Genome-wide Identification of C2H2-Type Zinc Finger Proteins of Ginkgo biloba and Bioinformatics Analysis
In a variety of higher plants,C2H2-type zinc finger proteins(C2H2-ZFPs),as an important family of transcription factors,have been shown to play important roles in vital biological processes such as growth and development and response to adversity stress.In this study,61 members of the C2H2-ZFPs family were identified in Ginkgo biloba and analyzed for their physicochemical properties,chromosomal localization,covariance,promoter cis-regulatory elements and tissue expression patterns.Based on phylogenetic analysis,these C2H2-ZFPs family members were categorized into five subfamilies,which were evenly distributed on 12 chromosomes.The re-sults of subcellular localization showed that the Ginkgo biloba C2H2-ZFPs family members were mainly located in the nucleus;the analy-sis of promoter ci,s-elements showed that the Ginkgo biloba C2H2-ZFPs family contained many light-responsive elements and phytohormone-responsive elements;and the analysis of the tissue expression pattern showed that 61 C2H2-ZFPs family members were expressed in different tissues,suggesting that they may play roles in different tissues and at different times of growth and development.This study provides a detailed overview of the C2H2-ZFPs family in Ginkgo biloba and lays the foundation for further exploration of the roles of this family.