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Wang Z, Chen Z, Wu Y, Mu M, Jiang J, Nie W, Zhao S, Cui G, Yin X. Genome-wide identification and characterization of NAC transcription factor family members in Trifolium pratense and expression analysis under lead stress. BMC Genomics 2024; 25:128. [PMID: 38297198 PMCID: PMC10829316 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-023-09944-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2023] [Accepted: 12/26/2023] [Indexed: 02/02/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND The NAC TF family is widely involved in plant responses to various types of stress. Red clover (Trifolium pratense) is a high-quality legume, and the study of NAC genes in red clover has not been comprehensive. The aim of this study was to analyze the NAC gene family of red clover at the whole-genome level and explore its potential role in the Pb stress response. RESULTS In this study, 72 TpNAC genes were identified from red clover; collinearity analysis showed that there were 5 pairs of large fragment replicators of TpNAC genes, and red clover was found to be closely related to Medicago truncatula. Interestingly, the TpNAC genes have more homologs in Arabidopsis thaliana than in soybean (Glycine max). There are many elements in the TpNAC genes promoters that respond to stress. Gene expression analysis showed that all the TpNAC genes responded to Pb stress. qRT-PCR showed that the expression levels of TpNAC29 and TpNAC42 were significantly decreased after Pb stress. Protein interaction network analysis showed that 21 TpNACs and 23 other genes participated in the interaction. In addition, the TpNAC proteins had three possible 3D structures, and the secondary structure of these proteins were mainly of other types. These results indicated that most TpNAC members were involved in the regulation of Pb stress in red clover. CONCLUSION These results suggest that most TpNAC members are involved in the regulation of Pb stress in red clover. TpNAC members play an important role in the response of red clover to Pb stress.
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- Zicheng Wang
- Department of Grassland Science, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China
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- Department of Grassland Science, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China
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- Department of Grassland Science, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China
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- Department of Grassland Science, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China
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- Department of Grassland Science, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China
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- Department of Grassland Science, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China
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- Department of Grassland Science, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China
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- Department of Grassland Science, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China
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- Department of Grassland Science, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China.
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Barratt LJ, Franco Ortega S, Harper AL. Identification of candidate regulators of the response to early heat stress in climate-adapted wheat landraces via transcriptomic and co-expression network analyses. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2024; 14:1252885. [PMID: 38235195 PMCID: PMC10791870 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1252885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2023] [Accepted: 11/29/2023] [Indexed: 01/19/2024]
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Introduction Climate change is likely to lead to not only increased global temperatures but also a more variable climate where unseasonal periods of heat stress are more prevalent. This has been evidenced by the observation of spring-time temperatures approaching 40°C in some of the main spring-wheat producing countries, such as the USA, in recent years. With an optimum growth temperature of around 20°C, wheat is particularly prone to damage by heat stress. A warming climate with increasingly common fluctuations in temperature therefore threatens wheat crops and subsequently the lives and livelihoods of billions of people who depend on the crop for food. To futureproof wheat against a variable climate, a better understanding of the response to early heat stress is required. Methods Here, we utilised DESeq2 to identify 7,827 genes which were differentially expressed in wheat landraces after early heat stress exposure. Candidate hub genes, which may regulate the transcriptional response to early heat stress, were identified via weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA), and validated by qRT-PCR. Results Two of the most promising candidate hub genes (TraesCS3B02G409300 and TraesCS1B02G384900) may downregulate the expression of genes involved in the drought, salinity, and cold responses-genes which are unlikely to be required under heat stress-as well as photosynthesis genes and stress hormone signalling repressors, respectively. We also suggest a role for a poorly characterised sHSP hub gene (TraesCS4D02G212300), as an activator of the heat stress response, potentially inducing the expression of a vast suite of heat shock proteins and transcription factors known to play key roles in the heat stress response. Discussion The present work represents an exploratory examination of the heat-induced transcriptional change in wheat landrace seedlings and identifies several candidate hub genes which may act as regulators of this response and, thus, may be targets for breeders in the production of thermotolerant wheat varieties.
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- Centre for Novel Agricultural Products (CNAP), Department of Biology, University of York, York, United Kingdom
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Singh A, Singhal C, Sharma AK, Khurana P. Identification of universal stress proteins in wheat and functional characterization during abiotic stress. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2023; 42:1487-1501. [PMID: 37341826 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-023-03043-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2023] [Accepted: 06/12/2023] [Indexed: 06/22/2023]
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KEY MESSAGE TaUSPs are localized in Endoplasmic reticulum and form homo and hetero dimers within themselves. They play significant role in multiple abiotic stress responses in yeast heterologous system and in plants. Universal Stress Proteins are stress responsive proteins present in a variety of life forms ranging from bacteria to multicellular plants and animals. In this study we have identified 85 TaUSP genes in the wheat genome and have characterised their abiotic stress responsive members in yeast under different stress conditions. Localization and Y2H studies suggest that wheat, USP proteins are localized in the ER complex, and extensively crosstalk amongst themselves through forming hetero and homodimers. Expression analysis of these TaUSP genes suggests their role in adaptation to multiple abiotic stresses. TaUSP_5D-1 was found to have some DNA binding activity in yeast. Certain abiotic stress responsive TaUSP genes are found to impart tolerance to temperature stress, oxidative stress, ER stress (DTT treatment) and LiCl2 stress in the yeast heterologous system. TaUSP_5D-1 overexpression in A. thaliana imparts drought tolerance via better lateral root network in transgenic lines. The TaUSP represents an important repertoire of genes for engineering abiotic stress responsiveness in crop plants.
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- Arunima Singh
- Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, Benito Juarez Road, New Delhi, 110021, India
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- Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, Benito Juarez Road, New Delhi, 110021, India
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- Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, Benito Juarez Road, New Delhi, 110021, India
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- Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, Benito Juarez Road, New Delhi, 110021, India.
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Wang X, Liu H, Yu Z, Zhu W, Zhang L, Wang B. Characterization of wheat Wrab18 gene promoter and expression analysis under abiotic stress. Mol Biol Rep 2023; 50:5777-5789. [PMID: 37219670 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-023-08485-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2022] [Accepted: 04/25/2023] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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BACKGROUND Promoters play key roles in plant gene expression in complex and varied natural environments. The type and amount of cis-acting elements in the promoter sequence tend to indicate the response of genes to induction factors. WRAB18 is a group III member of the late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) protein family that performs multiple functions in plant stress physiology. To elucidate the particularly biological effects of WRAB18 on stress, exploration of its promoter sequence is necessary. METHODS AND RESULTS In this study, the full-length and promoter sequences of Wrab18 were isolated from the Zhengyin 1 cultivar of Triticum aestivum. The gene sequences and cis-acting elements in the promoter were analyzed using the Plant Promoter Database and bioinformatics methods. The results showed that Wrab18 possessed one intron with 100 bp, the promoter sequence contained various stress-related cis-acting elements, and the functionality of the promoter was checked using green fluorescent protein (GFP) marker protein expression by transient assay in Nicotiana benthamiana. Furthermore, based on promoter prediction analysis, quantitative real-time fluorescent PCR results confirmed the response of gene expression levels to stress factors. CONCLUSIONS In summary, the promoter sequence of Wrab18 plays a role in plant stress responses, contains multiple cis-acting elements, and provides insights into the role of WRAB18 in plant resilience to stress. This study has guiding significance for further studies of gene function and mechanism of action, and lays a theoretical foundation for improving wheat quality.
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- Xiaoyu Wang
- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, Shandong, P. R. China
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- College of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, Northwest Agriculture & Forestry University, Yangling, Shannxi, P. R. China
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- College of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, Northwest Agriculture & Forestry University, Yangling, Shannxi, P. R. China
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- College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi'an, Shannxi, P. R. China
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- College of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, Northwest Agriculture & Forestry University, Yangling, Shannxi, P. R. China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, Shandong, P. R. China.
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Tomoi T, Tameshige T, Betsuyaku E, Hamada S, Sakamoto J, Uchida N, Torii K, Shimizu KK, Tamada Y, Urawa H, Okada K, Fukuda H, Tatematsu K, Kamei Y, Betsuyaku S. Targeted single-cell gene induction by optimizing the dually regulated CRE/ loxP system by a newly defined heat-shock promoter and the steroid hormone in Arabidopsis thaliana. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1171531. [PMID: 37351202 PMCID: PMC10283073 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1171531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2023] [Accepted: 04/28/2023] [Indexed: 06/24/2023]
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Multicellular organisms rely on intercellular communication systems to organize their cellular functions. In studies focusing on intercellular communication, the key experimental techniques include the generation of chimeric tissue using transgenic DNA recombination systems represented by the CRE/loxP system. If an experimental system enables the induction of chimeras at highly targeted cell(s), it will facilitate the reproducibility and precision of experiments. However, multiple technical limitations have made this challenging. The stochastic nature of DNA recombination events, especially, hampers reproducible generation of intended chimeric patterns. Infrared laser-evoked gene operator (IR-LEGO), a microscopic system that irradiates targeted cells using an IR laser, can induce heat shock-mediated expression of transgenes, for example, CRE recombinase gene, in the cells. In this study, we developed a method that induces CRE/loxP recombination in the target cell(s) of plant roots and leaves in a highly specific manner. We combined IR-LEGO, an improved heat-shock-specific promoter, and dexamethasone-dependent regulation of CRE. The optimal IR-laser power and irradiation duration were estimated via exhaustive irradiation trials and subsequent statistical modeling. Under optimized conditions, CRE/loxP recombination was efficiently induced without cellular damage. We also found that the induction efficiency varied among tissue types and cellular sizes. The developed method offers an experimental system to generate a precisely designed chimeric tissue, and thus, will be useful for analyzing intercellular communication at high resolution in roots and leaves.
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- Takumi Tomoi
- Center for Innovation Support, Institute for Social Innovation and Cooperation, Utsunomiya University, Utsunomiya, Japan
- School of Engineering, Utsunomiya University, Utsunomiya, Japan
- Laboratory for Biothermology, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan
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- Kihara Institute for Biological Research (KIBR), Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
- Division of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Japan
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- Department of Life Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Ryukoku University, Otsu, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory for Biothermology, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan
- Biophotonics Research Group, Exploratory Research Center on Life and Living Systems (ExCELLS), Okazaki, Japan
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- Center for Gene Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
- Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
- Department of Molecular Biosciences and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
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- Kihara Institute for Biological Research (KIBR), Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- School of Engineering, Utsunomiya University, Utsunomiya, Japan
- Center for Optical Research and Education (CORE), Utsunomiya University, Utsunomiya, Japan
- Robotics, Engineering and Agriculture-Technology Laboratory (REAL), Utsunomiya University, Utsunomiya, Japan
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- Faculty of Education, Gifu Shotoku Gakuen University, Gifu, Japan
- Laboratory of Plant Organ Development, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan
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- Laboratory of Plant Organ Development, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan
- Ryukoku Extention Center Shiga, Ryukoku University, Otsu, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyoto University of Advanced Science, Kyoto, Japan
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- Laboratory of Plant Organ Development, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan
- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Okazaki, Japan
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- Laboratory for Biothermology, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan
- Robotics, Engineering and Agriculture-Technology Laboratory (REAL), Utsunomiya University, Utsunomiya, Japan
- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Okazaki, Japan
- Optics and Imaging Facility, Trans-Scale Biology Center, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan
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- Department of Life Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Ryukoku University, Otsu, Japan
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Developing a Temperature-Inducible Transcriptional Rheostat in Neurospora crassa. mBio 2023; 14:e0329122. [PMID: 36744948 PMCID: PMC9973361 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.03291-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Heat shock protein (HSP)-encoding genes (hsp), part of the highly conserved heat shock response (HSR), are known to be induced by thermal stress in several organisms. In Neurospora crassa, three hsp genes, hsp30, hsp70, and hsp80, have been characterized; however, the role of defined cis elements in their responses to discrete changes in temperature remains largely unexplored. To fill this gap, while also aiming to obtain a reliable fungal heat shock-inducible system, we analyzed different sections of each hsp promoter by assessing the expression of real-time transcriptional reporters. Whereas all three promoters and their resected versions were acutely induced by high temperatures, only hsp30 displayed a broad range of expression and high tunability, amply exceeding other inducible promoter systems existing in Neurospora, such as quinic acid- or light-inducible ones. As proof of concept, we employed one of these promoters to control the expression of clr-2, which encodes the master regulator of Neurospora cellulolytic capabilities. The resulting strain fails to grow on cellulose at 25°C, whereas it grows robustly if heat shock pulses are delivered daily. Additionally, we designed two hsp30 synthetic promoters and characterized them, as well as the native promoters, using a gradient of high temperatures, yielding a wide range of responses to thermal stimuli. Thus, Neurospora hsp30-based promoters represent a new set of modular elements that can be used as transcriptional rheostats to adjust the expression of a gene of interest or for the implementation of regulated circuitries for synthetic biology and biotechnological strategies. IMPORTANCE A timely and dynamic response to strong temperature fluctuations is paramount for organismal biology. At the same time, inducible promoters are a powerful tool for fungal biotechnological and synthetic biology endeavors. In this work, we analyzed the activity of several N. crassa heat shock protein (hsp) promoters at a wide range of temperatures, observing that hsp30 exhibits remarkable sensitivity and a dynamic range of expression as we charted the response of this promoter to subtle increases in temperature, and also as we built and analyzed synthetic promoters based on hsp30 cis elements. As proof of concept, we tested the ability of hsp30 to provide tight control of a central process, cellulose degradation. While this study provides an unprecedented description of the regulation of the N. crassa hsp genes, it also contributes a noteworthy addition to the molecular toolset of transcriptional controllers in filamentous fungi.
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Drought Stress Pre-Treatment Triggers Thermotolerance Acquisition in Durum Wheat. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23147988. [PMID: 35887334 PMCID: PMC9323298 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23147988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2022] [Revised: 07/14/2022] [Accepted: 07/16/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Durum wheat is strongly affected by climatic constraints such as high temperatures and drought, which frequently lead to yield reduction. Damages due to high temperatures are related to plant thermotolerance, a trait determined by two components: basal and acquired thermotolerance. In this study, the effect of drought and heat stress imposed singularly or sequentially was investigated in ten durum wheat cultivars (cvs) at the physiological and molecular level. The traits analyzed were cell membrane stability, relative water content, proline content, and expression level of several genes for heat shock proteins (HSPs). Our results indicate that drought priming can induce the acquisition of thermotolerance in most cultivars already classified as able to acquire thermotolerance by heat pre-treatment. Proline accumulation was correlated to cell membrane stability, meaning that the most thermotolerant cvs were able to accumulate higher levels of proline. Acquired thermotolerance is also due to the activation of HSP gene expression; similarly, pre-treatment with water stress was able to activate HSPs expression. The results reported indicate that water stress plays an important role in inducing thermotolerance, comparable to mild heat stress pre-treatment. This is the first report on the effect of drought stress on the acquisition of thermotolerance.
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Aslam N, Sameeullah M, Yildirim M, Baloglu MC, Yucesan B, Lössl AG, Waheed MT, Gurel E. Isolation of the 3β-HSD promoter from Digitalis ferruginea subsp. ferruginea and its functional characterization in Arabidopsis thaliana. Mol Biol Rep 2022; 49:7173-7183. [PMID: 35733064 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-022-07634-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2021] [Revised: 05/06/2022] [Accepted: 05/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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BACKGROUND Although members of the SDR gene family (short chain dehydrogenase) are distributed in kingdom of life, they have diverse roles in stress tolerance mechanism or secondary metabolite biosynthesis. Nevertheless, their precise roles in gene expression or regulation under stress are yet to be understood. METHODS As a case study, we isolated, sequenced and functionally characterized the 3β-HSD promoter from Digitalis ferruginea subsp. ferruginea in Arabidopsis thaliana. RESULTS The promoter fragment contained light and stress response elements such as Box-4, G-Box, TCT-motif, LAMP element, ABRE, ARE, WUN-motif, MYB, MYC, W box, STRE and Box S. The functional analysis of the 3β-HSD promoter in transgenic Arabidopsis seedlings showed that the promoter was expressed in cotyledon and root elongation zone in 2 days' seedlings. However, this expression was extended to hypocotyl and complete root in 6 days' seedlings. In 20 days-old seedlings, promoter expression was distributed to the whole seedling including hydathodes aperture, vascular bundle, shoot apical meristem, trichomes, midrib, leaf primordia, hypocotyl and xylem tissues. Further, expression of the promoter was enhanced or remained stable under the different abiotic stress conditions like osmotic, heat, cold, cadmium or low pH. In addition, the promoter also showed response to methyl jasmonate (MeJA) application. The expression could not be induced in wounded cotyledon most likely due to lack of interacting elements in the promoter fragment. CONCLUSIONS Taken together, the 3β-HSD promoter could be a candidate for the development of transgenic plants especially under changing environmental conditions.
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- Noreen Aslam
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Literature, Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University, 14030, Bolu, Turkey
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Literature, Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University, 14030, Bolu, Turkey.,Center for Innovative Food Technologies Development, Application and Research, Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University, 14030, Bolu, Turkey
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Literature, Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University, 14030, Bolu, Turkey
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- Department of Genetics and Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Kastamonu University, 37100, Kastamonu, Turkey
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- Department of Seed Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University, 14030, Bolu, Turkey
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- Department of Applied Plant Sciences and Plant Biotechnology (DAPP), University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Literature, Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University, 14030, Bolu, Turkey.
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Zheng D, Zhang W. Characterization of Expression and Epigenetic Features of Core Genes in Common Wheat. Genes (Basel) 2022; 13:genes13071112. [PMID: 35885895 PMCID: PMC9317296 DOI: 10.3390/genes13071112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2022] [Revised: 06/16/2022] [Accepted: 06/20/2022] [Indexed: 12/10/2022] Open
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The availability of multiple wheat genome sequences enables us to identify core genes and characterize their genetic and epigenetic features, thereby advancing our understanding of their biological implications within individual plant species. It is, however, largely understudied in wheat. To this end, we reanalyzed genome sequences from 16 different wheat varieties and identified 62,299 core genes. We found that core and non-core genes have different roles in subgenome differentiation. Meanwhile, according to their expression profiles, these core genes can be classified into genes related to tissue development and stress responses, including 3376 genes highly expressed in both spikelets and at high temperatures. After associating with six histone marks and open chromatin, we found that these core genes can be divided into eight sub-clusters with distinct epigenomic features. Furthermore, we found that ca. 51% of the expressed transcription factors (TFs) were marked with both H3K27me3 and H3K4me3, indicative of the bivalency feature, which can be involved in tissue development through the TF-centered regulatory network. Thus, our study provides a valuable resource for the functional characterization of core genes in stress responses and tissue development in wheat.
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Samtani H, Sharma A, Khurana P. Overexpression of HVA1 Enhances Drought and Heat Stress Tolerance in Triticum aestivum Doubled Haploid Plants. Cells 2022; 11:cells11050912. [PMID: 35269534 PMCID: PMC8909738 DOI: 10.3390/cells11050912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2022] [Accepted: 02/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Plant responses to multiple environmental stresses include various signaling pathways that allow plant acclimation and survival. Amongst different stresses, drought and heat stress severely affect growth and productivity of wheat. HVA1, a member of the group 3 LEA protein, has been well known to provide protection against drought stress. However, its mechanism of action and its role in other stresses such as heat remain unexplored. In this study, doubled haploid (DH) wheat plants overexpressing the HVA1 gene were analyzed and found to be both drought-and heat stress-tolerant. The transcriptome analysis revealed the upregulation of transcription factors such as DREB and HsfA6 under drought and heat stress, respectively, which contribute toward the tolerance mechanism. Particularly under heat stress conditions, the transgenic plants had a lower oxidative load and showed enhanced yield. The overexpression lines were found to be ABA-sensitive, therefore suggesting the role of HsfA6 in providing heat tolerance via the ABA-mediated pathway. Thus, apart from its known involvement in drought stress, this study highlights the potential role of HVA1 in the heat stress signaling pathway. This can further facilitate the engineering of multiple stress tolerance in crop plants, such as wheat.
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He Y, Yao Y, Li L, Li Y, Gao J, Fan M. A heat-shock 20 protein isolated from watermelon (ClHSP22.8) negatively regulates the response of Arabidopsis to salt stress via multiple signaling pathways. PeerJ 2021; 9:e10524. [PMID: 33717662 PMCID: PMC7931717 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.10524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2020] [Accepted: 11/17/2020] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Heat-shock protein 20s (HSP20) were initially shown to play a role during heat shock stress; however, recent data indicated that HSP20 proteins are also involved in abiotic stress in plants. Watermelon is known to be vulnerable to various stressors; however, HSP20 proteins have yet to be investigated and characterized in the watermelon. In a previous study, we identified a negative regulator of salt stress response from watermelon: ClHSP22.8, a member of the HSP20 family. Quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) and promoter::β-glucuronidase (GUS) analysis revealed that ClHSP22.8 was expressed widely in a range of different tissues from the watermelon, but particularly in the roots of 7-day-old seedlings and flowers. Furthermore, qRT-PCR and GUS staining showed that the expression of ClHSP22.8 was significantly repressed by exogenous abscisic acid (ABA) and salt stress. The over-expression of ClHSP22.8 in Arabidopsis lines resulted in hypersensitivity to ABA and reduced tolerance to salt stress. Furthermore, the expression patterns of key regulators associated with ABA-dependent and independent pathways, and other stress-responsive signaling pathways, were also repressed in transgenic lines that over-expressed ClHSP22.8. These results indicated that ClHSP22.8 is a negative regulator in plant response to salt stress and occurs via ABA-dependent and independent, and other stress-responsive signaling pathways.
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- Yanjun He
- Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Vegetables, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Vegetables, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.,College of Forestry and Horticulture, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
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- Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Vegetables, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.,College of Forestry and Horticulture, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
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- Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Vegetables, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.,College of Forestry and Horticulture, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
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- College of Forestry and Horticulture, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
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- Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Vegetables, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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The Chloroplastic Small Heat Shock Protein Gene KvHSP26 Is Induced by Various Abiotic Stresses in Kosteletzkya virginica. Int J Genomics 2021; 2021:6652445. [PMID: 33623779 PMCID: PMC7875624 DOI: 10.1155/2021/6652445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2020] [Revised: 01/03/2021] [Accepted: 01/15/2021] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Small heat shock proteins (sHSPs) are a group of chaperone proteins existed in all organisms. The functions of sHSPs in heat and abiotic stress responses in many glycophyte plants have been studied. However, their possible roles in halophyte plants are still largely known. In this work, a putative sHSP gene KvHSP26 was cloned from K. virginica. Bioinformatics analyses revealed that KvHSP26 encoded a chloroplastic protein with the typical features of sHSPs. Amino acid sequence alignment and phylogenetic analysis demonstrated that KvHSP26 shared 30%-77% homology with other sHSPs from Arabidopsis, cotton, durian, salvia, and soybean. Quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) assays exhibited that KvHSP26 was constitutively expressed in different tissues such as leaves, stems, and roots, with a relatively higher expression in leaves. Furthermore, expression of KvHSP26 was strongly induced by salt, heat, osmotic stress, and ABA in K. virginica. All these results suggest that KvHSP26 encodes a new sHSP, which is involved in multiple abiotic stress responses in K. virginica, and it has a great potential to be used as a candidate gene for the breeding of plants with improved tolerances to various abiotic stresses.
