Green-revertible Chlorina 1 (grc1) is Required for the Biosynthesis of Chlorophyll and the Early Development of Chloroplasts in Rice

Jieqin Li,Yihua Wang,Juntao Chai,Lihua Wang,Chunming Wang,Wuhua Long,Di Wang,Yunlong Wang,Ming Zheng,Cheng Peng,Mei Niu,Jianmin Wan 한국식물학회 2013 Journal of Plant Biology Vol.56 No.5

The nuclear genes involved in chloroplast developmentand chlorophyll biosynthesis must be investigated tounderstand their functions in plant growth and development. In this study, we isolated and identified a unique leaf-colormutant of rice with a green-yellow phenotype before thefour-leaf stage and named the mutation green-revertiblechlorina 1 (grc1). The mutants had significantly lower plantheight, number of tillers, and panicle length and headedsignificantly earlier than the wild type. The levels ofchlorophylls, carotenoids, and chlorophyll precursors werealso lower. The mutation in grc1 affected chloroplastultrastructure, particularly thylakoid development. Geneticanalysis indicated that the green-yellow phenotype wascontrolled by a single recessive gene. We mapped the grc1gene to a 32.4-kb region on the long arm of chromosome 6. Through map-based cloning, we identified a 45-bp insertionin the genomic region of LOC_Os06g40080, which encodeda heme oxygenase. Expression of LOC_Os06g40080 wassignificantly down-regulated in the grc1 mutant. Subcellularlocalization showed that this heme oxygenase was localizedin the chloroplast. In summary, we isolated and identified thegene for grc1, which plays an important role in chlorophyllbiosynthesis and chloroplast development in rice.

A putative plastidial adenine nucleotide transporter, BRITTLE1-3, plays an essential role in regulating chloroplast development in rice (Oryza sativa L.)

Jia Lyu,Yihua Wang,Linglong Liu,Chunming Wang,Yulong Ren,Cheng Peng,Feng Liu,Yunlong Wang,Mei Niu,Di Wang,Ming Zheng,Kunneng Zhou,Shaolu Zhao,Fuqing Wu,Haiyang Wang,Jianmin Wan 한국식물학회 2017 Journal of Plant Biology Vol.60 No.5

Differentiation from proplastids into chloroplasts isa light- and energy-dependent process. How this process isregulated is still poorly understood at the molecular level. We herein report a new putative plastidial adenine nucleotidetransporter, BRITTLE1-3 (referred to as OsBT1-3), encoded bythe rice (Oryza sativa) White Stripe Leaf 2 (WSL2) gene. Loss of OsBT1-3 function results in defective chloroplastbiogenesis, severely reduced photosynthetic efficiency, andfinally a white stripe leaf phenotype in the first four leaves. The expression levels of genes related to chlorophyllbiosynthesis and photosynthesis are drastically reduced,accompanied with over accumulation of reactive oxygenspecies (ROS) in the wsl2 mutant. OsBT1-3 is targeted tothe chloroplasts and it expresses in almost all tissues inplants, especially in young leaves. OsBT1-3 consists of 419amino acids and exhibits features of all mitochondrialcarrier proteins, including a typical transmembrane-spanningdomain and a highly conserved sequence motif designatedas the ‘mitochondrial energy transfer signatures’. Phylogeneticanalysis shows that OsBT1-3 is a putative plastidialadenine nucleotide transporter and is most closely relatedto ZmBT1-2. Together, these observations suggest that thenew putative adenine nucleotide transporter, OsBT1-3,plays an essential role in regulating chloroplast biogenesisand maintenance of ROS homeostasis during rice seedlingde-etiolation.

