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T1 OVEREXPRESSION OF MsDNAJ-PROTEIN ENHANCES DROUGHT TOLERANCE IN TRANSGENIC TOBACCO PLANTS
A1 Ki-Won Lee
A1 Md. Atikur Rahman
A1 Hee Chung Ji
A1 Ki-Yong Kim
A1 Hyung Soo Park
A1 Gi Jun Choi
A1 Sang-Hoon Lee
JF Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences
JO JAPS
SN 1018-7081
VO 29
IS 5
SP 1442
OP 1446
YR 2019
FD 2019/10/01
DO DOI NA
AB <p>As a co-chaperone DNAJ proteins play pivotal role in abiotic stress responses in plants, but the biological functions of DNAJ are poorly documented. In order to reveal the function of MsDNAJ proteins, physiological and molecular responses were investigated using transgenic tobacco plants. In this study, we showed that the transcript level of transgene MsDNAJ was elevated under drought treatment. The ectopic expression of MsDNAJ transgenic tobacco exhibited lower malondialdehyde (MDA) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) under drought condition. Moreover, the transgenic plants showed better growth with high chlorophyll fluoresce (Fv/Fm) and proline content compared to wild type (WT). In addition, overexpression of MsDNAJ improved drought stress tolerance in transgenic plants. These results suggest that overexpression of tobacco MsDNAJ protein gene enhanced drought tolerance in transgenic tobacco plants.</p>
K1 MsDNAJ, Drought stress, Tolerance, Transgenic tobacco
PB Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum
LK https://thejaps.org.pk/AbstractView.aspx?mid=2019-JAPS-526