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ArticleThe Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology2020

TERMINAL FLOWER-1/CENTRORADIALIS inhibits tuberisation via protein interaction with the tuberigen activation complex.

Xing Zhang, Raymond Campbell, Laurence J M Ducreux, Jennifer Morris, Pete E Hedley, Elena Mellado-Ortega, Alison G Roberts, Jennifer Stephens, Glenn J Bryan, Lesley Torrance and 3 more

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Article in The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
4.3field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Xing ZhangCollege of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
Raymond CampbellCell and Molecular Sciences, The James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee, DD2 5DA, UK.
Laurence J M DucreuxCell and Molecular Sciences, The James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee, DD2 5DA, UK.
Jennifer MorrisCell and Molecular Sciences, The James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee, DD2 5DA, UK.
Pete E HedleyCell and Molecular Sciences, The James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee, DD2 5DA, UK.
Elena Mellado-OrtegaCell and Molecular Sciences, The James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee, DD2 5DA, UK.
Alison G RobertsCell and Molecular Sciences, The James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee, DD2 5DA, UK.
Jennifer StephensCell and Molecular Sciences, The James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee, DD2 5DA, UK.
Glenn J BryanCell and Molecular Sciences, The James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee, DD2 5DA, UK.
Lesley TorranceCell and Molecular Sciences, The James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee, DD2 5DA, UK.
Sean N ChapmanCell and Molecular Sciences, The James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee, DD2 5DA, UK.
Salomé PratCentro Nacional de Biotecnología, C/Darwin no. 3, Campus de Cantoblanco, Madrid, 28049, Spain.
Mark A TaylorCell and Molecular Sciences, The James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee, DD2 5DA, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9724-915X
James Hutton Institute · GBCentro Nacional de Biotecnología · ESHuazhong Agricultural University · CN

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/P022553/1Marie Curie 835704
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Potato tuber formation is a secondary developmental programme by which cells in the subapical stolon region divide and radially expand to further differentiate into starch-accumulating parenchyma. Although some details of the molecular pathway that signals tuberisation are known, important gaps in our knowledge persist. Here, the role of a member of the TERMINAL FLOWER 1/CENTRORADIALIS gene family (termed StCEN) in the negative control of tuberisation is demonstrated for what is thought to be the first time. It is shown that reduced expression of StCEN accelerates tuber formation whereas transgenic lines overexpressing this gene display delayed tuberisation and reduced tuber yield. Protein-protein interaction studies (yeast two-hybrid and bimolecular fluorescence complementation) demonstrate that StCEN binds components of the recently described tuberigen activation complex. Using transient transactivation assays, we show that the StSP6A tuberisation signal is an activation target of the tuberigen activation complex, and that co-expression of StCEN blocks activation of the StSP6A gene by StFD-Like-1. Transcriptomic analysis of transgenic lines misexpressing StCEN identifies early transcriptional events in tuber formation. These results demonstrate that StCEN suppresses tuberisation by directly antagonising the function of StSP6A in stolons, identifying StCEN as a breeding marker to improve tuber initiation and yield through the selection of genotypes with reduced StCEN expression.

Indexed as

Genes, PlantPlant ProteinsPlants, Genetically ModifiedPlant TubersSolanum tuberosumTranscriptomePlant Proteinsprotein-protein interactionSolanum tuberosum (potato)TERMINAL FLOWER 1/CENTRORADIALIStuberigen complextuberisation

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PMID32593210
PMCPMC7540344
OpenAlexW3037092558

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