10.1371/journal.pone.0067243PLoS ONE86-POLN

A Becker

A Dereeper

A Mouradov

A Srikanth

B Trevaskis

Brian Key

C Liu

CC Davis

D Li

DA Madulid

DL Nickrent

Edwin Ek-Kian Phua

ER Alvarez-Buylla

ES Fernando

F Fornara

F Messenguy

F Turck

G Theissen

H Yu

H Zhang

Hugh Tiang-Wah Tan

J Nam

J Thouet

JF Barcelona

JH Lee

JJ Doyle

JL Riechmann

JS Mylne

L Gramzow

L Liu

L Parenicova

LS Liu

M Ng

P Perez-Rodriguez

Prakash P. Kumar

R Galang

Rengasamy Ramamoorthy

RP Hellens

RS Beaman

S Kim

S Lee

S Masiero

Saw-Hoon Lim

SD Michaels

SJ Clough

TJ Barkman

U Hartmann

U Johanson

V Gregis

W Meijer

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Rafflesia, a holoparasitic genus that produces the largest flower in the world is characterized by the absence of leaves, stem and other macroscopic organs. To better understand the molecular regulation of flower development in this genus we isolated and characterized a floral MADS-box gene, namely, RcMADS1 from Rafflesia cantleyi. Heterologous expression analysis in Arabidopsis was chosen because Rafflesia is not amenable to genetic manipulations. RcMADS1 shares sequence similarity with AGAMOUS-LIKE 24 (AGL24) and SHORT VEGETATIVE PHASE (SVP) of Arabidopsis. Ectopic expression of RcMADS1 in Arabidopsis caused early flowering and conversion of sepals and petals into leaf-like structures, and carpels into inflorescences. In 35S::RcMADS1 plants SUPPRESSOR OF OVEREXPRESSION OF CONSTANS 1 (SOC1), a downstream target gene of AGL24, was upregulated. 35S::RcMADS1 plants exhibit early flowering and conversion of the floral meristem into inflorescence meristem, as in 35S::AGL24 plants. Similar to AGL24, RcMADS1 could rescue the late flowering phenotypes of agl24-1 and FRIGIDA, but not the early flowering of svp-41. Based on these results, we propose that RcMADS1 is a functional ortholog of Arabidopsis AGL24

Prakash P Kumar

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Identification and characterization of RcMADS1, an AGL24 ortholog from the holoparasitic plant Rafflesia cantleyi Solms-Laubach (Rafflesiaceae).

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Identification and Characterization of RcMADS1, an AGL24 Ortholog from the Holoparasitic Plant Rafflesia cantleyi Solms-Laubach (Rafflesiaceae)

<div>Rafflesia, a holoparasitic genus that produces the largest flower in the world is characterized by the absence of leaves, stem and other macroscopic organs. To better understand the molecular regulation of flower development in this genus we isolated and characterized a floral MADS-box gene, namely, RcMADS1 from Rafflesia cantleyi. Heterologous expression analysis in Arabidopsis was chosen because Rafflesia is not amenable to genetic manipulations. RcMADS1 shares sequence similarity with AGAMOUS-LIKE 24 (AGL24) and SHORT VEGETATIVE PHASE (SVP) of Arabidopsis. Ectopic expression of RcMADS1 in Arabidopsis caused early flowering and conversion of sepals and petals into leaf-like structures, and carpels into inflorescences. In 35S::RcMADS1 plants SUPPRESSOR OF OVEREXPRESSION OF CONSTANS 1 (SOC1), a downstream target gene of AGL24, was upregulated. 35S::RcMADS1 plants exhibit early flowering and conversion of the floral meristem into inflorescence meristem, as in 35S::AGL24 plants. Similar to AGL24, RcMADS1 could rescue the late flowering phenotypes of agl24-1 and FRIGIDA, but not the early flowering of svp-41. Based on these results, we propose that RcMADS1 is a functional ortholog of Arabidopsis AGL24.</div

Rengasamy Ramamoorthy (195010)

Edwin Ek-Kian Phua (428710)

Saw-Hoon Lim (428711)

Hugh Tiang-Wah Tan (428712)

Prakash P. Kumar (428713)

The Francis Crick Institute

Identification and Characterization of RcMADS1, an AGL24 Ortholog from the Holoparasitic Plant Rafflesia cantleyi Solms-Laubach (Rafflesiaceae)

Ramamoorthy, Rengasamy

Phua, Edwin Ek-Kian

Lim, Saw Hoon

Tan, Hugh Tiang-Wah

Kumar, Prakash P

Monash University Research Portal

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Identification and characterization of RcMADS1, an AGL24 ortholog from the holoparasitic plant Rafflesia cantleyi Solms-Laubach (Rafflesiaceae)

Identification and Characterization of RcMADS1, an AGL24 Ortholog from the Holoparasitic Plant Rafflesia cantleyi Solms-Laubach (Rafflesiaceae)

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