Identification of cell wall-associated kinases as important regulators involved in Gossypium hirsutum resistance to Verticillium dahliae.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Verticillium wilt, caused by the soil borne fungus Verticillium dahliae, is a major threat to cotton production worldwide. An increasing number of findings indicate that WAK genes participate in plant-pathogen interactions, but their roles in cotton resistance to V. dahliae remain largely unclear.

Results

Here, we carried out a genome-wide analysis of WAK gene family in Gossypium hirsutum that resulted in the identification of 81 putative GhWAKs, which were all predicated to be localized on plasma membrane. In which, GhWAK77 as a representative was further located in tobacco epidermal cells using transient expression of fluorescent fusion proteins. All GhWAKs could be classified into seven groups according to their diverse protein domains, indicating that they mig

SUBMITTER: Yang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8122570 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature