Abstract
Heat stress is a major factor limiting crop yield, a challenge intensified by climate change. Initial findings indicate that BES1/BZR1 may use heat shock to regulate plant thermal adaptability independently of BIN2-mediated brassinosteroid signalling, although the exact molecular mechanism remains unclear. In this study, we identified TaBZR2, a wheat gene whose expression showed a strong positive correlation with heat stress tolerance, based on transcriptome analysis of heat-tolerant wheat cultivars. Overexpression of TaBZR2 enhanced heat stress tolerance, while RNA interference of TaBZR2 reduced it. Further analysis revealed that TaBZR2 interacts with and is phosphorylated by wheat somatic embryogenesis receptor-like kinase 2 (TaSERL2). Overexpression of TaSERL2 reduced heat stress tolerance by promoting TaBZR2 degradation and inhibiting its regulation of wheat heat stress response genes. However, heat stress reduced the phosphorylation levels of both TaSERL2 and TaBZR2, lessening TaSERL2's inhibitory effect on TaBZR2 and enhancing the stability of TaBZR2. These results reveal that the TaSERL2-TaBZR2 module negatively regulates plant heat stress tolerance. This study expands the current model of heat stress responses and provides evidence for the role of BES1/BZR1 in heat stress regulation independent of brassinosteroid signalling.
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Claim · model-written summary
TaBZR2 expression was strongly positively correlated with heat stress tolerance in wheat.
- Taxon
- wheat
Triticum aestivumt0 - Gene
- TaBZR2e1
- Outcome
- heat stress tolerancee1
- Direction
- positive correlatione1
- Qualifier
- stronge1
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Verbatim
t0“regulates heat stress tolerance in wheat”
e1“identified TaBZR2, a wheat gene whose expression showed a strong positive correlation with heat stress tolerance”
Claim · model-written summary
Overexpression of TaBZR2 enhanced heat stress tolerance in wheat.
- Taxon
- wheat
Triticum aestivumt0 - Treatment
- Overexpression of TaBZR2e2
- Gene
- TaBZR2e2
- Outcome
- heat stress tolerancee2
- Direction
- enhancede2
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
t0“regulates heat stress tolerance in wheat”
e2“Overexpression of TaBZR2 enhanced heat stress tolerance, while RNA interference of TaBZR2 reduced it”
Claim · model-written summary
RNA interference of TaBZR2 reduced heat stress tolerance in wheat.
- Taxon
- wheat
Triticum aestivumt0 - Treatment
- RNA interference of TaBZR2e2
- Gene
- TaBZR2e2
- Outcome
- heat stress tolerancee2
- Direction
- reducede2
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
t0“regulates heat stress tolerance in wheat”
e2“Overexpression of TaBZR2 enhanced heat stress tolerance, while RNA interference of TaBZR2 reduced it”
Claim · model-written summary
TaBZR2 interacts with and is phosphorylated by TaSERL2 in wheat.
- Taxon
- wheat
Triticum aestivumt0 - Gene
- TaBZR2e4
- Outcome
- interacts with and is phosphorylated bye4
- Qualifier
- wheat somatic embryogenesis receptor-like kinase 2 (TaSERL2)e4
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Verbatim
t0“regulates heat stress tolerance in wheat”
e4“TaBZR2 interacts with and is phosphorylated by wheat somatic embryogenesis receptor-like kinase 2 (TaSERL2)”
Claim · model-written summary
Overexpression of TaSERL2 reduced heat stress tolerance in wheat.
- Taxon
- wheat
Triticum aestivumt0 - Treatment
- Overexpression of TaSERL2e5
- Gene
- TaSERL2e5
- Outcome
- heat stress tolerancee5
- Direction
- reducede5
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
t0“regulates heat stress tolerance in wheat”
e5“Overexpression of TaSERL2 reduced heat stress tolerance by promoting TaBZR2 degradation and inhibiting its regulation of wheat heat stress response genes”
Claim · model-written summary
TaSERL2 promotes degradation of TaBZR2 in wheat.
- Taxon
- wheat
Triticum aestivumt0 - Gene
- TaSERL2e5
- Outcome
- TaBZR2 degradatione5
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t0“regulates heat stress tolerance in wheat”
e5“Overexpression of TaSERL2 reduced heat stress tolerance by promoting TaBZR2 degradation and inhibiting its regulation of wheat heat stress response genes”
Claim · model-written summary
TaSERL2 inhibits the regulation of wheat heat stress response genes by TaBZR2.
- Taxon
- wheat
Triticum aestivumt0 - Gene
- TaSERL2e5
- Outcome
- regulation of wheat heat stress response genese5
- Qualifier
- inhibitinge5
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Verbatim
t0“regulates heat stress tolerance in wheat”
e5“Overexpression of TaSERL2 reduced heat stress tolerance by promoting TaBZR2 degradation and inhibiting its regulation of wheat heat stress response genes”
Claim · model-written summary
Heat stress reduced the phosphorylation levels of both TaSERL2 and TaBZR2 in wheat.
- Taxon
- wheat
Triticum aestivumt0 - Treatment
- heat stresse6
- Gene
- TaSERL2e6
- Outcome
- phosphorylation levels of both TaSERL2 and TaBZR2e6
- Direction
- reducede6
Not reportedComparator
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t0“regulates heat stress tolerance in wheat”
e6“heat stress reduced the phosphorylation levels of both TaSERL2 and TaBZR2, lessening TaSERL2's inhibitory effect on TaBZR2 and enhancing the stability of TaBZR2”
Claim · model-written summary
Heat stress enhanced the stability of TaBZR2 in wheat by lessening TaSERL2 inhibition.
- Taxon
- wheat
Triticum aestivumt0 - Treatment
- heat stresse6
- Gene
- TaBZR2e6
- Outcome
- stability of TaBZR2e6
- Direction
- enhancinge6
- Qualifier
- lessening TaSERL2's inhibitory effect on TaBZR2e6
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
t0“regulates heat stress tolerance in wheat”
e6“heat stress reduced the phosphorylation levels of both TaSERL2 and TaBZR2, lessening TaSERL2's inhibitory effect on TaBZR2 and enhancing the stability of TaBZR2”
Claim · model-written summary
The TaSERL2-TaBZR2 module negatively regulates heat stress tolerance in wheat.
- Taxon
- wheat
Triticum aestivumt0 - Gene
- TaSERL2-TaBZR2 modulee7
- Outcome
- heat stress tolerancee7
- Qualifier
- negatively regulatese7
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t0“regulates heat stress tolerance in wheat”
e7“These results reveal that the TaSERL2-TaBZR2 module negatively regulates plant heat stress tolerance”
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