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Abstract
Dormant or quiescent buds of woody perennials are often dense, and in the case of grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) have a low tissue oxygen status. The precise timing of the decision to resume growth is difficult to predict, but once committed the increase in tissue oxygen status is rapid and developmentally regulated. Here we show that more than a third of the grapevine homologues of widely conserved hypoxia-responsive genes, and nearly a fifth of all grapevine genes possessing a plant hypoxia-responsive promoter element were differentially regulated during bud burst, in apparent harmony with resumption of meristem identity and cell-cycle gene regulation. We then investigated the molecular and biochemical properties of the grapevine ERF-VII homologues, which in other species are oxygen labile and function in transcriptional regulation of hypoxia-responsive genes. Each of the three VvERF-VIIs were substrates for oxygen-dependent proteolysis in vitro, as a function of the N-terminal cysteine. Collectively these data support an important developmental function of oxygen-dependent signalling in determining the timing and effective coordination bud burst in grapevine. In addition, novel regulators, including GASA-, TCP-, MYB3R-, PLT- and WUS-like transcription factors, were identified as hallmarks of the orderly and functional resumption of growth following quiescence in buds.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1154-1170 |
Journal | Plant, Cell & Environment |
Volume | 41 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - May 2018 |
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Oxygen Signalling in Grapevine Bud Dormancy
Considine, M., Foyer, C., Gibbs, D., Verboven, P. & Considine, J.
1/01/15 → 1/03/19
Project: Research
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Genomic Basis of Clonal Variation in Cabernet Sauvignon Wine Grapes
Considine, M., Whelan, J., Lister, R., Ward, G., Brodison, K., Campbell-Clause, J., Newson, D. & Chambers, P.
Australian Research Council, Australian Wine Research Institute, La Trobe University, The Yalumba Wine Company, Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia, Western Australian Vine Improvement Association
1/01/13 → 30/06/18
Project: Research
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Influence of High Temperature on Phenology, Metabolism and the Fate of Axillary Buds and Inflorescences in Grapevine
Considine, M., Whelan, J. & Gordon, C.
1/01/09 → 31/12/14
Project: Research