StHAB1, a negative regulatory factor in abscisic acid signaling, plays crucial roles in potato drought tolerance and shoot branching
StHAB1, a negative regulatory factor in abscisic acid signaling, plays crucial roles in potato drought tolerance and shoot branching
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DOI:
10.1093/jxb/erad292
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发表时间:
2023-11-21
影响因子:
6.9
通讯作者:
Song, Botao
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作者:
Liu, Tengfei;Dong, Liepeng;Song, Botao
Abscisic acid (ABA) is critical in drought tolerance and plant growth. Group A protein type 2C phosphatases (PP2Cs) are negative regulators of ABA signaling and plant adaptation to stress. Knowledge about the functions of potato group A PP2Cs is limited. Here, we report that the potato group A PP2C StHAB1 is broadly expressed in potato plants and strongly induced by ABA and drought. Suppression of StHAB1 enhanced potato ABA sensitivity and drought tolerance, whereas overexpression of the dominant mutant StHAB1(G276D) compromised ABA sensitivity and drought tolerance. StHAB1 interacts with almost all ABA receptors and the Snf1-Related Kinase OST1. Suppressing StHAB1 and overexpressing StHAB1(G276D) alter potato growth morphology; notably, overexpression of StHAB1(G276D) causes excessive shoot branching. RNA-sequencing analyses identified that the auxin efflux carrier genes StPIN3, StPIN5, and StPIN8 were up-regulated in StHAB1(G276D)-overexpressing axillary buds. Correspondingly, the auxin concentration was reduced in StHAB1(G276D)-overexpressing axillary buds, consistent with the role of auxin in repressing lateral branch outgrowth. The expression of BRANCHED1s (StBRC1a and StBRC1b) was unchanged in StHAB1(G276D)-overexpressing axillary buds, suggesting that StHAB1(G276D) overexpression does not cause axillary bud outgrowth via regulation of BRC1 expression. Our findings demonstrate that StHAB1 is vital in potato drought tolerance and shoot branching.StHAB1, a negative regulator in the abscisic acid signaling pathway, modulates drought tolerance and shoot branching in potato by affecting stomatal opening and auxin transport.