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Meena S, Deb S, Samtani H, Khurana P. Dissecting the Molecular Function of Triticum aestivum STI Family Members Under Heat Stress. Front Genet 2020; 11:873. [PMID: 32973870 PMCID: PMC7466592 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2020.00873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2020] [Accepted: 07/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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STI/HOP functions as a co-chaperone of HSP90 and HSP70 whose molecular function has largely been being restricted as an adaptor protein. However, its role in thermotolerance is not well explored. In this article, we have identified six members of the TaSTI family, which were named according to their distribution on group 2 and group 6 chromosomes. Interestingly, TaSTI-2 members were found to express higher as compared to TaSTI-6 members under heat stress conditions, with TaSTI-2A being one of the most heat-responsive member. Consistent with this, the heterologous expression of TaSTI-2A in Arabidopsis resulted in enhanced basal as well as acquired thermotolerance as revealed by the higher yield of the plants under stress conditions. Similarly in the case of rice, TaSTI-2A transgenics exhibited enhanced thermal tolerance. Moreover, we demonstrate that TaSTI-2A interacts with TaHSP90 not only in the nucleus but also in the ER and Golgi bodies, which has not been shown till now. Additionally, TaHSP70 was also found to interact with TaSTI-6D specifically in the cytosol. Thus, these data together suggested that the TaSTI family members might play different roles under heat stress conditions in order to fine-tune the heat stress response in plants.
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- Shaloo Meena
- Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, India
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Wang Y, Wang C, Rajaofera MJN, Zhu L, Liu W, Zheng F, Miao W. WY7 is a newly identified promoter from the rubber powdery mildew pathogen that regulates exogenous gene expression in both monocots and dicots. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0233911. [PMID: 32479550 PMCID: PMC7263610 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0233911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2020] [Accepted: 05/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Promoters are very important for transcriptional regulation and gene expression, and have become invaluable tools for genetic engineering. Owing to the characteristics of obligate biotrophs, molecular research into obligate biotrophic fungi is seriously lagging behind, and very few of their endogenous promoters have been developed. In this study, a WY7 fragment was predicted in the genome of Oidium heveae Steinmann using PromoterScan. Its promoter function was verified with transient transformations (Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation, ATMT) in Nicotiana tabacum cv. Xanthi nc. The analysis of the transcription range showed that WY7 could regulate GUS expression in both monocots (Zea mays Linn and Oryza sativa L. spp. Japonica cv. Nipponbare) and dicots (N. tabacum and Hylocereus undulates Britt). The results of the quantitative detection showed that the GUS transient expression levels when regulated by WY7 was more than 11.7 times that of the CaMV 35S promoter in dicots (N. tabacum) and 5.13 times that of the ACT1 promoter in monocots (O. sativa). GUS staining was not detected in the T1 generation of the WY7-GUS transgenic N. tabacum. This showed that WY7 is an inducible promoter. The cis elements of WY7 were predicted using PlantCARE, and further experiments indicated that WY7 was a low temperature- and salt-inducible promoter. Soluble proteins produced by WY7-hpa1Xoo transgenic tobacco elicited hypersensitive responses (HR) in N. tabacum leaves. N. tabacum transformed with pBI121-WY7-hpa1Xoo exhibited enhanced resistance to the tobacco mosaic virus (TMV). The WY7 promoter has a lot of potential as a tool for plant genetic engineering. Further in-depth studies will help to better understand the transcriptional regulation mechanisms of O. heveae.
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- Yi Wang
- Key Laboratory of Green Prevention and Control of Tropical Plant Diseases and Pests, Hainan University, Ministry of Education, Haikou, China
- College of Plant Protection, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Prevention and Control of Tropical Plant Diseases and Pests, Hainan University, Ministry of Education, Haikou, China
- College of Plant Protection, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Prevention and Control of Tropical Plant Diseases and Pests, Hainan University, Ministry of Education, Haikou, China
- College of Plant Protection, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Prevention and Control of Tropical Plant Diseases and Pests, Hainan University, Ministry of Education, Haikou, China
- College of Plant Protection, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Prevention and Control of Tropical Plant Diseases and Pests, Hainan University, Ministry of Education, Haikou, China
- College of Plant Protection, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Prevention and Control of Tropical Plant Diseases and Pests, Hainan University, Ministry of Education, Haikou, China
- College of Plant Protection, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Prevention and Control of Tropical Plant Diseases and Pests, Hainan University, Ministry of Education, Haikou, China
- College of Plant Protection, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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Ali M, Muhammad I, ul Haq S, Alam M, Khattak AM, Akhtar K, Ullah H, Khan A, Lu G, Gong ZH. The CaChiVI2 Gene of Capsicum annuum L. Confers Resistance Against Heat Stress and Infection of Phytophthora capsici. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:219. [PMID: 32174952 PMCID: PMC7057250 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2019] [Accepted: 02/12/2020] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Extreme environmental conditions seriously affect crop growth and development, resulting in substantial reduction in yield and quality. However, chitin-binding proteins (CBP) family member CaChiVI2 plays a crucial role in eliminating the impact of adverse environmental conditions, such as cold and salt stress. Here, for the first time it was discovered that CaChiVI2 (Capana08g001237) gene of pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) had a role in resistance to heat stress and physiological processes. The full-length open-reading frame (ORF) of CaChiVI2 (606-bp, encoding 201-amino acids), was cloned into TRV2:CaChiVI2 vector for silencing. The CaChiVI2 gene carries heat shock elements (HSE, AAAAAATTTC) in the upstream region, and thereby shows sensitivity to heat stress at the transcriptional level. The silencing effect of CaChiVI2 in pepper resulted in increased susceptibility to heat and Phytophthora capsici infection. This was evident from the severe symptoms on leaves, the increase in superoxide (O2 -) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) accumulation, higher malondialdehyde (MDA), relative electrolyte leakage (REL) and lower proline contents compared with control plants. Furthermore, the transcript level of other resistance responsive genes was also altered. In addition, the CaChiIV2-overexpression in Arabidopsis thaliana showed mild heat and drought stress symptoms and increased transcript level of a defense-related gene (AtHSA32), indicating its role in the co-regulation network of the plant. The CaChiVI2-overexpressed plants also showed a decrease in MDA contents and an increase in antioxidant enzyme activity and proline accumulation. In conclusion, the results suggest that CaChiVI2 gene plays a decisive role in heat and drought stress tolerance, as well as, provides resistance against P. capsici by reducing the accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and modulating the expression of defense-related genes. The outcomes obtained here suggest that further studies should be conducted on plants adaptation mechanisms in variable environments.
