scholarly journals Genome-Wide Identification of the LAC Gene Family and Its Expression Analysis Under Stress in Brassica napus

Molecules ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (10) ◽  
pp. 1985 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoke Ping ◽  
Tengyue Wang ◽  
Na Lin ◽  
Feifei Di ◽  
Yangyang Li ◽  
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Lignin is an important biological polymer in plants that is necessary for plant secondary cell wall ontogenesis. The laccase (LAC) gene family catalyzes lignification and has been suggested to play a vital role in the plant kingdom. In this study, we identified 45 LAC genes from the Brassica napus genome (BnLACs), 25 LAC genes from the Brassica rapa genome (BrLACs) and 8 LAC genes from the Brassica oleracea genome (BoLACs). These LAC genes could be divided into five groups in a cladogram and members in same group had similar structures and conserved motifs. All BnLACs contained hormone- and stress- related elements determined by cis-element analysis. The expression of BnLACs was relatively higher in the root, seed coat and stem than in other tissues. Furthermore, BnLAC4 and its predicted downstream genes showed earlier expression in the silique pericarps of short silique lines than long silique lines. Three miRNAs (miR397a, miR397b and miR6034) target 11 BnLACs were also predicted. The expression changes of BnLACs under series of stresses were further investigated by RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) and quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). The study will give a deeper understanding of the LAC gene family evolution and functions in B. napus.

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (9) ◽  
pp. 4625
Author(s):  
Ismail Din ◽  
Ihteram Ullah ◽  
Wei Wang ◽  
Hao Zhang ◽  
Lei Shi

Low phosphorus (P) availability is one of the major constraints to plant growth, particularly in acidic soils. A possible mechanism for enhancing the use of sparsely soluble P forms is the secretion of malate in plants by the aluminum-activated malate transporter (ALMT) gene family. Despite its significance in plant biology, the identification of the ALMT gene family in oilseed rape (Brassica napus; B. napus), an allotetraploid crop, is unveiled. Herein, we performed genome-wide identification and characterization of ALMTs in B. napus, determined their gene expression in different tissues and monitored transcriptional regulation of BnaALMTs in the roots and leaves at both a sufficient and a deficient P supply. Thirty-nine BnaALMT genes were identified and were clustered into five branches in the phylogenetic tree based on protein sequences. Collinearity analysis revealed that most of the BnaALMT genes shared syntenic relationships among BnaALMT members in B. napus, which suggested that whole-genome duplication (polyploidy) played a major driving force for BnaALMTs evolution in addition to segmental duplication. RNA-seq analyses showed that most BnaALMT genes were preferentially expressed in root and leaf tissues. Among them, the expression of BnaC08g13520D, BnaC08g15170D, BnaC08g15180D, BnaC08g13490D, BnaC08g13500D, BnaA08g26960D, BnaC05g14120D, BnaA06g12560D, BnaC05g20630D, BnaA07g02630D, BnaA04g15700D were significantly up-regulated in B. napus roots and leaf at a P deficient supply. The current study analyzes the evolution and the expression of the ALMT family in B. napus, which will help in further research on their role in the enhancement of soil P availability by secretion of organic acids.


Agriculture ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 429
Author(s):  
Jianping Liu ◽  
Yong Zhou ◽  
Jingwen Li ◽  
Feng Wang ◽  
Youxin Yang

Lipoxygenases (LOXs) are non-haem iron-containing dioxygenases and play vital roles in a variety of plant biological processes. Here, we first carried out the genome-wide identification of LOX genes in watermelon. A total of 16 LOX genes were identified, which could be classified into two categories according to phylogenetic analysis: the 9-LOXs (ClLOX1–4, 12, and 15) and 13-LOXs (ClLOX5–11, 13, 14, and 16). Furthermore, the protein structures, intrachromosomal distributions, and gene structures were thoroughly analyzed. Cis-element analysis of the promoter regions indicated that the expression of ClLOX genes may be influenced by stress and plant hormones. Bioinformatic and expression analyses revealed that the expression of ClLOX genes is tissue-specific and hormone-responsive. The detected LOX genes exhibited distinctive expression patterns in various tissues. Different ClLOX genes showed different responses to methyl jasmonate (MeJA), salicylic acid (SA), and ethylene (ET) treatments, particularly ClLOX7, which exhibited the most active response to the above treatments. This study provides valuable information for a better understanding of the functions of LOX genes and further exploration of the LOX gene family in watermelon.


Genes ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruihua Wang ◽  
Mengdi Li ◽  
Xiaoming Wu ◽  
Jianbo Wang

The GH3 gene family plays a vital role in the phytohormone-related growth and developmental processes. The effects of allopolyploidization on GH3 gene structures and expression levels have not been reported. In this study, a total of 38, 25, and 66 GH3 genes were identified in Brassica rapa (ArAr), Brassica oleracea (CoCo), and Brassica napus (AnACnCn), respectively. BnaGH3 genes were unevenly distributed on chromosomes with 39 on An and 27 on Cn, in which six BnaGH3 genes may appear as new genes. The whole genome triplication allowed the GH3 gene family to expand in diploid ancestors, and allopolyploidization made the GH3 gene family re-expand in B. napus. For most BnaGH3 genes, the exon-intron compositions were similar to diploid ancestors, while the cis-element distributions were obviously different from its ancestors. After allopolyploidization, the expression patterns of GH3 genes from ancestor species changed greatly in B. napus, and the orthologous gene pairs between An/Ar and Cn/Co had diverged expression patterns across four tissues. Our study provides a comprehensive analysis of the GH3 gene family in B. napus, and these results could contribute to identifying genes with vital roles in phytohormone-related growth and developmental processes.


2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhengwen Liu ◽  
Xingfen Wang ◽  
Zhengwen Sun ◽  
Yan Zhang ◽  
Chengsheng Meng ◽  
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Abstract Background Dirigent (DIR) proteins mediate regioselectivity and stereoselectivity during lignan biosynthesis and are also involved in lignin, gossypol and pterocarpan biosynthesis. This gene family plays a vital role in enhancing stress resistance and in secondary cell-wall development, but systematical understanding is lacking in cotton. Results In this study, 107 GbDIRs and 107 GhDIRs were identified in Gossypium barbadense and Gossypium hirsutum, respectively. Most of these genes have a classical gene structure without intron and encode proteins containing a signal peptide. Phylogenetic analysis showed that cotton DIR genes were classified into four distinct subfamilies (a, b/d, e, and f). Of these groups, DIR-a and DIR-e were evolutionarily conserved, and segmental and tandem duplications contributed equally to their formation. In contrast, DIR-b/d mainly expanded by recent tandem duplications, accompanying with a number of gene clusters. With the rapid evolution, DIR-b/d-III was a Gossypium-specific clade involved in atropselective synthesis of gossypol. RNA-seq data highlighted GhDIRs in response to Verticillium dahliae infection and suggested that DIR gene family could confer Verticillium wilt resistance. We also identified candidate DIR genes related to fiber development in G. barbadense and G. hirsutum and revealed their differential expression. To further determine the involvement of DIR genes in fiber development, we overexpressed a fiber length-related gene GbDIR78 in Arabidopsis and validated its function in trichomes and hypocotyls. Conclusions These findings contribute novel insights towards the evolution of DIR gene family and provide valuable information for further understanding the roles of DIR genes in cotton fiber development as well as in stress responses.


2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-19
Author(s):  
Kuder Reshma Shabnam ◽  
Dharmapuri Gangappa ◽  
Gundala Harold Philip

Evaluation of the toxic effects of a widely used synthetic pyrethroid, deltamethrin (DM), was carried out in this study. This pesticide is preferred for pest control because of its low environmental persistence and toxicity. We investigated the expression pattern of four genes, namely, you ( you), yot ( you-too), momo ( mom) and ubo ( u-boot) during early development of zebrafish, that is, from 12 hpf to 48 hpf stages. These stages are selected as most of the important developmental aspects take place during this period. All four genes are known to play a vital role in development of notochord and somites. To understand the effect of DM on development, embryos of 4 hpf stage were exposed to two concentrations (100 and 200 µg/L) of DM, and observations were made at 12, 24 and 48 hpf stages. Our earlier studies have shown phenotypic abnormalities such as notochord bending, tail deformation, yolk sac and pericardial edema, lightening of body and eye pigmentation and interfered in somite patterning, during these stages of development. Understanding the relationship of phenotypic abnormalities with these four genes has been our primary objective. These four genes were analyzed by Reverse transcription (RT)-polymerase chain reaction and intensity of the bands has shown induction in their expression after exposure to the toxicant. In spite of the expression of genes, it was noticed that DM caused abnormalities. It can be said from the results that translational pathway could have been affected.


