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Acta Horticulturae Sinica ›› 2021, Vol. 48 ›› Issue (2): 205-218.doi: 10.16420/j.issn.0513-353x.2020-0272

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Identification and Expression Analysis of the Vacuolar Iron Transporter Gene Family in Apple

YANG Yaming, DING Yuduan, CHEN Lijuan, TIAN Xueting, YIN Weijie, PENG Honghui, DU Wei, LIANG Liping, REN Xiaolin*()   

  1. College of Horticulture,Northwest A & F University,Yangling,Shaanxi 712100,China
  • Received:2020-09-07 Revised:2020-11-11 Online:2021-02-25 Published:2021-03-09
  • Contact: REN Xiaolin E-mail:renxl@nwsuaf.edu.cn

Abstract:

Vacuolar iron transporter(VIT)is involved in iron storage and transport,it plays important roles in plant photosynthesis,nitrogen fixation,respiration,DNA and hormone synthesis. In this study,nine apple VIT genes were identified,and the phylogenetic relationship of these genes was analyzed by phylogeny,the results showed that the VIT protein of apple was closely related to the evolution of Arabidopsis thaliana. Chromosome mapping showed that nine VIT genes are distributed on seven chromosomes,bioinformatic analysis of VIT genes promoter region showed many cis-elements related to environmental stresses,photoresponse and plant hormone response. Expression profile analysis showed that the expression of VIT gene was relatively high in flowers and fruits. In addition,the physical and chemical properties,protein interaction network and gene structure of MdVIT family were analyzed,the results showed that the main factors for VIT family amplification in apple were tandem duplication and segmental duplication,cationic co-transporters(XP_008372221.1 and XP_008383418.1)were mainly involved in the interaction of VIT proteins in apple. The qRT-PCR analysis showed that the expression levels of MdVIT1 and MdVIT2 in leaves of‘M26’apple rootstock seedlings treated with 2 000 μmol · L-1 FeSO4 · 7H2O for 24 h were 6.6 and 12 times higher than those of the control. After 6 h treatment with 2 000 μmol · L-1 FeSO4 · 7H2O,the relative expression level of MdVIT4 showed in the stem was the highest,which was 237 times higher than that of the control. Taken together,among the characterized apple VIT genes MdVIT1,MdVIT2 and MdVIT4 were speculated closely related to iron stress in apple,which provide useful information for further study the mechanisms of metal iron caused stress in apple.

Key words: apple, genome-wide, vacuolar iron transporter, VIT gene, gene expression

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