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Fruit Ripening Regulation of ?-Mannosidase Expression by the MADS Box Transcription Factor RIPENING INHIBITOR and Ethylene.

ABSTRACT: ?-Mannosidase (?-Man), a fruit ripening-specific N-glycan processing enzyme, is involved in ripening-associated fruit softening process. However, the regulation of fruit-ripening specific expression of ?-Man is not well understood. We have identified and functionally characterized the promoter of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) ?-Man to provide molecular insights into its transcriptional regulation during fruit ripening. Fruit ripening-specific activation of the ?-Man promoter was revealed by analysing promoter driven expression of beta-glucuronidase (GUS) reporter in transgenic tomato. We found that RIPENING INHIBITOR (RIN), a MADS box family transcription factor acts as positive transcriptional regulator of ?-Man during fruit ripening. RIN directly bound to the ?-Man promoter sequence and promoter activation/?-Man expression was compromised in rin mutant fruit. Deletion analysis revealed that a promoter fragment (567 bp upstream of translational start site) that contained three CArG boxes (binding sites for RIN) was sufficient to drive GUS expression in fruits. In addition, ?-Man expression was down-regulated in fruits of Nr mutant which is impaired in ethylene perception and promoter activation/?-Man expression was induced in wild type following treatment with a precursor of ethylene biosynthesis, 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC). Although, ?-Man expression was induced in rin mutant after ACC treatment, the transcript level was less as compared to ACC-treated wild type. Taken together, these results suggest RIN-mediated direct transcriptional regulation of ?-Man during fruit ripening and ethylene may acts in RIN-dependent and -independent ways to regulate ?-Man expression.

SUBMITTER: Irfan M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4720780 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Fruit Ripening Regulation of α-Mannosidase Expression by the MADS Box Transcription Factor RIPENING INHIBITOR and Ethylene.

Irfan Mohammad M Ghosh Sumit S Meli Vijaykumar S VS Kumar Anil A Kumar Vinay V Chakraborty Niranjan N Chakraborty Subhra S Datta Asis A

Frontiers in plant science 20160121

α-Mannosidase (α-Man), a fruit ripening-specific N-glycan processing enzyme, is involved in ripening-associated fruit softening process. However, the regulation of fruit-ripening specific expression of α-Man is not well understood. We have identified and functionally characterized the promoter of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) α-Man to provide molecular insights into its transcriptional regulation during fruit ripening. Fruit ripening-specific activation of the α-Man promoter was revealed by anal ...[more]

PMID: 26834776

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Fruit Ripening Regulation of ?-Mannosidase Expression by the MADS Box Transcription Factor RIPENING INHIBITOR and Ethylene.

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Fruit Ripening Regulation of α-Mannosidase Expression by the MADS Box Transcription Factor RIPENING INHIBITOR and Ethylene.

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