2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Haitao Li ◽  
Bo Wang ◽  
Qinghua Zhang ◽  
Jing Wang ◽  
Graham J. King ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Jinqiu ◽  
Li Bing ◽  
Song Tingting ◽  
He Jinglei ◽  
KongLing Zelai ◽  
...  

Oat is an annual gramineous forage grass with the remarkable ability to survive under various stressful environments. However, understanding the effects of high altitude stresses on oats is poor. Therefore, the physiological and the transcriptomic changes were analyzed at two sites with different altitudes, low (ca. 2,080 m) or high (ca. 2,918 m), respectively. Higher levels of antioxidant enzyme activity, reactive oxygen and major reductions in photosynthesis-related markers were suggested for oats at high altitudes. Furthermore, oat yields were severely suppressed at the high altitude. RNA-seq results showed that 11,639 differentially expressed genes were detected at both the low and the high altitudes in which 5,203 up-regulated and 6,436 down-regulated. Gene Ontology and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes pathway enrichment tests were conducted and a group of major high altitude-responsive pigment metabolism genes, photosynthesis, hormone signaling, and cutin, suberine and wax biosynthesis were excavated. Using quantitative real-time polymerase chain response, we also confirmed expression levels of 20 DEGs (qRT-PCR). In summary, our study generated genome-wide transcript profile and may be useful for understanding the molecular mechanisms of Avena sativa L. in response to high altitude stress. These new findings contribute to our deeper relevant researches on high altitude stresses and further exploring new candidategenes for adapting plateau environment oat molecular breeding.


2022 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 614
Author(s):  
Weiqi Sun ◽  
Mengdi Li ◽  
Jianbo Wang

Brassica napus and its diploid progenitors (B. rapa and B. oleracea) are suitable for studying the problems associated with polyploidization. As an important anti-stress protein, RCI2 proteins widely exist in various tissues of plants, and are crucial to plant growth, development, and stress response. In this study, the RCI2 gene family was comprehensively identified and analyzed, and 9, 9, and 24 RCI2 genes were identified in B. rapa, B. oleracea, and B. napus, respectively. Phylogenetic analysis showed that all of the identified RCI2 genes were divided into two groups, and further divided into three subgroups. Ka/Ks analysis showed that most of the identified RCI2 genes underwent a purifying selection after the duplication events. Moreover, gene structure analysis showed that the structure of RCI2 genes is largely conserved during polyploidization. The promoters of the RCI2 genes in B. napus contained more cis-acting elements, which were mainly involved in plant development and growth, plant hormone response, and stress responses. Thus, B. napus might have potential advantages in some biological aspects. In addition, the changes of RCI2 genes during polyploidization were also discussed from the aspects of gene number, gene structure, gene relative location, and gene expression, which can provide reference for future polyploidization analysis.


PeerJ ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. e5816 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lidong Hao ◽  
Xiuli Qiao

As one of the non-selective cation channel gene families, the cyclic nucleotide-gated channel (CNGC) gene family plays a vital role in plant physiological processes that are related to signal pathways, plant development, and environmental stresses. However, genome-wide identification and analysis of the CNGC gene family in maize has not yet been undertaken. In the present study, twelve ZmCNGC genes were identified in the maize genome, which were unevenly distributed on chromosomes 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8. They were classified into five major groups: Groups I, II, III, IVa, and IVb. Phylogenetic analysis showed that gramineous plant CNGC genes expanded unequally during evolution. Group IV CNGC genes emerged first, whereas Groups I and II appeared later. Prediction analysis of cis-acting regulatory elements showed that 137 putative cis-elements were related to hormone-response, abiotic stress, and organ development. Furthermore, 120 protein pairs were predicted to interact with the 12 ZmCNGC proteins and other maize proteins. The expression profiles of the ZmCNGC genes were expressed in tissue-specific patterns. These results provide important information that will increase our understanding of the CNGC gene family in maize and other plants.


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