Liang Shan, Ye Qing-Sheng, Li Rui-Hong, Leng Jia-Yi, Li Mei-Ru, Wang Xiao-Jing, Li Hong-Qing
Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Plant Development, School of Life Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China.
Comp Funct Genomics. 2012;2012:757801. doi: 10.1155/2012/757801. Epub 2012 Apr 9.
Vernalization-induced flowering is a cold-relevant adaptation in many species, but little is known about the genetic basis behind in Orchidaceae species. Here, we reported a collection of 15017 expressed sequence tags (ESTs) from the vernalized axillary buds of an Orchidaceae species, Dendrobium nobile, which were assembled for 9616 unique gene clusters. Functional enrichment analysis showed that genes in relation to the responses to stresses, especially in the form of low temperatures, and those involving in protein biosynthesis and chromatin assembly were significantly overrepresented during 40 days of vernalization. Additionally, a total of 59 putative flowering-relevant genes were recognized, including those homologous to known key players in vernalization pathways in temperate cereals or Arabidopsis, such as cereal VRN1, FT/VRN3, and Arabidopsis AGL19. Results from this study suggest that the networks regulating vernalization-induced floral transition are conserved, but just in a part, in D. nobile, temperate cereals, and Arabidopsis.
春化诱导开花是许多物种中与寒冷相关的一种适应性变化,但关于兰科植物背后的遗传基础却知之甚少。在此,我们报道了从一种兰科植物——金钗石斛的春化腋芽中收集的15017个表达序列标签(EST),这些EST被组装成9616个独特的基因簇。功能富集分析表明,在40天的春化过程中,与应激反应相关的基因,特别是以低温形式存在的应激反应相关基因,以及参与蛋白质生物合成和染色质组装的基因显著富集。此外,共识别出59个假定的与开花相关的基因,包括那些与温带谷类作物或拟南芥春化途径中已知关键基因同源的基因,如谷类作物的VRN1、FT/VRN3以及拟南芥的AGL19。本研究结果表明,调控春化诱导开花转变的网络在金钗石斛、温带谷类作物和拟南芥中部分保守。