@article{MollavaliBoernke2022,
  author    = {Mollavali, Mohanna and B{\"o}rnke, Frederik},
  title     = {Characterization of trehalose-6-phosphate synthase and trehalose-6-phosphate phosphatase genes of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) and analysis of their differential expression in response to temperature},
  series = {International journal of molecular sciences},
  volume    = {23},
  journal   = {International journal of molecular sciences},
  number    = {19},
  publisher = {MDPI},
  address   = {Basel},
  issn      = {1661-6596},
  doi       = {10.3390/ijms231911436},
  pages     = {17},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {In plants, the trehalose biosynthetic pathway plays key roles in the regulation of carbon allocation and stress adaptation. Engineering of the pathway holds great promise to increase the stress resilience of crop plants. The synthesis of trehalose proceeds by a two-step pathway in which a trehalose-phosphate synthase (TPS) uses UDP-glucose and glucose-6-phosphate to produce trehalose-6 phosphate (T6P) that is subsequently dephosphorylated by trehalose-6 phosphate phosphatase (TPP). While plants usually do not accumulate high amounts of trehalose, their genome encodes large families of putative trehalose biosynthesis genes, with many members lacking obvious enzymatic activity. Thus, the function of putative trehalose biosynthetic proteins in plants is only vaguely understood. To gain a deeper insight into the role of trehalose biosynthetic proteins in crops, we assessed the enzymatic activity of the TPS/TPP family from tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) and investigated their expression pattern in different tissues as well as in response to temperature shifts. From the 10 TPS isoforms tested, only the 2 proteins belonging to class I showed enzymatic activity, while all 5 TPP isoforms investigated were catalytically active. Most of the TPS/TPP family members showed the highest expression in mature leaves, and promoter-reporter gene studies suggest that the two class I TPS genes have largely overlapping expression patterns within the vasculature, with only subtle differences in expression in fruits and flowers. The majority of tomato TPS/TPP genes were induced by heat stress, and individual family members also responded to cold. This suggests that trehalose biosynthetic pathway genes could play an important role during temperature stress adaptation. In summary, our study represents a further step toward the exploitation of the TPS and TPP gene families for the improvement of tomato stress resistance.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{BergerBaldermannRuppel2017,
  author    = {Berger, Beatrice and Baldermann, Susanne and Ruppel, Silke},
  title     = {The plant growth-promoting bacterium Kosakonia radicincitans improves fruit yield and quality of Solanum lycopersicum},
  series = {Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture},
  volume    = {97},
  journal   = {Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture},
  publisher = {Wiley},
  address   = {Hoboken},
  issn      = {0022-5142},
  doi       = {10.1002/jsfa.8357},
  pages     = {4865 -- 4871},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {BACKGROUNDProduction and the quality of tomato fruits have a strong economic relevance. Microorganisms such as the plant growth-promoting bacterium (PGPB) Kosakonia radicincitans (DSM 16656) have been demonstrated to improve shoot and root growth of young tomato plants, but data on yield increase and fruit quality by K. radicincitans are lacking. RESULTSThis study investigated how K. radicincitans affects tomato fruits. After inoculation of tomato seeds with K. radicincitans or a sodium chloride buffer control solution, stalk length, first flowering and the amount of ripened fruits produced by inoculated and non-inoculated plants were monitored over a period of 21 weeks. Inoculation of tomato seeds with K. radicincitans accelerated flowering and ripening of tomato fruits. Sugars, acidity, amino acids, volatile organic compounds and carotenoids in the fruits were also analyzed. CONCLUSIONIt was found that the PGPBK. radicincitans affected the amino acid, sugar and volatile composition of ripened fruits, contributing to a more pleasant-tasting fruit without forfeiting selected quality indicators. (c) 2017 Society of Chemical Industry},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{ErrardUlrichsKuehneetal.2015,
  author    = {Errard, Audrey and Ulrichs, Christian and Kuehne, Stefan and Mewis, Inga and Drungowski, Mario and Schreiner, Monika and Baldermann, Susanne},
  title     = {Single- versus multiple-pest infestation affects differently the Biochemistry of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum 'Ailsa Craig')},
  series = {Journal of agricultural and food chemistry : a publication of the American Chemical Society},
  volume    = {63},
  journal   = {Journal of agricultural and food chemistry : a publication of the American Chemical Society},
  number    = {46},
  publisher = {American Chemical Society},
  address   = {Washington},
  issn      = {0021-8561},
  doi       = {10.1021/acs.jafc.5b03884},
  pages     = {10103 -- 10111},
  year      = {2015},
