Abstract
Secretory class III peroxidases are involved in plant responses to a range of biological stress conditions, including oxidative stress. To investigate the stress-related functions of the swpa4 peroxidase gene in sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas L.), transgenic plants overexpressing the swpa4 gene under the control of the CaMV 35S promoter were generated using Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. Peroxidase activity was 3- to 13-fold higher in transgenic lines than in control plants. Transgenic plants were tested for tolerance to stress. Following treatment with 400 mM hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), leaf discs from transgenic plants showed approximately 13–26% less damage than control plants. Transgenic plants also showed enhanced tolerance to high salinity conditions. Following treatment with NaCl, photosynthetic capacity and total chlorophyll contents were less severely impacted in swpa4 transgenic plants than in control plants. Aerial plant parts and storage root yields were not significantly different between transgenic and control plants following cultivation in field conditions. These results indicate that transgenic sweetpotato lines were able to respond efficiently to oxidative and saline stress via overexpression of swpa4.
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Abbreviations
- Chl:
-
Chlorophyll
- GMO:
-
Genetically modified organism
- MV:
-
Methyl viologen
- ROS:
-
Reactive oxygen species
- PR:
-
Pathogenesis-related
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This research was supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (NRF-2018R1A1A1A05018446), and the Systems & Synthetic Agrobiotech Center (PJ013184), the Biogreen 21 Project for the Next Generation, Rural Development Administration, Korea.
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Kim, YH., Kim, H.S., Park, SC. et al. Overexpression of swpa4 peroxidase enhances tolerance to hydrogen peroxide and high salinity-mediated oxidative stress in transgenic sweetpotato plants. Plant Biotechnol Rep 14, 301–307 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11816-020-00602-z
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