Suppression of Arabidopsis RING E3 ubiquitin ligase AtATL78 increases tolerance to cold stress and decreases tolerance to drought stress

Soo Jin Kim, Woo Taek Kim

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Abstract

AtATL78 is an Arabidopsis RING E3 ubiquitin ligase. RT-PCR and promoter-GUS assays revealed that AtATL78 was up-regulated by cold stress and down-regulated by drought. AtATL78 was localized at the plasma-membrane. Suppression of AtATL78 increased tolerance to cold stress but decreased tolerance to drought. Our data suggests that AtATL78 is a negative regulator of cold stress response and a positive regulator of drought stress response in Arabidopsis. These results further suggest that AtATL78 plays opposing roles in cold and drought stress responses.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2584-2590
Number of pages7
JournalFEBS Letters
Volume587
Issue number16
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013 Aug 19

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported by grants from the National Research Foundation ( 2013-003860 ) and the National Center for GM Crops ( PJ008152 ) of the Next Generation BioGreen 21 Program funded by the Rural Development Administration, Korea , to W.T.K.

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Biophysics
  • Structural Biology
  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Cell Biology

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