Project description:Chlorophyll (Chl) degradation is an important process during leaf senescence, bud breaking and fruit ripening. Chlorophyll catabolic pathway has been intensively studied and nearly all the enzymes involved in the pathway are characterized. However, regulatory mechanism of the pathway is largely unknown at the molecular level. In this study, we performed a yeast one-hybrid screening using a library composed only of transcription factor cDNAs to search for factors controlling expression of the chlorophyll catabolic genes. We identified a common regulator, ANAC046, that directly binds to the promoter regions of NON-YELLOW COLORING 1, STAY-GREEN 1 (SGR1), SGR2, and pheophorbide a oxygenase. Transgenic plants overexpressing ANAC046 exhibited an early senescence phenotype with lower chlorophyll content as compared with the wild-type plants, while loss-of-function mutants exhibited a delayed senescence phenotype with higher chlorophyll content. Microarray analysis of ANAC046 showed that not only chlorophyll catabolic genes but also senescence-associated genes were positively regulated by ANAC046. Here, we demonstrate that ANAC046 is a novel positive regulator of Arabidopsis leaf senescence and exerts its effect through controlling the expressions of Chl catabolic genes and senescence-associated genes.
Project description:Chlorophyll (Chl) degradation is an important process during leaf senescence, bud breaking and fruit ripening. Chlorophyll catabolic pathway has been intensively studied and nearly all the enzymes involved in the pathway are characterized. However, regulatory mechanism of the pathway is largely unknown at the molecular level. In this study, we performed a yeast one-hybrid screening using a library composed only of transcription factor cDNAs to search for factors controlling expression of the chlorophyll catabolic genes. We identified a common regulator, ANAC046, that directly binds to the promoter regions of NON-YELLOW COLORING 1, STAY-GREEN 1 (SGR1), SGR2, and pheophorbide a oxygenase. Transgenic plants overexpressing ANAC046 exhibited an early senescence phenotype with lower chlorophyll content as compared with the wild-type plants, while loss-of-function mutants exhibited a delayed senescence phenotype with higher chlorophyll content. Microarray analysis of ANAC046 showed that not only chlorophyll catabolic genes but also senescence-associated genes were positively regulated by ANAC046. Here, we demonstrate that ANAC046 is a novel positive regulator of Arabidopsis leaf senescence and exerts its effect through controlling the expressions of Chl catabolic genes and senescence-associated genes. Transcriptomes of leaf of ANAC046-overexpression plant (50 days after seed sawing), seedling of ANAC046-SRDX-overexpression plant (5 days after dark treatment), and seedling of ANAC046-knockout plant (5 days after dark treatment) were measured together with their respective wild-type controls.
Project description:Salinity stress is a major problem affecting plant growth and crop productivity. While plant biostimulants have been reported to be an effective solution to tackle salinity stress in different crops, the key genes and metabolic pathways involved in these tolerance processes remain unclear. This study focused on integrating phenotypic, physiological, biochemical and transcriptome data obtained from different tissues of Solanum lycopersicum L. plants (cv. Micro-Tom) subjected to a saline irrigation water program for 61 days (EC: 5.8 dS/m) and treated with a combination of protein hydrolysate and Ascophyllum nodosum-derived biostimulant, namely PSI-475. The biostimulant application was associated with the maintenance of higher K+/Na+ ratios in both young leaf and root tissue and the overexpression of transporter genes related to ion homeostasis (e.g., NHX4, HKT1;2). A more efficient osmotic adjustment was characterized by a significant increase in relative water content (RWC), which most likely was associated with osmolyte accumulation and upregulation of genes related to aquaporins (e.g., PIP2.1, TIP2.1). A higher content of photosynthetic pigments (+19.8% to +27.5%), increased expression of genes involved in photosynthetic efficiency and chlorophyll biosynthesis (e.g., LHC, PORC) and enhanced primary carbon and nitrogen metabolic mechanisms were observed, leading to a higher fruit yield and fruit number (47.5% and 32.5%, respectively). Overall, it can be concluded that the precision engineered PSI-475 biostimulant can provide long-term protective effects on salinity stressed tomato plants through a well-defined mode of action in different plant tissues.
Project description:To identify the regulatory steps that control chlorophyll accumulation, we compared gene expression in petals and leaves of chrysanthemum cultivars with different chlorophyll levels. Microarray analyses showed that the expression levels of chlorophyll biosynthesis genes encoding glutamyl-tRNA reductase, Mg-protoporphyrin IX chelatase, Mg-protoporphyrin IX monomethylester cyclase, and protochlorophyllorophyllide oxidoreductase were well associated with chlorophyll content: their expression levels were lower in white petals than in green petals, and were highest in leaves. Among chlorophyll catabolic genes, expression of STAY-GREEN, encoding Mg-dechelatase, which is a key enzyme controlling chlorophyll degradation, was considerably higher in white and green petals than in leaves. We searched for transcription factor genes whose expression was well related to chlorophyll level in petals and leaves and found several such genes.
2017-08-19 | GSE102752 | GEO
Project description:Sorghum mini-core (sub-) set resequencing