The RabGAP Gene Family in Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) and Wild Relatives: Identification, Interaction Networks, and Transcriptional Analysis during Plant Development and in Response to Salt Stress.

ABSTRACT: RabGTPase activating proteins (RabGAP) are responsible for directing the deactivation of vesicular trafficking master regulators associated to plant development, the RabGTPase proteins. Recently, RabGAPs were identified in Arabidopsis and rice, but studies were not yet reported in tomato. Herein, we identified 24 RabGAP-encoding genes in cultivated tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) and its wild relative genomes (Solanum pimpinellifolium and Solanum pennellii). We analyzed them based on their exon-intron structures, conserved protein motifs, putative subcellular localizations, phylogenetic and gene duplications analyses, interaction networks, and gene expression patterns in tomato. Phylogenetic relationship analysis also indicated that RabGAP family is classified into seven

SUBMITTER: Madrid-Espinoza J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6770026 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature