INCORPORATION OF SEQUENCE LISTING
Two copies of the sequence listing (Copy 1 and Copy 2) and a computer readable form (CRF) of the sequence listing, all on CD-ROMs, each containing the file named pa—01123.rpt, which is 33,475 kilo bytes (measured in MS-WINDOWS) and was created on Mar. 21, 2005, are herein incorporated by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
Disclosed herein are inventions in the field of plant genetics and developmental biology. More specifically, the present invention provides transgenic seeds for crops, wherein the genome of said seed comprises recombinant DNA, the expression of which results in the production of transgenic plants that have improved trait(s).
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Transgenic plants with improved traits such as improved yield, environmental stress tolerance, pest resistance, herbicide tolerance, modified seed compositions, and the like are desired by both farmers and consumers. Although considerable efforts in plant breeding have provided significant gains in desired traits, the ability to introduce specific DNA into plant genomes provides further opportunities for generation of plants with improved and/or unique traits. The ability to develop transgenic plants with improved traits depends in part on the identification of genes that are useful in recombinant DNA constructs for production of transformed plants with improved properties.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
This invention provides transgenic seeds, transgenic plants and DNA constructs with trait-improving recombinant DNA from a gene or homolog which has been demonstrated for trait improvement in a model plant. More specifically, such recombinant DNA is from a gene identified in a model plant screen as disclosed herein or homologues of such gene, e.g., from related species or in some cases from a broad range of unrelated species. In particular aspects of the invention the recombinant DNA will express a protein having an amino acid sequence with at least 90% identity to a consensus amino acid sequence in the group consisting of the consensus amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:240 and its homologs through SEQ ID NO:478 and its homologs, but excluding SEQ ID NO:391 and its homologs. The amino acid sequences of homologs are SEQ ID NO: 479 through SEQ ID NO: 12463. Tables 2 identifying the sequences of homologs for proteins encoded by the trait-improving genes described supra is provided herein as appendix. In some cases of trait improvement, the recombinant DNA encodes a protein; in other cases, the recombinant DNA suppresses endogenous protein expression. In a broad aspect this invention provides transgenic seed for growing crop plants with improved traits, such crop plants with improved traits and the plant parts including transgenic seed produced by such crop plants. The improved trait provided by the recombinant DNA in the transgenic crop plant of this invention is identified by comparison to a control plant, i.e., a plant without the trait-improving recombinant DNA. In one aspect of the invention, transgenic crop plant grown from the transgenic seed has improved yield, as compared to the yield of a control plant, e.g., a plant without the recombinant DNA that produces the increased yield. Increased yield may be characterized as plant yield increase under non-stress conditions, or by plant yield increase under one or more environmental stress conditions including, but not limited to, water deficit stress, cold stress, heat stress, high salinity stress, shade stress, and low nitrogen availability stress. Still another aspect of the present invention also provides transgenic plants having other improved phenotypes, such as improved plant development, plant morphology, plant physiology or seed composition as compared to a corresponding trait of a control plant. The various aspects of this invention are especially useful for transgenic seed and transgenic plants having improved traits in corn (also know as maize), soybean, cotton, canola (rape), wheat, sunflower, sorghum, alfalfa, barley, millet, rice, tobacco, fruit and vegetable crops, and turfgrass.
The invention also comprises recombinant DNA constructs. In one aspect such recombinant DNA constructs useful for the transgenic seed and transgenic plants of this invention comprise a promoter functional in a plant cell operably linked to a DNA segment for expressing a protein associated with a trait in a model plant or a homologue. In another aspect the recombinant DNA constructs useful for the transgenic seed and transgenic plants of this invention comprise a promoter functional in a plant cell operably linked to a DNA segment for suppressing the level of an endogenous plant protein which is a homologue to a model-plant protein, the suppression of which is associated with an improved trait. Suppression can be effected by any of a variety of methods known in the art, e.g., post transcriptional suppression by anti-sense, sense, dsRNA and the like or by transcriptional suppression.
This invention also provides a method of producing a transgenic crop plant having at least one improved trait, wherein the method comprises providing to a grower of transgenic seeds comprising recombinant DNA for expression or suppression of a trait-improving gene provided herein, and growing transgenic plant from said transgenic seed. Such methods can be used to generate transgenic crop plants having at least one improved traits under one or more environmental stress conditions including, but not limited to, water deficit stress, cold stress, heat stress, high salinity stress, shade stress, and low nitrogen availability stress. In another aspect, such method also can be used to generate transgenic crop plants having improved plant development, plant morphology, plant physiology or seed component phenotype as compared to a corresponding phenotype of a control plant. Of particular interest are uses of such methods to generate transgenic crop plants having increased yield under non-stress condition, or under one or more stress conditions.
One a particular embodiment of this invention provides transgenic seeds comprising trait improving recombinant DNA in its genome for the expression of a bacterial phytochrome protein. Transgenic plants resulting from such invention have improved tolerance to water deficit stress, cold stress and low nitrogen availability stress. In another aspect, transgenic crop plants overexpressing the bacterial phytochrome protein have increased yield under non-stress condition, or under one or more stress conditions.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is directed to transgenic plant seed, wherein the genome of said transgenic plant seed comprises a trait-improving recombinant DNA as provided herein, and transgenic plant grown from such seed possesses an improved trait as compared to the trait of a control plant. In one aspect, the present invention relates to transgenic plants wherein the improved trait is one or more traits including improved drought stress tolerance, improved heat stress tolerance, improved cold stress tolerance, improved high salinity stress tolerance, improved low nitrogen availability stress tolerance, improved shade stress tolerance, improved plant growth and development at the stages of seed imbibition through early vegetative phase, and improved plant growth and development at the stages of leaf development, flower production and seed maturity. Of particular interest are the transgenic plants grown from transgenic seeds provided herein wherein the improved trait is increased seed yield. Recombinant DNA constructs disclosed by the present invention comprise recombinant polynucleotides providing for the production of mRNA to modulate gene expression, imparting improved traits to plants.
As used herein, “gene” refers to chromosomal DNA, plasmid DNA, cDNA, synthetic DNA, or other DNA that encodes a peptide, polypeptide, protein, or RNA molecule, and regions flanking the coding sequences involved in the regulation of expression.
As used herein, “transgenic seed” refers to a plant seed whose genome has been altered by the incorporation of recombinant DNA, e.g., by transformation as described herein. The term “transgenic plant” is used to refer to the plant produced from an original transformation event, or progeny from later generations or crosses of a plant to a transformed plant, so long as the progeny contains the recombinant DNA in its genome. As used herein, “recombinant DNA” refers to a polynucleotide having a genetically engineered modification introduced through combination of endogenous and/or exogenous elements in a transcription unit, manipulation via mutagenesis, restriction enzymes, and the like or simply by inserting multiple copies of a native transcription unit. Recombinant DNA may comprise DNA segments obtained from different sources, or DNA segments obtained from the same source, but which have been manipulated to join DNA segments which do not naturally exist in the joined form. A recombinant polynucleotide may exist outside of the cell, for example as a PCR fragment, or integrated into a genome, such as a plant genome.
As used herein, “trait” refers to a physiological, morphological, biochemical, or physical characteristic of a plant or particular plant material or cell. In some instances, this characteristic is visible to the human eye, such as seed or plant size, or can be measured by biochemical techniques, such as detecting the protein, starch, or oil content of seed or leaves, or by observation of a metabolic or physiological process, e.g., by measuring uptake of carbon dioxide, or by the observation of the expression level of a gene or genes, e.g., by employing Northern analysis, RT-PCR, microarray gene expression assays, or reporter gene expression systems, or by agricultural observations such as stress tolerance, yield, or pathogen tolerance.
As used herein, “control plant” is a plant without trait-improving recombinant DNA. A control plant is used to measure and compare trait improvement in a transgenic plant with such trait-improving recombinant DNA. A suitable control plant may be a non-transgenic plant of the parental line used to generate a transgenic plant herein. Alternatively, control plant may be a transgenic plant that comprises an empty vector or marker gene, but does not contain the recombinant DNA that produces the trait improvement. A control plant may also be a negative segregant progeny of hemizygous transgenic plant. In certain demonstrations of trait improvement, the use of a limited number of control plants can cause a wide variation in the control dataset. To minimize the effect of the variation within the control dataset, a “reference” is used. As use herein a “reference” is a trimmed mean of all data from both transgenic and control plants grown under the same conditions and at the same developmental stage. The trimmed mean is calculated by eliminating a specific percentage, i.e., 20%, of the smallest and largest observation from the data set and then calculating the average of the remaining observation.
As used herein, “trait improvement” refers to a detectable and desirable difference in a characteristic in a transgenic plant relative to a control plant or a reference. In some cases, the trait improvement can be measured quantitatively. For example, the trait improvement can entail at least a 2% desirable difference in an observed trait, at least a 5% desirable difference, at least about a 10% desirable difference, at least about a 20% desirable difference, at least about a 30% desirable difference, at least about a 50% desirable difference, at least about a 70% desirable difference, or at least about a 100% difference, or an even greater desirable difference. In other cases, the trait improvement is only measured qualitatively. It is known that there can be a natural variation in a trait. Therefore, the trait improvement observed entails a change of the normal distribution of the trait in the transgenic plant compared with the trait distribution observed in a control plant or a reference, which is evaluated by statistical methods provided herein. Trait improvement includes, but not limited to, yield increase, including increased yield under non-stress conditions and increased yield under environmental stress conditions. Stress conditions may include, for example, drought, shade, fungal disease, viral disease, bacterial disease, insect infestation, nematode infestation, cold temperature exposure, heat exposure, osmotic stress, reduced nitrogen nutrient availability, reduced phosphorus nutrient availability and high plant density. Many agronomic traits can affect “yield”, including without limitation, plant height, pod number, pod position on the plant, number of internodes, incidence of pod shatter, grain size, efficiency of nodulation and nitrogen fixation, efficiency of nutrient assimilation, resistance to biotic and abiotic stress, carbon assimilation, plant architecture, resistance to lodging, percent seed germination, seedling vigor, and juvenile traits. Other traits that can affect yield include, efficiency of germination (including germination in stressed conditions), growth rate (including growth rate in stressed conditions), ear number, seed number per ear, seed size, composition of seed (starch, oil, protein) and characteristics of seed fill. Also of interest is the generation of transgenic plants that demonstrate desirable phenotypic properties that may or may not confer an increase in overall plant yield. Such properties include improved plant morphology, plant physiology or improved components of the mature seed harvested from the transgenic plant.
As used herein, “yield-limiting environment” refers to the condition under which a plant would have the limitation on yield including environmental stress conditions.
As used herein, “stress condition” refers to the condition unfavorable for a plant, which adversely affect plant metabolism, growth and/or development. A plant under the stress condition typically shows reduced germination rate, retarded growth and development, reduced photosynthesis rate, and eventually leading to reduction in yield.
Specifically, “water deficit stress” used herein preferably refers to the sub-optimal conditions for water and humidity needed for normal growth of natural plants. Relative water content (RWC) can be used as a physiological measure of plant water deficit. It measures the effect of osmotic adjustment in plant water status, when a plant is under stressed conditions. Conditions which may result in water deficit stress include heat, drought, high salinity and PEG induced osmotic stress.
“Cold stress” used herein preferably refers to the exposure of a plant to a temperatures below (two or more degrees Celsius below) those normal for a particular species or particular strain of plant.
As used herein, “sufficient nitrogen growth condition” refers to the growth condition where the soil or growth medium contains or receives enough amounts of nitrogen nutrient to sustain a healthy plant growth and/or for a plant to reach its typical yield for a particular plant species or a particular strain. As used herein, “nitrogen nutrient” means any one or any mix of the nitrate salts commonly used as plant nitrogen fertilizer, including, but not limited to, potassium nitrate, calcium nitrate, sodium nitrate, ammonium nitrate. The term ammonium as used herein means any one or any mix of the ammonium salts commonly used as plant nitrogen fertilizer, e.g., ammonium nitrate, ammonium chloride, ammonium sulfate, etc. One skilled in the art would recognize what constitute such soil, media and fertilizer inputs for most plant species. “Low nitrogen availability stress” used herein refers to a plant growth condition that does not contain sufficient nitrogen nutrient to maintain a healthy plant growth and/or for a plant to reach its typical yield under a sufficient nitrogen growth condition, and preferably refers to a growth condition with 50% or less of the conventional nitrogen inputs.
“Shade stress” used herein preferably refers to limited light availability that triggers the shade avoidance response in plant. Plants are subject to shade stress when localized at lower part of the canopy, or in close proximity of neighboring vegetation. Shade stress may become exacerbated when the planting density exceeds the average prevailing density for a particular plant species. The average prevailing densities per acre of a few other examples of crop plants in the USA in the year 2000 were: wheat 1,000,000-1,500,000; rice 650,000-900,000; soybean 150,000-200,000, canola 260,000-350,000, sunflower 17,000-23,000 and cotton 28,000-55,000 plants per acre (Cheikh, et al., (2003) U.S. Patent Application No. 20030101479).
As used herein, “increased yield” of a transgenic plant of the present invention may be evidenced and measured in a number of ways, including test weight, seed number per plant, seed weight, seed number per unit area (i.e., seeds, or weight of seeds, per acre), bushels per acre, tons per acre, tons per acre, kilo per hectare. For example, maize yield may be measured as production of shelled corn kernels per unit of production area, e.g., in bushels per acre or metric tons per hectare, often reported on a moisture adjusted basis, e.g., at 15.5% moisture. Increased yield may result from improved utilization of key biochemical compounds, such as nitrogen, phosphorous and carbohydrate, or from improved responses to environmental stresses, such as cold, heat, drought, salt, and attack by pests or pathogens. Trait-improving recombinant DNA may also be used to provide transgenic plants having improved growth and development, and ultimately increased yield, as the result of modified expression of plant growth regulators or modification of cell cycle or photosynthesis pathways.
As used herein, “expression” refers to transcription of DNA to produce RNA. The resulting RNA may be without limitation mRNA encoding a protein, antisense RNA that is complementary to an mRNA encoding a protein, or an RNA transcript comprising a combination of sense and antisense gene regions, such as for use in RNAi technology. Expression as used herein may also refer to production of encoded protein from mRNA.
As used herein, “promoter” includes reference to a region of DNA upstream from the start of transcription and involved in recognition and binding of RNA polymerase and other proteins to initiate transcription. A “plant promoter” is a promoter capable of initiating transcription in plant cells whether or not its origin is a plant cell. Exemplary plant promoters include, but are not limited to, those that are obtained from plants, plant viruses, and bacteria which comprise genes expressed in plant cells such as Agrobacterium or Rhizobium. Examples of promoters under developmental control include promoters that preferentially initiate transcription in certain tissues, such as leaves, roots, or seeds. Such promoters are referred to as “tissue preferred”. Promoters which initiate transcription only in certain tissues are referred to as “tissue specific”. A “cell type” specific promoter primarily drives expression in certain cell types in one or more organs, for example, vascular cells in roots or leaves. An “inducible” or “repressible” promoter is a promoter which is under environmental control. Examples of environmental conditions that may effect transcription by inducible promoters include anaerobic conditions, or certain chemicals, or the presence of light. Tissue specific, tissue preferred, cell type specific, and inducible promoters constitute the class of “non-constitutive” promoters. A “constitutive” promoter is a promoter which is active under most conditions. As used herein, “antisense orientation” includes reference to a polynucleotide sequence that is operably linked to a promoter in an orientation where the antisense strand is transcribed. The antisense strand is sufficiently complementary to an endogenous transcription product such that translation of the endogenous transcription product is often inhibited.
As used herein, “operably linked” refers to the association of two or more nucleic acid fragments on a single nucleic acid fragment so that the function of one is affected by the other. For example, a promoter is operably linked with a coding sequence when it is capable of affecting the expression of that coding sequence (i.e., that the coding sequence is under the transcriptional control of the promoter). Coding sequences can be operably linked to regulatory sequences in sense or antisense orientation.
As used herein, “consensus sequence” refers to an artificial, amino acid sequence of conserved parts of the proteins encoded by homologous genes, e.g., as determined by a CLUSTALW alignment of amino acid sequence of homolog proteins.
As used herein, “homolog” refers to a gene related to a second gene by descent from a common ancestral DNA sequence. The term, homolog, may apply to the relationship between genes separated by the event of speciation (see ortholog) or to the relationship between genes separated by the event of genetic duplication (see paralog). Homologs can be from the same or a different organism that performs the same biological function. “Orthologs” refer to a set of homologous genes in different species that evolved from a common ancestral gene by specification. Normally, orthologs retain the same function in the course of evolution; and “paralogs” refer to a set of homologous genes in the same species that have diverged from each other as a consequence of genetic duplication.
Percent identity refers to the extent to which two optimally aligned DNA or protein segments are invariant throughout a window of alignment of components, e.g., nucleotide sequence or amino acid sequence. An “identity fraction” for aligned segments of a test sequence and a reference sequence is the number of identical components which are shared by sequences of the two aligned segments divided by the total number of sequence components in the reference segment over a window of alignment which is the smaller of the full test sequence or the full reference sequence. “Percent identity” (“% identity”) is the identity fraction times 100. “% identity to a consensus amino acid sequence” is 100 times the identity fraction in a window of alignment of an amino acid sequence of a test protein optimally aligned to consensus amino acid sequence of this invention.
As used herein “Arabidopsis” means plants of Arabidopsis thaliana.
Recombinant DNA Constructs
The present invention provides recombinant DNA constructs comprising one or more polynucleotides disclosed herein for imparting one or more improved traits to transgenic plant. Such constructs also typically comprise a promoter operatively linked to said polynucleotide to provide for expression in a target plant. Other construct components may include additional regulatory elements, such as 5′ or 3′ untranslated regions (such as polyadenylation sites), intron regions, and transit or signal peptides. Such recombinant DNA constructs can be assembled using methods known to those of ordinary skill in the art.
In a preferred embodiment, a polynucleotide of the present invention is operatively linked in a recombinant DNA construct to a promoter functional in a plant to provide for expression of the polynucleotide in the sense orientation such that a desired polypeptide is produced. Also provided are embodiments wherein a polynucleotide is operatively linked to a promoter functional in a plant to provide for expression of the polynucleotide in the antisense orientation such that a complementary copy of at least a portion of an mRNA native to the target plant host is produced.
Recombinant constructs prepared in accordance with the present invention may also generally include a 3′ untranslated DNA region (UTR) that typically contains a polyadenylation sequence following the polynucleotide coding region. Examples of useful 3′ UTRs include those from the nopaline synthase gene of Agrobacterium tumefaciens (nos), a gene encoding the small subunit of a ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase-oxygenase (rbcS), and the T7 transcript of Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Constructs and vectors may also include a transit peptide for targeting of a gene target to a plant organelle, particularly to a chloroplast, leucoplast or other plastid organelle. For descriptions of the use of chloroplast transit peptides, see U.S. Pat. No. 5,188,642 and U.S. Pat. No. 5,728,925, incorporated herein by reference.
Table 1 provides a list of genes that can provide recombinant DNA that was used in a model plant to discover associate improved traits and that can be used with homologs to define a consensus amino acid sequence for characterizing recombinant DNA in the transgenic seeds, transgenic plants, DNA constructs and methods of this invention.
“NUC SEQ ID NO” refers to a SEQ ID NO. for a particular DNA sequence in the Sequence Listing.
“PEP SEQ ID NO” refers to a SEQ ID NO. in the Sequence Listing for the amino acid sequence of a protein cognate to a particular DNA “construct_id” refers to an arbitrary number used to identify a particular recombinant DNA construct comprising the particular DNA.
“gene” refers to an arbitrary name used to identify the particular DNA.
“orientation” refers to the orientation of the particular DNA in a recombinant DNA construct relative to the promoter.
“species” refers to the organism from which the particular DNA was derived.
TABLE 1
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Nuc SEQ IDPep SEQ IDconstruct_idGeneorientationSpecies
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124019867CGPG4046SenseGlycine max
224174518CGPG6792SensePseudomonas fluorescens PfO-1
324215816CGPG2244SenseArabidopsis thaliana
424317918CGPG2774SenseArabidopsis thaliana
524415306CGPG1909AntiSenseArabidopsis thaliana
624512038CGPG1087SenseArabidopsis thaliana
724612046CGPG1106SenseArabidopsis thaliana
824713432CGPG1525SenseArabidopsis thaliana
924813711CGPG1114SenseArabidopsis thaliana
1024914809CGPG692SenseArabidopsis thaliana
1125014951CGPG1636SenseArabidopsis thaliana
1225115632CGPG1469SenseArabidopsis thaliana
1325216147CGPG2088SenseArabidopsis thaliana
1425316158CGPG2169SenseArabidopsis thaliana
1525416170CGPG2192SenseArabidopsis thaliana
1625516171CGPG2194SenseArabidopsis thaliana
1725616175CGPG2204SenseArabidopsis thaliana
1825717430CGPG2478SenseArabidopsis thaliana
1925817819CGPG2587SenseArabidopsis thaliana
2025917921CGPG2878SenseArabidopsis thaliana
2126017928CGPG2739SenseArabidopsis thaliana
2226118637CGPG3450SenseArabidopsis thaliana
2326218816CGPG2406SenseArabidopsis thaliana
2426319227CGPG3025SenseArabidopsis thaliana
2526419429CGPG3486SenseArabidopsis thaliana
2626570235CGPG96SenseArabidopsis thaliana
2726672634CGPG4855SenseArabidopsis thaliana
2826772752CGPG5532SenseSaccharomyces cerevisiae
2926812007CGPG1089AntiSenseArabidopsis thaliana
3026912290CGPG977AntiSenseArabidopsis thaliana
3127012343CGPG581AntiSenseArabidopsis thaliana
3227114348CGPG1692AntiSenseArabidopsis thaliana
3327215708CGPG2167AntiSenseArabidopsis thaliana
3427317615CGPG2458Anti-SenseArabidopsis thaliana
3527417622CGPG2454Anti-SenseArabidopsis thaliana
3627570714CGPG1480Anti-senseArabidopsis thaliana
3727617925CGPG2883SenseArabidopsis thaliana
3827718541CGPG2971SenseArabidopsis thaliana
3927811425CGPG628SenseArabidopsis thaliana
4027912263CGPG799SenseArabidopsis thaliana
4128012288CGPG811SenseArabidopsis thaliana
4228112910CGPG985SenseArabidopsis thaliana
4328214335CGPG1685SenseArabidopsis thaliana
4428317427CGPG2475SenseArabidopsis thaliana
4528419140CGPG1758SenseArabidopsis thaliana
4628519179CGPG740SenseArabidopsis thaliana
4728619251CGPG3118SenseArabidopsis thaliana
4828719443CGPG2834SenseArabidopsis thaliana
4928819607CGPG3397SenseArabidopsis thaliana
5028919915CGPG4072SenseGlycine max
5129070222CGPG28SenseArabidopsis thaliana
5229170464CGPG3773SenseArabidopsis thaliana
5329270474CGPG3806SenseArabidopsis thaliana
5429370484CGPG3853SenseArabidopsis thaliana
5529472474CGPG4667SenseGlycine max
5629513047CGPG1324ANTI-SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
5729613304CGPG1282ANTI-SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
5829713474CGPG1600ANTI-SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
5929819252CGPG3121SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
6029912612CGPG1181SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
6130012926CGPG1299SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
6230113230CGPG1276SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
6330214235CGPG1665SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
6430317305CGPG2261SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
6530417470CGPG2606SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
6630517718CGPG1791SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
6730617904CGPG1912SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
6830718280CGPG3547SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
6930818287CGPG3563SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
7030918501CGPG2237SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
7131018877CGPG3097SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
7231119531CGPG3028SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
7331270405CGPG1672SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
7431372136CGPG5320SENSEGlycine max
7531472611CGPG4812SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
7631512627CGPG1003SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
7731612813CGPG825SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
7831714945CGPG1776SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
7931815345CGPG1504SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
8031915348CGPG1514SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
8132016325CGPG2195SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
8232116702CGPG531SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
8332216836CGPG2283SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
8432317002CGPG1926SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
8532417012CGPG2073SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
8632517017CGPG1722SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
8732617344CGPG2404SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
8832717426CGPG2474SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
8932817655CGPG2899SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
9032917656CGPG2714SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
9133017906CGPG2145SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
9233118278CGPG3544SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
9333218822CGPG2398SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
9433318881CGPG3126SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
9533419213CGPG3622SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
9633519239CGPG3197SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
9733619247CGPG3112SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
9833719460CGPG2824SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
9933819512CGPG2898SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
10033919533CGPG3032SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
10134019603CGPG3385SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
10234172126CGPG5310SENSEGlycine max
10334272437CGPG5068SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
10434372441CGPG5079SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
10534472639CGPG4861SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
10634514825CGPG1883Anti-SenseArabidopsis thaliana
10734617931CGPG2890SenseArabidopsis thaliana
10834718854CGPG3524SenseArabidopsis thaliana
10934812237CGPG1206SenseArabidopsis thaliana
11034913414CGPG1246SenseArabidopsis thaliana
11135016160CGPG2172SenseArabidopsis thaliana
11235116226CGPG1980SenseArabidopsis thaliana
11335216803CGPG2179SenseArabidopsis thaliana
11435318260CGPG3373SenseArabidopsis thaliana
11535418642CGPG3230SenseArabidopsis thaliana
11635518721CGPG3618SenseArabidopsis thaliana
11735619254CGPG3123SenseArabidopsis thaliana
11835770247CGPG34SenseArabidopsis thaliana
11935870650CGPG4337SenseArabidopsis thaliana
12035911787CGPG951ANTI-SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
12035912635CGPG951SenseArabidopsis thaliana
12136013641CGPG1211ANTI-SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
12236114515CGPG1115ANTI-SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
12336214920CGPG2027ANTI-SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
12436315204CGPG2000ANTI-SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
12536415216CGPG1906ANTI-SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
12536419058CGPG1906SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
12636515330CGPG1237ANTI-SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
12736619610CGPG3419SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
12836714338CGPG1706SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
12936817809CGPG2436SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
13036972471CGPG4648SENSEGlycine max
13137016403CGPG1983SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
13237117737CGPG2623SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
13337218395CGPG2994SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
13437372772CGPG2418SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
13537419441CGPG2783SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
13637511409CGPG136SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
13737610486CGPG137SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
13837712104CGPG693SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
13937812258CGPG836SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
14037912909CGPG1195SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
14138014310CGPG1037SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
14238114317CGPG1150SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
14338214709CGPG990SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
14438315123CGPG1730SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
14538416013CGPG978SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
14638516185CGPG2025SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
14738616719CGPG1817SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
14838717490CGPG2638SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
14938817905CGPG2101SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
15038918385CGPG3609SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
15139018392CGPG2989SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
15339218531CGPG3215SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
15439318603CGPG3423SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
15539419530CGPG3026SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
15639570202CGPG3949SENSEGlycine max
15739672009CGPG5273SENSESaccharomyces cerevisiae
15839772119CGPG5332SENSEGlycine max
15939810188CGPG147Anti-senseArabidopsis thaliana
16039910404CGPG25Anti-SenseArabidopsis thaliana
16140011333CGPG583Anti-SenseArabidopsis thaliana
16240111719CGPG710Anti-SenseArabidopsis thaliana
16340213663CGPG1241Anti-senseArabidopsis thaliana
16440313958CGPG1711Anti-SenseArabidopsis thaliana
16540415214CGPG1904Anti-SenseArabidopsis thaliana
16640510483CGPG447SenseArabidopsis thaliana
16740611711CGPG466SenseArabidopsis thaliana
16840711909CGPG471SenseArabidopsis thaliana
16940812216CGPG1091SenseArabidopsis thaliana
17040912236CGPG1193SenseArabidopsis thaliana
17141012256CGPG824SenseArabidopsis thaliana
17241112806CGPG714SenseArabidopsis thaliana
17341212904CGPG204SenseArabidopsis thaliana
17441313212CGPG1384SenseArabidopsis thaliana
17541413232CGPG1281SenseArabidopsis thaliana
17641513912CGPG1283SenseArabidopsis thaliana
17741614327CGPG1606SenseArabidopsis thaliana
17841714704CGPG1066SenseArabidopsis thaliana
17941814714CGPG1431SenseArabidopsis thaliana
18041915142CGPG1917SenseArabidopsis thaliana
18142017450CGPG2684SenseArabidopsis thaliana
18242118607CGPG3496SenseArabidopsis thaliana
18342219409CGPG2691SenseArabidopsis thaliana
18442319412CGPG2727SenseArabidopsis thaliana
18542413005CGPG724ANTI-SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
18642510203CGPG272ANTI-SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
18742611327CGPG551ANTI-SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
18842711814CGPG1041ANTI-SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
18842712018CGPG1041SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
18942813003CGPG673ANTI-SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
19042913949CGPG1686ANTI-SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
19143016416CGPG2258ANTI-SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
19243116438CGPG1847ANTI-SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
19343217124CGPG2432ANTI-SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
19443319132CGPG1755ANTI-SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
19543417922CGPG2880SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
19643519719CGPG4171SENSEGlycine max
19743617336CGPG1732SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
19743614274CGPG1732ANTI-SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
19843717735CGPG2423SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
19943819249CGPG3115SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
20043918513CGPG3485SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
20144011517CGPG224SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
20244112363CGPG981SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
20344212922CGPG1294SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
20444315360CGPG1719SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
20544416028CGPG2047SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
20644516648CGPG2504SENSEAgrobacterium tumefaciens
20744616705CGPG1005SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
20844716715CGPG2273SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
20944817316CGPG2146SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
21044917331CGPG1708SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
21145017339CGPG2461SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
21245117420CGPG2465SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
21345217446CGPG2728SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
21445317487CGPG2633SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
21545417740CGPG2605SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
21645517752CGPG2831SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
21745618021CGPG685SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
21845718245CGPG3343SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
21945818617CGPG3521SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
22045918734CGPG3198SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
22146018823CGPG2830SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
22246119222CGPG3017SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
22346219430CGPG3487SENSEArabidopsis thaliana
22446312332CGPG356AntiSenseArabidopsis thaliana
22546413649CGPG1544Anti-SenseArabidopsis thaliana
22646516113CGPG2128AntiSenseArabidopsis thaliana
22746612069CGPG1188SenseArabidopsis thaliana
22846712906CGPG313SenseArabidopsis thaliana
22946813443CGPG1233SenseArabidopsis thaliana
23046914707CGPG1141SenseArabidopsis thaliana
23147015116CGPG1509SenseArabidopsis thaliana
23247116117CGPG2234SenseArabidopsis thaliana
23347216136CGPG2144SenseArabidopsis thaliana
23447319077CGPG1808SenseArabidopsis thaliana
23547419178CGPG3683SenseSacoharomyces cerevisiae
23647570752CGPG4465SenseArabidopsis thaliana
23747670753CGPG4469SenseArabidopsis thaliana
23847770809CGPG388SenseArabidopsis thaliana
23947872091CGPG5264SenseSacoharomyces cerevisiae
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Recombinant DNA
Exemplary DNA for use in the present invention to improve traits in plants are provided herein as SEQ ID NO: 1 through SEQ ID NO: 151 and SEQ ID NO: 153 through SEQ ID NO: 239. A subset of the exemplary DNA includes fragments of the disclosed full polynucleotides consisting of oligonucleotides of at least 15, preferably at least 16 or 17, more preferably at least 18 or 19, and even more preferably at least 20 or more, consecutive nucleotides. Such oligonucleotides are fragments of the larger molecules having a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 1 through SEQ ID NO: 151 and SEQ ID NO: 153 through SEQ ID NO: 239, and find use, for example as probes and primers for detection of the polynucleotides of the present invention.
Also of interest in the present invention are variants of the DNA provided herein. Such variants may be naturally occurring, including DNA from homologous genes from the same or a different species, or may be non-natural variants, for example DNA synthesized using chemical synthesis methods, or generated using recombinant DNA techniques. Degeneracy of the genetic code provides the possibility to substitute at least one base of the protein encoding sequence of a gene with a different base without causing the amino acid sequence of the polypeptide produced from the gene to be changed. Hence, a DNA useful in the present invention may have any base sequence that has been changed from the sequences provided herein by substitution in accordance with degeneracy of the genetic code.
Homologs of the genes providing DNA of demonstrated as useful in improving traits in model plants disclosed herein will generally demonstrate significant identity with the DNA provided herein. DNA is substantially identical to a reference DNA if, when the sequences of the polynucleotides are optimally aligned there is about 60% nucleotide equivalence; more preferably 70%; more preferably 80% equivalence; more preferably 85% equivalence; more preferably 90%; more preferably 95%; and/or more preferably 98% or 99% equivalence over a comparison window. A comparison window is preferably at least 50-100 nucleotides, and more preferably is the entire length of the polynucleotide provided herein. Optimal alignment of sequences for aligning a comparison window may be conducted by algorithms; preferably by computerized implementations of these algorithms (for example, the Wisconsin Genetics Software Package Release 7.0-10.0, Genetics Computer Group, 575 Science Dr., Madison, Wis.). The reference polynucleotide may be a full-length molecule or a portion of a longer molecule. Preferentially, the window of comparison for determining polynucleotide identity of protein encoding sequences is the entire coding region.
Recombinant DNA
Proteins useful for imparting improved traits are entire proteins or at least a sufficient portion of the entire protein to impart the relevant biological activity of the protein. The term “protein” also includes molecules consisting of one or more polypeptide chains. Thus, a protein useful in the present invention may constitute an entire protein having the desired biological activity, or may constitute a portion of an oligomeric protein having multiple polypeptide chains. Proteins useful for generation of transgenic plants having improved traits include the proteins with an amino acid sequence provided herein as SEQ ID NO: 240 through SEQ ID NO: 390 and SEQ ID NO: 392 through SEQ ID NO: 478, as well as homologs of such proteins.
Homologs of the proteins useful in the present invention may be identified by comparison of the amino acid sequence of the protein to amino acid sequences of proteins from the same or different plant sources, e.g., manually or by using known homology-based search algorithms such as those commonly known and referred to as BLAST, FASTA, and Smith-Waterman. As used herein, a homolog is a protein from the same or a different organism that performs the same biological function as the polypeptide to which it is compared. An orthologous relation between two organisms is not necessarily manifest as a one-to-one correspondence between two genes, because a gene can be duplicated or deleted after organism phylogenetic separation, such as speciation. For a given protein, there may be no ortholog or more than one ortholog. Other complicating factors include alternatively spliced transcripts from the same gene, limited gene identification, redundant copies of the same gene with different sequence lengths or corrected sequence. A local sequence alignment program, e.g., BLAST, can be used to search a database of sequences to find similar sequences, and the summary Expectation value (E-value) used to measure the sequence base similarity. As a protein hit with the best E-value for a particular organism may not necessarily be an ortholog or the only ortholog, a reciprocal BLAST search is used in the present invention to filter hit sequences with significant E-values for ortholog identification. The reciprocal BLAST entails search of the significant hits against a database of amino acid sequences from the base organism that are similar to the sequence of the query protein. A hit is a likely ortholog, when the reciprocal BLAST's best hit is the query protein itself or a protein encoded by a duplicated gene after speciation. Thus, homolog is used herein to describe protein that are assumed to have functional similarity by inference from sequence base similarity. The relationship of homologs with amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NO: 479 through SEQ ID NO: 12463 to the proteins with amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NO: 240 through SEQ ID NO: 478 is found is found in Table 2 appended.
A further aspect of the invention comprises functional homolog proteins which differ in one or more amino acids from those of a trait-improving protein disclosed herein as the result of one or more of the well-known conservative amino acid substitutions, e.g., valine is a conservative substitute for alanine and threonine is a conservative substitute for serine. Conservative substitutions for an amino acid within the native sequence can be selected from other members of a class to which the naturally occurring amino acid belongs. Representative amino acids within these various classes include, but are not limited to: (1) acidic (negatively charged) amino acids such as aspartic acid and glutamic acid; (2) basic (positively charged) amino acids such as arginine, histidine, and lysine; (3) neutral polar amino acids such as glycine, serine, threonine, cysteine, tyrosine, asparagine, and glutamine; and (4) neutral nonpolar (hydrophobic) amino acids such as alanine, leucine, isoleucine, valine, proline, phenylalanine, tryptophan, and methionine. Conserved substitutes for an amino acid within a native amino acid sequence can be selected from other members of the group to which the naturally occurring amino acid belongs. For example, a group of amino acids having aliphatic side chains is glycine, alanine, valine, leucine, and isoleucine; a group of amino acids having aliphatic-hydroxyl side chains is serine and threonine; a group of amino acids having amide-containing side chains is asparagine and glutamine; a group of amino acids having aromatic side chains is phenylalanine, tyrosine, and tryptophan; a group of amino acids having basic side chains is lysine, arginine, and histidine; and a group of amino acids having sulfur-containing side chains is cysteine and methionine. Naturally conservative amino acids substitution groups are: valine-leucine, valine-isoleucine, phenylalanine-tyrosine, lysine-arginine, alanine-valine, aspartic acid-glutamic acid, and asparagine-glutamine. A further aspect of the invention comprises proteins that differ in one or more amino acids from those of a described protein sequence as the result of deletion or insertion of one or more amino acids in a native sequence.
Homologs of the trait-improving proteins disclosed provided herein will generally demonstrate significant sequence identity. Of particular interest are proteins having at least 50% sequence identity, more preferably at least about 70% sequence identity or higher, e.g., at least about 80% sequence identity with an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 240 through SEQ ID NO: 390 and SEQ ID NO: 392 through SEQ ID NO: 478. Of course useful proteins also include those with higher identity, e.g., 90% to 99% identity. Identity of protein homologs is determined by optimally aligning the amino acid sequence of a putative protein homolog with a defined amino acid sequence and by calculating the percentage of identical and conservatively substituted amino acids over the window of comparison. The window of comparison for determining identity can be the entire amino acid sequence disclosed herein, e.g., the full sequence of any of SEQ ID NO: 479 through SEQ ID NO: 12463.
Genes that are homologous to each other can be grouped into families and included in multiple sequence alignments. Then a consensus sequence for each group can be derived. This analysis enables the derivation of conserved and class-(family) specific residues or motifs that are functionally important. These conserved residues and motifs can be further validated with 3D protein structure if available. The consensus sequence can be used to define the full scope of the invention, e.g., to identify proteins with a homolog relationship. Thus, the present invention contemplates that protein homologs include proteins with an amino acid sequence that has at least 90% identity to such a consensus amino acid sequence sequences.
Promoters
Numerous promoters that are active in plant cells have been described in the literature. These include promoters present in plant genomes as well as promoters from other sources, including nopaline synthase (NOS) promoter and octopine synthase (OCS) promoters carried on tumor-inducing plasmids of Agrobacterium tumefaciens, caulimovirus promoters such as the cauliflower mosaic virus or figwort mosaic virus promoters. For instance, see U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,858,742 and 5,322,938 which disclose versions of the constitutive promoter derived from cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV35S), U.S. Pat. No. 5,378,619 which discloses a Figwort Mosaic Virus (FMV) 35S promoter, U.S. Pat. No. 6,437,217 which discloses a maize RS81 promoter, U.S. Pat. No. 5,641,876 which discloses a rice actin promoter, U.S. Pat. No. 6,426,446 which discloses a maize RS324 promoter, U.S. Pat. No. 6,429,362 which discloses a maize PR-1 promoter, U.S. Pat. No. 6,232,526 which discloses a maize A3 promoter, U.S. Pat. No. 6,177,611 which discloses constitutive maize promoters, U.S. Pat. No. 6,433,252 which discloses a maize L3 oleosin promoter, U.S. Pat. No. 6,429,357 which discloses a rice actin 2 promoter and intron, U.S. Pat. No. 5,837,848 which discloses a root specific promoter, U.S. Pat. No. 6,084,089 which discloses cold inducible promoters, U.S. Pat. No. 6,294,714 which discloses light inducible promoters, U.S. Pat. No. 6,140,078 which discloses salt inducible promoters, U.S. Pat. No. 6,252,138 which discloses pathogen inducible promoters, U.S. Pat. No. 6,175,060 which discloses phosphorus deficiency inducible promoters, U.S. Patent Application Publication 2002/0192813A1 which discloses 5′, 3′ and intron elements useful in the design of effective plant expression vectors, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/078,972 which discloses a coixin promoter, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/757,089 which discloses a maize chloroplast aldolase promoter, and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/739,565 which discloses water-deficit inducible promoters, all of which are incorporated herein by reference. These and numerous other promoters that function in plant cells are known to those skilled in the art and available for use in recombinant polynucleotides of the present invention to provide for expression of desired genes in transgenic plant cells.
Furthermore, the promoters may be altered to contain multiple “enhancer sequences” to assist in elevating gene expression. Such enhancers are known in the art. By including an enhancer sequence with such constructs, the expression of the selected protein may be enhanced. These enhancers often are found 5′ to the start of transcription in a promoter that functions in eukaryotic cells, but can often be inserted in the forward or reverse orientation 5′ or 3′ to the coding sequence. In some instances, these 5′ enhancing elements are introns. Deemed to be particularly useful as enhancers are the 5′ introns of the rice actin 1 and rice actin 2 genes. Examples of other enhancers that can be used in accordance with the invention include elements from the CaMV 35S promoter, octopine synthase genes, the maize alcohol dehydrogenase gene, the maize shrunken 1 gene and promoters from non-plant eukaryotes.
In some aspects of the invention it is preferred that the promoter element in the DNA construct be capable of causing sufficient expression to result in the production of an effective amount of a polypeptide in water deficit conditions. Such promoters can be identified and isolated from the regulatory region of plant genes that are over expressed in water deficit conditions. Specific water-deficit-inducible promoters for use in this invention are derived from the 5′ regulatory region of genes identified as a heat shock protein 17.5 gene (HSP17.5), an HVA22 gene (HVA22), a Rab17 gene and a cinnamic acid 4-hydroxylase (CA4H) gene (CA4H) of Zea maize. Such water-deficit-inducible promoters are disclosed in U.S. application Ser. No. 10/739,565, incorporated herein by reference.
In other aspects of the invention, sufficient expression in plant seed tissues is desired to effect improvements in seed composition. Exemplary promoters for use for seed composition modification include promoters from seed genes such as napin (U.S. Pat. No. 5,420,034), maize L3 oleosin (U.S. Pat. No. 6,433,252), zein Z27 (Russell et al., (1997) Transgenic Res. 6(2):157-166), globulin 1 (Belanger et al., (1991) Genetics 129:863-872), glutelin 1 (Russell (1997) supra), and peroxiredoxin antioxidant (Per1) (Stacy et al., (1996) Plant Mol. Biol. 31(6):1205-1216).
In still other aspects of the invention, preferential expression in plant green tissues is desired. Promoters of interest for such uses include those from genes such as SSU (Fischhoff et al., (1992) Plant Mol. Biol. 20:81-93), aldolase and pyruvate orthophosphate dikinase (PPDK) (Taniguchi et al., (2000) Plant Cell Physiol. 41(1):42-48).
Gene Overexpression
“Gene overexpression” used herein in reference to a polynucleotide or polypeptide indicates that the expression level of a target protein, in a transgenic plant or in a host cell of the transgenic plant, exceeds levels of expression in a non-transgenic plant. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a recombinant DNA construct comprises the polynucleotide of interest in the sense orientation relative to the promoter to achieve gene overexpression, which is identified as such in Table 1.
Gene Suppression
Gene suppression includes any of the well-known methods for suppressing transcription of a gene or the accumulation of the mRNA corresponding to that gene thereby preventing translation of the transcript into protein. Posttranscriptional gene suppression is mediated by transcription of integrated recombinant DNA to form double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) having homology to a gene targeted for suppression. This formation of dsRNA most commonly results from transcription of an integrated inverted repeat of the target gene, and is a common feature of gene suppression methods known as anti-sense suppression, co-suppression and RNA interference (RNAi). Transcriptional suppression can be mediated by a transcribed dsRNA having homology to a promoter DNA sequence to effect what is called promoter trans suppression.
More particularly, posttranscriptional gene suppression by inserting a recombinant DNA construct with anti-sense oriented DNA to regulate gene expression in plant cells is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,107,065 (Shewmaker et al.) and U.S. Pat. No. 5,759,829 (Shewmaker et al.). Transgenic plants transformed using such anti-sense oriented DNA constructs for gene suppression can comprise integrated DNA arranged as an inverted repeats that result from insertion of the DNA construct into plants by Agrobacterium-mediated transformation, as disclosed by Redenbaugh et al., in “Safety Assessment of Genetically Engineered Flavr Savr™ Tomato, CRC Press, Inc. (1992). Inverted repeat insertions can comprise a part or all of the T-DNA construct, e.g., an inverted repeat of a complete transcription unit or an inverted repeat of transcription terminator sequence. Screening for inserted DNA comprising inverted repeat elements can improve the efficiency of identifying transformation events effective for gene silencing whether the transformation construct is a simple anti-sense DNA construct which must be inserted in multiple copies or a complex inverted repeat DNA construct (e.g., an RNAi construct) which can be inserted as a single copy.
Posttranscriptional gene suppression by inserting a recombinant DNA construct with sense-oriented DNA to regulate gene expression in plants is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,283,184 (Jorgensen et al.,) and U.S. Pat. No. 5,231,020 (Jorgensen et al.,). Inserted T-DNA providing gene suppression in plants transformed with such sense constructs by Agrobacterium is organized predominately in inverted repeat structures, as disclosed by Jorgensen et al., Mol. Gen. Genet., 207:471-477 (1987). See also Stam et al. The Plant Journal, 12(1), 63-82 (1997) who used segregation studies to support Jorgensen's finding that gene silencing is mediated by multimeric transgene T-DNA loci in which the T-DNAs are arranged in inverted repeats. Screening for inserted DNA comprising inverted repeat elements can improve the gene silencing efficiency when transforming with simple sense-orientated DNA constructs. Gene silencing efficiency can also be improved by screening for single insertion events when transforming with an RNAi construct containing inverted repeat elements
As disclosed by Redenbaugh et al., gene suppression can be achieved by inserting into a plant genome recombinant DNA that transcribes dsRNA. Such a DNA insert can be transcribed to an RNA element having the 3′ region as a double stranded RNA. RNAi constructs are also disclosed in EP 0426195 A1 (Goldbach et al., 1991) where recombinant DNA constructs for transcription into hairpin dsRNA for providing transgenic plants with resistance to tobacco spotted wilt virus. Double-stranded RNAs were also disclosed in WO 94/01550 (Agrawal et al.,) where anti-sense RNA was stabilized with a self-complementary 3′ segment. Agrawal et al., referred to U.S. Pat. No. 5,107,065 for using such self-stablized anti-sense RNAs for regulating gene expression in plant cells; see International Publication No. 94/01550. Other double-stranded hairpin-forming elements in transcribed RNA are disclosed in International Publication No. 98/05770 (Werner et al.,) where the anti-sense RNA is stabilized by hairpin forming repeats of poly(CG) nucleotides. See also U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2003/0175965 A1 (Lowe et al.,) which discloses gene suppression using and RNAi construct comprising a gene coding sequence preceded by inverted repeats of 5′UTR. See also U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2002/0048814 A1 (Oeller) where RNAi constructs are transcribed to sense or anti-sense RNA which is stabilized by a poly(T)-poly(A) tail. See also U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2003/0018993 A1 (Gutterson et al.,) where sense or anti-sense RNA is stabilized by an inverted repeat of a of the 3′ untranslated region of the NOS gene. See also U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2003/0036197 A1 (Glassman et al.,) where RNA having homology to a target is stabilized by two complementary RNA regions.
