Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2021, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (4): 18-27.doi: 10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2020-1128

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Genome-wide Identification and Expression Analysis of CBL Gene Family in Glycyrrhiza uralensis

GAO Ling(), WANG Fei, XIE Shuang-quan, CHEN Xi-feng, SHEN Hai-tao, LI Hong-bin()   

  1. College of Life Sciences,Shihezi University,Shihezi 832003
  • Received:2020-09-05 Online:2021-04-26 Published:2021-05-13
  • Contact: LI Hong-bin E-mail:1425446422@qq.com;lihb@shzu.edu.cn

Abstract:

CBL(calcineurin B-like proteins),as the typical Ca2+ sensor protein in plants,plays important role in plant stress response and development. In order to discover the characteristics of the CBL family members of Glycyrrhiza uralensis and to investigate their functions,10 CBL genes were identified from the G. uralensis genome using bioinformatics method,designated as GuCBL1-GuCBL10,with the locations on 10 different scaffolds. Amino acid sequence alignment indicated that all CBL family members contained 4 EF-motifs that bound to calcium ion at the C-terminus,and some CBL members included myristoylation sites and palmitoylation sites at the N-terminus,which might be related to the subcellular localization of CBL protein. The phylogenetic tree analysis showed that the CBL gene family can be divided into 4 subfamilies,and each of the subfamilies contained Arabidopsis and soybean CBL gene family members,indicating that they had high homology. In the upstream promoter sequences of the G. uralensis CBL genes,there existed some cis-elements that responded to abiotic stresses and plant hormones,implying that the CBL family genes might have different biological functions. Tissue-specific expression analysis showed that GuCBL was diversely expressed in different tissues,with the highest accumulation in roots. qRT-PCR detection results indicated that,the CBL family genes showed different induced expressions under diverse stress treatments of salt,oxidation,drought,high temperature,and low temperature,respectively,suggesting the close associations between the expressions of CBL family genes and the responses to abiotic stress. All these results provide a reference for in-depth understanding the regulatory mechanisms of CBL genes in response to abiotic stress and for elucidating their functions in secondary metabolite accumulation.

Key words: Glycyrrhiza uralensis, CBL gene family, genome-wide identification, expression analysis, abiotic stress