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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Volume 101, Issue 49, Pages 17306-17311Publisher
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0407758101
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Protein phosphorylation/dephosphorylation are major signaling events induced by osmotic stress in higher plants. Here, we showed that a SNF1-related protein kinase 2 (SnRK2), SRK2C, is an osmotic-stress-activated protein kinase in Arabidopsis thaliana that can significantly impact drought tolerance of Arabidopsis plants. Knockout mutants of SRK2C exhibited drought hypersensitivity in their roots, suggesting that SRK2C is a positive regulator of drought tolerance in Arabidopsis roots. Additionally, transgenic plants with CaMV35S promoter::SRK2C-GFP displayed higher overall drought tolerance than control plants. Whereas stomatal regulation in 35S::SRK2C-GFP plants was not altered, microarray analysis revealed that their drought tolerance coincided with up-regulation of many stress-responsive genes, for example, RD29A, COR15A, and DREB1A/CBF3. From these results, we concluded that SRK2C is capable of mediating signals initiated during drought stress, resulting in appropriate gene expression. Our present study reveals new insights around signal output from osmotic-stress-activated SnRK2 protein kinase as well as supporting feasibility of manipulating SnRK2 toward improving plant osmotic-stress tolerance.
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