Overexpression of cold-inducible wheat galactinol synthase confers tolerance to chilling stress in transgenic rice

Galactinol synthase (GolS) is considered to be a key regulator of the biosynthesis of Raffinose family oligosaccharides (RFOs). Accumulation of RFOs has been reported to play a role in protection against abiotic stresses. We identified two cDNAs encoding galactinol synthase from wheat (Triticum aest...

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Veröffentlicht in:Breeding science. - 1998. - 65(2015), 5 vom: 15. Dez., Seite 363-71
1. Verfasser: Shimosaka, Etsuo (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Ozawa, Kenjirou
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2015
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Breeding science
Schlagworte:Journal Article chilling tolerance galactinol galactinol synthase raffinose transgenic rice wheat
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Zusammenfassung:Galactinol synthase (GolS) is considered to be a key regulator of the biosynthesis of Raffinose family oligosaccharides (RFOs). Accumulation of RFOs has been reported to play a role in protection against abiotic stresses. We identified two cDNAs encoding galactinol synthase from wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), which we designated as TaGolS1 and TaGolS2. Expression of the two TaGolS genes was induced by cold stress but not by drought, heat stress or ABA treatment in wheat. We generated transgenic lines of rice (Oryza sativa L.) constitutively overexpressing TaGolS1 or TaGolS2. These transgenic plants accumulated significantly higher levels of galactinol and raffinose than did wild-type plants and exhibited enhanced cold-stress tolerance. The results demonstrate the involvement of galactinol and raffinose in the development of chilling stress in rice and indicate that the genetic modification of the biosynthesis of RFOs by transformation with GolS genes could be an effective method for enhancing chilling-stress tolerance in rice
Beschreibung:Date Completed 31.12.2015
Date Revised 24.03.2024
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE
ISSN:1344-7610
DOI:10.1270/jsbbs.65.363