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Data from: CRISPR/cas9-mediated targeted mutagenesis for functional genomics research of Crassulacean acid metabolism plants

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Liu, Degao et al. (2020). Data from: CRISPR/cas9-mediated targeted mutagenesis for functional genomics research of Crassulacean acid metabolism plants [Dataset]. Dryad. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.3qk1303

Abstract

Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) is an important photosynthetic pathway in diverse lineages of plants featuring high water-use efficiency and drought tolerance. A big challenge facing the CAM research community is to understand the function of the annotated genes in CAM plant genomes. Recently, a new genome editing technology using CRISPR/Cas9 has become a more precise and powerful tool than traditional approaches for functional genomics research in C3 and C4 plants. In this study, we seek to realize the potential of CRISPR/Cas9 to characterize the function of CAM-related genes in the model CAM species Kalanchoë fedtschenkoi. We demonstrate that CRISPR/Cas9 is effective to create biallelic indel mutagenesis to reveal previously unknown roles of blue light receptor phototropin 2 (KfePHOT2) in the CAM pathway. Knocking-out of the KfePHOT2 reduced stomatal conductance and CO2 fixation in the late afternoon and increased stomatal conductance and CO2 fixation in the early evening, indicating that blue light signaling plays an important role in the CAM pathway. Lastly, we provide a genome-wide gRNA database targeting 45,183 protein-coding genes annotated in the K. fedtschenkoi genome.

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