Overexpression of plastidial thioredoxin f leads to enhanced starch accumulation in tobacco leaves

dc.contributor.authorSanz Barrio, Ruth
dc.contributor.authorCorral-Martínez, Patricia
dc.contributor.authorAncín Rípodas, María
dc.contributor.authorSeguí-Simarro, José M.
dc.contributor.authorFarrán Blanch, Inmaculada
dc.contributor.departmentIdAB. Instituto de Agrobiotecnología / Agrobioteknologiako Institutuaes_ES
dc.contributor.funderGobierno de Navarra / Nafarroako Gobernua, IIM10865.RI1es
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-16T08:08:00Z
dc.date.available2019-01-16T08:08:00Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractStarch, the most abundant storage carbohydrate in plants, has been a major feedstock for first‐generation biofuels. Growing fuel demands require, however, that the starch yields of energy crops be improved. Leaf starch is synthesised during the day and degraded at night to power nonphotosynthetic metabolism. Redox regulation has been associated with the coordination of the enzymes involved in starch metabolism, but neither the signals nor mechanisms that regulate this metabolism are entirely clear. In this work, the thioredoxin (Trx) f and m genes, which code for key enzymes in plastid redox regulation, were overexpressed from the plastid genome. Tobacco plants overexpressing Trx f, but not Trx m, showed an increase of up to 700% in leaf starch accumulation, accompanied by an increase in leaf sugars, specific leaf weight (SLW), and leaf biomass yield. To test the potential of these plants as a nonfood energy crop, tobacco leaves overexpressing Trx f were subjected to enzymatic hydrolysis, and around a 500% increase in the release of fermentable sugars was recorded. The results show that Trx f is a more effective regulator of photosynthetic carbon metabolism in planta than Trx m. The overexpression of Trx f might therefore provide a means of increasing the carbohydrate content of plants destined for use in biofuel production. It might also provide a means of improving the nutritional properties of staple food crops.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was supported by grants from Gobierno de Navarra (IIM10865.RI1) and Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (AGL2010-15107). R.S.-B. and P.M.-C. were supported by predoctoral fellowships from CSIC and G.Valenciana (Spain), respectively.en
dc.format.extent10 p.
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dc.identifier.doi10.1111/pbi.12052
dc.identifier.issn1467-7644 (Print)
dc.identifier.issn1467-7652 (Electronic)
dc.identifier.urihttps://academica-e.unavarra.es/handle/2454/31987
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisherWileyen
dc.relation.ispartofPlant Biotechnology Journal (2013) 11, pp. 618–627en
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.12052
dc.rights© 2013 Society for Experimental Biology, Association of Applied Biologists and John Wiley & Sons Ltden
dc.rights.accessRightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectChloroplasten
dc.subjectTransformationen
dc.subjectTobaccoen
dc.subjectThioredoxinen
dc.subjectStarchen
dc.subjectBioethanol feedstocken
dc.titleOverexpression of plastidial thioredoxin f leads to enhanced starch accumulation in tobacco leavesen
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