Interação entre o gene TKN2 (KNOX-type I) e o miR156 node durante a transição de fase vegetativa para reprodutiva em tomateiro (Solanum lycopersicum)

• Ano de defesa: 2014
• Autor(a) principal: Corazon-Guivin, Mike Anderson [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
• Palavras-chave em Português: Plantas - Reprodução; Tomate - Melhoramento genético; Expressão gênica; Meristema; Reguladores de crescimento; Codigo genético; Gene expression
• Link de acesso: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/110403

Plant development depends on the activity of a group of dividing cells called meristem. Extensive genetic analyses have identified the major regulators of the shoot apical meristem (SAM), which control the development of all aerial organs. Among them, the three-amino-acid- loop-extension (TALE) class of homeoproteins; this family contains the KNOTTED-like homeodomain (KNOX) and BELL-like Homeodomain (BELL) members, which function as heterodimers or homodimers, to regulate expression of their target genes by binding to specific sequences in DNA. In plants with compound leaves as tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), KNOX I are expressed in the meristem, as well as on leaves, flowers and fruits, suggesting that they may play various roles in these organs. This hypothesis is supported by the intriguing phenotypes found in mutants with gain-of function of KNOX I genes, whose ectopic expression affects leaf, petal and fruit shape. An example, is the tomato mutant Mouse ear (Me), which overexpress the gene TKN2 (KNOX I). Similar phenotypes were also observed in transgenic plants overexpressing microRNA156 (miR156). MicroRNAs are a class of small no-coding RNAs (20-25 nucleotides) that are widely distributed in the genome of plants and animals, regulating the expression of their target genes by acting mainly at the post-transcriptional level. miR156 regulated post-transcriptionally most SQUAMOSA Promoter-Binding Protein-Like (SPL or SBP-box) genes, which encode plant-specific transcription factors. These genes play important roles in different aspects of development. To examine a possible molecular interaction between TKN2 transcription factor and microRNA156/SQUAMOSA Promoter-Binding Protein-Like module (miR156 node), it was evaluated the expression of miR156, its targets (SBP-box) and several genes downstream of miR156 node in different stages of the development of homozygous Me plants. Moreover, to evaluate the genetic interaction ...