生物
MADS箱
转录组
番红花
基因
计算生物学
生物合成
遗传学
基因表达
植物
拟南芥
突变体
作者
Nargis Khurshaid,Najwa Shabir,Angela Pala,Arvind Kumar Yadav,Deepika Singh,Nasheeman Ashraf
出处
期刊:Gene
[Elsevier]
日期:2024-08-01
卷期号:: 148893-148893
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.gene.2024.148893
摘要
Flowers of Crocus sativus L. are immensely important not only for arrangement of floral whorls but more because each floral organ is dominated by a different class of specialized compounds. Dried stigmas of C. sativus flowers form commercial saffron, and are known to accumulate unique apocarotenoids like crocin, picrocrocin and safranal. Inspite of being a high value crop, the molecular mechanism regulating flower development in Crocus remains largely unknown. Moreover, it would be very interesting to explore any co-regulatory mechanism which controls floral architecture and secondary metabolic pathways which exist in specific floral organs. Here we report transcriptome wide identification of MADS box genes in Crocus. A total of 39 full length MADS box genes were identified among which three belonged to type I and 36 to type II class. Phylogeny classified them into 11 sub-clusters. Expression pattern revealed some stigma up-regulated genes among which CstMADS19 encoding an AGAMOUS gene showed high expression. Transient over-expression of CstMADS19 in stigmas of Crocus resulted in increased crocin by enhancing expression of pathway genes. Yeast one hybrid assay demonstrated that CstMADS19 binds to promoters of phytoene synthase and carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase 2 genes. Yeast two hybrid and BiFC assays confirmed interaction of CstMADS19 with CstMADS26 which codes for a SEPALATA gene. Co-overexpression of CstMADS19 and CstMADS26 in Crocus stigmas enhanced crocin content more than was observed when genes were expressed individually. Collectively, these findings indicate that CstMADS19 functions as a positive regulator of stigma based apocarotenoid biosynthesis in Crocus.
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