A Comprehensive Study of the WRKY Transcription Factor Family in Strawberry
WRKY transcription factors play critical roles in plant growth and development or stress responses. Using up-to-date genomic data, a total of 64 and 257 WRKY genes have been identified in the diploid woodland strawberry, <i>Fragaria vesca</i>, and the more complex allo-octoploid commerci...
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| author | José Garrido-Gala José-Javier Higuera Antonio Rodríguez-Franco Juan Muñoz-Blanco Francisco Amil-Ruiz José L. Caballero |
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| description | WRKY transcription factors play critical roles in plant growth and development or stress responses. Using up-to-date genomic data, a total of 64 and 257 WRKY genes have been identified in the diploid woodland strawberry, <i>Fragaria vesca</i>, and the more complex allo-octoploid commercial strawberry, <i>Fragaria</i> × <i>ananassa</i> cv. Camarosa, respectively. The completeness of the new genomes and annotations has enabled us to perform a more detailed evolutionary and functional study of the strawberry WRKY family members, particularly in the case of the cultivated hybrid, in which homoeologous and paralogous <i>FaWRKY</i> genes have been characterized. Analysis of the available expression profiles has revealed that many strawberry <i>WRKY</i> genes show preferential or tissue-specific expression. Furthermore, significant differential expression of several <i>FaWRKY</i> genes has been clearly detected in fruit receptacles and achenes during the ripening process and pathogen challenged, supporting a precise functional role of these strawberry genes in such processes. Further, an extensive analysis of predicted development, stress and hormone-responsive cis-acting elements in the strawberry WRKY family is shown. Our results provide a deeper and more comprehensive knowledge of the <i>WRKY</i> gene family in strawberry. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-051369119bad4d60913a0e9eb18b8cc42023-11-23T18:34:57ZengMDPI AGPlants2223-77472022-06-011112158510.3390/plants11121585A Comprehensive Study of the WRKY Transcription Factor Family in StrawberryJosé Garrido-Gala0José-Javier Higuera1Antonio Rodríguez-Franco2Juan Muñoz-Blanco3Francisco Amil-Ruiz4José L. Caballero5Phytoplant Research SLU, 14071 Córdoba, SpainDepartamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Campus Universitario de Rabanales y Campus de Excelencia Internacional Agroalimentario ceiA3, Edificio Severo Ochoa-C6, Universidad de Córdoba, 14071 Córdoba, SpainDepartamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Campus Universitario de Rabanales y Campus de Excelencia Internacional Agroalimentario ceiA3, Edificio Severo Ochoa-C6, Universidad de Córdoba, 14071 Córdoba, SpainDepartamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Campus Universitario de Rabanales y Campus de Excelencia Internacional Agroalimentario ceiA3, Edificio Severo Ochoa-C6, Universidad de Córdoba, 14071 Córdoba, SpainUnidad de Bioinformática, Servicio Central de Apoyo a la Investigación (SCAI), Universidad de Córdoba, 14071 Córdoba, SpainDepartamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Campus Universitario de Rabanales y Campus de Excelencia Internacional Agroalimentario ceiA3, Edificio Severo Ochoa-C6, Universidad de Córdoba, 14071 Córdoba, SpainWRKY transcription factors play critical roles in plant growth and development or stress responses. Using up-to-date genomic data, a total of 64 and 257 WRKY genes have been identified in the diploid woodland strawberry, <i>Fragaria vesca</i>, and the more complex allo-octoploid commercial strawberry, <i>Fragaria</i> × <i>ananassa</i> cv. Camarosa, respectively. The completeness of the new genomes and annotations has enabled us to perform a more detailed evolutionary and functional study of the strawberry WRKY family members, particularly in the case of the cultivated hybrid, in which homoeologous and paralogous <i>FaWRKY</i> genes have been characterized. Analysis of the available expression profiles has revealed that many strawberry <i>WRKY</i> genes show preferential or tissue-specific expression. Furthermore, significant differential expression of several <i>FaWRKY</i> genes has been clearly detected in fruit receptacles and achenes during the ripening process and pathogen challenged, supporting a precise functional role of these strawberry genes in such processes. Further, an extensive analysis of predicted development, stress and hormone-responsive cis-acting elements in the strawberry WRKY family is shown. Our results provide a deeper and more comprehensive knowledge of the <i>WRKY</i> gene family in strawberry.https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/11/12/1585strawberryWRKY familyhomeologparalogdifferential expressionripening |
| spellingShingle | José Garrido-Gala José-Javier Higuera Antonio Rodríguez-Franco Juan Muñoz-Blanco Francisco Amil-Ruiz José L. Caballero A Comprehensive Study of the WRKY Transcription Factor Family in Strawberry Plants strawberry WRKY family homeolog paralog differential expression ripening |
| title | A Comprehensive Study of the WRKY Transcription Factor Family in Strawberry |
| title_full | A Comprehensive Study of the WRKY Transcription Factor Family in Strawberry |
| title_fullStr | A Comprehensive Study of the WRKY Transcription Factor Family in Strawberry |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Comprehensive Study of the WRKY Transcription Factor Family in Strawberry |
| title_short | A Comprehensive Study of the WRKY Transcription Factor Family in Strawberry |
| title_sort | comprehensive study of the wrky transcription factor family in strawberry |
| topic | strawberry WRKY family homeolog paralog differential expression ripening |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/11/12/1585 |
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