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In Arabidopsis, the regulation network of the seed maturation program controls the induction of seed dormancy. Wheat EST sequences showing homology with the master regulators of seed maturation, LEAFY COTYLEDON1 (LEC1), LEC2 and FUSCA3 (FUS3), were searched from databases and designated respectively as TaL1L (LEC1-LIKE), TaL2L (LEC2-LIKE), and TaFUS3. TaL1LA, TaL2LA and TaFUS3 mainly expressed in seeds or embryos, with the expression limited to the early stages of seed development. Results show that tissue-specific and developmental-stage-dependent expressions are similar to those of seed maturation regulators in Arabidopsis. In wheat cultivars, the expression level of TaL1LA is correlated significantly with the germination index (GI) of whole seeds at 40 days after pollination (DAP) (r = –0.83**). Expression levels of TaFUS3 and TaL2LA are significantly correlated respectively with GIs at 40 DAP and 50 DAP, except for dormant cultivars. No correlation was found between the expression level of TaVP1, orthologue of ABA INSENSITIVE3 (ABI3), and seed dormancy. DELAY OF GERMINATION1 (DOG1) was identified as a quantitative trait locus (QTL) for the regulation of seed dormancy in Arabidopsis. Its promoter has RY motif, which is a target sequence of LEC2. Significant correlation was found between the expression of TaDOG1 and seed dormancy except for dormant cultivars. These results indicate that TaL1LA, TaL2LA, and TaFUS3 are wheat orthologues of seed maturation regulators. The expressions of these genes affect the level of seed dormancy. Furthermore, the pathways, which involve seed maturation regulators and TaDOG1, are important for regulating seed dormancy in wheat. 相似文献
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Irrigation and Seed Quality Development in Rapid-cycling Brassica: Soluble Carbohydrates and Heat-stable Proteins 总被引:4,自引:0,他引:4
Changes in soluble carbohydrates and heat-stable proteins havebeen examined in relation to the acquisition of desiccationtolerance and/or potential seed longevity during seed developmentin rapid-cycling brassica [Brassica campestris (rapa)L.]. Ratesof seed development were moderated by different irrigation regimes.At the early stages, glucose, fructose and sucrose predominated.The raffinose series oligosaccharides accumulated during seedmaturation, and occurred earliest in seeds from plants irrigatedonly until 16 days after pollination. Stachyose content correlatedpositively, and monosaccharide content correlated negatively,with the ability of seeds to tolerate rapid desiccation andwith their potential longevity (the constantKiof the seed viabilityequation). Similarly, the ratio of oligosaccharide[ratio]totalsugars provided strong positive correlations with ability totolerate desiccation and with potential longevity. Most of theheat-stable proteins selected for study accumulated comparativelylate, i.e. during maturation drying. The imposition of waterstress induced earlier accumulation of heat-stable proteins.The ability to tolerate desiccation was correlated with thecontent of selected heat-stable proteins, but potential longevityprovided stronger correlations. The content of a 58 kDa heat-stableprotein provided the strongest positive correlation with potentiallongevity. A simple multiple regression model of the relationsbetween potential longevity and both the oligosaccharide[ratio]totalsugar ratio and the 58 kDa heat-stable protein content was developedfor all three plant irrigation regimes to show the combinedeffect of certain sugars and proteins on seed quality. The modelsuggests that these sugars and proteins are equally likely tobe required for seed quality development, and that initiallythe sugars tend to accumulate at a greater rate than the proteins,but that during maturation drying the heat-stable proteins accumulateat the greater rate.Copyright 1998 Annals of Botany Company Brassica campestris (rapa) L., rapid-cycling brassica, potential longevity, seed development, desiccation tolerance, soluble sugars, oligosaccharides, dehydrins, heat-stable proteins. 相似文献
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Filippo Guzzon Maraeva Gianella Jose Alejandro Velazquez Juarez Cesar Sanchez Cano Denise E Costich 《Annals of botany》2021,127(6):775
