Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
Volume 23, Issue 23, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms232315326
Keywords
Betula platyphylla; phytochrome-interacting factors; PIF; basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH); adventitious root
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [32171738]
- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2021YFD2200304]
- Heilongjiang Touyan Innovat
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Phytochrome-interacting factors (PIFs) are transcription factors that regulate plant growth and development. In the Betula platyphylla species, PIF genes (BpPIFs) are involved in light, stress, and hormone responses, and may be regulated by the BpSPL2 gene. This study provides a comprehensive understanding of the BpPIF family and proposes a hypothetical gene network model for adventitious root formation.
Phytochrome-interacting factors (PIFs) are transcription factors with the basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) domain. As integration factors between different signal pathways, members of the PIF protein family regulate many aspects of plant growth and development, such as seed germination, photomorphogenesis, thermomorphogenesis, rhythm regulation, flowering response, stomatal development, and stress responses. Our previous studies have shown that the BpSPL2 gene may regulate plants' adventitious root development through PIF genes. Within the Betula platyphylla genome, we identified eight PIF (BpPIFs) genes. We analysed and named them based on a phylogenetic tree, gene structures, and conserved motifs. Synteny analysis indicated that transposition or segmental duplication events played a minor role in the expansion of BpPIFs. The comparative syntenic analysis combined with phylogenetic analysis provided a deep insight into the phylogenetic relationships of BpPIF genes, suggesting that BpPIF proteins are closer to PtPIF than to AtPIF. The analysis of cis-acting elements in promoter regions of BpPIF genes indicated that various elements were related to light, abiotic stress, and plant hormone responsiveness. In addition, we found that these promoters have the transcription factor of B. platyphylla SPL2 (BpSPL2) binding motif GTAC. Expression analysis demonstrated that BpPIF genes, especially BpPIF4, BpPIF9b, and BpPIF10, might be the potential target genes of BpSPL2 in the process of adventitious root formation. Besides providing a comprehensive understanding of the BpPIF family, we propose a hypothetical gene network regulatory model for adventitious root formation.
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