Preparation and properties of ceramic coating on Q235 carbon steel by plasma electrolytic oxidation

Yunlong Wang,Zhaohua Jiang,Zhongping Yao 한국물리학회 2009 Current Applied Physics Vol.9 No.5

Ceramic coating was achieved on Q235 carbon steel by PEO (plasma electrolytic oxidation, PEO) without any pretreatment in sodium aluminate system. The discharge process as well as the accompanied surface morphology evolution was analyzed. The phase and elemental composition of the coatings were also investigated. The corrosion, mechanical and tribological properties of the ceramic coating were primarily studied. It is found that the coating surface was porous and the thickness of the coating was about 120 lm. The coating mainly consisted of FeAl2O4, Fe3O4 and a little c-A12O3. The corrosion current of the coated sample was 3.082 × 10-7 A/㎠, which was decreased by two orders of magnitude compared with the uncoated one. The micro hardness of the ceramic coating was 1210 Hv, which was about three times as that of the uncoated sample. The friction coefficient of coated sample was also well improved. Investigations revealed that PEO provided a promising technique for preparation of protective ceramic coatings on steels. Ceramic coating was achieved on Q235 carbon steel by PEO (plasma electrolytic oxidation, PEO) without any pretreatment in sodium aluminate system. The discharge process as well as the accompanied surface morphology evolution was analyzed. The phase and elemental composition of the coatings were also investigated. The corrosion, mechanical and tribological properties of the ceramic coating were primarily studied. It is found that the coating surface was porous and the thickness of the coating was about 120 lm. The coating mainly consisted of FeAl2O4, Fe3O4 and a little c-A12O3. The corrosion current of the coated sample was 3.082 × 10-7 A/㎠, which was decreased by two orders of magnitude compared with the uncoated one. The micro hardness of the ceramic coating was 1210 Hv, which was about three times as that of the uncoated sample. The friction coefficient of coated sample was also well improved. Investigations revealed that PEO provided a promising technique for preparation of protective ceramic coatings on steels.

중국에서 대표적 농촌지역 하수처리 시범 사업

( Wang Yunlong ),( Shen Alin ),( An Wenhao ),( Yu Man ),( Luo Ancheng ),( Jeongryeol Jang ) 한국농공학회 2015 한국농공학회 학술대회초록집 Vol.2015 No.-

Lake Tai is one of the four famous lakes in China. With the development of economy, the environmental pollutions have been brought, resulting in the deterioration of water quality in Lake Tai. West Tiaoxi River is one of the important rivers into the lake in Anji county. Statistically, the discharge of rural domestic pollutants COD, TN, TP into Tiaoxi River annually area bout 3074t,329t and 57t respectively. Therefore many works have been carried out for the pollution problems. The treatment usually contains anaerobic hydrolysis pre-treatment and oxygen filtration process. In this project a low-cost bamboo bio-filter was developed to improve the anaerobic treatment efficiency. The composite medium filter technology for oxygen filtration process has been optimized in the same time. The results in lab showed that the nitrogen and phosphorus removal capacity of the treatment facilities were improved after the optimization. Finally, an enhanced nitrogen and phosphorus removal system was integrated and built into the equipment constructions with a capacity of 120 t/d, which has been applied in five towns and more than 30 happy farm-houses in Anji County. Most of the final effluent could meet the discharge standards, or even better. By 2017 the construction of all demonstration area in county will be completed. The work about surface water source pollution control technology will be promoted. The TN, TP and other pollutants must be decreased by 15% by the time. And more than 90% of the surface water in the county will meet the standard of surface water environment functional area. The quality of water in the county boundary will thus be more stable for Lake Tai.

Fabrication of nonlinear optical films based on methacrylate/silica hybrid matrix

Di Wang,Xiaodong Chen,Xingwen Zhang,Wunjun Wang,Yunlong Liu,Lijiang Hua 한국물리학회 2009 Current Applied Physics Vol.9 No.3

A free-radical polymerization was performed to fabricate nonlinear optical (NLO) hybrid films based on nanostructural building blocks and an interpenetrating methacrylate/silica hybrid matrix (IHM). A bulky chromophore (disperse orange 3) bonded with ally glycidyl ether (AGE) was incorporated into the hybrid matrix in combination with (γ-methacrylpropyl)-silsesquioxane through the polymerization. Different amounts of polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane as modifiers were added into the IHM to enhance properties. It has been shown that the IHM increases the crosslink density of the network and the interaction potential between dipoles to help maintain the orientational order, and the generated NLO materials enhance the Tg, nonresonant second-order nonlinearity and temporal stability. A free-radical polymerization was performed to fabricate nonlinear optical (NLO) hybrid films based on nanostructural building blocks and an interpenetrating methacrylate/silica hybrid matrix (IHM). A bulky chromophore (disperse orange 3) bonded with ally glycidyl ether (AGE) was incorporated into the hybrid matrix in combination with (γ-methacrylpropyl)-silsesquioxane through the polymerization. Different amounts of polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane as modifiers were added into the IHM to enhance properties. It has been shown that the IHM increases the crosslink density of the network and the interaction potential between dipoles to help maintain the orientational order, and the generated NLO materials enhance the Tg, nonresonant second-order nonlinearity and temporal stability.