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- Muhammad Ali
- College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
- Department of Horticulture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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- College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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- Department of Agriculture, The University of Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- Department of Horticulture, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- Institute of Nuclear Agricultural Sciences, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Agriculture, The University of Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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- Department of Horticulture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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Molecular evolution and structural variations in nuclear encoded chloroplast localized heat shock protein 26 (sHSP26) from genetically diverse wheat species. Comput Biol Chem 2019; 83:107144. [PMID: 31751884 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiolchem.2019.107144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2018] [Revised: 07/01/2019] [Accepted: 10/05/2019] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Heat shock proteins are an important class of molecular chaperones known to impart tolerance under high temperature stress. sHSP26, a member of small heat shock protein subfamily is specifically involved in protecting plant's photosynthetic machinery. The present study aimed at identifying and characterizing sequence and structural variations in sHSP26 from genetically diverse progenitor and non-progenitor species of wheat. In silico analysis identified three paralogous copies of TaHSP26 to reside on short arm of chromosome 4A while one homeologue each was localized on long arm of chromosome 4B and 4D of cultivated bread wheat. Wild DD-genome donor Aegilops tauschii carried an additional sHSP26 gene (AET4Gv20569400) which was absent in the cultivated DD genome of bread wheat. In vitro amplification of this novel gene in wild accessions of Ae. tauschii and synthetic hexaploid wheat but not in cultivated bread wheat validated this finding. Further, significant length polymorphism could be identified in exon1 from diverse sHSP26 sequences. Multiple sequence alignment of procured sequences revealed numerous sSNPs and nsSNPs. D3A, P125 L, Q242 K were designated as homeolog specific- while A49 G as non-progenitor specific amino acid replacements. A 9-bp indel in TmHSP26-1(GA) translated into a deletion of SPM amino acid segment in chloroplast specific conserved consensus region III. High degree of divergence in nucleotide sequence between cultivated and wild species appeared in the form of higher ω values (Ka/Ks >1) indicating positive selection during the course of evolution. Phylogenetic analysis elucidated ancestral relationships between wheat sHSP26 proteins and orthologous proteins across plant kingdom. Overall, data mining approach may be employed as an effective pre-breeding strategy to identify and mobilize novel stress responsive genes and distinct allelic variants from wider germplasm collections of wheat to enhance climate resilience of present day elite wheat cultivars.
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Feng XH, Zhang HX, Ali M, Gai WX, Cheng GX, Yu QH, Yang SB, Li XX, Gong ZH. A small heat shock protein CaHsp25.9 positively regulates heat, salt, and drought stress tolerance in pepper (Capsicum annuum L.). PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2019; 142:151-162. [PMID: 31284139 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2019.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2019] [Revised: 06/22/2019] [Accepted: 07/01/2019] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Extreme environmental conditions seriously affect crop growth and development, resulting in a decrease in crop yield and quality. However, small heat shock proteins (Hsp20s) play an important role in helping plants to avoid these negative impacts. In this study, we identified the expression pattern of the CaHsp25.9 gene in a thermo-tolerance pepper line R9 and thermo-sensitive line B6. The transcription of CaHsp25.9 was strongly induced by heat stress in both R9 and B6. The expression of CaHsp25.9 was induced by salt and drought stress in R9. Additionally, the CaHsp25.9 protein was localized in the cell membrane and cytoplasm. When silencing the CaHsp25.9 gene in the R9 line, the accumulation of malonaldehyde (MDA), relative electrolytic leakage, hydrogen peroxide, superoxide anion were increased, while total chlorophyll decreased under heat, salt, and drought stress. Over-expression of CaHsp25.9 in Arabidopsis resulted in decreased MDA, while proline, superoxide dismutase activity, germination, and root length increased under heat, salt, and drought stress. However, peroxidase activity was higher in drought stress but lower in heat and salt stress in transgenic Arabidopsis compared to the wild type (WT). Furthermore, the transcription of stress related genes was more highly induced in transgenic lines than WT. Our results indicated that CaHsp25.9 confers heat, salt, and drought stress tolerance to plants by reducing the accumulation of reactive oxygen species, enhancing the activity of antioxidant enzymes, and regulating the expression of stress-related genes. Therefore, these results may provide insight into plant adaption mechanisms developed in variable environments.
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- Xiao-Hui Feng
- College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, PR China
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- College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, PR China
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- College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, PR China
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- College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, PR China
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- College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, PR China
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- Institute of Horticulture Crops, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Urumqi, 830091, PR China
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- Institute of Horticulture Crops, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Urumqi, 830091, PR China
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- College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, PR China
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- College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, PR China.
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Zhang L, Song Z, Li F, Li X, Ji H, Yang S. The specific MYB binding sites bound by TaMYB in the GAPCp2/3 promoters are involved in the drought stress response in wheat. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2019; 19:366. [PMID: 31426752 PMCID: PMC6701022 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-019-1948-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2019] [Accepted: 07/29/2019] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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BACKGROUND Drought stress is one of the major abiotic stresses that affects plant growth and productivity. The GAPCp genes play important roles in drought stress tolerance in multiple species. The aim of this experiment was to identify the core cis-regulatory elements that may respond to drought stress in the GAPCp2 and GAPCp3 promoter sequences. RESULTS In this study, the promoters of GAPCp2 and GAPCp3 were cloned. The promoter activities were significantly improved under abiotic stress via regulation of Rluc reporter gene expression, while promoter sequence analysis indicated that these fragments were not almost identical. In transgenic Arabidopsis with the expression of the GUS reporter gene under the control of one of these promoters, the activities of GUS were strong in almost all tissues except the seeds, and the activities were induced after abiotic stress. The yeast one-hybrid system and EMSA demonstrated that TaMYB bound TaGAPCp2P/3P. By analyzing different 5' deletion mutants of these promoters, it was determined that TaGAPCp2P (- 1312~ - 528) and TaGAPCp3P (- 2049~ - 610), including the MYB binding site, contained enhancer elements that increased gene expression levels under drought stress. We used an effector and a reporter to co-transform tobacco and found that TaMYB interacted with the specific MYB binding sites of TaGAPCp2P (- 1197~ - 635) and TaGAPCp3P (- 1456~ - 1144 and - 718~ - 610) in plant cells. Then, the Y1H system and EMSA assay demonstrated that these MYB binding sites in TaGAPCp2P (- 1135 and - 985) and TaGAPCp3P (- 1414 and - 665) were the target cis-elements of TaMYB. The deletion of the specific MYB binding sites in the promoter fragments significantly restrained the drought response, and these results confirmed that these MYB binding sites (AACTAAA/C) play vital roles in improving the transcription levels under drought stress. The results of qRT-PCR in wheat protoplasts transiently overexpressing TaMYB indicated that the expression of TaGAPCp2/3 induced by abiotic stress was upregulated by TaMYB. CONCLUSION The MYB binding sites (AACTAAA/C) in TaGAPCp2P/3P were identified as the key cis-elements for responding to drought stress and were bound by the transcription factor TaMYB.
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- Lin Zhang
- College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100 Shaanxi China
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- College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100 Shaanxi China
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- College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100 Shaanxi China
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- College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100 Shaanxi China
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- College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100 Shaanxi China
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- College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100 Shaanxi China
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He Y, Fan M, Sun Y, Li L. Genome-Wide Analysis of Watermelon HSP20s and Their Expression Profiles and Subcellular Locations under Stresses. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 20:E12. [PMID: 30577505 PMCID: PMC6337729 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20010012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2018] [Revised: 12/10/2018] [Accepted: 12/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus L.), which is an economically important cucurbit crop that is cultivated worldwide, is vulnerable to various adverse environmental conditions. Small heat shock protein 20s (HSP20s) are the most abundant plant HSPs and they play important roles in various biotic and abiotic stress responses. However, they have not been systematically investigated in watermelon. In this study, we identified 44 watermelon HSP20 genes and analyzed their gene structures, conserved domains, phylogenetic relationships, chromosomal distributions, and expression profiles. All of the watermelon HSP20 proteins have a conserved the α-crystallin (ACD) domain. Half of the ClHSP20s arose through gene duplication events. Plant HSP20s were grouped into 18 subfamiles and a new subfamily, nucleo-cytoplasmic XIII (CXIII), was identified in this study. Numerous stress- and hormone-responsive cis-elements were detected in the putative promoter regions of the watermelon HSP20 genes. Different from that in other species, half of the watermelon HSP20s were repressed by heat stress. Plant HSP20s displayed diverse responses to different virus infections and most of the ClHSP20s were generally repressed by Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus (CGMMV). Some ClHSP20s exhibited similar transcriptional responses to abscisic acid, melatonin, and CGMMV. Subcellular localization analyses of six selected HSP20- green fluorescence protein fusion proteins revealed diverse subcellular targeting. Some ClHSP20 proteins were affected by CGMMV, as reflected by changes in the size, number, and distribution of fluorescent granules. These systematic analyses provide a foundation for elucidating the physiological functions and biological roles of the watermelon HSP20 gene family.
