Overexpression of FERONIA receptor kinase MdMRLK2 regulates lignin accumulation and enhances water use efficiency in apple under long‐term water deficit condition

Author:

Jing Yuanyuan12,Pei Tingting1,Zhang Shangyu1,Li Chunrong1,Zhan Minghui1,Li Chao1ORCID,Gong Xiaoqing1ORCID,Mao Ke1,Liu Changhai1,Ma Fengwang1ORCID

Affiliation:

1. State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas/Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Apple, College of Horticulture Northwest A&F University Yangling Shaanxi 712100 China

2. Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture Shihezi University Shihezi Xinjiang 832003 China

Abstract

SUMMARYWater use efficiency (WUE) is crucial for apple tree fitness and survival, especially in response to climatic changes. The receptor‐like kinase FERONIA is reportedly an essential regulator of plant stress responses, but its role in regulating WUE under water deficit conditions is unclear. Here, we found that overexpressing the apple FERONIA receptor kinase gene, MdMRLK2, enhanced apple WUE under long‐term water deficit conditions. Under drought treatment, 35S::MdMRLK2 apple plants exhibited higher photosynthetic capacity and antioxidant enzyme activities than wild‐type (WT) plants. 35S::MdMRLK2 apple plants also showed increased biomass accumulation, root activity, and water potential compared to WT plants. Moreover, MdMRLK2 physically interacts with and phosphorylates cinnamoyl‐CoA reductase 1, MdCCR1, an enzyme essential for lignin synthesis, at position Ser260. This interaction likely contributed to increased vessel density, vascular cylinder area, and lignin content in 35S::MdMRLK2 apple plants under drought conditions. Therefore, our findings reveal a novel function of MdMRLK2 in regulating apple WUE under water deficit conditions.

Publisher

Wiley

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