Facultative CAM in Talinum

This ARC is based on Brilhaus et al. (2016). https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.15.01076. See isa.investigation.xlsx for details. The Talinum Genome Draft originates from https://git.nfdi4plants.org/hhu-plant-biochemistry/talinum-fruticosum-genome

Table of Contents

1. Description
2. Publication
3. Studies
   • TalinumGenomeDraft
   • TalinumSamples-STRI
4. Assays
   • MassHunter_targets
   • GCqTOF_targets
   • RNASeq

Description

Drought tolerance is a key factor for agriculture in the 21st century as it is a major determinant of plant survival in natural ecosystems as well as crop productivity. Plants have evolved a range of mechanisms to cope with drought, including a specialized type of photosynthesis termed Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM). CAM is associated with stomatal closure during the day as atmospheric CO2 is assimilated primarily during the night, thus reducing transpirational water loss. The tropical herbaceous perennial species Talinum triangulare is capable of transitioning, in a facultative, reversible manner, from C3 photosynthesis to weakly expressed CAM in response to drought stress. The transcriptional regulation of this transition has been studied. Combining mRNA-Seq with targeted metabolite measurements, we found highly elevated levels of CAM-cycle enzyme transcripts and their metabolic products in T. triangulare leaves upon water deprivation. The carbohydrate metabolism is rewired to reduce the use of reserves for growth to support the CAM-cycle and the synthesis of compatible solutes. This large-scale expression dataset of drought-induced CAM demonstrates transcriptional regulation of the C3–CAM transition. We identified candidate transcription factors to mediate this photosynthetic plasticity, which may contribute in the future to the design of more drought-tolerant crops via engineered CAM.

Relationships between Assays and Studies

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title: Facultative-CAM-in-Talinum
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flowchart TD
    Facultative-CAM-in-Talinum[Facultative-CAM-in-Talinum]
    Facultative-CAM-in-Talinum-->STUDY_TalinumGenomeDraft
    subgraph STUDY_TalinumGenomeDraft[Study:TalinumGenomeDraft]
        TalinumGenomeDraft[TalinumGenomeDraft]
    end
    Facultative-CAM-in-Talinum-->STUDY_TalinumSamples-STRI
    subgraph STUDY_TalinumSamples-STRI[Study:TalinumSamples-STRI]
        plant_material[plant_material]
    end
    subgraph ASSAY_MassHunter_targets[Assay:MassHunter_targets]
        mh-quant-results[mh-quant-results]
        mh-quant-report[mh-quant-report]
    end
    subgraph ASSAY_RNASeq[Assay:RNASeq]
        rna_extraction[rna_extraction]
        illumina[illumina]
    end
    subgraph ASSAY_GCqTOF_targets[Assay:GCqTOF_targets]
        metabolite_extraction[metabolite_extraction]
        gas_chromatography[gas_chromatography]
        mass_spec[mass_spec]
    end
    plant_material-->|6|rna_extraction
    plant_material-->|6|metabolite_extraction
    mh-quant-results-->|1|mh-quant-report
    rna_extraction-->|6|illumina
    metabolite_extraction-->|6|gas_chromatography
    gas_chromatography-->|20|mass_spec
    mass_spec-->|20|mh-quant-results

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Study : TalinumGenomeDraft

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Study : TalinumSamples-STRI

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Characteristics: organism,organism part,plant age

Parameters: growth day length,light intensity exposure,humidity day,temperature day,temperature night

Factors: watering exposure,Timepoint,timepoint-ZT,Photosynthesis mode

Assay : MassHunter_targets

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Assay : RNASeq

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Parameters: biosource amount,extraction method,extraction buffer,extraction buffer volume,RNA quality check,library strategy,library selection,library layout,library preparation kit,library preparation kit version,adapter sequence,next generation sequencing instrument model,base-calling software,base-calling software version,Raw data file format

Assay : GCqTOF_targets

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Parameters: Bio entity,Biosource amount,Biosource material state,Extraction buffer,Extraction buffer volume,Internal standard,Sample volume,MS sample post-extraction,MS sample resuspension,MS derivatization,MS sample type,Chromatography instrument model,Chromatography autosampler model,Chromatography column type,Chromatography column model,mobile phase,Chromatography injection volume,Chromatography injection mode,Chromatography gradient,scan polarity,scan window lower limit,scan window upper limit,scan rate,instrument model,ionization type,mass analyzer type,detector type