Arabidopsis Coordinates the Diurnal Regulation of Carbon Allocation and Growth across a Wide Range of Photoperiods
Arabidopsis Coordinates the Diurnal Regulation of Carbon Allocation and Growth across a Wide Range of Photoperiods作者机构:Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology Am Muehlenberg 1 14476 Potsdam-Golm Germany National University of Galway Plant Systems Biology Lab Plant and AgriBiosciences Research Centre Botany and Plant Science Galway Ireland
出 版 物:《Molecular Plant》 (分子植物(英文版))
年 卷 期:2014年第7卷第1期
页 面:137-155页
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学科分类:0905[农学-畜牧学] 09[农学] 0901[农学-作物学]
主 题:Arabidopsis diurnal growth photoperiod ribosomes trehalose-6-phosphate starch
摘 要:In short photoperiods, plants accumulate starch more rapidly in the light and degrade it more slowly at night, ensuring that their starch reserves last until dawn. To investigate the accompanying changes in the timing of growth, Arabidopsis was grown in a range of photoperiods and analyzed for rosette biomass, photosynthesis, respiration, ribosome abundance, polysome loading, starch, and over 40 metabolites at dawn and dusk. The data set was used to model growth rates in the daytime and night, and to identify metabolites that correlate with growth. Modeled growth rates and polysome loading were high in the daytime and at night in long photoperiods, but decreased at night in short photoperiods. Ribosome abundance was similar in all photoperiods. It is discussed how the amount of starch accumulated in the light period, the length of the night, and maintenance costs interact to constrain growth at night in short photoperiods, and alter the strategy for optimizing ribosome use. Significant correlations were found in the day- time and the night between growth rates and the levels of the sugar-signal trehalose 6-phosphate and the amino acid biosynthesis intermediate shikimate, identifying these metabolites as hubs in a network that coordinates growth with diurnal changes in the carbon supply.