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ArticlePlant cell reports2026

Transcription factor LbUBC positively regulates salt gland development and salt tolerance by directly binding to the LbTTG1 promoter and repressing its transcription.

Shuyue Fu, Yuqing Tan, Jianfei Ma, Baoshan Wang, Fang Yuan

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Shuyue Fu *Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress Biology and Genetic Improvement, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Ji'nan, 250014, China.
Yuqing Tan *Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress Biology and Genetic Improvement, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Ji'nan, 250014, China.
Jianfei MaState Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology and College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, China.
Baoshan WangShandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress Biology and Genetic Improvement, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Ji'nan, 250014, China.
Fang YuanShandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress Biology and Genetic Improvement, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Ji'nan, 250014, China. yuanfang@sdnu.edu.cn.

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National Natural Science Research Foundation of China 32370304Shandong Province Excellent Youth Science Fund ZR2024YQ056
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KEY MESSAGE:: LbUBC enhances salt tolerance by promoting salt gland development via repressing LbTTG1, revealing a synergisticregulatory mechanism in Limonium bicolor. In the context of increasingly severe soil salinization, salt-tolerant genetic resources from halophytes show great application potential. In particular, the recretohalophyte Limonium bicolor, which possesses specialized salt gland structures, has become a key model for deciphering the molecular mechanisms underlying salt tolerance and salt gland development. In this study, using LbTTG1-overexpressing and -silenced lines, we demonstrate that LbTTG1 negatively regulates salt-gland development and salt tolerance. Through yeast one-hybrid, EMSA, and dual-luciferase assays, Lb7G33228 (LbUBC) was screened and verified as an upstream transcriptional regulator of LbTTG1. LbUBC enhances salt tolerance in L. bicolor by positively regulating salt-gland development, verified using LbUBC silence and overexpression strains. Interestingly, LbUBC represses the expression of its downstream target LbTTG1, thereby releasing the inhibitory effect of LbTTG1 on salt-gland development. In this manner, LbUBC positively regulates salt-gland development, achieving a dynamic balance in the regulation of salt-gland development and salt tolerance in L. bicolor. This study reveals a synergistic regulatory mechanism involving multiple genes, offering new insights for comprehensively dissecting the molecular regulatory network of salt-gland development.

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Plant ProteinsPlumbaginaceaePromoter Regions, GeneticSalt ToleranceTranscription FactorsGene Expression Regulation, PlantPlants, Genetically ModifiedProtein BindingSalt-Tolerant PlantsTranscription, GeneticPlant ProteinsTranscription FactorsLimonium bicolorSalt gland developmentSalt toleranceTranscriptional inhibitionTranscription factor

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