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ArticleBMC plant biology2024

Genome-wide analysis and prediction of chloroplast and mitochondrial RNA editing sites of AGC gene family in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) for abiotic stress tolerance.

Furqan Ahmad, Muhammad Abdullah, Zulqurnain Khan, Piotr Stępień, Shoaib Ur Rehman, Umar Akram, Muhammad Habib Ur Rahman, Zulfiqar Ali, Daraz Ahmad, Rana Muhammad Amir Gulzar and 2 more

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Furqan AhmadSino-Pak Joint Research Laboratory, Institute of Plant Breeding and Biotechnology, MNS University of Agriculture, Multan, 60000, Punjab, Pakistan. furqan.ahmad@mnsuam.edu.pk.
Muhammad AbdullahInstitute of Crop Science, Plant Precision Breeding Academy, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Resources, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Zulqurnain KhanSino-Pak Joint Research Laboratory, Institute of Plant Breeding and Biotechnology, MNS University of Agriculture, Multan, 60000, Punjab, Pakistan.
Piotr StępieńInstitute of Soil Science, Plant Nutrition and Environmental Protection, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, ul. Grunwaldzka 53, Wroclaw, 50-357, Poland. piotr.stepien@upwr.edu.pl.
Shoaib Ur RehmanSino-Pak Joint Research Laboratory, Institute of Plant Breeding and Biotechnology, MNS University of Agriculture, Multan, 60000, Punjab, Pakistan.
Umar AkramSino-Pak Joint Research Laboratory, Institute of Plant Breeding and Biotechnology, MNS University of Agriculture, Multan, 60000, Punjab, Pakistan.
Muhammad Habib Ur RahmanSino-Pak Joint Research Laboratory, Institute of Plant Breeding and Biotechnology, MNS University of Agriculture, Multan, 60000, Punjab, Pakistan.
Zulfiqar AliSino-Pak Joint Research Laboratory, Institute of Plant Breeding and Biotechnology, MNS University of Agriculture, Multan, 60000, Punjab, Pakistan.
Daraz AhmadInstitute of Nuclear Agricultural Sciences, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
Rana Muhammad Amir GulzarLaboratory of molecular biology of plant disease resistance, institute of Biotechnology, college of agriculture and biotechnology, Zhejiang university, Hangzhou, P.R. China.
M Ajmal AliDepartment of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 11451, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Ehab A A SalamaAgricultural Botany Department (Genetics), Faculty of Agriculture Saba Basha, Alexandria University, Alexandria, 21531, Egypt.

Funding

ADP Funded Project entitled National Crop Genomics and Speed Breeding Center for Agri-cultural Sustainability ADP-LO21002838 Punjab, PakKing Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia RSP2024R306National Natural Science Foundation of China 32130075Science Technology and Achievement Transformation Project of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps 2021AB008, 2020CB003
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Abstract

backgroundCotton is one of the topmost fiber crops throughout the globe. During the last decade, abrupt changes in the climate resulted in drought, heat, and salinity. These stresses have seriously affected cotton production and significant losses all over the textile industry. The GhAGC kinase, a subfamily of AGC group and member of serine/threonine (Ser/Thr) protein kinases group and is highly conserved among eukaryotic organisms. The AGC kinases are compulsory elements of cell development, metabolic processes, and cell death in mammalian systems. The investigation of RNA editing sites within the organelle genomes of multicellular vascular plants, such as Gossypium hirsutum holds significant importance in understanding the regulation of gene expression at the post-transcriptional level.

methodsIn present work, we characterized twenty-eight GhAGC genes in cotton and constructed phylogenetic tree using nine different species from the most primitive to the most recent.

resultsIn sequence logos analyses, highly conserved amino acid residues were found in G. hirsutum, G. arboretum, G. raimondii and A. thaliana. The occurrence of cis-acting growth and stress-related elements in the promoter regions of GhAGCs highlight the significance of these factors in plant development and abiotic stress tolerance. Ka/Ks levels demonstrated that purifying selection pressure resulting from segmental events was applied to GhAGC with little functional divergence. We focused on identifying RNA editing sites in G. hirsutum organelles, specifically in the chloroplast and mitochondria, across all 28 AGC genes.

conclusionThe positive role of GhAGCs was explored by quantifying the expression in the plant tissues under abiotic stress. These findings help in understanding the role of GhAGC genes under abiotic stresses which may further be used in cotton breeding for the development of climate smart varieties in abruptly changing climate.

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ChloroplastsGossypiumPhylogenyRNA EditingStress, PhysiologicalGene Expression Regulation, PlantGenes, PlantGenome, PlantGenome-Wide Association StudyMitochondriaMultigene FamilyPlant ProteinsRNA, MitochondrialPlant ProteinsRNA, MitochondrialEvolutionGene expressionGenome-wide characterizationGhAGCRNA editing sites

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PMCPMC11441078

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