The invention discloses a CabHLH143
gene and application of the CabHLH143
gene in regulation and control of salt tolerance of pepper plants. The
nucleotide sequence of the CabHLH143
gene is as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1, a bHLH
transcription factor with a salt stress response function is coded, and the
amino acid sequence is as shown in SEQ ID NO: 2. By constructing a
recombinant expression vector and introducing the
recombinant expression vector into a pepper
plant, it is found that overexpression of the CabHLH143 can significantly improve the tolerance of the
plant to salt stress, which is expressed by regulating the ratio of Na < + > / K < + >, enhancing the activity of
antioxidant enzyme, promoting accumulation of
proline and reducing the levels of MDA and ROS. The invention further provides a recombinant vector containing the CabHLH143 gene, a host
cell, a transgenic
plant, a specific primer and a detection kit, and the recombinant vector, the host
cell, the transgenic plant, the specific primer and the detection kit are suitable for plant
molecular breeding, gene function research and salt-tolerant variety screening and have wide application prospects.