Sex difference of autosomal alleles in populations of European and African descent

Lingjun Zuo,Tong Wang,Xiandong Lin,Jijun Wang,Yunlong Tan,Xiaoping Wang,Xueqing Yu,Xingguang Luo 한국유전학회 2015 Genes & Genomics Vol.37 No.12

In the present study, we aimed to report the individual sex-different genetic markers across autosomes in European- and African-origin populations. A total of 8400 females and 8081 males in 19 independent cohorts were genotyped across genomes using Illumina or Affymetrix arrays. The allele frequencies were compared between females and males in nine non-clean cohorts (with some human disease traits) using genome-wide logistic regression and then the nominally significant associations were replicated across 10 clean cohorts (without disease traits). Meta-analysis was performed to derive the combined p values across all cohorts. We found 13 markers that were genome-wide significant (p B 5 9 10-8) between females and males in the meta-analysis of all cohorts of European descent, including rs7740449 at SYNE1, rs7531151 at PLD5, rs697455 at PPP1R12B, rs6745746 at LOC100128413, rs17000079 at PARM1, rs11948070 at PDE4D, rs7801825 at INSIG1, rs9551642 at MTUS2, rs2932174 at TPTE2, rs1961597 at SALL3, rs4117529 at METTL4, rs6021473 at SALL4 and rs6092466 at RAE1, and one marker, i.e., rs10145208 at PCNX, that was genomewide significant in the meta-analysis of all cohorts of African descent. The most robust finding was rs7740449 at SYNE1, next to ESR1. We conclude that there are many sex-different markers on autosomes. These markers may be informative in differentiating females and males.

A rice White-stripe leaf3 (wsl3) mutant lacking an HD domain-containing protein affects chlorophyll biosynthesis and chloroplast development

Shaolu Zhao,Wuhua Long,Yihua Wang,Linglong Liu,Yunlong Wang,Mei Niu,Ming Zheng,Di Wang,Jianmin Wan 한국식물학회 2016 Journal of Plant Biology Vol.59 No.3

Leaf-color mutants are ideal genetic materials for understanding the mechanism of chloroplast development and chlorophyll (Chl) biosynthesis. Here we isolated and identified a new leaf-color mutant of rice, named white-stripe leaf3 (wsl3), from a 60Co-irradiated mutant pool. The wsl3 mutant displayed a visible white-stripe leaf in both young seedlings and flag leaves of mature plant. Chl content in homozygous wsl3 mutant was approximately 47% of that in the wild type. Besides, chloroplast development in the mutant was severely arrested. By a map-based cloning strategy, the wsl3 gene was finely confined to a 50.8 kb region on chromosome 1. Moreover, a 9-bp deletion was identified in the genomic region of LOC_Os01g01920, which encodes an HD (histidine and aspartic acid) domaincontaining protein. Genetic complementation confirmed that LOC_Os01g01920 could recover the lesion of wsl3 mutation. Real-time PCR analyses showed that the expression levels of WSL3 were the highest in young and flag leaves among various tissues, and most of the genes associated with Chl biosynthesis were significantly down-regulated in the wsl3 mutant. Meanwhile, in contrast to many nuclear gene-encoded phage-type RNA polymerase(s) (NEP) transcribed genes were up-regulated, most of plastid-encoded bacterialtype RNA polymerase (PEP) transcribed genes were downregulated. These results demonstrated that the WSL3 gene, as an HD domain-containing protein, is involved in chl biosynthesis and chloroplast development in rice.

