Use of transcriptomics and co-expression networks to analyze the interconnections between nitrogen assimilation and photorespiratory metabolism

Pérez Delgado de Torres, Carmen María; Moyano, Tomás C; García Calderón, Margarita; Canales, Javier; Gutiérrez, Rodrigo A.; Márquez Cabeza, Antonio José; Betti, Marco; Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Bioquímica Vegetal y Biología Molecular

Use of transcriptomics and co-expression networks to analyze the interconnections between nitrogen assimilation and photorespiratory metabolism

2016

Nitrogen is one of the most important nutrients for plants and, in natural soils, its availability is often a major limiting factor for plant growth. Here we examine the effect of different forms of nitrogen nutrition and of photorespiration on gene expression in the model legume Lotus japonicus with the aim of identifying regulatory candidate genes co-ordinating primary nitrogen assimilation and photorespiration. The transcriptomic changes produced by the use of different nitrogen sources in leaves of L. japonicus plants combined with the transcriptomic changes produced in the same tissue by different photorespiratory conditions were examined. The results obtained provide novel information on the possible role of plastidic glutamine synthetase in the response to different nitrogen sources and in the C/N balance of L. japonicus plants. The use of gene co-expression networks establishes a clear relationship between photorespiration and primary nitrogen assimilation and identifies possible transcription factors connected to the genes of both routes.

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España. Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad AGL2014-54413-R

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España Junta de Andalucia, Consejería de Economía, Innovación y Ciencia BIO-163

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España Junta de Andalucia, Consejería de Economía, Innovación y Ciencia P10-CVI-6368

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