Molecular cloning and expression analysis of tea plant aquaporin (AQP) gene family.
Molecular cloning and expression analysis of tea plant aquaporin (AQP) gene family.
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10.1016/j.plaphy.2014.07.011
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2014-10
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Chuan Yue;H. Cao;Lu Wang;Yanhua Zhou;Xinyuan Hao;Jian-ming Zeng;Xinchao Wang;Yajun Yang
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Chuan Yue;H. Cao;Lu Wang;Yanhua Zhou;Xinyuan Hao;Jian-ming Zeng;Xinchao Wang;Yajun Yang
The role of aquaporin proteins (AQPs) has been extensively studied in plants. However, the information of AQPs in the tea plant (Camellia sinensis) is unclear. In this manuscript, we isolated 20 full-lengthAQPcDNAs from the tea plant, and these sequences were classified into five subfamilies. The genes in these subfamilies displayed differential expression profiles in the studied tissues. TheCsAQPexpression patterns correlated with flower development and opening (FDO) and bud endodormancy (BED). To better understand the short-term expression patterns ofCsAQPsin response to abiotic stress, tea plants were treated with abscisic acid (ABA), cold, salt or drought. ABA treatment down-regulated the expression of variousCsAQPs. Salt up-regulated the transcription of mostCsAQPgenes. Cold treatment resulted in a complicated transcriptional regulation pattern for variousCsAQPs. The expression ofCsAQPs, especially plasma membrane intrinsic proteins (CsPIPs) and tonoplast intrinsic proteins (CsTIPs), was induced by drought and remained relatively high after rehydration in leaves, whereas almost all theCsAQPswere repressed in roots. Our results highlighted the diversity ofCsAQPsin the tea plant and demonstrated that theCsPIPandCsTIPgenes play a vital role in the stress response as well as in FDO and BED. Furthermore, certainCsSIPs(small basic intrinsic proteins),CsNIPs(NOD26-like intrinsic proteins) andCsXIPs(X intrinsic proteins) may regulate BED and FDO.