Multi-scale analysis provides insights into the roles of ureide permeases in wheat nitrogen use efficiency

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of experimental botany. - 1985. - 74(2023), 18 vom: 29. Sept., Seite 5564-5590
1. Verfasser: Meng, Xiaodan (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Zhang, Zhiyong, Wang, Huali, Nai, Furong, Wei, Yihao, Li, Yongchun, Wang, Xiaochun, Ma, Xinming, Tegeder, Mechthild
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2023
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Journal of experimental botany
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Allantoin and allantoate partitioning co-expression gene expression genome nitrogen use efficiency phylogeny source and sink mehr... ureide transporter wheat (Triticum aestivum) Allantoin 344S277G0Z Membrane Transport Proteins Nitrogen N762921K75
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Zusammenfassung:© The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Experimental Biology. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissionsoup.com.
The ureides allantoin and allantoate serve as nitrogen (N) transport compounds in plants, and more recently, allantoin has been shown to play a role in signaling. In planta, tissue ureide levels are controlled by the activity of enzymes of the purine degradation pathway and by ureide transporters called ureide permeases (UPS). Little is known about the physiological function of UPS proteins in crop plants, and especially in monocotyledon species. Here, we identified 13 TaUPS genes in the wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genome. Phylogenetic and genome location analyses revealed a close relationship of wheat UPSs to orthologues in other grasses and a division into TaUPS1, TaUPS2.1, and TaUPS2.2 groups, each consisting of three homeologs, with a total of four tandem duplications. Expression, localization, and biochemical analyses resolved spatio-temporal expression patterns of TaUPS genes, transporter localization at the plasma membrane, and a role for TaUPS2.1 proteins in cellular import of ureides and phloem and seed loading. In addition, positive correlations between TaUPS1 and TaUPS2.1 transcripts and ureide levels were found. Together the data support that TaUPSs function in regulating ureide pools at source and sink, along with source-to-sink transport. Moreover, comparative studies between wheat cultivars grown at low and high N strengthened a role for TaUPS1 and TaUPS2.1 transporters in efficient N use and in controlling primary metabolism. Co-expression, protein-protein interaction, and haplotype analyses further support TaUPS involvement in N partitioning, N use efficiency, and domestication. Overall, this work provides a new understanding on UPS transporters in grasses as well as insights for breeding resilient wheat varieties with improved N use efficiency
Beschreibung:Date Completed 23.10.2023
Date Revised 24.10.2023
published: Print
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1460-2431
DOI:10.1093/jxb/erad286