Cloning and characterization of a salt stress-inducible small GTPase gene from the model grass species Lolium temulentum

A gene encoding a small guanosine triphosphate (GTP)-binding protein (smGTP) related to the Rab2 gene family of GTPases was identified during the analysis of a salt stress suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) expression library from the model grass species Lolium temulentum L. (Darnel ryegras...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of plant physiology. - 1979. - 165(2008), 6 vom: 18. Apr., Seite 651-61
1. Verfasser: Dombrowski, James E (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Baldwin, James C, Martin, Ruth C
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2008
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Journal of plant physiology
Schlagworte:Journal Article RNA, Messenger RNA, Plant Sodium Chloride 451W47IQ8X Monomeric GTP-Binding Proteins EC 3.6.5.2
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Zusammenfassung:A gene encoding a small guanosine triphosphate (GTP)-binding protein (smGTP) related to the Rab2 gene family of GTPases was identified during the analysis of a salt stress suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) expression library from the model grass species Lolium temulentum L. (Darnel ryegrass). The smGTP gene was found to have a low-level constitutive expression and was strongly induced by salt stress in root, crown and leaf tissues. The expression pattern of the smGTP gene was compared against two additional stress genes identified in the SSH expression library, the well-characterized dehydration stress tolerance gene, delta 1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate synthetase (P5CS) encoding for a key enzyme in proline biosynthesis, and the cold response gene COR413. The genes were analyzed for their response to salinity as well as their responses to 7 different forms of abiotic stress in L. temulentum plants. The smGTP gene displayed an expression pattern similar to the P5CS gene, suggesting a role in dehydration stress. In contrast, the COR413 gene was found to be up-regulated in response to all stresses tested and has utility as a general stress marker in grass plants
Beschreibung:Date Completed 22.04.2009
Date Revised 30.09.2020
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1618-1328