scholarly journals Genome-wide in silico identification of membrane-bound transcription factors in plant species

PeerJ ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. e4051 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shixiang Yao ◽  
Lili Deng ◽  
Kaifang Zeng
Keyword(s):  
Arabidopsis Thaliana ◽  
Transcription Factors ◽  
Alternative Splicing ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
In Silico ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Proteolytic Processing ◽  
Genome Wide ◽  
Membrane Bound ◽  
Genome Level

Membrane-bound transcription factors (MTFs) are located in cellular membranes due to their transmembrane domains. In plants, proteolytic processing is considered to be the main mechanism for MTF activation, which ensures the liberation of MTFs from membranes and further their translocation into the nucleus to regulate gene expression; this process skips both the transcriptional and translational stages, and thus it guarantees the prompt responses of plants to various stimuli. Currently, information concerning plant MTFs is limited to model organisms, including Arabidopsis thaliana and Oryza sativa, and little is known in other plant species at the genome level. In the present study, seven membrane topology predictors widely used by the research community were employed to establish a reliable workflow for MTF identification. Genome-wide in silico analysis of MTFs was then performed in 14 plant species spanning the chlorophytes, bryophytes, gymnosperms, monocots and eudicots. A total of 1,089 MTFs have been identified from a total of 25,850 transcription factors in these 14 plant species. These MTFs belong to 52 gene family, and the top six most abundant families are the NAC (128), SBP (77), C2H2 (70), bZIP (67), MYB-related (65) and bHLH (63) families. The MTFs have transmembrane spans ranging from one to thirteen, and 71.5% and 21.1% of the MTFs have one and two transmembrane motifs, respectively. Most of the MTFs in this study have transmembrane motifs located in either N- or C-terminal regions, indicating that proteolytic cleavage could be a conserved mechanism for MTF activation. Additionally, approximately half of the MTFs in the genome of either Arabidopsis thaliana or Gossypium raimondii could be potentially regulated by alternative splicing, indicating that alternative splicing is another conserved activation mechanism for MTFs. The present study performed systematic analyses of MTFs in plant lineages at the genome level, and provides invaluable information for the research community.

scholarly journals Genome wide analysis of stress responsive WRKY transcription factors in Arabidopsis thaliana

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaiq Sultan ◽  
Muhammad Amjid Ali ◽  
Rana Muhammad Atif ◽  
Farrukh Azeem ◽  
Habibullah Nadeem ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Arabidopsis Thaliana ◽  
Transcription Factors ◽  
Chromosomal Localization ◽  
Evolutionary Relationship ◽  
Wrky Transcription Factors ◽  
Specific Sequence ◽  
Multiple Sequence ◽  
Genome Wide Analysis ◽  
Functional Homology ◽  
Genome Wide

WRKY transcription factors are a class of DNA-binding proteins that bind with a specific sequence C/TTGACT/C known as W-Box found in promoters of genes which are regulated by these WRKYs. From previous studies, 43 different stress responsive WRKY transcription factors in Arabidopsis thaliana, identified and then categorized in three groups viz., abiotic, biotic and both of these stresses. A comprehensive genome wide analysis including chromosomal localization, gene structure analysis, multiple sequence alignment, phylogenetic analysis and promoter analysis of these WRKY genes was carried out in this study to determine the functional homology in Arabidopsis. This analysis led to the classification of these WRKY family members into 3 major groups and subgroups and showed evolutionary relationship among these groups on the base of their functional WRKY domain, chromosomal localization and intron/exon structure. The proposed groups of these stress responsive WRKY genes and annotation based on their position on chromosomes can also be explored to determine their functional homology in other plant species in relation to different stresses. The result of the present study provides indispensable genomic information for the stress responsive WRKY transcription factors in Arabidopsis and will pave the way to explain the precise role of various AtWRKYs in plant growth and development under stressed conditions.

scholarly journals Deep evolutionary origin of gamete-directed zygote activation by KNOX/BELL transcription factors in green plants

eLife ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tetsuya Hisanaga ◽  
Shota Fujimoto ◽  
Yihui Cui ◽  
Katsutoshi Sato ◽  
Ryosuke Sano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Arabidopsis Thaliana ◽  
Transcription Factors ◽  
Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Land Plant ◽  
Land Plants ◽  
Marchantia Polymorpha ◽  
Mating Types ◽  
Meristem Maintenance

KNOX and BELL transcription factors regulate distinct steps of diploid development in plants. In the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, KNOX and BELL proteins are inherited by gametes of the opposite mating types and heterodimerize in zygotes to activate diploid development. By contrast, in land plants such as Physcomitrium patens and Arabidopsis thaliana, KNOX and BELL proteins function in meristem maintenance and organogenesis during the later stages of diploid development. However, whether the contrasting functions of KNOX and BELL were acquired independently in algae and land plants is currently unknown. Here, we show that in the basal land plant species Marchantia polymorpha, gamete-expressed KNOX and BELL are required to initiate zygotic development by promoting nuclear fusion in a manner strikingly similar to that in C. reinhardtii. Our results indicate that zygote activation is the ancestral role of KNOX/BELL transcription factors, which shifted toward meristem maintenance as land plants evolved.

