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Expression of Two α-Type Expansins from Ammopiptanthus nanus in Arabidopsis thaliana Enhance Tolerance to Cold and Drought Stresses
by Yanping Liu, Li Zhang, Wenfang Hao, Ling Zhang, Yi Liu and Longqing Chen
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2019, 20(21), 5255; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20215255 - 23 Oct 2019
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Expansins, cell-wall loosening proteins, play an important role in plant growth and development and abiotic stress tolerance. Ammopiptanthus nanus (A. nanus) is an important plant to study to understand stress resistance in forestry. In our previous study, two α-type expansins from [...] Read more.
Expansins, cell-wall loosening proteins, play an important role in plant growth and development and abiotic stress tolerance. Ammopiptanthus nanus (A. nanus) is an important plant to study to understand stress resistance in forestry. In our previous study, two α-type expansins from A. nanus were cloned and named AnEXPA1 and AnEXPA2. In this study, we found that they responded to different abiotic stress and hormone signals. It suggests that they may play different roles in response to abiotic stress. Their promoters show some of the same element responses to abiotic stress and hormones, but some special elements were identified between the expansins that could be essential for their expression. In order to further testify the reliability of the above results, we conducted an analysis of β-glucuronidase (GUS) dyeing. The analysis showed that AnEXPA1 was only induced by cold stress, whereas AnEXPA2 responded to hormone induction. AnEXPA1 and AnEXPA2 transgenic Arabidopsis plants showed better tolerance to cold and drought stresses. Moreover, the ability to scavenge reactive oxygen species (ROS) was significantly improved in the transgenic plants, and expansin activity was enhanced. These results suggested that AnEXPA1 and AnEXPA2 play an important role in the response to abiotic stress. Our research contributes to a better understanding of the regulatory network of expansins and may benefit agricultural production. Full article
(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)
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