Journal
GENE
Volume 473, Issue 1, Pages 23-35Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2010.10.010
Keywords
GA oxidase genes; Evolution; Rice (Oryza sativa); Arabidopsis thaliana; Soybean (Glycine max)
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- Key Projects in the National Science & Technology Pillar Program of China [2006BAD01A04, 2006BAD13B05-2, 2008BAD97B04-3]
- National Key Basic Research (973) Program of China [2009CB118402]
- Hi-Tech Research and Development (863) Program of China [2006AA100104-1]
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GAs are plant hormones that play fundamental roles in plant growth and development. GA2ox, GA3ox, and GA20ox are three key enzymes in GA biosynthesis. These enzymes belong to the 20G-Fe (II) oxygenase superfamily and are independently encoded by different gene families. To date, genome-wide comparative analyses of GA oxidases in plant species have not been thoroughly carried out. In the present work, 61 GA oxidase family genes from rice (Oryza sativa), Arabidopsis, and soybean (Glycine max) were identified and a full study of these genes including phylogenetic tree construction, gene structure, gene family expansion and analysis of functional motifs was performed. Based on phylogeny, most of the GA oxidases were divided into four subgroups that reflected functional classifications. Intron/intron average length of GA oxidase genes in rice analysis revealed that GA oxidase genes in rice experienced substantial evolutionary divergence. Segmental duplication events were mainly found in soybean genome. However, in rice and Arabidopsis, no single expansion pattern exhibited dominance, indicating that GA oxidase genes from these species might have been subjected to a more complex evolutionary mechanism. In addition, special functional motifs were discovered in GA20ox, GA3ox, and GA2ox, which suggested that different functional motifs are associated with differences in protein function. Taken together our results suggest that GA oxidase family genes have undergone divergent evolutionary routes, especially at the monocot-dicot split with dynamic evolution occurring in Arabidopsis thaliana and soybean. Crown Copyright (C) 2010 Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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