A NAC transcription factor, NOR-like1, is a new positive regulator of tomato fruit ripening
Crop genetics: novel gene involved in tomato ripening Chinese researchers have identified a new gene which regulates the ripening of tomatoes. Several genes known to control tomato ripening are members of the NAC family of regulators. To identify others, a team led by Daqi Fu of China Agricultural U...
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| author | Ying Gao Wei Wei Xiaodan Zhao Xiaoli Tan Zhongqi Fan Yiping Zhang Yuan Jing Lanhuan Meng Benzhong Zhu Hongliang Zhu Jianye Chen Cai-Zhong Jiang Donald Grierson Yunbo Luo Da-Qi Fu |
| author_facet | Ying Gao Wei Wei Xiaodan Zhao Xiaoli Tan Zhongqi Fan Yiping Zhang Yuan Jing Lanhuan Meng Benzhong Zhu Hongliang Zhu Jianye Chen Cai-Zhong Jiang Donald Grierson Yunbo Luo Da-Qi Fu |
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| description | Crop genetics: novel gene involved in tomato ripening Chinese researchers have identified a new gene which regulates the ripening of tomatoes. Several genes known to control tomato ripening are members of the NAC family of regulators. To identify others, a team led by Daqi Fu of China Agricultural University blocked the expression of candidate NAC genes. The discovered that silencing NOR-like1 repressed ripening, leaving the tomatoes partially green. The team also engineered plants with defective copies of NOR-like1 and found that this delayed ripening and eventually resulted in partially ripe fruit and impaired seed development. RNA sequencing of these lines revealed that NOR-like1 directly regulates genes involved in ethylene synthesis, carotenoid accumluation, chlorophyll metabolism, and cell wall breakdown. These findings clearly demonstrate a key role for NOR-like1 as a positive regulator of tomato ripening and a potential tool for controlling this important process. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0d4eeb38d77f43c5a7fa44404fa313652022-12-22T00:25:13ZengOxford University PressHorticulture Research2052-72762018-12-015111810.1038/s41438-018-0111-5A NAC transcription factor, NOR-like1, is a new positive regulator of tomato fruit ripeningYing Gao0Wei Wei1Xiaodan Zhao2Xiaoli Tan3Zhongqi Fan4Yiping Zhang5Yuan Jing6Lanhuan Meng7Benzhong Zhu8Hongliang Zhu9Jianye Chen10Cai-Zhong Jiang11Donald Grierson12Yunbo Luo13Da-Qi Fu14Laboratory of Fruit Biology, College of Food Science & Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural UniversityCollege of Horticulture, South China Agricultural UniversityCollege of Food Science, Beijing Technology and Business UniversityCollege of Horticulture, South China Agricultural UniversityCollege of Horticulture, South China Agricultural UniversityLaboratory of Fruit Biology, College of Food Science & Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural UniversityLaboratory of Fruit Biology, College of Food Science & Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural UniversityLaboratory of Fruit Biology, College of Food Science & Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural UniversityLaboratory of Fruit Biology, College of Food Science & Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural UniversityLaboratory of Fruit Biology, College of Food Science & Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural UniversityCollege of Horticulture, South China Agricultural UniversityDepartment of Plant Sciences, University of CaliforniaPlant Sciences Division, School of Biosciences, University of NottinghamLaboratory of Fruit Biology, College of Food Science & Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural UniversityLaboratory of Fruit Biology, College of Food Science & Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural UniversityCrop genetics: novel gene involved in tomato ripening Chinese researchers have identified a new gene which regulates the ripening of tomatoes. Several genes known to control tomato ripening are members of the NAC family of regulators. To identify others, a team led by Daqi Fu of China Agricultural University blocked the expression of candidate NAC genes. The discovered that silencing NOR-like1 repressed ripening, leaving the tomatoes partially green. The team also engineered plants with defective copies of NOR-like1 and found that this delayed ripening and eventually resulted in partially ripe fruit and impaired seed development. RNA sequencing of these lines revealed that NOR-like1 directly regulates genes involved in ethylene synthesis, carotenoid accumluation, chlorophyll metabolism, and cell wall breakdown. These findings clearly demonstrate a key role for NOR-like1 as a positive regulator of tomato ripening and a potential tool for controlling this important process.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41438-018-0111-5 |
| spellingShingle | Ying Gao Wei Wei Xiaodan Zhao Xiaoli Tan Zhongqi Fan Yiping Zhang Yuan Jing Lanhuan Meng Benzhong Zhu Hongliang Zhu Jianye Chen Cai-Zhong Jiang Donald Grierson Yunbo Luo Da-Qi Fu A NAC transcription factor, NOR-like1, is a new positive regulator of tomato fruit ripening Horticulture Research |
| title | A NAC transcription factor, NOR-like1, is a new positive regulator of tomato fruit ripening |
| title_full | A NAC transcription factor, NOR-like1, is a new positive regulator of tomato fruit ripening |
| title_fullStr | A NAC transcription factor, NOR-like1, is a new positive regulator of tomato fruit ripening |
| title_full_unstemmed | A NAC transcription factor, NOR-like1, is a new positive regulator of tomato fruit ripening |
| title_short | A NAC transcription factor, NOR-like1, is a new positive regulator of tomato fruit ripening |
| title_sort | nac transcription factor nor like1 is a new positive regulator of tomato fruit ripening |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41438-018-0111-5 |
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