Comprehensive analysis of NAC domain transcription factor gene family in Populus trichocarpa.
Comprehensive analysis of NAC domain transcription factor gene family in Populus trichocarpa.
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毛果杨NAC结构域转录因子基因家族的综合分析
DOI:
10.1186/1471-2229-10-145
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发表时间:
2010-07-15
影响因子:
5.3
通讯作者:
Zhou G
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文献类型:
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作者:
Hu R;Qi G;Kong Y;Kong D;Gao Q;Zhou G
Background
NAC (NAM, ATAF1/2 and CUC2) domain proteins are plant-specific transcriptional factors known to play diverse roles in various plant developmental processes. NAC transcription factors comprise of a large gene family represented by more than 100 members in Arabidopsis, rice and soybean etc. Recently, a preliminary phylogenetic analysis was reported for NAC gene family from 11 plant species. However, no comprehensive study incorporating phylogeny, chromosomal location, gene structure, conserved motifs, and expression profiling analysis has been presented thus far for the model tree species Populus.
Results
In the present study, a comprehensive analysis of NAC gene family in Populus was performed. A total of 163 full-length NAC genes were identified in Populus, and they were phylogeneticly clustered into 18 distinct subfamilies. The gene structure and motif compositions were considerably conserved among the subfamilies. The distributions of 120 Populus NAC genes were non-random across the 19 linkage groups (LGs), and 87 genes (73%) were preferentially retained duplicates that located in both duplicated regions. The majority of NACs showed specific temporal and spatial expression patterns based on EST frequency and microarray data analyses. However, the expression patterns of a majority of duplicate genes were partially redundant, suggesting the occurrence of subfunctionalization during subsequent evolutionary process. Furthermore, quantitative real-time RT-PCR (RT-qPCR) was performed to confirm the tissue-specific expression patterns of 25 NAC genes.
Conclusion
Based on the genomic organizations, we can conclude that segmental duplications contribute significantly to the expansion of Populus NAC gene family. The comprehensive expression profiles analysis provides first insights into the functional divergence among members in NAC gene family. In addition, the high divergence rate of expression patterns after segmental duplications indicates that NAC genes in Populus are likewise to have been retained by substantial subfunctionalization. Taken together, our results presented here would be helpful in laying the foundation for functional characterization of NAC gene family and further gaining an understanding of the structure-function relationship between these family members.
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影响因子:
5.3
作者:
Jiang, Yuanqing;Deyholos, Michael K.
通讯作者:
Deyholos, Michael K.
影响因子:
14.9
作者:
Finn, Robert D.;Mistry, Jaina;Schuster-Bockler, Benjamin;Griffiths-Jones, Sam;Hollich, Volker;Lassmann, Timo;Moxon, Simon;Marshall, Mhairi;Khanna, Ajay;Durbin, Richard;Eddy, Sean R.;Sonnhammer, Erik L. L.;Bateman, Alex
通讯作者:
Bateman, Alex
影响因子:
5.1
作者:
Collinge, M;Boller, T
通讯作者:
Boller, T
DOI:
10.1007/pl00008647
发表时间:
2000-01-01
期刊:
MOLECULAR AND GENERAL GENETICS
影响因子:
--
作者:
Kikuchi, K;Ueguchi-Tanaka, M;Hirano, HY
通讯作者:
Hirano, HY
影响因子:
7.2
作者:
Kim, Sang-Gyu;Lee, An-Kyo;Park, Chung-Mo
通讯作者:
Park, Chung-Mo