PJB-2018-296
Over-expressed HSP 17.6B, encoding HSP20-like chaperones superfamily protein, confers heat stress tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana
Faiza Tawab, Iqbal Munir, Farhatullah and Aqib Iqbal
Abstract
Abiotic stresses are the key hazard limitation to plant development and sustainable agriculture throughout the world. The investigation of stress tolerant genes by genome scale transcriptome analysis will provide opportunities for the development of stress tolerant crop varieties. Here, we report a potential stress tolerance gene HSP17.6B (AT2G29500) in Arabidopsis thaliana that can confer tolerance to Arabidopsis plants upon overexpression. HSP17.6B overexpression resulted in higher root elongation, increased plants survival rate, reduced electrolyte leakage and retention of chlorophyll contents under heat stress condition in comparison to wild-type plants. Overall, we showed AtHSP17.6B as a potential heat stress tolerance candidate in Arabidopsis thaliana.
To Cite this article:
Tawab, F., I. Munir, Farhatullah and A. Iqbal. 2019. Over-expressed HSP 17.6B, encoding HSP20-like chaperones superfamily protein, confers heat stress tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana. Pak. J. Bot., 51(3): DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.30848/PJB2019-3(36)
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