期刊
PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL
卷 12, 期 1, 页码 49-59出版社
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12115
关键词
Camelina sativa; heterotrimeric G-proteins; AGG3; seed number and size; stress tolerance; oil content
资金
- Agriculture and Food Research Initiative [2010-65116-20454]
- NSF-REU [NSF-DBI-REU-1156581]
Heterotrimeric G-proteins consisting of G, G and G subunits play an integral role in mediating multiple signalling pathways in plants. A novel, recently identified plant-specific G protein, AGG3, has been proposed to be an important regulator of organ size and mediator of stress responses in Arabidopsis, whereas its potential homologs in rice are major quantitative trait loci for seed size and panicle branching. To evaluate the role of AGG3 towards seed and oil yield improvement, the gene was overexpressed in Camelina sativa, an oilseed crop of the Brassicaceae family. Analysis of multiple homozygous T4 transgenic Camelina lines showed that constitutive overexpression of AGG3 resulted in faster vegetative as well as reproductive growth accompanied by an increase in photosynthetic efficiency. Moreover, when expressed constitutively or specifically in seed tissue, AGG3 was found to increase seed size, seed mass and seed number per plant by 15%-40%, effectively resulting in significantly higher oil yield per plant. AGG3 overexpressing Camelina plants also exhibited improved stress tolerance. These observations draw a strong link between the roles of AGG3 in regulating two critical yield parameters, seed traits and plant stress responses, and reveal an effective biotechnological tool to dramatically increase yield in agricultural crops.
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