Gene silencing can also be effected by transcribing RNA from both a sense and an anti-sense oriented DNA, e.g., as disclosed by Shewmaker et al., in U.S. Pat. No. 5,107,065 where in Example 1 a binary vector was prepared with both sense and anti-sense aroA genes. See also U.S. Pat. No. 6,326,193 where gene targeted DNA is operably linked to opposing promoters.
Gene silencing can also be affected by transcribing from contiguous sense and anti-sense DNA. In this regard see Sijen et al. The Plant Cell, Vol. 8, 2277-2294 (1996) discloses the use of constructs carrying inverted repeats of a cowpea mosaic virus gene in transgenic plants to mediate virus resistance. Such constructs for posttranscriptional gene suppression in plants by double-stranded RNA are also disclosed in International Publication No. WO 99/53050 (Waterhouse et al.,), International Publication No. WO 99/49029 (Graham et al.), U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/465,800 (Fillatti), U.S. Pat. No. 6,506,559 (Fire et al.). See also U.S. application Ser. No. 10/393,347 (Shewmaker et al.,) that discloses constructs and methods for simultaneously expressing one or more recombinant genes while simultaneously suppressing one or more native genes in a transgenic plant. See also U.S. Pat. No. 6,448,473 (Mitsky et al.,) that discloses multi-gene suppression vectors for use in plants. All of the above-described patents, applications and international publications disclosing materials and methods for posttranscriptional gene suppression in plants are incorporated herein by reference.
Transcriptional suppression such as promoter trans suppression can be affected by a expressing a DNA construct comprising a promoter operably linked to inverted repeats of promoter DNA for a target gene. Constructs useful for such gene suppression mediated by promoter trans suppression are disclosed by Mette et al. The EMBO Journal, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 241-148, 1999 and by Mette et al. The EMBO Journal, Vol. 19, No. 19, pp. 5194-5201-148, 2000, both of which are incorporated herein by reference.
Suppression can also be achieved by insertion mutations created by transposable elements may also prevent gene function. For example, in many dicot plants, transformation with the T-DNA of Agrobacterium may be readily achieved and large numbers of transformants can be rapidly obtained. Also, some species have lines with active transposable elements that can efficiently be used for the generation of large numbers of insertion mutations, while some other species lack such options. Mutant plants produced by Agrobacterium or transposon mutagenesis and having altered expression of a polypeptide of interest can be identified using the polynucleotides of the present invention. For example, a large population of mutated plants may be screened with polynucleotides encoding the polypeptide of interest to detect mutated plants having an insertion in the gene encoding the polypeptide of interest.
Gene Stacking
The present invention also contemplates that the trait-improving recombinant DNA provided herein can be used in combination with other recombinant DNA to create plants with a multiple desired traits. The combinations generated can include multiple copies of any one or more of the recombinant DNA constructs.
These stacked combinations can be created by any method, including but not limited to cross breeding of transgenic plants, or multiple genetic transformation.
Plant Transformation Methods
Numerous methods for transforming plant cells with recombinant DNA are known in the art and may be used in the present invention. Two commonly used methods for plant transformation are Agrobacterium-mediated transformation and microprojectile bombardment. Microprojectile bombardment methods are illustrated in U.S. Pat. No. 5,015,580 (soybean); U.S. Pat. No. 5,550,318 (corn); U.S. Pat. No. 5,538,880 (corn); U.S. Pat. No. 5,914,451 (soybean); U.S. Pat. No. 6,160,208 (corn); U.S. Pat. No. 6,399,861 (corn) and U.S. Pat. No. 6,153,812 (wheat) and Agrobacterium-mediated transformation is described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,159,135 (cotton); U.S. Pat. No. 5,824,877 (soybean); U.S. Pat. No. 5,591,616 (corn); and U.S. Pat. No. 6,384,301 (soybean), all of which are incorporated herein by reference. For Agrobacterium tumefaciens based plant transformation system, additional elements present on transformation constructs will include T-DNA left and right border sequences to facilitate incorporation of the recombinant polynucleotide into the plant genome.
In general it is preferred to introduce heterologous DNA randomly, i.e., at a non-specific location, in the genome of a target plant line. In special cases it may be useful to target heterologous DNA insertion in order to achieve site-specific integration, e.g., to replace an existing gene in the genome, to use an existing promoter in the plant genome, or to insert a recombinant polynucleotide at a predetermined site known to be active for gene expression. Several site specific recombination systems exist which are known to function implants include cre-lox as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,959,317 and FLP-FRT as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,527,695, both incorporated herein by reference.
Transformation methods of this invention are preferably practiced in tissue culture on media and in a controlled environment. “Media” refers to the numerous nutrient mixtures that are used to grow cells in vitro, that is, outside of the intact living organism. Recipient cell targets include, but are not limited to, meristem cells, callus, immature embryos and gametic cells such as microspores, pollen, sperm and egg cells. It is contemplated that any cell from which a fertile plant may be regenerated is useful as a recipient cell. Callus may be initiated from tissue sources including, but not limited to, immature embryos, seedling apical meristems, microspores and the like. Cells capable of proliferating as callus are also recipient cells for genetic transformation. Practical transformation methods and materials for making transgenic plants of this invention, e.g., various media and recipient target cells, transformation of immature embryos and subsequent regeneration of fertile transgenic plants are disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,194,636 and 6,232,526 and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/757,089, which are incorporated herein by reference.
In practice DNA is introduced into only a small percentage of target cells in any one experiment. Marker genes are used to provide an efficient system for identification of those cells that are stably transformed by receiving and integrating a transgenic DNA construct into their genomes. Preferred marker genes provide selective markers that confer resistance to a selective agent, such as an antibiotic or herbicide. Potentially transformed cells are exposed to the selective agent. In the population of surviving cells will be those cells where, generally, the resistance-conferring gene has been integrated and expressed at sufficient levels to permit cell survival. Cells may be tested further to confirm stable integration of the exogenous DNA. Useful selective marker genes include those conferring resistance to antibiotics such as kanamycin (nptII), hygromycin B (aph IV) and gentamycin (aac3 and aacC4) or resistance to herbicides such as glufosinate (bar or pat) and glyphosate (EPSPS). Examples of such selectable are illustrated in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,550,318; 5,633,435; 5,780,708 and 6,118,047, all of which are incorporated herein by reference. Screenable markers which provide an ability to visually identify transformants can also be employed, e.g., a gene expressing a colored or fluorescent protein such as a luciferase or green fluorescent protein (GFP) or a gene expressing a beta-glucuronidase or uidA gene (GUS) for which various chromogenic substrates are known. It is also contemplated that combinations of screenable and selectable markers will be useful for identification of transformed cells. See PCT publication WO 99/61129 which discloses use of a gene fusion between a selectable marker gene and a screenable marker gene, e.g., an NPTII gene and a GFP gene.
Cells that survive exposure to the selective agent, or cells that have been scored positive in a screening assay, may be cultured in regeneration media and allowed to mature into plants. Developing plantlets can be transferred to soil less plant growth mix, and hardened off, e.g., in an environmentally controlled chamber at about 85% relative humidity, 600 ppm CO2, and 25-250 microeinsteins m−2 s−1 of light, prior to transfer to a greenhouse or growth chamber for maturation. Plants are preferably matured either in a growth chamber or greenhouse. Plants are regenerated from about 6 wk to 10 months after a transformant is identified, depending on the initial tissue. During regeneration, cells are grown to plants on solid media at about 19 to 28° C. After regenerating plants have reached the stage of shoot and root development, they may be transferred to a greenhouse for further growth and testing. Plants may be pollinated using conventional plant breeding methods known to those of skill in the art and seed produced.
Progeny may be recovered from transformed plants and tested for expression of the exogenous recombinant polynucleotide. Useful assays include, for example, “molecular biological” assays, such as Southern and Northern blotting and PCR; “biochemical” assays, such as detecting the presence of RNA, e.g., double stranded RNA, or a protein product, e.g., by immunological means (ELISAs and Western blots) or by enzymatic function; plant part assays, such as leaf or root assays; and also, by analyzing the phenotype of the whole regenerated plant.
Discovery of Trait-Improving Recombinant DNA
To identify recombinant DNA that confer improved traits to plants, Arabidopsis thaliana was transformed with a candidate recombinant DNA construct and screened for an improved trait.
Arabidopsis thaliana is used a model for genetics and metabolism in plants. Arabidopsis has a small genome, and well documented studies are available. It is easy to grow in large numbers and mutants defining important genetically controlled mechanisms are either available, or can readily be obtained. Various methods to introduce and express isolated homologous genes are available (see Koncz, et al., eds. Methods in Arabidopsis Research. et al., (1992), World Scientific, New Jersey, N.J., in “Preface”).
A two-step screening process was employed which comprised two passes of trait characterization to ensure that the trait modification was dependent on expression of the recombinant DNA, but not due to the chromosomal location of the integration of the transgene. Twelve independent transgenic lines for each recombinant DNA construct were established and assayed for the transgene expression levels. Five transgenic lines with high transgene expression levels were used in the first pass screen to evaluate the transgene's function in T2 transgenic plants. Subsequently, three transgenic events, which had been shown to have one or more improved traits, were further evaluated in the second pass screen to confirm the transgene's ability to impart an improved trait. The following Table 3 summarizes the improved traits that have been confirmed as provided by a recombinant DNA construct.
In particular Table3 reports
“PEP SEQ ID NO” which is the amino acid sequence of the protein cognate to the DNA in the recombinant DNA construct corresponding to a protein sequence of a SEQ ID NO. in the Sequence Listing;
“construct_id” is an arbitrary name for the recombinant DNA describe more particularly in Table 1;
“annotation” refers to a description of the top hit protein obtained from an amino acid sequence query of each PEP SEQ ID NO to GenBank database of the National Center for Biotechnology Information (ncbi). More particularly, “gi” is the GenBank ID number for the top BLAST hit;
“description” refers to the description of the top BLAST hit;
“e-value” provides the expectation value for the BLAST hit;
“identity” refers to the percentage of identically matched amino acid residues along the length of the portion of the sequences which is aligned by BLAST between the sequence of interest provided herein and the hit sequence in GenBank;
“traits” identifies by two letter code the confirmed improvement in a transgenic plant provided by the recombinant DNA. The codes for improved traits are:
“CK” which indicates cold tolerance improvement identified under a cold shock tolerance screen;
“CS” which indicates cold tolerance improvement identified by a cold germination tolerance screen;
“DS” which indicates drought tolerance improvement identified by a drought stress tolerance screen;
“PEG” which indicates osmotic stress tolerance improvement identified by a PEG induced osmotic stress tolerance screen;
“HS” which indicates heat stress tolerance improvement identified by a heat stress tolerance screen;
“SS” which indicates high salinity stress tolerance improvement identified by a salt stress tolerance screen;
“LN” which: indicates nitrogen use efficiency improvement identified by a low nitrogen tolerance screen.
“LL” which indicates attenuated shade avoidance response identified by a shade tolerance screen under a low light condition;
“PP” which indicates improved growth and development at early stages identified by an early plant growth and development screen;
“SP” which indicates improved growth and development at late stages identified by a late plant growth and development screen provided herein.
TABLE 3
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PEP
SEQ
IDconstruct—Annotation
NOide-valueidentitygiDescriptiontraits
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240198672.00E−724715226242(NM_128336) hypotheticalCKCS
protein [Arabidopsis thaliana]
24174518010017980436bacteriophytochromeDSLNPEGPPCKCS
[Pseudomonas fluorescens]
242158161.00E−10110018414706(NM_120565) expressed proteinCK
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
dbj|BAB08987.1
243179185.00E−788115232662(AB017071) zinc finger protein-SSCK
like; Ser/Thr protein kinase-like
protein [Arabidopsis thaliana]
244153061.00E−1215715227057(NM_126342) predicted byCS
genefinder and genscan
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
245120382.00E−4710018413298auxin-regulated proteinPPCS
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
gi|30681325|ref|NP_849354.1
24612046CS
247134321.00E−795318396732(NM_111270) expressed proteinCS
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
gb|AAF05858.1
248137111.00E−338415232724expressed protein [ArabidopsisCS
thaliana] gi|11280688|pir||T45643
hypothetical protein
249148091.00E−14210015230177AF488576_1 (AF488576)CS
putative bHLH transcription factor
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
250149511.00E−1461004056434(AC005990) Similar toPPCS
OBP32pep protein gb|U37698
from Arabidopsis thaliana
251156320899758356(AB013396) eukaryotic initiationCS
factor 4, eIF4-like protein
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
25216147010011890406(AF197940) SAM: phosphoethanolamineCS
N-
methyltransferase [Arabidopsis
thaliana] g
253161581.00E−6810018412355(NM_106587) expressed proteinCS
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
254161702.00E−829115224757(NM_127488) putative small heatCS
shock protein [Arabidopsis
thaliana]
255161714.00E−927218401372(NM_128284) expressed proteinCS
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
256161751.00E−1578515240715(NM_126137) putative proteinCS
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
257174301.00E−1559013878155(AF370340) putativeCS
mitochondrial dicarboxylate
carrier protein [Arabidopsis
thaliana]
25817819100E−1409515236507(NM_116915) hypotheticalSSCS
protein [Arabidopsis thaliana]
emb|CAB77971.1
259179211.00E−1107418415982(NM_118393) HSP associatedCS
protein like [Arabidopsis thaliana]
260179281.00E−7410015231105(NM_115730) transcriptionalPPCS
coactivator - like protein
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
261186371.00E−1288715233509(NM_118226) putative proteinCS
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
2621881609418398254(NM_102942) expressed proteinLLCS
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
263192271.00E−1649615219482(NM_106009) MAP kinase,CS
putative [Arabidopsis thaliana]
26419429010015237038(NM_118860) GH3 like proteinCS
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
265702352.00E−9410015234243(NM_117229) phospholipidPPCS
hydroperoxide glutathione
peroxidase [Arabidopsis thaliana]
266726344.00E−528630699033GAST1-related proteinCS
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
2677275201006319971(NC_001136) phosphotyrosine-PPCS
specific protein phosphatase;
Ptp1p [Saccharomyces
cerevisiae]
268120071.00E−1197615236117(NM_118746) uncharacterizedHS
protein [Arabidopsis thaliana]
269122905.00E−669218396460(NM_111186) expressed proteinHS
[Arabidopsis thaliana]]
270123431.00E−1116118414724(NM_120571) expressed proteinHS
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
gb|AAF61902.1|AF208051_1
(AF208051) small heat shock-like
protein
27114348010015234254(NM_118912) putative proteinHS
[Arabidopsis thaliana] pir||T05878
isp4 protein homolog
T29A15.220
272157087.00E−718718394214(NM_101391) expressed proteinHS
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
27317615100E−1088518414711(NM_120567) expressed proteinCSHS
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
2741762209315238837(NM_121852) putative proteinHS
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
275707140947446439probable serine/threonine-HS
specific protein kinase (EC 2.7.1.- )
F17I5.140 - Arabidopsis
thaliana emb|CAA19877.1|
(AL031032) protein kinase-like
protein [Arabidopsis thaliana]
27617925100E−1578218405518(NM_129646) expressed proteinHSCK
[Arabidopsis thaliana] pir||T00747
RING-H2 finger protein RHC1a
277185411.00E−1288315237100(NM_119735) hypotheticalHSCS
protein [Arabidopsis thaliana]
278114251.00E−15510018405364(AB024028) 20S proteasomeHS
beta subunit; multicatalytic
endopeptidase [Arabidopsis
thaliana]
279122639.00E−3910015241279small zinc finger-related proteinHS
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
gi|12230183|sp|Q9XGY4|IM08_ARATH
Mitochondrial import inner
membrane translocase subunit
Tim8
280122880977488126AAB01678.1| (U27590) Fe(II)HS
transport protein [Arabidopsis
thaliana]
2811291009017065456(AY062804) A6 anther-specificHS
protein [Arabidopsis thaliana]
2821433509315229692(NM_111953) omega-3 fatty acidLLHS
desaturase, chloroplast precursor
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
28317427010013878127(AF370326) putative 2-HS
nitropropane dioxygenase
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
28419140010015223458(NM_104489) SAR DNA bindingHS
protein, putative [Arabidopsis
thaliana]
gb|AAF02835.1|AC009894_6
(AC009894) nucleolar protein
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
gb|AAG40838.1|AF302492_1
(AF302492) NOP56-like protein
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
285191797.00E−979218390408(NM_100335) expressed proteinPPSSHS
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
gb|AAB80630.1| (AC002376)
Strong similarity to Triticum ABA
induced membrane protein
(gb|U80037)
28619251010021553584(AY085451) putative 3-HS
isopropylmalate dehydrogenase
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
287194431.00E−17110015220490(NM_102700) zinc finger protein,HS
putative [Arabidopsis thaliana]
gb|AAG51745.1|AC068667_24
(AC068667) zinc finger protein,
putative; 86473-88078
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
2881960709015239867(NM_124313) xylosidaseHS
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
289199152.00E−875015229221(NM_111278) NAM-like proteinSPHS
(no apical meristem) [Arabidopsis
thaliana]
2907022209715240523(NM_124341) amino acidDSPPHS
permease 6 (emb|CAA65051.1)
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
291704641.00E−1069215233481(NM_118221) putative proteinHS
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
292704741.00E−1489920127049(AF488587) putative bHLHHS
transcription factor [Arabidopsis
thaliana]
2937048409318418491(NM_119632) putative proteinCSPPHS
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
294724741.00E−1298114150732(AF374475) hypersensitive-PPHS
induced response protein [Oryza
sativa]
295130471.00E−1708615237573(NM_123481) purine permease-LL
like protein [Arabidopsis thaliana]
dbj|BAB09718.1| (AB010072)
purine permease-like protein
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
2961330409215227905(NM_127337) putativeLL
senescence-associated protein
12 [Arabidopsis thaliana]
297134740972318131(AF014824) histone deacetylaseLL
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
298192523.00E−8510018397475(NM_111486) putative dual-PPLLSSHSCS
specificity protein phosphatase
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
299126127.00E−846718397426(NM_111472) expressed proteinLL
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
300129262.00E−086318407064expressed protein [ArabidopsisLL
thaliana] gi|25408990|pir||
301132303.00E−688315233017(NM_111160) unknown proteinLL
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
302142351.00E−1428218402650(NM_103835) expressed proteinLL
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
30317305010015222179(NM_100550) sugar kinase,LL
putative [Arabidopsis thaliana]
304174701.00E−1387615219110AAD17313.1| (AF123310) NACLL
domain protein NAM [Arabidopsis
thaliana]
305177182.00E−919115228362(NM_114694) putative proteinLL
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
3061790409718399578(NM_112070) expressed proteinLL
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
3071828009718398767AAM66940.1| (AY088617)DSLL
membrane-associated salt-
inducible protein like [Arabidopsis
thaliana]
308182871.00E−14810015223439(NM_100045)LL
polyphosphoinositide binding
protein, putative [Arabidopsis
thaliana]
3091850109418418838(NM_121863) putative proteinLL
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
gb|AAG35778.1|AF280057_1
(AF280057) tonneau 2
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
310188771.00E−8510018408502(NM_105311) calmodulin-relatedLL
protein [Arabidopsis thaliana]
3111953109815241970(NM_125674) 1-deoxy-D-xyluloseLL
5-phosphate reductoisomerase
(DXR) [Arabidopsis thaliana]
3127040508518390592(NM_100475) expressed proteinSSLL
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
313721362.00E−3766123379HMG1/2-like protein (SB11LL
protein) gi|99914|pir||S22309
high mobility group protein HMG-
1 - soybean
gi|18645|emb|CAA41200.1|
HMG-1 like protein gene [Glycine
max]
314726111.00E−102826721504(AP001072) hypothetical proteinLL
[Oryza sativa (japonica cultivar-
group)]
31512627010015236663(NM_118524) UDPglucose 4-LN
epimerase - like protein
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
316128130962454184(U80186) pyruvateLN
dehydrogenase E1 beta subunit
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
31714945100E−1229218400517(NM_112338) expressed proteinLN
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
dbj|BAB02642.1| (AP002061)
MtN3-like protein
3181534509715237392(NM_123987) ornithineLN
aminotransferase [Arabidopsis
thaliana]
3191534808118414239(NM_117530) expressed proteinLN
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
320163251.00E−10510015225174(NM_128763) putative alanineLN
acetyl transferase [Arabidopsis
thaliana] gb|AAD15401.1
3211670207718408943(NM_105480) expressed proteinLN
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
sp|Q9M647|IAR1_ARATH IAA-
alanine resistance protein 1
32216836010011692854AF327534_1 (AF327534)LN
putative adenosine
triphosphatase [Arabidopsis
thaliana]
323170021.00E−1385618414140(NM_117486) Expressed proteinLN
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
gb|AAK68800.1| (AY042860)
Unknown protein [Arabidopsis
thaliana]
324170123.00E−7910018398187(NM_127222) actinLN
depolymerizing factor 5
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
325170171.00E−1558611358585nuclear envelope membraneLN
protein-like - Arabidopsis thaliana
326173443.00E−4910018424201SKP1 family [ArabidopsisPPLN
thaliana]
gi|9759236|dbj|BAB09760.1|
contains similarity to elongin
C˜gene_id: MNC17.5
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
gi|15028385|gb|AAK76669.1|
putative elongin protein]
3271742609515238801(NM_124151) farnesylLN
diphosphate synthase precursor
(gb|AAB49290.1) [Arabidopsis
thaliana]
328176551.00E−1298615227472(NM_129758) putative C2H2-typeLN
zinc finger protein [Arabidopsis
thaliana]
329176561.00E−1357415233081(NM_115995) putative DNA-LN
binding protein [Arabidopsis
thaliana]
330179061.00E−12910018378887(NM_100065) expressed proteinPPLN
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
3311827809515220147(NM_103617) Cyclin, putativeLN
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
3321882209215232759(NM_111813) putative proteinLN
kinase [Arabidopsis thaliana]
33318881010018401029(NM_112485) putative L-LN
asparaginase [Arabidopsis
thaliana]
334192132.00E−709118408726(NM_105394) expressed proteinLN
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
335192391.00E−5910015235876DNA-directed RNA polymeraseLN
subunit-related [Arabidopsis
thaliana] gi|25313101|pir||A85078
336192471.00E−81539711883(AP002524) hypotheticalLN
protein˜similar to Drosophila
melanogaster chromosome 3L,
CG10171 gene product [Oryza
sativa (japonica cultivar-group)]
337194601.00E−1468015238816(NM_121850) AP2-domain DNA-LN
binding protein-like [Arabidopsis
thaliana]
3381951208515237502(NM_124046) bHLH protein-likeLN
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
3391953309918395911(NM_102409) expressed proteinLN
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
3401960308718403383(NM_113143) expressed proteinLN
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
dbj|BAB01784.1| (AB022215)
hydroxyproline-rich glycoprotein
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
341721265.00E−785312005328(AF239956) unknown [HeveaLN
brasiliensis]
342724378.00E−899211994756(AP001313) kinetechore (Skp1p-LN
like) protein-like [Arabidopsis
thaliana]
343724415.00E−958415218602(NM_100157) ribosomal proteinLN
L19, putative [Arabidopsis
thaliana]
344726392.00E−739118403896(NM_104101) expressed proteinLN
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
3451482509315242814(NM_120445) protein kinase-likePEG
protein [Arabidopsis thaliana]
346179311.00E−1366815242003(NM_125688) Dof zinc fingerPEGCS
protein-like [Arabidopsis
thaliana]
347188541.00E−1647918423918(NM_125077) nucleosomePEGHS
assembly protein [Arabidopsis
thaliana]
348122371.00E−217618398176expressed protein [ArabidopsisPEG
thaliana]
gi|12322743|gb|AAG51367.1|AC012562—
28
349134142.00E−699212324443(AC012329) unknown protein;PEG
50647-51606 [Arabidopsis
thaliana]
350161601.00E−1768718415888(NM_118352) putative proteinPEG
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
351162261.00E−138969294682(AP001305) contains similarity toHSPEG
RNA polymerase transcriptional
regulation
mediator˜gene_id: MHC9.3
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
352168031.00E−1469018394201(NM_101382) expressed proteinPEG
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
gb|AAD39643.1|AC007591_8
(AC007591) Contains a
PF|00175 Oxidoreductase
FAD/NADH-binding domain.
35318260010015219795(NM_100349) putative K+PEG
channel, beta subunit
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
354186422.00E−687115235819(NM_118411) predicted proteinPPPEG
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
355187213.00E−215318408611glycine-rich protein [ArabidopsisPEG
thaliana]
gi|12597766|gb|AAG60079.1|AC013288—
13
3561925409618398480(NM_111769) expressed proteinPEG
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
3577024709515238559(NM_122954) glutamate-CSDSHSPPPEG
ammonia ligase (EC 6.3.1.2)
precursor, chloroplast (clone
lambdaAtgsl1) (pir||S18600)
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
358706501.00E−835718399283(NM_127582) expressed proteinPPPEG
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
3591263509715231953(NM_111700) putative non-HS
phototropic hypocotyl
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
3591178709715231953(NM_111700) putative non-PP
phototropic hypocotyl
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
360136411.00E−428715218189dynein light chain-relatedPP
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
gi|25405535|pir||E96562
3611451507115128395(AP003255) contains ESTsPP
AU100655(C11462), C26007(CC11462)
˜similar to Arabidopsis
thaliana chromosome 3,
F24B22.150˜unknown protein
[Oryza sativa (japonica cultivar-
group)]
3621492001004239819(AB010875) PHR1 [ArabidopsisPP
thaliana]
3631520409615230379(NM_112829) putative tyrosinePP
phosphatase [Arabidopsis
thaliana]
3641905809618396298(NM_102496) expressed proteinLN
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
3641521609618396298(NM_102496) expressed proteinPP
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
365153305.00E−685918400296(NM_112272) expressed proteinPP
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
36619610010018409509(NM_115079) expressed proteinPPCS
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
36714338010015222967(NM_103926) sterol delta7PPHSCS
reductase [Arabidopsis thaliana]
sp
36817809010015242240(NM_124576) sorbitolPPHS
dehydrogenase-like protein
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
369724713.00E−835218395821(NM_111011) expressed proteinDSPPHS
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
370164031.00E−1767315237042(NM_117178) 98b like proteinPPLLLN
[Arabidopsis thaliana] p
3711773708615240924(NM_122624) RING-H2 zincPPLN
finger protein-like [Arabidopsis
thaliana]
3721839508418401775(NM_128415) putative AP2SSPPLN
domain transcription factor
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
37372772010015226228(NM_128328) putativeHSSPPPLN
cytochrome P450 [Arabidopsis
thaliana]
374194410859294477(AB018114) RING finger protein-PPPEG
like [Arabidopsis thaliana]
375104861.00E−9910015237535(NM_120465) Terminal flower1PP
(TFL1) [Arabidopsis thaliana]
376114091.00E−13310068888trichome differentiation proteinCSLNSSPP
GL1 - Arabidopsis thaliana
377121041.00E−1329215230178AF488577_1 (AF488577)PP
putative bHLH transcription factor
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
378122581.00E−225921554390arabinogalactan-proteinPP
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
37912909010018398696(NM_111831) expressed proteinPP
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
3801431009615226784(NM_129655) unknown proteinPP
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
38114317010018395560(NM_126399) expressed proteinPP
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
3821470909115219676(NM_100303) putative beta-PP
ketoacyl-CoA synthase
[Arabidopsis thaliana] pir||T00951
probable 3-oxoacyl-[acyl-carrier-
protein] synthase (EC 2.3.1.41)
F20D22.1
3831512309715238451(NM_120596) putative proteinPP
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
384160134.00E−918515241799(NM_125629) ripening-relatedPP
protein-like [Arabidopsis
thaliana]
3851618509518420375(NM_120069) cysteinePP
proteinase RD19A [Arabidopsis
thaliana]
38616719010018401703(NM_103632) expressed proteinPP
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
387174908.00E−939218405248(NM_104392) expressed proteinPP
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
388179058.00E−756918404002(NM_113306) PHD-finger protein,PP
putative [Arabidopsis thaliana]
389183851.00E−11710015223626(NM_104559) integral membranePP
protein, putative [Arabidopsis
thaliana]
3901839209515227193(NM_127194) putativeSSPP
homeodomain transcription factor
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
392185311.00E−14210015242792(NM_125746) putative proteinPP
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
3931860309418415840(NM_118332) alcoholPP
dehydrogenase like protein
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
3941953009615242217(NM_122138) Ruv DNA-helicase-PP
like protein [Arabidopsis thaliana]
3957020206115241293(NM_121408) putative proteinHSPP
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
396720090916319543(NC_001134) Amino acidPP
transport protein for valine,
leucine, isoleucine, and tyrosine;
Tat1p [Saccharomyces
cerevisiae]
397721193.00E−7057126078LATE EMBRYOGENESISPP
ABUNDANT PROTEIN D-34
(LEA D-34)
3981018809215228011(NM_129846) putativeDS
cytochrome P450 [Arabidopsis
thaliana]
399104041.00E−1519499713homeotic protein agamous -DS
Arabidopsis thaliana
400113331.00E−1451007207994(AF083220) proliferating cellularDS
nuclear antigen [Arabidopsis
thaliana]
4011171908715240257(NM_126126) cyclin D3-likeDS
protein [Arabidopsis thaliana]
402136631.00E−1529415227497(NM_129769) unknown proteinDS
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
4031395809615222885(NM_101226)SPDS
aminoalcoholphosphotransferase
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
4041521409215223772(NM_106341) Tub family protein,DS
putative [Arabidopsis thaliana]
405104832.00E−8610015223944(NM_100757) superoxidaseSPDS
dismutase [Arabidopsis thaliana]
40611711010015234217(NM_119505) 2-dehydro-3-DS
deoxyphosphoheptonate aldolase
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
407119091.00E−1268899735L-ascorbate peroxidase (ECDS
1.11.1.11) precursor -
Arabidopsis thaliana (fragment)
40812216010015236949(NM_118837) putative proteinDS
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
409122362.00E−5510015231278pollen specific protein-relatedDS
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
4101225601002317731(AF013628) reversiblyDS
glycosylated polypeptide-2
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
411128061.00E−1578615235640(NM_119926) putative proteinDS
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
4121290409615239631BAA97512.1| (AB026634) 3′(2′),SPDS
5′-bisphosphate nucleotidase
protein-like protein [Arabidopsis
thaliana]
413132124.00E−749315236917(AL161566) putative proteinDS
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
414132325.00E−306015223263expressed protein [ArabidopsisDS
thaliana] gi|7485996|pir||T00711
415139129.00E−6810018406846O64644|SP18_ARATH ProbableDS
Sin3 associated polypeptide
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
4161432709215221444(NM_102795) putative GTP-DS
binding protein [Arabidopsis
thaliana]
417147043.00E−714617228240(NC_003272) hypothetical proteinDS
[Nostoc sp. PCC 7120]
4181471409415219541(NM_106032) ethylene-DS
insensitive3-like3 (EIL3)
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
4191514207415235217(NM_118107) putative proteinSPDS
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
420174501.00E−16910015232066AAF26152.1|AC008261_9DS
(AC008261) putative homeobox-
leucine zipper protein, HAT7
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
421186071.00E−1519415221373(NM_105503) putativeDS
transcription factor [Arabidopsis
thaliana]
4221940907315241667(NM_120281) putativeDS
homeodomain protein
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
4231941209615228826(NM_116132) putative proteinDS
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
4241300509915239405(NM_122447) cyclin 3aSPSSPEG
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
gb|AAC98445.1| (AC006258)
cyclin 3a [Arabidopsis thaliana]
4251020308118405485(NM_104444) expressed proteinSP
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
4261132709212643807Protein farnesyltransferase alphaSP
subunit (CAAX
farnesyltransferase alpha
subunit) (RAS proteins
prenyltransferase alpha) (FTase-
alpha)[Arabidopsis thaliana]
427120181.00E−1759618404664(NM_129374) expressed proteinLL
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
427118141.00E−1759618404664(NM_129374) expressed proteinSP
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
428130031.00E−1698518394319(NM_101474) expressed proteinSP
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
429139491.00E−1608518399097(NM_103124) expressed proteinSP
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
430164161.00E−1619415236283(NM_116570) putativeSP
chloroplast protein import
component [Arabidopsis thaliana]
431164381.00E−1677818403775(AC004667) expressed proteinSP
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
gb|AAM62820.1| (AY085599)
zinc finger protein Glo3-like
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
43217124010015221491(NM_104934) similar to fiavin-SP
containing monooxygenase
(sp|P36366); similar to ESTs
gb|R30018, gb|H36886,
gb|N37822, and gb|T88100
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
4331913209218396094(NM_111084) expressed proteinSP
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
434179221.00E−134837485939AAC13593.1| (AF058914)LLSPCS
contains similarity to Arabidopsis
thaliana DNA-damage-
repair/tolerance resistance
protein DRT111 (SW: P42698)
435197191.00E−141726692816(AB036735) allyl alcoholPEGSPHS
dehydrogenase [Nicotiana
tabacum]
436142748.00E−9010018407428(NM_130339) expressed proteinSP
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
436173368.00E−9010018407428(NM_130339) expressed proteinSPLL
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
437177351.00E−1089118404601(NM_129353) expressed proteinSPLL
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
438192495.00E−4310021553354glycine-rich RNA binding proteinPPSPLN
7 [Arabidopsis thaliana]
4391851309615226492(NM_130274) putative proteinSPPPSS
kinase [Arabidopsis thaliana]
pir||T02181 protein kinase
homolog F14M4.11
440115171.00E−1538518412044(NM_106509) expressed proteinSP
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
44112363010015242458(NM_123934) GDSL-motifSP
lipase/hydrolase-like protein
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
442129227.00E−8110018403216(NM_128881) expressed proteinSP
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
443153601.00E−1528918398108(NM_111674) expressed proteinSP
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
44416028010015232435(NM_115274) peptide transport - SP
like protein [Arabidopsis thaliana]
445166481.00E−13410015891409NP_534027.1| (NC_003305) 3-SP
oxoacyl-(acyl-carrier-protein)
reductase [Agrobacterium
tumefaciens str. C58 (U.
Washington)]
4461670509515236458(NM_116899) nodulin-like proteinSP
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
4471671509615238198(NM_120537) putative proteinSP
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
448173161.00E−1249518378907(NM_100079) expressed proteinSP
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
4491733108515220100(NM_106680) putative sulfateSP
transporter [Arabidopsis thaliana]
450173392.00E−7910015228208(NM_114633) putative proteinSP
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
451174201.00E−1249415229782(NM_114248) glutathioneSP
transferase-like protein
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
452174461.00E−1448815230344(NM_115620) AP2 transcriptionSP
factor - like protein [Arabidopsis
thaliana]
453174871.00E−717815218649(NM_102603) ethylene-SP
responsive element binding
factor, putative [Arabidopsis
thaliana]
4541774009715232593(NM_114527) scarecrow-likeSP
protein [Arabidopsis thaliana]
455177521.00E−176949755372(AC000107) F17F8.3SP
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
456180210967262677(AC012188) Contains similarity toSP
MYB-Related Protein B from
Gallus gallus g [Arabidopsis
thaliana]
457182451.00E−1688615239503(NM_122484) GATA transcriptionSP
factor - like [Arabidopsis thaliana]
458186173.00E−699418424873(NM_125879) expressed proteinSP
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
4591873409615237253(NM_121609) UVB-resistanceSP
protein-like [Arabidopsis thaliana]
4601882308215222227AAM62510.1| (AY085278)SP
homeodomain protein BELL1,
putative [Arabidopsis thaliana]
46119222010018390636(NM_100509) expressed proteinPPSP
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
4621943009518405149(NM_129533) expressed proteinSP
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
463123321.00E−1138415221408(NM_106142) myb-relatedSS
transcription activator, putative
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
464136491.00E−1279211281134hypothetical protein F9G14.50 - SS
Arabidopsis thaliana
4651611309715217485AAD18098.1| (AC006416)SS
Identical to gb|Y10557 g5bf gene
from Arabidopsis thaliana
putative RNA-binding protein
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
466120691.00E−6310018410081(NM_105902) expressed proteinSS
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
467129060985915825Cytochrome P450 71B2SS
dbj|BAA28537.1| (D78605)
cytochrome P450
monooxygenase [Arabidopsis
thaliana]
468134431.00E−11110018409105(NM_114908) expressed proteinSS
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
4691470709613122288(AB047808) proteasel (pfpl)-likeSS
protein [Arabidopsis thaliana]
470151161.00E−16710015242465(NM_121002) inorganicSS
pyrophosphatase - like protein
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
471161171.00E−907815227349(NM_129704) calmodulin-likeSS
protein [Arabidopsis thaliana]
472161361.00E−1159215222919(NM_101236) unknown proteinSS
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
473190778.00E−987015221874(NM_101737) hypotheticalHSPPSS
protein [Arabidopsis thaliana]
474191780956321456(NC_001139) gamma-CKHSPEGPPSS
aminobutyrate (GABA)
transaminase (4-aminobutyrate
aminotransferase); Uga1p
[Saccharomyces cerevisiae]
475707524.00E−4610015224299trypsin inhibitor - relatedSS
[Arabidopsis thaliana]
gi|3287862|sp|O22867|ITI5_ARATH
476707534.00E−8610015231204(NM_112176) DnaJ protein,SS
putative [Arabidopsis thaliana]
477708096.00E−704820503004(AC098693) Hypothetical proteinLLPPSS
[Oryza sativa (japonica cultivar-
group)]
478720911.00E−177946322655(NC_001143) Interacts with andLLLNSS
may be a positive regulator of
GLC7 which encodes type1
protein phosphatase; Sds22p
[Saccharomyces cerevisiae]
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Trait Improvement Screens
DS-Improvement of drought tolerance identified by soil drought stress tolerance screen: Drought or water deficit conditions impose mainly osmotic stress on plants. Plants are particularly vulnerable to drought during the flowering stage. The drought condition in the screening process disclosed in Example 1B started from the flowering time and was sustained to the end of harvesting. The present invention provides recombinant DNA that can improve the plant survival rate under such sustained drought condition. Exemplary recombinant RNA for conferring such drought tolerance are identified as such in Table 3. Such recombinant RNA may find particular use in generating transgenic plants that are tolerant to the drought condition imposed during flowering time and in other stages of the plant life cycle. As demonstrated from the model plant screen, in some embodiments of transgenic plants with trait-improving recombinant DNA grown under such sustained drought condition can also have increased total seed weight per plant in addition to the increased survival rate within a transgenic population, providing a higher yield potential as compared to control plants.
PEG-Improvement of drought tolerance identified by PEG induced osmotic stress tolerance screen: Various drought levels can be artificially induced by using various concentrations of polyethylene glycol (PEG) to produce different osmotic potentials (Pilon-Smits et a. (1995) Plant Physiol. 107:125-130). Several physiological characteristics have been reported as being reliable indications for selection of plants possessing drought tolerance. These characteristics include the rate of seed germination and seedling growth. The traits can be assayed relatively easily by measuring the growth rate of seedling in PEG solution. Thus, a PEG-induced osmotic stress tolerance screen is a useful surrogate for drought tolerance screen. As demonstrated from the model plant screen, embodiments of transgenic plants with trait-improving recombinant DNA identified in a PEG-induced osmotic stress tolerance screen can survive better drought conditions providing a higher yield potential as compared to control plants.
SS-Improvement of drought tolerance identified by high salinity stress tolerance screen: Three different factors are responsible for salt damages: (1) osmotic effects, (2) disturbances in the mineralization process, (3) toxic effects caused by the salt ions, e.g., inactivation of enzymes. While the first factor of salt stress results in the wilting of the plants that is similar to drought effect, the ionic aspect of salt stress is clearly distinct from drought. The present invention provides genes that help plants to maintain biomass, root growth, and/or plant development in high salinity conditions, which are identified as such in Table 3. Since osmotic effect is one of the major component of salt stress, which is common to the drought stress, trait-improving recombinant DNA identified in a high salinity stress tolerance screen can provide transgenic crops with improved drought tolerance.
HS-Improvement of Drought Tolerance Identified by Heat Stress Tolerance Screen: Heat and drought stress often occur simultaneously, limiting plant growth. Heat stress can cause the reduction in photosynthesis rate, inhibition of leaf growth and osmotic potential in plants. Thus, genes identified by the present invention as heat stress tolerance conferring genes may also impart improved drought tolerance to plants.
CK and CS-Improvement of tolerance to cold stress: Low temperature may immediately result in mechanical constraints, changes in activities of macromolecules, and reduced osmotic potential. In the present invention, two screening conditions, i.e., cold shock tolerance screen (CK) and cold germination tolerance screen (CS), were set up to look for transgenic plants that display visual growth advantage at lower temperature. In cold germination tolerance screen, the transgenic Arabidopsis plants were exposed to a constant temperature of 8° C. from planting until day 28 post planting. The recombinant nucleotides identified by such screen as cold stress tolerance conferring genes are particular useful for the production of transgenic plant that can germinate more robustly in a cold temperature as compared to the wild type plants. In cold shock tolerance screen, the transgenic plants were first grown under the normal growth temperature of 22° C. until day 8 post planting, and subsequently were placed under 8° C. until day 28 post planting. In some preferred embodiments, transgenic plants transformed with the recombinant DNA constructs comprising SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 2 display more robust growth in both cold tolerance screens.
Improvement of tolerance to multiple stresses: Different kinds of stresses often lead to identical or similar reaction in the plants. Genes that are activated or inactivated as a reaction to stress can either act directly in a way the genetic product reduces a specific stress, or they can act indirectly by activating other specific stress genes. By manipulating the activity of such regulatory genes, i.e., multiple stress tolerance genes, the plant can be enabled to react to different kinds of stresses. For examples, SEQ ID NO: 37, SEQ ID NO: 38 and SEQ ID NO: 128 can be used to improve both heat stress tolerance and cold stress tolerance in plants. Of particular interest, plants transformed with SEQ ID NO: 59 can resist heat stress, salt stress and cold stress. In addition to these multiple stress tolerance genes, the stress tolerance conferring genes provided by the present invention may be used in combinations to generate transgenic plants that can resist multiple stress conditions.
PP-Improvement of Early Plant Growth and Development.
It has been known in the art that to minimize the impact of disease on crop profitability, it is important to start the season with healthy vigorous plants. This means avoiding seed and seedling diseases, leading to increased nutrient uptake and increased yield potential. Traditionally early planting and applying fertilizer are the methods used for promoting early seedling vigor. In early development stage, plant embryos establish only the basic root-shoot axis, a cotyledon storage organ(s), and stem cell populations, called the root and shoot apical meristems, which continuously generate new organs throughout post-embryonic development. “Early growth and development” used herein encompasses the stages of seed imbibition through the early vegetative phase. The present invention provides genes that are useful to produce transgenic plants that have advantages in one or more processes including, but not limited to, germination, seedling vigor, root growth and root morphology under non-stressed conditions. The transgenic plants starting from a more robust seedling are less susceptible to the fungal and bacterial pathogens that attach germinating seeds and seedling. Furthermore, seedlings with advantage in root growth are more resistant to drought stress due to extensive and deeper root architecture. Therefore, the genes conferring the growth advantage in early stages to plants may also be used to generate transgenic plants that are more resistant to various stress conditions due to improved early plant development. The present invention provides such exemplary genes that confer both the stress tolerance and growth advantages to plants, identified as such in Table 3, e.g., SEQ ID NO: 128 which can improve the plant early growth and development and impart heat and cold tolerance to plants.
SP-Improvement of Late Plant Growth and Development
“Late growth and development” used herein encompasses the stages of leaf development, flower production, and seed maturity. In certain embodiments, transgenic plants produced using genes that confer growth advantages to plants provided by the present invention, identified as such in Table 3, exhibit at least one phenotypic characteristics including, but not limited to, increased rosette radius, increased rosette dry weight, seed dry weight, silique dry weight, and silique length. On one hand, the rosette radius and rosette dry weight are used as the indexes of photosynthesis capacity, and thereby plant source strength and yield potential of a plant. On the other hand, the seed dry weight, silique dry weight and silique length are used as the indexes for plant sink strength, which are considered as the direct determinants of yield.
LL-Improvement of Tolerance to Shade Stress
The effects of light on plant development are especially prominent at the seedling stage. Under normal light conditions with unobstructed direct light, a plant seeding develops according to a characteristic photomorphogenic pattern, in which plants have open and expanded cotyledons and short hypocotyls. Then the plant's energy is devoted to cotyledon and leaf development while longitudinal extension growth is minimized. Under low light condition where light quality and intensity are reduced by shading, obstruction or high population density, a seedling displays a shade-avoidance pattern, in which the seedling displays a reduced cotyledon expansion, and hypocotyls extension is greatly increased. As the result, a plant under low light condition increases significantly its stem length at the expanse of leaf, seed or fruit and storage organ development, thereby adversely affecting of yield. The present invention provides recombinant nucleotides that enable plants to have an attenuated shade avoidance response so that the source of plant can be contribute to reproductive growth efficiently, resulting higher yield as compared to the wild type plants. One skilled in the art can recognize that transgenic plants generated by the present invention may be suitable for a higher density planting, thereby resulting increased yield per unit area. In some preferred embodiments, the present invention provides transgenic plants that have attenuated low light response and advantage in the flower bud formation.
LN-Improvement of Tolerance to Low Nitrogen Availability Stress
Nitrogen is a key factor in plant growth and crop yield. The metabolism, growth and development of plants are profoundly affected by their nitrogen supply. Restricted nitrogen supply alters shoot to root ratio, root development, activity of enzymes of primary metabolism and the rate of senescence (death) of older leaves. All field crops have a fundamental dependence on inorganic nitrogenous fertilizer. Since fertilizer is rapidly depleted from most soil types, it must be supplied to growing crops two or three times during the growing season. Improved nitrogen use efficiency by plants should enable crops cultivated under low nitrogen availability stress condition resulted from low fertilizer input or poor soil quality.
According to the present invention, transgenic plants generated using the recombinant nucleotides, which confer improved nitrogen use efficiency, identified as such in Table 3, exhibit one or more desirable traits including, but not limited to, increased seedling weight, increased number of green leaves, increased number of rosette leaves, increased root length and advanced flower bud formation. One skilled in the art may recognize that the transgenic plants with improved nitrogen use efficiency, established by the present invention may also have altered amino acid or protein compositions, increased yield and/or better seed quality. The transgenic plants of the present invention may be productively cultivated under nitrogen nutrient deficient conditions, i.e., nitrogen-poor soils and low nitrogen fertilizer inputs that would cause the growth of wild type plants to cease or to be so diminished as to make the wild type plants practically useless. The transgenic plants also may be advantageously used to achieve earlier maturing, faster growing, and/or higher yielding crops and/or produce more nutritious foods and animal feedstocks when cultivated using nitrogen non-limiting growth conditions.
Stacked Traits
The present invention also encompasses transgenic plants with stacked engineered traits, e.g., a crop having an improved phenotype resulting from expression of a trait-improving recombinant DNA, in combination with herbicide and/or pest resistance traits. For example, genes of the current invention can be stacked with other traits of agronomic interest, such as a trait providing herbicide resistance, for example a RoundUp Ready trait, or insect resistance, such as using a gene from Bacillus thuringensis to provide resistance against lepidopteran, coliopteran, homopteran, hemiopteran, and other insects. Herbicides for which resistance is useful in a plant include glyphosate herbicides, phosphinothricin herbicides, oxynil herbicides, imidazolinone herbicides, dinitroaniline herbicides, pyridine herbicides, sulfonylurea herbicides, bialaphos herbicides, sulfonamide herbicides and gluphosinate herbicides. To illustrate that the production of transgenic plants with herbicide resistance is a capability of those of ordinary skill in the art, reference is made to U.S. patent application publications 2003/0106096A1 and 2002/0112260A1 and U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,034,322; 5,776,760, 6,107,549 and 6,376,754, all of which are incorporated herein by reference. To illustrate that the production of transgenic plants with pest resistance is a capability of those of ordinary skill in the art reference is made to U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,250,515 and 5,880,275 which disclose plants expressing an endotoxin of Bacillus thuringiensis bacteria, to U.S. Pat. No. 6,506,599 which discloses control of invertebrates which feed on transgenic plants which express dsRNA for suppressing a target gene in the invertebrate, to U.S. Pat. No. 5,986,175 which discloses the control of viral pests by transgenic plants which express viral replicase, and to U.S. Patent Application Publication 2003/0150017 A1 which discloses control of pests by a transgenic plant which express a dsRNA targeted to suppressing a gene in the pest, all of which are incorporated herein by reference.
Once one recombinant DNA has been identified as conferring an improved trait of interest in transgenic Arabidopsis plants, several methods are available for using the sequence of that recombinant DNA and knowledge about the protein it encodes to identify homologs of that sequence from the same plant or different plant species or other organisms, e.g., bacteria and yeast. Thus, in one aspect, the invention provides methods for identifying a homologous gene with a DNA sequence homologous to any of SEQ ID NO: 1 through SEQ ID NO: 151 and SEQ ID NO: 153 through SEQ ID NO: 239, or a homologous protein with an amino acid sequence homologous to any of SEQ ID NO: 240 through SEQ ID NO: 390 and SEQ ID NO: 392 through SEQ ID NO: 478. In another aspect, the present invention provides the protein sequences of identified homologs for a sequence listed as SEQ ID NO: 240 through SEQ ID NO: 390 and SEQ ID NO: 392 through SEQ ID NO: 478. In yet another aspect, the present invention also includes linking or associating one or more desired traits, or gene function with a homolog sequence provided herein.
The trait-improving recombinant DNA and methods of using such trait-improving recombinant DNA for generating transgenic plants with improved traits provided by the present invention are not limited to any particular plant species. Indeed, the plants according to the present invention may be of any plant species, i.e., may be monocotyledonous or dicotyledonous. Preferably, they will be agricultural useful plants, i.e., plants cultivated by man for purposes of food production or technical, particularly industrial applications. Of particular interest in the present invention are corn and soybean plants. The recombinant DNA constructs optimized for soybean transformation and corn transformation are provide by the present invention. Other plants of interest in the present invention for production of transgenic plants having improved traits include, without limitation, cotton, canola, wheat, sunflower, sorghum, alfalfa, barley, millet, rice, tobacco, fruit and vegetable crops, and turfgrass.
In certain embodiments, the present invention contemplates to use an orthologous gene in generating the transgenic plants with similarly improved traits as the transgenic Arabidopsis counterpart. Improved physiological properties in transgenic plants of the present invention may be confirmed in responses to stress conditions, for example in assays using imposed stress conditions to detect improved responses to drought stress, nitrogen deficiency, cold growing conditions, or alternatively, under naturally present stress conditions, for example under field conditions. Biomass measures may be made on greenhouse or field grown plants and may include such measurements as plant height, stem diameter, root and shoot dry weights, and, for corn plants, ear length and diameter.
Trait data on morphological changes may be collected by visual observation during the process of plant regeneration as well as in regenerated plants transferred to soil. Such trait data includes characteristics such as normal plants, bushy plants, taller plants, thicker stalks, narrow leaves, striped leaves, knotted phenotype, chlorosis, albino, anthocyanin production, or altered tassels, ears or roots. Other improved traits may be identified by measurements taken under field conditions, such as days to pollen shed, days to silking, leaf extension rate, chlorophyll content, leaf temperature, stand, seedling vigor, internode length, plant height, leaf number, leaf area, tillering, brace roots, stay green, stalk lodging, root lodging, plant health, bareness/prolificacy, green snap, and pest resistance. In addition, trait characteristics of harvested grain may be confirmed, including number of kernels per row on the ear, number of rows of kernels on the ear, kernel abortion, kernel weight, kernel size, kernel density and physical grain quality.
To confirm hybrid yield in transgenic corn plants expressing genes of the present invention, it may be desirable to test hybrids over multiple years at multiple locations in a geographical location where maize is conventionally grown, e.g., in Iowa, Ill. or other locations in the Midwestern United States, under “normal” field conditions as well as under stress conditions, e.g., under drought or population density stress.
Transgenic plants can be used to provide plant parts according to the invention for regeneration or tissue culture of cells or tissues containing the constructs described herein. Plant parts for these purposes can include leaves, stems, roots, flowers, tissues, epicotyl, meristems, hypocotyls, cotyledons, pollen, ovaries, cells and protoplasts, or any other portion of the plant which can be used to regenerate additional transgenic plants, cells, protoplasts or tissue culture. Seeds of transgenic plants are provided by this invention can be used to propagate more plants containing the trait-improving recombinant DNA constructs of this invention. These descendants are intended to be included in the scope of this invention if they contain a trait-improving recombinant DNA construct of this invention, whether or not these plants are selfed or crossed with different varieties of plants.
The various aspects of the invention are illustrated by means of the following examples which are in no way intended to limit the full breath and scope of claims.
EXAMPLES
Example 1
Identification of Recombinant DNA that Confers Improved Trait(s) to Plants
A. Expression Constructs for Arabidopsis Plant Transformation
Each gene of interest was amplified from a genomic or cDNA library using primer specific to sequences upstream and downstream of coding region. Transformation vectors were prepared to constitutively transcribe DNA in either sense orientation (for enhanced protein expression) or anti-sense orientation (for endogenous gene suppression) under the control of an enhanced Cauliflower Mosaic Virus 35S promoter (U.S. Pat. No. 5,359,142) directly or indirectly (Moore et al., PNAS 95:376-381, 1998; Guyer et al., Genetics 149: 633-639, 1998; International patent application NO. PCT/EP98/07577). The transformation vectors also contain a bar gene as a selectable marker for resistance to glufosinate herbicide. The transformation of Arabidopsis plants was carried out using the vacuum infiltration method known in the art (Bethtold et al., Methods Mol. Biol. 82:259-66, 1998). Seeds harvested from the plants, named as T1 seeds, were subsequently were grown in a glufosinate-containing selective medium to select for plants which were actually transformed and which produced T2 transgenic seed. For first pass screening T2 seeds from five independent transgenic lines of Arabidopsis were
B. Soil Drought Tolerance Screen
This example describes a soil drought tolerance screen to identify Arabidopsis plants transformed with recombinant DNA that wilt less rapidly and/or produce higher seed yield when grown in soil under drought conditions
T2 seeds were sown in flats filled with Metro/Mix® 200 (The Scotts® Company, USA). Humidity domes were added to each flat and flats were assigned locations and placed in climate-controlled growth chambers. Plants were grown under a temperature regime of 22° C. at day and 20° C. at night, with a photoperiod of 16 hours and average light intensity of 170 μmol/m2/s. After the first true leaves appeared, humidity domes were removed. The plants were sprayed with glufosinate herbicide and put back in the growth chamber for 3 additional days. Flats were watered for 1 hour the week following the herbicide treatment. Watering was continued every seven days until the flower bud primordia became apparent, at which time plants were watered for the last time.
To identify drought tolerant plants, plants were evaluated for wilting response and seed yield. Beginning ten days after the last watering, plants were examined daily until 4 plants/line had wilted. In the next six days, plants were monitored for wilting response. Five drought scores were assigned according to the visual inspection of the phenotypes: 1 for healthy, 2 for dark green, 3 for wilting, 4 severe wilting, and 5 for dead. A score of 3 or higher was considered as wilted.
At the end of this assay, seed yield measured as seed weight per plant under the drought condition was characterized for the transgenic plants and their controls and analyzed as a quantitative response according to example 1M. Two approaches were used for statistical analysis on the wilting response. First, the risk score was analyzed for wilting phenotype and treated as a qualitative response according to the example 1L. Alternatively, the survival analysis was carried out in which the proportions of wilted and non-wilted transgenic and control plants were compared over each of the six days under scoring and an overall log rank test was performed to compare the two survival curves using S-PLUS statistical software (S-PLUS 6, Guide to statistics, Insightful, Seattle, Wash., USA). Table 4 provides a list of recombinant DNA constructs that improve drought tolerance in transgenic plants.
TABLE 4
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Survival Anaysis
of wilt response
Wilt ResponseSeeddiff
PepRisk scoreWeight/planttime
SEQConstruct—RSp-p-top-
IDidOrientationmeanvaluecdeltavaluecwiltingvaluec
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24174518SENSE−0.1310.985/1.260S01/
29070222SENSE−0.0320.726/0.4610.001S−0.630.21/
30718280SENSE−0.0660.937/0.4020.004S01/
35770247SENSE0.110.169T0.3360.006S−0.570.134/
36972471SENSE0.160.038S−0.0530.546/0.160.226/
39810188ANTI-SENSE0.1330.004S0.680S0.240.297/
39910404ANTI-SENSE0.130.068T0.20.271/0.570.083T
40011333ANTI-SENSE0.2660.007S0.2910.293/0.770.131T
40111719ANTI-SENSE0.560.006S−0.0880.751/01/
40213663ANTI-SENSE0.1230.024S−0.1980.763/0.040.852/
40313958ANTI-SENSE0.5260.001S0.5180.08T01/
40415214ANTI-SENSE0.0180.208/0.190.243/0.060.815/
40510483SENSE0.3130.012S−0.0950.795/0.280.358/
40611711SENSE0.3460.005S0.2180.009S0.30.371/
40711909SENSE0.0940.021S0.0020.493/0.260.767/
40812216SENSE0.6230S−0.1950.714/2.550.007S
40912236SENSE0.2330.019S0.320.026S0.290.124T
41012256SENSE0.2540.001S0.1330.245/0.090.869/
41112806SENSE0.1980.016S0.6890.018S0.160.696/
41212904SENSE0.2920.033S−1.1950.992/0.810.023S
41313212SENSE0.240.006S0.6760.01S0.250.559/
41413232SENSE0.1660.134T−0.0440.568/0.810.105T
41513912SENSE0.30S−0.0840.74/0.910.054T
41614327SENSE0.1810.008S−0.4230.831/0.750.021S
41714704SENSE0.1740.01S0.260.003S0.920.538/
41814714SENSE0.3130.007S−0.2830.987/0.30.702/
41915142SENSE0.280S−0.4980.871/0.290.196T
42017450SENSE0.1170.102T0.2380.079T−0.050.834/
42118607SENSE0.1610.013S−0.1670.782/0.640.034S
42219409SENSE0.1770.032S0.330.119T0.360.298/
42319412SENSE0.5010.001S−0.0060.515/0.150.84/
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S: represents that the transgenic plants showed statistically significant trait improvement as compared to the reference (p < 0.05, p value, of the delta of a quantitative response or of the risk score of a qualitative response, is the probability that the observed difference
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# between the transgenic plants and the reference occur by chance)
T: represents that the transgenic plants showed a trend of trait improvement as compared to the reference, preferably with p < 0.2,
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/: represents the transgenic plants didn't show any alteration or had unfavorable change in traits examined compared to the reference in the current dataset
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C. Heat Stress Tolerance Screen
Under high temperatures, Arabidopsis seedlings become chlorotic and root growth is inhibited. This example sets forth the heat stress tolerance screen to identify Arabidopsis plants transformed with the gene of interest that are more resistant to heat stress based on primarily their seedling weight and root growth under high temperature. T2 seeds were plated on ½×MS salts, 1/% phytagel, with 10 μg/ml glufosinate (7 per plate with 2 control seeds; 9 seeds total per plate). Plates were placed at 4° C. for 3 days to stratify seeds. Plates were then incubated at room temperature for 3 hours and then held vertically for 11 additional days at temperature of 34° C. at day and 20° C. at night. Photoperiod was 16 h. Average light intensity was ˜140 μmol/m2/s. After 14 days of growth, plants were scored for glufosinate resistance, root length, final growth stage, visual color, and seedling fresh weight. A photograph of the whole plate was taken on day 14.
Visual assessment was carried out to evaluate the robustness of the growth based on the leave size and rosette size.
The seedling weight and root length were analyzed as quantitative responses according to example 1M. The final grow stage at day 14 was scored as success if 50% of the plants had reached 3 rosette leaves and size of leaves are greater than 1 mm (Boyes, et al., (2001) The Plant Cell 13, 1499-1510). The growth stage data was analyzed as a qualitative response according to example 1L. Table 5 provides a list of recombinant DNA constructs that improve heat tolerance in transgenic plants.
TABLE 5
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Pepseedling weightRoot Lengthgrowth stage
SEQConstruct—p-p-RSp-
IDidOrientationdeltavaluecdeltavaluecmeanvaluec
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26812007ANTI-SENSE1.2830S0.2210.018S0.8440.044S
26912290ANTI-SENSE0.920.002S−0.090.683/0.40.14T
27012343ANTI-SENSE1.1860S0.0080.478/−0.0660.818/
27114348ANTI-SENSE0.9170S0.0470.352/0.0340.314/
27215708ANTI-SENSE1.120S0.1220.092T0.4670.016S
27317615ANTI-SENSE1.1340S0.1760.084T0.5410.102T
27417622ANTI-SENSE0.7280S−0.1420.874/0.8750.002S
27570714ANTI-SENSE1.0290S0.0320.355/−0.0030.515/
27617925SENSE0.9690S−0.0270.588/0.220.215/
27718541SENSE0.9770S−0.0120.559/0.9820.028S
27811425SENSE1.2550S0.1520.096T0.5160.005S
27912263SENSE0.8690.003S−0.0230.552/0.4810.113T
28012288ANTI-SENSE1.2560S0.0860.314/0.9680.036S
28112910SENSE1.0670.105T0.0970.274/−0.4171/
28214335SENSE1.1070S0.160S−0.0240.804/
28317427SENSE0.8370S−0.0690.706/0.5690.087T
28419140SENSE0.8940S0.1110.131T1.7940S
28519179SENSE1.0390S−0.0950.742/0.6140.063T
28619251SENSE0.770S−0.0610.771/0.5430.027S
28719443SENSE1.1150S0.0420.369/0.5370.078T
28819607SENSE0.9390S0.0240.381/0.0950.215/
28919915SENSE1.3360.057T0.190.299/0.070S
29070222SENSE0.7780.004S−0.0780.677/1.1530.015S
29170464SENSE1.0390S0.0260.411/0.8060.04S
29270474SENSE1.0260S0.0940.207/1.1450.03S
29370484SENSE1.5110S0.2360.004S0.6880.016S
29472474SENSE0.8160S0.0950.229/1.1490.01S
29819252SENSE0.5710.111T0.020.416/1.270.022S
34718854SENSE0.8540S−0.140.896/0.5950.148T
35116226SENSE1.3720S0.2440.009S0.1120.017S
35770247SENSE1.1460S0.1240.114T0.9530.029S
35912635SENSE0.7020.109T0.5870.001S0.6370.06T
36714338SENSE0.8880S0.0360.326/0.170.077T
36817809SENSE0.8380.002S0.0330.308/0.6190.04S
36972471SENSE1.0510.001S0.0670.227/1.5310.005S
37372772SENSE1.3640S0.2990.002S0.6480.045S
39570202SENSE1.1590S−0.1160.941/0.3390.159T
43519719SENSE1.1840S0.0320.411/1.4330.018S
47319077SENSE1.4050S0.0260.369/0.610.013S
47419178SENSE1.3810S0.2670.008S1.540.006S
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S: represents the transgenic plants showed statistically significant trait improvement as compared to the reference (p < 0.05)
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T: represents the transgenic plants showed a trend of trait improvement as compared to the reference, preferably with p < 0.2
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/: represents the transgenic plants didn't show any alteration or had unfavorable change in traits examined compared to the reference in the current dataset
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D. Salt Stress Tolerance Screen
This example sets forth the high salinity stress screen to identify Arabidopsis plants transformed with the gene of interest that are tolerant to high levels of salt based on their rate of development, root growth and chlorophyll accumulation under high salt conditions.
T2 seeds were plated on glufosinate selection plates containing 90 mM NaCl and grown under standard light and temperature conditions. All seedlings used in the experiment were grown at a temperature of 22° C. at day and 20° C. at night, a 16-hour photoperiod, an average light intensity of approximately 120 mmol/m2. On day 11, plants were measured for primary root length. After 3 more days of growth (day 14), plants were scored for transgenic status, primary root length, growth stage, visual color, and the seedlings were pooled for fresh weight measurement. A photograph of the whole plate was also taken on day 14.
Visual assessment was carried out to evaluate the robustness of the growth based on the leave size and rosette size.
The seedling weight and root length were analyzed as quantitative responses according to example 1M. The final growth stage at day 14 was scored as success if 50% of the plants reached 3 rosette leaves and size of leaves are greater than 1 mm (Boyes, D. C., et al., (2001), The Plant Cell 13, 1499/1510). The growth stage data was analyzed as a qualitative response according to example 1L.
TABLE 6
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a list of recombinant nucleotides that improve high salinity tolerance in plants
Seedling WeightRoot Length atRoot Length at
Pepat day 14day 11day 14Growth Stage
SEQConstructp-p-p-RSp-
IDiddeltavaluecdeltavaluecdeltavaluecmeanvalluec
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243179180.7490.001S0.0070.945/0.0540.348/0.1070.152T
258178190.7130.026S0.2810.09T0.290.01S1.5650.025S
285191790.9390S0.2280.044S0.2690.001S1.5610.034S
298192520.8310.003S0.3270.016S0.3340.001S1.50.028S
312704050.2660.096T0.0510.628/0.2020.014S−0.2010.766/
372183950.5060.008S0.270.033S0.240.007S0.6530.016S
376114090.8340.004S0.3050.007S0.3290.001S0.7120.073T
390183920.7670S0.3250.005S0.1810.034S0.6980.109T
424130050.7870.003S0.2280.021S0.1610.12T1.0790.013S
439185130.7790.019S0.3770.013S0.2980.002S0.6790.069T
463123320.2920.604/0.2040.22/0.0570.829/0.5380.188T
464136490.4180.03S0.0620.493/0.1470.1T1.390.028S
465161130.1080.305/0.1680.221/0.1380.076T1.090.068T
466120690.7080.043S0.1620.091T0.1650.354/0.3060.074T
467129060.7640.05T0.1850.039S0.1750.01S1.2120.009S
468134430.1130.629/−0.0610.542/−0.0010.993/0.6580.096T
469147070.3880.159T0.0880.452/−0.0940.564/0.3660.012S
470151160.5760.02S0.3620.01S0.2210.063T1.4140.027S
471161170.0380.789/0.020.87/−0.0030.98/0.5990.224/
472161360.4650.001S0.2970S0.1720.007S1.9110.005S
473190770.5250.02S0.230.006S0.2140S0.2990.116T
474191780.3980.22/0.2310.106T0.2190.046S0.4560.213/
475707520.2730.379/0.1220.387/0.0960.417/−0.0220.519/
476707530.210.459/−0.0150.864/0.1160.286/0.4890.128T
477708090.8020.007S0.2330S0.3480S2.240.009S
478720910.6080.014S0.1150.249/0.1520.091T0.3980.267/
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S: represents the transgenic plants showed statistically significant trait improvement as compared to the reference (p < 0.05)
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T: represents the transgenic plants showed a trend of trait improvement as compared to the reference, preferably with p < 0.2
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/: represents the transgenic plants didn't show any alteration or had unfavorable change in traits examined compared to the reference in the current dataset
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E. Polyethylene Glycol (PEG) Induced Osmotic Stress Tolerance Screen
There are numerous factors, which can influence seed germination and subsequent seedling growth, one being the availability of water. Genes, which can directly affect the success rate of germination and early seedling growth, are potentially useful agronomic traits for improving the germination and growth of crop plants under drought stress. In this assay, PEG was used to induce osmotic stress on germinating transgenic lines of Arabidopsis thaliana seeds in order to screen for osmotically resistant seed lines.
T2 seeds were plated on glufosinate selection plates containing 3% PEG and grown under standard light and temperature conditions. Seeds were plated on each plate containing 3% PEG, ½×MS salts, 1% phytagel, and 10 μg/ml glufosinate. Plates were placed at 4° C. for 3 days to stratify seeds. On day 11, plants were measured for primary root length. After 3 more days of growth, i.e., at day 14, plants were scored for transgenic status, primary root length, growth stage, visual color, and the seedlings were pooled for fresh weight measurement. A photograph of the whole plate was taken on day 14. Visual assessment was carried out to evaluate the robustness of the growth based on the leave size and rosette size.
Seedling weight and root length were analyzed as quantitative responses according to example 1M. The final growth stage at day 14 was scored as success or failure based on whether the plants reached 3 rosette leaves and size of leaves are greater than 1 mm. The growth stage data was analyzed as a qualitative response according to example 1L.
TABLE 7
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a list of recombinant nucleotides that improve osmotic stress tolerance in plants
Seedling Weight atRoot Length atRoot Length at
Pepday14day 11day14Growth Stage
SEQp-p-p-RSp-
IDConstructdeltavaluecdeltavaluecdeltavaluecmeanvaluec
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241745180.530.018S0.2170.024S0.510.001S40S
345148250.4140.181T0.2710.053T0.1020.34/2.1050.01S
346179310.2950.425/0.1240.574/0.1160.454/2.0690.085T
347188540.4840.015S0.3420.011S0.1590.073T1.0230.238/
348122370.3710.165T0.3250.001S0.2970.003S2.1910.017S
349134140.1370.311/0.2410.069T0.2650.045S2.4610.027S
350161600.3030.044S0.2420.035S0.0770.512/3.3810.001S
351162260.3670.047S0.1320.224/0.0970.276/40S
352168030.3820.036S0.1250.489/0.2240.023S40S
353182600.1830.315/0.1250.315/0.1460.143T3.3620.002S
354186420.0760.674/0.1990.09T0.1990.029S3.0560.002S
355187210.3360.104T0.1770.145T0.1090.228/2.2810.02S
356192540.3340.242/0.1550.227/0.1530.183T0.9050.129T
357702470.450.138T0.3340.008S0.1690.07T2.6920.013S
358706500.2150.121T0.1050.114T0.0920.255/2.7490.011S
374194410.4130.017S0.2560.003S0.0980.085T2.3240.04S
424130050.6850.008S0.3950.002S0.2260.013S3.7870S
435197190.3060.04S0.1350.051T−0.0280.426/−0.3380.598/
474191780.5150.02S0.210.059T0.1690.08T3.530S
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S: represents the transgenic plants showed statistically significant trait improvement as compared to the reference (p < 0.05)
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T: represents the transgenic plants showed a trend of trait improvement compared to the reference, preferably with p < 0.2
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/: represents the transgenic plants didn't show any alteration or had unfavorable change in traits examined compared to the reference in the current dataset
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F. Cold Shock Tolerance Screen
This example set forth a screen to identify Arabidopsis plants transformed with the genes of interest that are more tolerant to cold stress subjected during day 8 to day 28 after seed planting. During these crucial early stages, seedling growth and leaf area increase were measured to assess tolerance when Arabidopsis seedlings were exposed to low temperatures. Using this screen, genetic alterations can be found that enable plants to germinate and grow better than wild type plants under sudden exposure to low temperatures.
T2 seeds were tested. Eleven seedlings from each line plus one control line were plated together on a plate containing ½× Gamborg Salts with 0.8 Phytagel™, 1% Phytagel, and 0.3% Sucrose. Plates were then oriented horizontally and stratified for three days at 4° C. At day three, plates were removed from stratification and exposed to standard conditions (16 hr photoperiod, 22° C. at day and 20° C. at night) until day 8. At day eight, plates were removed from standard conditions and exposed to cold shock conditions (24 hr photoperiod, 8° C. at both day and night) until the final day of the assay, i.e., day 28. Rosette areas were measured at day 8 and day 28, which were analyzed as quantitative responses according to example 1M.
TABLE 8
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a list of recombinant nucleotides that improve cold shock stress tolerance in plants
difference in
rosette area
rosette area atrosette area atbetween day 28
Pepday 8day 28and day 8
SEQp-p-p-
IDConstruct_idOrientationdeltavaluecdeltavaluecdeltavaluec
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24019867SENSE−0.0320.603/0.150.309/0.4260.064T
24174518SENSE0.1840.192T0.6530.001S0.7960S
24215816SENSE0.3660.027S0.5920.002S0.6660.004S
24317918SENSE0.5940S0.9820S1.3250S
27617925SENSE0.4790.001S0.6930S0.8720S
47419178SENSE0.230.083T0.4350.026S0.4350.103T
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S: represents the transgenic plants showed statistically significant trait improvement as compared to the reference (p < 0.05)
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T: represents the transgenic plants showed a trend of trait improvement compared to the reference, preferably with p < 0.2
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/: represents the transgenic plants didn't show any alteration or had unfavorable change in traits examined compared to the reference in the current dataset.
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G. Cold Germination Tolerance Screen
This example sets forth a screen to identify Arabidopsis plants transformed with the genes of interests are resistant to cold stress based on their rate of development, root growth and chlorophyll accumulation under low temperature conditions.
T2 seeds were plated and all seedlings used in the experiment were grown at 8° C. Seeds were first surface disinfested using chlorine gas and then seeded on assay plates containing an aqueous solution of ½× Gamborg's B/5 Basal Salt Mixture (Sigma/Aldrich Corp., St. Louis, Mo., USA G/5788), 1% Phytagel™ (Sigma-Aldrich, P-8169), and 10 ug/ml BASTA™ (Bayer Crop Science, Frankfort, Germany), with the final pH adjusted to 5.8 using KOH. Test plates were held vertically for 28 days at a constant temperature of 8° C., a photoperiod of 16 hr, and average light intensity of approximately 100 mmol/m2/s. At 28 days post planting, root length was measured, growth stage was observed, the visual color was assessed, and a whole plate photograph was taken.
Visual assessment was carried out to evaluate the robustness of the growth based on the leave size and rosette size.
The root length at day 28 was analyzed as a quantitative response according to example 1M. The growth stage at day 7 was analyzed as a qualitative response according to example 1L.
TABLE 9
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a list of recombinant nucleotides that improve cold stress tolerance
in plants
Root LengthGrowth Stage
Pepat day 28at day 28
SEQConstruct—Orien-p-RSp-
IDidtationdeltavaluecmeanvaluec
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24019867SENSE0.0710.292/1.9540.103T
24174518SENSE0.2780.031S40S
24415306ANTI-0.1760.142T1.5820.067T
SENSE
24512038SENSE0.0450.188T2.2710.022S
24612046SENSE0.1770.125T3.5130S
24713432SENSE0.1820.015S1.1080.078T
24813711SENSE0.150.022S2.3570.012S
24914809SENSE−0.0340.631/1.950.047S
25014951SENSE0.2370.053T3.3870.001S
25115632SENSE0.0030.481/0.490.275/
25216147SENSE0.1760.016S3.2840.003S
25316158SENSE0.0840.235/1.4320.138T
25416170SENSE0.0660.354/1.9950.088T
25516171SENSE−0.1780.842/−0.6710.732/
25616175SENSE−0.0540.7/1.2310.184T
25717430SENSE0.2540.135T2.7760.009S
25817819SENSE0.2210.028S−0.4750.922/
25917921SENSE−0.1510.912/1.2910.179T
26017928SENSE0.3680.028S2.5990.003S
26118637SENSE0.1580.225/1.1430.164T
26218816SENSE0.2060.075T3.0380.002S
26319227SENSE0.1980.058T3.0680.002S
26419429SENSE0.2580.062T2.5820.006S
26570235SENSE0.1750.065T2.5840.006S
26672634SENSE0.1690.064T2.8350.001S
26772752SENSE0.2920.019S2.8160.002S
27317615ANTI-0.3170.006S2.2390.022S
SENSE
27718541SENSE0.3210.072T2.6310.014S
29370484SENSE0.20.018S2.610.016S
29819252SENSE0.3910.002S1.0410.084T
34617931SENSE0.0960.059T1.2130.142T
35770247SENSE0.2990.006S2.6070.005S
36619610SENSE0.330.079T40S
36714338SENSE0.2230.071T1.1250.087T
37611409SENSE0.1930S1.8310.024S
43417922SENSE0.2380.029S3.1090.002S
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S: represents the transgenic plants showed statistically significant trait improvement as compared to the reference (p < 0.05)
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T: represents the transgenic plants showed a trend of trait improvement as compared to the reference, preferably with p < 0.2
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/: represents the transgenic plants didn't show any alteration or had unfavorable change in traits examined compared to the reference in the current dataset
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H. Shade Tolerance-Low Light Screen
Plants undergo a characteristic morphological response in shade that includes the elongation of the petiole, a change in the leaf angle, and a reduction in chlorophyll content. While these changes may confer a competitive advantage to individuals, in a monoculture the shade avoidance response is thought to reduce the overall biomass of the population. Thus, genetic alterations that prevent the shade avoidance response may be associated with higher yields. Genes that favor growth under low light conditions may also promote yield, as inadequate light levels frequently limit yield. This protocol describes a screen to look for Arabidopsis plants that show an attenuated shade avoidance response and/or grow better than control plants under low light intensity. Of particular interest, we were looking for plants that didn't extend their petiole length, had an increase in seedling weight relative to the reference and had leaves that were more close to parallel with the plate surface.
T2 seeds were plated on glufosinate selection plates with ½MS medium. Seeds were sown on ½×MS salts, 1% Phytagel, 10 ug/ml BASTA. Plants were grown on vertical plates at a temperature of 22° C. at day, 20° C. at night and under low light (approximately 30 uE/m2/s, far/red ratio (655/665/725/735) ˜0.35 using PLAQ lights with GAM color filter #680). Twenty-three days after seedlings were sown, measurements were recorded including seedling status, number of rosette leaves, status of flower bud, petiole leaf angle, petiole length, and pooled fresh weights. A digital image of the whole plate was taken on the measurement day. Seedling weight and petiole length were analyzed as quantitative responses according to example 1M. The number of rosette leaves, flowering bud formation and leaf angel were analyzed as qualitative responses according to example 1L.
TABLE 10
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a list of recombinant nucleotides that improve shade tolerance in plants
flowerbudNumber of
formationleaf anglepetiole lengthrosette leavesseedling weight
Pepat day 23atday 23at day 23at day 23at day 23
SEQConstruct—RSp-RSp-p-RSp-p-
IDidmeanvaluecmeanvaluecdeltavaluecmeanvaluecdeltavaluec
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262188163.0070.003S0.7380.003S0.0460.561/−0.3830.929/0.1710.011S
282143351.810.029S0.4040.032S0.2040.301/−0.0430.814/0.390.093T
295130472.2610.006S0.4820.106T−0.0970.31/1.6550.088T0.4630.022S
29613304−0.1180.643/−0.1640.861/−0.2280.106T1.2140.068T0.2440.421/
29713474−0.3190.583/0.4190.062T−0.0510.153T0.6330.032S0.2230.002S
29819252−20.962/0.2390.257/0.0990.242/1.1530.056T0.4970S
29912612−0.6270.975/−0.0940.766/−0.0370.341/0.610.092T−0.3040.298/
300129260.8270.15T−0.2781/−0.020.51/0.4890.218/−0.3740.279/
30113230−0.2280.954/−0.050.668/0.0570.33/1.830.025S0.330.124T
30214235−0.5111/0.0840.271/−0.3240.045S−0.2050.848/−0.5360.016/
303173050.0560.374/0.0360.226/−0.0550.59/0.7880.143T−0.0580.761/
304174700.3190.344/0.2310.112T−0.2180.24/1.3140.052T0.0940.612/
30517718−1.4380.985/0.0050.486/−0.1480.016S1.7930.027S0.0330.728/
306179040.9650.105T0.2520.071T−0.150.359/1.010.027S−0.0220.844/
30718280−0.1760.626/0.2840.258/−0.0560.547/1.350.037S0.2690.086T
30818287−2.4410.941/0.0780.348/−0.0220.785/1.1930.05T0.2920.056T
30918501−0.0871/−0.3261/−0.2540.05T0.230.438/−0.3030.789/
310188770.1810.414/0.0160.41/−0.1190.372/0.3510.212/0.0760.604/
3111953140S0.040.379/−0.1420.344/−0.2530.809/0.0010.998/
31270405−0.9310.991/−0.1140.957/−0.1860.038S0.6740.188T0.130.177T
31372136−1.0011/1.0630.08T−0.6210.008S0.7750.014S−1.0810.018/
31472611−0.4760.834/0.8680.121T−0.2620.102T1.7280.044S−0.3650.23/
370164032.2230.01S0.1320.144T−0.1570.484/−1.0520.999/0.1480.766/
427120181.2830.059T0.3090.254/−0.0060.959/0.6630.14T−0.6430.017/
434179221.1710.136T−0.0460.58/0.0570.624/−0.0420.614/0.3170.056T
43617336−0.9871/−0.2971/−0.110.079T1.0820.074T−0.1210.636/
43717735−3.7051/−0.0160.524/−0.1350.084T0.8820.022S0.0140.9/
47770809−1.3330.913/0.1840.173T0.1020.256/0.2360.148T0.4490.046S
478720911.9080.006S0.0090.422/0.2510.004/−0.0561/0.4130.083T
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S: represents the transgenic plants showed statistically significant trait improvement as compared to the reference (p < 0.05)
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T: represents the transgenic plants showed a trend of trait improvement as compared to the reference, preferably with p < 0.2
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/: represents the transgenic plants didn't show any alteration or had unfavorable change in traits examined compared to the reference in the current dataset.
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I. Early Plant Growth and Development Screen
This example sets forth a plate based phenotypic analysis platform for the rapid detection of phenotypes that are evident during the first two weeks of growth. In this screen, we were looking for genes that confer advantages in the processes of germination, seedling vigor, root growth and root morphology under non-stressed growth conditions to plants. The transgenic plants with advantages in seedling growth and development were determined by the seedling weight and root length at day 14 after seed planting.
T2 seeds were plated on glufosinate selection plates and grown under standard conditions (˜100 uE/m2/s, 16 h photoperiod, 22° C. at day, 20° C. at night). Seeds were stratified for 3 days at 4° C. Seedlings were grown vertically (at a temperature of 22° C. at day 20° C. at night). Observations were taken on day 10 and day 14. Both seedling weight and root length at day 14 were analyzed as quantitative responses according to example 1M.
TABLE 11
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a list recombinant nucleotides that improve early plant growth and
development
Root LengthSeedling Weight
Pepat day14at day14
SEQConstruct—Orien-p-p-
IDidtationdeltavaluecdeltavaluec
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24174518SENSE0.2160.01S0.4540.049S
24512038SENSE0.1010.046S0.6290.003S
25014951SENSE0.150.072T0.1380.378/
26017928SENSE0.0620.22/0.2460.069T
26570235SENSE0.0790.519/0.4140.026S
26772752SENSE0.3010.001S0.7890.002S
28519179SENSE0.2160.024S0.6030.01S
29070222SENSE0.0470.468/0.3940.014S
29370484SENSE0.0680.364/0.4440.024S
29472474SENSE0.2410.051T0.1830.564/
29819252SENSE0.0650.392/0.3160.054T
32617344SENSE0.0420.565/0.2230.066T
33017906SENSE0.110.152T0.4190.011S
35418642SENSE0.10.247/0.2570.043S
35770247SENSE−0.040.842/0.2370.134T
35870650SENSE0.1210.077T0.1350.442/
35911787ANTI-−0.0830.784/0.1670.365/
SENSE
36013641ANTI-0.0920.15T0.3360.053T
SENSE
36114515ANTI-0.0510.616/0.3510.038S
SENSE
36214920ANTI-0.080.358/0.1010.739/
SENSE
36315204ANTI-0.2030.015S0.0760.811/
SENSE
36415216ANTI-0.3160.023S0.6320.073T
SENSE
36515330ANTI-0.0840.428/0.4350.002S
SENSE
36619610SENSE0.1920.011S0.5230.008S
36714338SENSE0.1450.155T0.5890.072T
36817809SENSE0.0140.928/−0.1210.753/
36972471SENSE0.070.023S0.4070.048S
37016403SENSE0.1990.027S0.60.003S
37117737SENSE0.0490.472/0.2420.073T
37218395SENSE0.2190.001S0.580.002S
37372772SENSE0.2240.023S0.4420.106T
37419441SENSE0.2710S0.4820.019S
37510486SENSE0.1910.03S0.3430.052T
37611409SENSE0.2580.034S0.4680.006S
37712104SENSE0.10.379/0.4890.009S
37812258SENSE0.160.05T0.3920.137T
37912909SENSE0.1390.267/0.3220.261/
38014310SENSE0.5440S0.7640.026S
38114317SENSE0.1340.18T0.1170.64/
38214709SENSE0.2060.009S0.3890.117T
38315123SENSE0.0260.872/0.270.348/
38416013SENSE0.0460.622/0.4640.01S
38516185SENSE0.1910.045S0.1450.596/
38616719SENSE0.0190.872/0.4240.088T
38717490SENSE0.1860.026S0.2720.102T
38817905SENSE0.2390.004S0.3460.196T
38918385SENSE0.2870.003S0.6870.003S
39018392SENSE0.0880.338/0.5040.012S
39218531SENSE0.3130.015S0.6270S
39318603SENSE0.2120S0.1650.187T
39419530SENSE0.1060.137T0.3420.025S
39570202SENSE0.2180.056T0.2790.223/
39672009SENSE0.1910.054T0.3280.043S
39772119SENSE0.2360S0.2590.008S
43819249SENSE0.0540.375/0.2220.048S
43918513SENSE0.2040.044S0.1930.322/
46119222SENSE0.2550.072T0.6220.034S
47319077SENSE−0.0490.669/0.20.227/
47419178SENSE0.3030S0.5920.001S
47770809SENSE0.1280.093T0.2240.185T
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For other responses:
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S: represents the transgenic plants showed statistically significant trait improvement as compared to the reference (p < 0.05)
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T: represents the transgenic plants showed a trend of trait improvement as compared to the reference, preferably with p < 0.2
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/: represents the transgenic plants didn't show any alteration or had unfavorable change in traits examined compared to the reference in the current dataset
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J. Late Plant Growth and Development Screen
This example sets forth a soil based phenotypic platform to identify genes that confer advantages in the processes of leaf development, flowering production and seed maturity to plants.
Arabidopsis plants were grown on a commercial potting mixture (Metro Mix 360, Scotts Co., Marysville, Ohio) consisting of 30-40% medium grade horticultural vermiculite, 35-55% sphagnum peat moss, 10-20% processed bark ash, 1-15% pine bark and a starter nutrient charge. Soil was supplemented with Osmocote time-release fertilizer at a rate of 30 mg/ft3. T2 seeds were imbibed in 1% agarose solution for 3 days at 4° C. and then sown at a density of ˜5 per 2½ pot. Thirty-two pots were ordered in a 4 by 8 grid in standard greenhouse flat. Plants were grown in environmentally controlled rooms under a 16 h day length with an average light intensity of ˜200 μmoles/m2/s. Day and night temperature set points were 22° C. and 20° C., respectively. Humidity was maintained at 65%. Plants were watered by sub-irrigation every two days on average until mid-flowering, at which point the plants were watered daily until flowering was complete.
Application of the herbicide glufosinate was performed to select T2 individuals containing the target transgene. A single application of glufosinate was applied when the first true leaves were visible. Each pot was thinned to leave a single glufosinate-resistant seedling ˜3 days after the selection was applied.
The rosette radius was measured at day 25. The silique length was measured at day 40. The plant parts were harvested at day 49 for dry weight measurements if flowering production was stopped. Otherwise, the dry weights of rosette and silique were carried out at day 53. The seeds were harvested at day 58. All measurements were analyzed as quantitative responses according to example 1M.
TABLE 12
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a list of recombinant nucleotides that improve late plant growth and development
Rosette DryRosetteSeed DrySilique DrySilique
PepWeightRadiusWeightWeightLength
SEQconstruct—p-p-p-p-p-
IDiddeltavaluecdeltavaluecdeltavaluecdeltavaluecdeltavaluec
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289199150.2340.027S0.20.002S0.2140.142T0.1650.138T−0.1720.863/
373727720.1940.291/0.0220.068T0.2590.003S0.1020.343/−0.2230.889/
40313958−0.0650.797/−0.2790.863/0.1460.041S0.0920.177T0.0090.158T
40510483−0.0730.946/0.3020.002S0.2880.022T0.5920S0.1370S
412129040.0480.131T0.1490.003S0.3490.002S0.0610.066T−0.0450.961/
41915142−0.2110.945/0.0740.076T0.2840.002S−0.0880.984/0.0140.374/
42413005−0.1750.954/0.0910.014S0.6290.013S0.1690.106T−0.0310.627/
425102030.20.036S−0.0230.587/−0.7570.922/−0.0590.756/0.0180.15T
42611327−0.0460.747/0.0560.138T0.3270.08T−0.1090.94/0.0090.142T
42711814−0.1270.799/−0.0850.866/0.3970.016S−0.1840.91/0.050.236/
428130030.0040.47/−0.0180.589/0.780.003S−0.1680.939/−0.2640.94/
42913949−0.0090.538/−0.3090.953/0.7190.008S−0.2140.995/0.0020.476/
430164160.3960.001S0.0990.03S−0.6540.999/0.0340.187T0.0130.13T
43116438−0.5010.802/−0.5160.9/0.630.021S−0.9680.842/−0.4610.905/
43217124−0.2260.898/−0.0220.618/0.7020.012S−0.4790.942/−0.0550.99/
433191320.1490.133T00.5/−0.2290.965/0.1980.019S−0.2320.974/
434179220.2060.012S−0.0020.52/0.5410.037S−0.0170.757/0.0280.3/
435197190.3010.016S0.0740.178T−0.3950.988/0.1120.246/−0.0310.608/
436142740.030.411/0.1310.087T0.4290.009S−0.0860.948/−0.1810.968/
436173360.4250.021S−0.1290.934/−0.3430.949/0.090.143T0.0180.443/
43717735−0.3770.995/−0.1940.977/0.6630.024S−0.3151/−0.0240.648/
43819249−0.2840.977/−0.1660.768/0.3370.046S−0.1010.796/0.0530.076T
439185130.1940.202/0.0960.112T0.2480.159T−0.130.676/−0.0720.802/
44011517−0.0330.586/0.0730.052T0.1330.25/0.1450.217/−0.0160.762/
441123630.2040.135T−0.0870.926/0.5780.013S0.1880.053T0.0360.176T
442129220.2020.003S−0.0350.928/0.4530.14T0.1640.096T0.0060.298/
443153600.360.018S−0.0460.728/−0.1410.75/0.070.05T0.0490.099T
444160280.3410.032S−0.0360.548/0.0440.403/0.180.034S−0.0150.604/
44516648−0.490.989/0.0330.374/0.4710.025S−0.1690.8/0.0180.228/
446167050.2270.072T−0.1680.985/0.5020.001S−0.2280.996/−0.0450.932/
447167150.0110.442/0.0590.161T0.4850.042S−0.0870.724/0.0580.03S
44817316−0.0470.812/0.0470.08T0.1090.391/−0.1720.747/0.2290.008S
44917331−0.4510.979/−0.1560.916/0.4430.001S−0.110.761/0.0430.069T
450173390.3060.026S0.1520.024S−0.7380.936S0.0950.369/0.0080.356/
45117420−0.1710.931/−0.2420.856/0.8280.015S−0.2910.817/−1.0080.898/
45217446−0.2260.909/−0.0380.673/0.3020.026S0.1450.118T−0.0010.522/
45317487−0.3310.966/0.0740.016S0.4790.045S−0.2090.995/0.040.132T
45417740−0.0360.641/0.0160.414/0.7630.057T0.0870.15T0.0950S
455177520.350.041S−0.1070.673/−0.6190.915/0.3430.004S0.0220.294/
45618021−0.2520.947/−0.1310.836/0.2870.079T−0.2490.885/−0.0180.64/
45718245−0.2270.99/−0.0310.629/0.4220.011S−0.1260.758/−0.0480.827/
45818617−0.1930.955/−0.30.95/0.8770.001S−0.3280.971/0.0750.077T
459187340.2480.043S0.0330.192T−0.9590.981/0.0590.146T−0.0120.618/
460188230.2290.114T0.0690.181T−0.0560.677/0.2820.048S0.0320.24/
461192220.5910.014S0.0450.304/−0.2580.767/0.1560.1T−0.0760.698/
462194300.3620.024S−0.020.776/−0.7510.857/0.0360.281/−0.2310.848/
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S: represents the transgenic plants showed statistically significant trait improvement as compared to the reference (p < 0.05)
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T: represents the transgenic plants showed a trend of trait improvement compared to the reference, preferably with p < 0.2
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/: represents the transgenic plants didn't show any alteration or had unfavorable change in traits examined compared to the reference in the current dataset
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K. Low Nitrogen Tolerance Screen
Under low nitrogen conditions, Arabidopsis seedlings become chlorotic and have less biomass. This example sets forth the low nitrogen tolerance screen to identify Arabidopsis plants transformed with the gene of interest that are altered in their ability to accumulate biomass and/or retain chlorophyll under low nitrogen condition.
