文献类型： 外文期刊

作者： Wang, Ai-Hua ¹ ; Yang, Lan ² ; Yao, Xin-Zhuan ¹ ; Wen, Xiao-Peng ¹ ;

作者机构： 1.Guizhou Univ, Key Lab Plant Resource Conservat & Germplasm Inno, Collaborat Innovat Ctr Mt Ecol & Agrobioengn CICM, Coll Life Sci,Inst Agrobioengn,Minist Educ, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou, Peoples R China

2.Guizhou Acad Agr Sci, Inst Hort Res, Guiyang 550006, Peoples R China

关键词： Pitaya; HpPEAMT; Glycine betaine; Drought tolerance; Antioxidant enzymes

期刊名称：PLANT CELL TISSUE AND ORGAN CULTURE （ 影响因子：2.711； 五年影响因子：2.73 ）

ISSN： 0167-6857

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摘要： Phosphoethanolamine N-methyltransferase (PEAMTase) catalyzes the methylation of phosphoethanolamine to produce phosphocholine and plays an important role in the abiotic stress response. Although the PEAMT genes has been isolated from many species other than pitaya, its role in the drought stress response has not yet been fully elucidated. In the present study, we isolated a 1485 bp cDNA fragment of HpPEAMT from pitaya (Hylocereus polyrhizus). Phylogenetic analysis showed that, during its evolution, HpPEAMT has shown a high degree of amino acid sequence similarity with the orthologous genes in Chenopodiaceae species. To further investigate the function of HpPEAMT, we generated transgenic tobacco plants overexpressing HpPEAMT, and the transgenic plants accumulated significantly more glycine betaine (GB) than did the wild type (WT). Drought tolerance trials indicated that, compared with those of the wild-type (WT) plants, the roots of the transgenic plants showed higher drought tolerance ability and exhibited improved drought tolerance. Further analysis revealed that overexpression of HpPEAM in Nicotiana tabacum resulted in upregulation of transcript levels of GB biosynthesis-related genes (NiBADH, NiCMO and NiSDC) in the leaves. Furthermore, compared with the wild-type plants, the transgenic tobacco plants displayed a significantly lower malondialdehyde (MDA) accumulation and higher activities of the superoxide dismutase (SOD) and peroxidase (POD) antioxidant enzymes under drought stress. Taken together, our results suggested that HpPEAMT enhanced the drought tolerance of transgenic tobacco. Key message Overexpression of the pitaya phosphoethanolamine N-methyltransferase gene (HpPEAMT) enhanced simulated drought stress in tobacco.