Journal
PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT
Volume 35, Issue 11, Pages 1932-1947Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2012.02526.x
Keywords
BURP domain; protein targeting; apoplast; peroxidase; lignin
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- Hong Kong Research Grant Committee GRF [468409]
- Lo Kwee-Seong Biomedical Research Fund
- Lee Hysan Foundation
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The BURP-domain fro protein family comprises a diverse group of plant-specific proteins that share a conserved BURP domain at the C terminus. However, there have been only limited studies on the functions and subcellular localization of these proteins. Members of the RD22-like subfamily are postulated to associate with stress responses due to the stress-inducible nature of some RD22-like genes. In this report, we used different transgenic systems (cells and in planta) to show that the expression of a stress-inducible RD22-like proteinm soybean (GmRD22) can alleviate salinity and osmotic stress. We also performed detailed microscopic studies using both fusion proteins and immuno-electron microscopic techniques to demonstrate the apoplast localization of GmRD22, for which the BURP domain is a critical determinant of the subcellular localization. The apoplastic GmRD22 interacts with a cell wall peroxidase and the ectopic expression of GmRD22 in both transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana and transgenic rice resulted in increased lignin production when subjected to salinity stress. It is possible that GmRD22 regulates cell wall peroxidases and hence strengthens cell wall integrity under such stress conditions.
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