Comparative Genomic and Transcriptomic Analysis of Selected Fatty Acid Biosynthesis Genes and CNL Disease Resistance Genes in Oil Palm

Overview

Journal PLoS One

Specialties General Medicine
Science

Date 2018 Apr 20

PMID 29672525

Citations 6

Authors

Rozana Rosli

Nadzirah Amiruddin

Mohd Amin Ab Halim

Pek-Lan Chan

Kuang-Lim Chan

Norazah Azizi

Priscilla E Morris

Eng-Ti Leslie Low

Meilina Ong-Abdullah

Ravigadevi Sambanthamurthi

Rajinder Singh

Denis J Murphy

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Abstract

Comparative genomics and transcriptomic analyses were performed on two agronomically important groups of genes from oil palm versus other major crop species and the model organism, Arabidopsis thaliana. The first analysis was of two gene families with key roles in regulation of oil quality and in particular the accumulation of oleic acid, namely stearoyl ACP desaturases (SAD) and acyl-acyl carrier protein (ACP) thioesterases (FAT). In both cases, these were found to be large gene families with complex expression profiles across a wide range of tissue types and developmental stages. The detailed classification of the oil palm SAD and FAT genes has enabled the updating of the latest version of the oil palm gene model. The second analysis focused on disease resistance (R) genes in order to elucidate possible candidates for breeding of pathogen tolerance/resistance. Ortholog analysis showed that 141 out of the 210 putative oil palm R genes had homologs in banana and rice. These genes formed 37 clusters with 634 orthologous genes. Classification of the 141 oil palm R genes showed that the genes belong to the Kinase (7), CNL (95), MLO-like (8), RLK (3) and Others (28) categories. The CNL R genes formed eight clusters. Expression data for selected R genes also identified potential candidates for breeding of disease resistance traits. Furthermore, these findings can provide information about the species evolution as well as the identification of agronomically important genes in oil palm and other major crops.

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