Perspectives on the basic and applied aspects of crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) research
Abstract
Here, due to public concerns about the decreasing supply of blue water and increasing heat and drought stress on plant growth caused by urbanization, increasing human population and climate change, interest in crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM), a specialized type of photosynthesis enhancing water-use efficiency (WUE) and drought tolerance, has increased markedly. Significant progress has been achieved in both basic and applied research in CAM plants since the beginning of this century. Here we provide a brief overview of the current status of CAM research, and discuss future needs and opportunities in a wide range of areas including systems biology, synthetic biology, and utilization of CAM crops for human benefit, with a focus on the following aspects: application of genome-editing technology and high-throughput phenotyping to functional genomics research in model CAM species and genetic improvement of CAM crops, challenges for multi-scale metabolic modeling of CAM systems, opportunities and new strategies for CAM pathway engineering to enhance WUE and drought tolerance in C3 (and C4) photosynthesis crops, potential of CAM species as resources for food, feed, natural products, pharmaceuticals and biofuels, and development of CAM crops for ecological and aesthetic benefits.
- Authors:
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- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
- Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Southwest Univ. of Science and Technology, Sichuan (China)
- Univ. of Nevada, Reno, NV (United States)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Newcastle Univ., Newcastle upon Tyne (United Kingdom)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1464013
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1582986
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725; SC0008834
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Plant Science
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 274; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9452
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; Crassulacean acid metabolism; Genome editing; Metabolic modeling; Synthetic biology; Water-use efficiency; Natural products
Citation Formats
Liu, Degao, Palla, Kaitlin J., Hu, Rongbin, Moseley, Robert C., Mendoza, Christopher, Chen, Mei, Abraham, Paul E., Labbe, Jessy L., Kalluri, Udaya C., Tschaplinski, Timothy J., Cushman, John C., Borland, Anne M., Tuskan, Gerald A., and Yang, Xiaohan. Perspectives on the basic and applied aspects of crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) research. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.plantsci.2018.06.012.
Liu, Degao, Palla, Kaitlin J., Hu, Rongbin, Moseley, Robert C., Mendoza, Christopher, Chen, Mei, Abraham, Paul E., Labbe, Jessy L., Kalluri, Udaya C., Tschaplinski, Timothy J., Cushman, John C., Borland, Anne M., Tuskan, Gerald A., & Yang, Xiaohan. Perspectives on the basic and applied aspects of crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) research. United States. doi:10.1016/j.plantsci.2018.06.012.
Liu, Degao, Palla, Kaitlin J., Hu, Rongbin, Moseley, Robert C., Mendoza, Christopher, Chen, Mei, Abraham, Paul E., Labbe, Jessy L., Kalluri, Udaya C., Tschaplinski, Timothy J., Cushman, John C., Borland, Anne M., Tuskan, Gerald A., and Yang, Xiaohan. Tue .
"Perspectives on the basic and applied aspects of crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) research". United States. doi:10.1016/j.plantsci.2018.06.012. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1464013.
@article{osti_1464013,
title = {Perspectives on the basic and applied aspects of crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) research},
author = {Liu, Degao and Palla, Kaitlin J. and Hu, Rongbin and Moseley, Robert C. and Mendoza, Christopher and Chen, Mei and Abraham, Paul E. and Labbe, Jessy L. and Kalluri, Udaya C. and Tschaplinski, Timothy J. and Cushman, John C. and Borland, Anne M. and Tuskan, Gerald A. and Yang, Xiaohan},
abstractNote = {Here, due to public concerns about the decreasing supply of blue water and increasing heat and drought stress on plant growth caused by urbanization, increasing human population and climate change, interest in crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM), a specialized type of photosynthesis enhancing water-use efficiency (WUE) and drought tolerance, has increased markedly. Significant progress has been achieved in both basic and applied research in CAM plants since the beginning of this century. Here we provide a brief overview of the current status of CAM research, and discuss future needs and opportunities in a wide range of areas including systems biology, synthetic biology, and utilization of CAM crops for human benefit, with a focus on the following aspects: application of genome-editing technology and high-throughput phenotyping to functional genomics research in model CAM species and genetic improvement of CAM crops, challenges for multi-scale metabolic modeling of CAM systems, opportunities and new strategies for CAM pathway engineering to enhance WUE and drought tolerance in C3 (and C4) photosynthesis crops, potential of CAM species as resources for food, feed, natural products, pharmaceuticals and biofuels, and development of CAM crops for ecological and aesthetic benefits.},
doi = {10.1016/j.plantsci.2018.06.012},
journal = {Plant Science},
number = C,
volume = 274,
place = {United States},
year = {2018},
month = {6}
}
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