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Integration of Quantitative Trait Loci Mapping and Expression Profiling Analysis to Identify Genes Potentially Involved in Ramie Fiber Lignin Biosynthesis
Ramie fibers, one of the most important natural fibers in China, are mainly composed of lignin, cellulose, and hemicellulose. As the high lignin content in the fibers results in a prickly texture, the lignin content is deemed to be an important trait of the fiber quality. In this study, the genetic...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6896145/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31653111 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes10110842 |
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author | Chen, Jianrong Rao, Jing Wang, Yanzhou Zeng, Zheng Liu, Fang Tang, Yinghong Chen, Xiaorong Liu, Chan Liu, Touming |
author_facet | Chen, Jianrong Rao, Jing Wang, Yanzhou Zeng, Zheng Liu, Fang Tang, Yinghong Chen, Xiaorong Liu, Chan Liu, Touming |
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description | Ramie fibers, one of the most important natural fibers in China, are mainly composed of lignin, cellulose, and hemicellulose. As the high lignin content in the fibers results in a prickly texture, the lignin content is deemed to be an important trait of the fiber quality. In this study, the genetic basis of the fiber lignin content was evaluated, resulting in the identification of five quantitative trait loci (QTLs). Three genes, whole_GLEAN_10021050, whole_GLEAN_10026962, and whole_GLEAN_10009464 that were identified on the QTL regions of qLC7, qLC10, and qLC13, respectively, were found to be homologs of the Arabidopsis lignin biosynthetic genes. Moreover, all three genes displayed differential expression in the barks located in the top and middle parts of the stem, where lignin was not being synthesized and where it was being biosynthesized, respectively. Sequence comparison found that these three genes had wide variations in their coding sequences (CDSs) and putative promoter regions between the two parents, especially the MYB gene whole_GLEAN_10021050, whose protein had insertions/deletions of five amino acids and substitutions of two amino acids in the conserved domain. This evidence indicates that these three genes are potentially involved in lignin biosynthesis in ramie fibers. The QTLs identified from this study provide a basis for the improvement of lignin content and fiber quality in ramie breeding. The characterization of the three candidate genes here will be helpful for the future clarification of their functions in ramie. |
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spelling | pubmed-68961452019-12-23 Integration of Quantitative Trait Loci Mapping and Expression Profiling Analysis to Identify Genes Potentially Involved in Ramie Fiber Lignin Biosynthesis Chen, Jianrong Rao, Jing Wang, Yanzhou Zeng, Zheng Liu, Fang Tang, Yinghong Chen, Xiaorong Liu, Chan Liu, Touming Genes (Basel) Article Ramie fibers, one of the most important natural fibers in China, are mainly composed of lignin, cellulose, and hemicellulose. As the high lignin content in the fibers results in a prickly texture, the lignin content is deemed to be an important trait of the fiber quality. In this study, the genetic basis of the fiber lignin content was evaluated, resulting in the identification of five quantitative trait loci (QTLs). Three genes, whole_GLEAN_10021050, whole_GLEAN_10026962, and whole_GLEAN_10009464 that were identified on the QTL regions of qLC7, qLC10, and qLC13, respectively, were found to be homologs of the Arabidopsis lignin biosynthetic genes. Moreover, all three genes displayed differential expression in the barks located in the top and middle parts of the stem, where lignin was not being synthesized and where it was being biosynthesized, respectively. Sequence comparison found that these three genes had wide variations in their coding sequences (CDSs) and putative promoter regions between the two parents, especially the MYB gene whole_GLEAN_10021050, whose protein had insertions/deletions of five amino acids and substitutions of two amino acids in the conserved domain. This evidence indicates that these three genes are potentially involved in lignin biosynthesis in ramie fibers. The QTLs identified from this study provide a basis for the improvement of lignin content and fiber quality in ramie breeding. The characterization of the three candidate genes here will be helpful for the future clarification of their functions in ramie. MDPI 2019-10-24 /pmc/articles/PMC6896145/ /pubmed/31653111 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes10110842 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Chen, Jianrong Rao, Jing Wang, Yanzhou Zeng, Zheng Liu, Fang Tang, Yinghong Chen, Xiaorong Liu, Chan Liu, Touming Integration of Quantitative Trait Loci Mapping and Expression Profiling Analysis to Identify Genes Potentially Involved in Ramie Fiber Lignin Biosynthesis |
title | Integration of Quantitative Trait Loci Mapping and Expression Profiling Analysis to Identify Genes Potentially Involved in Ramie Fiber Lignin Biosynthesis |
title_full | Integration of Quantitative Trait Loci Mapping and Expression Profiling Analysis to Identify Genes Potentially Involved in Ramie Fiber Lignin Biosynthesis |
title_fullStr | Integration of Quantitative Trait Loci Mapping and Expression Profiling Analysis to Identify Genes Potentially Involved in Ramie Fiber Lignin Biosynthesis |
title_full_unstemmed | Integration of Quantitative Trait Loci Mapping and Expression Profiling Analysis to Identify Genes Potentially Involved in Ramie Fiber Lignin Biosynthesis |
title_short | Integration of Quantitative Trait Loci Mapping and Expression Profiling Analysis to Identify Genes Potentially Involved in Ramie Fiber Lignin Biosynthesis |
title_sort | integration of quantitative trait loci mapping and expression profiling analysis to identify genes potentially involved in ramie fiber lignin biosynthesis |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6896145/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31653111 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes10110842 |
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