  abstract  = {Tomato is susceptible to pest infestations by both spider mites and aphids. The effects of each individual pest on plants are known, whereas multiple-pest infestations have received little interest. We studied the effects of single-versus multiple-pest infestation by Tetranychus urticae and Myzus persicae on tomato biochemistry (Solanum lycopersicum) by combining a metabolomic approach and analyses of carotenoids using UHPLC-ToF-MS and volatiles using GC-MS. Plants responded differently to aphids and mites after 3 weeks of infestation, and a multiple infestation induced a specific metabolite composition in plants. In addition, we showed that volatiles emissions differed between the adaxial and abaxial leaf epidermes and identified compounds emitted particularly in response to a multiple infestation (cyclohexadecane, dodecane, aromadendrene, and beta-elemene). Finally, the carotenoid concentrations in leaves and stems were more affected by multiple than single infestations. Our study highlights and discusses the interplay of biotic stressors within the terpenoid metabolism.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{SchwahndeSouzaFernieetal.2014,
  author    = {Schwahn, Kevin and de Souza, Leonardo Perez and Fernie, Alisdair and Tohge, Takayuki},
  title     = {Metabolomics-assisted refinement of the pathways of steroidal glycoalkaloid biosynthesis in the tomato clade},
  series = {Journal of integrative plant biology},
  volume    = {56},
  journal   = {Journal of integrative plant biology},
  number    = {9},
  publisher = {Wiley-Blackwell},
  address   = {Hoboken},
  issn      = {1672-9072},
  doi       = {10.1111/jipb.12274},
  pages     = {864 -- 875},
  year      = {2014},
  abstract  = {Steroidal glycoalkaloids (SGAs) are nitrogen-containing secondary metabolites of the Solanum species, which are known to have large chemical and bioactive diversity in nature. While recent effort and development on LC/MS techniques for SGA profiling have elucidated the main pathways of SGA metabolism in tomato, the problem of peak annotation still remains due to the vast diversity of chemical structure and similar on overlapping of chemical formula. Here we provide a case study of peak classification and annotation approach by integration of species and tissue specificities of SGA accumulation for provision of comprehensive pathways of SGA biosynthesis. In order to elucidate natural diversity of SGA biosynthesis, a total of 169 putative SGAs found in eight tomato accessions (Solanum lycopersicum, S. pimpinellifolium, S. cheesmaniae, S. chmielewskii, S. neorickii, S. peruvianum, S. habrochaites, S. pennellii) and four tissue types were used for correlation analysis. The results obtained in this study contribute annotation and classification of SGAs as well as detecting putative novel biosynthetic branch points. As such this represents a novel strategy for peak annotation for plant secondary metabolites.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{RohrmannTohgeAlbaetal.2011,
  author    = {Rohrmann, Johannes and Tohge, Takayuki and Alba, Rob and Osorio, Sonia and Caldana, Camila and McQuinn, Ryan and Arvidsson, Samuel Janne and van der Merwe, Margaretha J. and Riano-Pachon, Diego Mauricio and M{\"u}ller-R{\"o}ber, Bernd and Fei, Zhangjun and Nesi, Adriano Nunes and Giovannoni, James J. and Fernie, Alisdair},
  title     = {Combined transcription factor profiling, microarray analysis and metabolite profiling reveals the transcriptional control of metabolic shifts occurring during tomato fruit development},
  series = {The plant journal},
  volume    = {68},
  journal   = {The plant journal},
  number    = {6},
  publisher = {Wiley-Blackwell},
  address   = {Malden},
  issn      = {0960-7412},
  doi       = {10.1111/j.1365-313X.2011.04750.x},
  pages     = {999 -- 1013},
  year      = {2011},
  abstract  = {Maturation of fleshy fruits such as tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is subject to tight genetic control. Here we describe the development of a quantitative real-time PCR platform that allows accurate quantification of the expression level of approximately 1000 tomato transcription factors. In addition to utilizing this novel approach, we performed cDNA microarray analysis and metabolite profiling of primary and secondary metabolites using GC-MS and LC-MS, respectively. We applied these platforms to pericarp material harvested throughout fruit development, studying both wild-type Solanum lycopersicum cv. Ailsa Craig and the hp1 mutant. This mutant is functionally deficient in the tomato homologue of the negative regulator of the light signal transduction gene DDB1 from Arabidopsis, and is furthermore characterized by dramatically increased pigment and phenolic contents. We choose this particular mutant as it had previously been shown to have dramatic alterations in the content of several important fruit metabolites but relatively little impact on other ripening phenotypes. The combined dataset was mined in order to identify metabolites that were under the control of these transcription factors, and, where possible, the respective transcriptional regulation underlying this control. The results are discussed in terms of both programmed fruit ripening and development and the transcriptional and metabolic shifts that occur in parallel during these processes.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{LissoAltmannMuessig2006,
  author    = {Lisso, Janina and Altmann, Thomas and M{\"u}ssig, Carsten},
  title     = {Metabolic changes in fruits of the tomato d(x) mutant},
  series = {Phytochemistry : an international journal of plant biochemistry},
  volume    = {67},
  journal   = {Phytochemistry : an international journal of plant biochemistry},
  number    = {20},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  address   = {Oxford},
  issn      = {0031-9422},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.phytochem.2006.07.008},
  pages     = {2232 -- 2238},
  year      = {2006},
  language  = {en}
}