Background: Histone deacetylases (HDACs) catalyze histone deacetylation and suppress gene transcription during various cellular processes. As the superfamily of HDACs, RPD3/HDA1-type HDACs were most studied and reported that RPD3 genes played crucial roles in plant growth and physiological processes. However, there is a lack of systematic research on RPD3/HDA1 gene family in cotton.
Results: In this research, 9, 9, 18 and 18 RPD3 genes were determined by genome-wide analysis in Gossypium raimondii, G. arboreum, G. hirsutum and G. barbadense, respectively. This gene family was divided into 4 subfamilies through phylogenetic analysis. The exon-intron structure and conserved motifs analysis exhibited high conservation in each branch of cotton RPD3 genes. Collinearity analysis indicated that segmental duplication was the primary driving force during the expansion of the GhRPD3 gene family. There was at least one presumed cis-element related to plant hormone existing in the promoter regions of all the GhRPD3 genes, especially MeJA and ABA responsive elements, owning more members than other hormone-relevant elements. Characterizations of expression patterns showed that most GhRPD3 genes performed relative high expression in floral organs and possessed the higher expression in early-maturity cotton compared with the late-maturity cotton during flower bud differentiation period. In addition, the expression of GhRPD3 genes could be significantly induced by one or more abiotic stresses as well as exogenous application of MeJA and ABA.
Conclusions: Our findings revealed that GhRPD3 genes might be involved in flower bud differentiation and resistance to abiotic stresses, which provided a basis for further functional verification of GhRPD3 genes in cotton development and a foundation for breeding better early-maturity cotton cultivars in the future.
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Posted 19 Dec, 2019
On 28 Jul, 2020
Received 04 Jul, 2020
Received 04 Jul, 2020
On 06 Jun, 2020
On 04 Jun, 2020
On 04 Jun, 2020
Received 28 Jan, 2020
On 31 Dec, 2019
Invitations sent on 26 Dec, 2019
On 10 Dec, 2019
On 09 Dec, 2019
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Background: Histone deacetylases (HDACs) catalyze histone deacetylation and suppress gene transcription during various cellular processes. As the superfamily of HDACs, RPD3/HDA1-type HDACs were most studied and reported that RPD3 genes played crucial roles in plant growth and physiological processes. However, there is a lack of systematic research on RPD3/HDA1 gene family in cotton.
Results: In this research, 9, 9, 18 and 18 RPD3 genes were determined by genome-wide analysis in Gossypium raimondii, G. arboreum, G. hirsutum and G. barbadense, respectively. This gene family was divided into 4 subfamilies through phylogenetic analysis. The exon-intron structure and conserved motifs analysis exhibited high conservation in each branch of cotton RPD3 genes. Collinearity analysis indicated that segmental duplication was the primary driving force during the expansion of the GhRPD3 gene family. There was at least one presumed cis-element related to plant hormone existing in the promoter regions of all the GhRPD3 genes, especially MeJA and ABA responsive elements, owning more members than other hormone-relevant elements. Characterizations of expression patterns showed that most GhRPD3 genes performed relative high expression in floral organs and possessed the higher expression in early-maturity cotton compared with the late-maturity cotton during flower bud differentiation period. In addition, the expression of GhRPD3 genes could be significantly induced by one or more abiotic stresses as well as exogenous application of MeJA and ABA.
Conclusions: Our findings revealed that GhRPD3 genes might be involved in flower bud differentiation and resistance to abiotic stresses, which provided a basis for further functional verification of GhRPD3 genes in cotton development and a foundation for breeding better early-maturity cotton cultivars in the future.
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