Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10748571 | Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications | 2016 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Starch is the main storage compound in underground organs like corms. ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase (AGPase) plays a key role in regulating starch biosynthesis in storage organs and is likely one of the most important determinant of sink strength. Here, we identify an AGPase gene (GhAGPS1) from gladiolus. The highest transcriptional levels of GhAGPS1 were observed in cormels and corms. Transformation of GhAGPS1 into Arabidopsis rescued the phenotype of aps1 mutant. Silencing GhAGPS1 in gladiolus corms by virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) decreased the transcriptional levels of two genes and starch content. Transmission electron microscopy analyses of leaf and corm sections confirmed that starch biosynthesis was inhibited. Corm weight and cormel number reduced significantly in the silenced plants. Taken together, these results indicate that inhibiting the expression of AGPase gene could impair starch synthesis, which results in the lowered corm quality and cormel yield in gladiolus.
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Authors
Shanshan Seng, Jian Wu, Juanjuan Sui, Chenyu Wu, Xionghui Zhong, Chen Liu, Chao Liu, Benhe Gong, Fengqin Zhang, Junna He, Mingfang Yi,