Cultivated Brassica napus typically produces yellow flowers, pigmented by the lipid-soluble carotenoids. It lacks reddish flower colors due to the absence of red anthocyanins. Insertions in the promoter region of BnaA07.PAP2 (BnaA07.PAP2In-184-317) launches the anthocyanin pathway and produces novel flower colors in B. napus. The images display yellow flowers of cultivated B. napus, white flowers of a previously reported germplasm, and colorful flowers of B. napus lines conferred by BnaA07.PAP2In-184-317. Images by Shenhua Ye taken in the field of Huazhong Agricultural University. See Ye et al. pp. 6630–6645.
PCE:西北农林揭示褪黑激素拮抗ABA信号转导的分子机制
叶片早衰会降低作物产量和品质。前人研究显示褪黑激素可以延缓叶片衰老,但是其潜在的分子机制尚不清楚。本研究显示褪黑激素可以拮抗ABA来保护光系统II从而延缓叶片衰老。
ABA存在的条件下,褪黑激素可以诱导过氧化氢的累积,这与褪黑激素诱导RBOHD的表达有关,这会进一步促进细胞质中钙离子水平升高。
阻断钙离子通道会降低褪黑激素和过氧化氢介导的对ABA的抗性。
转基因分析显示过表达RBOHD可以通过提高钙离子水平来延缓叶片衰老,而敲除RBOHD则表型恰恰相反。
此外,褪黑激素、过氧化氢以及钙离子还可以拮抗ABA导致的钾离子外流及其导致的细胞凋亡。
小结:本研究揭示了褪黑激素拮抗ABA诱导的叶片衰老的分子机制
原文:Melatonin delays ABA-induced leaf senescence via H2O2-dependent calcium signaling