Project description:Overexpression of KlaxMUTE1 induced asymmetric, subsidiary-cell-like divisions. To determine the downstream target genes induced, an RNA-sequencing experiment of mature wild-type and mature leaves that overexpress KlaxMUTE1 and show many ectopic asymmetric cell divisions was performed.
Project description:Assembly of the plant OXPHOS complexes was studied using complexome profiling. mitochondria were extracted from seedlings or mature leaves of the reference organism Arabidopsis thaliana. In seedlings, a fast-growing tissue, mitochondria biogenesis is very active whereas in mature leaves, little biogenesis is occurring. Comparison of both datasets allow the identification of assembly intermediates that are accumulating in seedlings but not in leaves.
Project description:By characterizing the cell wall proteomes of different sugarcane organs (leaves and stems) at two developmental stages (young vs mature/apical vs basal), it was possible to address unique characteristics in each of them. Four-month-old leaves showed a higher proportion of oxido-reductases and proteins related to lipid metabolism (LM), besides a lower proportion of proteins acting on polysaccharides, in comparison to four-month-old internodes. It was possible to note that sugarcane leaves and young stems have the highest LM rate than all species, which was assumed to be linked to cuticle formation. The data generated enriched the number of cell wall proteins (CWPs) identified in sugarcane, reaching 277. To our knowledge, sugarcane has now the second higher coverage of monocot CWP in plants
Project description:Analysis of leaves from 3-week old transgenic plants overexpressing AAF, which is a senescence-associated gene. Overexpression of AAF promoted leaf senescence and accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in transgenic plants. Results provide insight in the role of AAF in ROS homeostasis and the function in leaf senescence.
Project description:in evergreen mature citrus leaves, proteins with N storage functions and hub molecules involved in driving N remobilization remain largely unknown