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ArticleJournal of experimental botany2025

CRISPR/Cas9 editing of two adenine phosphoribosyl transferase coding genes reveals the functional specialization of adenine salvage proteins in common bean.

Cristina Mª López, Saleh Alseekh, Félix J Martínez Rivas, Alisdair R Fernie, Pilar Prieto, Josefa M Alamillo

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Cristina Mª LópezDepartamento de Botánica, Ecología y Fisiología Vegetal, Grupo de Fisiología Molecular y Biotecnología de Plantas, Campus de Excelencia Internacional Agroalimentario, CEIA3, Campus de Rabanales, Universidad de Córdoba, 14071 Córdoba, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-8980-3106
Saleh AlseekhMax-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2067-5235
Félix J Martínez RivasDepartamento de Botánica, Ecología y Fisiología Vegetal, Grupo de Fisiología Molecular y Biotecnología de Plantas, Campus de Excelencia Internacional Agroalimentario, CEIA3, Campus de Rabanales, Universidad de Córdoba, 14071 Córdoba, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-3808-9306
Alisdair R FernieMax-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9000-335X
Pilar PrietoPlant Breeding Department, Institute for Sustainable Agriculture, Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Avda. Menéndez Pidal, Campus Alameda del Obispo s/n, 14004 Córdoba, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-8160-808X
Josefa M AlamilloDepartamento de Botánica, Ecología y Fisiología Vegetal, Grupo de Fisiología Molecular y Biotecnología de Plantas, Campus de Excelencia Internacional Agroalimentario, CEIA3, Campus de Rabanales, Universidad de Córdoba, 14071 Córdoba, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-5530-5539

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adenine metabolism is important for common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) productivity since this legume uses ureides derived from the oxidation of purine nucleotides as its primary nitrogen storage molecules. Purine nucleotides are produced from de novo synthesis or through salvage pathways. Adenine phosphoribosyl transferase (APRT) is the enzyme dedicated to adenine nucleobase salvage for nucleotide synthesis, but it can also convert active cytokinin bases into their inactive nucleotide forms. In common bean, APRT is encoded by four genes. Gene expression analysis, biochemical properties, and subcellular location indicated functional differences among the common bean APRT isoforms. CRISPR/Cas9 targeted down-regulation of two of the four PvAPRTs followed by metabolomic and physiological analyses of targeted hairy roots revealed that, although the two proteins have redundant functions, PvAPRT1 mostly participated in the salvage of adenine, whereas PvAPRT5 was the predominant form in the regulation of cytokinin homeostasis and stress responses with a high impact in root and nodule growth.

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AdenineAdenine PhosphoribosyltransferaseCRISPR-Cas SystemsGene EditingPhaseolusPlant ProteinsCytokininsAdenineAdenine PhosphoribosyltransferaseCytokininsPlant ProteinsCytokiningene targetingmetabolomicsPhaseolus vulgarispurine nucleotides

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PMID39387692
PMCPMC11714751

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