Uauy Cristobal, Distelfeld Assaf, Fahima Tzion, Blechl Ann, Dubcovsky Jorge
Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
Science. 2006 Nov 24;314(5803):1298-301. doi: 10.1126/science.1133649.
Enhancing the nutritional value of food crops is a means of improving human nutrition and health. We report here the positional cloning of Gpc-B1, a wheat quantitative trait locus associated with increased grain protein, zinc, and iron content. The ancestral wild wheat allele encodes a NAC transcription factor (NAM-B1) that accelerates senescence and increases nutrient remobilization from leaves to developing grains, whereas modern wheat varieties carry a nonfunctional NAM-B1 allele. Reduction in RNA levels of the multiple NAM homologs by RNA interference delayed senescence by more than 3 weeks and reduced wheat grain protein, zinc, and iron content by more than 30%.
提高粮食作物的营养价值是改善人类营养与健康的一种方式。我们在此报告Gpc-B1的定位克隆,Gpc-B1是一个与小麦籽粒蛋白质、锌和铁含量增加相关的数量性状基因座。野生小麦的原始等位基因编码一个NAC转录因子(NAM-B1),该因子会加速衰老并增加从叶片到发育中籽粒的养分再分配,而现代小麦品种携带一个无功能的NAM-B1等位基因。通过RNA干扰降低多个NAM同源基因的RNA水平,使衰老延迟超过3周,并使小麦籽粒蛋白质、锌和铁含量降低超过30%。