A multi-omics approach identifies bHLH71-like as a positive regulator of yellowing leaf pepper mutants exposed to high-intensity light  

作　　者：Zhoubin Liu Lianzhen Mao Bozhi Yang Qingzhi Cui Yunhua Dai Xueqiao Li Yisong Chen Xiongze Dai Xuexiao Zou Lijun Ou Sha Yang 

机构地区：[1]Engineering Research Center of Education,Ministry for Germplasm Innovation and Breeding New Varieties of Horticultural Crops,Key Laboratory for Vegetable Biology of Hunan Province,College of Horticulture,Hunan Agricultural University,Changsha 410125,China [2]Institute of Vegetables,Hainan Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Haikou 570100,China

出　　处：《Horticulture Research》2023年第7期40-52,共13页园艺研究（英文）

基　　金：This research was funded by the Special Project of Biological Seed Industry and Fine and Deep Processing of Agricultural Products(grant 202202AE090031);the Project of Education Department of Hunan Province(grant 22B0229);the Key Research and Development Program of Hainan Province(grant ZD2020060).

摘　　要：Light quality and intensity can have a significant impact on plant health and crop productivity.Chlorophylls and carotenoids are classes of plant pigments that are responsible for harvesting light energy and protecting plants from the damaging effects of intense light.Our understanding of the role played by plant pigments in light sensitivity has been aided by light-sensitive mutants that change colors upon exposure to light of variable intensity.In this study,we conducted transcriptomic,metabolomic,and hormone analyses on a novel yellowing mutant of pepper(yl1)to shed light on the molecular mechanism that regulates the transition from green to yellow leaves in this mutant upon exposure to high-intensity light.Our results revealed greater accumulation of the carotenoid precursor phytoene and the carotenoids phytofluene,antheraxanthin,and zeaxanthin in yl1 compared with wild-type plants under high light intensity.A transcriptomic analysis confirmed that enzymes involved in zeaxanthin and antheraxanthin biosynthesis were upregulated in yl1 upon exposure to high-intensity light.We also identified a single basic helix–loop–helix(bHLH)transcription factor,bHLH71-like,that was differentially expressed and positively correlated with light intensity in yl1.Silencing of bHLH71-like in pepper plants suppressed the yellowing phenotype and led to reduced accumulation of zeaxanthin and antheraxanthin.We propose that the yellow phenotype of yl1 induced by high light intensity could be caused by an increase in yellow carotenoid pigments,concurrent with a decrease in chlorophyll accumulation.Our results also suggest that bHLH71-like functions as a positive regulator of carotenoid biosynthesis in pepper.

关 键 词：HARVESTING BHLH yellow 

分 类 号：S641.3[农业科学—蔬菜学]