Genome-wide identification of the BASS gene family in four Gossypium species and functional characterization of GhBASSs against salt stress.

ABSTRACT: Bile acid sodium symporter (BASS) family proteins encode a class of sodium/solute symporters. Even though the sodium transporting property of BASSs in mammals was well studied, their sodium transportability and functional roles in plant salt tolerance remained largely unknown. Here, BASS family members from 4 cotton species, as well as 30 other species were identified. Then, they were designated as members of BASS1 to BASS5 subfamilies according to their sequence similarity and phylogenetic relationships. There were 8, 11, 16 and 18 putative BASS genes in four cotton species. While whole-genome duplications (WGD) and segmental duplications rendered the expansion of the BASS gene family in cotton, BASS gene losses occurred in the tetraploid cotton during the evolution from diploids to allot

SUBMITTER: Myo T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8166867 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature