A Cotton Cyclin-Dependent Kinase E Confers Resistance to Verticillium dahliae Mediated by Jasmonate-Responsive Pathway.

ABSTRACT: Many subunits of the Mediator transcriptional co-activator complex are multifunctional proteins that regulate plant immunity in Arabidopsis. Cotton cyclin-dependent kinase E (GhCDKE), which is a subunit of the cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) Mediator complex, has been annotated, but the biological functions of this gene associated with regulating disease resistance have not been characterized. Here, we cloned GhCDKE from cotton and confirmed that GhCDKE belonged to the E-type CDK family in the phylogenetic tree, and, as in other eukaryotes, we found that GhCDKE interacted with C-type cyclin (GhCycC) by yeast two-hybrid and luciferase complementation imaging assays. Expression of GhCDKE in cotton was induced by Verticillium dahliae infection and MeJA treatment

SUBMITTER: Li X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5976743 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature