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Plant Physiol Biochem

Title:		The expression characteristics of methyl jasmonate biosynthesis-related genes in Cymbidium faberi and influence of heterologous expression of CfJMT in Petunia hybrida
Author(s):		Tian C; Liu S; Jiang L; Tian S; Wang G;
Address:		"Department of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China. Department of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China. Electronic address: gdwang@njau.edu.cn"
Journal Title:		Plant Physiol Biochem
Year:		2020
Volume:		20200402
Issue:
Page Number:		400 - 410
DOI:		10.1016/j.plaphy.2020.03.051
ISSN/ISBN:		1873-2690 (Electronic) 0981-9428 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Cymbidium faberi Rolfe (Orchidaceae) is an herbaceous plant native to China, where it has a long history of cultivation owing to its beautiful flower pattern and floral fragrance. Previously, we conducted a transcriptome analysis of the flower and vegetative buds to elucidate the mechanisms of flower development in C. faberi. In the present study, we found nine secondary metabolic pathways through the KEGG pathway database that were related to the biosynthesis of methyl jasmonate (MeJA) and other volatile organic compounds. qRT-PCR was performed to analyze the expression levels of four key genes in the MeJA pathway. Among these, CfJMT (jasmonic acid carboxyl methyltransferase) had higher transcript levels in sepals, petals and labella than in other tissues. CfJMT was cloned from the petals of full-bloom flowers of C. faberi. The predicted CfJMT protein sequence contains conserved jasmonic acid methyl transferase-7 domains, indicating that it belongs to the SABATH protein family. The CfJMT coding sequence driven by the CaMV35S promoter was successfully transformed into Petunia hybrida through an Agrobacterium-mediated method. Although MeJA could not be detected in either wild-type or transgenic petunia plants, the leaves of the transgenic plants were smaller than those of wild-type plants and pollen development was abnormal. These results indicate that heterologous expression of CfJMT may change the levels of endogenous jasmonic acid and other hormones, but that the content of MeJA is not increased significantly by transformation with CfJMT alone. Thus, other related genes and regulation factors may play important roles in this process"
Keywords:		"*Acetates/metabolism China *Cyclopentanes/metabolism Flowers/genetics *Gene Expression Regulation, Plant Genes, Plant/genetics *Orchidaceae/genetics/metabolism *Oxylipins/metabolism *Petunia/genetics/metabolism Cymbidium faberi Functional analysis Heterol;"
Notes:		"MedlineTian, Chunling Liu, Song Jiang, Li Tian, Silin Wang, Guangdong eng France 2020/04/13 Plant Physiol Biochem. 2020 Jun; 151:400-410. doi: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2020.03.051. Epub 2020 Apr 2"