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ArticleBMC plant biology2019

An eukaryotic elongation factor 2 from Medicago falcata (MfEF2) confers cold tolerance.

Haifan Shi, Sijian He, Xueying He, Shaoyun Lu, Zhenfei Guo

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Article in BMC plant biology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Haifan ShiCollege of Grassland Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China.
Sijian HeState Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, College of Life Sciences, Guangdong Engineering Research Center for Grassland Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China.
Xueying HeState Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, College of Life Sciences, Guangdong Engineering Research Center for Grassland Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China.
Shaoyun LuState Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, College of Life Sciences, Guangdong Engineering Research Center for Grassland Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China.
Zhenfei GuoCollege of Grassland Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China. zfguo@njau.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6840-1589
South China Agricultural University · CNNanjing Agricultural University · CN

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China's Agriculture Research System - Green Manure CARS-22National Natural Science Foundation of China 31672481
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAn eukaryotic translation elongation factor-2 (eEF-2) plays an important role in protein synthesis, however, investigation on its role in abiotic stress responses is limited. A cold responsive eEF2 named as MfEF2 was isolated from yellow-flowered alfalfa [Medicago sativa subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang, thereafter M. falcata], a forage legume with great cold tolerance, and transgenic tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) plants overexpressing MfEF2 were analyzed in cold tolerance and proteomic profiling was conducted under low temperature in this study.

resultsMfEF2 transcript was induced and peaked at 24 h and remained at the high level during cold treatment up to 96 h. Overexpression of MfEF2 in trasngenic tobacco plants resulted in enhanced cold tolerance. Compared to the wild type, transgenic plants showed higher survival rate after freezing treatment, higher levels of net photosynthetic rate (A), maximum photochemical efciency of photosystem (PS) II (F

conclusionsThe results suggest that MfEF2 confers cold tolerance through regulating hundreds of proteins synthesis under low temperature conditions. The elevated cold tolerance in MfEF2 transgenic plants was associated with downregulation of the subunits of PSI and PSII as well as LHC, which leads to reduced capacity for capturing sunlight and ROS production for protection of plants, and upregulation of proteins involving in splicesome, which promotes alternative splicing of pre-mRNA under low temperature.

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Gene Expression Regulation, PlantAdaptation, PhysiologicalCold TemperatureMedicagoNicotianaPeptide Elongation Factor 2Plant ProteinsPlants, Genetically ModifiedStress, PhysiologicalPeptide Elongation Factor 2Plant ProteinsCold stressiTRAQMedicago falcataMfEF2PhotosynthesisSplicesome

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