Soil is contaminated with salinity, which inhibits plant growth and development and reduces crop yields. The
DREB
(dehydration responsive element binding protein) gene responds to salt stresses through enhanced transcriptional expression and activation of genes involved in plant salinity resistance. In this study, we present the results of the analysis of the expression of the
GmDREB6
transgene, a gene that encodes the soybean DREB6 transcription factor, regulating the transcription of the
NtP5CS
and
NtCLC
genes in transgenic tobacco under salt stress conditions. The transcription of
GmDREB6, NtP5CS
, and
NtCLC
in transgenic tobacco lines was confirmed by qRT-PCR. Under salt stress conditions, the
GmDREB6
gene transcription levels in the transgenic tobacco lines L1 and L9 had increased from 2.40- to 3.22- fold compared with the condition without salinity treatment. Two transgenic lines, L1 and L9, had transcription levels of the P5CS gene that had increased from 1.24- to 3.60- fold compared with WT plants. For the NtCLC gene, under salt stress conditions, the transgenic lines had transcription levels that had increased by 3.65–4.54 (fold) compared with WT plants (P < 0.05). The L1-transgenic tobacco line showed simultaneous expression of both the
GmDREB6
transgene and two intrinsic genes, the
NtP5CS
and
NtCLC
genes. This study demonstrated that expression of the
GmDREB6
gene from soybean increases the transcription levels of the
NtP5CS
and
NtCLC
genes in transgenic tobacco plants under salt stress conditions. The analysis results have suggested that the
GmDREB6
gene is a potential candidate for improving the salt tolerance of plants, opening up research and development opportunities for salt stress-tolerant crops to respond to climate change and the rise in sea levels.