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The tomato WV gene encoding a thioredoxin protein is essential for chloroplast development at low temperature and high light intensity

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作者: Gao, Shenghua 1 ; Gao, Wenjing 1 ; Liao, Xiaoli 1 ; Xiong, Cheng 1 ; Yu, Gang 1 ; Yang, Qihong 1 ; Yang, Changxian 1 ; Ye 1 ;

作者机构: 1.Huazhong Agr Univ, Minist Educ, Key Lab Hort Plant Biol, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, Peoples R China

2.Hubei Acad Agr Sci, Cash Crops Res Inst, Hubei Key Lab Vegetable Germplasm Enhancement & G, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, Peoples R China

关键词: Tomato; Wv; Leaf color; Chloroplast; Map-based cloning

期刊名称:BMC PLANT BIOLOGY ( 影响因子:4.215; 五年影响因子:4.96 )

ISSN: 1471-2229

年卷期: 2019 年 19 卷

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收录情况: SCI

摘要: BackgroundChloroplast biogenesis, a complex process in higher plants, is the key to photoautotrophic growth in plants. White virescent (wv) mutants have been used to unfold the molecular mechanisms underlying the regulation of chloroplast development and chloroplast gene expression in plants. However, most of genes controlling white virescent phenotype still remain unknown.ResultsIn this study, we identified a temperature- and light intensity-sensitive mutant, named as wv. The content of chlorophyll was dramatically decreased in the immature leaves of wv mutant under the conditions of low temperature and high-light intensity. TEM observation showed that the chloroplasts in the young leaves of wv mutant lacked an organized thylakoid membrane, whereas crescent-shaped chloroplasts with well-developed stromal and stacked grana thylakoids in the mature leaves were developed. Immunoblot analyses suggested that proteins of photosynthetic complexes were decreased substantially in wv mutants. Based on map-based cloning and transgenic analysis, we determined that the wv phenotype was caused by single base mutation in the first intron of WV gene, which encoded a thioredoxin protein with 365 amino acids. qRT-PCR analysis revealed that the expression of WV gene was significantly down-regulated in wv mutant. In addition, knockdown of WV gene through RNAi also resulted in white virescent young leaves, suggesting that the mutation possibly blocks the differentiation of chloroplasts through inhibiting the expression of WV gene. Furthermore, the expression of WV peaked in apical buds and gradually decreased along with the developmental stage, which was consistent with the wv mutant phenotype. Expression analysis of chloroplast-encoded genes by qRT-PCR showed that the wv mutation affected the expression pattern of chloroplast-encoded PEP dependent genes.ConclusionOur results suggested that wv mutant was sensitive to low temperature and light intensity. WV gene was essential for chloroplast differentiation. A single base mutation in the first intron resulted in down-regulation of WV gene expression, which inhibited the expression of chloroplast-encoded genes, thereby blocking chloroplast formation and chlorophyll synthesis.

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