Journal of Integrative Agriculture ›› 2023, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (5): 1308-1323.DOI: 10.1016/j.jia.2022.08.031

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利用蛋白质组学和转录组学揭示优质蛋白玉米中贮藏蛋白再平衡过程

  

  • 收稿日期:2022-03-10 接受日期:2022-04-29 出版日期:2023-05-20 发布日期:2022-04-29

Revealing the process of storage protein rebalancing in high quality protein maize by proteomic and transcriptomic

ZHAO Hai-liang, QIN Yao, XIAO Zi-yi, SUN Qin, GONG Dian-ming#, QIU Fa-zhan#   

  1. National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement/Hubei Hongshan Laboratory/College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, P.R.China


  • Received:2022-03-10 Accepted:2022-04-29 Online:2023-05-20 Published:2022-04-29
  • About author:ZHAO Hai-liang, E-mail: hailiang@webmail.hzau.edu.cn; #Correspondence QIU Fa-zhan, Tel: +86-27-87286870, E-mail: qiufazhan@mail.hzau.edu.cn; GONG Dian-ming, E-mail: gongdianming@webmail.hzau.edu.cn
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    This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31971951 and 31771796).  

摘要:

优质蛋白玉米(QPM)胚乳比普通玉米胚乳含有更高比例的赖氨酸、色氨酸和蛋氨酸等必须氨基酸,因此极大的提高了玉米的营养品质但是由于QPM中储藏蛋白再平衡的机制有待完善从而阻碍了QPM的育种进程本研究使用蛋白质组和转录组技术对opaque2 (o2)  QPM中储藏蛋白再平衡的过程进行探究。 Mo17o2  QPM 中同时鉴定到差异表达蛋白(DEP)的编码基因显著富集在与储藏蛋白、淀粉和氨基酸合成相关的通路中,表明相关通路在储藏蛋白再平衡的过程中发挥作用同时发现在这些DEP中有 178 前人报道过的非醇溶蛋白类型的储藏蛋白,上调表达的非醇溶蛋白富含赖氨酸、色氨酸和蛋氨酸,从而提高了QPM的蛋白品质。利用共表达网络分析筛选一些 QPM 起调控储藏蛋白合成作用的调控因子,这其中包括前人已经证实过的储藏蛋白的关键调控因子如 O2PBF1 以及一些新发现的转录因子。研究鉴定到一些在 QPM 中上调表达的富含赖氨酸、色氨酸和蛋氨酸的非醇溶蛋白及其调控因子,该结果不仅有助于阐明QPM中蛋白品质提高的原因,揭示QPM储藏蛋白再平衡的发生过程也可为QPM的改良提供基因资源和理论指导

Abstract:

Quality protein maize (QPM) (Zea mays L.) varieties contain enhanced levels of tryptophan and lysine, exhibiting improved nutritive value for humans and livestock.  However, breeding QPM varieties remains challenging due to the complex process of rebalancing storage protein.  This study conducted transcriptome and proteome analyses to investigate the process of storage proteins rebalancing in opaque2 (o2) and QPM.  We found a weak correlation between the transcriptome and proteome, suggesting a significant modulating effect of post-transcriptional events on non-zein protein abundances in Mo17o2 and QPM.  These results highlight the advantages of proteomics.  Compared with Mo17, 672 differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) were identified both in Mo17o2 and QPM, and several of them were associated with storage protein, starch, and amino acid synthesis.  We identified 178 non-zeins as DEPs in Mo17o2 and QPM kernels.  The up-regulated non-zein DEPs were enriched in lysine, tryptophan, and methionine, which affected the protein quality.  Co-expression network analysis identified regulators of storage protein synthesis in QPM, including O2, PBF1, and several transcription factors.  Our results revealed how storage protein rebalancing occurs and identified non-zein DEPs that may facilitate superior-quality QPM breeding. 

Key words: quality protein maize , opaque2 ,  qγ27 , protein body , storage protein , iTRAQ