Rapid starch degradation in the wood of olive trees under heat and drought is permitted by three stress-specific beta amylases

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Veröffentlicht in:The New phytologist. - 1979. - 229(2021), 3 vom: 15. Feb., Seite 1398-1414
1. Verfasser: Tsamir-Rimon, Mor (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Ben-Dor, Shifra, Feldmesser, Ester, Oppenhimer-Shaanan, Yaara, David-Schwartz, Rakefet, Samach, Alon, Klein, Tamir
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2021
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:The New phytologist
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't carbon source drought response drought tolerance mannitol starch degradation starch synthesis Starch 9005-25-8 mehr... beta-Amylase EC 3.2.1.2
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Zusammenfassung:© 2020 The Authors New Phytologist © 2020 New Phytologist Trust.
Carbon reserve use is a major drought response in trees, enabling tree survival in conditions prohibiting photosynthesis. However, regulation of starch metabolism under drought at the whole-tree scale is still poorly understood. To this end, we combined measurements of nonstructural carbohydrates (NSCs), tree physiology and gene expression. The experiment was conducted outside on olive trees in pots under 90 d of seasonal spring to summer warming. Half of the trees were also subjected to limited water conditions for 28 d. Photosynthesis decreased in dehydrating trees from 19 to 0.5 µmol m-2  s-1 during the drought period. Starch degradation and mannitol production were a major drought response, with mannitol increasing to 71% and 41% out of total NSCs in shoots and roots, respectively. We identified the gene family members potentially relevant either to long-term or stress-induced carbon storage. Partitioning of expression patterns among β amylase and starch synthase family members was observed, with three β amylases possibly facilitating the rapid starch degradation under heat and drought. Our results suggest a group of stress-related, starch metabolism genes, correlated with NSC fluctuations during drought and recovery. The daily starch metabolism gene expression was different from the stress-mode starch metabolism pattern, where some genes are uniquely expressed during the stress-mode response
Beschreibung:Date Completed 14.05.2021
Date Revised 14.05.2021
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1469-8137
DOI:10.1111/nph.16907