Genome-wide identification and analysis of grape aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) gene superfamily.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The completion of the grape genome sequencing project has paved the way for novel gene discovery and functional analysis. Aldehyde dehydrogenases (ALDHs) comprise a gene superfamily encoding NAD(P)(+)-dependent enzymes that catalyze the irreversible oxidation of a wide range of endogenous and exogenous aromatic and aliphatic aldehydes. Although ALDHs have been systematically investigated in several plant species including Arabidopsis and rice, our knowledge concerning the ALDH genes, their evolutionary relationship and expression patterns in grape has been limited.

Methodology/principal findings

A total of 23 ALDH genes were identified in the grape genome and grouped into ten families according to the unified nomenclature system developed by the ALDH Gene Nomencla

SUBMITTER: Zhang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3280228 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature