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ArticleBMC plant biology2021

Genome-wide analysis of the apple CaCA superfamily reveals that MdCAX proteins are involved in the abiotic stress response as calcium transporters.

Ke Mao, Jie Yang, Min Wang, Huayu Liu, Xin Guo, Shuang Zhao, Qinglong Dong, Fengwang Ma

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Ke Mao *State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas/Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Apple, College of Horticulture, Northwest A &F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China.
Jie Yang *State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas/Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Apple, College of Horticulture, Northwest A &F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China.
Min WangState Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas/Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Apple, College of Horticulture, Northwest A &F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China.
Huayu LiuState Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas/Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Apple, College of Horticulture, Northwest A &F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China.
Xin GuoState Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas/Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Apple, College of Horticulture, Northwest A &F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China.
Shuang ZhaoState Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas/Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Apple, College of Horticulture, Northwest A &F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China.
Qinglong DongState Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas/Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Apple, College of Horticulture, Northwest A &F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China.
Fengwang MaState Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas/Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Apple, College of Horticulture, Northwest A &F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China. fwm64@nwsuaf.edu.cn.

Funding

Earmarked Fund for China Agriculture Research System CARS-27Key S&T Special Projects of Shaanxi Province 2020zdzx03-01-02National Key Research and Development Program of China 2018YFD1000300/2018YFD1000301National Natural Science Foundation of China 31701894Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province 2018JQ3010
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Abstract

backgroundCalcium (Ca

resultsHere, we identified 21 CaCA family proteins in apple for the first time. Phylogenetic and gene structure analysis, as well as prediction of conserved motifs, suggested that these proteins could be classified into four groups: CAX, CCX, NCL, and MHX. Expression analysis showed that the 10 MdCAX genes we cloned strongly responded to calcium and abiotic stress treatments. Collinearity analysis and characterisation of calcium transport capacity resulted in the identification of a pair of segmental duplication genes: MdCAX3L-1 and MdCAX3L-2; MdCAX3L-2 showed strong calcium transport capacity, whereas MdCAX3L-1 showed no calcium transport capacity. Yeast two-hybrid (Y2H) assays showed that these two proteins could interact with each other. The high sequence similarity (94.6%) makes them a good model for studying the crucial residues and structural basis of the calcium transport of CAX proteins. Prediction of the protein interaction network revealed several proteins that may interact with CAX proteins and play important roles in plant stress responses, such as SOS2, CXIP1, MHX, NRAMP3, and MTP8.

conclusionsOur analysis indicated that MdCAX proteins have strong calcium transport capacity and are involved in the abiotic stress response in apple. These findings provide new insight and rich resources for future studies of MdCAX proteins in apple.

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CalciumGene Expression Regulation, PlantGenome, PlantGenome-Wide Association StudyIon TransportMalusMultigene FamilyPlant ProteinsStress, PhysiologicalCalciumPlant ProteinsAbiotic stressAppleCa2+/H+ exchangersCaCA superfamilyCalcium

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PMID33557757
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