Journal
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTS
Volume 41, Issue 9, Pages 6157-6166Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-014-3495-9
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Maize; Abiotic stress; Hexokinase; Expression behavior; Cis-elements
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- Beijing Nova Program [Z121105002512031]
- Youth Foundation of Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences [QNJJ201303]
- Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences [KJCX20140202]
- Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission [Z121100001512012]
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Hexokinases (HXKs, EC 2.7.1.1) play important roles in metabolism, glucose (Glc) signaling, and phosphorylation of Glc and fructose and are ubiquitous in all organisms. Despite their physiological importance, the maize HXK (ZmHXK) genes have not been analyzed systematically. We isolated and characterized nine members of the ZmHXK gene family which were distributed on 3 of the 10 maize chromosomes. A multiple sequence alignment and motif analysis revealed that the maize ZmHXK proteins share three conserved domains. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that the ZmHXK family can be divided into four subfamilies. We identified putative cis-elements in the ZmHXK promoter sequences potentially involved in phytohormone and abiotic stress responses, sugar repression, light and circadian rhythm regulation, Ca2+ responses, seed development and germination, and CO2-responsive transcriptional activation. To study the functions of maize HXK isoforms, we characterized the expression of the ZmHXK5 and ZmHXK6 genes, which are evolutionarily related to the OsHXK5 and OsHXK6 genes from rice. Analysis of tissue-specific expression patterns using quantitative real time-PCR showed that ZmHXK5 was highly expressed in tassels, while ZmHXK6 was expressed in both tassels and leaves. ZmHXK5 and ZmHXK6 expression levels were upregulated by phytohormones and by abiotic stress.
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