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APETALA2 Gene Family: Potential for Crop Improvement Under Adverse Conditions

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Crop plants are exposed to many adverse conditions like biotic and abiotic stresses which affect their yield. Transcription factors which play important roles in the expression of stress-responsive genes, serve as valuable source for improving stress tolerance of crop plants. APETALA2/ethylene response element-binding protein (AP2/EREBP) transcription factor family is one of the major groups among the TF families in Arabidopsis. AP2 family members have been implicated in plant growth development as well as in stress signaling network. The DREB (dehydration-responsive element binding) subfamily proteins interact with C-repeat or dehydration response elements to regulate low-temperature and/or water deficit responsive genes, whereas, the ERF (ethylene-responsive factors) subfamily proteins interact with ethylene response elements (ERE) or GCC box to regulate the expression of pathogenesis-related genes. However, some DREB and ERF transcription factors are known to mediate cross talk between biotic and abiotic stress signaling pathways. Functional characterization of AP2 family genes has demonstrated usefulness of these genes in enhancing biotic/abiotic stress resistance/tolerance not only in model plants, but also in crop plants like rice, maize, wheat, barley, and soybean. Transgenic expression of a single AP2 TF has lead to improved tolerance to multiple stresses like salinity, drought, and heat stress and pathogen infection. Therefore engineering of AP2 TFs seems to be a valuable tool towards achieving enhanced crop productivity under adverse conditions.

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Krishnaswamy, S., Verma, S., Rahman, M.H., Kav, N. (2013). APETALA2 Gene Family: Potential for Crop Improvement Under Adverse Conditions. In: Tuteja, N., Singh Gill, S. (eds) Plant Acclimation to Environmental Stress. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5001-6_8

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