Menara Perkebunan
Vol. 77 No. 2: 77 (2), 2009

Kloning gen LEAFY kakao dari jaringan bantalan bunga aktif Cloning of cacao LEAFY gene from the active flower cushions

Tetty CHAIDAMSARI (Unknown)
Rita HAYATI (Unknown)
Auzar SYARIEF (Unknown)
Aswaldi ANWAR (Unknown)
Djoko SANTOSO (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
10 Mar 2016

Abstract

SummaryAttempts to improve productivity of cacaoplantations lead us to study the molecularmechanism of flowering. In the model speciesArabidopsis thaliana as well as some otherspecies, LEAFY is a central regulatory gene forthe transition of shoot apical meristems toflowering meristems. Different from that ofArabidopsis, cacao inflorescence is acauliflorous type, by which flowers can developrepeatedly from the same flower cushion on thetrunk. In this research, a LEAFY homolog wasisolated from active flower cushion with RT-PCRusing a pair of DNA primer specifically designedto isolate its complete cds. Gel electrophoresisexamination indicated the presence of a 1.2 kbamplicon. Purified from the gel, this DNAfragment was cloned into competent cells ofE. coli XL1 Blue using pGEM-T Easy cloningvector at an orientation according to the T7promoter of the plasmid. Sequence analysis usingBLASTX, showed that the amplicon was LEAFY(LFY) homolog. Alignment analysis using ClustalW indicated that the cTcLFY highly homologousto those from other perennial crops such ascitrus, grape, apple and poplar. The highesthomology (conserved region) was found in the Cterminal of the encoded proteins.RingkasanUsaha untuk meningkatkan produktivitasperkebunan kakao telah mendorong penelitianmolekuler tentang mekanisme pembungaankakao. Pada tanaman model Arabidopsis thalianadan lainnya, LEAFY merupakan gen kunci dalamtransisi meristem tunas jadi meristem bunga.Berbeda dengan sistem pada Arabidopsis,pembungaan kakao termasuk tipe cauliflorous,bunga dapat muncul dari bantalan bunga yangsama sepanjang tahun. Dalam penelitian inihomolog LFY diisolasi dari bantalan bunga aktifmenggunakan RT-PCR dengan sepasang primerspesifik yang dirancang berdasarkan sekuenDNA di kedua ujung gen tersebut. Pemeriksaangel elektroforesis menunjukkan adanya amplikontunggal berukuran 1,2 kb. Setelah dimurnikandari gel, amplikon dapat diklon ke dalam selkompeten E. coli galur XL1 Blue menggunakanvektor pGEM-T Easy dengan orientasi yangsesuai dengan promoter T7 dari vektor. AnalisisBLASTX sekuen DNA membuktikan bahwaamplikon tersebut adalah homolog dari genLEAFY. Analisis penjajaran dengan mengguna-kan ClustalW menunjukkan bahwa gen cTcLFYtersebut memiliki homologi yang tinggi dengangen sejenis dari tanaman keras lainnya sepertitanaman jeruk, anggur, apel dan poplar.Homologi tertinggi (daerah terkonservasi)terdapat pada ujung (terminal) C dari proteinyang disandinya.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

mpjurnal

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Subject

Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry

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Menara Perkebunan as a communication medium for research in estate crops published articles covering original research result on the pre- and post-harvest biotechnology of estate crops. The contents of the articles should be directed for solving the problems of production and/or processing of estate ...