A genome-wide analysis of the lysophosphatidate acyltransferase (LPAAT) gene family in cotton: organization, expression, sequence variation, and association with seed oil content and fiber quality.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferase (LPAAT) encoded by a multigene family is a rate-limiting enzyme in the Kennedy pathway in higher plants. Cotton is the most important natural fiber crop and one of the most important oilseed crops. However, little is known on genes coding for LPAATs involved in oil biosynthesis with regard to its genome organization, diversity, expression, natural genetic variation, and association with fiber development and oil content in cotton.

Results

In this study, a comprehensive genome-wide analysis in four Gossypium species with genome sequences, i.e., tetraploid G. hirsutum- AD₁ and G. barbadense- AD₂ and its possible ancestral diploids G. raimondii- D₅ and G. arboreum- A₂, identified 13, 10

SUBMITTER: Wang N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5333453 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature