Plants in their natural environment are constantly subjected to various abiotic and biotic stressors and,therefore,have developed several defense mechanisms to maintain fitness.Stress responses are intricate and requi...Plants in their natural environment are constantly subjected to various abiotic and biotic stressors and,therefore,have developed several defense mechanisms to maintain fitness.Stress responses are intricate and require various physiological,biochemical,and cellular changes in plants.The reaction mechanisms in plants subjected to drought,salinity,or heat stress alone have been explained in numerous studies.However,the field conditions are significantly different from the controlled laboratory conditions.In the field,crops or plants are simultaneously exposed to two or more abiotic and/or biotic stress conditions,such as a combination of salinity and heat,drought and cold,or any of the abiotic stresses combined with pathogen infection.Studies have shown that plants’reactions to combinations of more than two stress factors are distinct and cannot be explicitly deduced from their responses to different stresses when applied separately.Therefore,additional research is needed to understand the complete mechanism of plant responses to stress by analyzing data between single stress and multiple stress responses.This review aims to provide an overview of current research on plant responses to a combination of various stress conditions and their influence on the metabolic,transcriptional,and physiological characteristics of plants.展开更多
The present research reports of quick and marked changes induced by plant extract of Euryops arabicus in the gene expression of 49-kDa apyrases,cytoskeletal proteins,ATPases,ADPase and amount of amino acid of pea(Pisu...The present research reports of quick and marked changes induced by plant extract of Euryops arabicus in the gene expression of 49-kDa apyrases,cytoskeletal proteins,ATPases,ADPase and amount of amino acid of pea(Pisum sativum L.var.Alaska).Pellets of cytoskeletals proteins(27000 xg)were probed with anti-apyrase antibody,biotinylated anti-rat,actin and alpha and beta-tubulin for Western blotting.ATPase and ADPase activities were determined based on the hydrolytic efficacy of adenine triphosphate and adenine diphosphate.By 72 hours,the abundance of apyrases,cytoskeletal proteins and amount of amino acid in pellets of 27000 xg of germinated pea seeds in E.arabicus extracts were sharply increased than those sown in distilled water.All the samples exhibited that the stems had more amount from apyrases,cytoskeletal proteins,amino acids and ATPase and ADPase activities than primary leaves and primary roots that were germinated either on E.arabicus water extract or in distilled water.Based on the enzyme’s capability to hydrolyse nucleotide triphosphate and nucleotide diphosphate as well as the direct association between expression of 49-kDa apyrase and cytoskeletal proteins,E.arabicus water extract had an important effect on plant germinations.展开更多
Water contaminated with pathogenic microbes is considered as one of the most common routes for transmitting diseases in human beings.Different methods have been applied for the decontamination of microbes in contamina...Water contaminated with pathogenic microbes is considered as one of the most common routes for transmitting diseases in human beings.Different methods have been applied for the decontamination of microbes in contaminated water.In the current study,an easy to do hydrothermal method has been used for the preparation of TiO_(2)-Ag nanoparticles.The obtained material was characterised using a scanning electron microscope(SEM)and fourier transform infra-red spectroscopy(FTIR).The morphological appearance of the obtained nanoparticles was in the shape of a sphere with a size range of 60-90 nm.The antimicrobial activity of the prepared nanoparticles was tested against several pathogenic bacteria and fungi.The obtained results proved that the nanoparticles succeeded to affect all the tested microbes in the following order:Bacillus cereus ATCC6633>Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC9027=Klebsiella pneumoniae ATCC13883>Vibrio cholera ATCC700=Candida albicans ATCC 700=Escherichia coli NCTC10418>Staphylococcus aureus ATCC6538.The minimum inhibitory concentration(MIC)of the prepared nanoparticles varied among the tested microbes at range of 12 mg/ml and 25 mg/ml.These results encourage the application of prepared TiO_(2)-Ag nanoparticles for treatment of microbe-contaminated waters.展开更多
The aim of the current research was to clone and to characterize the partial 66 kDa streptavidin-binding peptide(SBP)found in the germinated embryos of Pisum sativum L.var.Alaska.The pea(P.sativum var.Alaska)embryos p...The aim of the current research was to clone and to characterize the partial 66 kDa streptavidin-binding peptide(SBP)found in the germinated embryos of Pisum sativum L.var.Alaska.The pea(P.sativum var.Alaska)embryos possess prominent 66 kDa SBPs that gradually disappeared after few hours of germination in germinated embryos,but not in the cotyledons.The total RNA was isolated from embryos of P.sativum but could not be isolated from the cotyledons.The partial nucleotides sequences of 66 kDa SBPs of embryonic stalk(P.sativum var.Alaska)were cloned and identified using pMOSBlue vector.66 kDa(SBP)gene from the embryos of P.sativum var.Alaska possesses 327 bp having an open reading frame(ORF)region in a part of the gene that encoded for 108 amino acids.Alignment showed similarity among 66 kDa SBPs P.sativum var.Alaska,with P.sativum seed biotinylated protein(SBP65)and P.sativum sbp65a mRNA with DNA distance matrix between 0.0094 to 1.2676.MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry analysis of 66 kDa(SBP)proteins showed it had similar short peptides to 19 proteins found in different organisms,especially Convicilin precursor,and the seed biotinylated protein in P.sativum.The alignment results of both nucleotide sequences and amino acid residues either from cloning or MALDI-TOF-MS showed differences with related species,especially P.sativum.No mRNA was found in the cotyledons during seeds germination,which means no metabolic activities and this part may act only as food reservoirs for growing newly embryos.展开更多
基金the University Grants Commission(UGC-BSR Research Start-up-Grant No.F30-409/2018)the Deanship of Scientific Research,King Khalid University,Saudi Arabia(No.R.G.P.2/11/42)for their financial assistance。
文摘Plants in their natural environment are constantly subjected to various abiotic and biotic stressors and,therefore,have developed several defense mechanisms to maintain fitness.Stress responses are intricate and require various physiological,biochemical,and cellular changes in plants.The reaction mechanisms in plants subjected to drought,salinity,or heat stress alone have been explained in numerous studies.However,the field conditions are significantly different from the controlled laboratory conditions.In the field,crops or plants are simultaneously exposed to two or more abiotic and/or biotic stress conditions,such as a combination of salinity and heat,drought and cold,or any of the abiotic stresses combined with pathogen infection.Studies have shown that plants’reactions to combinations of more than two stress factors are distinct and cannot be explicitly deduced from their responses to different stresses when applied separately.Therefore,additional research is needed to understand the complete mechanism of plant responses to stress by analyzing data between single stress and multiple stress responses.This review aims to provide an overview of current research on plant responses to a combination of various stress conditions and their influence on the metabolic,transcriptional,and physiological characteristics of plants.
