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BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
卷 389, 期 3, 页码 556-561出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.09.032
关键词
Zinc finger protein; Transcription factor; Abiotic stress; Oxidative stress; Rice
资金
- Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University [NCET-08-0795]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [30600350]
- 111 project [B08025]
- Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University (PCSIRT)
ZFP245 is a cold- and drought-responsive gene that encodes a zinc finger protein in rice. The ZFP245 protein localizes in the nucleus and exhibits trans-activation activity. Transgenic rice plants overexpressing ZFP245 were generated and found to display high tolerance to cold and drought stresses. The transgenic plants did not exhibit growth retardation, but showed growth sensitivity against exogenous abscisic acid, increased free proline levels and elevated expression of rice pyrroline-5-carboxylatesynthetase and proline transporter genes under stress conditions. Overproduction of ZFP245 enhanced the activities of reactive oxygen species-scavenging enzymes under stress conditions and increased the tolerance of rice seedlings to oxidative stress. Our data suggest that ZFP245 may contribute to the tolerance of rice plants to cold and drought stresses by regulating proline levels and reactive oxygen species-scavenging activities, and therefore may be useful for developing transgenic crops with enhanced tolerance to abiotic stress. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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