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WO1996034088A2 - Regulation de l'induction de la floraison chez les plantes et ses utilisations - Google Patents

Regulation de l'induction de la floraison chez les plantes et ses utilisations Download PDF

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WO1996034088A2
WO1996034088A2 PCT/US1996/003466 US9603466W WO9634088A2 WO 1996034088 A2 WO1996034088 A2 WO 1996034088A2 US 9603466 W US9603466 W US 9603466W WO 9634088 A2 WO9634088 A2 WO 9634088A2
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  • This invention identifies and provides isolated DNA which .comprises an Id gene of a maize plant, or a portion thereof, which demonstrates Id gene function.
  • the invention further provides RNA encoded by the DNA of the Id or id* alleles and portions thereof, and antisense (complementary) DNA and/or RNA or portions thereof.
  • Nucleic acids referred to as Id homologues or equivalents, which a) show greater than 50% homology or that hybridize under moderate stringency conditions to the zinc finger region of the Id gene or b) show a 70% or greater homology or that hybridize under moderate stringency conditions to the Id gene and demonstrate Id-type (initiation of reproduction phase) function are also encompassed by this invention.
  • the DNA of this invention comprises an Id gene, or a portion thereof, the Id gene comprising all or a portion of SEQ ID NO:l, or homologous DNA.
  • the present invention further encompasses polypeptides which are Id proteins or portions of an Id protein of plant origin, including the polypeptides herein described. Id proteins from all plant species or homologues demonstrating a similar regulatory function (reproductive induction) are encompassed by this invention and the term Id protein as used herein. Amino acid sequences that demonstrate 80% or greater homology to the amino acid sequences described herein are considered homologous polypeptides.
  • this invention relates to antibodies which bind the polypeptides described herein.
  • Such antibodies can be used to locate sites of regulatory activity in plants.
  • Fusion proteins comprising the Id protein and an additional peptide, such as a protein tag, can also be used to detect sites of Id protein/protein interaction in plants.
  • this invention provides methods for producing plants with selected times of transition from the vegetative to the flowering stage.
  • Applicants have created a new allele of the id gene, id* , which, when an active Ac transposable element is present, causes plants to stop vegetative growth and to flower earlier than do other id mutants.
  • the id* /id* plants with an active Ac element exhibit fewer vegetative nodes and flower earlier than id*/id* plants without an Ac element or plants encoding the id allele.
  • the present invention relates to a new mutant of the id gene which encodes a product that alters flower induction in plants and provides a nucleotide sequence of part of the Id SacI 4.2 kb fragment derived from maize Chromosome 1. Also included is DNA which hybridizes under high stringency conditions to the SacI fragment or a portion thereof and an RNA transcribed from or corresponding to either of said aforementioned DNA. Preferably the DNA is that shown in Figure 4 (SEQ ID NO:3) , In another aspect, this invention provides methods for producing new id alleles and methods for detecting other Id alleles or other regulatory genes in plants. Homologues of the Id gene can be identified throughout the plant kingdom, including the multicellular and unicellular algae.
  • plants, seeds, plant tissue culture, and plant parts which contain DNA comprising an altered or exogenously introduced Id allele or portion of an Id allele that alters the timing of flower induction in the subsequent growth of the plant, seeds, plant tissue culture, and/or plant part.
  • the present invention also relates to transgenic plants in which the time of floral evocation is altered.
  • Transgenic plants are provided in which the time period from germination to flowering is shorter than it is in the corresponding naturally-occurring or wild type (native) plant. Alternatively, plants are provided in which flowering is delayed or absent.
  • the term transgenic plants includes plants that contain either DNA or RNA which does not naturally occur in the wild type (native) plant or known variants, or additional or inverted copies of the naturally-occurring DNA and which is introduced as described herein, and any of the above- described alterations which result in plants having altered floral evocation times.
  • transgenic plants include, in one embodiment, transgenic plants which are angiosperms, both monocotyledons and dicotyledons.
  • Transgenic plants include those into which DNA has been introduced and their progeny, produced from seed, vegetative propagation, cell, tissue or protoplast culture, or the like.
  • Transgenic plants of the present invention contain DNA which encodes all or a portion of a protein essential for floral evocation and, when present in plant cells, results in altered floral evocation, either earlier cessation of vegetative growth and initiation of flowering than in untransformed plants of the same variety, or in later flowering or the absence of floral induction.
  • the DNA can be exogenous DNA in a sense or antisense orientation which encodes a protein required for floral induction or exogenous DNA which has been altered in such a manner that it encodes an altered form of a protein required for floral induction. Directed or targeted mutagenesis of a plant's endogenous DNA responsible for initiation of flowering can also result in altered floral induction.
  • Exogenous DNA encoding an altered protein required for floral evocation and endogenous DNA required for floral evocation which has been mutated by directed mutagenesis differ from the corresponding wild type (naturally-occurring) DNA in that these sequences contain a substitution, deletion or addition of at least one nucleotide and encode proteins which differ from the corresponding wild type protein by at least one amino acid residue.
  • nucleotide is used interchangeably with "nucleic acid”.
  • Exogenous DNA is introduced into plant cells of the target plant by well-known methods, such as Aqrobacterium- mediated transformation, microprojectile bombardment, microinjection or electroporation (see-below) .
