Gamma-aminobutyric acid¥ In vertebrates, GABA is an inhibitory

Elucidation of the roles of GABA in Tomato Fruit
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Takashi AKIHIRO
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In vertebrates, GABA is an
inhibitory neurotransmitter
in the brain
GABA
Gamma-aminobutyric acid\
Fig. 1. Sequence alignment of GADs from various plants. Identical and similar amino acid residues are indicated
by black and gray boxes, respectively. Gaps are shown by hyphens. the C-terminal peptide extension that is
unique to plant GADs is shown by a dashed line.
Table 1. Homology comparisons between tomato GADs
Fig. 2. Alignment of the amino acid sequences of the C-terminus of plant GADs.
OsGAD1
LeGADA
OsGAD2
Petunia
LeGADB
Lotus
LeGADF
Brassica juncea
Fig. 3. Structural features of C-terminal portions of GADs from tomato,
rice, lotus Indian mustard and petunia.
GABAT
Fig. 4. Sequence alignment of GABATs from tomato and Arabidopsis. Identical and
similar amino acid residues are indicated by black and gray boxes, respectively. Gaps
are shown by hyphens.
Table 2. Prediction of the subcellular location of GABATs using
TargetP, MitoProII,PSORT and PSORTII program.
SSADH
Fig. 5. Sequence alignment of SSADHs from tomato and Arabidopsis.
Identical and similar amino acid residues are indicated by black and
gray boxes, respectively. Gaps are shown by hyphens.
Table 3. Prediction of the subcellular location of SSADHs using TargetP
SSR
Fig. 6. Sequence alignment of SSRs from tomato and Arabidopsis.
Identical and similar amino acid residues are indicated by black and gray
boxes, respectively. Gaps are shown by hyphens.
Table 4. Prediction of the subcellular location of SSRs using TargetP
Fig. 7. Isolation of total RNAs from tomato
3.5
Leaf
Stem
Root
Flower
Trichome
Columella
Pericarp
Loculus
Seed
Jelly
3
2
1.5
1
0.5
DAF45
DAF42
DAF39
DAF36
DAF33
DAF30
DAF27
DAF24
DAF21
DAF18
DAF15
DAF12
DAF9-2
DAF9-1
DAF6
DAF3
0
Control
ug/ul
2.5
OK
OK
OK
OK
Failed
OK
OK
OK
OK
OK
Conclusion
GAD
GABAT
SSADH
SSR
X3
X3
X2
X2
Isolated from MicroTom
Future works
優先順位1 (8・25まで)
GABAT,SSRおよびSSADHのGenome配列を決定する
→TillingしてGABA代謝系の変異株をスクリーニングする
優先順位2 (8・25まで)
果実における発現解析を行う
→RNAi、Tillingのターゲット遺伝子の絞り込み
優先順位3
発現ベクターへの組み込み
→単離したクローンがファンクショナルであることを確かめる
優先順位4
Isoformの数を確定する
→サザン解析