Transposable elements contribute to the establishment of the glycine shuttle in Brassicaceae species

Author:

Triesch S.12ORCID,Denton A. K.12,Bouvier J. W.3,Buchmann J. P.24,Reichel‐Deland V.1,Guerreiro R. N. F. M.5ORCID,Busch N.1,Schlüter U.12,Stich B.25ORCID,Kelly S.3,Weber A. P. M.12ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Institute for Plant Biochemistry, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Germany

2. Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS) Düsseldorf Germany

3. Department of Biology University of Oxford Oxford UK

4. Institute for Biological Data Sciences, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Germany

5. Institute for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics of Plants, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Germany

Abstract

Abstract C3‐C4 intermediate photosynthesis has evolved at least five times convergently in the Brassicaceae, despite this family lacking bona fide C4 species. The establishment of this carbon concentrating mechanism is known to require a complex suite of ultrastructural modifications, as well as changes in spatial expression patterns, which are both thought to be underpinned by a reconfiguration of existing gene‐regulatory networks. However, to date, the mechanisms which underpin the reconfiguration of these gene networks are largely unknown. In this study, we used a pan‐genomic association approach to identify genomic features that could confer differential gene expression towards the C3‐C4 intermediate state by analysing eight C3 species and seven C3‐C4 species from five independent origins in the Brassicaceae. We found a strong correlation between transposable element (TE) insertions in cis‐regulatory regions and C3‐C4 intermediacy. Specifically, our study revealed 113 gene models in which the presence of a TE within a gene correlates with C3‐C4 intermediate photosynthesis. In this set, genes involved in the photorespiratory glycine shuttle are enriched, including the glycine decarboxylase P‐protein whose expression domain undergoes a spatial shift during the transition to C3‐C4 photosynthesis. When further interrogating this gene, we discovered independent TE insertions in its upstream region which we conclude to be responsible for causing the spatial shift in GLDP1 gene expression. Our findings hint at a pivotal role of TEs in the evolution of C3‐C4 intermediacy, especially in mediating differential spatial gene expression.

Funder

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

Publisher

Wiley

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