Genome-wide Analysis of the MADS-Box Gene Family in Watermelon

Ping Wang; Songbo Wang; Yong Chen; Xiaomin Xu; Xuanmin Guang; Youhua Zhang

doi:10.1016/j.compbiolchem.2019.04.013

Genome-wide Analysis of the MADS-Box Gene Family in Watermelon

Comput Biol Chem. 2019 Jun:80:341-350. doi: 10.1016/j.compbiolchem.2019.04.013. Epub 2019 May 2.

Authors

Ping Wang¹, Songbo Wang², Yong Chen³, Xiaomin Xu⁴, Xuanmin Guang⁵, Youhua Zhang⁶

Affiliations

¹ School of Information & Computer, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China.
² College of Plant Protection, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410000, China.
³ Science and Technology Department, State Tobacco Monopoly Administration, Beijing 100045, China.
⁴ Department of Mathematics, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
⁵ The Key Laboratory of Conservation Biology for Endangered Wildlife of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
⁶ School of Information & Computer, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China. Electronic address: zyh163@tom.com.

PMID: 31082717
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiolchem.2019.04.013

Abstract

MADS-box genes comprise a family of transcription factors that function in the growth and development of plants. To obtain insights into their evolution in watermelon (Citrullus lanatus), we carried out a genome-wide analysis and identified 39 MADS-box genes. These genes were classified into MIKC^c (25), MIKC^*(3), Mα (5), Mβ (3), and Mγ (3) clades according to their phylogenetic relationship with Arabidopsis thaliana and Cucumis sativus; moreover, these 25 genes in the MIKC clade could be classified into 13 subfamilies, and the Flowering Locus C (FLC) subfamily is absent in watermelon. Analysis of the conserved gene motifs showed similar motifs among clades. Continuing chromosomal localizations analysis indicated that MADS-box genes were distributed across 11 chromosomes in watermelon, and these genes were conditioned to be differentially expressed during plant growth and development. This research provides information that will aid further investigations into the evolution of the MADS-box gene family in plants.

Keywords: Expression analysis; Gene family; MADS-box; Phylogenetic analysis; Watermelon.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Arabidopsis / genetics
Citrullus / genetics*
Cucumis sativus / genetics
Gene Expression
Gene Expression Profiling
Genes, Plant*
MADS Domain Proteins / classification
MADS Domain Proteins / genetics*
Phylogeny
Plant Proteins / classification
Plant Proteins / genetics*
Transcriptome

Substances

MADS Domain Proteins
Plant Proteins