Comparative genomics analysis of drought response between obligate CAM and C3 photosynthesis plants

Rongbin Hu, Jin Zhang, Sara Jawdy, Avinash Sreedasyam, Anna Lipzen, Mei Wang, Vivian Ng, Christopher Daum, Keykhosrow Keymanesh, Degao Liu, Haiwei Lu, Priya Ranjan, Jin Gui Chen, Wellington Muchero, Timothy J. Tschaplinski, Gerald A. Tuskan, Jeremy Schmutz, Xiaohan Yang

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Abstract

Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) plants exhibit elevated drought and heat tolerance compared to C3 and C4 plants through an inverted pattern of day/night stomatal closure and opening for CO2 assimilation. However, the molecular responses to water-deficit conditions remain unclear in obligate CAM species. In this study, we presented genome-wide transcription sequencing analysis using leaf samples of an obligate CAM species Kalanchoë fedtschenkoi under moderate and severe drought treatments at two-time points of dawn (2-h before the start of light period) and dusk (2-h before the dark period). Differentially expressed genes were identified in response to environmental drought stress and a whole genome wide co-expression network was created as well. We found that the expression of CAM-related genes was not regulated by drought stimuli in K. fedtschenkoi. Our comparative analysis revealed that CAM species (K. fedtschenkoi) and C3 species (Arabidopsis thaliana, Populus deltoides ‘WV94’) share some common transcriptional changes in genes involved in multiple biological processes in response to drought stress, including ABA signaling and biosynthesis of secondary metabolites.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number153791
JournalJournal of Plant Physiology
Volume277
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2022

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Funding Information:
This research was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Genomic Science Program under Award Number DE-SC0008834. Additional support was provided by the Community Science Program (project 503025) at the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute and the DOE Center for Bioenergy Innovation at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The writing of this manuscript was supported by the Center for Bioenergy Innovation, a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Bioenergy Research Center supported by the Biological and Environmental Research (BER) program. J.Z. is funded by the Zhejiang A&F University Research and Development Fund Talent Startup Project (2021LFR013).The work (proposal: 10.46936/10.25585/60001095) conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (https://ror.org/04xm1d337), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, is supported by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy operated under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231. This research is also supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Science, Genomic Science Program under Award Number DE-SC0008834, and the Center for Bioenergy Innovation (CBI), which is a DOE Bioenergy Research Center supported by the Biological and Environmental Research program in the DOE Office of Science. Oak Ridge National Laboratory is managed by UT-Battelle, LLC for the DOE under Contract Number DE-AC05–00OR22725. This research used resources of the Compute and Data Environment for Science (CADES) and the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Funding Information:
This research was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy , Office of Science , Genomic Science Program under Award Number DE-SC0008834 . Additional support was provided by the Community Science Program (project 503025 ) at the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute and the DOE Center for Bioenergy Innovation at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory . The writing of this manuscript was supported by the Center for Bioenergy Innovation , a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Bioenergy Research Center supported by the Biological and Environmental Research (BER) program. J.Z. is funded by the Zhejiang A&F University Research and Development Fund Talent Startup Project ( 2021LFR013 ).

Funding Information:
The work (proposal: 10.46936/10.25585/60001095 ) conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute ( https://ror.org/04xm1d337 ), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, is supported by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy operated under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231 . This research is also supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Science , Genomic Science Program under Award Number DE-SC0008834 , and the Center for Bioenergy Innovation (CBI) , which is a DOE Bioenergy Research Center supported by the Biological and Environmental Research program in the DOE Office of Science . Oak Ridge National Laboratory is managed by UT-Battelle, LLC for the DOE under Contract Number DE-AC05–00OR22725 . This research used resources of the Compute and Data Environment for Science (CADES) and the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory .

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Keywords

  • Abscisic acid
  • Crassulacean acid metabolism
  • Drought stress
  • Kalanchoë fedtschenkoi
  • RNA-Seq
  • Secondary metabolism

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