T2 seeds were plated on plates containing 0.5×N-Free Hoagland's T 0.1 mM NH4NO3 T 0.1% sucrose T 1% phytagel media and grown under standard light and temperature conditions. At 12 days of growth, plants were scored for seedling status (i.e., viable or non-viable) and root length. After 21 days of growth, plants were scored for visual color, seedling weight, number of green leaves, number of rosette leaves, root length and formation of flowering buds. A photograph of each plant was also taken at this time point.
The seedling weight and root length were analyzed as quantitative responses according to example 1M. The number green leaves, the number of rosette leaves and the flowerbud formation were analyzed as qualitative responses according to example 1L. We considered that the transgenic plants grew better under the low nitrogen condition evidenced by having more green leaves or greener leaves, compared to the reference. In addition, the change in the root length in either direction, i.e., either increase or decrease will benefit plant growth. Transgenic plants with increased root length under a low nitrogen condition will enable plants to obtain nutrient from a farther distance, whereas transgenic plants with decreased root length while maintain a healthy growth evidenced by green leaves may have developed an intrinsic mechanism of using nitrogen source efficiently.
TABLE 13
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a list of recombinant nucleotides that improve low
nitrogen availability tolerance in plants
Number of
flowerbudNumber of greenrosette leavels
PepformationleavesRoot Lengthat day21Rosette Weight
SEQConstructRSp-RSp-p-RSp-p-
IDidmeanvaluecmeanvaluecdeltavaluecmeanvaluecdeltavaluec
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24174518−0.1410.97/−0.1231/0.0970.006T−0.5320.983/0.1040.007S
31512627−0.8811/1.7130.001S−0.2220.052S1.6220.008S−0.0370.136/
31612813−1.2691/1.1510.011S−0.010.89/1.8580.001S0.140S
31714945−1.1311/0.8990.014S−0.0560.486/0.3050.289/−0.0380.587/
31815345−0.1580.626/0.9610.014S−0.3520.004S−0.3080.739/0.0690.297/
31915348−0.5820.937/0.7550.015S−0.170.082T0.9230.046S−0.0330.214/
32016325−0.9470.999/0.9950.003S−0.2040.079T1.150.01S−0.0140.652/
32116702−0.3150.997/0.5670.023S0.160.01S0.5720.071T0.0120.614/
32216836−1.2911/0.1490.098T0.1410.029S2.1170S0.0350.247/
32317002−1.1531/0.320.013S0.2090.007S1.8180.001S0.1310S
32417012−1.2011/0.3480.025S0.2910.002S1.4850.001S0.0820.107T
32517017−0.3521/0.9820.003S−0.1120.159T0.2760.127T−0.0090.725/
32617344−1.8971/0.7360.039S0.1110.181T1.3440.02S0.0760.001S
32717426−1.3641/1.1850.002S−0.2180.008S0.8140.094T−0.0760.034/
32817655−1.0591/1.0940.002S−0.0840.208/1.6560S0.0240.637/
32917656−1.3091/0.4650.04S0.1070.228/1.3170.001S−0.0460.058/
33017906−1.211/0.0580.369/0.2130S1.2510.006S0.0570.262/
331182780.0250.45/0.8380.003S0.040.592/2.0560.001S0.0160.667/
33218822−0.471/0.6970S0.1890.029S1.170.001S0.0480.07T
333188811.0620.022S−0.3650.949/0.080.211/−1.2111/0.0060.845/
33419213−0.0950.712/−0.2981/0.180.001S−0.8021/0.0560.062T
33519239−0.1870.931/1.4660S−0.1040.186T1.2970.006S−0.0480.187/
33619247−0.3460.913/0.2740.022S0.0130.833/1.8180.001S0.0880.216/
33719460−0.5260.994/1.4270S−0.0040.932/0.9520.01S0.0030.952/
33819512−0.5461/1.6110S0.1520.011S0.8240.001S0.0410.226/
33919533−0.2830.929/1.9090S0.0720.353/1.9040.001S−0.0020.952/
34019603−0.250.932/0.2870.213/0.2080.005S0.2340.214/0.1350.021S
341721260.3370.017S−0.4470.944/−0.1490.059T0.230.147T0.2530S
342724370.9070.016S−0.360.989/0.1110.049S−0.6890.999/0.090.005S
343724410.3540.011S0.570.002S−0.1150.078T0.2690.124T−0.0410.361/
344726390.5780.065T−0.1980.956/0.230.001S−0.1810.756/0.130.005S
364190581.2360.008S−0.0870.974/−0.1030.244/−0.3260.94/0.1230.066T
37016403−0.9721/0.630.023S−0.1820.006S1.7510.002S−0.0280.202/
37117737−1.1241/0.3520.038S0.0590.512/1.4040.017S−0.0380.381/
37218395−0.5671/0.5220.023S0.1820.004S0.9350.007S0.0270.318/
373727720.4390.019S−0.1130.827/0.2110.006S−0.1410.739/0.1060.006S
376114090.0010.498/0.3270.094T−0.0690.316/0.2640.287/0.0080.843/
43819249−0.8341/0.2570.058T0.0610.25/1.010.004S0.0380.438/
47872091−0.8031/−0.2731/0.5260S1.0330.029S0.1670.003S
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S: represents the transgenic plants showed statistically significant trait improvement as compared to the reference (p < 0.05)
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T: represents the transgenic plants showed a trend of trait improvement compared than the reference, preferably with p < 0.2
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/: represents the transgenic plants didn't show any alteration or had unfavorable change in traits examined compared to the reference in the current dataset
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L. Statistic Analysis for Qualitative Responses
TABLE 14
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a list of responses analyzed as qualitative responses
responsescreencategories (success vs. failure)
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wilting response riskdrought tolerance screennon-wilted vs. wilted
score
growth stage at day 14heat stress tolerance screen50% of plants reach stage1.03 vs. not
growth stage at day 14salt stress tolerance screen50% of plants reach stage1.03 vs. not
growth stage at day 14PEG induced osmotic stress50% of plants reach stage1.03 vs. not
tolerance screen
growth stage at day 7cold germination stress tolerance50% of plants reach stage 0.5 vs. not
screen
number of rosette leavesshade tolerance-low light screen5 leaves appeared vs. not
at day 23
flower bud formation atShade tolerance-low light screenflower buds appear vs. not
day 23
leaf angle at day 23Shade tolerance-low light screen>60 degree vs. <60 degree
number of green leaves atlow nitrogen tolerance screen6 or 7 leaves appeared vs. not
day 21
number of rosette leaveslow nitrogen tolerance screen6 or 7 leaves appeared vs. not
at day 21
Flower bud formation atlow nitrogen tolerance screenflower buds appear vs. not
day 21
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Plants were grouped into transgenic and reference groups and were scored as success or failure according to Table 14. First, the risk (R) was calculated, which is the proportion of plants that were scored as of failure plants within the group. Then the relative risk (RR) was calculated as the ratio of R (transgenic) to R (reference). Risk score (RS) was calculated as −log2RR. Subsequently the risk scores from multiple events for each transgene of interest were evaluated for statistical significance by t-test using S-PLUS statistical software (S-PLUS 6, Guide to statistics, Insightful, Seattle, Wash., USA). RS with a value greater than 0 indicates that the transgenic plants perform better than the reference. RS with a value less than 0 indicates that the transgenic plants perform worse than the reference. The RS with a value equal to 0 indicates that the performance of the transgenic plants and the reference don't show any difference.
M. Statistic Analysis for Quantitative Responses
TABLE 15
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a list of responses analyzed as quantitative responses
responsescreen
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seed yielddrought stress tolerance screen
seedling weight at day 14heat stress tolerance screen
root length at day 14heat stress tolerance screen
seedling weight at day 14salt stress tolerance screen
root length at day 14salt stress tolerance screen
root length at day 11salt stress tolerance screen
seedling weight at day 14PEG induced osmotic stress tolerance screen
root length at day 11PEG induced osmotic stress tolerance screen
root length at day 14PEG induced osmotic stress tolerance screen
rosette area at day 8cold shock tolerance screen
rosette area at day28cold shock tolerance screen
difference in rosette areacold shock tolerance screen
from day 8 to day 28
root length at day 28cold stress tolerance screen
seedling weight at day 23Shade tolerance-low light screen
petiole length at day 23Shade tolerance-low light screen
root length at day 14Early plant growth and development screen
seedling weight at day14Early plant growth and development screen
rosette radius at day 25Late plant growth and development screen
seed dry weight at day 58Late plant growth and development screen
silique dry weight at day 53Late plant growth and development screen
silique length at day 40Late plant growth and development screen
Seedling weight at day 21Low nitrogen tolerance screen
Root length at day 21Low nitrogen tolerance screen
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The measurements (M) of each plant were transformed by log2 calculation. The Delta was calculated as log2M(transgenic)−log2M(reference). Subsequently the mean delta from multiple events of the transgene of interest was evaluated for statistical significance by t-test using S-PLUS statistical software (S-PLUS 6, Guide to statistics, Insightful, Seattle, Wash., USA). The Delta with a value greater than 0 indicates that the transgenic plants perform better than the reference. The Delta with a value less than 0 indicates that the transgenic plants perform worse than the reference. The Delta with a value equal to 0 indicates that the performance of the transgenic plants and the reference don't show any difference.
Example 2
Identification of Homologs
A BLAST searchable “All Protein Database” was constructed of known protein sequences using a proprietary sequence database and the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) non-redundant amino acid database (nr.aa). For each organism from which a DNA sequence provided herein was obtained, an “Organism Protein Database” was constructed of known protein sequences of the organism; the Organism Protein Database is a subset of the All Protein Database based on the NCBI taxonomy ID for the organism.
The All Protein Database was queried using amino acid sequence of cognate protein for gene DNA used in trait-improving recombinant DNA, i.e., sequences of SEQ ID NO: 240 through SEQ ID NO: 478 using “blastp” with E-value cutoff of 1e-8. Up to 1000 top hits were kept, and separated by organism names. For each organism other than that of the query sequence, a list was kept for hits from the query organism itself with a more significant E-value than the best hit of the organism. The list contains likely duplicated genes, and is referred to as the Core List. Another list was kept for all the hits from each organism, sorted by E-value, and referred to as the Hit List.
The Organism Protein Database was queried using amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NO: 240 through SEQ ID NO: 478 using “blastp” with E-value cutoff of 1e-4. Up to 1000 top hits were kept. A BLAST searchable database was constructed based on these hits, and is referred to as “SubDB”. SubDB was queried with each sequence in the Hit List using “blastp” with E-value cutoff of 1e-8. The hit with the best E-value was compared with the Core List from the corresponding organism. The hit is deemed a likely ortholog if it belongs to the Core List, otherwise it is deemed not a likely ortholog and there is no further search of sequences in the Hit List for the same organism. Likely orthologs from a large number of distinct organisms were identified and are reported by amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NO: 479 to SEQ ID NO: 12463. These orthologs are reported in Tables 2 as homologs to the proteins cognate to genes used in trait-improving recombinant DNA.
Example 3
Consensus Sequence Build
ClustalW program was selected for multiple sequence alignments of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:439 and 25 homologs. Three major factors affecting the sequence alignments dramatically are (1) protein weight matrices; (2) gap open penalty; (3) gap extension penalty. Protein weight matrices available for ClustalW program include Blosum, Pam and Gonnet series. Those parameters with gap open penalty and gap extension penalty were extensively tested. On the basis of the test results, Blosum weight matrix, gap open penalty of 10 and gap extension penalty of 1 were chosen for multiple sequence alignment. Attached are the sequences of SEQ ID NO: 439, its homologs and the consensus sequence at the end. The symbols for consensus sequence are (I) uppercase letters for 100% identity in all positions of multiple sequence alignment output; (2) lowercase letters for >=70% identity; symbol; (3) “X” indicated <70% identity; (4) dashes “−” meaning that gaps were in >=70% sequences.
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SEQ ID NO :
5211------------------------------------------------------------
12100------------------------------------------------------------
6033------------------------------------------------------------
5630------------------------------------------------------------
2801------------------------------------------------------------
11474------------------------------------------------------------
12365------------------------------------------------------------
9090------------------------------------------------------------
439------------------------------------------------------------
11419------------------------------------------------------------
11201------------------------------------------------------------
4683------------------------------------------------------------
1624------------------------------------------------------------
11490------------------------------------------------------------
9137------------------------------------------------------------
10769MIGTRVLAHSRVDPAIRWGVAARGRVVFAAIRWGAAARGRVVFAAVRWGAAARGTKREAG
2036------------------------------------------------------------
1472------------------------------------------------------------
2526------------------------------------------------------------
12153------------------------------------------------------------
2333------------------------------------------------------------
8918------------------------------------------------------------
12149------------------------------------------------------------
6330------------------------------------------------------------
11407------------------------------------------------------------
9050------------------------------------------------------------
consensus------------------------------------------------------------
12464
-------------------MSCFACCGDEDTQ-VPDTRAQYPGHHPAR------------
-------------------MSCFACCGDEDTQ-VPDTRAQYPGHHPAR------------
-------------------MSCFACCGDEDTQ-VPDTRAQYPGHHPAR------------
-------------------MSCFACCGDEDTQ-VPDTRTQYPGHHPAR------------
-------------------MSCFACCGDEDTQGVPDNRNPYPGNHPAR------------
-------------------MSCLACCGGEDTQRTPDNGGPYPGGYPPR------------
-------------------MSCLACCGGEDTQRTPDNGGPYPGGYPPR------------
-------------------MSCFVCCGDEDTQRAPDNRNQYXKAIQQG------------
-------------------MSCFGCCGEDDDMHKTADYGGRHNQAKHFPPG---------
-------------------MSCFSCCDDDDMHRATDNGPFMAHNSAGN------------
-------------------MSCFSCCDDDDMHRATDNGPFMAHNSAGN------------
-------------------MGCFSCCGADDVGKKKKRDDPYVPIPDPG--G---------
-------------------MGFLCCSGKPSKRLESSSINENNSNIKRKDQTHVTSGSLKM
-------------------MGFLCFSGKSSKRSENSSIDENNSNIKRKDQTQLTSGSMKV
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-------------------MGWIPCSGKSSGKTKKRSDSDENLSRNCSVSASERS-----
QETSTSETKKTKRKWGRGFCGMASHEVEEPLTSETKKTKRKWGRGFCGMASHEAEEPLTS
------------------MKILLGVGINGGLFGSCVSSRSKVDSSTSGISSHFEIKSTN-
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------MAAADTSRVFLILIIALVMVIVVLLGICWRFLGPGIMR
-------------------xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx--x---------
------------------ADAYRPSDQPPKGPQPVKMQPIAVPAIPVDEIREVTKGFGDE
------------------ADAYRPSDQPPKGPQPVKMQPIAVPAIPVDEIREVTKGFGDE
------------------ADAYRPSDQPPKGPQPVKMQPIAVPAIPVDEIREVTKGFGDE
------------------ADAYRPADQPPKGSQPVKMQPIAVPAIPVDELREVTKGFGDE
------------------SDAYRTADPTPRGPQPVKVQPIAVPIIPVDEIREVTKNFGDE
------------------DDAYRTADPTPRGAQPLKMQPITVPTIPVEEIREVTVAFGDE
------------------DDAYRTADPTPRGAQPLKMQPITVPTIPVEEIREVTVAFGDE
------------------NDAYRTADPTPKGPQPVKVQPIAVPTIPMDEIREKNCTGGDE
----------------NDARHHQASETAQKGPPVVKLQPIEVPIIPFSELKEATDDFGSN
------------------NGGQRATESAQRETQTVNTQPIAVPSIAVDELKDITDNFGSK
------------------NGGQRATESAQRETQTVNIQPIAVPSIAVDELKDITDNFGSK
----------------NYGRSKPGPPAPSRSPPTSRNLPIAVPAIPLDEIKGITKNFSSD
KPYVNNLSKEGESKDDQLSLDVKSLNMKDEISKDRRSNGKQAQTFTFEELAAATSNFRSD
KPYVNDSREEGASKDDQLSLDVKSLNLKDEISKDIRNNGNPAQTFTFEELVAATDNFRSD
-----------------------KAKSSVSESRSRGSDNIVAQTFTFSELATATRNFRKE
ETKKKRKNVAASSEPDKKRWFKNKIWKKKKAKNEQLATLVKEISLATKLNSAMHVNINLS
-----------NVSKDQPTTSNSEHNLPTLTPEDELKVASRLRKFGFNDLKMATRNFRPE
----------------MGSKYSKATNSINDALNSSYLVPFESYRFPLVDLEEATNNFD--
----------------MGSKYSKATNSINDALSSSYLVPFESYRVPLVDLEEATNNFDDK
----------------MGSKYSKATNSISDASNSRYGVPFENYRVPLVDLEEATNNFDDN
----------------MGSKYSKATNSINDASNSSYRVPFESLRVPFVDLQEATNNFDDK
-------------------------------LNSSYRVPFESFRVPFVDLQEATNNFDEK
-------------------------------LNSSYRVPFESFRVPFVDLQEATNNFDEK
-------------------------------LNSSYRVPFESFRVPFVDLQEATNNFDEK
------------------MRSKDSKETTYISDTTSYRFPVESSQIPFAALQEATNNFNCN
---------------RLLRPRRCPSEVPEYFSGNMSGNLRTITYFDYVTLKKATKDFHQK
----------------xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxpxxxxxxxxxxxxxxtxxfxxx
ALIGEGSFGRVYLGVLRNG----------RSAAVKKLDS-NKQPDQEFLA-QVSMVSRLK
ALIGEGSFGRVYLGVLRNGX---------GVAAVKKLDS-NKQPDQEFLSXQVSMVSRLK
ALIGEGSFGRVYLGVLRNG----------RSAAVKKLDS-NKQPDQEFLA-QVSMVSRLK
ALIGEGSFGRVYLGVLRNGR---------SAXRVKKLDS-NKQPDQEFLXAQVSMVSRLK
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ALIGEGSFGRVYFGVLRNG----------RSAAVKKLDS-SKQPDQEFLA-QVSMVSRLK
ALIGEGSFGRVYFGVLKNG----------RSAAIKKLDS-SKQPEQEFLA-QVSMVSRLK
ALIGEGSFGRVYFGVLKNG----------RSAAIKKLDS-SKQPEQEFLA-QVSMVSRLK
ALIGEGSFGRVYFGTLRNG----------RGAAIKKLDS-SKQPDQELLA-QVSMVSRLK
SLIGEGSYGRVYYGVLNND----------LPSAIKKLDS-NKQPDNEFLA-QVSMVSRLK
ALIGEGSYGRVYHGVLKSG----------RAAAIKKLDS-SKQPDREFLA-QVSMVSRLK
ALIGEGSYGRVYHGVLKSG----------RAAAIKKLDS-SKQPDREFLA-QVSMVSRLK
ALIGEGSYARVFFGVLRDG----------RRSAVKKLDS-SKQPDQEFLV-QVSAVSRLK
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CFLGEGGFGKVYKGYLDK---------INQAVAIKQLDR-NGVQGIREFVVEVVTLSLAD
CFLGEGGFGKVYKGYLEK---------INQVVAIKQLDQ-NGLQGIREFVVEVLTLSLAD
CLIGEGGFGRVYKGYLAS---------TGQTAAIKQLDH-NGLQGNREFLVEVLMLSLLH
MNICPTQTYEEHSGTYLR---------NLAVIAVKQLDK-DGLQGNREFLVEVLMLSLLH
SLLGEGGFGCVFKGWIEENGTAPVKPGTGLTVAVKTLNH-DGLQGHKEWLAEVNFLGDLG
---GKGGFGKVYRGVLRDG----------TKVALKRHNR-DSGQSIEPFRTEIEILSRRS
FFIGAGVFGKVYKGVLRDG----------TKVALKRRKP-ESSQGIEEFETEIEILSFCS
FFIAEGGFGKVYRGVLRDG----------TKVALKRHNC-DSQQSIEEFRTEIEILSRRS
FLIGWGVFGKVYMGVLRNG----------TKVALKKHMP-ESSQGIEEFRTEIEILSLCS
FHIGLGGFGKVYRGVLRDG----------TKVALKRCKR-ESSQGIEEFRTEIEILSFCS
FHIGLGGFGKVYRGVLRDG----------TKVALKRCKR-ESSQGIEEFRTEIEILSFCS
FHIGLGGFGKVYRGVLRDG----------TKVALKRCKR-ESSQGIEEFQTEIEILSFCS
SLIGLGGFGTVYRGVLCDG----------TKVALKRCKL-ESSQGIEEFQTEIEMLSHFR
NQLGRGGFGPVYLGKLDDG----------RKVAVKQLSVGKSGQGESEFFMEVNMITSIQ
xxigxgxfgxvyxGvlxxg----------xxxaxKxxxx-xxxxxxexxxxxxxxxsxxx
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HENVVELLGYCADGTLRVLAYEFATMGSLHDMLHGRKGVKG-AQPGPVLSWSQRVKIAVG
HENXVELLGYCXDGTLRVLAYEFATMGSLHDMLHGRKGVKG-AQPGPVLXWSQRXKIAVG
HENVVELLGYCADGTLRVLAYEFATMGSLHDMLHGRKGVKG-AQPGPVLSWSQRVKIAVG
HENVVELLGYCADGTLRVLAYEFATMGSLHDMLHGRKGVKG-AQPGPVLSWLQRVKIAVG
HEHVVELLGYCVDGNLRVLAYEFATMGSLHDMLHGRKGVKG-AQPGPVLSWAQRVKTAVG
HGNVVELLGYCVDGNTRILAYEFATMGSLHDMLHGRKGVKG-AQPGPVLSWTQRVKIAVG
HGNVVELLGYCVDGNTRILAYEFATMGSLHDMLHGRKGVKG-AQPGPVLSWTQRVKIAVG