  • Such cells carrying the introduced exogenous DNA or endogenous Id DNA mutated by direct mutagenesis can be used to regenerate transgenic plants which have altered floral induction, therefore becoming sources of additional plants either through seed production or non-seed asexual reproductive means (i.e., cuttings, tissue culture, and the like) .
  • the present invention also relates to methods of producing plants with altered floral induction times, exogenous DNA or RNA whose presence in a plant results in altered floral induction, and vectors or constructs which include DNA or RNA useful for producing recombinant plants with altered floral development.
  • Seeds produced by plants which contain exogenous DNA or RNA encoding a protein which is required for floral induction, such as Id DNA in the sense orientation or exogenous DNA which has been altered in such a manner that it encodes an altered form of a protein required for floral development, such as altered id* DNA, are also the subject of the present invention.
  • the work described herein makes available an Id gene, the genomic sequence, or a portion thereof, which has been determined by the Applicants, and which has an important role in the induction of flowering of plants.
  • the gene is derived from a monocot, specifically, maize, one of the most commercially valuable grasses.
  • the polypeptide encoded by this gene is a regulatory protein that causes a switch from vegetative growth to the development of reproductive organs in maize. In addition, in maize as in many other plants, the effects of this protein marks the beginning. of senescence in these plants.
  • Corn requires more. rainfall than wheat and. most maize cultivars need a long growing season.
  • the work described herein also makes it possible to grow maize and other latitude-dependent plants which require long growing seasons before flowering can take place to be grown in geographic regions with short growing seasons.
  • the plants can be induced to flower and set seed prior to the first frost.
  • flower induction can be prolonged for short-season plants grown in areas with long periods of warm weather.
  • this invention provides a means to eliminate the need for detasseling in the production of maize and sorghum hybrids.
  • Figure 1 is a map of Chromosome l showing the 0 location of the indeterminate and Bz2 ⁇ bronze kernel pigmentation) genes, and the site of transposon insertion for Ds2.
  • Figure 2 is the genomic sequence (SEQUENCE ID NO:l) comprising DNA of the Id gene.
  • Figures 3A-3F is the genomic sequence of Figure 2 and the deduced amino acid sequences a, b and c (SEQ ID NO:4, SEQ ID NO:5 and SEQ ID NO:2, respectively) .
  • the Ds2 transposon insertion occurs at nucleotide 168.
  • Figure 4 is a restriction map of the conserved motif 20 of the 4.2 kb SacI fragment which includes a portion of the Id gene. The location of the Ds2 transposon insertion and the genomic sequence (SEQUENCE ID NO:3). Between restriction sites Nsil and SacI are shown.
  • Figure 5 shows the polypeptide sequence (SEQUENCE ID 25. N0:4) encoded by SEQUENCE ID NO:3. (The ORF showing part of the protein sequence is also the portion showing homology to Zn-finger proteins.)
  • Figure 6 is a comparison of the maize Id gene ORF to known zinc-finger proteins of eukaryotic animal species.
  • Figure 7 shows the frame shifts produced by the excision of Ds2 from the Id gene ORF, resulting in the two null mutants, id-Xl and id-X2.
  • Figures 8A-8B depict schematic representations of Id antisense constructs in which a weak promoter is fused with the Id cDNA for production of transgenic ( Figure 8A) monocots or ( Figure 8B) dicots to delay flowering in an early flowering line.
  • Figure 9A-9B depict schematic representations of Id sense construct in which a constitutive promoter is fused with the Id cDNA for production of transgenic ( Figure 9A) monocots or ( Figure 9B) dicots to induce early flowering in a late flowering line.
  • Figure 10A-10B depicts schematic representations of Id antisense constructs in which a drought induced promoter is fused with the Id cDNA for production of transgenic ( Figure 10A) monocots or ( Figure 10B) dicots to delay flowering in response to drought.
  • FIG 11A-11D depicts schematic representations of Id antisense constructs in which a GAL4 binding site (GB) is fused with the Id cDNA in a onocot (11A) or a dicot (11B) , and a GAL4 gene is fused with a strong (CaMV 35s) or weak promoter in a monocot (11C) or a dicot (11D) , for production of transgenic plants in which flowering is absent or delayed.
  • GB GAL4 binding site
  • a maize plant (or its close relative, sorghum) is normally programmed to generate a particular number of vegetative structures (e.g. leaves) , followed by reproductive structures (flowers) , and to eventually undergo senescence of the plant.
  • Id means the normal (wild-type) gene of maize; whereas, " id” refers to an altered (mutant) form of the Id gene.
  • Isolated DNA of plant which encodes polypeptides which trigger initiation of the reproductive phase in the plant can be genomic or cDNA.
  • DNA included in the present invention is from monocots, grasses; specifically described is the Id gene from maize. Applicants have created a new allele of the id mutation that results from the disruption of normal Id gene function by the insertion of the 1.3 kb transposable element Dissociation (Ds) into the gene.
  • Ds transposable element Dissociation
  • transposable genetic element is a piece of DNA that moves from place to place in an organism's genome. It is excised from one site and inserted at another site, either on the same chromosome or on a different one. The movement of a transposable element can generate mutations or chromosomal rearrangements and thus affect the expression of other genes.
