Comparative genomics can provide new insights into the evolutionary mechanisms and gene function in CAM plants
Abstract
Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) photosynthesis is an important biological innovation enabling plant adaptation to hot and dry environments. CAM plants feature high water-use efficiency, with potential for sustainable crop production under water-limited conditions. A deep understanding of CAM-related gene function and molecular evolution of CAM plants is critical for exploiting the potential of engineering CAM into C3 crops to enhance crop production on semi-arid or marginal agricultural lands. With the newly emerging genomics resources for multiple CAM species, progress has been made in comparative genomics studies on the molecular basis and subsequently on the evolution of CAM. Here, recent advances in CAM comparative genomics research in constitutive and facultative CAM plants are reviewed, with a focus on the analyses of DNA/protein sequences and gene expression to provide new insights into the path and driving force of CAM evolution and to identify candidate genes involved in CAM-related biological processes. Potential applications of new computational and experimental technologies (e.g. CRISPR/Cas-mediated genome-editing technology) to the comparative and evolutionary genomics research on CAM plants are offered.
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- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA, The Center for Bioenergy Innovation, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, USA
- Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development and Center for Precision Plant Genomics, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, USA
- University of Wyoming, USA
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- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1576659
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1569384; OSTI ID: 1570521
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0008834; AC05-00OR22725
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- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Experimental Botany
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Journal of Experimental Botany Journal Volume: 70 Journal Issue: 22; Journal ID: ISSN 0022-0957
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; comparative genomics; crassulacean acid metabolism; drought stress; evolution; gene function; genome editing; photosynthesis
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Yang, Xiaohan, Liu, Degao, Tschaplinski, Timothy J., Tuskan, Gerald A., and Williams, ed., David. Comparative genomics can provide new insights into the evolutionary mechanisms and gene function in CAM plants. United Kingdom: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1093/jxb/erz408.
Yang, Xiaohan, Liu, Degao, Tschaplinski, Timothy J., Tuskan, Gerald A., & Williams, ed., David. Comparative genomics can provide new insights into the evolutionary mechanisms and gene function in CAM plants. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erz408
Yang, Xiaohan, Liu, Degao, Tschaplinski, Timothy J., Tuskan, Gerald A., and Williams, ed., David. Sat .
"Comparative genomics can provide new insights into the evolutionary mechanisms and gene function in CAM plants". United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erz408.
@article{osti_1576659,
title = {Comparative genomics can provide new insights into the evolutionary mechanisms and gene function in CAM plants},
author = {Yang, Xiaohan and Liu, Degao and Tschaplinski, Timothy J. and Tuskan, Gerald A. and Williams, ed., David},
abstractNote = {Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) photosynthesis is an important biological innovation enabling plant adaptation to hot and dry environments. CAM plants feature high water-use efficiency, with potential for sustainable crop production under water-limited conditions. A deep understanding of CAM-related gene function and molecular evolution of CAM plants is critical for exploiting the potential of engineering CAM into C3 crops to enhance crop production on semi-arid or marginal agricultural lands. With the newly emerging genomics resources for multiple CAM species, progress has been made in comparative genomics studies on the molecular basis and subsequently on the evolution of CAM. Here, recent advances in CAM comparative genomics research in constitutive and facultative CAM plants are reviewed, with a focus on the analyses of DNA/protein sequences and gene expression to provide new insights into the path and driving force of CAM evolution and to identify candidate genes involved in CAM-related biological processes. Potential applications of new computational and experimental technologies (e.g. CRISPR/Cas-mediated genome-editing technology) to the comparative and evolutionary genomics research on CAM plants are offered.},
doi = {10.1093/jxb/erz408},
journal = {Journal of Experimental Botany},
number = 22,
volume = 70,
place = {United Kingdom},
year = {Sat Sep 07 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Sat Sep 07 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}
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Fig. 1: A conceptual framework for crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) evolution and working hypotheses for guiding comparative genomics research. A) Hypothesis 1: CAM evolution followed a linear course leading from facultative CAM to strong constitutive CAM. B) Hypothesis 2: facultative and constitutive CAM evolved independently.
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