植物學國際頂級刊物Plant Physiology（IF=6.982 2009年度影響因子十大看點）7月1日最新一期發(fā)表了浙江大學果實品質(zhì)生物學研究團隊2010屆博士生殷學仁題為《獼猴桃AdEIL和AdERF基因參與調(diào)控果實成熟相關基因表達》的論文,。
乙烯是重要植物激素,，參與植物整個生命進程,，也是影響果實成熟衰老最重要的植物激素之一,。乙烯生物學研究包括乙烯生物合成和乙烯信號轉導兩大主題,，長期以來植物學界存在一科學猜想——乙烯信號轉導能否反饋調(diào)控乙烯生物合成,。
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該論文從獼猴桃果實乙烯信號轉導途徑兩個轉錄因子基因家族（EIN3/EIL和ERF）入手,，發(fā)現(xiàn)獼猴桃果實AdEIL2和AdEIL3可活化乙烯合成關鍵基因AdACO1啟動子,，進而調(diào)控乙烯合成相關基因轉錄,，并加速植株乙烯合成，首次系統(tǒng)的闡述了EIN3/EILs可作為乙烯信號轉導反饋調(diào)控乙烯生物合成的關鍵位點,，該研究結果為果實乙烯生物合成調(diào)控提供了新的理論依據(jù),。(生物谷Bioon.net)
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Plant Physiology DOI:10.1104/pp.110.157081
Kiwifruit EIL and ERF genes involved in regulating fruit ripening
Xue-ren Yin1, Andrew C. Allan2, Kun-song Chen1,3 and Ian B. Ferguson2
1 Zhejiang University; , 2 New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited
Kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa) is a climacteric fruit sensitive to low concentrations of ethylene. To investigate the transcriptional mechanisms underlying kiwifruit ethylene response, transcription factors encoding four EIN3-Like (EILs) and fourteen ethylene response factors (ERFs) were cloned from kiwifruit. Expression of these transcription factors was examined during fruit development. The expression of transcripts of most AdERFs was higher during early fruit development, with the exception of AdERF3 which increased with maturity. Several AdERFs were apparently downregulated by ethylene as they were affected by the ethylene inhibitor 1-methylcyclopropene and by antisense suppression of ACO in the fruit. In contrast, AdEILs were constitutively expressed during fruit development and ripening. The transcription factors AdEIL2 and AdEIL3 activated transcription of the ripening-related genes AdACO1 and AdXET5 and, when over-expressed in Arabidopsis, stimulated ethylene production. The potential repressor AdERF9 suppressed this promoter activity. These results support a role for kiwifruit EILs and ERFs in transcriptional regulation of ripening related genes and in the regulation of kiwifruit fruit ripening processes.
