Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica ›› 2022, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (6): 42-49. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20193317

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Cloning and Functional Analysis of the Soybean Gene GmRPK2

GU Yahui, ZHANG Changqing, ZHANG Xuebing, ZHANG Xinyue, ZHANG Xinjie, GE Rongchao   

  1. College of Life Sciences,Hebei Normal University,Shijiazhuang 050024,China
  • Received:2020-08-21 Published:2022-12-28

Abstract:

Abiotic stresses such as drought and soil salinization seriously affect the growth,development and yield of crops.GmRPK2 gene was cloned and constructed into the overexpression vector,then the vector was transformed into Arabidopsis thaliana and the homozygotes was screened.Under PEG,NaCl and ABA stress,the resistance of GmRPK2 overexpression Arabidopsis was tested.The results showed that the germination rate of the overexpressed Arabidopsis seeds was significantly lower than wild type.The elongation of the overexpressed Arabidopsis seedlings roots was also shorter than that of wild-type.In the stress resistance test of Arabidopsis plants,it was found that after salt stress and drought stress treatment,the inhibition of transgenic Arabidopsis plants was more obvious than that of wild-type Arabidopsis plants.The stress resistance test at adult stage showed that the growth inhibition of overexpressed Arabidopsis was more obvious under salt and drought stress.In order to explore the internal mechanism of the reduction of its stress resistance,the physiological indexes of GmRPK2 overexpressed Arabidopsis were detected.The results showed that,the chlorophyll content of overexpressed Arabidopsis was significantly lower,the malondialdehyde and conductivity were obviously higher,and the DAB staining was deeper than that of the wild type.After drought stress treatment,the contents of proline and soluble sugar of overexpressed Arabidopsis were obviously lower than those of wild type,and the water loss rate was obviously higher.The results of RT-PCR showed that GmRPK2 overexpressed in Arabidopsis obviously inhibited SAD1,P5CS1 and ADH1 expression.It was preliminarily speculated that it might inhibit the transmission of stress signals by inhibiting the expression of these genes.Therefore,GmRPK2 gene may affect the stress resistance of Arabidopsis by inhibiting CDPK stress resistance signal transduction pathway,reducing proline accumulation and weakening ABA signal transduction pathway.

Key words: Soybean, GmRPK2, Receptor like kinases, Stress resistance function, Physiological index, Signal transduction pathway

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GU Yahui, ZHANG Changqing, ZHANG Xuebing, ZHANG Xinyue, ZHANG Xinjie, GE Rongchao. Cloning and Functional Analysis of the Soybean Gene GmRPK2[J]. Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica, 2022, 37(6): 42-49. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20193317.

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