  • Transposons Ac and Ds constitute a family of related transposable elements present in maize. Fedoroff, N. (1989) Maize Transposable Elements . In Mobile DNA, M. Howe and D. Berg, eds,.Washington: ASM press. Ac is able to promote its own transposition or that of Ds to another site, either on the same chromosome or on a different one. Ds cannot move unless Ac is present in the same cell. Ac is an autonomous transposable element and Ds is a nonautonomous element of the same family.
  • Ds The insertion of Ds into a locus of a gene results in a mutation at that locus.
  • the C locus in maize kernels makes a factor required for the synthesis of a purple pigment. Insertion of the Ds element in the locus inactivates the gene, rendering the kernel colorless. This mutation is unstable, however.
  • Ds In the presence of the active Ac element, Ds is transposed away from the locus in some cells and the mutation reverts, giving rise to sectors of pigmented cells and thus to a purple-spotted kernel.
  • the Applicants have used a derivative of the Ds transposable element, Ds2, to produce a new mutant of the Id gene. This was accomplished by excision of Ds2 (in the presence of active Ac) from a nearby gene on chromosome 1 and its subsequent insertion into the Id gene to produce id* .
  • id* was introduced into genetic backgrounds with or without active Ac elements. Data from these experiments show that id*/id* plants with active Ac elements have a less severe phenotype than those with no Ac or Jd plants; i.e., they exhibit fewer vegetative nodes and flower earlier. This result is expected if the Ac element mediates somatic excision of the Ds2 element from the id* allele during growth. Excision would restore Id function and result in partial restoration of normal development. Furthermore, the observation that these plants do not show patterns of defined sectoring (i.e., sharp demarcation of normal tissue juxtaposed to mutant tissue) suggests that Id acts non-cell-autonomously.
  • the effect of Ac dosage on id* plants was determined by planting seeds which were homozygous for id* and which carried no Ac, one Ac, or two or more Ac elements per genome. If the amount of available Jd product regulates flowering, then Jd* plants containing two or more Ac elements were expected to flower later than id* plants with one Ac element but earlier than id* plants with no Ac element. This experiment was performed under greenhouse conditions in which wild-type controls flowered after producing 12 to 13 leaves. None of the id* plants lacking Ac elements flowered even after 24 leaves were produced.
  • the 4.2 kb fragment is the result of the insertion of the 1.3 kb Ds2 element into the 2.9 kb SacI fragment.
  • Heterozygous plants contain both bands.
  • Further analysis of id* and other id mutants has demonstrated that these mutants are variations of the normal Jd gene which generally result from insertion or deletion of a genetic element at different sites within the Jd gene sequence, or deletion of all or a part of the Jd gene itself.
  • Zinc-finger proteins are known as a class of diverse eukaryotic transcription factors that utilize zinc-containing DNA-binding domains and are important regulators of development. McKnight, S.L. and K.R. Yamamoto, eds. (1992) Transcriptional Regulation . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, Vol. 1, p. 580. Zinc-finger proteins exert a regulatory function by mediating the transcription of other genes. Results described herein show that the Jd gene is /34088 PC17US96/03466
  • the null mutants, id-Xl and id-X2 are stable, derivative, alleles of id resulting from excision of Ds2.
  • the id-Xl allele has 7 bp of the duplication site remaining and an altered residue (T to A) .
  • the id-X2 allele has 5 bp of the duplication site remaining with the same T to A transition as id-Xl .
  • the resulting amino acid residues show- the frame shift in the ORF.
  • the entire clone carrying the 4.2 kb SacI fragment was analyzed and the complete sequence of the genomic DNA flanking the Ds2 element (SEQ ID NO:1) determined ( Figure 2) using the information provided herein and methods of analysis known to those of ordinary skill in the field.
  • the sequence of 2930 nucleotides comprises DNA of the Jd gene.
  • the deduced amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO:2) encoded by this DNA is shown as sequence (c) in Figures 3A- 3F.
  • Nucleotides 1 through at least 1890 (possibly through 2150) of SEQ ID NO:l are transcribed. Nucleotides 176-1600 represent an intron. The approximate site of the Ds2 transposon insertion is nucleotide 168.
  • the ORF located between the Nsil and SacI restriction sites described supra (SEQ ID ⁇ O:3), is represented by nucleotides at positions 1-410 in Figures 3A-3F. (Note: the DNA strand shown in Figure 5 is complementary to that of Figures 3A-3F.)
  • the reproductive capacity of a plant directly affects its ability to yield seeds. Therefore, the ability to control flowering time is an important factor in the life cycle of the plant.
  • the genetic studies of the id mutation of maize described herein indicate that the Jd gene encodes a protein that is required for the transition to flowering.
  • the Applicants have isolated and characterized the Jd gene and, in particular, a portion of the zinc-finger regulatory region of this gene.
  • molecular analysis and comparison to eukaryotic animal regulatory proteins shows that the polypeptide encoded by this region is part of, if not the major component of, the regulatory Jd protein that controls flower initiation and, very likely, also controls transition to reproduction from the vegetative growth stage of gymnosperms and lower plants, including the algae.
  • the DNA provided by this invention can be used to isolate homologous nucleic acids from other species of plants which encode regulatory genes for flowering similar in function to the Jd gene.
  • homology means an overall sequence identity of at least 50%, preferably 70% or more for the zinc-finger portion of the Jd allele.