scholarly journals Identifikasi famili gen putatif penyandi protease inhibitor dengan pendekatan in silico komparatif pada genom Hevea brasiliensis Muell. Arg (Identification of putative gene family encoding protease inhibitors by in silico comparative analysis in Hevea brasiliensis Muell. Arg genome)

2017 ◽  
Vol 85 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Irfan MARTIANSYAH ◽  
Riza Arief PUTRANTO ◽  
Nurul KHUMAIDA
Keyword(s):  
Arabidopsis Thaliana ◽  
Protease Inhibitor ◽  
Hevea Brasiliensis ◽  
In Silico ◽  
Functional Characterization ◽  
Rubber Tree ◽  
Whole Genome Sequence ◽  
Putative Gene ◽  
Small Proteins ◽  
Genome Wide

AbstractProtease inhibitors (PIs) are small proteins that form complexes with proteases and inhibits their proteolytic activity. Its potential application as an antimicrobial agent has been studied. Most of PIs' molecule size is around 8-22 kDa depending on their protein families.To date, on the basis of sequence homologies of inhibitor domains, PIs have been classified into 48 families in all organisms. In plant, more than 13 families of PIs have been identified but they were not widely identified in the rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis Muell.Arg). In the present study, 40 putative HbPI genes, designated as HbPI01 to HbPI36, were identified from whole-genome sequence of rubber tree clone Reyan 7-33-97 using 7453 scaffolds available online in NCBI with the accession code: LVXX01000000. Multiple sequence alignment using MUSCLE algorithm discovered seven conserved motifs (Motifs I-VII) among HbPIs. Phylogenetic analysis of 50 and 36 PI amino acid residues of 32 scaffolds containing putative PI genes from Arabidopsis thaliana and H. brasiliensis showed three clusters (families): LTP-I, SERPIN and LTP-II. LTP-I has 23 putative HbPI genes (HbPI05 to HbPI27) and 12 AtPI genes. SERPIN, a family member of serine protease inhibitor group, has 11 putative HbPI genes (HbPI01 to HbPI04 and HbPI28 to HbPI34) and 22 AtPI genes. LTP-II has 2 putative HbPI genes (HbPI35 to HbPI36) and 16 AtPI genes. In conclusion, this work provides valuable information for further functional characterization of HbPI genes in H. brasiliensis.[Key words: protease inhibitor, genome-wide, scaffold, in silico, Hevea brasiliensis]. AbstrakProtease inhibitor (PI) merupakan protein yang membentuk kompleks dengan protease dan menghambat aktivitas proteolitik dari enzim tersebut. Potensi penggunaan protease inhibitor sebagai agensia antimikroba telah diketahui. Kebanyakan PI memiliki ukuran molekul sekitar 8-22 kDa bergantung pada familinya. Saat ini, PI dapat diklasifikasikan menjadi 48 famili di seluruh organisme berdasarkan kemiripan sekuen dari domain inhibitornya. Pada tanaman, lebih dari 13 famili PI telah diketahui tetapi pada tanaman karet (Hevea brasiliensis Muell.Arg) belum diidentifikasi. Pada penelitian ini, sebanyak 40 gen putatif penyandi PI (HbPI01 hingga HbPI36) telah berhasil diidentifikasi dari 7453 scaffold genom utuh tanaman karet klon Reyan 7-33-97 yang tersedia secara daring dengan kode aksesi LVXX01000000. Penjajaran sekuen menggunakan algoritma MUSCLE memper-lihatkan tujuh konservasi motif (Motif I-VIII) pada famili gen putatif HbPIs. Analisis pohon filogenetik dari tanaman Arabidopsis thaliana dan H. brasiliensis sebanyak 50 dan 36 sekuen residu asam amino dari 32 scaffold yang mengandung gen putatif PI menunjukkan adanya tiga klaster besar, yaitu famili LTP-I, SERPIN dan LTP-II. LTP-I terdiri dari 23 gen putatif HbPI (HbPI05 hingga HbPI27) dan 12 gen AtPI. SERPIN yang merupakan anggota kelas protease inhibitor serin terdiri dari 11 gen putatif HbPI (HbPI01hingga HbPI04 dan HbPI28 hingga HbPI34) dan 22 gen AtPI. LTP-II terdiri dari 2 gen putatif HbPI (HbPI35 hingga HbPI36) dan 16 gen AtPIs. Penelitian ini menghasilkan informasi penting untuk melakukan karakterisasi fungsional lebih mendalam pada gen HbPI tanaman karet ke depannya.[Kata kunci: protease inhibitor, genome-wide,scaffold, in silico, Hevea brasiliensis].

scholarly journals Genome-wide mapping of alternative splicing in Arabidopsis thaliana

2009 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. A. Filichkin ◽  
H. D. Priest ◽  
S. A. Givan ◽  
R. Shen ◽  
D. W. Bryant ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Arabidopsis Thaliana ◽  
Alternative Splicing ◽  
Genome Wide
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