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Flor Cristina Arellano-Villagómez1, Lorenzo Guevara-Olvera1, Víctor M Zuñiga-Mayo2,3
1Laboratorio de Biología Molecular, Departamento de Ingeniería Bioquímica, Tecnológico Nacional de México/ITCelaya, Celaya, México.
Abstract:
Cysteine-rich receptor-like protein kinases (CRKs) are transmembrane proteins containing two domains of unknown function 26 (DUF26) RLKs in their ectodomain. Despite that CRKs control important aspects of plant development, only few proteins have functionally been characterized. In this work, we analyzed the function of CRK33 by characterizing two insertional lines. The stomatal density and stomatal index were decreased in crk33-2 and crk33-3 plants in comparison to wild-type plants, correlating with a decreased transpiration in transgenic plants and a higher drought tolerance. Furthermore, photosynthesis and stomatal conductance changed. Finally, all four stomata cell fate genes were upregulated, especially the expression of TMM and SPCH in the mutant background, suggesting a role for CRK33 in stomatal spacing.
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