  • the identification and isolation of Jd-type genes (homologues of Jd) of other plant species is carried out according to standard methods and procedures known to those of ordinary skill in the art. See, e.g., Sambrook, et al . (1989) Molecular Cloning - A Laboratory Manual , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY. An example of this application is found in Example 5, infra .
  • Jd genes in plants can be identified by preparing a genomic or cDNA library of a plant species; probing the genomic or cDNA library with all or a portion or a homologue of SEQ ID NO:l; identifying the hybridized sequences; and isolating the hybridized DNA to obtain the Jd gene of that plant.
  • these genes can be restriction mapped, sequenced and cloned.
  • the zinc-finger region or fragments thereof are especially effective as probes because of their conserved homology to other zinc- finger regions. Fragments as small as 20 bp in length can be used to hybridize to other zinc-finger regions.
  • hybridization it is meant that DNA and/or RNA are used in a hybridization analysis to detect complementary polynucleotides under conditions of moderate.stringency according to methods described in Ausubel, et al . (1994) Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, Suppl. 26, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, NY. Other zinc-finger proteins that regulate phenomena other than flower initiation may be present in maize and other plants. Regulatory genes may control the germination of seeds, the height and shape of plants, the number of leaves, and the ripening of fruits to name a few possibilities. The isolation and characterization of these genes as well as the genes responsible for initiation of the reproductive phase in plants would be of great significance and value in flower, food, and crop production in general.
  • Such zinc-finger genes in plants can be identified by preparing a genomic or a cDNA library of a plant species; probing the genomic or cDNA library with all or a portion or a homologue of the Jd gene, described herein, such as SEQ ID N0:1, under conditions appropriate for hybridization of complementary DNA identifying the hybridized DNA; and isolating the hybridized DNA to obtain the zinc-finger gene in that plant.
  • the zinc-finger genes can then be restriction mapped, sequenced and cloned.
  • This invention also provides nucleic acids and polypeptides with structures that have been altered by different means, including but not limited to, alterations using transposons, site-specific and random mutagenesis, and engineered nucleotide substitution, deletion, or addition.
  • a transposon method of producing an allele of the Jd gene with an altered function in a plant can comprise: inserting the Ds transposon or another nonautonomous transposable element into the Jd gene, and then excising the Ds transposon with the Ac transposon or another autonomous transposable element to produce an altered Jd allele in the plant.
  • a further example of a method of producing an allele of the Jd gene with an altered function in a plant comprises altering the molecular structure of the Jd gene in vi tro using molecular genetic techniques (e.g., site specific mutagenesis) , and then inserting the altered Jd gene into a plant to produce an altered Jd allele in the plant.
  • molecular genetic techniques e.g., site specific mutagenesis
  • Jd homologs demonstrate dramatically different functions from the corresponding naturally-occurring protein.
  • site-directed mutagenesis can be used to produce Jd alleles that encode specific substitutions of amino acid residues and it can then be determined what amino acids are required to produce a functional gene, the product of which induces a reproductive response in plants.
  • Jd alleles can be engineered to produce proteins that have novel ' functions, such as flower induction earlier than that of the naturally-occurring plant.
  • the Jd gene is a determinant of flowering time in all of these maize variants, and flowering time may be correlated to specific variations in the Jd gene product. In fact, the Jd gene may be the major determinant of floral evocation.
  • the Jd gene or a homologue thereof can be altered and introduced into a maize plant to alter the flowering time of a particular type of maize so that it can be grown in a different latitude from the one in which the parent strain was developed.
  • an engineered Jd gene can be incorporated into a maize line that has been bred for other traits (e.g., high yield and disease resistance), to produce a maize line that can be grown at many different latitudes.
  • Lowering the level of Id protein using antisense constructs or co-suppression can delay flowering time, while increasing the level of Jd by overexpression or through earlier production (Jd gene coupled to a different promoter) of the protein can induce plants to flower sooner.
  • Co-suppression refers to the overexpression of an endogenous or an introduced gene (transgene) wherein the extra copies of the gene result in the coordinate silencing of the endogenous gene as well as the transgene, thus reducing or eliminating expression of the trait.
  • transgene an endogenous or an introduced gene
  • the transgene is introduced in a sense orientation and does not require a full length sequence or a lute homology to the endogenous sequence intended to be rt assed.
  • Expression f the endogenous gene may also be suppressed thrc d h the integration of an oligonucleotide having an identical or homologous sequence to that of the DNA strand complementary to the strand transcribing the endogenous gene.
  • Antisense oligonucleotides comprise a specific sequence of nucleotides that provide an RNA which stably binds to the RNA transcribed from the endogenous gene, thus preventing translation. See, Shewmaker et al . , U.S. Patent No. 5,107,065.
  • Other oligonucleotides of this invention called
  • ribozyrnes can be used to inhibit or prevent flowering. Unlike antisense and other oligonucleotides which bind to an RNA, a DNA, or a protein, ribozyrnes are catalytic RNA molecules which can bind and specifically cleave a target RNA, such as the transcription product of an endogenous Jd gene. Ribozyrnes designed to cleave at specific sites can inactivate such an RNA molecule. Thus reduction of an Jd product can be achieved by introduction of DNA which encodes a ribozyme designed to specifically cleave transcripts of endogenous Jd genes in an endonucleolytic manner.
