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- Title
Overexpression of Small Heat Shock Protein LimHSP16.45 in<i>Arabidopsis</i> Enhances Tolerance to Abiotic Stresses.
- Authors
Mu, Changjun; Zhang, Shijia; Yu, Guanzhong; Chen, Ni; Li, Xiaofeng; Liu, Heng
- Abstract
Small heat shock proteins (smHSPs) play important and extensive roles in plant defenses against abiotic stresses. We cloned a gene for a smHSP from the David Lily (Lilium davidii (E. H. Wilson) Raffill var. Willmottiae), which we named LimHSP16.45 based on its protein molecular weight. Its expression was induced by many kinds of abiotic stresses in both the lily and transgenic plants of Arabidopsis. Heterologous expression enhanced cell viability of the latter under high temperatures, high salt, and oxidative stress, and heat shock granules (HSGs) formed under heat or salinity treatment. Assays of enzymes showed that LimHSP16.45 overexpression was related to greater activity by superoxide dismutase and catalase in transgenic lines. Therefore, we conclude that heterologous expression can protect plants against abiotic stresses by preventing irreversible protein aggregation, and by scavenging cellular reactive oxygen species.
- Subjects
HEAT shock proteins; GENE expression; ARABIDOPSIS; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BRASSICACEAE; OXIDATIVE stress
- Publication
PLoS ONE, 2013, Vol 8, Issue 12, p1
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0082264