate and L-gulono-1,4-lactone failed to increase AsA, indicating dominance of the Gal pathway and potent AsA biosynthetic capabilities in immature peach flesh. The expression of genes involved in the last six steps of the Gal pathway was measured during fruit development. The genes studied included GDP-d-mannose pyrophosphorylase (GMPH), GDP- d-mannose-3',5'-epimerase (GME), GDP- L-galactose guanylyltransferase (GGGT), L-galactose-1-phosphate phosphatase (GPP), L-galactose-1-dehydrogenase (GDH) and L-galactono-1,4-lactone dehydrogenase (GLDH). GMPH, GME and GGGT had similar expression patterns that peaked at 43 DAFB. GPP, GDH and GLDH also had similar expression patterns that peaked twice at 21 and 91 DAFB, although the expression of GDH was quite low. High level of T-AsA concentration was roughly correlated with the level of gene expression in the early period of fruit development (AsA I), whereas no such relationships were apparent in the other periods (e.g. AsA III and IV). On the basis of these findings, we discuss the regulation of AsA biosynthesis in peach fruit.
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- Tsuyoshi Imai
- National Institute of Fruit Tree Science, Fujimoto, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8605, Japan.
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Banović B, Surbanovski N, Konstantinović M, Maksimović V. Basic RNases of wild almond (Prunus webbii): cloning and characterization of six new S-RNase and one "non-S RNase" genes. J Plant Physiol 2009; 166:395-402. [PMID: 18778875 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2008.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2008] [Revised: 06/13/2008] [Accepted: 06/13/2008] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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In order to investigate the S-RNase allele structure of a Prunus webbii population from the Montenegrin region of the Balkans, we analyzed 10 Prunus webbii accessions. We detected 10 different S-RNase allelic variants and obtained the nucleotide sequences for six S-RNases. The BLAST analysis showed that these six sequences were new Prunus webbii S-RNase alleles. It also revealed that one of sequenced alleles, S(9)-RNase, coded for an amino acid sequence identical to that for Prunus dulcis S(14)-RNase, except for a single conservative amino acid replacement in the signal peptide region. Another, S(3)-RNase, was shown to differ by only three amino acid residues from Prunus salicina Se-RNase. The allele S(7)-RNase was found to be inactive by stylar protein isoelectric focusing followed by RNase-specific staining, but the reason for the inactivity was not at the coding sequence level. Further, in five of the 10 analyzed accessions, we detected the presence of one active basic RNase (marked PW(1)) that did not amplify with S-RNase-specific DNA primers. However, it was amplified with primers designed from the PA1 RNase nucleotide sequence (basic "non-S RNase" of Prunus avium) and the obtained sequence showed high homology (80%) with the PA1 allele. Although homologs of PA1 "non-S RNases" have been reported in four other Prunus species, this is the first recorded homolog in Prunus webbii. The evolutionary implications of the data are discussed.
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- Bojana Banović
- Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, Belgrade, Serbia.
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Seven structurally related new polyoxygenated methyl cyclohexanoids, ampelomins A-G (1-7), were isolated from the mycelial solid culture of a soil-derived Ampelomyces fungus. Their structures were determined by spectroscopic and chemical means. Ampelomins A (1), C (3), E (5), and G (7) exhibited weak activity against alpha-glucosidase with IC(50) values of 1.74-5.93 mM, and ampelomin A (1) showed moderate antibacterial activity with MIC(90) values ranging from 202.4 to 1015.9 microM. A plausible polyketide biogenetic pathway is postulated for these compounds.
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- Huiye Zhang
- CAS Key Laboratory for Preservation and Sustainable Utilization of Plant Resources, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xingke Road 723, Tianhe District, Guangzhou 510650, People's Republic of China
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Borsani J, Budde CO, Porrini L, Lauxmann MA, Lombardo VA, Murray R, Andreo CS, Drincovich MF, Lara MV. Carbon metabolism of peach fruit after harvest: changes in enzymes involved in organic acid and sugar level modifications. J Exp Bot 2009; 60:1823-37. [PMID: 19264753 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erp055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Peach (Prunus persica L. Batsch) is a climacteric fruit that ripens after harvest, prior to human consumption. Organic acids and soluble sugars contribute to the overall organoleptic quality of fresh peach; thus, the integrated study of the metabolic pathways controlling the levels of these compounds is of great relevance. Therefore, in this work, several metabolites and enzymes involved in carbon metabolism were analysed during the post-harvest ripening of peach fruit cv 'Dixiland'. Depending on the enzyme studied, activity, protein level by western blot, or transcript level by quantitative real time-PCR were analysed. Even though sorbitol did not accumulate at a high level in relation to sucrose at harvest, it was rapidly consumed once the fruit was separated from the tree. During the ripening process, sucrose degradation was accompanied by an increase of glucose and fructose. Specific transcripts encoding neutral invertases (NIs) were up-regulated or down-regulated, indicating differential functions for each putative NI isoform. Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase was markedly induced, and may participate as a glycolytic shunt, since the malate level did not increase during post-harvest ripening. The fermentative pathway was highly induced, with increases in both the acetaldehyde level and the enzymes involved in this process. In addition, proteins differentially expressed during the post-harvest ripening process were also analysed. Overall, the present study identified enzymes and pathways operating during the post-harvest ripening of peach fruit, which may contribute to further identification of varieties with altered levels of enzymes/metabolites or in the evaluation of post-harvest treatments to produce fruit of better organoleptic attributes.
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- Julia Borsani
- Centro de Estudios Fotosintéticos y Bioquímicos (CEFOBI), Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina
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