基金the Deanship of Scientific Research at King Khalid University for funding this work through General Research Project under grant number(R.G.P.1/26/38).
文摘The present research reports of quick and marked changes induced by plant extract of Euryops arabicus in the gene expression of 49-kDa apyrases,cytoskeletal proteins,ATPases,ADPase and amount of amino acid of pea(Pisum sativum L.var.Alaska).Pellets of cytoskeletals proteins(27000 xg)were probed with anti-apyrase antibody,biotinylated anti-rat,actin and alpha and beta-tubulin for Western blotting.ATPase and ADPase activities were determined based on the hydrolytic efficacy of adenine triphosphate and adenine diphosphate.By 72 hours,the abundance of apyrases,cytoskeletal proteins and amount of amino acid in pellets of 27000 xg of germinated pea seeds in E.arabicus extracts were sharply increased than those sown in distilled water.All the samples exhibited that the stems had more amount from apyrases,cytoskeletal proteins,amino acids and ATPase and ADPase activities than primary leaves and primary roots that were germinated either on E.arabicus water extract or in distilled water.Based on the enzyme’s capability to hydrolyse nucleotide triphosphate and nucleotide diphosphate as well as the direct association between expression of 49-kDa apyrase and cytoskeletal proteins,E.arabicus water extract had an important effect on plant germinations.
基金The authors extend their appreciation to the Deanship of Scientific Research at the King Khalid University for funding this work through the General Research Project under grant number-R.G.P.1/26/38.
文摘Water contaminated with pathogenic microbes is considered as one of the most common routes for transmitting diseases in human beings.Different methods have been applied for the decontamination of microbes in contaminated water.In the current study,an easy to do hydrothermal method has been used for the preparation of TiO_(2)-Ag nanoparticles.The obtained material was characterised using a scanning electron microscope(SEM)and fourier transform infra-red spectroscopy(FTIR).The morphological appearance of the obtained nanoparticles was in the shape of a sphere with a size range of 60-90 nm.The antimicrobial activity of the prepared nanoparticles was tested against several pathogenic bacteria and fungi.The obtained results proved that the nanoparticles succeeded to affect all the tested microbes in the following order:Bacillus cereus ATCC6633>Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC9027=Klebsiella pneumoniae ATCC13883>Vibrio cholera ATCC700=Candida albicans ATCC 700=Escherichia coli NCTC10418>Staphylococcus aureus ATCC6538.The minimum inhibitory concentration(MIC)of the prepared nanoparticles varied among the tested microbes at range of 12 mg/ml and 25 mg/ml.These results encourage the application of prepared TiO_(2)-Ag nanoparticles for treatment of microbe-contaminated waters.
基金the Deanship of Scientific Research at King Khalid university for funding this work through research group(R.G.P.1/26/40).
文摘The aim of the current research was to clone and to characterize the partial 66 kDa streptavidin-binding peptide(SBP)found in the germinated embryos of Pisum sativum L.var.Alaska.The pea(P.sativum var.Alaska)embryos possess prominent 66 kDa SBPs that gradually disappeared after few hours of germination in germinated embryos,but not in the cotyledons.The total RNA was isolated from embryos of P.sativum but could not be isolated from the cotyledons.The partial nucleotides sequences of 66 kDa SBPs of embryonic stalk(P.sativum var.Alaska)were cloned and identified using pMOSBlue vector.66 kDa(SBP)gene from the embryos of P.sativum var.Alaska possesses 327 bp having an open reading frame(ORF)region in a part of the gene that encoded for 108 amino acids.Alignment showed similarity among 66 kDa SBPs P.sativum var.Alaska,with P.sativum seed biotinylated protein(SBP65)and P.sativum sbp65a mRNA with DNA distance matrix between 0.0094 to 1.2676.MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry analysis of 66 kDa(SBP)proteins showed it had similar short peptides to 19 proteins found in different organisms,especially Convicilin precursor,and the seed biotinylated protein in P.sativum.The alignment results of both nucleotide sequences and amino acid residues either from cloning or MALDI-TOF-MS showed differences with related species,especially P.sativum.No mRNA was found in the cotyledons during seeds germination,which means no metabolic activities and this part may act only as food reservoirs for growing newly embryos.
