油菜叶绿素b减少突变体Cr3529叶绿素生物合成的研究

利用吸收光谱和荧光光谱法测定了油菜叶绿素b减少突变体Cr3529子叶叶绿素生物合成途径中几种主要前体物质的含量.结果显示:突变体子叶中叶绿素生物合成第一个限速步骤的前体物质δ-氨基乙酰丙酸(ALA)含量与野生型油菜大致相同,饲喂ALA后的突变体及野生型油菜子叶中ALA含量均显著增加,但二者无显著差异;胆色素原含量在突变体中也未降低,而尿卟啉原Ⅲ含量仅为野生型的一半,粪卟啉原Ⅲ、原卟啉Ⅸ、镁原卟啉Ⅸ和原植基叶绿素的含量都明显低于野生型.结果证明,Cr3529突变体中叶绿素生物合成受阻于由胆色素原形成尿卟啉原Ⅲ的步骤,其叶绿素合成缺陷的机制和前体物质的累积与其它叶绿素b减少突变体明显不同.     

高粱浅绿叶突变体sll1的农艺性状和生理生化特性

通过EMS诱变野生型高粱BTx623种子获得浅绿叶突变体sll1(Sorghum Light-green Leaf 1)。以野生型BTx623为对照,进行成熟期农艺性状调查和苗期生理生化指标测定。结果表明,突变体sll1茎粗和穗柄长与BTx623相比没有显著差异,而株高、穗长、粒数和千粒重均低于BTx623,存在极显著差异,且抽穗期延迟15~20 d。苗期叶片叶绿素测定结果显示,突变体sll1叶绿素a、叶绿素b和总叶绿素含量均极显著低于BTx623,其中叶绿素b含量只有野生型的1/10,推测该突变体是叶绿素b减少型突变体。突变体sll1蛋白总量显著低于BTx623,但脯氨酸含量以及超氧化物歧化酶、过氧化物酶和过氧化氢酶活性均极显著高于BTx623,说明突变体sll1具有较强的渗透调节能力和清除活性氧的能力以维持自身正常生长。     

一个大豆理想株型突变体it1的表型和生理鉴定

突变体是基因功能研究和品种改良的重要材料。本研究对一个中品661 EMS诱变的株型突变体(it1)进行了表型和生理鉴定,旨在为该突变体的利用提供参考。结果表明:与野生型相比,突变体株型紧凑,节间缩短,叶片变小呈深绿色且皱缩;突变体高度降低为野生型的2/3,但节间数目与野生型无显著差别,说明it1株高降低是由每个节间长度缩短造成的,与节间数目无关;突变体的分枝数、荚数、粒数、叶柄长度及夹角、百粒重等产量性状均显著或极显著低于野生型。与野生型相比,突变体叶片叶绿素相对含量和木质素的含量显著高于野生型。本研究结果为控制突变相关基因的定位、图位克隆和功能分析以及育种利用提供了优良种质和理论依据。     

一个新的玉米黄绿叶突变体ygl-m的初步研究

在田间选育系谱过程中发现了一份黄绿叶突变体ygl-m,该突变体叶片在苗期自发地表现黄绿色,待植株长到6周大左右植株叶片开始恢复绿色,最后整个植株叶片都恢复正常的绿色。苗期ygl-m与野生型植株B73相比,叶片总叶绿素、叶绿素a、叶绿素b含量均显著下降,叶绿素a/b比值显著升高;苗期叶片叶绿体中基粒类囊体片层较少,排列不规则,结构松散。遗传分析表明,突变体ygl-m的黄绿叶表型由隐性单基因控制。本研究将为开展ygl-m基因的分子标记定位和进一步探讨其利用潜力奠定基础。     

