Alteration of the omega-3 fatty acid desaturase gene is associated with reduced linolenic acid in the A5 soybean genotype

Reducing the linolenic acid (18?:?3^{ω? 3,6,9}) concentration of soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] oil may lessen the need for chemical hydrogenation and enhance flavor stability. Soybean genotypes A5 and A23 have reduced linolenic acid concentration compared with current cultivars. Seed linolenic acid is synthesized primarily by the ω-3 fatty acid desaturase located in the microsomes. The objective of this research was to study whether this enzyme has a role in reducing the fatty acid levels in the soybean genotypes A5 and A23. DNA from A5 and A23 was analyzed by gel-blot hybridization with a cDNA encoding the ω-3 fatty acid desaturase. A5 and lines selected from it have a DNA fragment missing compared to A23 and lines with normal linolenic acid concentration. Seventy F_4:5 lines from a population segregating for linolenic acid concentration were scored for presence or absence of the fragment. The absence of the fragment was significantly (P?0.0001) associated with a reduced linolenic acid level and accounted for 67% of the variation for linolenic acid in the population. These results suggest that the reduced linolenic acid concentration in A5 was at least partially the result of a full or partial deletion of a microsomal ω-3 desaturase gene. No DNA polymorphisms were found for the desaturase gene in A23, so no mutations could be studied in this line.     

应用关联分析鉴定大豆对斜纹夜蛾的抗性基因

用135个分布于全基因组的SSR（simple sequence repeat）标记分析196份大豆（Glycine max）地方品种的遗传变异、群体结构和连锁不平衡（linkage disequilibrium,LD）。在考虑群体结构的条件下,应用全基因组关联分析的方法鉴定与大豆抗斜纹夜蛾有关的数量性状位点,进而发掘各关联位点的优异等位基因及代表性载体材料。结果表明：（1）该群体不仅地理起源广,而且遗传变异丰富;（2）在整个群体内,有17.9%的标记对处于显著的连锁不平衡,而且在相同染色体上标记对间连锁不平衡延伸的平均距离约为6.61cM（D＇〉0,P〈0.05）;（3）通过关联分析发现,有7个SSR标记分别与3个大豆抗斜纹夜蛾性状关联（P〈0.01）,其中4个位点对性状的变异解释率超过了10%,6个位点所在的连锁群上存在已报道的食叶性害虫抗性位点;（4）各位点等位基因的效应分析显示,幼虫重相关位点的等位基因主要表现为减效作用,等位基因Sat_334-A208减效作用最大（43.9%）;单虫食叶量和蛹重相关位点的等位基因主要表现为增效作用;等位基因Satt199-A186对单虫食叶量增效作用最大（36.4%）;等位基因Sat_320-A286对蛹重增效作用最大（31.4%）。     

Involvement of chalcone reductase in the soybean isoflavone metabolon: identification of GmCHR5, which interacts with 2‐hydroxyisoflavanone synthase

Soybean (Glycine max) 5‐deoxyisoflavonoids (daidzein and its conjugates) are precursors of glyceollin phytoalexins. They are also converted to equol by microbes in the human intestine, resulting in health benefits. 5‐Deoxyisoflavonoids accumulate in the roots (93% mol/mol of the total root isoflavonoids) and seeds of unstressed soybean plants. Chalcone reductase (CHR) is a key enzyme mediating 5‐deoxyisoflavonoid biosynthesis because it catalyzes the production of 6′‐deoxychalcone through its effects on the chalcone synthase (CHS)‐catalyzed reaction. The soybean genome encodes at least 11 CHR‐related homologs, but it is unclear which ones are functionally important for daidzein accumulation in unstressed plants. Among the CHR homologs, the temporal and spatial expression patterns of GmCHR5 were the most correlated with the distribution patterns of 5‐deoxyisoflavonoids. The CHR activity of GmCHR5 was confirmed in vitro and in planta. In the in vitro assays, the ratio of CHR products (6′‐deoxychalcone) to total CHS products (R value) was dependent on GmCHR5 and CHS concentrations, with higher concentrations resulting in higher R values (i.e. approaching 90%). Subcellular localization analyses revealed that GmCHR5 was present in the cytoplasm and nucleus. Protein–protein interaction assays indicated that GmCHR5, but not GmCHR1 and GmCHR6, interacted with 2‐hydroxyisoflavanone synthase (IFS) isozymes. The CHS isozymes also interacted with IFS isozymes but not with GmCHR5. The proposed micro‐compartmentalization of isoflavone biosynthesis through the formation of an IFS‐mediated metabolon is probably involved in positioning GmCHR5 close to CHS, resulting in an R value that is high enough for the accumulation of abundant 5‐deoxyisoflavonoids in soybean roots.     

大豆GmNAC73-like基因的克隆和表达及其对GmIFS2基因的影响

为研究NAC转录因子对大豆﹝Glycine max ( Linn.) Merr.〕异黄酮合成的影响,根据大豆基因组序列设计引物,从豆荚中克隆获得GmNAC73-like基因,并对该基因序列进行生物信息学分析。结果显示：GmNAC73-like基因包含1个长度981 bp的完整开放阅读框,编码326个氨基酸。 GmNAC73-like蛋白的理论相对分子质量37000,理论等电点pI 6.4,为亲水性蛋白,无信号肽,并被定位在细胞核上,包含核定位信号“PKRRK”。同源性比对结果显示：GmNAC73-like蛋白与野大豆( Glycine soja Sieb. et Zucc.)、蒺藜苜蓿( Medicago truncatula Gaertn.)、可可( Theobroma cacao Linn.)、葡萄( Vitis vinifera Linn.)及拟南芥﹝Arabidopsis thaliana ( Linn.) Heynh.〕的NAC蛋白具有较高的相似性,相似度分别为93%、69%、73%、75%和58%。在NJ系统树上,GmNAC73-like蛋白与野大豆的GsNAC8蛋白和木豆﹝Cajanus cajan ( Linn.) Millsp.〕的CcNAC8蛋白聚在一起,显示出较近的亲缘关系。半定量RT-PCR分析结果显示：在大豆的三叶期、开花期和结荚期,GmNAC73-like基因在根中均不表达,在茎和叶中可不同程度表达且茎中表达量较高;而在开花期或结荚期,该基因在花或豆荚中也可表达,且豆荚中表达量较高。酵母单杂交实验结果显示：GmNAC73-like可与异黄酮生物合成关键酶基因GmIFS2启动子中的CGTG基序结合;在大豆转基因发状根系中过表达GmNAC73-like基因后,除查尔酮异构酶基因的表达量无变化外,其他异黄酮生物合成相关基因的表达量均不同程度提高,其中,肉桂酸-4-羟化酶基因和查尔酮合酶基因的表达量明显提高。此外,在GmNAC73-like基因过表达的大豆转基因发状根系中总异黄酮含量显著降低。综合分析结果表明：GmNAC73-like可能通过与MYB转录因子的互作调控GmIFS2基因的表达,并在大豆异黄酮的生物合成过程中起负调控作用。