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The potent antimalarial sesquiterpene lactone, artemisinin, is produced in low quantities by the plant Artemisia annua L. The source and regulation of the isopentenyl diphosphate (IPP) used in the biosynthesis of artemisinin has not been completely
characterized. Terpenoid biosynthesis occurs in plants via two IPP-generating pathways: the mevalonate pathway in the cytosol,
and the non-mevalonate pathway in plastids. Using inhibitors specific to each pathway, it is possible to resolve which supplies
the IPP precursor to the end product. Here, we show the effects of inhibition on the two pathways leading to IPP for artemisinin
production in plants. We grew young (7–14 days post cotyledon) plants in liquid culture, and added mevinolin to the medium
to inhibit the mevalonate pathway, or fosmidomycin to inhibit the non-mevalonate pathway. Artemisinin levels were measured
after 7–14 days incubation, and production was significantly reduced by each inhibitor compared to controls, thus, it appears
that IPP from both pathways is used in artemisinin production. Also when grown in miconazole, an inhibitor of sterol biosynthesis,
there was a significant increase in artemisinin compared to controls suggesting that carbon was shifted from sterols into
sesquiterpenes. Collectively these results indicate that artemisinin is probably biosynthesized from IPP pools from both the
plastid and the cytosol, and that carbon from competing pathways can be channeled toward sesquiterpenes. This information
will help advance our understanding of the regulation of in planta production of artemisinin. 相似文献
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Pan Liao Hui Wang Andréa Hemmerlin Dinesh A. Nagegowda Thomas J. Bach Mingfu Wang Mee-Len Chye 《Plant cell reports》2014,33(7):1005-1022
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HMGS functions in phytosterol biosynthesis, development and stress responses. F-244 could specifically-inhibit HMGS in tobacco BY-2 cells and Brassica seedlings. An update on HMGS from higher plants is presented.Abstract
3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A synthase (HMGS) is the second enzyme in the mevalonate pathway of isoprenoid biosynthesis and catalyzes the condensation of acetoacetyl-CoA and acetyl-CoA to produce S-3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA (HMG-CoA). Besides HMG-CoA reductase (HMGR), HMGS is another key enzyme in the regulation of cholesterol and ketone bodies in mammals. In plants, it plays an important role in phytosterol biosynthesis. Here, we summarize the past investigations on eukaryotic HMGS with particular focus on plant HMGS, its enzymatic properties, gene expression, protein structure, and its current status of research in China. An update of the findings on HMGS from animals (human, rat, avian) to plants (Brassica juncea, Hevea brasiliensis, Arabidopsis thaliana) will be discussed. Current studies on HMGS have been vastly promoted by developments in biochemistry and molecular biology. Nonetheless, several limitations have been encountered, thus some novel advances in HMGS-related research that have recently emerged will be touched on. 相似文献4.
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Both in vitro and in vivo hairy root transformation systems could not replace whole plant transformation for promoter analysis of root-specific and low-P induced genes in soybean.Abstract
An efficient genetic transformation system is crucial for promoter analysis in plants. Agrobacterium-mediated transformation is the most popular method to produce transgenic hairy roots or plants. In the present study, first, we compared the two different Agrobacterium rhizogenes-mediated hairy root transformation methods using either constitutive CaMV35S or the promoters of root-preferential genes, GmEXPB2 and GmPAP21, in soybean, and found the efficiency of in vitro hairy root transformation was significantly higher than that of in vivo transformation. We compared Agrobacterium rhizogenes-mediated hairy root and Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated whole plant transformation systems. The results showed that low-phosphorous (P) inducible GmEXPB2 and GmPAP21 promoters could not induce the increased expression of the GUS reporter gene under low P stress in both in vivo and in vitro transgenic hairy roots. Conversely, GUS activity of GmPAP21 promoter was significantly higher at low P than high P in whole plant transformation. Therefore, both in vitro and in vivo hairy root transformation systems could not replace whole plant transformation for promoter analysis of root-specific and low-P induced genes in soybean. 相似文献6.