一个番茄EMS叶色黄化突变体的叶绿素含量及光合作用

本试验以测序番茄品种‘Heinz 1706’的甲基磺酸乙酯(EMS)诱变所获得的叶色黄化突变体(Y55)为试材,分析了突变体的植株生长、叶片叶绿素含量及光合参数.结果表明: Y55的株高、茎粗、鲜质量均显著降低;叶绿素 a、叶绿素 b 、类胡萝卜素、总叶绿素含量以及叶绿素 a/b均显著降低,Y55叶绿素合成的前体物质含量均显著低于野生型,尤其是粪卟啉原Ⅲ及其后前体物质;且Y55叶片净光合速率、蒸腾速率、胞间CO₂浓度、气孔导度均显著低于野生型,最大光合速率、CO₂饱和点与补偿点、光饱和点与补偿点也显著下降;Y55的PSII最大量子效率显著降低,F_o显著升高,PSII与PSI的光合电子产量和电子传递速率显著降低;Y55处于基态的捕光色素分子、捕光色素分子处于最低激发态的平均寿命均显著降低.表明粪卟啉原Ⅲ的合成受阻可能是黄化突变体Y55叶绿素含量下降的主要原因,黄化突变降低了叶片捕光色素分子数量,影响了叶片的光合作用,进而抑制了植株的生长发育.     

叶绿素b含量低的水稻突变体的光合功能衰退及其与活性氧的关系

研究了一个在田间发现的水稻叶绿素b含量低的突变体叶片的光合功能衰退。和野生型相比,突变体的光合功能在叶片一生中较稳定;超氧阴离子和H2O2含量低,但活性氧清除系统的SOD和CAT酶活性差异不显著。由于突变体叶片中还原态辅酶Ⅱ和氧化态辅酶Ⅱ的比值低于野生型,因而认为其光合电子传递速率和羧化反应消耗电子速率之间比野生型更加平衡,是其光合功能较野生型稳定的原因。     

黄瓜矮生突变体C1056的茎解剖结构及其生理特性分析

该研究以黄瓜矮生突变体C1056和野生型CCMC为材料,对其主要生理特性、叶绿体超微结构以及茎显微结构进行了观察、测定和比较分析,以探讨黄瓜株高调控机理并挖掘新的矮化种质,为黄瓜的矮化育种提供依据。结果显示:(1)突变体C1056的株高较野生型极显著变矮,且叶色加深、叶脉加粗、叶尖内卷、叶片皱缩,但茎粗、节间数与野生型无显著差异,而节间长度极显著低于野生型。(2)茎横切显微结构显示,突变体的维管束数量与野生型无显著差异,但导管直径缩小;纵切结果显示,突变体茎节间细胞长度变短,细胞变小,细胞数目略有补偿。(3)与野生型相比,突变体的叶绿素和类胡萝卜素含量均有不同程度的下降,叶绿素/类胡萝卜素和叶绿素a/b的比值明显增高。(4)突变体叶绿素荧光各参数与野生型相比无明显变化;突变体的净光合速率较野生型降低8%,气孔导度、蒸腾速率较野生型分别提高15%和10%,但差异均不显著,而胞间CO2浓度显著高于野生型。(5)透射电镜观察结果发现,与野生型相比,突变体的叶肉细胞比较小,叶绿体所占细胞面积明增大,且叶绿体形状为半圆形和纺锤形,部分非正常结构的叶绿体的大部分基质、基粒片层未完全分化且不清晰,垛叠不整齐。研究表明,黄瓜矮生突变体C1056的矮化主要因其节间长度缩短以及细胞变小所致,且突变体的叶绿体结构受到一定程度的影响,但并未明显影响其光合能力。     

小麦旗叶黄化转绿突变体的生理分析及细胞学研究

叶色突变体是研究植物光合作用机理的理想材料。该研究以小麦旗叶黄化转绿突变体LF2090及其野生型H_261为材料,对其主要农艺性状、光合色素含量、光合参数和叶绿体超微结构进行比较分析。结果显示:突变体在旗叶黄化期叶绿素b含量显著降低,叶绿体结构基本正常,光合速率无显著变化;在旗叶转绿期,突变体叶绿素b相对含量提高,但各色素含量均显著下降,叶绿体内基粒大部分消失,细胞间CO_2浓度及光合速率均显著下降。研究表明,叶绿素a与叶绿素b间的比例变化导致突变体旗叶叶片颜色发生由黄转绿的变化;突变体LF2090旗叶气孔部分关闭是该突变体光合速率降低和农艺性状较差的主要原因,同时色素含量降低导致叶绿体结构的改变也影响着旗叶的光合效率。     

