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Overexpression of a chromatin architecture-controlling AT-hook protein extends leaf longevity and increases the post-harvest storage life of plants

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Lim, Pyung Ok, Kim, Yumi, Breeze, Emily, Koo, Ja Choon, Woo, Hye Ryun, Ryu, Jong Sang, Park, Don Ha, Beynon, Jim, Tabrett, Alex, Buchanan-Wollaston, Vicky and Nam, Hong Gil (2007) Overexpression of a chromatin architecture-controlling AT-hook protein extends leaf longevity and increases the post-harvest storage life of plants. PLANT JOURNAL, 52 (6). pp. 1140-1153. doi:10.1111/j.1365-313X.2007.03317.x

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Abstract

Leaf senescence is the final stage of leaf development and is finely regulated via a complex genetic regulatory network incorporating both developmental and environmental factors. In an effort to identify negative regulators of leaf senescence, we screened activation-tagged Arabidopsis lines for mutants that exhibit a delayed leaf senescence phenotype. One of the mutants (ore7-1D) showed a highly significant delay of leaf senescence in the heterozygous state, leading to at least a twofold increase in leaf longevity. The activated gene (ORE7/ESC) encoded a protein with an AT-hook DNA-binding motif; such proteins are known to co-regulate transcription of genes through modification of chromatin architecture. We showed that ORE7/ESC, in addition to binding to a plant AT-rich DNA fragment, could also modify the chromatin architecture, as illustrated by an altered distribution of a histone-GFP fusion protein in the nucleus of the mutant. Globally altered gene expression, shown by microarray analysis, also indicated that activation of ORE7/ESC results in a younger condition in the mutant leaves. We propose that ectopically expressed ORE7/ESC is negatively regulating leaf senescence and suggest that the resulting chromatin alteration may have a role in controlling leaf longevity. Interestingly, activation of ORE7/ESC also led to a highly extended post-harvest storage life.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: S Agriculture > SB Plant culture
Journal or Publication Title: PLANT JOURNAL
Publisher: BLACKWELL PUBLISHING
ISSN: 0960-7412
Official Date: December 2007
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December 2007UNSPECIFIED
Volume: 52
Number: 6
Number of Pages: 14
Page Range: pp. 1140-1153
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2007.03317.x
Publication Status: Published

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