2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Role of tetrapyrrole intermediates in plant immunity.
| Project/Area Number |
25870423
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Plant molecular biology/Plant physiology
Plant protection science
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| Research Institution | Gifu Women's University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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| Keywords | プラントアクチベーター / 植物免疫 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) is a key precursor in the biosynthesis of tetrapyrroles in plants. Feeding ALA to plants can induce an excess accumulation of some porphyrins. In addition, ALA has some effects on increasing biomass and photosynthetic activity, and enhancing stress tolerance such as cold and salt in agriculture. I attempted whether ALA has the effect on enhancing plant immune response in Arabidopsis thaliana as a model. As a result, I found that several genes involved in immune response were induced in the presence of ALA, and different gene expression patterns were obserbed.
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| Free Research Field |
植物生理学
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