2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Molecular identification of the master regulators for nicotine biosynthesis in tobacco
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21770046
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Plant molecular biology/Plant physiology
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| Research Institution | Nara Institute of Science and Technology |
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Principal Investigator |
SHOJI Tsubasa Nara Institute of Science and Technology, バイオサイエンス研究科, 助教 (40343272)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2010
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| Keywords | アルカロイド / 転写因子 / ジャスモン酸 / タバコ / ニコチン |
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| Research Abstract |
Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) synthesizes nicotine and related pyridine alkaloids in the root, and their synthesis increases upon herbivory on the leaf via a jasmonate-mediated signaling cascade. Regulatory NIC loci that positively regulate nicotine biosynthesis have been genetically identified, and their mutant alleles have been used to breed low-nicotine tobacco varieties. Here, we studied that the NIC2 locus, comprises clustered transcription factor genes of an ethylene response factor (ERF) subfamily; in the nic2 mutant, at least seven ERF genes are deleted altogether. The NIC2-locus ERFs are close homologs of ORCA3, a jasmonate-responsive transcriptional activator of indole alkaloid biosynthesis in Catharanthus roseus, indicating that the NIC2/ORCA3 ERF subfamily was recruited independently to regulate jasmonate-inducible secondary metabolism in distinct plant lineages.
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