Dehydrinsbelongtoaproteinfamilywhoseexpressionmaybeinducedorenhancedbydevelopmentalprocessandenvironmentalstressesthatleadtoceldehydration.AdehydringenenamedOesDHNwasisolatedandcharacterizedfromoleaster(OleaeuropaeaL.subsp.europaea,var.sylvestris),thewildformofolive.ToelucidatethecontributionofOesDHNinthedevelopmentofdroughttolerance,itsexpressionlevelswereinvestigatedinoleasterplantsduringdevelopmentandunderdroughtstresscondition.TheinvolvementofOesDHNinplantstressresponsewasalsoevaluatedinArabidopsistransgeniclines,engineeredtooverexpressthisgene,andexposedtoacontrolledmildosmoticstress.OesDHNexpressionwasfoundtobemodulatedduringdevelopmentandinducedundermilddroughtstressinoleasterplants.Inaddition,theArabidopsistransgenicplantsshowedabettertolerancetoosmoticstressthanwild-typeplants.TheresultsdemonstratedthatOesDHNexpressionisinducedbydroughtstressandisabletoconferosmoticstresstolerance.WesuggestaroleforOesDHN,asaputativefunctionalmarkerofplantstresstolerance.

A dehydrin gene isolated from feral olive enhances drought tolerance in Arabidopsis transgenic plants.

Chiappetta A.;Muto A.;Bruno L.;Bitonti M. B.
2015-01-01

Abstract

Dehydrinsbelongtoaproteinfamilywhoseexpressionmaybeinducedorenhancedbydevelopmentalprocessandenvironmentalstressesthatleadtoceldehydration.AdehydringenenamedOesDHNwasisolatedandcharacterizedfromoleaster(OleaeuropaeaL.subsp.europaea,var.sylvestris),thewildformofolive.ToelucidatethecontributionofOesDHNinthedevelopmentofdroughttolerance,itsexpressionlevelswereinvestigatedinoleasterplantsduringdevelopmentandunderdroughtstresscondition.TheinvolvementofOesDHNinplantstressresponsewasalsoevaluatedinArabidopsistransgeniclines,engineeredtooverexpressthisgene,andexposedtoacontrolledmildosmoticstress.OesDHNexpressionwasfoundtobemodulatedduringdevelopmentandinducedundermilddroughtstressinoleasterplants.Inaddition,theArabidopsistransgenicplantsshowedabettertolerancetoosmoticstressthanwild-typeplants.TheresultsdemonstratedthatOesDHNexpressionisinducedbydroughtstressandisabletoconferosmoticstresstolerance.WesuggestaroleforOesDHN,asaputativefunctionalmarkerofplantstresstolerance.
2015
dehydrin; olea
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