Genome-Wide Identification and Characterization of Members of the ACS Gene Family in Cucurbita maxima and Their Transcriptional Responses to the Specific Treatments.

ABSTRACT: Ethylene biosynthesis and signal transduction play critical roles in plant sex differentiation. ACS (1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid synthase) is a rate-limiting enzyme in ethylene biosynthesis. However, the understanding of the ACS gene family in Cucurbita maxima is limited. Here, we identified and characterized 13 ACS genes in the C. maxima genome. All ACS genes could be divided into three groups according to a conserved serine residue at the C-terminus. Thirteen CmaACS genes were found to be randomly distributed on 10 of the 20 chromosomes of C. maxima. The ACS gene exhibits different tissue-specific expression patterns in pumpkin, and four ACS genes (CmaACS1, CmaACS4, CmaACS7, and CmaACS

SUBMITTER: Wang C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9369044 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature