Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (3): 218-231.doi: 10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2022-0802

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Expression Analysis and Interaction Protein Validation of CsPPR and CsCPN60-like in Albino Tea Plant(Camellia sinensis

WANG Tao1,2(), QI Si-yu1,2, WEI Chao-ling3, WANG Yi-qing1,2, DAI Hao-min1,2, ZHOU Zhe1,2, CAO Shi-xian4, ZENG Wen1,2(), SUN Wei-jiang1,2()   

  1. 1. College of Horticulture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002
    2. Ministerial and Provincial Joint Innovation Centre for Safety Production of Cross-Strait Crops, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002
    3. College of Tea and Food Science and Technology, Anhui Agriculture University, Hefei 230000
    4. Wuyi Star Tea Industrial Company Limited, Nanping 353000
  • Received:2022-06-29 Online:2023-03-26 Published:2023-04-10

Abstract:

Our group screened out two genes(CSS0013384 and CSS0036305)related to the albino leaf color of Camellia sinensis Baijiguan through the transcriptome, in order to explore the expression patterns of CSS0013384 and CSS0036305 in albino tea plants interacting proteins. Using cultivar Baijiguan as material, the full-length cDNA sequences of CSS0013384 and CSS0036305 were cloned. Bioinformatics, yeast one-hybrid and yeast two-hybrid were used to analyze the protein physicochemical properties, the phylogenetic tree, the chromosome location, the gene structure, the protein structure, the protein regulation and interaction network, and gene expression pattern. Bioinformatics analysis showed that CSS0013384 and CSS0036305 belonged to the pentatricopeptide repeat protein(PPR)and chaperone(CPN60-like)families, respectively. The lengths of their protein coding sequence(CDS)was 1 893 bp and 1 752 bp, the number of encoded amino acids was 631 and 575, the protein mass was 71.87 kD and 60.79 kD, the isoelectric points were 8.93 and 6.21, the subcellular localization prediction results indicated that CSS0013384 was localized in chloroplast, and CSS0036305 was localized in mitochondria. The RT-qPCR results of the second leaf of Baijiguan under shading and restored light treatment and tea plant varieties with different leaf colors revealed that CSS0013384 and CSS0036305 were highly expressed in albino leaves. CSS0002807 belonged to the PIF transcription factor family, and the yeast one-hybrid results indicated that CSS0002807 bound to the CSS0013384 promoter. CSS0013384 and CSS0036305 may be involved in the development of chloroplast and mitochondria in albino tea leaves, and play an important role in the process of leaf albino. The results may provide a reference for further research on the mechanism of tea leaf albino.

Key words: Camellia sinensis, albino, pentatricopeptide repeat protein, chaperone, expression analysis, interacting proteins