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. 2022 Aug 6;256(3):56.
doi: 10.1007/s00425-022-03969-1.

VvTOR interacts with VvSnRK1.1 and regulates sugar metabolism in grape

Ying Zhao  1 , Xiu-Qin Wang  2
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VvTOR interacts with VvSnRK1.1 and regulates sugar metabolism in grape

Ying Zhao et al. Planta. .

Abstract

VvTOR interacts with VvSnRK1.1 and regulates sugar accumulation and sugar-related genes expression in grape. Target of rapamycin (TOR) and sucrose-non-fermenting-related protein kinase 1.1 (SnRK1.1) both are critical proteins in plant sugar metabolism. Glucose-TOR signaling dictates transcriptional reprogramming of gene sets involved in central and secondary metabolism, cell cycle, transcription, signaling, transport and folding. SnRK1.1 is involved in sucrose-induced hypocotyl elongation. However, the relationship of TOR and SnRK1.1 in regulating sugar metabolism is unclear. In the study, we utilized grape (Vitis vinifera) calli to explore the relationship between TOR and SnRK1.1 in the sugar metabolism. We found that VvTOR interacted with VvSnRK1.1. By subcellular localization, VvTOR was found in the nucleus and cell membrane. Transgenic grape calli achieved by Agrobacterium-mediated transformation contained less glucose compared to WT calli. The fructose contents were markedly increased in the overexpressing VvTOR (OE-VvTOR), OE-VvTOR + RNAi-VvSnRK1.1 and RNAi-VvTOR + OE-VvSnRK1.1 transgenic calli. Sucrose contents were significantly increased in the OE-VvTOR transgenic calli and reduced in the OE-VvTOR + RNAi-VvSnRK1.1 transgenic calli, which implied that the pathway of VvTOR improving sucrose content might need the expression of VvSnRK1.1. VvTOR interacted with VvSnRK1.1 and regulated sugar metabolism in grape. These results suggest that there is a crosstalk between TOR and SnRK1.1 in plant sugar metabolism.

Keywords: BiFC; Co-immunoprecipitation; Sugar-related genes expression; Transgenic grape calli; VvTOR; Y2H.

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