A robust circadian rhythm of metabolites in Arabidopsis thaliana mutants with enhanced growth characteristics.

ABSTRACT: Climate change and the rising food demand provide a need for smart crops that yield more biomass. Recently, two Arabidopsis thaliana mutants with enhanced growth characteristics, VP16-02-003 and the VP16-05-014, were obtained by genome-wide reprogramming of gene expression, which led to the identification of novel biomarkers of these enhanced growth phenotypes. Since the circadian cycle strongly influences metabolic and physiological processes and exerts control over the photosynthetic machinery responsible for enhanced growth, in this study, we investigate the influences of the circadian clock on the metabolic rhythm of eighteen key biomarkers for the larger rosette surface area phenotype. The metabolic profile was studied in intact leaves at seven different time points throughout the cir

SUBMITTER: Augustijn D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6592530 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature