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ArticlePlant biotechnology journal2019

An Arabidopsis E3 ligase HUB2 increases histone H2B monoubiquitination and enhances drought tolerance in transgenic cotton.

Hong Chen, Hao Feng, Xueyan Zhang, Chaojun Zhang, Tao Wang, Jiangli Dong

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Article in Plant biotechnology journal, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hong ChenState Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
Hao FengState Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
Xueyan ZhangKey Laboratory of Cotton Genetic Improvement, Ministry of Agriculture, Cotton Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agriculture Sciences, Anyang, China.
Chaojun ZhangKey Laboratory of Cotton Genetic Improvement, Ministry of Agriculture, Cotton Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agriculture Sciences, Anyang, China.
Tao WangState Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4001-9828
Jiangli DongState Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2643-6358
China Agricultural University · CNCotton Research Institute · CN

Funding

Ministry of Agriculture Transgenic Major Projects 2013ZX08005-003Ministry of Agriculture Transgenic Major Projects 2016ZX08005-003National Key Research and Development Program 2016YFD0101006
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The HUB2 gene encoding histone H2B monoubiquitination E3 ligase is involved in seed dormancy, flowering timing, defence response and salt stress regulation in Arabidopsis thaliana. In this study, we used the cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV) 35S promoter to drive AtHUB2 overexpression in cotton and found that it can significantly improve the agricultural traits of transgenic cotton plants under drought stress conditions, including increasing the fruit branch number, boll number, and boll-setting rate and decreasing the boll abscission rate. In addition, survival and soluble sugar, proline and leaf relative water contents were increased in transgenic cotton plants after drought stress treatment. In contrast, RNAi knockdown of GhHUB2 genes reduced the drought resistance of transgenic cotton plants. AtHUB2 overexpression increased the global H2B monoubiquitination (H2Bub1) level through a direct interaction with GhH2B1 and up-regulated the expression of drought-related genes in transgenic cotton plants. Furthermore, we found a significant increase in H3K4me3 at the DREB locus in transgenic cotton, although no change in H3K4me3 was identified at the global level. These results demonstrated that AtHUB2 overexpression changed H2Bub1 and H3K4me3 levels at the GhDREB chromatin locus, leading the GhDREB gene to respond quickly to drought stress to improve transgenic cotton drought resistance, but had no influence on transgenic cotton development under normal growth conditions. Our findings also provide a useful route for breeding drought-resistant transgenic plants.

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ArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsDehydrationGene Expression Regulation, PlantGossypiumHistonesPlants, Genetically ModifiedRNA InterferenceUbiquitinationUbiquitin-Protein LigasesArabidopsis ProteinsHistonesHUB2 protein, ArabidopsisUbiquitin-Protein LigasesdroughtGossypium hirsutum Linn.histone methylationhistone monoubiquitinationHISTONE MONOUBIQUITINATION 2 (HUB2)transgenic plants

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PMID30117653
PMCPMC6381789
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