烟草TCP家族成员鉴定及表达分析

Identification and expression analysis of TCP family members in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.)

摘要:

TCP家族作为植物特有的转录因子，在植物发育的不同方面发挥着重要作用。为筛选烟草中TCP家族成员，本研究通过全基因组同源比对，鉴定烟草与拟南芥TCP家族同源序列。利用生物信息学的方法分析其理化性质、系统进化关系、顺式作用元件等；筛选AtTCP3/AtTCP4的同源基因，并利用RT-qPCR检测在20% PEG6000处理下的基因表达量变化。结果表明烟草中含有TCP家族成员63个，其氨基酸序列长度范围为89−596 aa，蛋白亲水性(grand average of hydropathicity, GRAVY)范围为−1.147−0.125，等电点(isoelectric point, pI)范围为4.42−9.94，内含子个数为0−3，亚细胞定位均位于细胞核。保守结构域和系统进化关系分析结果表明，烟草TCP家族可分为PCF、CIN和CYC/TB1这3个亚家族且每个亚家族具有稳定序列。基因启动子区顺式作用元件结果表明，TCP家族基因含有低温顺式作用元件(LTR)及多种胁迫及代谢调控相关的元件(MYB、MYC)等顺式作用元件。基因表达模式分析表明，AtTCP3/AtTCP4同源基因(NtTCP6、NtTCP28、NtTCP30、NtTCP33、NtTCP42、NtTCP57和NtTCP63)在20% PEG6000处理下表达量显著上调表达/下调表达，并发现NtTCP30和NtTCP57基因对干旱胁迫响应较为明显。研究结果剖析了烟草基因组中的TCP家族，为烟草抗旱基因功能研究及品种培育提供了候选基因。

Abstract:

TCP family as plant specific transcription factor, plays an important role in different aspects of plant development. In order to screen TCP family members in tobacco, the homologous sequences of tobacco and Arabidopsis TCP family were identified by genome-wide homologous alignment. The physicochemical properties, phylogenetic relationships and cis-acting elements were analyzed by bioinformatics. The homologous genes of AtTCP3/AtTCP4 were screened, and RT-qPCR was used to detect the changes of gene expression upon 20% PEG6000 treatment. The results show that tobacco contains 63 TCP family members. Their amino acid sequence length ranged from 89 aa to 596 aa, and their protein hydropathicity grand average of hydropathicity (GRAVY) ranged from −1.147 to 0.125. The isoelectric point (pI) ranges from 4.42 to 9.94, the number of introns is 0 to 3, and the subcellular location is all located in the nucleus. The results of conserved domain and phylogenetic relationship analysis showed that the tobacco TCP family can be divided into PCF, CIN and CYC/TB1 subfamilies, and each subfamily has a stable sequence. The results of cis-acting elements in gene promoter region showed that TCP family genes contain low docile acting elements (LTR) and a variety of stress and metabolic regulation related elements (MYB, MYC). Analysis of gene expression patterns showed that AtTCP3/AtTCP4 homologous genes (NtTCP6, NtTCP28, NtTCP30, NtTCP33, NtTCP42, NtTCP57, NtTCP63) accounted for 20% PEG6000 treatment significantly up-regulated/down-regulated expression, and NtTCP30 and NtTCP57 genes were selected as candidate genes in response to drought. The results of this study analyzed the TCP family in the tobacco genome and provided candidate genes for the study of drought-resistance gene function and variety breeding in tobacco.