Turkish Journal of Biology
Abstract
Salinity is among the significant abiotic stresses adversely affecting plant development and yield for a wide range of crops. For quantitative and qualitative expression studies of proton gradient regulator 5 (PGR5) under salt stress, differential display RT-PCR and rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE) were performed on salt-stress responsive Gossypium arboreum. Alignment of genomic and cDNA sequences revealed that the GPGR5 gene comprises a single open reading frame of 96 amino acids and contains no introns. Alignment of cotton GPGR5 complete amino acid sequence with PGR5 from other plants revealed the following identities: Gossypium raimondii (97%), Amaranthus hybridus (72%), Vitis vinifera (69%), Medicago truncatula (68%), Cucumis melo (62%), Arabidopsis thaliana (62%), Portulaca oleracea (61%), Portulaca grandiflora (60%), and Zea mays (55%). The expression profile was studied in different plant tissues (stem, leaf, and root) under the abiotic stresses salt, drought, and cold. The results showed a 7-fold increased expression of GPGR5 in leaf tissue in salt stress and almost no induction of transcription in root and stem tissues in salt stress. This gene has a good expression pattern under cold stress compared to salt and drought. In future studies, GPGR5 may be used as a prognostic marker for the development of abiotic-stress-tolerant plants.
DOI
10.3906/biy-1504-30
Keywords
Gossypium arboreum, differential display PCR, RACE, proton gradient regulator 5, expression profiling
First Page
889
Last Page
898
Recommended Citation
SHAHID, MUHAMMAD; JAMAL, ADIL; AFTAB, BEENISH; MOHAMED, BAHAELDEEN BABIKER; WATTOO, JAVED; KIANI, MUHAMMAD SARFRAZ; RASHID, BUSHRA; and HUSNAIN, TAYYAB
(2016)
"Identification, characterization, and expression profiling of salt-stress tolerant proton gradient regulator 5 (PGR5) in Gossypium arboreum,"
Turkish Journal of Biology: Vol. 40:
No.
4, Article 18.
https://doi.org/10.3906/biy-1504-30
Available at:
https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/biology/vol40/iss4/18