水稻幼苗条纹突变体yss1的转录组分析

利用60Co辐射诱变籼稻品种"Ⅱ-32B",筛选得到一个水稻幼苗条纹突变体yss1,该突变体在水稻五叶期前表现出明显的条纹叶表型;色素分析表明yss1叶片中叶绿素和类胡萝卜素含量明显低于野生型,五叶期后突变体和野生型无显著差异。利用转录组分析水稻三叶期野生型和突变体yss1中的基因表达,表明与野生型相比,yss1中表达差异显著的基因432个,其中274个表达上调,158个表达下调。GO分析显示叶绿素合成途径中多数基因表达上调,类胡萝卜素合成过程中的相关基因受到不同程度地调控。因此,推测YSS1基因通过调节叶绿素和类胡萝卜素合成过程中的基因表达,进而调控光合色素的合成。     

芥菜型油菜黄化突变体叶片叶绿素合成代谢变化

以芥菜型油菜黄化突变体(L638-y)及其野生型(L638-g)为材料,测定了叶片叶绿素(Chl)、类胡萝卜素(Caro)、Chl合成代谢中间产物含量变化,及叶绿素分解代谢的关键酶叶绿素酶(Chlase)和叶绿素合成代谢相关的氨基乙酰脱氢酶(ALAD)、胆色素原脱氨酶(PBGD)、粪卟啉原Ⅲ氧化酶(CPOX)和原卟啉原Ⅸ氧化酶(PPOX)的活性变化,以揭示芥菜型油菜黄化突变体L638-y叶片缺绿的生化机制.结果显示:(1)从油菜苗期到现蕾期,L638-y叶片总Chl和Caro含量均显著低于L638-g,且Chl b含量降低程度大于Chl a,总Chl含量降低程度大于Caro;(2)L638-y叶片Chlase活性在3～5叶期显著低于L638-g, 其它各生长时期二者Chlase活性均无显著差异;(3)L638-y叶片叶绿素合成代谢中间产物氨基乙酰丙酸(ALA)、胆色素原(BPG)、尿卟啉原Ⅲ(Urogen Ⅲ)和粪卟啉原Ⅲ(Coprogen Ⅲ)含量均显著大于L638-g,而原卟啉Ⅸ(Proto Ⅸ)、镁原卟啉(Mg-Proto)、原脱植基叶绿素(Pchlide)的含量却显著低于L638-g;与L638-g相比,L638-y叶片ALAD活性无显著差异,BPGD活性显著增加,而COPX和PPOX活性却显著降低.研究表明,L638-y叶片叶绿素缺乏的主要原因是叶绿素合成代谢受阻,而并非其叶绿素降解所致,受阻位点在由Coprogen Ⅲ-Proto Ⅸ的反应.这是一种不同于前人报道的新型缺绿突变体.     

Pigment and quinone content of two photosynthetic barley mutants

The pigment and quinone content of wild-type barley ( Hordeum vulgare L., cv. Svalöfs Bonus) and of two photosynthetic mutants was assayed. Wild type plants and the photosystem Hacking mutant viridis zb63 contained chlorophyll a and b. whereas chlorina-f2 contained only chlorophyll a The inability of the mutant chlorina-f2 to convert chlorophyll a into chlorophyll a appears to he the primary effect of the mutation. In both mutants, the carotenoid composition was virtually identical to that of the wild type. As compared to the wild type. chlorina-f2 contained less lutein and neoxanthin. The mutant viridis-zb63 contained less β-carotene but more antheraxanthin and xeaxanthin than the wild type. The quinone content and composition of the wild type and the photosynthetic mutants was similar, and both mutants biosynthesized plastid quinones and chromanols starting from [14C]-labeled tyrosine. The data indicate that carotenoid and quinone biosynthesis are not altered in the two mutants as compared to the wild type.     

水稻叶色突变体叶绿体发育规律研究

从温敏核不育系水稻'810S'中筛选出一个生长发育正常的淡黄绿叶色自然突变株'标810S',其叶绿素含量约为'810S'的50%,光合速率比野生型高.以'810S'为对照,对'标810S'进行叶片形态、叶肉细胞和叶绿体超微结构以及叶绿体蛋白研究.结果显示,'标810S'的叶长、宽和面积与'810S'相似;叶肉细胞和叶绿体发育稍迟缓,片层结构减少;叶绿体蛋白约为对照的55%,并初步鉴定出与光合作用相关的差异蛋白点13个,其中4个缺失蛋白,包括1个RuBP大亚基缺失.推测该水稻突变体叶色变浅与叶绿体基粒片层减少有关.     