  • the group I intron and hammerhead ribozyrnes are useful candidates to convert for targeted cleavage of an Jd transcript since they have short (4-12 base) recognition sequences; however, other 6/34088 PCI7US96/03466
  • ribozyrnes can be developed for site-specific cleavage of Jd mRNA. See, Cech, T.R. (1988) J. Amer. Med. Assoc . 260 : 3030-3034 .
  • a dominant-negative mutant of the Jd protein can be constructed by using a truncated version of the Jd gene that contains only the sequences encoding the zinc-finger domain (the presumptive DNA-binding domain) , and is missing the activation domain. If this truncated gene is introduced into maize plants under the control of a strong promoter, the result will be maize plants that are either severely delayed in flowering or are unable to flower. Therefore, the truncated dominant-negative Jd gene can be substituted for the antisense Jd gene in all of the constructs used to delay flowering herewith described.
  • the dominant-negative Jd gene approach has an advantage over the antisense construct when engineering delayed flowering into crops other than maize.
  • the antisense strategy depends on initially cloning part or all of the Jd gene from each crop species, then expressing these genes in an inverted orientation. Antisense suppression depends on expression of the complementary nucleotide sequences, which will vary from one crop species to another. In contrast, the dominant-negative strategy depends only upon the functional conservation of the protein and its target sites. Overall, this is a much less stringent requirement than nucleotide sequence conservation.
  • regulatory genes encoding transcription factors perform similar functions when expressed in widely divergent species of plants. See, e.g., Lloyd, A.M. et al .
  • This dicot version of dominant-negative Jd can then be used for all dicot plants.
  • application of dominant-negative technology to a wide range of crops can be achieved without the need to clone Jd genes from every crop.
  • Any suitable technique can be used to introduce the nucleic acids and constructs of this invention to produce transgenic plants with an altered floral induction time.
  • grasses such as maize
  • microprojectile bombardment see for example, Sanford,. J.C., et al . , U.S. Patent No. 5,100,792 (1992) can be used.
  • a nucleotide construct or a vector containing the construct is coated onto small particles which are then introduced into the targeted tissue (cells) via high velocity ballistic penetration.
  • the vector can be any vector which expresses the exogenous DNA in plant cells into which the vector is introduced.
  • the transformed cells are then cultivated under conditions appropriate for the regeneration of plants, resulting in production of transgenic plants.
  • Transgenic plants carrying the construct are examined for the desired phenotype using a variety of methods including but not limited to an appropriate phenotypic marker, such as antibiotic resistance or herbicide resistance, or visual observation of the time of floral induction compared to naturally- occurring plants.
  • plant cells may be transformed with a variety of vectors, such as viral, episomal vectors, Ti plasmid vectors and the like, in accordance with well known procedures.
  • vectors such as viral, episomal vectors, Ti plasmid vectors and the like.
  • the method of introduction of the nucleic acid into the plant cell is not critical to this invention.
  • the transcriptional initiation region may provide for constitutive expression or regulated expression. Many promoters are available which are functional in plants.
  • Illustrative promoters include the octopine synthase promoter, the nopaline synthase promoter, the cauliflower mosaic virus (35S) promoter, the figwort mosaic virus (FMV) promoter, heat-shock promoters, ribulose-1,6-biphosphate (RUBP) carboxylase small subunit (ssu) , tissue specific promoters, and the like.
  • the regulatory region may be responsive to a physical stimulus, such as light, as with the RUBP carboxylase ssu, differentiation signals, or metabolites.
  • the time and level of expression of the sense or antisense orientation can have a definite effect on the phenotype produced. Therefore, the promoters chosen, coupled with the orientation of the exogenous DNA, will determine the effect of the introduced gene.
  • Transgenic plants of this invention can contain an exogenous nucleic acid which alters the time of floral induction so that floral induction is earlier than that of a plant of the same variety without said exogenous nucleic acid when grown under identical conditions.
  • transgenic plants containing an exogenous nucleic acid which alters the time of floral induction so that floral induction is delayed or inhibited compared to floral induction in a plant of the same variety without said exogenous nucleic acids when grown under identical conditions can contain an exogenous nucleic acid which alters the time of floral induction so that floral induction is earlier than that of a plant of the same variety without said exogenous nucleic acid when grown under identical conditions.
  • this invention includes a method of producing a transgenic plant having an altered time of flower induction, comprising introducing into plant cells an exogenous nucleic acid whose presence in a plant results in altered time of induction of flower development, and maintaining plant cells containing the exogenous nucleic acid under conditions appropriate for growth of the plant cells, whereby a plant having an altered reproduction induction time is produced.
  • Organisms to which this method can be applied include: angiosperms (monocots and dicots), gymnosperms, spore-bearing or vegetatively-reproducing plants and the algae.
  • Transgenic plants containing the Jd recombinant constructs can be regenerated from transformed cells, tissues or plant parts by methods known to those of skill in the art.
  • Plant part is meant to include any portion of a plant capable of producing a regenerated plant.
  • this invention encompasses a cell or cells, tissue (especially meristematic and/or embryonic tissue) , protoplasts, epicotyls, hypocotyls, cotyledons, cotyledonary nodes, pollen, ovules, stems, roots, leaves, and the like. Plants may also be regenerated from explants. Methods will vary according to the plant species.
  • Seed can be obtained from the regenerated plant or from a cross between the regenerated plant and a suitable plant of the same species.
