Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica ›› 2024, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (2): 27-38. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20194486

Special Issue: Multigrain crops Biotechnology

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Fine Mapping and Candidate Gene Analysis of Yellow-Green Leaf Mutant ygl7 in Foxtail Millet

LIAN Shichao1,2, HAN Kangni1,2, DU Xiaofen1,2, WANG Zhilan1,2, LI Yuxin1,2, LI Yanfang1,2, CHENG Kai1,2, ZHANG Linyi1,2, WANG Jun1,2   

  1. 1 Millet Research Institute,Shanxi Agricultural University,Changzhi 046011,China
    2 Houji Laboratory in Shanxi Province,Taiyuan 030031,China
  • Received:2023-08-30 Published:2024-04-28

Abstract:

Leaf color mutant is an ideal material for studying C4 photosynthesis pathway and chlorophyll metabolism mechanism.In order to study the molecular mechanism of yellow-green leaf mutation in millet,and lay a foundation for the functional study of yellow-green leaf genes and the molecular mechanism analysis of chlorophyll metabolism,a stable hereditary yellow-green leaf mutant ygl7 was identified in the ethyl methacrylate(EMS)mutant library of Changnong 35.Agronomic traits,photosynthetic pigment content and photosynthetic parameters,and chloroplast ultrastructure observation were carried out on the mutant and wild type.At the same time,genetic analysis of mutant leaf color was performed,primary mapping was performed by BSA method,fine mapping was performed by an F2 population,and candidate genes were predicted according to functional annotation combined with RNA-Seq.The expression pattern was analyzed by qRT-PCR,and the protein interaction was verified by yeast two-hybrid experiment.The results showed that the leaves of ygl7 were obviously yellow-green at seedling stage and elongation stage,and gradually turned to light green at heading stage compared with the wild type.The chlorophyll content and photosynthetic rate of ygl7 during the whole growth stage were significantly lower than that of the wild type,and the chloroplast structure was abnormal.Genetic analysis showed that ygl7 yellow-green leaf phenotype was controlled by a pair of recessive single genes.Yellow-green leaf gene was located in the 434.9 kb region of chromosome Ⅶ.Candidate gene analysis predicted that Seita.7G290300 encoding protoporphyrin Ⅸ magnesium chelatase Ⅰ was the candidate gene for regulating yellow-green leaf.The results of qRT-PCR showed that Seita.7G290300 was highly expressed in leaves,and the expression of Seita.7G290300 in mutant was lower than that of wild type.The expression levels of genes related to chlorophyll synthesis pathway(CHLD,CHLI)and photosystem(LHCB1,LHCB6)were down-regulated in the mutants.The experiment of yeast two-hybrid showed that SiYGL7 interacted with MORF2.

Key words: Foxtail millet, Yellow-green leaf mutant, Fine mapping, Magnesium chelatase Ⅰ subunit

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LIAN Shichao, HAN Kangni, DU Xiaofen, WANG Zhilan, LI Yuxin, LI Yanfang, CHENG Kai, ZHANG Linyi, WANG Jun. Fine Mapping and Candidate Gene Analysis of Yellow-Green Leaf Mutant ygl7 in Foxtail Millet[J]. Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica, 2024, 39(2): 27-38. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20194486.

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