Suppression of DRR1 results in the accumulation of insoluble ubiquitinated proteins, which impairs drought stress tolerance

Autor: Tae Rin Oh, Woo Taek Kim, Jong Hum Kim, Na Hyun Cho, Seong Gwan Yu
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Journal of integrative plant biologyREFERENCES. 63(3)
ISSN: 1744-7909
Popis: Drought stress has detrimental effects on plants. Although the abscisic acid (ABA)-mediated drought response is well established, defensive mechanisms to cope with dehydration-induced proteotoxicity have been rarely studied. DRR1 was identified as an Arabidopsis drought-induced gene encoding an ER-localized RING-type E3 Ub ligase. Suppression of DRR1 markedly reduced tolerance to drought and proteotoxic stress without altering ABA-mediated germination and stomatal movement. Proteotoxicity- and dehydration-induced insoluble ubiquitinated protein accumulation was more obvious in DRR1 loss-of-function plants than in wild-type plants. These results suggest that DRR1 is involved in an ABA-independent drought stress response possibly through the mitigation of dehydration-induced proteotoxic stress.
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