Regulation of photosynthesis in developing leaves of soybean chlorophyll-deficient mutants

In this report we examine the factors that regulate photosynthesis during leaf ontogeny in y3y3 and Y11y11, two chlorophyll-deficient mutants of soybean. Photosynthetic rates were similar during wild type and Y11y11 leaf development, but the senescence decline in photosynthesis was accelerated in y3y3. Photosynthetic rates fell more rapidly than chlorophyll concentrations during senescence in wild type leaves, indicating that light harvesting is not strongly limiting for photosynthesis during this phase of leaf development. Chlorophyll concentrations in Y11y11, though significantly lower than normal, were able to support normal photosynthetic rates throughout leaf ontogeny. Chlorophyll a/b ratios were constant during leaf development in the wild type, but in the mutants they progressively increased (y3y3) or decreased (Y11y11). In all three sets of plants, photosynthetic rates were directly proportional to Rubisco contents and activities, suggesting that Rubisco plays a dominant role in regulating photosynthesis throughout leaf ontogeny in these plants. The expression of some photosynthetic proteins, such as Rubisco activase, was coordinately regulated with that of Rubisco in all three genotypes, i.e. an early increase, coincident with leaf expansion, followed by a senescence decline in the fully-expanded leaf. On the other hand, the light harvesting chlorophyll a/b-binding proteins of PS II (the CAB proteins), while they showed a profile similar to that of Rubisco in the wild type and y3y3, progressively increased in amount during Y11y11 leaf development. We conclude that Y11y11 may be defective in the accumulation of a component required for LHC II assembly or function, while y3y3 has more global effects and may be a regulatory factor that controls the duration of senescence.     

Physiological character and molecular mapping of leaf-color mutant wyv1 in rice (Oryza sativa L.)

The seed of an excellent indica restorer line Jinhui10 (Oryza sativa L. ssp. indica) was treated by ethyl methanesulfonate (EMS); a leaf-color mutant displaying distinct phenotype throughout development grown in paddy field was identified from the progeny. The mutant leaf showed white-yellow at seedling stage and then turned to yellow-green at tillering stage, after that, virescent color appeared until to maturity. The mutant was thus temporarily designed as wyv1. The chlorophyll contents decreased significantly and the changing was consistent with the chlorotic level of wyv1 leaves. Chlorophyll fluorescence kinetic parameters measured at the seedling stage showed that co-efficiency of photochemical quenching (qP), actual photosystem II efficiency (ΦPS II), electron transport rate (ETR) and initial chlorophyll fluorescence level (Fo), net photosynthetic rate (Pn) and maximum photochemical efficiency (Fv / Fm) significantly decreased in severe chlorotic leaf of the mutant compared with that of wild type. However, no significant differences were observed for Pn and Fv/Fm between virescent leaf and normal green leaf. Genetic analysis suggested that the mutant phenotype was controlled by a single recessive nuclear gene which was finally mapped between SSR marker Y7 and Y6 on rice chromosome 3 based on F2 population of Xinong1A / wyv1. Genetic distances were 0.06 cM and 0.03 cM respectively, and the physical distance was 84 kb according to the sequence of indica rice 9311. The results must facilitate map-based cloning and functional analysis of WYV1 gene.     

Accumulation of menaquinones with incompletely reduced side chains and loss of alpha-tocopherol in rice mutants with alternations in the chlorophyll moiety

The rice mutants M249 and M134 accumulate chlorophyllides a and b which are esterified with incompletely reduced alcohols such as geranylgeraniol, dihydrogeranylgeraniol, and tetrahydrogeranylgeraniol. Quantities of alpha-tocopherol, phylloquinone, and menaquinones in leaves of these mutants were determined by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with a fluorescence detector after post-column chemical reduction to convert quinones to fluorescent quinols. Methylnaphthoquinones, varying in the reduction state of the side chain (menaquinones), were detected in leaf segments of the rice mutants on HPLC analyses with both high selectivity and sensitivity to plant quinones. Mutant M249 preferentially accumulated menaquinone, which contains tetrahydrogeranylgeraniol as its side chain. However, mutant M134 exhibited preferential accumulation of menaquinone with a geranylgeraniol side chain. In both mutants, the accumulation patterns of menaquinones with different prenyl side chains were similar to those of chlorophyll with the corresponding prenyl side chains. The content of P700, the photosystem I primary electron donor, in the wild type was greater than that of either mutant, on both a chlorophyll and a fresh weight basis. However, the ratios of total methylnaphthoquinones to P700 were similar in both the wild type and the mutants. Since no comparative large differences in photosynthetic activity exist between the wild type and the mutants, these results suggest that the hydrogenation of the methylnaphthoquinone side chain to phytol is not an essential requirement for it to function as an electron acceptor in photosystem I. On the other hand, alpha-tocopherol was detected in fully developed leaves of the wild type, but not in those of the mutants. Accumulation of menaquinones and the loss of alpha-tocopherol in mutant leaves suggest that the reduction of chlorophyll-geranylgeraniol to phytol and that of geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate to phytyl pyrophosphate are catalysed by the same enzyme.     

