Claim · model-written summary
TaPHL7 directly binds to the TaSOD7-4A promoter and activates its expression.
- Taxon
- wheat
Triticum aestivume1 - Gene
- TaPHL7e4
- Outcome
- expressione4
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Verbatim
e1“a genome-wide analysis was conducted that identified 20 SOD genes in wheat”
e4“TaPHL7 directly binds to the TaSOD7 - 4A promoter and activates its expression”
Title
TaPHL7–TaSOD7-4A regulatory pair enhances drought tolerance in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
Yang Yu; Qingfen Xu; Dan Liu; et al. Plant Stress 2026. doi:10.1016/j.stress.2026.101379
Other claims from this paper (14)
- Observation A genome-wide analysis identified 20 SOD genes in wheat.
- Intervention effect TaSOD7-4A overexpression in wheat significantly increased antioxidant enzyme activity.
- Intervention effect TaSOD7-4A overexpression improved drought tolerance in transgenic wheat lines.
- Mechanism TaPHL7 was identified as an upstream transcriptional regulator of TaSOD7-4A.
- Observation The TaPHL7 protein is localized to the nucleus.
- Observation TaPHL7 has transcriptional activation activity, mapped to its C-terminal region.
- Intervention effect Under drought stress, TaPHL7 overexpression significantly improved drought tolerance in transgenic wheat.
- Intervention effect TaPHL7 overexpression lowered H2O2 and MDA contents under drought stress.
- Intervention effect TaPHL7 overexpression increased relative water content under drought stress.
- Intervention effect TaPHL7 overexpression increased proline accumulation under drought stress.
- Intervention effect TaPHL7 overexpression enhanced antioxidant enzyme activity under drought stress.
- Intervention effect TaPHL7 RNA interference wheat lines showed increased MDA content.
- Intervention effect TaPHL7 RNA interference wheat lines showed decreased proline levels.
- Intervention effect TaPHL7 RNA interference wheat lines showed reduced antioxidant enzyme activity.