文献类型： 外文期刊

作者： Bao, Yaning ¹ ; Zou, Yifei ³ ; An, Xia ⁴ ; Liao, Yiwen ² ; Dai, Lunjin ² ; Liu, Lijun ² ; Peng, Dingxiang ² ; Huang, Xing ⁵ ; Wang, Bo ² ;

作者机构： 1.Guizhou Univ, Coll Tobacco Sci, Guizhou Key Lab Tobacco Qual Res, Guiyang 550025, Peoples R China

2.Huazhong Agr Univ, Coll Plant Sci & Technol, MOA Key Lab Crop Ecophysiol & Farming Syst Middle, Wuhan 430070, Peoples R China

3.Guizhou Acad Agr Sci, Rapeseed Res Inst, Guiyang 550008, Peoples R China

4.Zhejiang Acad Agr Sci, Zhejiang Xiaoshan Inst Cotton & Bast Fiber Crops, Zhejiang Inst Landscape Plants & Flowers, Hangzhou 311251, Peoples R China

5.Chinese Acad Trop Agr Sci, Environm & Plant Protect Inst, Haikou 571101, Peoples R China

关键词： ramie; WRKY transcription factors; drought; salt; stomatal aperture

期刊名称：PLANTS-BASEL （ 影响因子：4.5； 五年影响因子：4.8 ）

ISSN： 2223-7747

年卷期： 2024 年 13 卷 3 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Plants face multiple stresses in their natural habitats. WRKY transcription factors (TFs) play an important regulatory role in plant stress signaling, regulating the expression of multiple stress-related genes to improve plant stress resistance. In this study, we analyzed the expression profiles of 25 BnWRKY genes in three stages of ramie growth (the seedling stage, the rapid-growth stage, and the fiber maturity stage) and response to abiotic stress through qRT-PCR. The results indicated that 25 BnWRKY genes play a role in different growth stages of ramie and were induced by salt and drought stress in the root and leaf. We selected BnWRKY49 as a candidate gene for overexpression in Arabidopsis. BnWRKY49 was localized in the nucleus. Overexpression of BnWRKY49 affected root elongation under drought and salt stress at the Arabidopsis seedling stage and exhibited increased tolerance to drought stress. Further research found that BnWRKY49-overexpressing lines showed decreased stomatal size and increased cuticular wax deposition under drought compared with wild type (WT). Antioxidant enzyme activities of SOD, POD, and CAT were higher in the BnWRKY49-overexpressing lines than the WT. These findings suggested that the BnWRKY49 gene played an important role in drought stress tolerance in Arabidopsis and laid the foundation for further research on the functional analysis of the BnWRKYs in ramie.