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The identification of key candidate genes mediating yellow seedling lethality in a Lilium regale mutant

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Leaf color mutants are ideal materials for exploring plant photosynthesis mechanisms, chlorophyll biosynthetic pathways and chloroplast development. The yellow seedling lethal mutant lrysl1 was discovered from self-bred progenies of Lilium regale; however, the mechanism of leaf color mutation remains unclear. In this study, the ultrastructural and physiological features and de novo RNA-Seq data of a L. regale leaf color mutant and wild-type L. regale were investigated. Genetic analysis indicated that the characteristics of the lrysl1 mutant were controlled by a recessive nuclear gene. The chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b and carotenoid contents in the mutant leaves were lower than those in the wild-type leaves. Furthermore, the contents of the chlorophyll precursors aminolevulinic acid (ALA), porphobilinogen (PBG), protoporphyrin IX (ProtoIX), Mg-protoporphyrin IX (Mg-ProtoIX), and protochlorophyll (Pchl) decreased significantly in mutant leaves. Transcriptome data from the mutant and wild type showed that a total of 892 differentially expressed genes were obtained, of which 668 and 224 were upregulated genes and downregulated genes in the mutant, respectively. Almost all genes in the photosynthesis pathway and chlorophyll biosynthetic pathway were downregulated in the mutant, which corroborated the differences in the physiological features mentioned above. Further research indicated that the chloroplasts of the mutant leaves exhibited an abnormal morphology and distribution and that the expression of a gene related to chloroplast development was downregulated. It was concluded that abnormal chloroplast development was the main cause of leaf color mutation in the mutant lrysl1 and that LrGLK was a gene related to chloroplast development in L. regale. This research provides a foundation for further research on the mechanism by which LrGLK regulates chloroplast development in L. regale.

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This work was supported by the Science and Technology Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS-ASTIP-2018-IVFCAAS), the National Center for Flower Improvement, and the Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, P. R. China.

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Du, W., Hu, F., Yuan, S. et al. The identification of key candidate genes mediating yellow seedling lethality in a Lilium regale mutant. Mol Biol Rep 47, 2487–2499 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-020-05323-8

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