文献类型： 外文期刊

作者： Pearce, Stephen ¹ ; Huttly, Alison K. ² ; Prosser, Ian M. ² ; Li, Yi-Dan ² ; Vaughan, Simon P. ² ; Gallova, Barbora ² ;

作者机构： 1.Univ Calif Davis, Dept Plant Sci, Davis, CA 95616 USA

2.Rothamsted Res, Dept Plant Biol & Crop Sci, Harpenden AL5 2JQ, Herts, England

3.Jilin Acad Agr Sci, Biotechnol Res Ctr, Changchun 130033, Peoples R China

4.Univ Bristol, Sch Biol Sci, Transcript Facil, Bristol BS8 1UG, Avon, England

5.Howard Hughes Med Inst, Chevy Chase, MD 20815 USA

关键词： Gibberellin;Wheat;Biosynthesis;Signalling;Gene sequences;De novo assembly;Transcriptomics;Heterologous expression;GA 1-oxidase

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： 2015 年 15 卷

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Background: The gibberellin (GA) pathway plays a central role in the regulation of plant development, with the 2-oxoglutarate-dependent dioxygenases (2-ODDs: GA20ox, GA3ox, GA2ox) that catalyse the later steps in the biosynthetic pathway of particularly importance in regulating bioactive GA levels. Although GA has important impacts on crop yield and quality, our understanding of the regulation of GA biosynthesis during wheat and barley development remains limited. In this study we identified or assembled genes encoding the GA 2-ODDs of wheat, barley and Brachypodium distachyon and characterised the wheat genes by heterologous expression and transcript analysis. Results: The wheat, barley and Brachypodium genomes each contain orthologous copies of the GA20ox, GA3ox and GA2ox genes identified in rice, with the exception of OsGA3ox1 and OsGA2ox5 which are absent in these species. Some additional paralogs of 2-ODD genes were identified: notably, a novel gene in the wheat B genome related to GA3ox2 was shown to encode a GA 1-oxidase, named as TaGA1ox-B1. This enzyme is likely to be responsible for the abundant 1 beta-hydroxylated GAs present in developing wheat grains. We also identified a related gene in barley, located in a syntenic position to TaGA1ox-B1, that encodes a GA 3,18-dihydroxylase which similarly accounts for the accumulation of unusual GAs in barley grains. Transcript analysis showed that some paralogs of the different classes of 2-ODD were expressed mainly in a single tissue or at specific developmental stages. In particular, TaGA20ox3, TaGA1ox1, TaGA3ox3 and TaGA2ox7 were predominantly expressed in developing grain. More detailed analysis of grain-specific gene expression showed that while the transcripts of biosynthetic genes were most abundant in the endosperm, genes encoding inactivation and signalling components were more highly expressed in the seed coat and pericarp. Conclusions: The comprehensive expression and functional characterisation of the multigene families encoding the 2-ODD enzymes of the GA pathway in wheat and barley will provide the basis for a better understanding of GA-regulated development in these species. This analysis revealed the existence of a novel, endosperm-specific GA 1-oxidase in wheat and a related GA 3,18-dihydroxylase enzyme in barley that may play important roles during grain expansion and development.