Genome-wide analysis and expression profiling of glyoxalase gene families in soybean (Glycine max) indicate their development and abiotic stress specific response

BMC Plant Biology

Research Article

Ajit Ghosh¹  Tahmina Islam² 

[1] Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, 3114, Sylhet, Bangladesh;Plant Breeding and Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Botany, Dhaka University, 1000, Dhaka, Bangladesh;

关键词: Glyoxalase;    Glycine max;    Abiotic stress;    Functional divergence;    Gene duplication;    Microarray;    Metal dependency;    RNA seq-Atlas;    Semiquantitative RT-PCR;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12870-016-0773-9

 received in 2015-09-08, accepted in 2016-04-11,  发布年份 2016

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundGlyoxalase pathway consists of two enzymes, glyoxalase I (GLYI) and glyoxalase II (GLYII) which detoxifies a highly cytotoxic metabolite methylglyoxal (MG) to its non-toxic form. MG may form advanced glycation end products with various cellular macro-molecules such as proteins, DNA and RNA; that ultimately lead to their inactivation. Role of glyoxalase enzymes has been extensively investigated in various plant species which showed their crucial role in salinity, drought and heavy metal stress tolerance. Previously genome-wide analysis of glyoxalase genes has been conducted in model plants Arabidopsis and rice, but no such study was performed in any legume species.ResultsIn the present study, a comprehensive genome database analysis of soybean was performed and identified a total of putative 41 GLYI and 23 GLYII proteins encoded by 24 and 12 genes, respectively. Detailed analysis of these identified members was conducted including their nomenclature and classification, chromosomal distribution and duplication, exon-intron organization, and protein domain(s) and motifs identification. Expression profiling of these genes has been performed in different tissues and developmental stages as well as under salinity and drought stresses using publicly available RNAseq and microarray data. The study revealed that GmGLYI-7 and GmGLYII-8 have been expressed intensively in all the developmental stages and tissues; while GmGLYI-6, GmGLYI-9, GmGLYI-20, GmGLYII-5 and GmGLYII-10 were highly abiotic stress responsive members.ConclusionsThe present study identifies the largest family of glyoxalase proteins to date with 41 GmGLYI and 23 GmGLYII members in soybean. Detailed analysis of GmGLYI and GmGLYII genes strongly indicates the genome-wide segmental and tandem duplication of the glyoxalase members. Moreover, this study provides a strong basis about the biological role and function of GmGLYI and GmGLYII members in soybean growth, development and stress physiology.

【 授权许可】

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© Ghosh and Islam. 2016