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ArticleBMC plant biology2017

Identification and analysis of glutathione S-transferase gene family in sweet potato reveal divergent GST-mediated networks in aboveground and underground tissues in response to abiotic stresses.

Na Ding, Aimin Wang, Xiaojun Zhang, Yunxiang Wu, Ruyuan Wang, Huihui Cui, Rulin Huang, Yonghai Luo

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Article in BMC plant biology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers.

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Na DingPlant Functional Genomics, School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu Normal University, 101 Shanghai Road, Tongshan New District, Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province, 221116, China.
Aimin WangPlant Functional Genomics, School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu Normal University, 101 Shanghai Road, Tongshan New District, Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province, 221116, China.
Xiaojun ZhangPlant Functional Genomics, School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu Normal University, 101 Shanghai Road, Tongshan New District, Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province, 221116, China.
Yunxiang WuPlant Functional Genomics, School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu Normal University, 101 Shanghai Road, Tongshan New District, Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province, 221116, China.
Ruyuan WangPlant Functional Genomics, School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu Normal University, 101 Shanghai Road, Tongshan New District, Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province, 221116, China.
Huihui CuiCenter for Molecular Cell and Systems Biology, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, 350002, China.
Rulin HuangCenter for Molecular Cell and Systems Biology, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, 350002, China.
Yonghai LuoPlant Functional Genomics, School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu Normal University, 101 Shanghai Road, Tongshan New District, Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province, 221116, China. yonghailuo@foxmail.com.
Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University · CNJiangsu Normal University · CN

Funding

National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics Y409Z111U1National Natural Science Foundation of China 31771855Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province BK20141146
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSweet potato, a hexaploid species lacking a reference genome, is one of the most important crops in many developing countries, where abiotic stresses are a primary cause of reduction of crop yield. Glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) are multifunctional enzymes that play important roles in oxidative stress tolerance and cellular detoxification.

resultsA total of 42 putative full-length GST genes were identified from two local transcriptome databases and validated by molecular cloning and Sanger sequencing. Sequence and intraspecific phylogenetic analyses revealed extensive differentiation in their coding sequences and divided them into eight subfamilies. Interspecific phylogenetic and comparative analyses indicated that most examined GST paralogs might originate and diverge before the speciation of sweet potato. Results from large-scale RNA-seq and quantitative real-time PCR experiments exhibited extensive variation in gene-expression profiles across different tissues and varieties, which implied strong evolutionary divergence in their gene-expression regulation. Moreover, we performed five manipulated stress experiments and uncovered highly divergent stress-response patterns of sweet potato GST genes in aboveground and underground tissues.

conclusionsOur study identified a large number of sweet potato GST genes, systematically investigated their evolutionary diversification, and provides new insights into the GST-mediated stress-response mechanisms in this worldwide crop.

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Genes, PlantGlutathione TransferaseIpomoea batatasOxidative StressPhylogenySpecies SpecificityTranscriptomeGlutathione TransferaseAbiotic stressesEvolutionary diversificationGlutathione S-transferaseRegulatory mechanismSweet potato

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