Gene-wide identification and expression analysis of the PMEI family genes in soybean (Glycine max).

ABSTRACT: Pectin Methylesterase Inhibitors (PMEI) gene family is widely spread in plants and plays crucial roles in plant development as well as biotic and abiotic stress response. However, little information was known about the function of PMEI genes in soybean. Herein, we identified 170 PMEI genes in soybean. These PMEI genes were divided into four groups (I-IV) based on phylogenetic analysis, and they were unevenly distributed in 18 soybean chromosomes. Gene structures and motif pattern analyses revealed that the PMEI genes in the same group showed the same characteristics. For the GmPMEI genes, gene duplication events occurred broadly, 52 pairs tandem duplication events and 55 pairs segmental duplication events suggested that the GmPMEI genes had

SUBMITTER: Wang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7338325 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature