The application provides application of a CsPPC3
gene in regulation of carbon and
nitrogen metabolism of cucumber fruits, and takes a main-effect
gene CsPPC3 coding
phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) in carbon fixation of cucumber fruits as a research target, the function of the CsPPC3
gene in carbon fixation of fruit
photosynthesis and carbon and
nitrogen metabolism is researched by constructing overexpression and
gene knockout transgenic plants, it is found that the transgenic
plant of the overexpression of the CsPPC3 gene has the following characteristics: the amount of CO2 released by
respiration of the fruit is reduced, the CO2 refixing capacity is enhanced, the single
fruit weight is increased, the content of
malic acid, soluble
sugar and
starch is increased, and the content of
amino acid is reduced; the transgenic
plant of the knockout of the CsPPC3 gene has the following characteristics: the amount of CO2 released by
respiration of the fruit is increased, the single
fruit weight is reduced, the content of
malic acid, soluble
sugar and
amino acid is reduced, the content of
starch is increased, and the CO2 refixing capacity is reduced. The application has practical guiding significance for cultivating transgenic plants with high CO2 fixation efficiency.