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Two light responsive WRKY genes exhibit positive and negative correlation with picroside content in Picrorhiza kurrooa Royle ex Benth, an endangered medicinal herb.


ABSTRACT: Picrorhiza kurrooa is an endangered herb known to produce the medicinally important picrosides through isoprenoid pathway. The present work showed the functionality of WRKY motifs (TGAC cis-acting elements) present in the promoters of regulatory genes 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase (Pkhmgr) and 1-deoxy-d-xylulose-5-phosphate synthase (Pkdxs) of the picrosides biosynthetic pathway by electrophoretic mobility shift assay. Also, the two WRKY genes, PkdWRKY and PksWRKY, were characterized and found to contain double and single characteristic WRKY domains, respectively along with a zinc-finger motif in each domain. Expression analysis revealed that PkdWRKY and PksWRKY exhibited a positive and negative correlation, respectively, with picrosides content under the environment of light and in different tissues. Functional evaluation in yeast showed DNA binding ability of both PksWRKY and PkdWRKY; however, only PkdWRKY exhibited transcriptional activation ability. Transient overexpression of PkdWRKY and PksWRKY in tobacco modulated the expression of selected native genes of tobacco involved in MVA and MEP pathway suggesting functionality of PkdWRKY and PksWRKY in planta. Collectively, data suggested that PkdWRKY and PksWRKY might be positive and negative regulators, respectively in the picrosides biosynthetic pathway.

SUBMITTER: Sharma T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7230116 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Two light responsive <i>WRKY</i> genes exhibit positive and negative correlation with picroside content in <i>Picrorhiza kurrooa</i> Royle ex Benth, an endangered medicinal herb.

Sharma Tanvi T   Kawoosa Tabasum T   Gahlan Parul P   Sharma Damini D   Kaachra Anish A   Hallan Vipin V   Kumar Sanjay S  

3 Biotech 20200516 6


<i>Picrorhiza kurrooa</i> is an endangered herb known to produce the medicinally important picrosides through isoprenoid pathway. The present work showed the functionality of WRKY motifs (TGAC <i>cis</i>-acting elements) present in the promoters of regulatory genes 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase (<i>Pkhmgr</i>) and 1-deoxy-d-xylulose-5-phosphate synthase (<i>Pkdxs</i>) of the picrosides biosynthetic pathway by electrophoretic mobility shift assay. Also, the two <i>WRKY</i> genes  ...[more]

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