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PLANT SCIENCE
Volume 292, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2020.110406
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Aspartic protease; Drought tolerance; ABA signaling; Guard cell; Arabidopsis
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- National Scientific and Technical Research Council grant (CONICET)
- Scientific Research Commission of the Province of Buenos Aires (CIC)
- University of Mar del Plata grant
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Drought is an environmental stress that severely affects plant growth and crop production. Different studies have focused on drought responses but the molecular bases that regulate these mechanisms are still unclear. We report the participation of Aspartic Protease (APA1) in drought tolerance. Overexpressing APA1 Arabidopsis plants (OE-APA1), showed a phenotype more tolerant to drought compared with WT. On the contrary, apal insertional lines were more sensitive to this stress compared to WT plants. Morphological and physiological differences related with the water loss were observed between leaves of OE- APA1 and WT plants. OE-APA1 leaves showed lower stomata index and stomata density as well as a smaller of the stomatic aperture compared to WT plants. qPCR analysis in OE-APA1 leaves, showed higher expression levels of genes related to ABA signaling and synthesis. Analysis of plant lines expressing APA1 promoter fused to GUS showed that APA1 is expressed in epidermal and stomata cells. In summary, this work suggests that APA1 is involved in ABA-dependent response that its overexpression confers drought tolerance in Arabidopsis.
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