Background and AimsThe long-term conservation of seeds of plant genetic resources is of key importance for food security and preservation of agrobiodiversity. Nevertheless, there is scarce information available about seed longevity of many crops under germplasm bank conditions.MethodsThrough germination experiments as well as the analysis of historical monitoring data, we studied the decline in viability manifested by 1000 maize (Zea mays subsp. mays) seed accessions conserved for an average of 48 years at the CIMMYT germplasm bank, the largest maize seedbank in the world, under two cold storage conditions: an active (–3 °C; intended for seed distribution) and a base conservation chamber (–15 °C; for long-term conservation).Key ResultsSeed lots stored in the active chamber had a significantly lower and more variable seed germination, averaging 81.4 %, as compared with the seed lots conserved in the base chamber, averaging 92.1 %. The average seed viability detected in this study was higher in comparison with that found in other seed longevity studies on maize conserved under similar conditions. A significant difference was detected in seed germination and longevity estimates (e.g. p85 and p50) among accessions. Correlating seed longevity with seed traits and passport data, grain type showed the strongest correlation, with flint varieties being longer lived than floury and dent types.ConclusionsThe more rapid loss of seed viability detected in the active chamber suggests that the seed conservation approach, based on the storage of the same seed accessions in two chambers with different temperatures, might be counterproductive for overall long-term conservation and that base conditions should be applied in both. The significant differences detected in seed longevity among accessions underscores that different viability monitoring and regeneration intervals should be applied to groups of accessions showing different longevity profiles. 相似文献
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Xurong Tang Shaomin Bian Mingjuan Tang Qing Lu Shengben Li Xigang Liu Gang Tian Vi Nguyen Edward W. T. Tsang Aiming Wang Steven J. Rothstein Xuemei Chen Yuhai Cui 《PLoS genetics》2012,8(11)
The seed maturation program only occurs during late embryogenesis, and repression of the program is pivotal for seedling development. However, the mechanism through which this repression is achieved in vegetative tissues is poorly understood. Here we report a microRNA (miRNA)–mediated repression mechanism operating in leaves. To understand the repression of the embryonic program in seedlings, we have conducted a genetic screen using a seed maturation gene reporter transgenic line in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) for the isolation of mutants that ectopically express seed maturation genes in leaves. One of the mutants identified from the screen is a weak allele of ARGONAUTE1 (AGO1) that encodes an effector protein for small RNAs. We first show that it is the defect in the accumulation of miRNAs rather than other small RNAs that causes the ectopic seed gene expression in ago1. We then demonstrate that overexpression of miR166 suppresses the derepression of the seed gene reporter in ago1 and that, conversely, the specific loss of miR166 causes ectopic expression of seed maturation genes. Further, we show that ectopic expression of miR166 targets, type III homeodomain-leucine zipper (HD-ZIPIII) genes PHABULOSA (PHB) and PHAVOLUTA (PHV), is sufficient to activate seed maturation genes in vegetative tissues. Lastly, we show that PHB binds the promoter of LEAFY COTYLEDON2 (LEC2), which encodes a master regulator of seed maturation. Therefore, this study establishes a core module composed of a miRNA, its target genes (PHB and PHV), and the direct target of PHB (LEC2) as an underlying mechanism that keeps the seed maturation program off during vegetative development. 相似文献
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Protein Repair l-Isoaspartyl Methyltransferase1 Is Involved in Both Seed Longevity and Germination Vigor in Arabidopsis 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
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Laurent Ogé Gildas Bourdais Jér?me Bove Boris Collet Béatrice Godin Fabienne Granier Jean-Pierre Boutin Dominique Job Marc Jullien Philippe Grappin 《The Plant cell》2008,20(11):3022-3037
The formation of abnormal amino acid residues is a major source of spontaneous age-related protein damage in cells. The protein l-isoaspartyl methyltransferase (PIMT) combats protein misfolding resulting from l-isoaspartyl formation by catalyzing the conversion of abnormal l-isoaspartyl residues to their normal l-aspartyl forms. In this way, the PIMT repair enzyme system contributes to longevity and survival in bacterial and animal kingdoms. Despite the discovery of PIMT activity in plants two decades ago, the role of this enzyme during plant stress adaptation and in seed longevity remains undefined. In this work, we have isolated Arabidopsis thaliana lines exhibiting altered expression of PIMT1, one of the two genes encoding the PIMT enzyme in Arabidopsis. PIMT1 overaccumulation reduced the accumulation of l-isoaspartyl residues in seed proteins and increased both seed longevity and germination vigor. Conversely, reduced PIMT1 accumulation was associated with an increase in the accumulation of l-isoaspartyl residues in the proteome of freshly harvested dry mature seeds, thus leading to heightened sensitivity to aging treatments and loss of seed vigor under stressful germination conditions. These data implicate PIMT1 as a major endogenous factor that limits abnormal l-isoaspartyl accumulation in seed proteins, thereby improving seed traits such as longevity and vigor. The PIMT repair pathway likely works in concert with other anti-aging pathways to actively eliminate deleterious protein products, thus enabling successful seedling establishment and strengthening plant proliferation in natural environments. 相似文献