HENVVELLGYCLDGNTRVLAYEFATMGSLHDMLHGRKGVKG-AQPGPVLSWIQRVKIAVG
HDNFVQLLGYCVDGNSRILSYEFANNGSLHDILHGRKGVKG-AQPGPVLSWYQRVKIAVG
DENVVELLGYCVDGGFRVLAYEYAPNGSLHDILHGRKGVKG-AQPGPVLSWAQRVKIAVG
DENVVELLGYCVDGGFRVLAYEYAPNGSLHDILHGRKGVKG-AQPGPVLSWAQRVKIAVG
HENIIQLIGYCAGGSIRVLAYEYAPRGSLHDILHGKKGVKG-AQPGPALSWMQRVKIALS
HPNLVKLIGFCAEGDQRLLVYEYMPLGSLENHLHDIP------PNRQPLDWNTRMKIAAG
NPNLVKLIGFCAEGDQRLLVYEYMPLGSLENHLHDIP------PNRQPLDWNARMKIAAG
HPNLVNLIGYCADGDQRLLVYEYMPLGSLEDHLHDIS------PSKQPLDWNTRMKIAAG
HPNLVTLLGYCTECDQKILVYEYMPLGSLQDHLLDLT------PKSQPLSWHTRMKIAVD
NPNLVKLIGYCIEDDQRLLVYEFLPRGSLENHLFRR---------SLPLPWSIRMKIALG
HPHLVSLIGFCDERNEMILIYDYMENGNLKSHLYG--------SDLPTMSWEQRLEICIG
HPHLVSLIGFCDERNEMILIYKYMENGNLKSHLYG--------SDLPSMSWEQRLEICIG
HPHLVSLIGYCDGRNEMILIYDYMENGNLKSHLYG--------SDLPSMSWEQRLEICIG
HPHLVSLIGYCDERNEMILIYEYMENGNLRSHLYG--------SDLPAMSWEQRLEICIG
HPHLVSLIGYCDETNEMILVYDYIENGNLRSHLYG--------PDLPTMSWEQRLEICIG
HPHLVSLIGYCDETNVMILVYDYIENGNLRSHLYG--------PDLPTMSWEQGLEICIG
HPHLVSLIGYCDERNEMILVYDYIENGNLRSHLYG--------SDLPSMSWEQRLEICIG
HPYLVSLIGYCDENNVTILIFKYMENGSLSSHLYG--------SYLPTMTWEQRLEICIG
HKNLVRLVGCCSEGTERLLVYEYMKNKSLDKILFAAADAPAPASAPPFLNWRTRHQIIIG
hxxxvxLxGyCxxxxxxxLxyexxxxgsLxxxLxgxxxxxx-xxxxpxxsWxqrxxIxxg
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AAKGLEYLHEKAQPHIIHRDIKSSNVLLFDDDVAKIADFDLSNQ-APDMAARLHSTRVLG
AAKGLEYLHEKAQPHIIHRDIKSSNVLSFDDDVAKIADFDLSNQXAPDMAARLHSTRVLG
AAKGLEYLHEKAQPHIIHRDIKSSNVLLFDDDVAKIADFDLSNQ-APDMAARLHSTRVLG
AAKGLEYLHEKAQPHIMHRDIKSSNVLLFDDDVAKIADFDLSNQ-APDMAARLHSTRVLG
AAKGLEYLHEKAQPHIIHRDIKSSNVLLFDDDVAKIADFDLSNQ-APDMAARLHSTRVLG
AAKGLEYLHEKAQPHIIHRDIKSSNVLLFDDDVSKIADFDLSNQ-APDMAARLHSTRVLG
AAKGLEYLHEKAQPHIIHRDIKSSNVLLFDDDVSKIADFDLSNQ-APDMAARLHSTRVLG
AAKGLEYLHEKAQPHVIHRDIKSSNVLLFDDDVAKIADFDLSNQ-APDMAARLHSTRVLG
AARGLEYLHEKANPHIIHRDIKSSNVLLFEDDVAKIADFDLSNQ-APDMAARLHSTRVLG
AAKGLEYLHEKAQPHIIHRDIKSSNILLFDDDVAKIADFDLSNQ-APDMAARLHSTRVLG
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AAKGLEYLHEKAQPHIIHRDIKSSNILLFDDDVAKIADFDLSNQ-APDMAARLHSTRVLG
AAKGLEELHEKAEPRVVHRDIKSSNIMLFDNDVAKVGDFDVSNQ-SPDMAARLHSTRVLG
AAKGLEYLHNEMKPPVIYRDLKCSNILLGEGYHPKLSDFGLAKV-GPSGDKTHVSTRVMG
AAKGLEYLHNEMAPPVIYRDLKCSNILLGEGYHPKLSDFGLAKV-GPSGDHTHVSTRVMG
AAKGLEYLHDKTMPPVIYRDLKCSNILLGDDYFPKLSDFGLAKL-GPVGDKSHVSTRVMG
AARGLEYLHEVANPPVVYRDLKASNILLDGNFSAKLADFGLAKL-GPVGDKTHVTTRVMG
AAKGLAFLHEEAKRPVIYRDFKTSNTLLDAEYNAKLSDFGLAKD-GPEGDKTHISTRVMG
AARGLHYLHTS---AVTHRDVKSTNILLDENFVAKITDFGISKK-GTELDQTHVSTDVKG
AARGLYYLHTR---AVIHRDVKSINILLDENFVPKITDFGISKK-GTELDQTHLSTVVQG
AARGLHYLHTN---GVMHRDVKSSNILLDENFVPKITDFGLSKT-RPQLYQTHVSTDVKG
AARGLHYLHTS---AVIHRDVKSINILLDDNFVPKITDFGLSKT-GTELDQTHVSTAVKG
AARGLHYLHTS---AVIHRDVKSINILLDENFVAKITDFGISKK-GTELDQTHLSTLVQG
AARGLHYLHTS---AVIHRDVKSINILLDENFVAKITDFGISKK-GTELDQTHLSTLVQG
AARGLHYLHTS---AVIHRDVKSINMLLDENFVAKITDFGLSKK-GTELDQTHLSTLVQG
AARGLYYLHKN---AVIHRDVKSANILLDENFVAKTTDFGVSKT-RTELDQTHVSTVVKG
IGRGLQYLHEESNLRIVHRDIKASNILLDDKFQPKISDFGLAR--FFPEDQTYLSTAFAG
aaxGLxyLHxxxxxxxihRDxKssNxllxxxxvxKixDFxlsxx-xxxxxxxxxsTxvxG
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TFGYHAPEYAMTGQLSSKSDVYSFGVVLLELLTGRKPVDHTLPRGQQSLVTWATPRLSED
TFGYHAPEYAMTGQLSSKSDVYSFGVVLLELLTGRKPVDHTLPRGQQSLVTWATPXLSED
TFGYHAPEYAMTGQLSSKSDVYSFGVVLLELLTGRKPVDHTLPRGQQSLVTWATPRLSED
TFGYHAPEYAMTGQLSSKSDVYSFGVVLLELLTGRKPVDHTLPRGQQSLVTWATPRLSED
TFGYHAPEYAMTGQLSSKSDVYSFGVVLLELLTGRKPVDHTLPRGQQSLVTWATPRLSED
TFGYHAPEYAMTGQLSSKSDVYSFGVVLLELLTGRKPVDHTLPRGQQSLVTWATPRLCED
TFGYHAPEYAMTGQLSSKSDVYSFGVVLLELLTGRKPVDHTLPRGQQSLVTWATPRLCED
TFGYHAPEYAMTGQLSSKSDVYSFGVVLLELLTGRKPVDHTLPRGQQSLVTWATPRLSED
TFGYHAPEYAMTGQLNAKSDVYSFGVVLLELLTGRKPVDHRLPRGQQSLVTWATPKLSED
TFGYHAPEYAMTGQLSSKSDVYSFGVVLLELLTGRKPVDHTLPRGQQSLVTWATPRLSED
TFGYHAPEYAMTGQLSSKSDVYSFGVVLLELLTGRKPVDHTLPRGNR-VCYLGNARLSED
TFGYHAPEYAMTGQLSTKSDVYSFGVVLLELLTGRKPVDHTLPRGQQSLVTWATPRLSED
TYGYCAPDYAMTGQLTFKSDIYSFGVVLLELITGRKAIDQRKERGEQNLVAWARPMFKDR
TYGYCAPDYAMTGQLTFKSDVYSFGVVLLELITGRKAIDQTKERSEQNLVAWARPMFKDR
TYGYCAPEYAMTGQLTLKSDVYSFGVVLLEIITGRKAIDNSRCTGEQNLVAWARPLFKDR
TYGYCAPEYAMSGKLTKMSDTYCFGVVLLELITGRRAIDTTKPTREQILVHWAAPLFKDK
TYGYAAPEYVMTGHLSSKSDVYSFGVVLLEMLTGRRSMDKKRPNGEHNLVEWARPHLGER
TFGYLDPEYFIKGRLTEKSDVYSFGVVLFEVLCARSAIVQSLPREMVNLAEWAVESHNNG
TLGYLDPEYFIKGRLTEKSDVYSFGVVLFEVLCARSAIVQSLPREMVNLAEWAVESHNNG
TFGYIDPEYFIKGRLTEKSDVYSFGVVLFEVLCARSAIVQSLPSEMVNLAEWAVESHNNG
TVGYLDPEYFIRGQLTEKSDVYSFGVVLFEVLCARPAIAHSHSREMISLAEWAVESHNNG
TIGYLDPEYFIRGQLTEKSDVYSFGVVLFEVLCARPAIVQSLPREMVNLAEWAVDSHNKG
TIGYLDPEYFLRGQLTEKSDVYSFGVVLFEVLFARPAIVQSLPREMVSLAEWAVDSHNKG
TIGYLDPEYFIRGQLTEKSDVYSFGVVLFEVLCARPAIVQSLPREMVNLAEWAVDSHNKG
TLGYLDPEYVIRGKLTEKSDVYSFGVVLFKVLCARSAIVHYISKGLVTLAAWAMDSHKKG
TLGYTAPEYAIRGELTVKADTYSFGVLVLEIISSRKNTDLNLPNEMQYLPEHAWRLYEQS
TxGYxxPeYxxxGqLxxksDvYsFGVvlxexlxxRxxxxxxlprxxxxlxxwaxxxxxxx
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K-VRQCVDSRLGGD--YPPKAVAKFAAVAALCVQYEADFRPNMSIVVKALQPLLNAHAR-
K-VRQCVDSRLGGD--YPPKAVAKFAAVAALCVQYEADFRPNMSIVVKALQPLLNAACAG
K-VRQCVDSRLGGD--YPPKAVAKFAAVAALCVQYEADFRPNMSIVVKALQPLLNAHAR-
K-VRQCVDSRLGGD--YPPKAVAKFAAVAALCVQYEADFRPNMSIVVKALQPLLNAHARA
K-VRQCVDSRLGGD--YPPKAVAKFAAVAALCVQYEADFRPNMSIVVKALQPLLNARATN
K-VRQCVDSRLGVE--YPPKSVAKFAAVAALCVQYEADFRPNMSIVVKALQPLLNARASN
K-VRQCVDSRLGVE--YPPKSVAKFAAVAALCVQYEADFRPNMSIVVKALQPLLNARASN
K-VRQCVDSRLGGD--YPPKAVAKFAAVAALCVQYEADFRPNMSIVVKALQPLLNARAAH
K-VKQCVDARLGGD--YPPKAVAKLAAVAALCVQYEADFRPNMSIVVKALQPLLNARAVA
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K-VKQCVDARLNTD--YPPKAIAKMAAVAALCVQYEADFRPNMSIVVKALQPLLPRPVPS
K-VKQCVDARLNTD--YPPKAIAKMAAVAALCVQYEADFRPNMSIVVKLFSLCCLDLYQV
K-VKQCVDPRLEGD--YPPKAVAKMAAVAALCVQYEADFRPNMSIVVKALNPLLNSRPNN
RNFSCMVDPLLQGQ--YPIRGLYQALAIAAMCVQEQPNMRPAVSDLVMALNYLASHKYDP
RNFSGMVDPFLQGQ--YPIKGLYQALAIAAMCVQEQPNMRPAVSDLVMALNYLASHKYDP
RKFSQMADPMIQGQ--YPPRGLYQALAVAAMCVQEQPNLRPVIADVVTALTYLASQRFDP
KKFTKMADPLLDSK--YPLKGLYQALAISSMCLQEEAISRPLISDVVTALTFLADPNYDP
RRFYRLIDPRLEGH--FSIKGAQKAAQLASRCLSRDPKARPLMSEVVDCLKPLPALKDMA
Q-LEQIVDPNLADK--IRPESLRKFGDTAVKCLALSSEDRPSMGDVLWKLEYALRLQESV
Q-LEQIIDPNLADK--ITPESLRKFGETAVKCLALSSEDRPSMGDVLWKLEYALRLQESV
Q-LEQIIDPNLAAK--IRPESLRKFGETAVKCLALSSEDRPSMGDVLWKLEYALRLQESV
Q-LEQIIAPNIAAK--IRPESLKKFGETVVKCLALSSEDRPSMGDVLWKLEYALRLQESV
H-LEQIIDPDLAAK--IRPESLRKFGETAVKCLALSSEDRPSMGDVL-------------
Q-LEQIVDPDLAAK--IRPESLRKFGETAVKCLALSSEDRPSMGDVL-------------
Q-LEQIIDLNLAAK--IRPESLRKFGETAVKCLALSSGDRPSMGDVL-------------
Q-LEQIVDPNLASK--TRPKYLNKFGETAVKCLADSGVDRPSVGDVL-------------
K-ILELVDGRVQGGEGFEEKEVMLVCQIALLCVQPYPNSRPAMSEVVRMLTMKTDQSIPA
x-xxqxxdxxlxxx--xxpxxxxkxxxxaxxCxxxxxxxRPxmxxvxxxlxxxxxxxxxx
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ATNPGEHAGS----------------------------------------------------
RPNPGEHAGS----------------------------------------------------
ATNPGEHAGS----------------------------------------------------
TNP-----------------------------------------------------------
PGENAGS-------------------------------------------------------
NPG-----------------------------------------------------------
NPG-----------------------------------------------------------
PGAEHAGR------------------------------------------------------
PGEGVH--------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------
RHQACEFSPYPCLYVMK---------------------------------------------
RPASFTDAGERSGL------------------------------------------------
---QVHSVQDSRRSPSRPGLDKDRGQ------------------------------------
---QIHPFKDPRRRPSHPGLDKDNGRT-----------------------------------
---MSQPVQGSLFGPGTPPRSKRVV-------------------------------------
---PDDIEPLPISVPNYDKGISLREAEISLSGFEEKQVEDS---------------------
GPSYYLQTVQPERAGSSPDPNRTRVGSFSRNGSQHPRTLSIPNASPRHNQFLQDSPNPNGKQ
I-------------------------------------------------------------
I-------------------------------------------------------------
I-------------------------------------------------------------
I-------------------------------------------------------------
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PAKPAFLDRKNLNGDRDAASSDTATMEMMRSPAGYWMMTPSPMLEVDRPYDMSFGK------
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Example 4
Corn Transformation Construct
GATEWAY™ destination vectors (available from Invitrogen Life Technologies, Carlsbad, Calif.) were constructed for insertion of trait-improving DNA for corn transformation. The elements of each destination vector are summarized in Table 16 below and include a selectable marker transcription region and a DNA insertion transcription region. The selectable marker transcription region comprises a Cauliflower Mosaic Virus 35S promoter operably linked to a gene encoding neomycin phosphotransferase II (nptII) followed by both the 3′ region of the Agrobacterium tumefaciense nopaline synthase gene (nos) and the 3′ region of the potato proteinase inhibitor II (pinII) gene. The DNA insertion transcription region comprises a rice actin 1 promoter, a rice actin 1 exon 1 intron1 enhancer, an att-flanked insertion site and the 3′ region of the potato pinII gene. Following standard procedures provided by Invitrogen the att-flanked insertion region is replaced by recombination with trait-improving DNA, in a sense orientation for expression of a trait-improving protein and in a gene suppression orientation (i.e., either anti-sense orientation or in a sense- and anti-sense orientation) for a trait-improving suppression of a protein. Although the vector with trait-improving DNA inserted at the att-flanked insertion region is useful for plant transformation by direct DNA delivery, such as microprojectile bombardment, it is preferable to bombard target plant tissue with tandem transcription units that have been cut from the vector. For Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of plants the vector also comprises T-DNA borders from Agrobacterium flanking the transcription units. Vectors for Agrobacterium-mediated transformation are prepared with each of the trait-improving genes having a sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 through SEQ ID NO: 151 and SEQ ID NO: 153 through SEQ ID NO: 239 with the DNA solely in sense orientation for expression of the cognate trait-improving protein and in a gene suppression orientation for suppression of the cognate protein. Each vector is transformed into corn callus which is propagated into a plant that is grown to produce transgenic seed. Progeny plants are self-pollinated to produce seed which is selected for homozygous seed. Homozygous seed is used for producing inbred plants, for introgressing the trait into elite lines, and for crossing to make hybrid seed. The progeny transgenic plants comprising the trait-improving DNA with a sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 through SEQ ID NO: 151 and SEQ ID NO: 153 through SEQ ID NO: 239 have one or more improved traits including, but not limited to increased yield and those disclosed in Table 3. Transgenic corn including inbred and hybrids are also produced with DNA from each of the identified homologs and provide seeds for plants with the improved trait of the cognate DNA of SEQ ID NO: 1 through SEQ ID NO: 151 and SEQ ID NO: 153 through SEQ ID NO: 239. Transgenic corn plants are also produced where the trait-improving DNA is transcribed by each of the promoters from the group selected from, a maize globulin 1 promoter, a maize oleosin promoter, a glutelin 1 promoter, an aldolase promoter, a zein Z27 promoter, a pyruvate orthophosphate dikinase (PPDK) promoter, a soybean 7S alpha promoter, a peroxiredoxin antioxidant (Per1) promoter and a CaMV 35S promoter.
Seed produced by the plants is provided to growers to enable production of corn crops with improved traits associated with the trait-improving DNA.
TABLE 16
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Elements of an exemplary corn transformation vector
FUNCTIONELEMENTREFERENCE
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DNA insertionRice actin 1 promoterU.S. Pat. No. 5,641,876
transcription regionRice actin 1 exon 1,U.S. Pat. No. 5,641,876
intron 1 enhancer
DNA insertionAttR1GATEWAY ™ Cloning
transcription regionTechnology Instruction
(att - flankedManual
insertin region)CmR geneGATEWAY ™ Cloning
Technology Instruction
Manual
ccdA, ccdB genesGATEWAY ™ Cloning
Technology Instruction
Manual
attR2GATEWAY ™ Cloning
Technology Instruction
Manual
DNA insertionPotato pinII 3′ regionAn et al., (1989) Plant
transcription regionCell 1: 115-122
selectable markerCaMV 35S promoterU.S. Pat. No. 5,858,742
transcription regionnptII selectable markerU.S. Pat. No. 5,858,742
nos 3regionU.S. Pat. No. 5,858,742
PinII 3′ regionAn et al., (1989) Plant
Cell 1: 115-122
E. coli maintenanceColE1 origin of
regionreplication
F1 origin of replication
Bla ampicillin resistance
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Example 5
Soybean Transformation Construct
Constructs for use in transformation of soybean may be prepared by restriction enzyme based cloning into a common expression vector. Elements of an exemplary common expression vector are shown in Table 17 below and include a selectable marker expression cassette and a gene of interest expression cassette. The selectable marker expression cassette comprises Arabidopsis act 7 gene (AtAct7) promoter with intron and 5′UTR, the transit peptide of Arabidopsis EPSPS, the synthetic CP4 coding region with dicot preferred codon usage and a 3′ UTR of the nopaline synthase gene. The gene of interest expression cassette comprises a Cauliflower Mosaic Virus 35S promoter operably linked to a trait-improving gene in a sense orientation for expression of a trait-improving protein and in a gene suppression orientation (i.e., either anti-sense orientation or in a sense- and anti-sense orientation for a trait-improving suppression of a protein.
Vectors similar to that described above may be constructed for use in Agrobacterium mediated soybean transformation systems, with each of the trait-improving DNA having a sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 though SEQ ID NO: 151 and SEQ ID NO: 153 through SEQ ID NO: 239 with the DNA solely in sense orientation for expression of the cognate protein and in a gene suppression orientation for suppression of the cognate protein. Transgenic soybean plants are produced comprising the trait-improving DNA with a sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 through SEQ ID NO: 151 and SEQ ID NO: 153 through SEQ ID NO: 239 have one or more improved traits including, but not limited to, those disclosed in Table 3 and increased yield. Transgenic soybean plants are also produced with DNA from each of the identified homologs and provide seeds for plants with improved trait of the cognate DNA of SEQ ID NO: 1 through SEQ ID NO: 151 and SEQ ID NO: 153 through SEQ ID NO: 239. Transgenic soybean plants are also produced where the trait-improving DNA is transcribed by a desirable promoter including, but not limited to, the enhanced 35S promoter, napin promoter and Arabidopsis SSU promoter.
Seed produced by the plants is provided to growers to enable production of soybean crops with improved traits associated with the trait-improving DNA.
TABLE 17
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Elements of an exemplary soybean transformation construct
FunctionElementReference
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Agro transformationB-ARGtu.right borderDepicker, A. et al.,, (1982) Mol
Appl Genet 1: 561-573
Antibiotic resistanceCR-Ec.aadA-SPC/STR
Repressor of primersCR-Ec.rop
from the ColE1 plasmid
Origin of replicationOR-Ec.oriV-RK2
Agro transformationB-ARGtu.left borderBarker, R.F. et at.,, (1983)
Plant Mol Biol 2: 335-350
Plant selectable markerArabidopsis act 7 geneMcDowell et al., (1996) Plant
expression cassette(AtAct7) promoter withPhysiol. 111: 699-711.
intron and 5′UTR
5′ UTR of Arabidopsis act 7 gene
Intron in 5′UTR of AtAct7
Transit peptide region ofKlee, H. J. et al.,, (1987) MGG
Arabidopsis EPSPS210: 437-442
Synthetic CP4 coding region with
dicot preferred codon usage
A 3′ UTR of the nopaline synthaseU.S. Pat. No. 5,858,742
gene of Agrobacterium
tumefaciens Ti plasmid
Plant gene of interestPromoter for 35S RNA fromU.S. Pat. No. 5,322,938
expression cassetteCaMV containing a duplication of
the −90 to −350 region
Gene of interest insertion site
Cotton E6 3′ endGenBank accession U30508
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Appendix
TABLE 3
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SEQ ID NO:SEQ ID NOs of homologs
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240:731977724165727984721915
241:87292836127971948646242852664197759907326132268
46329988706421158685162677828184446802256402336
937901074231035385524128410576861219510669123428692
553711579283586505475118907460942722843244119789829
47488553144624037293354812319683410066618343127543
513483222800115456091110973540396172141043816409780
493479272400754912416101571349629076294403108906442
25155801122168987514197266551101605289135446547838
1110239682890618662887039371386010153887413457931
112041177030183441105771061010499830712271184844251204
1537119233133480899406766323412003864971121220710622
5119346499556521412099245693884274064197432511073
9174689310059179294428812566597831361662881086348
107956924186812137404222763365661912076208445113278
10300451476881267870495127678580117881010071175046
6531544598482178713109996411646518973101050411929
1690534362671010544410776754831444347641692649668
15407457112210665850911546947342443142655040932863
10916956786273041912117098841177340891178523255602
87361143030045891119388737630940911092453069708723
3683968771503905107128324854362852682506529938344
1928121976661341438788576774109048487598570989655
5534777012211722761881183780308147995197586835810
965874278549096969410883803996491316261081729902
1167397634992532227318671067411658104671114315611227
9980274660479225291367341082732726723990874661095
34596609111659800105264253944693285243600517443090
1242139209832371190118423446166926831836015713181
1068590721190415142794868011832396949672332835147
99810149124489404227890705576126159393430263811889
920352581227457999522220911401431610154758142381104
2565284833494385799340121084254423956432115303630
688719388532463177799935672652943500208855888751
1093490771231380736328380612016989127515347383210482
52448551451488999579833332830981188757923763260
1257104215585795364021187871093310081115711001811279
929117381070283951157365162781026951391814983812108
7445230399171190925687488101051215411220269032948852
210685833726913943957992790891595429867755381997
108665592797039408551644348441092174993865122149624
9142106143371110205516387920731240107738676888483
71347633444735189610100054180241029596221103714837
68061003293406106464384067888340525511301362011459
1054943136446930815120344401115410315351945097105
5666885033402021108683167253347853507187917197972
95857841128410399
242:63833426974995796504857111363972927742824680011836
109787535
243:5229268132331102124507058688236844692243066872702
1115949334936575927289704693471473644741113037436
6620970865224226738898282623429561810576943210821
54612282754030604399550743755974290672719922652
1062920014620752239465212806131081193696679717
244:112701030411238010814129191005235666143
245:907610143740104542125974328211533121197082899710377
246:7026424012380
247:950756768328931737324437116392378320283881511714
1114660779057112172449106909448102935728578224014138
773046671115227505910145985019673942
249:530551581726870576174366120927504114347904
250:909102919115845813948188622927183041181381232293
46155989
251:5788370741661309116261215959210564117622922112012246
10130612475207244106811183510359118221766202339874219
492935147009683510366
252:250610724116812248386169555455808324722882112967518
453127905220464257641055585167162105009751114103195
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