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- Yanjun He
- Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Vegetables, Hangzhou 310021, China.
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- Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Vegetables, Hangzhou 310021, China.
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- Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Vegetables, Hangzhou 310021, China.
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- Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Vegetables, Hangzhou 310021, China.
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Kazemi-Shahandashti SS, Maali-Amiri R. Global insights of protein responses to cold stress in plants: Signaling, defence, and degradation. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2018; 226:123-135. [PMID: 29758377 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2018.03.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2018] [Accepted: 03/30/2018] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Cold stress (CS) as one of the unfavorable abiotic tensions proceeds different aspects of plant responses. These responses are generated through CS effects on crucial processes such as photosynthesis, energy metabolism, ROS homeostasis, membrane fluidity and cell wall architecture. As a tolerance response, plants apply proteins in various strategies such as transferring the message of cold entrance named as signaling, producing defensive and protective molecules against the stress and degrading some unfavorable or unnecessary proteins to produce other required ones. A change in one part of these networks can irritate alternations in others. These strategies as acclimation mechanisms are conducted through gene expression reprogramming to provide a new adjusted metabolic homeostasis dependent on the stress severity and duration and plant species. Investigating protein alterations in metabolic pathways and their role in adjusting cellular components from upstream to downstream levels can provide a profound knowledge of plants tolerance mechanism against the damaging effects of CS. In this review, we summarized the activity of some cold-responsive proteins from the perception phase to tolerance response against CS.
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- Seyyedeh-Sanam Kazemi-Shahandashti
- Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, University College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, 31587-77871, Karaj, Iran
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, University College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, 31587-77871, Karaj, Iran.
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Comastri A, Janni M, Simmonds J, Uauy C, Pignone D, Nguyen HT, Marmiroli N. Heat in Wheat: Exploit Reverse Genetic Techniques to Discover New Alleles Within the Triticum durum sHsp26 Family. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 9:1337. [PMID: 30283469 PMCID: PMC6156267 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2018] [Accepted: 08/24/2018] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Wheat breeding nowadays must address producers and consumers' desire. According to the last FAO report, a dramatic decrease in wheat production is expected in the next decades mainly due to the upcoming climate change. The identification of the processes which are triggered by heat stress and how thermotolerance develops in wheat is an active research topic. Genomic approach may help wheat breeding since it allows direct study on the genotype and relationship with the phenotype. Here the isolation and characterization of four members of the chloroplast-localized small heat shock proteins (sHSP) encoded by the Hsp26 gene family is reported. Furthermore, two high throughput TILLING (Targeting Induced Local Lesions In Genomes) approaches in vivo and in silico were used for the identification of new alleles within this family. Small heat shock proteins are known to prevent the irreversible aggregation of misfolded proteins and contribute to the acquisition of thermotolerance. Chloroplast-localized sHSPs protect the photosynthetic machinery during episodes of high temperature stress. The modulation of the newly discovered genes within the sHsp26 family has been analyzed in vivo and by the ExpVIP platform widening the abiotic stress analysis; and their involvement in the heat stress response has been demonstrated. In addition, in this study a total of 50 TILLING mutant lines have been identified. A set of KASP (Kompetitive Allele Specific PCR) markers was also developed to follow the specific mutations in the ongoing backcrosses, applicable to high throughput genotyping approaches and usable in marker assisted selection breeding programs.
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- Alessia Comastri
- Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Department of DiSBA, CNR, Institute of Bioscience and Bioresources, Bari, Italy
- Department of DiTET, CNR, Institute of Materials for Electronics and Magnetism, Parma, Italy
- *Correspondence: Michela Janni
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- John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- Department of DiSBA, CNR, Institute of Bioscience and Bioresources, Bari, Italy
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- Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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Zhao J, Missihoun TD, Bartels D. The role of Arabidopsis aldehyde dehydrogenase genes in response to high temperature and stress combinations. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2017; 68:4295-4308. [PMID: 28922758 PMCID: PMC5853279 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erx194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2017] [Accepted: 05/18/2017] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Aldehyde dehydrogenases (ALDH) are a family of enzymes that are involved in plant metabolism and contribute to aldehyde homeostasis to eliminate toxic aldehydes. The ALDH enzymes produce NADPH and NADH in their enzymatic reactions and thus contribute to balancing redox equivalents. Previous studies showed that Arabidopsis ALDH genes are expressed in response to high salinity, dehydration, oxidative stress, or heavy metals, suggesting important roles in environmental adaptation. However, the role of ALDH genes in high temperature and stress combinations (heat stress combined with dehydration, wounding, or salt stress) is unclear. Here, we analysed expression patterns of selected ALDH genes on the transcript and protein level at different time points of heat stress, basal and acquired thermotolerance, and stress combination treatments. Our results indicate that ALDH3I1 and ALDH7B4 are strongly induced by heat stress. Higher levels of ALDH7B4 accumulated in response to dehydration-heat, heat-salt and wounding-heat combination stress than in response to single stressors. The comparison of physiological and biological parameters in T-DNA double mutants of ALDH genes and wild-type plants demonstrated that mutant lines are more sensitive to heat stress and stress combinations than wild-type plants.
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- Junyi Zhao
- Institute of Molecular Physiology and Biotechnology of Plants (IMBIO), University of Bonn, Kirschallee, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Physiology and Biotechnology of Plants (IMBIO), University of Bonn, Kirschallee, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Physiology and Biotechnology of Plants (IMBIO), University of Bonn, Kirschallee, Bonn, Germany
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Muthusamy SK, Dalal M, Chinnusamy V, Bansal KC. Genome-wide identification and analysis of biotic and abiotic stress regulation of small heat shock protein (HSP20) family genes in bread wheat. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2017; 211:100-113. [PMID: 28178571 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2017.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2016] [Revised: 01/16/2017] [Accepted: 01/16/2017] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Small Heat Shock Proteins (sHSPs)/HSP20 are molecular chaperones that protect plants by preventing protein aggregation during abiotic stress conditions, especially heat stress. Due to global climate change, high temperature is emerging as a major threat to wheat productivity. Thus, the identification of HSP20 and analysis of HSP transcriptional regulation under different abiotic stresses in wheat would help in understanding the role of these proteins in abiotic stress tolerance. We used sequences of known rice and Arabidopsis HSP20 HMM profiles as queries against publicly available wheat genome and wheat full length cDNA databases (TriFLDB) to identify the respective orthologues from wheat. 163 TaHSP20 (including 109 sHSP and 54 ACD) genes were identified and classified according to the sub-cellular localization and phylogenetic relationship with sequenced grass genomes (Oryza sativa, Sorghum bicolor, Zea mays, Brachypodium distachyon and Setaria italica). Spatio-temporal, biotic and abiotic stress-specific expression patterns in normalized RNA seq and wheat array datasets revealed constitutive as well as inductive responses of HSP20 in different tissues and developmental stages of wheat. Promoter analysis of TaHSP20 genes showed the presence of tissue-specific, biotic, abiotic, light-responsive, circadian and cell cycle-responsive cis-regulatory elements. 14 TaHSP20 family genes were under the regulation of 8 TamiRNA genes. The expression levels of twelve HSP20 genes were studied under abiotic stress conditions in the drought- and heat-tolerant wheat genotype C306. Of the 13 TaHSP20 genes, TaHSP16.9H-CI showed high constitutive expression with upregulation only under salt stress. Both heat and salt stresses upregulated the expression of TaHSP17.4-CI, TaHSP17.7A-CI, TaHSP19.1-CIII, TaACD20.0B-CII and TaACD20.6C-CIV, while TaHSP23.7-MTI was specifically induced only under heat stress. Our results showed that the identified TaHSP20 genes play an important role under different abiotic stress conditions. Thus, the results illustrate the complexity of the TaHSP20 gene family and its stress regulation in wheat, and suggest that sHSPs as attractive breeding targets for improvement of the heat tolerance of wheat.
