Abstract
EgENOD93 was first identified in a cDNA microarray study of oil palm tissue culture where it was highly expressed in leaf explants with embryogenic potential. Functional characterization via an RNA interference study of its orthologue in Medicago truncatula demonstrated a significant role of this gene in somatic embryo formation. In this study, EgENOD93 was overexpressed in the important model plant Arabidopsis thaliana to investigate the embryogenic potential of EgENOD93 transgenic Arabidopsis explants compared to explants from control plants (pMDC140 and WT). Experiments using leaf explants revealed higher numbers of regenerated shoots at day 27 in all the homozygous transgenic Arabidopsis cultures (Tg01, Tg02 and Tg03) compared to controls. The expression level of EgENOD93 in Arabidopsis cultures was quantified using reverse transcription quantitative real-time PCR (RT-qPCR). The results supported the overexpression of this gene in transgenic Arabidopsis cultures, with 6 and 10 times higher expression of EgENOD93 in callus at Day 9 and Day 20, respectively. Overall, the results support the role of EgENOD93 in the enhancement of shoot regeneration in transgenic Arabidopsis. This together with the previous results observed in oil palm and Medicago truncatula suggests that ENOD93 plays a key role in the induction of somatic embryogenesis. A similarity to early nodulation-like ontogeny is possible.
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Nizan, I.E.F., Kamaruddin, K., Ong, PW. et al. Overexpression of Oil Palm Early Nodulin 93 Protein Gene (EgENOD93) Enhances In Vitro Shoot Regeneration in Arabidopsis thaliana. Mol Biotechnol 64, 743–757 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12033-022-00450-y
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