期刊
PLANTS-BASEL
卷 10, 期 12, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/plants10122619
关键词
homologs; phylogeny; ATG18; FRRG motif; principal component; 3D model; expression profile
资金
- Direccion General de Asuntos del Personal Academico, DGAPA/PAPIIT-UNAM [IN211218]
- CONACyT project [CF-MI-20191017134234199/316538]
- DGAPA/PAPIIT-UNAM [IN205619, IN216321]
This study identified 17 ATG families in legumes and elucidated their phylogenetic relationships, with a focus on the ATG18 family in P. vulgaris. The results showed the responsive nature of ATG genes to nitrate and provided new insights into the classification of ATG18 subfamilies.
Macroautophagy/autophagy is a fundamental catabolic pathway that maintains cellular homeostasis in eukaryotic cells by forming double-membrane-bound vesicles named autophagosomes. The autophagy family genes remain largely unexplored except in some model organisms. Legumes are a large family of economically important crops, and knowledge of their important cellular processes is essential. Here, to first address the knowledge gaps, we identified 17 ATG families in Phaseolus vulgaris, Medicago truncatula and Glycine max based on Arabidopsis sequences and elucidated their phylogenetic relationships. Second, we dissected ATG18 in subfamilies from early plant lineages, chlorophytes to higher plants, legumes, which included a total of 27 photosynthetic organisms. Third, we focused on the ATG18 family in P. vulgaris to understand the protein structure and developed a 3D model for PvATG18b. Our results identified ATG homologs in the chosen legumes and differential expression data revealed the nitrate-responsive nature of ATG genes. A multidimensional scaling analysis of 280 protein sequences from 27 photosynthetic organisms classified ATG18 homologs into three subfamilies that were not based on the BCAS3 domain alone. The domain structure, protein motifs (FRRG) and the stable folding conformation structure of PvATG18b revealing the possible lipid-binding sites and transmembrane helices led us to propose PvATG18b as the functional homolog of AtATG18b. The findings of this study contribute to an in-depth understanding of the autophagy process in legumes and improve our knowledge of ATG18 subfamilies.
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