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Stress signaling through Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein phosphatase calcineurin mediates salt adaptation in plants

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dc.contributor Comisión Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnología, CICYT (España)
dc.contributor Department of Agriculture (US)
dc.creator Pardo, José M.
dc.creator Hasegawa, Paul M.
dc.creator Coca, María
dc.date 2008-04-14T11:17:24Z
dc.date 2008-04-14T11:17:24Z
dc.date 1998-08
dc.date.accessioned 2017-01-31T01:02:17Z
dc.date.available 2017-01-31T01:02:17Z
dc.identifier Proceedings of the National Academy Sciences 95(16): 9681–9686 (1998)
dc.identifier 1091-6490
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10261/3566
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10261/3566
dc.description 6 oages, 4 figures, 2 tables, 28 references. Pardo, José M. et al.--
dc.description Calcineurin (CaN) is a Ca2+- and calmodulin-dependent protein phosphatase (PP2B) that, in yeast, is an integral intermediate of a salt-stress signal transduction pathway that effects NaCl tolerance through the regulation of Na+ influx and efflux. A truncated form of the catalytic subunit and the regulatory subunit of yeast CaN were coexpressed in transgenic tobacco plants to reconstitute a constitutively activated phosphatase in vivo. Several different transgenic lines that expressed activated CaN also exhibited substantial NaCl tolerance, and this trait was linked to the genetic inheritance of the CaN transgenes. Enhanced capacity of plants expressing CaN to survive NaCl shock was similar when evaluation was conducted on seedlings in tissue culture raft vessels or plants in hydroponic culture that were transpiring actively. Root growth was less perturbed than shoot growth by NaCl in plants expressing CaN. Also, NaCl stress survival of control shoots was enhanced substantially when grafted onto roots of plants expressing CaN, further implicating a significant function of the phosphatase in the preservation of root integrity during salt shock. Together, these results indicate that in plants, like in yeast, a Ca2+- and calmodulin-dependent CaN signal pathway regulates determinants of salt tolerance required for stress adaptation. Furthermore, modulation of this pathway by expression of an activated regulatory intermediate substantially enhanced salt tolerance.
dc.description This is journal paper 15,705 of the Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station. Research was supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Research Initiative Competitive Grant 97-00558 (to R.A.B. and P.M.H.) and by Grant BI097-0629 from Comision Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnologia (to J.M.P.).
dc.description Peer reviewed
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dc.language eng
dc.publisher National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
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dc.title Stress signaling through Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein phosphatase calcineurin mediates salt adaptation in plants
dc.type Artículo


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