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Acquisition of Desiccation Tolerance and Longevity in Seeds of Arabidopsis thaliana (A Comparative Study Using Abscisic Acid-Insensitive abi3 Mutants) 总被引:12,自引:3,他引:9
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Ooms J Leon-Kloosterziel KM Bartels D Koornneef M Karssen CM 《Plant physiology》1993,102(4):1185-1191
Two new abscisic acid (ABA)-insensitive mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana affected in the abi3 locus are described. These new mutants are severely ABA insensitive. Like the earlier described abi3-1 and the ABA-deficient and -insensitive double mutant aba,abi3, these new mutants vary in the extent of ABA-correlated physiological responses. Mutant seeds fail to degrade chlorophyll during maturation and show no dormancy, and desiccation tolerance and longevity are poorly developed. Carbohydrate accumulation as well as synthesis of LEA or RAB proteins are often suggested to be essential for acquisition of desiccation tolerance. In this work two points are demonstrated. (a) Accumulation of carbohydrates as such does not correlate with acquisition of desiccation tolerance or longevity. It is suggested that a low ratio of mono- to oligosac-charides rather than the absolute amount of carbohydrates controls seed longevity or stability to desiccation tolerance. (b) Synthesis of a few assorted proteins, which is responsive to ABA in the later part of seed maturation, is not correlated with desiccation tolerance or longevity. 相似文献
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Yongzhen Pang Xiaofei Cheng David V. Huhman Junying Ma Gregory J. Peel Keiko Yonekura-Sakakibara Kazuki Saito Guoan Shen Lloyd W. Sumner Yuhong Tang Jianqi Wen Jianfei Yun Richard A. Dixon 《Planta》2013,238(1):139-154
In the first reaction specific for proanthocyanidin (PA) biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana and Medicago truncatula, anthocyanidin reductase (ANR) converts cyanidin to (?)-epicatechin. The glucosyltransferase UGT72L1 catalyzes formation of epicatechin 3′-O-glucoside (E3′OG), the preferred substrate for MATE transporters implicated in PA biosynthesis in both species. The mechanism of PA polymerization is still unclear, but may involve the laccase-like polyphenol oxidase TRANSPARENT TESTA 10 (TT10). We have employed a combination of cell biological, biochemical and genetic approaches to evaluate this PA pathway model. The promoter regions of UGT72L1 and MtANR share common cis-acting elements and direct overlapping, but partially distinct, expression patterns. UGT72L1 and MtANR are localized in the cytosol, whereas TT10 is localized to the vacuole. Over-expression of UGT72L1 in M. truncatula hairy roots results in increased accumulation of PA-like compounds, and loss of function of UGT72L1 partially reduces epicatechin, E3′OG and extractable PA levels in M. truncatula seeds. Expression of UGT72L1 in A. thaliana leads to a massive increase in E3′OG in immature seed, but reduced levels of extractable PAs. However, when UGT72L1 was expressed in the Arabidopsis tt10 mutant, extractable PA levels increased and seed coat browning was delayed. Our results suggest that glycosylation of epicatechin is important for both PA precursor transport and assembly, but that additional redundant pathways may exist. 相似文献
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Massimo Confalonieri Maria Carelli Valentina Galimberti Anca Macovei Francesco Panara Marco Biggiogera Carla Scotti Ornella Calderini 《Plant Molecular Biology Reporter》2014,32(5):957-970
The increase of seed size is of great interest in Medicago spp., to improve germination, seedling vigour and, consequently, early forage yield as well as for optimizing seeding techniques and post-seeding management. This study evaluated the effects of the ectopic expression of the AINTEGUMENTA (ANT) cDNA from Arabidopsis thaliana, under the control of the seed-specific USP promoter from Vicia faba, on seed size, germination and seedling growth in barrel medic (Medicago truncatula Gaertn.). All the transgenic T2 barrel medic lines expressing ANT produced seeds significantly larger than those of control plants. Microscopic analysis on transgenic T3 mature seeds revealed that cotyledon storage parenchyma cells were significantly larger and contained larger storage vacuoles than those of the untransformed control. Moreover, the percentage of germination was significantly higher and germination was more rapid in transgenic than in control seeds. Our results indicate that the seed-specific expression of ANT in barrel medic led to larger seeds and improved seed germination, and revealed a regulatory role for ANT in controlling seed size development. 相似文献
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