Duplicate maize wrinkled1 transcription factors activate target genes involved in seed oil biosynthesis
2011
Pouvreau, Benjamin, B. | Baud, Sebastien, S. | Vernoud, Vanessa | Morin, Valérie, V. | Py, Cyrille, C. | Gendrot, Ghislaine, G. | Pichon, Jean-Philippe, J.-P. | Rouster, Jacques, J. | Paul, Wyatta, W. | Rogowsky, Peter | Reproduction et développement des plantes (RDP) ; École normale supérieure de Lyon (ENS de Lyon) ; Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL) ; Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) | Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin (IJPB) ; Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-AgroParisTech | Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire ; BIOGEMMA | MaizeTF (GABI-GP-2003-6) ; MaizeYield (ANR-05-GPLA-031) ; HyperMaize (ANR-07-GPLA-019) ; Plant-TFcode of the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR-07-BLAN-0211-02)
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Show more [+] Less [-]English. WRINKLED1 (WRI1), a key regulator of seed oil biosynthesis in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), was duplicated during the genome amplification of the cereal ancestor genome 90 million years ago. Both maize (Zea mays) coorthologs ZmWri1a and ZmWri1b show a strong transcriptional induction during the early filling stage of the embryo and complement the reduced fatty acid content of Arabidopsis wri1-4 seeds, suggesting conservation of molecular function. Overexpression of ZmWri1a not only increases the fatty acid content of the mature maize grain but also the content of certain amino acids, of several compounds involved in amino acid biosynthesis, and of two intermediates of the tricarboxylic acid cycle. Transcriptomic experiments identified 18 putative target genes of this transcription factor, 12 of which contain in their upstream regions an AW box, the cis-element bound by AtWRI1. In addition to functions related to late glycolysis and fatty acid biosynthesis in plastids, the target genes also have functions related to coenzyme A biosynthesis in mitochondria and the production of glycerol backbones for triacylglycerol biosynthesis in the cytoplasm. Interestingly, the higher seed oil content in ZmWri1a overexpression lines is not accompanied by a reduction in starch, thus opening possibilities for the use of the transgenic maize lines in breeding programs.
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