The GATA Transcription Factors GLN3 and GAT1 Link TOR to Salt Stress inSaccharomyces cerevisiae

Abstract Background Salt stress threatens crop yields all over the world. Many NAC transcription factors have been reported to be involved in different abiotic stress responses, but it remains unclear how loss of these transcription factors alters the transcriptomes of plants. Previous reports have demonstrated that overexpression of OsNAC45 enhances salt and drought tolerance in rice, and that OsNAC45 may regulate the expression of two specific genes, OsPM1 and OsLEA3–1. Results Here, we found that ABA repressed, and NaCl promoted, the expression of OsNAC45 in roots. Immunostaining showed that OsNAC45 was localized in all root cells and was mainly expressed in the stele. Loss of OsNAC45 decreased the sensitivity of rice plants to ABA and over-expressing this gene had the opposite effect, which demonstrated that OsNAC45 played an important role during ABA signal responses. Knockout of OsNAC45 also resulted in more ROS accumulation in roots and increased sensitivity of rice to salt stress. Transcriptome sequencing assay found that thousands of genes were differently expressed in OsNAC45-knockout plants. Most of the down-regulated genes participated in plant stress responses. Quantitative real time RT-PCR suggested that seven genes may be regulated by OsNAC45 including OsCYP89G1, OsDREB1F, OsEREBP2, OsERF104, OsPM1, OsSAMDC2, and OsSIK1. Conclusions These results indicate that OsNAC45 plays vital roles in ABA signal responses and salt tolerance in rice. Further characterization of this gene may help us understand ABA signal pathway and breed rice plants that are more tolerant to salt stress.

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Expression Analyses of Soybean VOZ Transcription Factors and the Role of GmVOZ1G in Drought and Salt Stress Tolerance

International Journal of Molecular Sciences ◽

10.3390/ijms21062177 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 21 (6) ◽

pp. 2177 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Bo Li ◽

Jia-Cheng Zheng ◽

Ting-Ting Wang ◽

Dong-Hong Min ◽

Wen-Liang Wei ◽

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Keyword(s):

Transcription Factor ◽

Transcription Factors ◽

Salt Stress ◽

Abiotic Stress ◽

Stress Tolerance ◽

Zinc Finger ◽

Hairy Roots ◽

Yeast Cells ◽

Salt Stress Tolerance ◽

Drought And Salt Stress

Vascular plant one-zinc-finger (VOZ) transcription factor, a plant specific one-zinc-finger-type transcriptional activator, is involved in regulating numerous biological processes such as floral induction and development, defense against pathogens, and response to multiple types of abiotic stress. Six VOZ transcription factor-encoding genes (GmVOZs) have been reported to exist in the soybean (Glycine max) genome. In spite of this, little information is currently available regarding GmVOZs. In this study, GmVOZs were cloned and characterized. GmVOZ genes encode proteins possessing transcriptional activation activity in yeast cells. GmVOZ1E, GmVOZ2B, and GmVOZ2D gene products were widely dispersed in the cytosol, while GmVOZ1G was primarily located in the nucleus. GmVOZs displayed a differential expression profile under dehydration, salt, and salicylic acid (SA) stress conditions. Among them, GmVOZ1G showed a significantly induced expression in response to all stress treatments. Overexpression of GmVOZ1G in soybean hairy roots resulted in a greater tolerance to drought and salt stress. In contrast, RNA interference (RNAi) soybean hairy roots suppressing GmVOZ1G were more sensitive to both of these stresses. Under drought treatment, soybean composite plants with an overexpression of hairy roots had higher relative water content (RWC). In response to drought and salt stress, lower malondialdehyde (MDA) accumulation and higher peroxidase (POD) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) activities were observed in soybean composite seedlings with an overexpression of hairy roots. The opposite results for each physiological parameter were obtained in RNAi lines. In conclusion, GmVOZ1G positively regulates drought and salt stress tolerance in soybean hairy roots. Our results will be valuable for the functional characterization of soybean VOZ transcription factors under abiotic stress.

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Evolution and identification of DREB transcription factors in the wheat genome: modeling, docking and simulation of DREB proteins associated with salt stress

Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics ◽

10.1080/07391102.2021.1894980 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-14

Author(s):

Sameer Hassan ◽

Katrin Berk ◽

Henrik Aronsson

Keyword(s):

Transcription Factors ◽

Salt Stress ◽

Wheat Genome ◽

Dreb Transcription Factors

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The vacuolar amino acid transport system is a novel, direct target of GATA transcription factors

Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry ◽

10.1093/bbb/zbaa041 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 85 (3) ◽

pp. 587-599

Author(s):

Akane Sato ◽

Takumi Kimura ◽

Kana Hondo ◽

Miyuki Kawano-Kawada ◽

Takayuki Sekito

Keyword(s):

Transcription Factors ◽

Amino Acid ◽

Amino Acid Transport ◽

Amino Acid Transporters ◽

Acid Transport ◽

Amino Acid Transport System ◽

Gata Transcription Factor ◽

Gata Transcription Factors ◽

Acid Status ◽

Direct Target

ABSTRACT In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Avt4 exports neutral and basic amino acids from vacuoles. Previous studies have suggested that the GATA transcription factors, Gln3 and Gat1, which are key regulators that adapt cells in response to changes in amino acid status, are involved in the AVT4 transcription. Here, we show that mutations in the putative GATA-binding sites of the AVT4 promoter reduced AVT4 expression. Consistently, a chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assay revealed that Gat1-Myc13 binds to the AVT4 promoter. Previous microarray results were confirmed that gln3∆gat1∆ cells showed a decrease in expression of AVT1 and AVT7, which also encode vacuolar amino acid transporters. Additionally, ChIP analysis revealed that the AVT6 encoding vacuolar acidic amino acid exporter represents a new direct target of the GATA transcription factor. The broad effect of the GATA transcription factors on the expression of AVT transporters suggests that vacuolar amino acid transport is integrated into cellular amino acid homeostasis.

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