WRKY转录因子在植物生长和防御反应的调控中发挥着重要作用.为了探究WRKY基因家族在板栗抗旱中的功能,对板栗WRKY基因家族成员进行了鉴定,对其编码蛋白的理化性质、系统发育、结构等进行分析,并通过转录组测序和qRT-PCR技术分析其在干旱胁迫下的表达特征.通过生物信息学技术在板栗中共鉴定到65个WRKY基因家族成员,将其分为Ⅰ、Ⅱ、Ⅲ3组,其中Ⅱ组根据其结构和系统发育关系分为5个亚组.WRKY基因的结构和保守基序分析表明,外显子数目为1~7个,同一亚组的外显子数目和基序分布类似.WRKY基因保守结构域发生了一定的变异,包括WRKY七肽结构域的缺失,锌指结构的缺失,七肽结构域变异为WRKYGKK、WRKYGRK和WRKYGRK等.转录组测序数据表明,有4个WRKY基因家族成员在样品中没有表达,干旱胁迫诱导表达的WRKY基因家族成员表达量上调的有49个,而表达量下调的WRKY家族成员有11个.以上结果表明,板栗WRKY基因在对干旱胁迫的响应中发挥了重要作用.
WRKY transcription factors play an important role in the regulation of plant growth and defence respon-ses.In order to explore the function of WRKY gene family in chestnut under drought resistance,the chestnut WRKY gene family members were identified and the physical and chemical properties,phylogeny and structure of the encoded proteins were analyzed.Transcriptome sequencing and qRT-PCR were used to analyze the expression characteristics of WRKY gene family members under drought stress.The results showed that 65 WRKY gene family members were identified and divided into three groups:Ⅰ,Ⅱ and Ⅲ,among which group Ⅱ was divided into five subgroups according to its structure and phylogenetic relationship.Analysis of WRKY gene structure and conserved motif showed that the number of exons ranged from 1 to 7,and the number of exons and motif distribution in the same subgroup were similar.The conserved domain of WRKY gene had certain variation,including the deletion of WRKY heptapeptide domain,the deletion of zinc finger struc-ture,and the heptapeptide domain was mutated into WRKYGKK,WRKYGRK and WRKYGRK.Transcriptome sequencing da-ta showed that 4 WRKY family members were not expressed in the samples,and 49 WRKY family members were up-regulated under drought stress,while 11 WRKY family members were down-regulated under drought stress.The above results showed that,chestnut WRKY genes played an important role in response to drought stress.