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GENOME BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
Volume 11, Issue 2, Pages 459-471Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evy248
Keywords
LEA proteins; gene family evolution; abiotic stress adaptation; desiccation tolerance; intrinsic disorder
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- CAPES-Brazilian Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education [BEX 0857/14-9]
- China Scholarship Council
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Late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) proteins include eight multigene families that are expressed in response to water loss during seed maturation and in vegetative tissues of desiccation tolerant species. To elucidate LEA proteins evolution and diversification, we performed a comprehensive synteny and phylogenetic analyses of the eight gene families across 60 complete plant genomes. Our integrated comparative genomic approach revealed that synteny conservation and diversification contributed to LEA family expansion and functional diversification in plants. We provide examples that: 1) the genomic diversification of the Dehydrin family contributed to differential evolution of amino acid sequences, protein biochemical properties, and gene expression patterns, and led to the appearance of a novel functional motif in angiosperms; 2) ancient genomic diversification contributed to the evolution of distinct intrinsically disordered regions of LEA_1 proteins; 3) recurrent tandem-duplications contributed to the large expansion of LEA_2; and 4) dynamic synteny diversification played a role on the evolution of LEA_4 and its function on plant desiccation tolerance. Taken together, these results show that multiple evolutionary mechanisms have not only led to genomic diversification but also to structural and functional plasticity among LEA proteins which have jointly contributed to the adaptation of plants to water-limiting environments.
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