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ArticleScientific reports2015

Genetic Factors for Enhancement of Nicotine Levels in Cultivated Tobacco.

Bingwu Wang, Ramsey S Lewis, Junli Shi, Zhongbang Song, Yulong Gao, Wenzheng Li, Hongxia Chen, Rongda Qu

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Article in Scientific reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Bingwu WangTobacco Breeding Center, Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650021, China.
Ramsey S LewisCrop Science Department, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA.
Junli ShiTobacco Breeding Center, Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650021, China.
Zhongbang SongTobacco Breeding Center, Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650021, China.
Yulong GaoTobacco Breeding Center, Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650021, China.
Wenzheng LiTobacco Breeding Center, Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650021, China.
Hongxia ChenCrop Science Department, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA.
Rongda QuCrop Science Department, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA.
North Carolina State University · USYunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nicotine has practical applications relating to smoking cessation devices and alternative nicotine products. Genetic manipulation for increasing nicotine content in cultivated tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) may be of value for industrial purposes, including the possibility of enhancing the efficiency of nicotine extraction. Biotechnological approaches have been evaluated in connection with this objective, but field-based results are few. Here, we report characterization of two genes encoding basic-helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factors (TFs), NtMYC2a and NtMYC2b from tobacco. Overexpression of NtMYC2a increased leaf nicotine levels in T1 transgenic lines approximately 2.3-fold in greenhouse-grown plants of tobacco cultivar 'NC 95'. Subsequent field testing of T2 and T3 generations of transgenic NtMYC2a overexpression lines showed nicotine concentrations were 76% and 58% higher than control lines, respectively. These results demonstrated that the increased nicotine trait was stably inherited to the T2 and T3 generations, indicating the important role that NtMYC2a plays in regulating nicotine accumulation in N. tabacum and the great potential of NtMYC2a overexpression in tobacco plants for industrial nicotine production. Collected data in this study also indicated a negative feedback inhibition of nicotine biosynthesis. Further enhancement of nicotine accumulation in tobacco leaf may require modification of the processes of nicotine transport and deposition.

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NicotianaNicotinePlant LeavesPlant ProteinsPlants, Genetically ModifiedTranscription FactorsNicotinePlant ProteinsTranscription Factors

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