The tomato mutant ars1 (altered response to salt stress 1) identifies an R1‐type MYB transcription factor involved in stomatal closure under salt acclimation

分类： 生物学 >> 植物学 >> 植物生理学 提交时间： 2016-05-04

Juan F. Campos Beatriz Cara Fernando Pérez-Martín Benito Pineda Isabel Egea Francisco B. Flores Nieves Fernandez-Garcia Juan Capel Vicente Moreno Trinidad Angosto Rafael Lozano Maria C. Bolarin

摘要： A screening under salt stress conditions of a T-DNA mutant collection of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) led to the identification of the altered response to salt stress 1 (ars1) mutant, which showed a salt-sensitive phenotype. Genetic analysis of the ars1 mutation revealed that a single T-DNA insertion in the ARS1 gene was responsible of the mutant phenotype. ARS1 coded for an R1-MYB type tran ARS1 did not affect this agronomic trait. The stomatal behaviour of ars1 mutant leaves induced higher Na+ accumulation via the transpiration stream, as the decreases of stomatal conductance and transpiration rate induced by salt stress were markedly lower in the mutant plants. Moreover, the mutation affected stomatal closure in a response mediated by abscisic acid (ABA). The characterization of tomato transgenic lines silencing and overexpressing ARS1 corroborates the role of the gene in regulating the water loss via transpiration under salinity. Together, our results show that ARS1 tomato gene contributes to reduce transpirational water loss under salt stress. Finally, this gene could be interesting for tomato molecular breeding, because its manipulation could lead to improved stress tolerance without yield penalty under optimal culture conditions.

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