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The Role of Abscisic Acid in Drought Stress: How ABA Helps Plants to Cope with Drought Stress

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Drought Stress Tolerance in Plants, Vol 2

Abstract

The exploration of plant response to drought stress is a key to understanding the mechanisms of the drought signaling network and further implementing the knowledge in breeding programs of crops. Plant hormones are crucial factors in transducing the stress signal and the main player among them is abscisic acid (ABA). ABA controls plants’ stress response at many layers of regulation. These include (1) transcriptional response including interactions of core transcription factors that are regulated by ABA and other plant hormones, and (2) regulation of ABA metabolism and transport itself, with posttranscriptional and posttranslational regulation which still seems to be a hidden and not fully recognized part of stress signaling. The efficient integration and coordination of ABA metabolism, transport, and regulation of core signaling elements are pivotal for maintaining tissue and cell-type-specific hormone concentration and thus signaling efficiency, to achieve the proper growth and developmental responses. Among lifecycle processes controlled by ABA are: inhibition of germination, restriction of shoot and root growth, and stomatal closure. Here, we describe recent advances in decoding the ABA signaling message transmitted through plant cells under drought stress that builds drought tolerance.

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Abbreviations

7′HO ABA:

7′-hydroxy ABA

8′HO ABA:

8′-hydroxy ABA

9′HO ABA:

9′-hydroxy ABA

AAO:

Aldehyde oxidase

ABA:

Abscisic acid

ABA2:

Short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase

ABA-GE:

ABA glucosyl ester

ABCG:

ATP-binding cassette (ABC) protein G subfamily

ABI5:

ABA-insensitive 5

ABRE:

ABA responsive element

ADP:

Adenosine diphosphate

AIP2:

ABI3-interacting protein 2

AIRP1:

Arabidopsis ABA-insensitive RING protein 1

AIT:

ABA-IMPORTING TRANSPORTER 1

At:

Arabidopsis thaliana

ATP:

Adenosine triphosphate

AtrbohF:

NADPH oxidase

BAK1:

BRI1-associated receptor kinase 1

BG:

Glucosyltransferase

BIN2:

BRASSINOSTEROID INSENSITIVE 2

BR:

Brassinosteroids

CE:

Coupling element

CUL4:

Cullin4

CYP707A:

Cytochrome p450

DIS1:

Drought-induced SINA protein 1

DOR:

Drought tolerance repressor

DPA:

Dihydrophaseic acid

DSG1:

Dwarf and small grain1

DTX50:

The detoxification efflux carriers/multidrug and toxic compound extrusion 50

DWA1/2:

DDB1-BINDING WD40 PROTEIN1/2

FRET:

Förster resonance energy transfer

HvSNAC1:

STRESS-RESPONSIVE NAC 1

KAT1:

POTASSIUM CHANNEL IN ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA 1

KEG:

Keep on going

NCED:

9-cis epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase

neoPA:

Neophaseic acid

OE:

Overexpression

Os:

Oryza sativa

OsABF1:

ABI-like factor

OsDRO1:

Deeper rooting 1

OsLEA4:

Late emrbryogenesis protein

OsRK1/SAPK6:

STRESS ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 5

OST1:

Open Stomata 1

P:

Phosphorylation

PA:

Phaseic acid

PIP21:

PLASMA MEMBRANE INTRINSIC PROTEIN 2;1

PKS5:

PROTEIN KINASE SOS2-LIKE 5

PP2C:

PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 2C

PUB19:

U-box domain-containing protein 19

PYR/PYL/RCAR:

PYRABACTIN-RESISTANCE 1/ PYRABACTIN RESISTANCE LIKE/ REGULATORY COMPONENT OF ABA RECEPTOR

QUAC1/ALMT12:

QUICK ANION CHANNEL 1/ALUMINUM-ACTIVATED ANION CHANNEL 12

RING-1:

Really interesting protein finger 1

RHA2a:

RING finger E3 ligase

Rma1:

RING finger motif

ROS:

Reactive oxygen species

S:

Sumoylation

SAP5:

STRESS ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 5

SDIR1:

Salt- and drought-induced RING finger 1

SIZ1:

Small ubiquitin-related modifier 1/2 (AtSUMO1/2)

SLAC1:

SLOW ANION CHANNEL ASSOCIATED 1

SnRK:

Sucrose nonfermenting related kinase 2

TaERA1:

Enhanced response to ABA1

U:

Ubiquitination

VIGS:

Virus induces gene silencing

WUE:

Water use efficiency

ZEP:

Zeaxanthin epoxidase

ZF1:

RING Zinc finger 1

Zm:

Zea mays

ZmCPK11:

Calcium-dependent protein kinase 11

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This work was supported by the European Regional Development Fund through the Innovative Economy for Poland 2007–2013, project WND-POIG.01.03.01-00-101/08 POLAPGEN-BD “Biotechnological tools for breeding cereals with increased resistance to drought,” task 22. The project is realized by POLAPGEN Consortium and is coordinated by the Institute of Plant Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences in Poznan. Further information about the project can be found at www.polapgen.pl.

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Daszkowska-Golec, A. (2016). The Role of Abscisic Acid in Drought Stress: How ABA Helps Plants to Cope with Drought Stress. In: Hossain, M., Wani, S., Bhattacharjee, S., Burritt, D., Tran, LS. (eds) Drought Stress Tolerance in Plants, Vol 2. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32423-4_5

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