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A novel salt inducible WRKY transcription factor gene, AhWRKY75, confers salt tolerance in transgenic peanut

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PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 160, Issue -, Pages 175-183

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ELSEVIER FRANCE-EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2021.01.014

Keywords

Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.); Genetic transformation; AhWRKY75; Salt tolerance; ROS scavenging System

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Funding

  1. Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province [ZR2020QC120]
  2. Opening Foundation of Shandong Dry-land Farming Technology Key Laboratory [2219006]
  3. Qingdao Science and Technology Key Projects [20-3-425-nsh]
  4. National Natural Science Foundation of China [31872875]

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The novel WRKY gene AhWRKY75 enhances salt tolerance in transgenic peanut plants by improving the efficiency of the ROS scavenging system and photosynthesis under stress treatment. This study identifies a new mechanism for enhancing salt tolerance in peanut and other plants.
Peanut is an important oilseed crop whose production is threatened by various abiotic and biotic stresses. Study of the molecular mechanism of salt tolerance could provide important information for the salt tolerance of this crop. WRKY transcription factors (TFs) are one of the largest TF families in plants and are involved in growth and development, defense regulation and the stress response. Here, we cloned a novel WRKY transcription factor gene belonging to the WRKY IIc subfamily, AhWRKY75, from the salt-tolerant mutant M34. The expression of AhWRKY75 was induced by NaCl stress treatment. After salt treatment, AhWRKY75-overexpressing peanuts grew better than wild-type plants. Furthermore, several genes related to the reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavenging system were up-regulated; the activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD), peroxidase (POD) and catalase (CAT) were significantly higher in transgenic lines than in non-transgenic control plants; and the malondialdehyde (MDA) and superoxide anion contents were significantly lower in transgenic lines than in control plants. The net photosynthetic rate (Pn), stomatal conductance (GS) and transpiration rate (Tr) of transgenic lines were significantly higher in transgenic plants than in control plants, and the intercellular CO2 concentration (Ci) was significantly lower in transgenic plants than in control plants. These results demonstrated that the AhWRKY75 gene conferred salt tolerance in transgenic peanut lines by improving the efficiency of the ROS scavenging system and photosynthesis under stress treatment. This study identifies a novel WRKY gene for enhancing the tolerance of peanut and other plants to salt stress.

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