  • the plant may be vegetatively propagated by culturing plant parts under conditions suitable for the regeneration of such plant parts.
  • Isolated and purified Jd or id protein or polypeptides, and epitopic fragments thereof can be used to prepare antibodies for localization of sites of Jd regulation and to analyze developmental pathways in plants.
  • antibodies that specifically bind an Jd protein can be used to determine if and when the protein is expressed in specific cells or tissues of the plant. This information can be used to determine how Jd acts to induce flowering and to alter flower induction pathways.
  • Antibodies of the invention can be polyclonal, monoclonal, or antibody fragments, and the term antibody is intended to encompass polyclonal antibodies, monoclonal antibodies and antibody fragments.
  • Antibodies of this invention can be raised against isolated or recombinant Jd or id proteins or polypeptides. Preparation of immunizing antigen, and antibody production can be performed using any suitable technique. A variety of methods have been described (see e.g., Harlow, E. and D. Lane (1988) Antibodies.* A Laboratory Manual , Cold Spring Harbor
  • Antibodies of this invention can be labeled or a second antibody that binds to the first antibody can be labeled by some physical or chemical means.
  • the label may be an enzyme which is assayed by the addition of a substrate which upon reaction releases an ultraviolet or visible light-absorbing product or it can be a radioactive substance, a chromophore, or a fluorochrome. E. Harlow and D. Lane (1988) supra .
  • Isolated polypeptides of this invention can also be used to detect and analyze protein/protein interactions.
  • Fusion proteins for this purpose can be prepared by fusing Jd DNA encoding a functional Jd polypeptide with heterologous DNA encoding a different polypeptide (one not related or homologous to the Jd polypeptide) , such as a protein tag.
  • the resulting fusion protein can be prepared in a prokaryotic cell (e.g. E. coli) , isolated, labeled and used essentially like antibodies to detect binding sites of Jd alleles and Jd/protein interactions. See Ron and Dressier (1992) Biotech 13:866-69; Smith and Johnson (1988) Gene 67:31-40.
  • the weak promoter used should be constitutively active during development, at least in the shoot meristem. Since Jd appears to be non cell-autonomous, exact specification of the site of action of the promoter is not necessary.
  • An example of a weak promoter useful for this application is the nopaline synthase (nos) promoter, from T-DNA, shown to be weakly constitutive in maize. Callis, et al . (1987) Genes Dev. 1:1183-1200.
  • Another is a cyclin promoter from maize. Cyclins are cell division proteins found in plants, animals and yeasts. Plant cyclin transcripts are expressed in meriste s and tissues with proliferating cells at low levels, but are not expressed elsewhere. Renaudin, et al .
  • cyclin promoters are easily isolated by using Applicants' full-length cD ⁇ A clones for cyclin lb or cyclin III as probes, to pull out the flanking upstream genomic sequences from a maize genomic library using standard isolation and cloning techniques. See, Sambrook, et al . , supra; Freeling and Walbot, supra . Those skilled in the art will recognize the other weak promoters intended to be encompassed by the invention that have the characteristics necessary to carry out. this embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 8A An example of a construct useful for the above application is illustrated in Figure 8A.
  • the cD ⁇ A for the Jd gene is ligated downstream from the promoter, in the antisense orientation.
  • the ADH1 intron is required for R ⁇ A stability, and the 3' end of the nos gene is added to ensure efficient polyadenylation.
  • the D ⁇ A is introduced into maize plants by standard methods such as those described above, using the bar gene for resistance to the herbicide Basta as the transformation marker.
  • any construct or vector which expresses the exogenous DNA in plant cells into which it is introduced can be used, such as the pMON530 vector carrying the 35S promoter.
  • Another useful vector or construct of the present invention is exogenous DNA encoding the Jd protein inserted in the antisense orientation into the pMON530 vector downstream of a weak promoter to delay flowering in an early-flowering variety.
  • Similar constructs can be used for other cereals, e.g., rice, barley, and other monocotyledonous crops.
  • the maize Jd clone can be used as a probe for this purpose, screening for Jd homologues from cDNA libraries of the other cereal species.
  • the Jd homologue for the species to be engineered can then be inserted as a substitution for the maize Jd gene in the constructs of Figure 8A.
  • Antisense constructs can be designed using Jd homologues isolated from these species, as shown in Figure 8B, and transgenic plants generated by T-DNA transformation, preferably using Agro acteritun transformation techniques, but also by other standard techniques. Lycett, G.W. and D. Grierson (1990) Genetic Engineering of Crop Plants, Butterworths, London; Setlow, .J.K. (1994) Genetic Engineering Principles and Methods, Vol. 16, Plenum Press, New York.
  • Maize varieties that are adapted to tropical latitudes flower extremely late when grown in temperate latitudes (Salamini, supra) , reaching heights of 15-20 feet, with 30 leaves at flowering (compared to about 20 leaves on the average temperate variety) . This is not only inconvenient for handling and harvesting, but makes the plants vulnerable to late season frost damage.
  • a strategy to induce earlier flowering in these plants is to express the cloned Jd gene early in the vegetative development of these varieties by inserting the gene in the sense orientation under a constitutive promoter ( Figure 9A) .
  • a strong or weak promoter can be used, such as the CaMV 35S (strong) promoter or the nos (weak) promoter, both of which function in maize. Callis, et al. (1987) supra .
