Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
Volume 220, Issue -, Pages 942-953Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2022.08.126
Keywords
Melatonin regulation; SNAT expression; Melatonin biosynthesis; SNAT regulation; Abiotic stress; Biotic stress
Funding
- ICMR, New Delhi [3/1/3 JRF-2015/HRD/LS/92570/157]
- DBT, New Delhi
- DST New Delhi
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This study identified and characterized GmSNAT1 in soybean, revealing its differential expression during biotic and abiotic stress, with significant up-regulation at higher serotonin concentrations and down-regulation at higher melatonin concentrations.
Serotonin N-acetyltransferase (SNAT) is the penultimate enzyme involved in plant melatonin biosynthesis. Identifying its expression under development and stress will reveal the regulatory role in the soybean. To identify and characterize SNAT, we employed genome-wide analysis, gene structure, cis-acting elements, expression, and enzyme activity. We identified seven putative genes by genome-wide analysis and found chloroplast signal peptides in three GmSNATs. To elucidate GmSNATs role, expression datasets of more than a hundred samples related to circadian rhythm, developmental stages, and stress conditions were analysed. Notably, the expression of GmSNAT1 did not show significant expression during biotic and abiotic stress. The GmSNAT1 sequence showed 67.8 and 72.2 % similarities with OsSNAT and AtSNAT, respectively. The Km and Vmax of the purified recombinant GmSNAT1 were 657 mu M and 3780 pmol/min/mg, respectively. To further understand the GmSNAT1 role, we supplemented different concentrations of serotonin and melatonin to in-vitro cultures and seed priming. These studies revealed that the GmSNAT1 expression was significantly up-regulated at higher concentrations of serotonin and down-regulated at higher melatonin concentrations. We speculate that a high concentration of melatonin during abiotic, biotic stress, and in-vitro cultures are responsible for regulating GmSNAT1 expression, which may regulate them at the enzyme level during stress in soybean.
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