中国农业科学 ›› 2020, Vol. 53 ›› Issue (1): 133-147.doi: 10.3864/j.issn.0578-1752.2020.01.013

• 专题:黄瓜分子生物学 • 上一篇    下一篇

黄瓜ERF基因家族鉴定及其在雌花芽分化中的表达分析

潘健,温海帆,何欢乐,连红莉,王刚,潘俊松,蔡润()   

  1. 上海交通大学农业与生物学院,上海 200240
  • 收稿日期:2019-05-28 接受日期:2019-10-29 出版日期:2020-01-01 发布日期:2020-01-19
  • 通讯作者: 蔡润
  • 作者简介:潘健,E-mail:nillice@sina.com。
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金(31772308);国家自然科学基金(31272185);国家自然科学基金(31471879)

Genome-Wide Identification of Cucumber ERF Gene Family and Expression Analysis in Female Bud Differentiation

Jian PAN,HaiFan WEN,HuanLe HE,HongLi LIAN,Gang WANG,JunSong PAN,Run CAI()   

  1. School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240
  • Received:2019-05-28 Accepted:2019-10-29 Online:2020-01-01 Published:2020-01-19
  • Contact: Run CAI

摘要:

【目的】通过以黄瓜9930_V2版本基因组为参照进行生物信息学分析,对ERF基因家族在基因组中的数量、结构以及表达特征进行分析,为研究ERF转录因子在黄瓜雌花分化与发育中的作用提供数据支持。【方法】根据已报道的拟南芥ERF,利用黄瓜基因组数据库中9930_V2版本基因组进行BLAST比对,通过MEGA、MEME、TBtools、ExPASy等工具进行生物信息学分析。采用qRT-PCR方法检测不同性型黄瓜材料、雌花发育初期不同阶段中ERF基因家族成员的表达水平。采用酵母单杂交方法验证家族成员与乙烯响应元件GCC-box的互作。【结果】从黄瓜材料9930基因组中鉴定得到138个ERF基因家族成员,共分为10个亚族,编码氨基酸长度介于126—745。按照基因家族成员在染色体上的位置分布,将其命名为CsERF1-CsERF138。多序列比对和motif分析结果表明,黄瓜ERF基因家族均具有AP2/ERF结构域,其中4个成员具有B3结构域。表达分析结果显示,在不同性型材料中共有19个ERF家族成员差异表达,其中9个在FFMMAA基因型中高表达,10个在ffMMAA基因型中高表达。通过雌花芽发育初期ERF家族成员的表达趋势分析,发现31个ERF随子房发育表达上调,30个表达下调。初步证明CsERF9CsERF31具有结合GCC-box元件的功能。【结论】从黄瓜基因组中鉴定出138个ERF基因家族成员,均拥有1个或多个AP2/ERF结构域;其中部分成员在不同性型材料中差异表达,并可能参与雌花分化初期的基因表达调控;部分成员具有结合保守元件GCC-box调控下游基因表达的功能。

关键词: 黄瓜, 乙烯信号, 雌花发育, ERF基因, 性别决定

Abstract:

【Objective】The objectives of this research were to identify the Ethylene Response Factor (ERF) family genes from cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) genome and to know the profile of ERF family such as gene number, gene structure and expression characters in cucumber, so as to provide a theoretical basis for exploring what roles the ERF transcription factors played in female flowers development. 【Method】 The ERF genes in cucumber genome were identified by BLAST software in the 9930_V2 genome database based on Arabidopsis ERF genes. EMBOSS, MEME, TBtools, ExPASy and MEGA 7.0 software were used for carrying out various bioinformatics analysis of ERF. The qRT-PCR was used to detect the expression of cucumber ERF gene family in female buds’ differentiation. 【Result】 Total of 138 ERF genes were identified from cucumber genome, which could be divided into 10 classes. These 138 ERF genes were named from CsERF1 to CsERF138, and the number of amino acids of these ERF genes was between 126 and 745. Multiple sequence alignments and Motif analysis showed that the CsERF gene family had two conserved domains, namely AP2/ERF domain and B3 domain. There were 19 ERF genes showed different expression between FFMMAA and ffMMAA genotype, 9 of them up-regulated in FFMMAA genotype and the other 10 up-regulated in ffMMAA genotype. The expression trend analysis showed 31 ERF genes up-regulated and 30 genes down-regulated in the initial-phase of female buds’ differentiation. Furthermore, it was demonstrated that CsERF9 and CsERF31 could bind the GCC-box. 【Conclusion】 138 ERF gene family members were identified from the cucumber 9930_V2 genome. These entire ERF gene shared AP2/ERF domain. Some of the ERF family members were related to sex determination and female flower development and could bind GCC-box to regulate downstream genes expression.

Key words: cucumber, ethylene signal, female flower development, ERF, sex determination