  • the constructs and transformation methods for this purpose are similar to those used in the antisense application described above except for the orientation of the Jd gene.
  • homologues of Jd may not be required for early expression because a maize Jd gene product could function adequately in other monocotyledons, including cereals, to promote earlier flowering.
  • earlier flowering of dicotyledonous plants can-be provided by transforming target plants or plant cells with the maize Jd gene product or an Jd homologue. Because maize genes have been demonstrated to function efficiently in dicots, it may not be necessary to isolate the homologous gene from the species to be transformed.
  • the maize R and C genes function in the dicot Arabidopsis when expressed under control of the CaMV 35S promoter. Lloyd, et al . (1992) Science 258:1773-1775.
  • the construct delineated in Figure 9B can be used for expression of an Jd gene or homologue in a dicot, and can be inserted with T-DNA transformation or other standard techniques such as those already described.
  • Drought stress can cause severe reduction in yields due to damage to the plant.
  • the flowering time can be affected. Many plants flower prematurely when stressed. In maize, drought stress can result in the tassel developing much earlier than the ear, resulting in reduced yields or no yields. Some of these problems can be alleviated if the overall flowering time of the plant was delayed during a period of drought. This delay would allow the plant to grow vegetatively for a longer period of time than normal, so that it can recover from drought damage before it flowers.
  • the Jd gene can be used for this purpose, if it is introduced into the plants in the antisense orientation as described earlier, but combined with a drought-inducible promoter instead of a constitutive promoter.
  • Any drought-inducible promoter can be used.
  • a promoter for the RAB-17 gene which is induced by drought as well as other stresses, presumably as a result of its regulation by the plant hormone ABA can be used.
  • a second type of promoter which can be used is the maize hsp70 heat shock promoter, which is induced in response to high temperatures 37o to 42oC. Callis, et al . (1988) Plant Physiol . 88:965-968.
  • a useful vector or construct to produce plants responsive to environmental effects is produced by inserting the exogenous DNA encoding the Jd protein in the antisense direction into the pMON530 vector downstream of a drought-induced promoter to delay flowering in response to drought.
  • Several constructs for this purpose are illustrated in Figure 10A.
  • this technique can be extended to monocots in general, including other cereals, with the same constructs as in Figure 10A or a similar construct, but using the homologue of the Jd gene for the particular cereal being transformed if necessary.
  • the extension of this technique to dicotyledonous crops can be performed using appropriate drought inducible promoters that function in dicotyledonous plants.
  • the promoter of the Arabidopsis Atmyb2 can be used as a general ABA-responsive, drought and stress-induced promoter. Urao, et al . (1993) Plant Cell 5:1529-1539.
  • the soybean heat- shock promoter can also be used. Schoffl, et al . (1989) Mol. Gen . Genet . 217:246-253. Constructs including such promoters are illustrated in Figure 10B. Since this application depends upon antisense expression, it may be necessary to use the homologue of the Jd gene from the crop species that is being engineered, rather than the maize Jd gene.
  • One method of this invention for generating hybrid seeds of transgenic corn is to produce transgenic plants with the Jd gene in the antisense orientation, but under the control of a regulatory sequence called the GAL4 binding site.
  • the antisense Jd gene is not expressed unless the GAL4 protein is present.
  • GAL4 is a transcription factor from yeast, which has been demonstrated to work in plants such as tobacco (Ma, J., et al . (1988) Nature 334:631-633), as well as in corn (McCarty, D. et al . (1991) Cell 65:895-905. It activates transcription of genes which contain the GAL4 binding site in the promoter.
  • a transgenic inbred containing the silent antisense Jd gene and the GAL4 binding site is crossed to another transgenic inbred which expresses the GAL4 gene constitutively, either under a weak promoter (to delay flowering for growth of corn in lower latitudes) , or under a strong promoter (to abolish flowering for silage production) .
  • Each inbred flowers normally.
  • the hybrid expresses the antisense Jd, and flowering is delayed or absent, depending upon the promoter used to drive the GAL4 gene.
  • a similar modification can be made for other plants, either monocots or dicots, using the appropriate Jd homolog.
  • any suitable construct for example, the dominan -negative version of the Jd gene, can be substituted for the antisense constructs to practice the methods of this invention.
  • the Jd gene was isolated from maize, it is likely that homologues of Jd exist in other grain crops, and most likely in all other plants. Applicants have initial evidence that a close relative of Jd, as determined by sequence homology, exists in dicotyledonous plants as well. If these homologues in other species are also important to the control of flowering time, then the manipulation of flowering time of many agriculturally important crops would be possible. Using the compositions and methods described herein, a skilled artisan can use known procedures to alter initiation of the reproductive phase of other grains such as sorghum, rye, wheat, etc., as well as in other commercially important plants.
  • modifications of flowering time can be used to affect the time of ripening of fruit, time of production of flowers, size and quality of seed, latitude at which varieties can be grown, and the like.
  • Flowering time may be modulated so that flowering is initiated at different times on different parts of the same plant.
  • This invention also provides a means to eliminate the need for detasseling in the production of maize and sorghum hybrids.
  • Jd does not act in a cell autonomous manner, it may be that the Jd signal is localized to certain areas of the plant and thus Jd must be transcribed or Jd mRNA activated in several areas of the plant to induce flower development in each of these areas.
  • Corn and sorghum both produce male flower organs (tassels) at the top (apex) of the plant.
