番茄中粉缺乏导致转录重编程,调节水果发育,新陈代谢和应激反应
Philippe Nicolas1, Richard J Pattison1, Yi Zheng1
1Boyce Thompson Institute, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA.
Journal of experimental botany
|June 6, 2023
概括
番茄水果以粉形式储存碳. 番茄水果以粉形式储存碳. 破坏adp突变体中的粉合成增加了可溶糖和激活压力保护,使水果抵抗开花后的腐烂.
科学领域:
- 植物生物学 植物生物学
- 代谢工程是代谢工程.
- 农业科学 农业科学
背景情况:
- 番茄果在发育过程中以粉的形式积累碳.
- 粉代谢对于碳缓冲和成熟水果中的糖分水平至关重要.
- 粉积累在水果发育和应激反应中的确切作用尚不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 研究粉积累在番茄果实发育中的作用.
- 分析受损粉合成对水果新陈代谢和抗压力的后果.
- 阐明碳水化合物代谢干扰对水果发育的影响.
主要方法:
- 番茄adpressa (adp) 突变的特征,由于ADP-葡萄糖核酸酶的突变,缺乏粉合成.
- 与野生类型相比,adp水果的转录和代谢概况.
- 评价水果对花朵末端腐烂的抵抗力.
主要成果:
- adp突变取消了粉合成,导致了显著的转录和代谢重编程.
- 缺乏粉会增加可溶糖,改变中央碳水化合物和脂质代谢,并激活生长和压力路径.
- adp水果表现出对花期腐烂的增强抵抗力,这是一个由压力引起的疾病.
结论:
- 粉合成对番茄果实大小或成熟的进展并不重要.
- 扰乱粉生物合成会触发新陈代谢调整,从而增加了对压力的耐受性.
- 了解粉的新陈代谢有助于提高肉类水果的非生物应激抵抗力.
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