ABSTRACT: Molecular analysis of the complete genomes of apricot and plum isolates of Plum pox virus detected in a Prunus germplasm collection in Almaty’s Pomological Gardens, Kazakhstan
Project description:Phosphorylation and O-GlcNAcylation are widespread post-translational modifications (PTMs) often sharing protein targets. Numerous studies have reported phosphorylation of plant virus proteins. In plants, research on O-GlcNAcylation lags behind regarding other eukaryotes and information about O-GlcNAcylated plant viral proteins is extremely scarce. The potyvirus Plum pox virus (PPV) causes sharka disease in Prunus trees, and also infects a wide range of experimental hosts. Capsid protein (CP) from virions of the PPV-R isolate purified from herbaceous plants can be extensively modified by O-GlcNAcylation and phosphorylation. In this study, a combination of proteomics and biochemical approaches has been employed to broaden knowledge of PPV CP PTMs. CP proved to be modified regardless it is assembled or not in mature particles. PTMs of CP occur in the natural host Prunus persica, similar to what happens in herbaceous plants. Additionally, we observe O-GlcNAcylation and phosphorylation are general features of different PPV strains, suggesting that roles of these modifications are part of overall strategies deployed during plant-virus interactions. Interestingly, phosphorylation at a casein kinase II motif conserved among potyviral CPs exhibits strain specificity in PPV; however, it does not display the critical role attributed to same modification in the CP of another potyvirus, Potato virus A.
Project description:The aim of this study was to elucidate the potential use of microarray technology, developed in model species, in related, yet phenotypically distinct, species where few or no information are available. Considering the high degree of sequence conservation within the Rosaceae family and, in particular, among the Prunus species we employed the first available peach oligonucleotide microarray (µPEACH 1.0) for studying the transcrptomic profile during apricot fruit development (Prunus armeniaca L., cv. 'Goldrich'). Fruit material was harvested at three distinct stages, corresponding to immature-green stage (6 weeks before fully-ripe stage), mature-firm-ripe stage (change of peel color, 1 week before fully-ripe stage) and at fully-ripe stage and designated as S1, S2 and S3 stages, respectively. Apricot targets cDNA, when applied the µPEACH1.0, were showing significant hybridization with an average of 43% of spotted targets validating the use of μPEACH1.0 to profile the transcriptome of apricot fruit during development and ripening. Microarray analysis carried out on immature and ripe peach and apricot fruit separately pointed out that 70% of genes differentially expressed was detectable the same pattern of expression in both species. This result indicates that the transcriptome of immature and ripe fruit are quite similar in apricot and peach, but also highlighted the presence of transcript changes specie-specific. When μPEACH1.0 was used to profile apricot developing fruit were identified 400 and 74 genes differetially expressed during the transition from S1 to S2 stage and from S2 to S3 stage, respectively. Intriguingly, a considerable number of auxin action regulators (AUX/IAA) and of genes coding heat shock proteins (hsp) were highly up-regulated at the onset and late of ripening phase, respectively.The comparison between the expression profiles of these apricot genes and their peach hortologues showed a similar pattern for AUX/IAA and quite different for hsps. This result suggests a similar role for AUX/IAA in both species and a more important involvement for hsps in the apricot fruit ripening.
Project description:Transcriptomes of wild-type Nicotiana benthamiana plants inoculated with plum pox virus (PPV) or the P1Pro clone, a PPV deletion mutant that lacks the self-cleavage inhibitory domain of the P1 leader protease; in addition, N. benthamiana nahG-expressing plants inoculated with P1Pro were analyzed to identify genes whose expression is altered by P1Pro infections but does not depend on salicylic acid signaling.
2020-07-30 | GSE146746 | GEO
Project description:Molecular analysis of the genomes of isolates of Plum pox virus
Project description:Prunus persica (peach) trees carrying the ‘Pillar’ or ‘Broomy’ trait (br) have vertically oriented branches caused by loss of function mutations in a gene called TILLER ANGLE CONTROL 1 (TAC1). TAC1 encodes a protein in the IGT gene family that includes LAZY1 and DEEPER ROOTING 1 (DRO1), which regulat lateral branch and root orientations, respectively. Here, we found that some of the native TAC1 alleles in the hexaploid plum species Prunus domestica, which has a naturally more upright stature, contained a variable length trinucleotide repeat within the same exon 3 region previously found to be disrupted in pillar peach trees. RNAi silencing of TAC1 in plum resulted in trees with severely vertical branch orientations similar to those in pillar peaches but with an even narrower profile. In contrast, PpeTAC1 over-expression in plum led to trees with wider branch angles and more horizontal branch orientations. Pillar peach trees and transgenic plum lines exhibited pleiotropic phenotypes including differences in trunk and branch diameter, stem growth, and twisting branch phenotypes. Expression profiling of pillar peach trees revealed differential expression of numerous genes associated with biotic and abiotic stress, hormone responses, plastids, reactive oxygen, and secondary and cell wall metabolism. Collectively, the data provide important clues for understanding TAC1 function and show that alteration of TAC1 expression may have broad applicability to agricultural and ornamental tree industries.
2018-04-04 | GSE112649 | GEO
Project description:Plum pox virus populations in peach and American plum