Infection with Jujube Witches' Broom Phytoplasma Alters the Expression Pattern of the <i>Argonaute</i> Gene Family in <i>Ziziphus jujuba</i>.

ABSTRACT: The cultivation of jujube (Ziziphus jujuba) in China is threatened by jujube witches' broom (JWB) disease, a devastating infectious disease associated with JWB phytoplasma ('Candidatus Phytoplasma ziziphi'). In many plants, proteins in the Argonaute (AGO) family, as main components of the RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC), play important roles in RNA silencing and pathogen resistance. The jujube telomere-to-telomere genome was searched by BLAST using Arabidopsis AGOs as probes. A total of nine jujube AGO gene members were identified, with each containing the conserved N-terminal, PZA, and PIWI domains. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that the nine jujube AGOs scattered into all three Arabidopsis AGO clades. Expression patterns of the ZjAGO genes were analyzed

SUBMITTER: Yao J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11944418 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature