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ATP-Citrate Lyase Gene (SoACLA-1), a Novel ACLA Gene in Sugarcane, and Its Overexpression Enhance Drought Tolerance of Transgenic Tobacco

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ATP-citrate lyase catalyzes cracking citrate to produce acetyl CoA in the cytoplasm and plays an important role in normal growth and development of plants. In this study, SoACLA-1 gene in sugarcane was cloned and characterized. The amino acid sequence of SoACLA-1 showed high homology with other ACLAs families, and they were clustered together in the phylogenetic tree. On transcript level, SoACLA-1 expressed strongly in root and stalk and responded to polyethylene glycol 6000, drought and ABA stresses. The results indicated that SoACLA-1 possibly involves in stress-responsive metabolic process. PCR analysis was performed to confirm the putative transgenic type in T1 tobacco plants. Overexpression of SoACLA-1 enhanced the tolerance of tobacco plants to drought. The sense transgenic tobacco plants were healthier, had longer roots and higher contents of relative water content and chlorophyll and activities of superoxide dismutase, peroxidase and catalase, but lower ion leakage and contents of malondialdehyde (MDA) and H2O2 than the wild-type and antisense transgenic plants under drought stress. In conclusion, SoACLA-1 plays an important role as a positive factor in drought stress response pathways and can be utilized for transformation to improve crop drought tolerance.

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This work was supported by the grants from the National High Technology Research and Development Program (“863” Program) of China (2013AA102604), Natural Science Foundation of China (31360293), International Scientific Cooperation Program of China (2013DFA31600), Guangxi Special Funds for Bagui Scholars and Distinguished Experts (2013) and Guangxi Natural Science Foundation (2011GXNSFF018002, 2012GXNSFDA053011).

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    Thi-Thu Phan, Jian Li, Bo Sun, Jia-Yi Liu, Wen-Hui Zhao, Chan Huang, Li-Tao Yang & Yang-Rui Li

  2. Guangxi Key Laboratory of Sugarcane Genetic Improvement, Key Laboratory of Sugarcane Biotechnology and Genetic Improvement (Guangxi), Ministry of Agriculture, Sugarcane Research Center, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning, 530007, China

    Li-Tao Yang & Yang-Rui Li

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Phan, TT., Li, J., Sun, B. et al. ATP-Citrate Lyase Gene (SoACLA-1), a Novel ACLA Gene in Sugarcane, and Its Overexpression Enhance Drought Tolerance of Transgenic Tobacco. Sugar Tech 19, 258–269 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12355-016-0464-8

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