%0 Journal Article
%T Nuclear¨CCytoplasmic Coevolution Analysis of RuBisCO in Synthesized Cucumis Allopolyploid
%J Genes | An Open Access Journal from MDPI
%D 2019
%R https://doi.org/10.3390/genes10110869
%X Allopolyploids are often faced with the challenge of maintaining well-coordination between nuclear and cytoplasmic genes inherited from different species. The synthetic allotetraploid Cucumis ¡Á hytivus is a useful model to explore cytonuclear coevolution. In this study, the sequences and expression of cytonuclear enzyme complex RuBisCO as well as its content and activity in C. ¡Á hytivus were compared to its parents to explore plastid¨Cnuclear coevolution. The plastome-coded rbcL gene sequence was confirmed to be stable maternal inheritance, and parental copy of nuclear rbcS genes were both preserved in C. ¡Á hytivus. Thus, the maternal plastid may interact with the biparentally inherited rbcS alleles. The expression of the rbcS gene of C-homoeologs (paternal) was significantly higher than that of H-homoeologs (maternal) in C. ¡Á hytivus (HHCC). Protein interaction prediction analysis showed that the rbcL protein has stronger binding affinity to the paternal copy of rbcS protein than that of maternal copy in C. ¡Á hytivus, which might explain the transcriptional bias of the rbcS homoeologs. Moreover, both the activity and content of RuBisCO in C. ¡Á hytivus showed mid-parent heterosis. In summary, our results indicate a paternal transcriptional bias of the rbcS genes in C. ¡Á hytivus, and we found new nuclear¨Ccytoplasmic combination may be one of the reasons for allopolyploids heterosis. View Full-Tex
%U https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/10/11/869