Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica ›› 2022, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (4): 53-61. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20192992

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Function Identification of ZmCOR410 from Zoysia matrella in Resistance to Abiotic Stresses

ZHANG Xiaohan, CHEN Yanliang, MA Xin, ZHANG Shanshan, WEI Shanjun   

  1. College of Life and Environmental Sciences,Minzu University of China,Beijing 100081,China
  • Received:2022-03-29 Published:2022-08-28
  • Contact: WEI Shanjun

Abstract:

In order to explore the molecular mechanism of Zoysia grass in resistance to abiotic stresses,in the present study we reported the function of a cold responding gene from Zoysia matrella designated as ZmCOR410. The sequence information of the gene was obtained on the base of transcriptome and genomic data. The expression profile of ZmCOR410 in response to low temperature was detected by qRT-PCR,and the functions of the gene under abiotic stresses were estimated in Arabidopsis and yeast by genetic transformation.The results showed that the CDS of the gene was 927 bp in length,encoding an acid dehydrin that contains 308 amino acids. In the polygenetic tree of COR410 homologues from gramineous grasses,ZmCOR410 had a close relationship with the homologues of Cleistogenes songorica and Eragrostis curvula,two species that were high tolerant to drought stress. In the genomic DNA,there were four copies of core sequence of DRE-cis element in the 1 700 bp region upstream of the CDS of ZmCOR410,and its mRNA was accumulated in leaves exposed to cold. Compared to WT plants,Arabidopsis plants over expressing ZmCOR410 showed reduced injury in leaves after a freezing-temperature exposure,and showed higher survival rates under drought and high temperature stresses. Yeast cells harboring ZmCOR410 were also more tolerant to high temperature stress than the control cells. The results indicated that the product of ZmCOR410 could enhance cells resistance to freezing cold,high temperature and drought stresses,which would help Zoysia matrella going through adverse environments.

Key words: Zoysia matrella, COR genes, Abiotic stress, Dehydrins

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ZHANG Xiaohan, CHEN Yanliang, MA Xin, ZHANG Shanshan, WEI Shanjun. Function Identification of ZmCOR410 from Zoysia matrella in Resistance to Abiotic Stresses[J]. Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica, 2022, 37(4): 53-61. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20192992.

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