Genome-Wide Characterization of the Gene Family Identifies Potential Members Involved in Temperature Stress Response in Apple

Overview

Journal Front Genet

Date 2020 Nov 26

PMID 33240335

Citations 20

Authors

Fuwen Yao

Chunhui Song

Hongtao Wang

Shangwei Song

Jian Jiao

Miaomiao Wang

Xianbo Zheng

Tuanhui Bai

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Abstract

Apple ( Borkh.), an economically important tree fruit worldwide, frequently suffers from temperature stress during growth and development, which strongly affects the yield and quality. Heat shock protein 20 () genes play crucial roles in protecting plants against abiotic stresses. However, they have not been systematically investigated in apple. In this study, we identified 41 genes in the apple 'Golden Delicious' genome. These genes were unequally distributed on 15 different chromosomes and were classified into 10 subfamilies based on phylogenetic analysis and predicted subcellular localization. Chromosome mapping and synteny analysis indicated that three pairs of apple genes were tandemly duplicated. Sequence analysis revealed that all apple proteins reflected high structure conservation and most apple genes (92.6%) possessed no introns, or only one intron. Numerous apple gene promoter sequences contained stress and hormone response -elements. Transcriptome analysis revealed that 35 of 41 apple genes were nearly unchanged or downregulated under normal temperature and cold stress, whereas these genes exhibited high-expression levels under heat stress. Subsequent qRT-PCR results showed that 12 of 29 selected apple genes were extremely up-regulated (more than 1,000-fold) after 4 h of heat stress. However, the heat-upregulated genes were barely expressed or downregulated in response to cold stress, which indicated their potential function in mediating the response of apple to heat stress. Taken together, these findings lay the foundation to functionally characterize genes to unravel their exact role in heat defense response in apple.

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