1. Cold shock protein 3 plays a negative role in apple drought tolerance by regulating oxidative stress response.
- Author
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Li C, Hou N, Fang N, He J, Ma Z, Ma F, Guan Q, and Li X
- Subjects
- Cold Shock Proteins and Peptides genetics, Droughts, Gene Expression Regulation, Plant, Oxidative Stress, Plant Breeding, Plant Proteins genetics, Plant Proteins metabolism, Plants, Genetically Modified metabolism, Stress, Physiological, Malus genetics, Malus metabolism
- Abstract
As RNA chaperones, cold shock proteins (CSPs) are essential for cold adaptation. Although the functions of CSPs in cold response have been demonstrated in several species, the roles of CSPs in response to drought are largely unknown. Here, we demonstrated that MdCSP3, a downstream target gene of MdMYB88 and MdMYB124, contributes to drought tolerance in apple (Malus × domestica). MdCSP3 responds to various abiotic stresses, including drought, cold, heat, and salt stress. Compared with non-transgenic apple GL-3, the MdCSP3 overexpressing plants exhibit significantly lower drought resistance and a reduced capacity for ROS scavenging by the regulation of antioxidant enzymes SOD, CAT, and POD. Additionally, RNA-seq data shows that MdCSP3 regulates expression of genes involved in oxidative stress response. Taken together, our results demonstrate the functions of MdCSP3 in apple drought tolerance, and this finding provides a new direction for breeding of drought resistant apple., (Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.)
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- 2021
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