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- Senthilkumar K Muthusamy
- ICAR-National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi, 110012, India; Division of Crop Improvement, ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal, 132001, India
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- ICAR-National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi, 110012, India
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- Division of Plant Physiology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 110012, India
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- ICAR-National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi, 110012, India.
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Lin CH, Chen CY. The pathogen-inducible promoter of defense-related LsGRP1 gene from Lilium functioning in phylogenetically distinct species of plants. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2017; 254:22-31. [PMID: 27964782 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2016.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2016] [Revised: 09/11/2016] [Accepted: 10/11/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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A suitable promoter greatly enhances the efficiency of target gene expression of plant molecular breeding and farming; however, only very few promoters are available for economically important non-graminaceous ornamental monocots. In this study, an 868-bp upstream region of defense-related LsGRP1 of Lilium, named PLsGRP1, was cloned by genome walking and proven to exhibit promoter activity in Nicotiana benthamiana and Lilium 'Stargazer' as assayed by agroinfiltration-based β-glucuronidase (GUS) expression system. Many putative biotic stress-, abiotic stress- and physiological regulation-related cis-acting elements were found in PLsGRP1. Serial deletion analysis of PLsGRP1 performed in Nicotiana tabacum var. Wisconsin 38 accompanied with types of treatments indicated that 868-bp PLsGRP1 was highly induced upon pathogen challenges and cold stress while the 131-bp 3'-end region of PLsGRP1 could be dramatically induced by many kinds of abiotic stresses, biotic stresses and phytohormone treatments. Besides, transient GUS expression in a fern, gymnosperms, monocots and dicots revealed good promotor activity of PLsGRP1 in many phylogenetically distinct plant species. Thus, pathogen-inducible PLsGRP1 and its 131-bp 3'-end region are presumed potential as tools for plant molecular breeding and farming.
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- Chia-Hua Lin
- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd., Taipei 10617, Taiwan, ROC.
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd., Taipei 10617, Taiwan, ROC.
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Simultaneous Analysis of Multiple Promoters: An Application of the PC-GW Binary Vector Series. Methods Mol Biol 2016. [PMID: 27557769 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6396-6_13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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With the advances in the field of synthetic biology, there is an increasing demand for multi-gene cloning technologies. Molecular cloning to generate multi-gene constructs can be performed by restriction digestion, or by recombination-based cloning strategies such as Gateway(®). This chapter details cloning, transformation, and selection procedures involved in generation of multi-gene expressing transgenic plants. Methods are described for cloning five distinct promoter-reporter fusion constructs into the PC-GW-BAR vector (from the PC-GW vector series) using Gateway(®) technology and meganuclease sites. Further, transformation and selection methods are described for the biofuel crop Camelina sativa from the Brassicaceae family. These methods would be constructive toward generating multi-gene expressing plants for simultaneous expression analysis of five promoters in a short time period.
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Mishra RC, Richa, Singh A, Tiwari LD, Grover A. Characterization of 5'UTR of rice ClpB-C/Hsp100 gene: evidence of its involvement in post-transcriptional regulation. Cell Stress Chaperones 2016; 21:271-83. [PMID: 26546418 PMCID: PMC4786525 DOI: 10.1007/s12192-015-0657-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2015] [Revised: 10/18/2015] [Accepted: 10/26/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Rice (Oryza sativa) ClpB-C (OsClpB-C) protein is expressed upon heat stress in vegetative tissues and constitutively in seeds. We produced stably transformed Arabidopsis plants carrying β-glucuronidase (Gus) reporter gene downstream to 1-kb OsClpB-C promoter (1kbPro plants). In the 1kbPro plants, expression of Gus transcript and protein followed the expression pattern of OsClpB-C gene in rice plants, i.e., heat induced in vegetative tissues and constitutive in seeds. Next, we produced transgenic Arabidopsis plants containing Gus downstream to 862-bp fragment of OsClpB-C promoter [lacking 138 nucleotides from 3' end of the 5'untranslated region (5'UTR); ∆UTR plants). In ∆UTR plants, Gus transcript was expressed in heat-inducible manner, but strikingly, Gus protein levels were negligible after heat treatment. However, Gus protein was expressed in ∆UTR seedlings at levels comparable to 1kbPro seedlings when recovery treatment of 22 °C/2 h was given post heat stress (38 °C/15 min). This suggests that 5'UTR of OsClpB-C gene is involved in its post-transcriptional regulation and is an obligate requirement for protein expression during persistent heat stress. Furthermore, the Gus transcript levels were higher in the polysomal RNA fraction in heat-stressed seedlings of 1kbPro plants as compared to ∆UTR plants, indicating that 5'UTR aids in assembly of ribosomes onto the Gus transcript during heat stress. Unlike the case of seedlings, Gus protein was formed constitutively in ∆UTR seeds at levels comparable to 1kbPro seeds. Hence, the function of 5'UTR of OsClpB-C is dispensable for expression in seeds.
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- Ratnesh Chandra Mishra
- Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, 110021, India
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- Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, 110021, India
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- Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, 110021, India
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- Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, 110021, India
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- Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, 110021, India.
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Mostek A, Börner A, Weidner S. Comparative proteomic analysis of β-aminobutyric acid-mediated alleviation of salt stress in barley. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2016; 99:150-61. [PMID: 26760953 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2015.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2015] [Accepted: 12/14/2015] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The non-protein amino acid β-aminobutyric acid (BABA) is known to induce plant resistance to a broad spectrum of biotic and abiotic stresses. This is the first study describing the effect of BABA seed priming on physiological and proteomic changes under salt stress conditions in barley (Hordeum vulgare). The aim of our study was to investigate the changes of fresh weight, dry weight and relative water content (RWC) as well as root proteome changes of two barley lines contrasting in salt tolerance (DH14, DH 187) in response to salt stress after seed priming in water or in 800 μM BABA. Seed priming with BABA significantly increased (p ≤ 0.05) RWC in both barley lines, which indicates considerably lower water loss in BABA-primed plants than in the non-primed control plants. Dry and fresh matter increased significantly in line DH 187, whereas no changes were detected in line DH14. BABA-primed plants of both lines showed different proteomic patterns than the non-primed control plants. The root proteins exhibiting significant abundance changes (1.75-fold change, p ≤ 0.05) were separated by two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (2D- PAGE). Thirty-one spots, representing 24 proteins, were successfully identified by MALDI TOF/TOF mass spectrometry. The most prominent differences include the up-regulation of antioxidant enzymes (catalase, peroxidase and superoxide dismutase), PR proteins (chitinase, endo-1,3-β-glucosidase), and chaperones (cyclophilin, HSC 70). Our results indicate that BABA induces defence and detoxification processes which may enable faster and more effective responses to salt stress, increasing the chances of survival under adverse environmental conditions.
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- Agnieszka Mostek
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Oczapowskiego Street 1a, 10-957 Olsztyn, Poland.
