期刊
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
卷 65, 期 16, 页码 4679-4689出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru257
关键词
Carotenoid; function; loquat (Eriobotrya japonica); mutation; phytoene synthase; tissue-specific expression
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation in China [30871691, 31030052]
- Program of International Science and Technology Cooperation [2011DFB31580]
- Special Scientific Research Fund of Agricultural Public Welfare Profession of China [200903044]
- Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China [20120101110069]
Differences in carotenoid accumulation between tissues and cultivars is common in plants. White-fleshed loquat cultivars had low levels of carotenoids in the flesh, but accumulated carotenoids in peel when ripe, and the leaves accumulated similar carotenoids to those in the red-fleshed loquat cultivars. The catalytic activity and expression patterns of four phytoene synthase (PSY) genes, EjPSY1, EjPSY2A, EjPSY2B, and EjPSY3, were analysed to understand their roles in different loquat (Eriobotrya japonica Lindl.) types. EjPSY1 was responsible for carotenoid synthesis in the fruit peel but not the flesh, whereas EjPSY2A was responsible for carotenoid accumulation in flesh of ripening fruit. A mutant EjPSY2Ad, with the same tissue specificity and expression level as EjPSY2A, but lacking the C-terminal region and corresponding catalytic activity, was discovered in white-fleshed varieties, explaining the lack of carotenoids in the white flesh. The catalytic role of EjPSY2B was most significant in leaves. The tissue-specific expression of EjPSY1 and EjPSY2B explained well how peel and leaf tissues can still accumulate carotenoids in white-fleshed cultivars, which have lost the functional EjPSY2A. EjPSY3 mRNA abundance was similar to 1000-fold less than that of other PSY mRNAs in all tissues examined. In addition, neither the normal sized transcript nor two alternatively spliced forms, EjPSY3 alpha in LYQ and EjPSY3 beta in BS cultivars, encoded functional enzymes, and it is concluded that EjPSY3 plays no role in carotenoid accumulation. In addition, it was noted that recruitment of PSY genes for expression in specific tissues of different plants has occurred independently of gene structure and evolutionary origin.
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