文献类型： 外文期刊

作者： Zhu, Xiaowei ¹ ; Tai, Xiang ¹ ; Ren, Yunying ¹ ; Chen, Jinxiu ¹ ; Bo, Tianyue ¹ ;

作者机构： 1.Shanghai Acad Agr Sci, Hort Res Inst, Shanghai Key Lab Protected Hort Technol, Shanghai 201403, Peoples R China

关键词： cabbage; nwgl phenotype; fine mapping; cuticular wax biosynthesis; RNA-seq; differential expressed genes; lncRNAs

期刊名称：INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES （ 影响因子：5.923； 五年影响因子：6.132 ）

ISSN： 1422-0067

年卷期： 2019 年 20 卷 11 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Cuticular wax is a mixture of very long chain fatty acids (VLCFAs) and their derivatives, which determines vital roles for plant growth. In cabbage, the cuticular wax content of leaf blades is an important trait influencing morphological features of the head. Understanding the molecular basis of cuticular wax biosynthesis can help breeders develop high quality cabbage varieties. Here, we characterize a cabbage non-wax glossy (nwgl) plant, which exhibits glossy green phenotype. Cryo-scanning electron microscope analysis showed abnormal wax crystals on the leaf surfaces of nwgl plants. Cuticular wax composition analyzed by GC-MS displayed severely decreased in total wax loads, and individual wax components in nwgl leaves. We delimited the NWGL locus into a 99-kb interval between the at004 marker and the end of chromosome C08 through fine mapping. By high-throughput RNA sequencing, we identified 1247 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and 148 differentially expressed lncRNAs in nwgl leaves relative to the wild-type. Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway enrichment analysis revealed that the DEGs and cis-regulated target genes for differentially expressed lncRNAs were significantly enriched in wax and lipid biosynthetic or metabolic processes. Our results provide the novel foundation to explore the complex molecular basis of cuticular wax biosynthesis.