Genome-wide identification,molecular evolution, and expression divergence of the hexokinase gene family in apple  

作　　者：ZHU Ling-cheng SU Jing JIN Yu-ru ZHAO Hai-yan TIAN Xiao-cheng ZHANG Chen MA Fengwang LI Ming-jun MA Bai-quan 

机构地区：[1]State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas/Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Apple,College of Horticulture,Northwest A&F University,Yangling 712100,P.R.China [2]Department of Plant Biology,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,Urbana,IL 61801,USA

出　　处：《Journal of Integrative Agriculture》2021年第8期2112-2125,共14页农业科学学报（英文版）

基　　金：This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31672128);the Training Program Foundation for the Young Talents of Northwest A&F University,China(2452020004).

摘　　要：Hexokinase(HXK)is the first irreversible catalytic enzyme in the glycolytic pathway,which not only provides energy for plant growth and development but also serves as a signaling molecule in response to environmental changes.However,the evolutionary pattern of the HXK gene family in apple remains unknown.In this study,a total of nine HXK genes were identified in the Malus×domestica genome GDDH13 v1.1.The physiological and biochemical properties,exonintron structures,conserved motifs,and cis-elements of the MdHXK genes were determined.Predicted subcellular localization indicated that the MdHXK genes were mainly distributed in the mitochondria,cytoplasm,and nucleus.Gene duplication revealed that whole-genome duplication(WGD)and segmental duplication played vital roles in MdHXK gene family expansion.Theωvalues of pairwise MdHXK genes indicated that this family was subjected to strong purifying selection during apple domestication.Additionally,five subfamilies were classified,and recent/old duplication events were identified based on phylogenetic tree analysis.Different evolutionary rates were estimated among the various HXK subfamilies.Moreover,divergent expression patterns of the MdHXK genes in four source-sink tissues and at five different apple fruit developmental stages indicated that they play vital roles in apple fruit development and sugar accumulation.Our study provides a theoretical basis for future elucidation of the biological functions of the MdHXK genes during apple fruit development.

关 键 词：APPLE HEXOKINASE cis-element screening evolutionary pattern sugar accumulation 

分 类 号：S661.1[农业科学—果树学]