Project description:Transcriptome analysis of NoPAC4 mutants under low light revealed a novel role of PAC4 that enhances carotenoid synthesis in N. oceanica
Project description:Internal sugar and light specific dependent regulation of leaf gene expression was addressed by changing [CO2] to lower than compensation point [CO2] in combination with light or prolonged darkness. Plants were grown on soil in a 12/12 h light/dark rhythm at 20°C day and night and under normal [CO2]. 5 weeks after germination, the above-ground rosettes of the non-flowering plants were harvested, 12 plants per sample. Plants were harvested 4hrs after the end of night (i) under low (< 50 ppm) [CO2] and 150 µE fluorescent light , (ii) under normal [CO2] and light, and, (iii) under low [CO2] and prolonged darkness. The low [CO2] treatment started 30 min before the end of night and stopped with harvesting. Experiment Overall Design: 2 biological replicates of plants under 3 treatments (4hrs low CO2+light, 4hrs low CO2+prolonged darkness, and 4hrs normal CO2+light).
Project description:Anthocyanins are considered as a stress indicator due to their involvement in the response to many stresses including high light (HL) and low temperature (LT). With the development of transcriptomics, it is necessary to find the different and common points in the mechanisms of LT-induced and HL-induced anthocyanin biosynthesis . In the present study, we determined the transcriptomes of Begonia semperflorens leaves under three different conditions (CK, HL and LT). To validate the DEGs, we selected four core genes involved in anthocyanin biosynthesis to perform RT-qPCR, and then determined anthocyanin content. In total, 94,880 unigenes with a mean length of 635 bp were assembled. The N50 values of the transcripts and unigenes were 2,286 bp and 1,064 bp, respectively. The functional annotations of the unigenes were analysed against five protein databases. DEGs related to anthocyanin biosynthesis, transportation and regulation were identified. We also analysis the enrichment pathway, and discuss the difference in mechanisms of anthocyanin induced under low-emperature and high-light conditions. This study is the first to examine broad-scale gene expression in B. semperflorens. By identifying DEGs regulated by both LT and HL conditions, we found that anthocyanin accumulation was employed as a common strategy by Begonia seedlings in resisting LT and HL stress. By identifying DEGs regulated differently by LT and HL conditions, we found that Begonia seedlings also had some different strategies for resisting LT and HL stresses: anthocyanins were biosynthesized under HL condition, while lignin, proanthocyanidins and anthocyanins under LT condition.
Project description:cea13-01_oxi1 - oxi1 transcriptome - Transcriptomic analysis on the effect of oxi1 mutation under high light stress? - 5 weeks old mutannt (M) and wild type (WT) plants were exposed to high light and low temperature (1300-1350 µmol photons m-2s-1, 7°C/14°C day/night and 380ppm CO2) for 25 hours. ~100 mg fresh weight leaves were harvested, and total RNA prepared from them. For control experiments, leaves were harvested directly from the phytotron (No light stress). Three microarray comparisons were made: Mcontrol/WTcontrol, Mstress/WTstress and Mstress/Mcontrol . For each comparison, 2 biological replicates are performed.
Project description:To investigate acclimation mechanisms employed under extreme high light conditions, gene expression analysis was performed using the model microalgae Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 (PCC 6803) cultured under various light intensities. From the low to the mid light conditions, the expression of genes related to light harvesting systems was repressed, whereas that of CO2 fixation and of D1 protein turnover-related genes was induced. Gene expression data also revealed that the down-regulation of genes related to flagellum synthesis (pilA2), pyridine nucleotide transhydrogenase (pntA and pntB), and sigma factor (sigA and sigF) represents acclimation mechanisms of PCC 6803 under excessive high light conditions.
Project description:Phosphate limitation constrains plant development in natural and agricultural systems. Under phosphate-limiting conditions plants activate genetic, biochemical and morphological modifications to cope with phosphate starvation. One of the morphological modifications that plants induce under phosphate limitation is the arrest of primary root growth and it is induced by the root tip contact with low phosphate media. The sensitive to proton rhizotoxicity (stop1) and aluminium activate malate transporter 1 (almt1) mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana continue primary root growth under in vitro Pi-limiting conditions, thus, to get insight into the molecular components that control primary root growth inhibition under low phosphate conditions we extracted and sequenced mRNA from the root tips (2-3 mm from the root apex) of wild-type plants (Col-0 accession) and low-phosphate-insensitive mutants almt1 and stop1 grown under low and high phosphate conditions 5 days after germination using an RNA-seq methodology.
Project description:Transcriptome analysis of the biosynthesis of anthocyanins in Begonia semperflorens under low-temperature and high-light conditions