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ArticlePlant physiology2022

CLASS-II KNOX genes coordinate spatial and temporal ripening in tomato.

Alexandra Keren-Keiserman, Amit Shtern, Matan Levy, Daniel Chalupowicz, Chihiro Furumizu, John Paul Alvarez, Ziva Amsalem, Tzahi Arazi, Sharon Alkalai-Tuvia, Idan Efroni and 4 more

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Article in Plant physiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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14 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Alexandra Keren-KeisermanInstitute of Plant Sciences, ARO, Volcani Institute, HaMaccabbim Road 68, Rishon LeZion 7505101, Israel.
Amit ShternInstitute of Plant Sciences, ARO, Volcani Institute, HaMaccabbim Road 68, Rishon LeZion 7505101, Israel.
Matan LevyDepartment of Plant Science, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, PO Box 12, Rehovot 7610001, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-3198-6218
Daniel ChalupowiczInstitute of Postharvest and Food Sciences, ARO, Volcani Institute, HaMaccabbim Road 68, Rishon LeZion 7505101, Israel.ORCID 0000-0001-9733-9278
Chihiro FurumizuSchool of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton, Melbourne, Victoria 3800, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-8503-5971
John Paul AlvarezSchool of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton, Melbourne, Victoria 3800, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-2745-3424
Ziva AmsalemDepartment of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel.
Tzahi AraziInstitute of Plant Sciences, ARO, Volcani Institute, HaMaccabbim Road 68, Rishon LeZion 7505101, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-9821-2604
Sharon Alkalai-TuviaInstitute of Postharvest and Food Sciences, ARO, Volcani Institute, HaMaccabbim Road 68, Rishon LeZion 7505101, Israel.
Idan EfroniDepartment of Plant Science, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, PO Box 12, Rehovot 7610001, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-0219-8685
Naomi OriDepartment of Plant Science, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, PO Box 12, Rehovot 7610001, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-5129-5369
John L BowmanSchool of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton, Melbourne, Victoria 3800, Australia.
Elazar FallikInstitute of Postharvest and Food Sciences, ARO, Volcani Institute, HaMaccabbim Road 68, Rishon LeZion 7505101, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-5440-572X
Alexander GoldshmidtInstitute of Plant Sciences, ARO, Volcani Institute, HaMaccabbim Road 68, Rishon LeZion 7505101, Israel.ORCID 0000-0001-7468-6779
Agricultural Research Organization · ILHebrew University of Jerusalem · ILMonash University · AUWeizmann Institute of Science · IL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fruits can be divided into dry and fleshy types. Dry fruits mature through senescence and fleshy fruits through ripening. Previous studies have indicated that partially common molecular networks could govern fruit maturation in these different fruit types. However, the nature of such networks remains obscure. CLASS-II KNOX genes were shown to regulate the senescence of the Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) dry fruits, the siliques, but their roles in fleshy-fruit development are unknown. Here, we investigated the roles of the tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) CLASS-II KNOX (TKN-II) genes in fleshy fruit ripening using knockout alleles of individual genes and an artificial microRNA line (35S:amiR-TKN-II) simultaneously targeting all genes. 35S:amiR-TKN-II plants, as well as a subset of tkn-II single and double mutants, have smaller fruits. Strikingly, the 35S:amiR-TKN-II and tknII3 tknII7/+ fruits showed early ripening of the locular domain while their pericarp ripening was stalled. Further examination of the ripening marker-gene RIPENING INHIBITOR (RIN) expression and 35S:amiR-TKN-II rin-1 mutant fruits suggested that TKN-II genes arrest RIN activity at the locular domain and promote it in the pericarp. These findings imply that CLASS-II KNOX genes redundantly coordinate maturation in both dry and fleshy fruits. In tomato, these genes also control spatial patterns of fruit ripening, utilizing differential regulation of RIN activity at different fruit domains.

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ArabidopsisSolanum lycopersicumEthylenesFruitGene Expression Regulation, PlantPlant ProteinsTranscription FactorsEthylenesPlant ProteinsTranscription Factors

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PMID35703985
PMCPMC9434150
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