FLOURY ENDOSPERM12 Encoding Alanine Aminotransferase 1 Regulates Carbon and Nitrogen Metabolism in Rice

Mingsheng Zhong,Xi Liu,Feng Liu,Yulong Ren,Yunlong Wang,Jianping Zhu,Xuan Teng,Erchao Duan,Fan Wang,Huan Zhang,Mingming Wu,Yuanyuan Hao,Xiaopin Zhu,Ruonan Jing,Xiuping Guo,Ling Jiang,Yihua Wang,Jianmi 한국식물학회 2019 Journal of Plant Biology Vol.62 No.1

Starch is a major storage substance in cerealgrains, and starch biosynthesis is a complex process. In orderto elucidate regulation of the starch biosynthesis pathway, wescreened a series of rice (Oryza sativa L.) endospermmutants. In this study, we identified a floury white-coreendosperm mutant named floury endosperm12 (flo12). Theflo12 mutant exhibited loosely packed starch granules and alower thousand kernel weight compared to wild type. Semithinsections revealed that compound starch grains (SG) inflo12 interior endosperm cells were developed abnormally. Furthermore, amylose content was decreased, while totalprotein content was significantly increased in flo12 grains. Map-based cloning showed that FLO12 encodes rice alanineaminotransferase 1 (OsAlaAT1). OsAlaAT1 is highly expressedin developing endosperm. Subcellular localization showedthat OsAlaAT1 is localized in the cytosol. Moreover, theexpression of most starch synthesis-related genes wasdecreased, while most of the storage protein coding geneshad elevated expression levels in the flo12 mutant. Inaddition, overexpression of the OsAlaAT1 gene increasedgrain weight. In brief, we demonstrated that OsAlaAT1regulates carbon and nitrogen metabolism, which provides anew insight for the improvement of rice quality and yield.

Speed control of boiler feed water pump turbine based on gray correlation compensation

Yunlong Zhou,Di Wang,Haichun Zhou 대한기계학회 2017 JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Vol.31 No.1

One of the most important controlled parameters of thermal power units is the boiler drum water level. Disturbances of feed water flow rate could cause instability of the drum water level. This study proposes the Gray correlation compensation (GCC) control technology for the Boiler feed water pump turbine (BFPT) to solve this problem. Simulation results indicate that the GCC controller outperforms the traditional proportional-integral-derivative controller when it encounters different disturbances. Furthermore, the GCC controller can rapidly switch to the high-pressure steam source to ensure that the drum water level is in the secure range during steam source switching of the BFPT.

Designing Ternary Laves Phase-Based Eutectic Alloys CrFeNbx with Excellent Strength, Toughness, and Thermal Stability

Yunlong Xue,Yuxuan Wang,Haohua Sun,Na Feng,Liang Yuan 대한금속·재료학회 2023 METALS AND MATERIALS International Vol.29 No.2

Three ternary Laves phase-based eutectic alloys CrFeNbx(x = 2.0, 2.35, 2.7) were designed successfully by combining thebinary phase diagrams and thermodynamics calculations. With the increasing Nb content, the solidified microstructuresevolved from the primary (Cr, Fe)2Nb plus the eutectic (Cr, Fe)2Nb/Nbss in the CrFeNb2.0,via the full eutectic (Cr, Fe)2Nb/Nbss in the CrFeNb2.35,and finally to the primary Nbss plus the eutectic (Cr, Fe)2Nb/Nbss in the CrFeNb2.7. The full eutectic(Cr, Fe)2Nb/Nbss of the CrFeNb2.35was found with outstanding thermal stability, and the lamellar eutectic was quitestable even under the heat-treatment of 1273 K/48 h. The compression strength and fracture toughness increased firstly anddecreased subsequently with the increase of Nb content, which reached their maximums of 2.54 GPa and 18.25 MPa·m1/2,respectively, in the CrFeNb2.35. The excellent combination of compression strength and fracture toughness in the CrFeNbx(x = 2.0, 2.35, 2.7) were attributed to the synergistic effects of Laves phase strengthening, interface strengthening, solidsolution strengthening, alloying toughening and Nbss phase toughening mechanisms.