Transcriptome Profiling of Haloxylon persicum (Bunge ex Boiss and Buhse) an Endangered Plant Species under PEG-Induced Drought Stress

Haloxylon persicum is an endangered western Asiatic desert plant species, which survives under extreme environmental conditions. In this study, we focused on transcriptome analysis of H. persicum to understand the molecular mechanisms associated with drought tolerance. Two different periods of polyethylene glycol (PEG)-induced drought stress (48 h and 72 h) were imposed on H. persicum under in vitro conditions, which resulted in 18 million reads, subsequently assembled by de novo method with more than 8000 transcripts in each treatment. The N50 values were 1437, 1467, and 1524 for the control sample, 48 h samples, and 72 h samples, respectively. The gene ontology (GO) and Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes (KEGG) pathway analysis resulted in enrichment of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) and plant hormone signal transduction pathways under PEG-induced drought conditions. The differential gene expression analysis (DGEs) revealed significant changes in the expression pattern between the control and the treated samples. The KEGG analysis resulted in mapping transcripts with 138 different pathways reported in plants. The differential expression of drought-responsive transcription factors depicts the possible signaling cascades involved in drought tolerance. The present study provides greater insight into the fundamental transcriptome reprogramming of desert plants under drought.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Genes - 11(2020), 6 vom: 10. Juni

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Thayale Purayil, Fayas [VerfasserIn]
Rajashekar, Balaji [VerfasserIn]
S Kurup, Shyam [VerfasserIn]
Cheruth, Abdul Jaleel [VerfasserIn]
Subramaniam, Sreeramanan [VerfasserIn]
Hassan Tawfik, Nadia [VerfasserIn]
M A Amiri, Khaled [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

3WJQ0SDW1A
De novo transcriptome
Drought resistant
Haloxylon persicum
Journal Article
Plant Growth Regulators
Plant Proteins
Polyethylene Glycols
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Transcription Factors
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Date Completed 19.03.2021

Date Revised 19.03.2021

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/genes11060640

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM311111335