水稻黄绿叶调控基因YGL18的克隆与功能解析

叶色突变体往往伴随着叶绿素含量变化及叶绿体结构异常, 是研究叶绿体发育与光合作用相关基因功能的重要材料。该研究通过甲基磺酸乙酯(EMS)诱变籼稻(Oryza sativa subsp. indica)品种华占(HZ)获得黄绿叶突变体, 将其命名为ygl18 (yellow-green leaf 18)。与野生型相比, 黄绿叶突变体ygl18自三叶期起叶片开始变黄且程度不断加深, 同时伴随着光合速率与叶绿素含量下降, 且结实率、千粒重及有效穗数均显著降低。透射电镜观察结果显示, ygl18的叶绿体结构紊乱, 基质片层疏松, 发育受到抑制, 与叶片出现黄绿色表型一致。遗传分析表明, ygl18突变性状受1对隐性等位核基因控制, 这对等位基因位于水稻第3号染色体长臂标记InDel2和InDel3之间115.2 kb范围内。进一步研究发现该突变体表型是编码铁氧还蛋白FdC2的基因LOC_Os03g48040的5'UTR发生突变所致。通过CRISPR转基因实验验证了该基因对表型的控制作用。研究结果揭示了叶色调控网络的遗传基础, 可为今后选育高光效水稻品种提供新线索。     

Pigment shuffling in antenna systems achieved by expressing prokaryotic chlorophyllide a oxygenase in Arabidopsis

The organization of pigment molecules in photosystems is strictly determined. The peripheral antennae have both chlorophyll a and b, but the core antennae consist of only chlorophyll a in green plants. Furthermore, according to the recent model obtained from the crystal structure of light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b-protein complexes II (LHCII), individual chlorophyll-binding sites are occupied by either chlorophyll a or chlorophyll b. In this study, we succeeded in altering these pigment organizations by introducing a prokaryotic chlorophyll b synthesis gene (chlorophyllide a oxygenase (CAO)) into Arabidopsis. In these transgenic plants (Prochlirothrix hollandica CAO plants), approximately 40% of chlorophyll a of the core antenna complexes was replaced by chlorophyll b in both photosystems. Chlorophyll a/b ratios of LHCII also decreased from 1.3 to 0.8 in PhCAO plants. Surprisingly, these transgenic plants were capable of photosynthetic growth similar to wild type under low light conditions. These results indicate that chlorophyll organizations are not solely determined by the binding affinities, but they are also controlled by CAO. These data also suggest that strict organizations of chlorophyll molecules are not essential for photosynthesis under low light conditions.     

Characterization of an Abc1 kinase family gene OsABC1-2 conferring enhanced tolerance to dark-induced stress in rice

Leaf senescence is a complex and highly organized process resulting in numerous changes of gene expression and metabolic procedures. However, the exact mechanisms underlying these changes are not well understood. In this study, we reported a rice (Oryza sativa) T-DNA insertion mutant impaired in an Abc1 kinase family gene with a dwarf and pale-green phenotype. The mutant showed reduced pigment content and photosynthetic efficiency and increased superoxide dismutase activity in leaves. The mutated gene, designated OsABC1-2, is expressed primarily in green tissues and/or organs and encodes a protein localized in chloroplast envelope. Expression of the gene was drastically suppressed by dark treatment. Overexpression of the gene in rice enhanced tolerance to prolonged dark-induced stress. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that the plant Abc1 proteins could be divided into three subgroups and OsAbc1-2 resides in a subgroup with potential chloroplast origin. Our results suggest that divergence has occurred among plant Abc1 family and chloroplast Abc1 kinases play potential roles in regulating dark-induced senescence of plants.