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Genome-wide identification, characterization, and expression analysis of aluminum-activated malate transporter genes (ALMTs) in Gossypium hirsutum L.
QUANWEI LU1,2,#, YUZHEN SHI2,#, RUILI CHEN1,2, XIANGHUI XIAO2,3, PENGTAO LI1,2, JUWU GONG2,3, RENHAI PENG1, YOULU YUAN2,*
1 College of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Anyang Institute of Technology, Anyang, China
2 State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, China
3 Engineering Research Centre of Cotton, Ministry of Education/College of Agriculture, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi, China
* Address correspondence to: Youlu Yuan,
# These authors have contributed equally to this work
BIOCELL 2022, 46(5), 1347-1356. https://doi.org/10.32604/biocell.2022.018254
Received 10 June 2021; Accepted 16 August 2021; Issue published 06 January 2022
Abstract
Aluminum-activated malate transporters (
ALMT) are widely involved in plant growth and metabolic processes, including adaptation to acid soils, guard cell regulation, anion homeostasis, and seed development. Although
ALMT genes have been identified in
Arabidopsis, wheat, barley, and
Lotus japonicus, little is known about its presence in
Gossypium hirsutum L. In this study,
ALMT gene recognition in diploid and tetraploid cotton were done using bioinformatics analysis that examined correlation between homology and evolution. Differentially regulated
ALMT genetic profile in
G. hirsutum was examined, using RNA sequencing and qRT-PCR, during six fiber developmental time-points, namely 5 d, 7 d, 10 d, 15 d, 20 d, and 25 d. We detected 36
ALMT genes in
G. hirsutum, which were subsequently annotated and divided into seven sub-categories. Among these
ALMT genes, 34 had uneven distribution across 14/26 chromosomes. Conserved domains and gene structure analysis indicated that
ALMT genes were highly conserved and composed of exons and introns. The
GhALMT gene expression profile at different DPA (days post anthesis) in different varieties of
G. hirsutum is indicative of a crucial role of
ALMT genes in fiber development in
G. hirsutum. This study provides basis for advancements in the cloning and functional enhancements of
ALMT genes in enhancing fiber development and augmenting high quality crop production.
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LU, Q., SHI, Y., CHEN, R., XIAO, X., LI, P. et al. (2022). Genome-wide identification, characterization, and expression analysis of aluminum-activated malate transporter genes (ALMTs) in
Gossypium hirsutum L..
BIOCELL, 46(5), 1347–1356.