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Background  Under saline conditions, plant growth is depressed via osmotic stress and salt can accumulate in leaves leading to further depression of growth due to reduced photosynthesis and gas exchange. Aquaporins are proposed to have a major role in growth of plants via their impact on root water uptake and leaf gas exchange. In this study, soybean plasma membrane intrinsic protein 1;6 (GmPIP1;6) was constitutively overexpressed to evaluate the function of GmPIP1;6 in growth regulation and salt tolerance in soybean.    Results   GmPIP1;6  is highly expressed in roots as well as reproductive tissues and the protein targeted to the plasma membrane in onion epidermis. Treatment with 100 mM NaCl resulted in reduced expression initially, then after 3 days the expression was increased in root and leaves. The effects of constitutive overexpression of  GmPIP1;6  in soybean was examined under normal and salt stress conditions. Overexpression in 2 independent lines resulted in enhanced leaf gas exchange, but not growth under normal conditions compared to wild type (WT). With 100 mM NaCl, net assimilation was much higher in the  GmPIP1;6 -Oe and growth was enhanced relative to WT.  GmPIP1;6 -Oe plants did not have higher root hydraulic conductance ( L  o ) under normal conditions, but were able to maintain  L  o  under saline conditions compared to WT which decreased  L  o .  GmPIP1;6 -Oe lines grown in the field had increased yield resulting mainly from increased seed size.    Conclusions  The general impact of overexpression of  GmPIP1;6  suggests that it may be a multifunctional aquaporin involved in root water transport, photosynthesis and seed loading.  GmPIP1;6  is a valuable gene for genetic engineering to improve soybean yield and salt tolerance.

Constitutive overexpression of soybean plasma membrane intrinsic protein GmPIP1;6 confers salt tolerance