scholarly journals Overexpressing the H-protein of the glycine cleavage system increases biomass yield in glasshouse and field-grown transgenic tobacco plants

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 141-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia E. López-Calcagno ◽  
Stuart Fisk ◽  
Kenny L. Brown ◽  
Simon E. Bull ◽  
Paul F. South ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Transgenic Tobacco ◽  
Biomass Yield ◽  
Transgenic Tobacco Plants ◽  
Glycine Cleavage System ◽  
Tobacco Plants ◽  
Glycine Cleavage ◽  
H Protein

scholarly journals Enhanced Biomass Yield of and Saccharification in Transgenic Tobacco Over-Expressing β-Glucosidase

Biomolecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 806
Author(s):  
Eun Jin Cho ◽  
Quynh Anh Nguyen ◽  
Yoon Gyo Lee ◽  
Younho Song ◽  
Bok Jae Park ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Transgenic Tobacco ◽  
Biomass Yield ◽  
Thermotoga Maritima ◽  
Total Biomass ◽  
Transgenic Tobacco Plants ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Tobacco Plants ◽  
Lignocellulose Conversion ◽  
Nicotiana Tabacum L ◽  
Genome Transcription

Here, we report an increase in biomass yield and saccharification in transgenic tobacco plants (Nicotiana tabacum L.) overexpressing thermostable β-glucosidase from Thermotoga maritima, BglB, targeted to the chloroplasts and vacuoles. The transgenic tobacco plants showed phenotypic characteristics that were significantly different from those of the wild-type plants. The biomass yield and life cycle (from germination to flowering and harvest) of the transgenic tobacco plants overexpressing BglB were 52% higher and 36% shorter than those of the wild-type tobacco plants, respectively, indicating a change in the genome transcription levels in the transgenic tobacco plants. Saccharification in biomass samples from the transgenic tobacco plants was 92% higher than that in biomass samples from the wild-type tobacco plants. The transgenic tobacco plants required a total investment (US$/year) corresponding to 52.9% of that required for the wild-type tobacco plants, but the total biomass yield (kg/year) of the transgenic tobacco plants was 43% higher than that of the wild-type tobacco plants. This approach could be applied to other plants to increase biomass yields and overproduce β-glucosidase for lignocellulose conversion.

Production of an active recombinant thrombomodulin derivative in transgenic tobacco plants and suspension cells

2005 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 251-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helga Schinkel ◽  
Andreas Schiermeyer ◽  
Raphael Soeur ◽  
Rainer Fischer ◽  
Stefan Schillberg
Keyword(s):  
Transgenic Tobacco ◽  
Transgenic Tobacco Plants ◽  
Suspension Cells ◽  
Tobacco Plants ◽  
Recombinant Thrombomodulin

scholarly journals Overexpression of the pitaya phosphoethanolamine N-methyltransferase gene (HpPEAMT) enhanced simulated drought stress in tobacco

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ai-Hua Wang ◽  
Lan Yang ◽  
Xin-Zhuan Yao ◽  
Xiao-Peng Wen
Keyword(s):  
Drought Stress ◽  
Stress Response ◽  
Transgenic Plants ◽  
Drought Tolerance ◽  
Transgenic Tobacco ◽  
Sequence Similarity ◽  
Amino Acid Sequence Similarity ◽  
Transgenic Tobacco Plants ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Tobacco Plants

AbstractPhosphoethanolamine N-methyltransferase (PEAMTase) catalyzes the methylation of phosphoethanolamine to produce phosphocholine and plays an important role in the abiotic stress response. Although the PEAMT genes has been isolated from many species other than pitaya, its role in the drought stress response has not yet been fully elucidated. In the present study, we isolated a 1485 bp cDNA fragment of HpPEAMT from pitaya (Hylocereus polyrhizus). Phylogenetic analysis showed that, during its evolution, HpPEAMT has shown a high degree of amino acid sequence similarity with the orthologous genes in Chenopodiaceae species. To further investigate the function of HpPEAMT, we generated transgenic tobacco plants overexpressing HpPEAMT, and the transgenic plants accumulated significantly more glycine betaine (GB) than did the wild type (WT). Drought tolerance trials indicated that, compared with those of the wild-type (WT) plants, the roots of the transgenic plants showed higher drought tolerance ability and exhibited improved drought tolerance. Further analysis revealed that overexpression of HpPEAM in Nicotiana tabacum resulted in upregulation of transcript levels of GB biosynthesis-related genes (NiBADH, NiCMO and NiSDC) in the leaves. Furthermore, compared with the wild-type plants, the transgenic tobacco plants displayed a significantly lower malondialdehyde (MDA) accumulation and higher activities of the superoxide dismutase (SOD) and peroxidase (POD) antioxidant enzymes under drought stress. Taken together, our results suggested that HpPEAMT enhanced the drought tolerance of transgenic tobacco.

Increased production of wax esters in transgenic tobacco plants by expression of a fatty acid reductase:wax synthase gene fusion

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 945-953 ◽  
Author(s):  
Selcuk Aslan ◽  
Per Hofvander ◽  
Paresh Dutta ◽  
Chuanxin Sun ◽  
Folke Sitbon
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Transgenic Tobacco ◽  
Gene Fusion ◽  
Wax Esters ◽  
Transgenic Tobacco Plants ◽  
Tobacco Plants
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