Uptake and cellular distribution,in four plant species,of fluorescently labeled mesoporous silica nanoparticles 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Dequan Sun Hashmath I. Hussain Zhifeng Yi Rainer Siegele Tom Cresswell Lingxue Kong David M. Cahill 《Plant cell reports》2014,33(8):1389-1402
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We report the uptake of MSNs into the roots and their movement to the aerial parts of four plant species and their quantification using fluorescence, TEM and proton-induced x - ray emission (micro - PIXE) elemental analysis.Abstract
Monodispersed mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) of optimal size and configuration were synthesized for uptake by plant organs, tissues and cells. These monodispersed nanoparticles have a size of 20 nm with interconnected pores with an approximate diameter of 2.58 nm. There were no negative effects of MSNs on seed germination or when transported to different organs of the four plant species tested in this study. Most importantly, for the first time, a combination of confocal laser scanning microscopy, transmission electron microscopy and proton-induced X-ray emission (micro-PIXE) elemental analysis allowed the location and quantification MSNs in tissues and in cellular and sub-cellular locations. Our results show that MSNs penetrated into the roots via symplastic and apoplastic pathways and then via the conducting tissues of the xylem to the aerial parts of the plants including the stems and leaves. The translocation and widescale distribution of MSNs in plants will enable them to be used as a new delivery means for the transport of different sized biomolecules into plants. 相似文献7.
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Genetic and molecular analysis of an Arabidopsis root development mutant identified a putative dehydrogenase gene involved in homoserine biosynthesis.Abstract
In higher plants, homoserine (Hse) is derived from aspartate (Asp) and is an important intermediate for production of methionine (Met), threonine (Thr), and isoleucine (Ile). In Arabidopsis, six enzymes involved in the biosynthesis of Hse from Asp have been well characterized. It is not known, however, whether there exist other enzymes involved in this process. In this work, we characterized an Arabidopsis mutant, ara (a ltered r oot a rchitecture), with a short primary root and an increased number of lateral roots. Genetic and molecular analysis indicated that the ARA gene encodes a protein with a D-isomer specific 2-hydroxyacid dehydrogenase domain. ARA is expressed in all plant organs and is localized in the cell periphery. The ara mutant phenotypes can be rescued by exogenously applied Hse, Met, Ile and 2-oxobutanoate. Based on the results presented here, we propose that the ARA protein may be a dehydrogenase involved in homoserine biosynthesis. 相似文献8.
Nitrogen fertilizer increases spikelet number per panicle by enhancing cytokinin synthesis in rice 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
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Nitrogen fertilizer enhances local cytokinin synthesis to increase flower numbers in the panicles of rice. Localized cytokinin biosynthesis is an important response to nitrogen.Abstract
Flower number per panicle is one of the most important traits in rice productivity determination. The number of flowers is established in the early stages of panicle development. Nitrogen fertilizer application before panicle initiation is well known to increase flower number. Nitrogen increases cytokinin (CKs) biosynthesis in plants, and CKs have very similar effects as nitrogen fertilizer on panicle branching. The effects of nitrogen fertilizer on panicle branching may be mediated by CKs, in which accumulation in the inflorescence meristem can regulate panicle development, resulting in increased numbers of flowers and branches. Adenosine phosphate-isopentenyltransferase (IPT) catalyzes the rate-limiting step of CKs biosynthesis. We analyzed the effect of nitrogen fertilizer (urea) on the expression of OsIPT genes (OsIPTs). The results showed that OsIPTs were markedly increased, and CKs accumulated in panicle when nitrogen fertilizer was applied. CKs biosynthesis in the roots and leaves was not up-regulated by nitrogen. These results suggest that nitrogen fertilizer enhances local CKs synthesis to increase flower numbers in the panicles of rice. Localized CKs biosynthesis is an important response to nitrogen. 相似文献9.
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Ji Xiao Qingbo Zhang Yiguang Zhu Sumei Li Guangtao Zhang Haibo Zhang Kumar Saurav Changsheng Zhang 《Applied microbiology and biotechnology》2013,97(20):9043-9053
Lobophorins A (1) and B (2) belong to a large group of spirotetronate natural products with potent antibacterial and antitumor activities. The cloning of the lobophorin biosynthesis gene cluster from the deep-sea-derived Streptomyces sp. SCSIO 01127 identified a sugar-O-methyltransferase-encoding gene lobS1. The lobS1 inactivation mutant accumulated two new lobophorin analogs 3 and 4, different from 1 and 2 by lacking the 4-methyl group at the terminal l-digitoxose, respectively. Biochemical experiments verified that LobS1 was a SAM-dependent sugar-O-methyltransferase that required divalent metal ions for better activity. Antibacterial assays revealed compounds 3 and 4 were generally less potent than compounds 1 and 2. These findings suggest that the methylation on the terminal digitoxose by LobS1 tailors lobophorin biosynthesis and highlights the importance of this methylation for antibacterial potence. 相似文献
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The present work with transgenic poplar lines producing varying levels of trans -zeatin suggests the existence of a switching threshold for triggering ckx gene expression or suppressing cytokinin-induced auxin.Abstract
Cytokinins have an important role in growth and developmental processes of plants. Transgenic plants with varying levels of cellular cytokinin are convenient tools for studying its role in morphogenetic as well as molecular responses. In this work, the transgenic lines producing either high level of cellular trans-zeatin (HX lines) or moderate level (MX lines) were compared with regard to their cytokinin oxidase activities and cellular auxin content. The HX lines showed typical cytokinin phenotypes including leafy shoots and spontaneous shoot formation on hormone free medium. In contrast, the MX lines did not show any striking phenotypes. However, in leaf disk culture on hormone free medium, they regenerated roots and subsequently formed shoots from the roots. Determination of cellular IAA content revealed a significant increase in the level in MX lines but not in HX lines. Of nine cytokinin oxidase genes (ckx) examined by qPCR, five were activated in HX lines but not in MX lines. Among them, ckx4 appeared to play a key role in maintaining cellular cytokinin level since it showed more than 1,000-fold increase in HX lines and in the leaf disks of untransformed control exposed to exogenous cytokinins. Although low level of cellular cytokinin did not induce the expression of ckx genes, it appeared to trigger cellular IAA biosynthesis. 相似文献15.
