Overexpression of GmCaM4 in soybean enhances resistance to pathogens and tolerance to salt stress.

ABSTRACT: Plant diseases inflict heavy losses on soybean yield, necessitating an understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying biotic/abiotic stress responses. Ca(2) (+) is an important universal messenger, and protein sensors, prominently calmodulins (CaMs), recognize cellular changes in Ca(2) (+) in response to diverse signals. Because the development of stable transgenic soybeans is laborious and time consuming, we used the Bean pod mottle virus (BPMV)-based vector for rapid and efficient protein expression and gene silencing. The present study focuses on the functional roles of the gene encoding the soybean CaM isoform GmCaM4. Overexpression of GmCaM4 in soybean resulted in enhanced resistance to three plant pathogens and increased tolerance to high salt conditions. To gain an understandi

SUBMITTER: Rao SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6638926 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature