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ArticleBMC genomics2024

Comprehensive identification of maize ZmE2F transcription factors and the positive role of ZmE2F6 in response to drought stress.

Yang Cao, Kexin Wang, Fengzhong Lu, Qi Li, Qingqing Yang, Bingliang Liu, Hayderbinkhalid Muhammad, Yingge Wang, Fengling Fu, Wanchen Li and 1 more

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Yang Cao *Maize Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China.
Kexin Wang *Maize Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China.
Fengzhong LuMaize Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China.
Qi LiMaize Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China.
Qingqing YangMaize Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China.
Bingliang LiuCollege of Food and Biological Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu, 610106, China.
Hayderbinkhalid MuhammadNational Research Centre of Intercropping, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, 63100, Pakistan.
Yingge WangMaize Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China.
Fengling FuMaize Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China.
Wanchen LiMaize Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China.
Haoqiang YuMaize Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China. yhq1801@sicau.edu.cn.

Funding

National Key Research and Development Program of China 2021YFF1000303National Natural Science Foundation of China 32102226the Sichuan Science and Technology Program 2022YFH0067
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe early 2 factor (E2F) family is characterized as a kind of transcription factor that plays an important role in cell division, DNA damage repair, and cell size regulation. However, its stress response has not been well revealed.

resultsIn this study, ZmE2F members were comprehensively identified in the maize genome, and 21 ZmE2F genes were identified, including eight E2F subclade members, seven DEL subfamily genes, and six DP genes. All ZmE2F proteins possessed the DNA-binding domain (DBD) characterized by conserved motif 1 with the RRIYD sequence. The ZmE2F genes were unevenly distributed on eight maize chromosomes, showed diversity in gene structure, expanded by gene duplication, and contained abundant stress-responsive elements in their promoter regions. Subsequently, the ZmE2F6 gene was cloned and functionally verified in drought response. The results showed that the ZmE2F6 protein interacted with ZmPP2C26, localized in the nucleus, and responded to drought treatment. The overexpression of ZmE2F6 enhanced drought tolerance in transgenic Arabidopsis with longer root length, higher survival rate, and biomass by upregulating stress-related gene transcription.

conclusionsThis study provides novel insights into a greater understanding and functional study of the E2F family in the stress response.

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DroughtsGene Expression Regulation, PlantPlant ProteinsStress, PhysiologicalTranscription FactorsZea maysArabidopsisChromosomes, PlantPhylogenyPlants, Genetically ModifiedPromoter Regions, GeneticPlant ProteinsTranscription FactorsDrought stressE2FExpressionMaizeTranscription factor

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PMID38741087
PMCPMC11092242

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