Cloning and characterization of a SnRK1-encoding gene from <Emphasis Type="Italic">Malus hupehensis</Emphasis> Rehd. and heterologous expression in tomato |
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Authors: | Guangjie Li Futian Peng Lin Zhang Xingzheng Shi Zhaoyan Wang |
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Institution: | (1) College of Science and Engineering Horticulture, State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, 271018, China; |
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Abstract: | Sucrose non-fermenting-1-related protein kinase-1 (SnRK1) plays an important role in metabolic regulation in plant. To understand
the molecular mechanism of amino acids and carbohydrate metabolism in Malus hupehensis Rehd. var. pinyiensis Jiang (Pingyi Tiancha, PYTC), a full-length cDNA clone encoding homologue of SnRK1 was isolated from PYTC by Rapid Amplification
of cDNA Ends (RACE). The clone, designated as MhSnRK1, contains 2063 nucleotides with an open reading frame of 1548 nucleotides. The deduced 515 amino acids showed high identities
with other plant SnRK1 genes. Quantitative real-time PCR analysis revealed this gene was expressed in roots, stems and leaves. Exposing seedlings
to nitrate caused and initial decrease in expression of the MhSnRK1 gene in roots, leaves and stems in short term. Ectopic expression of MhSnRK1 in tomato mainly resulted in higher starch content in leaf and red-ripening fruit than wild-type plants. This result supports
the hypothesis that overexpression of SnRK1 causes the accumulation of starch in plant cells. All the results suggest that
MhSnRK1 may play important roles in carbohydrate and amino acid metabolisms. |
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