Genome-wide identification of Gramineae histone modification genes and their potential roles in regulating wheat and maize growth and stress responses

Abstract Background In plants, histone modification (HM) genes participate in various developmental and defense processes. Gramineae plants (e.g., Triticum aestivum, Hordeum vulgare, Sorghum bicolor, Setaria italica, Setaria viridis, and Zea mays) are important crop species worldwide. However, littl...

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Autores principales: Liwei Zheng, Shengjie Ma, Dandan Shen, Hong Fu, Yue Wang, Ying Liu, Kamran Shah, Caipeng Yue, Jinyong Huang
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:a8fbea4319604ff998339f61f8b109ab2021-11-21T12:05:49ZGenome-wide identification of Gramineae histone modification genes and their potential roles in regulating wheat and maize growth and stress responses10.1186/s12870-021-03332-81471-2229https://doaj.org/article/a8fbea4319604ff998339f61f8b109ab2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-021-03332-8https://doaj.org/toc/1471-2229Abstract Background In plants, histone modification (HM) genes participate in various developmental and defense processes. Gramineae plants (e.g., Triticum aestivum, Hordeum vulgare, Sorghum bicolor, Setaria italica, Setaria viridis, and Zea mays) are important crop species worldwide. However, little information on HM genes is in Gramineae species. Results Here, we identified 245 TaHMs, 72 HvHMs, 84 SbHMs, 93 SvHMs, 90 SiHMs, and 90 ZmHMs in the above six Gramineae species, respectively. Detailed information on their chromosome locations, conserved domains, phylogenetic trees, synteny, promoter elements, and gene structures were determined. Among the HMs, most motifs were conserved, but several unique motifs were also identified. Our results also suggested that gene and genome duplications potentially impacted the evolution and expansion of HMs in wheat. The number of orthologous gene pairs between rice (Oryza sativa) and each Gramineae species was much greater than that between Arabidopsis and each Gramineae species, indicating that the dicotyledons shared common ancestors. Moreover, all identified HM gene pairs likely underwent purifying selection based on to their non-synonymous (Ka)/synonymous (Ks) nucleotide substitutions. Using published transcriptome data, changes in TaHM gene expression in developing wheat grains treated with brassinosteroid, brassinazole, or activated charcoal were investigated. In addition, the transcription models of ZmHMs in developing maize seeds and after gibberellin treatment were also identified. We also examined plant stress responses and found that heat, drought, salt, insect feeding, nitrogen, and cadmium stress influenced many TaHMs, and drought altered the expression of several ZmHMs. Thus, these findings indicate their important functions in plant growth and stress adaptations. Conclusions Based on a comprehensive analysis of Gramineae HMs, we found that TaHMs play potential roles in grain development, brassinosteroid- and brassinazole-mediated root growth, activated charcoal-mediated root and leaf growth, and biotic and abiotic adaptations. Furthermore, ZmHMs likely participate in seed development, gibberellin-mediated leaf growth, and drought adaptation.Liwei ZhengShengjie MaDandan ShenHong FuYue WangYing LiuKamran ShahCaipeng YueJinyong HuangBMCarticleHistone modificationWheat and maizeGrowth and developmentStressBotanyQK1-989ENBMC Plant Biology, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-18 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic Histone modification
Wheat and maize
Growth and development
Stress
Botany
QK1-989
spellingShingle Histone modification
Wheat and maize
Growth and development
Stress
Botany
QK1-989
Liwei Zheng
Shengjie Ma
Dandan Shen
Hong Fu
Yue Wang
Ying Liu
Kamran Shah
Caipeng Yue
Jinyong Huang
Genome-wide identification of Gramineae histone modification genes and their potential roles in regulating wheat and maize growth and stress responses
description Abstract Background In plants, histone modification (HM) genes participate in various developmental and defense processes. Gramineae plants (e.g., Triticum aestivum, Hordeum vulgare, Sorghum bicolor, Setaria italica, Setaria viridis, and Zea mays) are important crop species worldwide. However, little information on HM genes is in Gramineae species. Results Here, we identified 245 TaHMs, 72 HvHMs, 84 SbHMs, 93 SvHMs, 90 SiHMs, and 90 ZmHMs in the above six Gramineae species, respectively. Detailed information on their chromosome locations, conserved domains, phylogenetic trees, synteny, promoter elements, and gene structures were determined. Among the HMs, most motifs were conserved, but several unique motifs were also identified. Our results also suggested that gene and genome duplications potentially impacted the evolution and expansion of HMs in wheat. The number of orthologous gene pairs between rice (Oryza sativa) and each Gramineae species was much greater than that between Arabidopsis and each Gramineae species, indicating that the dicotyledons shared common ancestors. Moreover, all identified HM gene pairs likely underwent purifying selection based on to their non-synonymous (Ka)/synonymous (Ks) nucleotide substitutions. Using published transcriptome data, changes in TaHM gene expression in developing wheat grains treated with brassinosteroid, brassinazole, or activated charcoal were investigated. In addition, the transcription models of ZmHMs in developing maize seeds and after gibberellin treatment were also identified. We also examined plant stress responses and found that heat, drought, salt, insect feeding, nitrogen, and cadmium stress influenced many TaHMs, and drought altered the expression of several ZmHMs. Thus, these findings indicate their important functions in plant growth and stress adaptations. Conclusions Based on a comprehensive analysis of Gramineae HMs, we found that TaHMs play potential roles in grain development, brassinosteroid- and brassinazole-mediated root growth, activated charcoal-mediated root and leaf growth, and biotic and abiotic adaptations. Furthermore, ZmHMs likely participate in seed development, gibberellin-mediated leaf growth, and drought adaptation.
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author Liwei Zheng
Shengjie Ma
Dandan Shen
Hong Fu
Yue Wang
Ying Liu
Kamran Shah
Caipeng Yue
Jinyong Huang
author_facet Liwei Zheng
Shengjie Ma
Dandan Shen
Hong Fu
Yue Wang
Ying Liu
Kamran Shah
Caipeng Yue
Jinyong Huang
author_sort Liwei Zheng
title Genome-wide identification of Gramineae histone modification genes and their potential roles in regulating wheat and maize growth and stress responses
title_short Genome-wide identification of Gramineae histone modification genes and their potential roles in regulating wheat and maize growth and stress responses
title_full Genome-wide identification of Gramineae histone modification genes and their potential roles in regulating wheat and maize growth and stress responses
title_fullStr Genome-wide identification of Gramineae histone modification genes and their potential roles in regulating wheat and maize growth and stress responses
title_full_unstemmed Genome-wide identification of Gramineae histone modification genes and their potential roles in regulating wheat and maize growth and stress responses
title_sort genome-wide identification of gramineae histone modification genes and their potential roles in regulating wheat and maize growth and stress responses
publisher BMC
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/a8fbea4319604ff998339f61f8b109ab
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