Affiliation:
1. Guizhou University College of Agriculture/College of Tobacco, Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Tobacco Quality Research , Guiyang 550025 , China
Abstract
Abstract
The sterile line is the basis of crop heterosis utilization. To broaden the sources of male sterility in tobacco, the Ntms1 (Nicotiana tabacum L. ms1) gene was cloned from the tobacco variety K326 by homologous cloning based on the Cams1 (Capsicum annuum L. ms1) gene sequence of male-sterility genes in pepper. The protein structure and physicochemical properties of the two genes were determined by bioinformatics analysis, and the function of the Ntms1 gene was verified by the CRISPR/Cas9 system. The results showed that the sequences of Ntms1 and Cams1 were 85.25% similar, and plant homeodomains were found in both genes; the physical and chemical properties were also very similar. It is speculated that the Ntms1 gene had the same function as the Cams1 gene in controlling male sterility. Compared to the wild-type plants, the filaments of the Ntms1 knockout mutant plants were shorter, and the stamen was shorter than the pistil. The anthers did not develop fully and had few viable pollen grains; the tapetum and the anther wall had developed abnormally, and the anther chamber was severely squeezed. The malondialdehyde content in the mutant plants was significantly higher than that in the wild-type plants, while self-fertility was significantly lower in the mutant plants. The results showed that the Ntms1 gene plays an important role in regulating fertility in tobacco.
Subject
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences,General Immunology and Microbiology,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology,General Neuroscience
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