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Jan Čermák Pavel Cudlín Roman Gebauer Isabella Børja Milena Martinková Zdeněk Stanĕk Jan Koller Jindřich Neruda Nadezhda Nadezhdina 《Plant and Soil》2013,372(1-2):401-415
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Estimates of root absorption magnitude are needed for the balanced management of forest ecosystems, but no methods able to work on the whole tree and stand level were available. Modified earth impedance method was developed recently and here it was tested, by comparing the results with those obtained by combination of several classical methods.Methods
We used direct (soil cores, scanning and microscopy) and indirect (sap flow patterns and modified earth impedance) methods in an attempt to estimate the absorptive root area indexes (RAI) at two sites of about 25 and 40-years-old Norway spruce. We considered the geometric surfaces of all scanned fine roots to be equal to the fine root absorptive area (RAI scan ). To estimate the potentially physically permeable area of fine roots, we microscopically evaluated the point of secondary xylem appearance and calculated the geometric area of root portions with primary structure (RAI micro ). We termed the area of electrically conductive root surface as the active (ion) absorptive area (RAI mei ) and measured its extent by the modified earth impedance (MEI) method.Results
The highest values for absorptive root areas at the two experimental sites we obtained with the scanning method (RAI scan was considered to be 100%), followed by the RAI micro (51%) and RAI mei (32%). RAImei reached about 2/3 of RAImicro. The surface area of the ectomycorrhizal hyphae was an order of magnitude larger than that of all fine roots, but the MEI did not measure such increase.Conclusions
We showed that the absorptive root area, indirectly estimated by the MEI, provides consistent results that approach the values obtained for fine roots with a primary structure estimated by traditional direct methods. The similar range of the values for the absorptive root surface area obtained by microscopy and by the MEI method indicates that this method is feasible and that it could be used to determine the extent of active absorptive root surface areas in forests. 相似文献18.
Albino midrib 1, encoding a putative potassium efflux antiporter,affects chloroplast development and drought tolerance in rice 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Peike Sheng Junjie Tan Mingna Jin Fuqing Wu Kunneng Zhou Weiwei Ma Yueqin Heng Jiulin Wang Xiuping Guo Xin Zhang Zhijun Cheng Linglong Liu Chunming Wang Xuanming Liu Jianmin Wan 《Plant cell reports》2014,33(9):1581-1594
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Mutation of the AM1 gene causes an albino midrib phenotype and enhances tolerance to drought in riceAbstract
K+ efflux antiporter (KEA) genes encode putative potassium efflux antiporters that are mainly located in plastid-containing organisms, ranging from lower green algae to higher flowering plants. However, little genetic evidence has been provided on the functions of KEA in chloroplast development. In this study, we isolated a rice mutant, albino midrib 1 (am1), with green- and white-variegation in the first few leaves, and albino midrib phenotype in older tissues. We found that AM1 encoded a putative KEA in chloroplast. AM1 was highly expressed in leaves, while lowly in roots. Chloroplast gene expression and proteins accumulation were affected during chlorophyll biosynthesis and photosynthesis in am1 mutants. Interestingly, AM1 was induced by salt and PEG, and am1 showed enhanced sensitivity to salinity in seed germination and increased tolerance to drought. Taken together, we concluded that KEAs were involved in chloroplast development and played important roles in drought tolerance. 相似文献19.
Amit Rai Michimi Nakamura Hiroki Takahashi Hideyuki Suzuki Kazuki Saito Mami Yamazaki 《Plant cell reports》2016,35(10):2091-2111
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