Zea mays under 24 h hypoxia - shotgun of soluble proteins
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ABSTRACT: Maize (Zea mays L.) was hydroponically grown for 14 days and then stressed with hypoxia. Maize roots were sampled after 24 hours and analyzed by mass spectrometry.
Project description:RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM) in plants is a well-characterized example of RNA interference-related transcriptional gene silencing. To determine the relationships between RdDM and heterochromatin in the repeat-rich maize (Zea mays) genome, we performed whole-genome analyses of several heterochromatic features: dimethylation of lysine 9 and lysine 27 (H3K9me2 and H3K27me2), chromatin accessibility, DNA methylation, and small RNAs; we also analyzed two mutants that affect these processes, mediator of paramutation1 and zea methyltransferase2.
Project description:Papain-like cysteine proteases (PLCPs) play important roles in plant defense mechanisms. Previous work identified a set of five apoplastic PLCPs (CP1A, CP1B, CP2, XCP2 and CatB) which are crucial for the orchestration of SA-dependent defense signaling and vice versa in maize (Zea mays). One central question from these findings is which mechanism is triggered by apoplastic PLCPs to induce SA-dependent defenses. By a mass spectrometry approach we discovered a novel peptide (Zip1 = Zea mays immune signaling peptide) to be enriched in apoplastic fluid upon SA treatment. Zip1 induces PR-gene expression when applied to naїve maize leaves. Moreover, it activates apoplastic PLCPs similar as SA does, suggesting Zip1 to play an important role in SA-mediated defense signaling. In vitro studies using recombinant protein showed that CP1A and CP2, but not XCP2 and CatB, release Zip1 from its pro-peptide (PROZIP1) in vitro. Strikingly, metabolite analysis showed direct induction of SA de novo synthesis by Zip1 in maize leaves. In line with this, RNA sequencing revealed that Zip1-mediated changes in maize gene expression largely resemble SA-induced responses. Consequently, Zip1 increases maize susceptibility to the necrotrophic fungal pathogen Botrytis cinerea. In summary, this study identifies the PLCP-released peptide signal Zip1, which triggers SA signaling in maize.
Project description:In this study RNA-sequencing was used to monitor gene expression changes in four tissues (meristematic zone, elongation zone, and cortex and stele of the mature zone) of maize (Zea mays L.) primary roots in response to water deficit to gain a better understanding of the mechanisms underlying drought tolerance.
Project description:Maize (Zea mays) is an excellent cereal model for research on seed development because of its relatively large size for both embryo and endosperm. Despite the importance of seed in agriculture, the genome-wide transcriptome pattern throughout seed development has not been well characterized. Using high-throughput RNA sequencing, we developed a spatiotemporal transcriptome atlas of B73 maize seed development based on 53 samples from fertilization to maturity for embryo, endosperm, and whole seed tissues.
Project description:Saha2011- Genome-scale metabolic network of
Zea mays (iRS1563)
This model is described in the article:
Zea mays iRS1563: a
comprehensive genome-scale metabolic reconstruction of maize
metabolism.
Saha R, Suthers PF, Maranas
CD.
PLoS ONE 2011; 6(7): e21784
Abstract:
The scope and breadth of genome-scale metabolic
reconstructions have continued to expand over the last decade.
Herein, we introduce a genome-scale model for a plant with
direct applications to food and bioenergy production (i.e.,
maize). Maize annotation is still underway, which introduces
significant challenges in the association of metabolic
functions to genes. The developed model is designed to meet
rigorous standards on gene-protein-reaction (GPR) associations,
elementally and charged balanced reactions and a biomass
reaction abstracting the relative contribution of all biomass
constituents. The metabolic network contains 1,563 genes and
1,825 metabolites involved in 1,985 reactions from primary and
secondary maize metabolism. For approximately 42% of the
reactions direct literature evidence for the participation of
the reaction in maize was found. As many as 445 reactions and
369 metabolites are unique to the maize model compared to the
AraGEM model for A. thaliana. 674 metabolites and 893 reactions
are present in Zea mays iRS1563 that are not accounted for in
maize C4GEM. All reactions are elementally and charged balanced
and localized into six different compartments (i.e., cytoplasm,
mitochondrion, plastid, peroxisome, vacuole and extracellular).
GPR associations are also established based on the functional
annotation information and homology prediction accounting for
monofunctional, multifunctional and multimeric proteins,
isozymes and protein complexes. We describe results from
performing flux balance analysis under different physiological
conditions, (i.e., photosynthesis, photorespiration and
respiration) of a C4 plant and also explore model predictions
against experimental observations for two naturally occurring
mutants (i.e., bm1 and bm3). The developed model corresponds to
the largest and more complete to-date effort at cataloguing
metabolism for a plant species.
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Project description:The exxpression profilling of chilling responsive and growth regulated microRNAs of maize hybrid ADA313 was conducted. Maize seedling were subjected to chilling temperature then meristem, elongation and mature growth zones were sampled. 321 known maize microRNA expression level were determined and compared between meristem, elongation and mature zones. Determining and validating of chilling responsive microRNAs associated with leaf growth of hybrid maize (Zea mays L.) ADA313
Project description:Lysine malonylation is a kind of post-translational modifications (PTMs) discovered in recent years, which plays an important regulatory role in plants. Maize (Zea mays L.) is a major global cereal crop. We therefore performed a global malonylome analysis of maize. In total, 1722 uniquely malonylated lysine residues were obtained in 810 proteins. The modified proteins were involved in various biological processes such as photosynthesis, ribosome and oxidative phosphorylation. Notably, a large proportion of the modified proteins (45%) were located in chloroplast, suggesting an indispensable regulatory role of malonylation in photosynthesis and carbon fixation.
Project description:Peroxidase (POD) activity was found to be positively correlated with insect resistance in maize kernels. Thus, we purified active PODs from (Zea mays, p84C3) kernels and subjected to LC-MS/MS analyses. To verify the identified putative plant PODs, we produced them by recombinant expression in E. coli. Whereas B4FFK9 did not display in vitro activity, B6T173 (ZmPrx35) was active and also exhibits a heme cofactor. B6T173 accounts for about 80% of the POD activity in the kernel, according to densitometric evaluation.
Project description:In this study a transcriptomic approach (RNA-sequencing) was utilized to elucidate molecular responses of maize (Zea mays L.) primary roots of the inbred line B73 to water deficit to gain a better understanding of the mechanisms underlying drought tolerance. Kernels of the maize inbred line B73 were germinated in paper rolls soaked with distilled water until seedlings had a primary root length of 2 to 4 cm. For mild and severe water deficit conditions, seedlings were transferred to PEG8000 solution with water potentials of -0.2 MPa and -0.8 MPa, respectively. Water deficit treatment was applied for 6 h and 24 h. Each treatment was performed in four biological replicates each consisting of 10 roots.