Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
Volume 21, Issue 23, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms21239124
Keywords
plant stress; transcriptome; co-expression network; tricarboxylic acid cycle; TFBS
Funding
- Sao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) [2014/50921-8]
- U.S. Department of Agriculture [USDA CRIS 8062-2100-044]
- CNPq Productivity Fellowship [304 360/2014-7]
- CNPq PhD Fellowship
- FAPESP [2017/02270-6, 2019/15852-9, 2013/13659-0, 2015/01764-0, 2017/02842-0]
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The ability to expand crop plantations without irrigation is a major goal to increase agriculture sustainability. To achieve this end, we need to understand the mechanisms that govern plant growth responses under drought conditions. In this study, we combined physiological, transcriptomic, and genomic data to provide a comprehensive picture of drought and recovery responses in the leaves and roots of sugarcane. Transcriptomic profiling using oligoarrays and RNA-seq identified 2898 (out of 21,902) and 46,062 (out of 373,869) transcripts as differentially expressed, respectively. Co-expression analysis revealed modules enriched in photosynthesis, small molecule metabolism, alpha-amino acid metabolism, trehalose biosynthesis, serine family amino acid metabolism, and carbohydrate transport. Together, our findings reveal that carbohydrate metabolism is coordinated with the degradation of amino acids to provide carbon skeletons to the tricarboxylic acid cycle. This coordination may help to maintain energetic balance during drought stress adaptation, facilitating recovery after the stress is alleviated. Our results shed light on candidate regulatory elements and pave the way to biotechnology strategies towards the development of drought-tolerant sugarcane plants.
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