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Journal of Integrative Agriculture  2012, Vol. 12 Issue (9): 1434-1444    DOI: 10.1016/S1671-2927(00)8675
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Functional Characterization of an Aldehyde Dehydrogenase Homologue in Rice
 YANG Sheng-hui, NIU Xiang-li, LUO Di, CHEN Chang-dong, YU Xu, TANG Wei, LU Bao-rong,  LIU Yong-sheng
1.Key Laboratory for Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment, Minstry of Education/College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, P.R.China
2.College of Life Sciences, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, P.R.China
3.Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, Ministry of Education/Institute of Biodiversity Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, P.R.China
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摘要  The aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) superfamily of NAD(P)+-dependent enzymes, in general, oxidize a wide range of endogenous and exogenous aliphatic and aromatic aldehydes to their corresponding carboxylic acids and play an essential role in detoxification of reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulated under the stressed conditions. In order to identify genes required for the stresses responses in the grass crop Oryza sativa, a homologue of ALDH gene (OsALDH22) was isolated and characterized. OsALDH22 is conserved in eukaryotes, shares high homology with the orthologs from aldehyde dehydrogenase subfamily ALDH22. The OsALDH22 encodes a protein of 597 amino acids that in plants exhibit high identity with the orthologs from Zea mays, Sorghum bicolor, Hordeum vulgare and Arabidopsis thaliana, respectively, and the conserved amino acid characteristics for ALDHs are present, including the possible NAD+ binding site (F-V-G-SP- G-V-G), the catalytic site (V-T-L-E-L-G-G-K) and the Cys active site. Semi-quantitative PCR and real-time PCR analysis indicates that OsALDH22 is expressed differentially in different tissues. Various elevated levels of OsALDH22 expression have been detected when the seedlings exposed to abiotic stresses including dehydration, high salinity and abscisic acid (ABA). Transgenic rice plants overexpressing OsALDH22 show elevated stresses tolerance. On the contrary, downregulation of OsALDH22 in the RNA interference (RNAi) repression transgenic lines manifests declined stresses tolerance.

Abstract  The aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) superfamily of NAD(P)+-dependent enzymes, in general, oxidize a wide range of endogenous and exogenous aliphatic and aromatic aldehydes to their corresponding carboxylic acids and play an essential role in detoxification of reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulated under the stressed conditions. In order to identify genes required for the stresses responses in the grass crop Oryza sativa, a homologue of ALDH gene (OsALDH22) was isolated and characterized. OsALDH22 is conserved in eukaryotes, shares high homology with the orthologs from aldehyde dehydrogenase subfamily ALDH22. The OsALDH22 encodes a protein of 597 amino acids that in plants exhibit high identity with the orthologs from Zea mays, Sorghum bicolor, Hordeum vulgare and Arabidopsis thaliana, respectively, and the conserved amino acid characteristics for ALDHs are present, including the possible NAD+ binding site (F-V-G-SP- G-V-G), the catalytic site (V-T-L-E-L-G-G-K) and the Cys active site. Semi-quantitative PCR and real-time PCR analysis indicates that OsALDH22 is expressed differentially in different tissues. Various elevated levels of OsALDH22 expression have been detected when the seedlings exposed to abiotic stresses including dehydration, high salinity and abscisic acid (ABA). Transgenic rice plants overexpressing OsALDH22 show elevated stresses tolerance. On the contrary, downregulation of OsALDH22 in the RNA interference (RNAi) repression transgenic lines manifests declined stresses tolerance.
Keywords:  rice (Oryza sativa)      aldehyde dehydrogenase      abiotic stresses      stress tolerance  
Received: 28 April 2011   Accepted:
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This work was supported by the National 973 Program of China (2011CB100401), the Chongqing Municipal Science and Technology Research Project of China (2010AA1019), the National Science and Technology Key Projects of China (2009ZX08001-011B and 2009ZX08009-072B) and the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of China (30825030).

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YANG Sheng-hui, NIU Xiang-li, LUO Di, CHEN Chang-dong, YU Xu, TANG Wei, LU Bao-rong, LIU Yong-sheng. 2012. Functional Characterization of an Aldehyde Dehydrogenase Homologue in Rice. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 12(9): 1434-1444.

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