Comparative analysis of re-annotated genes provides insight into evolutionary divergence and expressions of aquaporin family in pepper

Yeon Mi Lee, Geun Young Chae, Min Kyung Kim, Seungill Kim

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Abstract

Aquaporins (AQPs) are known to have a vital role in water transport in all living organisms including agriculturally important crops, but a comprehensive genomic study of AQPs in pepper has not been implemented. Here, we updated previous gene annotations and generated a total of 259 AQP genes from five plants, including pepper. Phylogenetic and motif analyses revealed that a large proportion of pepper AQP genes belong to the specific subgroup of tonoplast intrinsic protein (TIP) subfamily, TIP4. Chromosomal localization and estimated duplication times illustrated that genes in TIP4 formed a tandem array on the short arm of chromosome 1, resulting from pepper-specific expansion after its divergence with Solanaceae species. Transcriptome analyses under various abiotic stress conditions revealed that transport-, photosystem-, and thylakoid-related genes were generally enriched in expression clusters containing AQP genes in pepper. These results provide valuable genomic resources and insight into the evolutionary mechanism that generate genomic diversity of the AQP gene family in pepper.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1039
JournalPlants
Volume10
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2021

Keywords

  • Abiotic stress
  • Aquaporin
  • Pepper
  • Re-annotation
  • Water transport

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