Yellow-fruited phenotype is caused by 573 bp insertion at 5' UTR of YFT1 allele in yft1 mutant tomato

[Display omitted] •Downregulated YELLOW-FRUITED TOMATO 1 allele alters fruit color of yft 1 mutant.•Insertion downregulated YFT1 allele due to aberrant splicing and ORF break at 5′UTR.•Downregulated YFT1 allele affects ethylene and carotenoid synthesis in yft1 mutant.•Deepened insight into molecular...

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Published in:	Plant science (Limerick) 2020-11, Vol.300, p.110637, Article 110637
Main Authors:	Zhao, Weihua, Gao, Lei, Li, Yuhang, Wang, Minghui, Zhang, Lida, Zhao, Lingxia
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Alleles Alterative splicing Carotenoid accumulation Color Ethylene signaling transduction Fruit - anatomy & histology Fruit - genetics Fruit - growth & development Gene Expression Regulation, Plant Genes, Plant Lycopersicon esculentum - anatomy & histology Lycopersicon esculentum - genetics Lycopersicon esculentum - growth & development Mutagenesis, Insertional Mutation Phenotype Tomato fruit color Upstream open reading frame yft1 mutant
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Summary:	[Display omitted] •Downregulated YELLOW-FRUITED TOMATO 1 allele alters fruit color of yft 1 mutant.•Insertion downregulated YFT1 allele due to aberrant splicing and ORF break at 5′UTR.•Downregulated YFT1 allele affects ethylene and carotenoid synthesis in yft1 mutant.•Deepened insight into molecular mechanism of fruit color formation in tomato. The yft1 tomato mutant has a yellow-fruited phenotype controlled by a recessive gene of YFT1 allele, which has been shown by map-based cloning to be a homolog of ETHYLENE INSENSITIVE 2 (EIN2). Genetic lesion of YFT1 allele in yft1 is attributed to a 573 bp DNA fragment (IF573) insertion at 1,200 bp downstream of the transcription start site. Transcriptomic analysis revealed that YFT1 lesion resulted in 5,053 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in yft1 pericarp compared with the M82 wild type cultivar. These were annotated as being involved in ethylene synthesis, chromoplast development, and carotenoid synthesis. The YFT1 lesion caused a reduction in its own transcript levels in yft1 and impaired ethylene emission and signal transduction, delayed chromoplast development and decreased carotenoid accumulation. The molecular mechanism underlying the downregulated YFT1 allele in yft1 was examined at both RNA and DNA levels. The IF573 event appeared to introduce two negative regulatory sequences located at -272 to -173 bp and -172 to -73 bp in the YFT1 allele promoter, causing alterative splicing due to introduction of aberrant splicing sites, and breaking upstream open reading frames (uORF) structure in the 5'-UTR. Those results a new provided insight into molecular regulation of color formation in tomato fruit.
ISSN:	0168-9452 1873-2259