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The effect of Ganoderma boninense infection on the expressions of thiamine (vitamin b1) biosynthesis genes in oil palm


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Balia Yusof, Zetty Norhana and Borhan, Farrah Payyadhah and Mohamad, Fatimatul Azma and Rusli, Mohd Hefni (2015) The effect of Ganoderma boninense infection on the expressions of thiamine (vitamin b1) biosynthesis genes in oil palm. Journal of Oil Palm Research, 27 (1). pp. 12-18. ISSN 1511-2780

Abstract

Thi­amine pyrophos­phate (TPP), an active form of thi­amine plays a fun­da­men­tal role as an enzy­matic cofac­tor in uni­ver­sal meta­bolic path­ways includ­ing gly­col­y­sis and pen­tose phos­phate path­way. We iden­ti­fied and ampli­fied gene tran­scripts of the first two enzymes in the path­way, THI1/THI4 and THIC. Primers were designed based on sequence com­par­i­son of the genes from Ara­bidop­sis, rice and maize. We also inves­ti­gated the rela­tion­ship between expres­sion of thi­amine biosyn­the­sis genes and stress. This is due to find­ings sug­gest­ing that TPP has func­tions other than as a cofac­tor in response to stress in plants. The response of THI1/THI4 and THIC gene tran­scripts towards the infec­tion of Gan­o­derma boni­nense on oil palm was observed. The gene tran­scripts’ expres­sions were analysed via RT-PCR over a time course after infec­tion. For THI1/THI4, the per­cent­age of level of expres­sion for healthy oil palm is 29.79% and an increase up to 70.21% was observed in arti­fi­cially infected oil palm seedlings. For THIC gene, in healthy oil palm, the level of expres­sion was 45.83% but when infected, it increased slightly up to 54.17%. Our results sup­port the sug­ges­tion that thi­amine may play an impor­tant role in the pro­tec­tion of cells against stress as it leads to an over­ex­pres­sion of thi­amine in general.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences
Publisher: Malaysian Palm Oil Board
Keywords: Ganoderma boninense; Oil palm; Stress; Thiamine; Vitamin B1
Depositing User: Nurul Ainie Mokhtar
Date Deposited: 19 Jan 2016 00:57
Last Modified: 19 Jan 2016 00:57
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35670
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