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A bulk segregant transcriptome analysis reveals metabolic and cellular processes associated with Orange allelic variation and fruit ?-carotene accumulation in melon fruit.

ABSTRACT: Melon fruit flesh color is primarily controlled by the "golden" single nucleotide polymorhism of the "Orange" gene, CmOr, which dominantly triggers the accumulation of the pro-vitamin A molecule, ?-carotene, in the fruit mesocarp. The mechanism by which CmOr operates is not fully understood. To identify cellular and metabolic processes associated with CmOr allelic variation, we compared the transcriptome of bulks of developing fruit of homozygous orange and green fruited F3 families derived from a cross between orange and green fruited parental lines.Pooling together F3 families that share same fruit flesh color and thus the same CmOr allelic variation, normalized traits unrelated to CmOr allelic variation. RNA sequencing analysis of these bulks enabled the identification of differentially expressed genes. These genes were clustered into functional groups. The relatively enriched functional groups were those involved in photosynthesis, RNA and protein regulation, and response to stress.The differentially expressed genes and the enriched processes identified here by bulk segregant RNA sequencing analysis are likely part of the regulatory network of CmOr. Our study demonstrates the resolution power of bulk segregant RNA sequencing in identifying genes related to commercially important traits and provides a useful tool for better understanding the mode of action of CmOr gene in the mediation of carotenoid accumulation.

SUBMITTER: Chayut N

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4640158 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A bulk segregant transcriptome analysis reveals metabolic and cellular processes associated with Orange allelic variation and fruit β-carotene accumulation in melon fruit.

Chayut Noam N Yuan Hui H Ohali Shachar S Meir Ayala A Yeselson Yelena Y Portnoy Vitaly V Zheng Yi Y Fei Zhangjun Z Lewinsohn Efraim E Katzir Nurit N Schaffer Arthur A AA Gepstein Shimon S Burger Joseph J Li Li L Tadmor Yaakov Y

BMC plant biology 20151109

<h4>Background</h4>Melon fruit flesh color is primarily controlled by the "golden" single nucleotide polymorhism of the "Orange" gene, CmOr, which dominantly triggers the accumulation of the pro-vitamin A molecule, β-carotene, in the fruit mesocarp. The mechanism by which CmOr operates is not fully understood. To identify cellular and metabolic processes associated with CmOr allelic variation, we compared the transcriptome of bulks of developing fruit of homozygous orange and green fruited F3 fa ...[more]

PMID: 26553015

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A bulk segregant transcriptome analysis reveals metabolic and cellular processes associated with Orange allelic variation and fruit ?-carotene accumulation in melon fruit.

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A bulk segregant transcriptome analysis reveals metabolic and cellular processes associated with Orange allelic variation and fruit β-carotene accumulation in melon fruit.

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