| Ectopic expression of Jatropha curcas APETALA1 (JcAP1) caused early flowering in Arabidopsis, but not in Jatropha | |
Tang, Mingyong; Tao, Yan-Bin; Xu, Zeng-Fu
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| 2016 | |
| Source Publication | PEERJ
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| Volume | 4Issue:XPages:E1969 |
| Abstract | Jatropha curcas is a promising feedstock for biofuel production because Jatropha oil is highly suitable for the production of biodiesel and bio-jet fuels. However, Jatropha exhibits a low seed yield as a result of unreliable and poor flowering. APETALA1 (AP1) is a floral meristem and organ identity gene in higher plants. The flower meristem identity genes of Jatropha have not yet been identified or characterized. To better understand the genetic control of flowering in Jatropha, an AP1 hornolog (JcAP1) was isolated from Jatropha. An amino acid sequence analysis of JcAP1 revealed a high similarity to the AP1 proteins of other perennial plants. JcAP1 was expressed in inflorescence buds, flower buds, sepals and petals. The highest expression level was observed during the early developmental stage of the flower buds. The overexpression of JcAP1 using the cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV) 35S promoter resulted in extremely early flowering and abnormal flowers in transgenic Arabidopsis plants. Several flowering genes downstream of AP1 were up-regulated in the JcAP1-overexpressing transgenic plant lines. Furthermore, JcAP1 overexpression rescued the phenotype caused by the Arabidopsis AP1 loss-of-function mutant ap1-11. Therefore, JcAP1 is an ortholog of flowering in of AtAP1 which plays a similar role in the regulation Arabidopsis. However, the overexpression of JcAP1 in Jatropha using the same promoter resulted in little variation in the flowering time and floral organs, indicating that JcAP1 may be insufficient to regulate flowering by itself in Jatropha. This study helps to elucidate the function of JcAP1 and contributes to the understanding of the moecular mechanisms of flower development in Jatropha. |
| Keyword | Jatropha Flower Identity Arabidopsis Apetala1 Physic Nut Flowering |
| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | https://ir.xtbg.ac.cn/handle/353005/9880 |
| Collection | 能源植物分子育种研究组 |
| Corresponding Author | Xu, Zeng-Fu |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Tang, Mingyong,Tao, Yan-Bin,Xu, Zeng-Fu. Ectopic expression of Jatropha curcas APETALA1 (JcAP1) caused early flowering in Arabidopsis, but not in Jatropha[J]. PEERJ,2016,4(X):E1969. |
| APA | Tang, Mingyong,Tao, Yan-Bin,&Xu, Zeng-Fu.(2016).Ectopic expression of Jatropha curcas APETALA1 (JcAP1) caused early flowering in Arabidopsis, but not in Jatropha.PEERJ,4(X),E1969. |
| MLA | Tang, Mingyong,et al."Ectopic expression of Jatropha curcas APETALA1 (JcAP1) caused early flowering in Arabidopsis, but not in Jatropha".PEERJ 4.X(2016):E1969. |
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