Table 1.
Genes that are known to play a role in organ senescence (compiled from Bleecker, 1998; Thomas et al., 2009; Thomas, 2013, and references therein).
| Gene | Related function | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Arabidopsis RCCR (Red Chlorophyll Catabolite Reductase) | Chlorophyll degradation | Wüthrich et al. (2000), Pružinská et al. (2007) |
| Arabidopsis PaO | Chlorophyll degradation | Oshio and Hase (1969), Rodoni et al. (1997) |
| Arabidopsis Sgr1 (Stay green) | chlorophyll degradation | Guiamet and Giannibelli (1996), Armstead et al. (2006), Park et al. (2007), Sato et al. (2007) |
| Arabidopsis Wrky53 | Cell and tissue specialization | Miao et al. (2004), Uauy et al. (2006) |
| Arabidopsis AtNAP | Cell and tissue specialization | Guo and Gan (2006) |
| Auxenochlorella dee4 – amino acid permease | Cell and tissue specialization | Hörtensteiner et al. (2000) |
| Arabidopsis Fibrillin | Cell and tissue specialization | Yang et al. (2006), Brehelin et al. (2007) |
| Arabidopsis Carotenoid Cleavage Dioxygenase8 | Plastid trans-differentiation | Snowden et al. (2005) |
| Brassica dnaJ chaperone OrI | Plastid trans-differentiation | Lu et al. (2006) |
| Arabidopsis dnaJ chaperone OrII | Plastid trans-differentiation | Giuliano and Diretto (2007) |
| Zea Bronze1 | Vacuole function | Furtek et al. (1988) |
| Zea myb C1 anthocyanin TF | Vacuole function | Paz-Ares et al. (1990) |
| Arabidopsis AtMRP2 ATP transporter | Vacuole function | Hinder et al. (1996), Lu et al. (1998) |
| Zea See2 | Vacuole function | Smart et al. (1995), Carter et al. (2004) |
| Squamosa Promoter Binding-Like (SPBL) gene family | Leaf development | Poethig (2010), Bergonzi and Albani (2011), Wang et al. (2011), Xie et al. (2012) |
| TFL1 (Terminal Flower 1) | juvenile period in perennials | Bergonzi and Albani (2011) |
| SnRK1 (Snf1-Related Kinase1 | Sugar mediated regulation of aging | Thelander et al. (2004), Baena-Gonzalez et al. (2007) |
| Hexokinase1 (HXK1) | Sugar mediated regulation of aging | Jongebloed et al. (2004), Parrott et al. (2007), Smeekens et al. (2010) |
| Arabidopsis “old” mutant | Sugar mediated regulation of aging | Schippers et al. (2008) |
| Arabidopsis AtMYB2 | Bud outgrowth during monocarpic senescence | Guo and Gan (2011) |
| Arabidopsis TERT (Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase) | Telomere attrition | Watson and Riha (2010) |
| RTBP1 (Rice Telomere Binding Protein) 1 | Telomere attrition | McKnight and Shippen (2004), Hong et al. (2007) |
| ATGs (Autophagy genes) | Cell degradation | Thompson et al. (2005) |
| TOR (Target of Rapamycin) | Growth and development | Blagosklonny and Hall (2009) |