Analysis of the floral MADS-box genes from monocotyledonous Trilliaceae species indicates the involvement of SEPALLATA3-like genes in sepal-petal differentiation.
Plant Sci
; 241: 266-76, 2015 Dec.
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ABSTRACT
The evolution of greenish sepals from petaloid outer tepals has occurred repeatedly in various lineages of non-grass monocots. Studies in distinct monocot species showed that the evolution of sepals could be explained by the ABC model; for example, the defect of B-class function in the outermost whorl was linked to the evolution of sepals. Here, floral MADS-box genes from three sepal-bearing monocotyledonous Trilliaceae species, Trillium camschatcense, Paris verticillata, and Kinugasa japonica were examined. Unexpectedly, expression of not only A- but also B-class genes was detected in the sepals of all three species. Although the E-class gene is generally expressed across all floral whorls, no expression was detected in sepals in the three species examined here. Overexpression of the E-class SEPALLATA3-like gene from T. camschatcense (TcamSEP) in Arabidopsis thaliana produced phenotypes identical to those reported for orthologs in other monocots. Additionally, yeast hybrid experiments indicated that TcamSEP could form a higher-order complex with an endogenous heterodimer of B-class APETALA3/DEFICIENS-like (TcamDEF) and PISTILLATA/GLOBOSA-like (TcamGLO) proteins. These results suggest a conserved role for Trilliaceae SEPALLATA3-like genes in functionalization of the B-class genes, and that a lack of SEPALLATA3-like gene expression in the outermost whorl may be related to the formation of greenish sepals.
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Proteínas de Plantas
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Regulação da Expressão Gênica de Plantas
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Liliaceae
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Proteínas de Domínio MADS
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Plant Sci
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2015
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