Overexpression of Prunus mume Dehydrin Genes in Tobacco Enhances Tolerance to Cold and Drought.

ABSTRACT: Dehydrins, known as group 2 or D-11 family late-embryogenesis-abundant (LEA) proteins, play important roles in plant growth and stress tolerance. Six dehydrin genes were previously identified from the genome of Prunus mume. In this study, five of them (PmLEA8, PmLEA10, PmLEA19, PmLEA20, and PmLEA29) were cloned from cold-resistant P. mume 'Beijingyudie'. Real-time RT-PCR analysis indicated that all these genes could be up-regulated by one or several treatments (ABA, SA, low temperature, high temperature, PEG, and NaCl treatments). The results of spot assay demonstrated that the expression of all these dehydrins, except PmLEA8, conferred improved osmotic and freezing-resistance to the recombinant Escherichia coli. So four dehydrin genes, PmLEA10, PmLEA1

SUBMITTER: Bao F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5293821 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature