首页|Genome-wide identification and characterization of the PbrATG family in Pyrus bretschneideri and functional analysis of PbrATG1a in response to Botryosphaeria dothidea

Genome-wide identification and characterization of the PbrATG family in Pyrus bretschneideri and functional analysis of PbrATG1a in response to Botryosphaeria dothidea

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The pear is an economic fruit that is widely planted around the world and is loved by people for its rich nutritional value.Autophagy is a self-protection mechanism in eukaryotes,and its occurrence often accompanied by the degradation of damaged substances in cells and the recycling of nutrients.Autophagy is one of the mechanisms through which plants respond to environmental stress and plays an important role in plant development and stress resistance.Functional studies of autophagy-related genes(ATGs)have been performed on a variety of plant species,but little information is available on the ATG family in pear(Pyrus bretschneideri Rehd).Therefore,we analyzed the evolu-tionary dynamics and performed a genome-wide characterization of the PbrATG gene family.A total of 28 PbrATG members were identified.Phylogenetic analysis showed that PbrATGs were more closely related to ATGs of European pear and apple.Evolutionary analysis revealed that whole-genome duplication(WGD)and dispersed duplication events were the main driving forces of PbrATG family expansion.Expression analysis of different pear tissues showed that all the genes were expressed in different pear tissues,and different PbrATGs are expressed at different times and in different locations.Moreover,all PbrATGs also responded to different abiotic stresses,especially salt and drought stress,which elicited the highest expression levels.Pear seedlings were subsequently infected with Botryosphaeria dothidea(B.dothidea).The results showed that different PbrATGs had different expression patterns at different infection stages.According to the gene expression data,PbrATG1a was selected as a key autophagy gene for further analysis.Silencing of PbrATG1a reduced the resistance of pear to B.dothidea,which resulted in increased lesions,reactive oxygen species(ROS)contents,antioxidant enzyme activity,and gene expression levels in the silenced pear seedlings after B.dothidea inoculation.In this study,a comprehensive bioinformatic analysis of ATGs was conducted,and the functions of PbrATGs in pear development and in response to stress were elucidated,which laid a foundation for further study of the molecular mechanism of autophagy and a new strategy for pear resistance breeding.

AutophagyPearPbrATGsAbiotic stressBotryosphaeria dothideaPbrATG1a

Yun Wang、Xun Sun、Zhenwu Zhang、Zhihua Xie、Kaijie Qi、Shaoling Zhang

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Center of Pear Engineering Technology Research,State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement,College of Horticulture,Nanjing Agricultural University,Nanjing,Jiangsu 210095,China

国家自然科学基金江苏省自然科学基金中国博士后科学基金Postgraduate Research & Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province

31901989BK201905342021T140332KYCX20_0584

2024

园艺学报(英文版)

园艺学报(英文版)

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年,卷(期):2024.10(2)
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