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Acta Prataculturae Sinica ›› 2022, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (12): 146-157.DOI: 10.11686/cyxb2021478

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Identification of a WRKY gene family based on full-length transcriptome sequences and analysis of response patterns under salt stress in Halogeton glomeratus

Qian CHEN1,2(), Xiao-yun XU1,2, Jun-cheng WANG1,2, Li-rong YAO1,2, Er-jing SI1,2, Ke YANG1,2, Xiao-ling WEI1,2, Xiao-le MA1,2, Bao-chun LI1,3, Xun-wu SHANG2, Ya-xiong MENG1,2(), Hua-jun WANG1,2()   

  1. 1.State Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science,Gansu Key Laboratory of Crop Improvement and Germplasm Enhancement,Lanzhou 730070,China
    2.College of Agronomy,Gansu Agricultural University,Lanzhou 730070,China
    3.College of Life Sciences and Technology,Gansu Agricultural University,Lanzhou 730070,China
  • Received:2021-12-23 Revised:2022-02-24 Online:2022-12-20 Published:2022-10-17
  • Contact: Ya-xiong MENG,Hua-jun WANG

Abstract:

WRKY is a plant-specific transcription factor that plays an important role in plant growth, plant development and plant stress responses. This research aimed to identify members of the WRKY gene family in Halogeton glomeratus, explore their evolutionary relationships and elucidate the expression response pattern of HgWRKY genes under salt stress. From the full-length transcriptome data of H. glomeratus, the WRKY gene family members were identified and analyzed by bioinformatics methods, and their relative expression levels under salt stress were detected by qRT-PCR. A total of 31 HgWRKY genes were identified from H. glomeratuswith the coded amino acid number of identified HgWRKYs ranging from 220 to 611. All HgWRKY proteins had complete conserved WRKYGQK sequences at the N-terminal. Subcellularly, all HgWRKYs were located in the nucleus, and HgWRKY20 and HgWRKY21 were also located in mitochondria. Based on phylogenetic analysis, the 31 detected HgWRKYs can be divided into three groups: Ⅰ (8 members), Ⅱ (22 members), Ⅲ (1 member). Group Ⅱ contained five subgroups: Ⅱ-a (1 member), Ⅱ-b (2 members), Ⅱ-c (1 member), Ⅱ-d (15 members) and Ⅱ-e (3 members). Motif 1 and Motif 2 were the characteristic motifs of the HgWRKYs family, and these were found to be relatively conserved in the evolutionary process. The qRT-PCR results indicated that HgWRKYs were mainly expressed in roots with tissue specificity, and the expression levels of HgWRKY19HgWRKY23 and HgWRKY27 genes were the highest at 24 h. These three were therefore selected as candidate genes for salt stress response, in order to provide a basis for further study of the molecular mechanisms of HgWRKY genes in response to salt stress.

Key words: Halogeton glomeratus, WRKY gene family, salt stress, bioinformatics analysis