  • Female flower organs are produced on lower portions in the axils.
  • tissue-specific or other selective promoters coupled to the Jd gene it is possible to inhibit_or prevent the production of pollen in the apex of the plant while selectively inducing reproductive development of the female reproductive organs on other parts of the plant.
  • development of male reproductive organs can be inhibited or pollen-producing tissues or cells can be induced to revert to vegetative phase by coupling Jd antisense production to the formation of cells specific to pollen production (such as tapetal cells) .
  • Another application of this technology is to increase the vegetative phase (and therefore increase the number of leaves produced) of crops that are harvested as leaves (e.g., lettuce, cabbage, spinach, maize) and thereby increase yield of these crops by delaying flowering.
  • crops e.g., lettuce, cabbage, spinach, maize
  • any plant may be employed in accordance with this invention, including angiosper s, gymnosperms, monocotyledons, and dicotyledons.
  • Plants of interest include cereals such as wheat, barley, maize, sorghum, triticale, etc.; other commercially-valuable crops, such as sunflower, soybeans, safflower, canola, etc.; fruits, such as apricots, oranges, apples, avocados, etc,- vegetables, such as carrots, lettuce, tomatoes, broccoli, etc; woody species, such as poplar, pine, oak, etc; and ornamental flowers, such as clematis, roses, chrysanthemums, tulips, etc.
  • the Jd gene maps near the kernel pigmentation gene, Bz2, on chromosome 1.
  • a mutable allele of the Bz2 gene, bz2-m2 is the result of an insertion of a Ds2 transposon at this locus.
  • Ds2 is a defective derivative of the Ac/Ds family of transposable elements and is able to transpose only in the presence of an Ac element which provides transposase.
  • id mutants from germinal revertants in the bz2-m2 population; i.e., by selecting for completely purple kernels that resulted from germinal excision of the Ds2 element (i.e., bz2-m2 to Bz2) , an Fl population with the Ds2 element inserted elsewhere was generated. From an F2 population of these revertants one id mutant was isolated from 600 families examined and designated id* . Crosses of id* to known alleles of id (id-R, for example) confirmed that it is allelic to the id mutation on chromosome 1.
  • Ds2-hybridizing 4.2 kb SacI fragment 100 mg of DNA from a single plant was digested with SacI and electrophoresed on a 1% low-melting agarose gel. A region of the gel between 4 and 5 kb, marked by side markers, was excised from the gel and the DNA contained within the fragment was purified. The DNA was ligated (T4 DNA Ligase, New England Biolabs) into the plasmid vector pLITMUS29 (New England Biolabs) that had been cut with SacI and phosphatase treated (Shrimp Alkaline Phosphatase, U.S. Biochemical) to remove 5' phosphate groups to prevent self ligation.
  • T4 DNA Ligase New England Biolabs
  • pLITMUS29 New England Biolabs
  • phosphatase treated Shrimp Alkaline Phosphatase, U.S. Biochemical
  • Recombinant plasmids were transformed into the E. coli DH10B cells by electroporation and plated on L-agar plates containing 100 ⁇ g/ml ampicillin. Approximately 60,000 ampicillin-resistant colonies were grown up on plates and then replica transferred to nitrocellulose membranes. Colonies on filters were lysed and their DNA fixed to the membrane. To determine which colonies carried a recombinant plasmid that hybridized to the Ds2 element, the filters were probed with a labeled Ds2 fragment probe. Hake, et al . (1989) EMBO J. , 8:15-22. One colony from
  • 60,000 screened was found to have a plasmid that had a Ds2 element. Restriction analysis of this recombinant plasmid revealed approximately 2.9 kb of genomic DNA to one side of the 1.3 kb Ds2 element and 165 bp on the other side. Sequence analysis of a portion of the flanking DNA was performed by using primers that hybridized to sequence within the plasmid vector and within the Ds2 element itself. The dideoxy chain termination sequencing method was used to sequence double-stranded plasmid DNA.
  • the genomic clone was sequenced by the dideoxy method as described in Sambrook, et al. , supra .
  • the strategy used was called "primer walking" .
  • Oligonucleotide primers which hybridize to the plasmid vector were used to obtain initial sequence data for the ends of the fragment. This sequence data was then used to synthesize new primers within the sequenced region, which enabled further sequencing into the genomic clone in a reiterative process until the entire fragment was sequenced. Approximately 200 to 350 bp of sequence was read from each primer.
  • the DNA sequence encoding the Jd ORF or another fragment of the Jd gene is used as a probe to screen plant cDNA libraries made of mRNA derived from tissues which express regulatory genes (Sambrook, et al . (1989) supra ; Freeling and Walbot (1993) supra) .
  • cDNA libraries constructed from mRNA derived from seedlings and from immature inflorescence tissue are especially likely to contain these genes. Similar libraries from maize have been used successfully by Applicants to obtain cDNA clones of maize cell division cycles genes, such as cdc2 (Colasanti, et al .

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La présente invention concerne le gène Id qui régule l'évocation de la fleur du maïs. L'acide nucléique du maïs est similaire à celui des gènes codant les protéines régulatrices en doigts de zinc des animaux. L'invention concerne également des procédés d'isolement ou de préparation d'autres gènes de protéines régulatrices chez les plantes et l'utilisation de ces procédés.
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