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Corrensstrasse 3, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Oczapowskiego Street 1a, 10-957 Olsztyn, Poland
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Hichri I, Muhovski Y, Clippe A, Žižková E, Dobrev PI, Motyka V, Lutts S. SlDREB2, a tomato dehydration-responsive element-binding 2 transcription factor, mediates salt stress tolerance in tomato and Arabidopsis. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2016; 39:62-79. [PMID: 26082265 DOI: 10.1111/pce.12591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2015] [Revised: 05/17/2015] [Accepted: 05/18/2015] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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To counter environmental cues, cultivated tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) has evolved adaptive mechanisms requiring regulation of downstream genes. The dehydration-responsive element-binding protein 2 (DREB2) transcription factors regulate abiotic stresses responses in plants. Herein, we isolated a novel DREB2-type regulator involved in salinity response, named SlDREB2. Spatio-temporal expression profile together with investigation of its promoter activity indicated that SlDREB2 is expressed during early stages of seedling establishment and in various vegetative and reproductive organs of adult plants. SlDREB2 is up-regulated in roots and young leaves following exposure to NaCl, but is also induced by KCl and drought. Its overexpression in WT Arabidopsis and atdreb2a mutants improved seed germination and plant growth in presence of different osmotica. In tomato, SlDREB2 affected vegetative and reproductive organs development and the intronic sequence present in the 5' UTR drives its expression. Physiological, biochemical and transcriptomic analyses showed that SlDREB2 enhanced plant tolerance to salinity by improvement of K(+) /Na(+) ratio, and proline and polyamines biosynthesis. Exogenous hormonal treatments (abscisic acid, auxin and cytokinins) and analysis of WT and 35S::SlDREB2 tomatoes hormonal contents highlighted SlDREB2 involvement in abscisic acid biosynthesis/signalling. Altogether, our results provide an overview of SlDREB2 mode of action during early salt stress response.
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- Imène Hichri
- Groupe de Recherche en Physiologie Végétale (GRPV), Earth and Life Institute - Agronomy (ELI-A), Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), B-1348, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Département Sciences du vivant, Centre wallon de Recherches Agronomiques, B-5030, Gembloux, Belgium
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- Institut des Sciences de la Vie (ISV), Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), B-1348, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Institute of Experimental Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 165 02, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Experimental Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 165 02, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Experimental Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 165 02, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Groupe de Recherche en Physiologie Végétale (GRPV), Earth and Life Institute - Agronomy (ELI-A), Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), B-1348, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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Role of Heat Shock Proteins in Improving Heat Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants. HEAT SHOCK PROTEINS AND PLANTS 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-46340-7_14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Company N, Nadal A, Ruiz C, Pla M. Production of phytotoxic cationic α-helical antimicrobial peptides in plant cells using inducible promoters. PLoS One 2014; 9:e109990. [PMID: 25387106 PMCID: PMC4227650 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2014] [Accepted: 09/14/2014] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Synthetic linear antimicrobial peptides with cationic α-helical structures, such as BP100, have potent and specific activities against economically important plant pathogenic bacteria. They are also recognized as valuable therapeutics and preservatives. However, highly active BP100 derivatives are often phytotoxic when expressed at high levels as recombinant peptides in plants. Here we demonstrate that production of recombinant phytotoxic peptides in transgenic plants is possible by strictly limiting transgene expression to certain tissues and conditions, and specifically that minimization of this expression during transformation and regeneration of transgenic plants is essential to obtain viable plant biofactories. On the basis of whole-genome transcriptomic data available online, we identified the Os.hsp82 promoter that fulfilled this requirement and was highly induced in response to heat shock. Using this strategy, we generated transgenic rice lines producing moderate yields of severely phytotoxic BP100 derivatives on exposure to high temperature. In addition, a threshold for gene expression in selected tissues and stages was experimentally established, below which the corresponding promoters should be suitable for driving the expression of recombinant phytotoxic proteins in genetically modified plants. In view of the growing transcriptomics data available, this approach is of interest to assist promoter selection for specific purposes.
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- Nuri Company
- Institute for Food and Agricultural Technology, University of Girona, Girona, Spain
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- Institute for Food and Agricultural Technology, University of Girona, Girona, Spain
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- Institute for Food and Agricultural Technology, University of Girona, Girona, Spain
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- Institute for Food and Agricultural Technology, University of Girona, Girona, Spain
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Guo D, Li HL, Tang X, Peng SQ. Molecular and functional characterization of the HbSRPP promoter in response to hormones and abiotic stresses. Transgenic Res 2014; 23:331-40. [PMID: 24043397 DOI: 10.1007/s11248-013-9753-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2013] [Accepted: 09/07/2013] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Small rubber particle protein (SRPP) is a major component of Hevea brasiliensis latex, and obviously participates in the biosynthesis of natural rubber. However, little information is available about regulation of SRPP gene expression. In this study, the promoter region of HbSRPP was isolated and characterized. Its sequence included regulatory elements predicted to be responsive to hormones and other environmental cues. Promoter deletion analysis revealed that 219 nucleotides (nt) upstream of the transcription start site were sufficient for expression. The region from -1,055 to -219 nt positively regulated expression induced by methyl jasmonate (MeJA), abscisic acid (ABA), and wounding; the region from -734 to -528 nt positively regulated expression induced by gibberellic acid (GA); the region from -734 to -219 nt positively regulated expression induced by heat; the region from -1,055 to -4 negatively regulated expression induced by cold; the region from -219 to -4 nt was associated with negative regulation of expression induced by ABA and wounding; the region from -528 to -4 nt negatively regulated expression induced by GA. These results suggest the activity of the HbSRPP promoter is regulated by MeJA, ABA, GA, cold, heat, and wounding.
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- Dong Guo
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Resources of Tropical Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, 571101, China,
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Gill SS, Gill R, Tuteja R, Tuteja N. Genetic engineering of crops: a ray of hope for enhanced food security. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2014; 9:e28545. [PMID: 24686131 PMCID: PMC4091186 DOI: 10.4161/psb.28545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Crop improvement has been a basic and essential chase since organized cultivation of crops began thousands of years ago. Abiotic stresses as a whole are regarded as the crucial factors restricting the plant species to reach their full genetic potential to deliver desired productivity. The changing global climatic conditions are making them worse and pointing toward food insecurity. Agriculture biotechnology or genetic engineering has allowed us to look into and understand the complex nature of abiotic stresses and measures to improve the crop productivity under adverse conditions. Various candidate genes have been identified and transformed in model plants as well as agriculturally important crop plants to develop abiotic stress-tolerant plants for crop improvement. The views presented here are an attempt toward realizing the potential of genetic engineering for improving crops to better tolerate abiotic stresses in the era of climate change, which is now essential for global food security. There is great urgency in speeding up crop improvement programs that can use modern biotechnological tools in addition to current breeding practices for providing enhanced food security.
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- Centre for Biotechnology; MD University; Rohtak, India
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- International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology; Aruna Asaf Ali Marg; New Delhi, India
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- International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology; Aruna Asaf Ali Marg; New Delhi, India
- Correspondence to: Narendra Tuteja,
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Trivedi DK, Bhatt H, Pal RK, Tuteja R, Garg B, Johri AK, Bhavesh NS, Tuteja N. Structure of RNA-interacting cyclophilin A-like protein from Piriformospora indica that provides salinity-stress tolerance in plants. Sci Rep 2013; 3:3001. [PMID: 24141523 PMCID: PMC3801112 DOI: 10.1038/srep03001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2013] [Accepted: 10/03/2013] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Soil salinity problems are widespread around the globe with increased risk of spreading over the years. The fungus Piriformospora indica, identified in Indian Thar desert, colonizes the roots of monocotyledon plants and provides resistance towards biotic as well as abiotic stress conditions. We have identified a cyclophilin A-like protein from P. indica (PiCypA), which shows higher expression levels during salinity stress. The transgenic tobacco plants overexpressing PiCypA develop osmotic tolerance and exhibit normal growth under osmotic stress conditions. The crystal structure and NMR spectroscopy of PiCypA show a canonical cyclophilin like fold exhibiting a novel RNA binding activity. The RNA binding activity of the protein and identification of the key residues involved in the RNA recognition is unique for this class of protein. Here, we demonstrate for the first time a direct evidence of countering osmotic stress tolerance in plant by genetic modification using a P. indica gene.
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- Structural and Computational Biology group
- These authors contributed equally to this work
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- National Institute of Immunology (NII), Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067, India
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- Malaria group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 India
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- School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110 067 India
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