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Mining novel gene targets for improving tolerance to furfural and acetic acid in Yarrowia lipolytica using whole-genome clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats interference library

ABSTRACT: In this study, a whole-genome CRISPRi library was developed in Y. lipolytica and applied for enforcing the tolerance to furfural and acetic acid. Several novel gene targets were discovered through NGS before and after screening. And to analyze the tolerance mechanism caused by transcriptional repression of the most prominent gene targets, the transcriptome and proteomics were performed.

ORGANISM(S): Yarrowia Lipolytica

SUBMITTER: Yingxiu Cao

PROVIDER: PXD051116 | iProX | Sun Mar 31 00:00:00 GMT 2024

REPOSITORIES: iProX

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Project description:External application of acetic acid has been recently reported to enhance the survival to drought in plants such as Arabidopsis, rapeseed, maize, rice and wheat, but the effects of acetic acid application on increased drought tolerance in woody plants such as a tropical crop “cassava” remain elusive. A molecular understanding of acetic acid-induced drought avoidance in cassava will contribute to the development of technology that can be used to enhance drought tolerance without resorting to transgenic technology or advancements in cassava cultivation. In the present study, morphological, physiological and molecular responses to drought were analyzed in cassava after the treatment with acetic acid. Results indicated that the acetic acid-treated cassava plants had a higher level of drought avoidance than water-treated, control plants. Specifically, higher leaf relative water content, and chlorophyll and carotenoid levels were observed as soils dried out during the drought treatment. Leaf temperatures in acetic acid-treated cassava plants were higher relative to leaves on plants pretreated with water and the increase of ABA content was observed in leaves of acetic acid-treated plants, suggesting that stomatal conductance and the transpiration rate in leaves of acetic acid-treated plants decreased to maintain relative water contents and avoid drought. Transcriptome analysis revealed that the acetic acid treatment increased the expression of ABA signaling-related genes, such as OPEN STOMATA 1　(OST1) and protein phosphatase 2C; as well as drought response and tolerance-related genes, such as outer membrane tryptophan-rich sensory protein (TSPO), and heat shock proteins. Collectively, the external application of acetic acid enhances drought avoidance in cassava through the upregulation of ABA signaling pathway genes and several stress response- and tolerance-related genes. These data support the idea that adjustments of the acetic acid application to plants is useful to enhance drought tolerance in order to minimize the growth inhibition in the agricultural field.

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Mining novel gene targets for improving tolerance to furfural and acetic acid in Yarrowia lipolytica using whole-genome clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats interference library

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