A Polyketide cyclase/dehydrase and lipid transport superfamily gene of Arabidopsis and its orthologue of chickpea exhibit rapid response to wounding

Published on Jun 21, 2018 12:25 PM

In order to understand the mechanism of stress tolerance
it is imperative that we identify factors that govern upstream
reactions of stress signalling pathways for multiple stress
tolerance. In this study, we have identified a gene,
AT5G54170, from Arabidopsis and its orthologue in
chickpea, which show rapid response to mechanical
wounding. AT5G54170 and its orthologue in chickpea (LOC
101512743) most likely plays a role in the jasmonic acid
signalling pathway and the gene is also upregulated in
several other stresses making it an ideal candidate for a
primary stress-responsive transcript that is involved in the
core stress response. Further characterisation of this gene
and its promoter, along with its chickpea homologue, could
provide valuable information on jasmonic acid signalling
pathway and also explore their utility towards engineering
stress tolerance in plants.

Keywords: Wound response, signalling, START domain, stress

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Year: 2014
Volume: 74
Issue: 4
Article DOI: 10.5958/0975-6906.2014.00871.2
Print ISSN: 0019-5200
Online ISSN: 0975-6906

Authors

V. Satheesh, P. Chidambaranathan, P. T. Jagannadham, D. Kohli, P. K. Jain, S. R. Bhat and R. Sriniva

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