10.1371/journal.pone.0187504
Shiful Islam
Shiful
Islam
Iffat Ara Rahman
Iffat Ara
Rahman
Tahmina Islam
Tahmina
Islam
Ajit Ghosh
Ajit
Ghosh
Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of glutathione S-transferase gene family in tomato: Gaining an insight to their physiological and stress-specific roles
Public Library of Science
2017
genome sequence analysis
GST family members
expression analysis
stress-specific roles Glutathione S-transferase
tomato GST proteins
abiotic stress inducers
GST enzyme activity
SlGST genes
90 GST genes
SlGST gene family
Arabidopsis GST proteins
GST genes
GST gene family
biotic stress modulation pathways
glutathione S-transferase gene family
2017-11-02 17:34:56
Dataset
https://plos.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Genome-wide_identification_and_expression_analysis_of_glutathione_S-transferase_gene_family_in_tomato_Gaining_an_insight_to_their_physiological_and_stress-specific_roles/5563825
<div><p>Glutathione S-transferase (GST) refers to one of the major detoxifying enzymes that plays an important role in different abiotic and biotic stress modulation pathways of plant. The present study aimed to a comprehensive genome-wide functional characterization of GST genes and proteins in tomato (<i>Solanum lycopersicum</i> L.). The whole genome sequence analysis revealed the presence of 90 <i>GST</i> genes in tomato, the largest <i>GST</i> gene family reported till date. Eight segmental duplicated gene pairs might contribute significantly to the expansion of <i>SlGST</i> gene family. Based on phylogenetic analysis of tomato, rice, and <i>Arabidopsis</i> GST proteins, GST family members could be further divided into ten classes. Members of each orthologous class showed high conservancy among themselves. Tau and lambda are the major classes of tomato; while tau and phi are the major classes for rice and <i>Arabidopsis</i>. Chromosomal localization revealed highly uneven distribution of <i>SlGST</i> genes in 13 different chromosomes, where chromosome 9 possessed the highest number of genes. Based on publicly available microarray data, expression analysis of 30 available <i>SlGST</i> genes exhibited a differential pattern in all the analyzed tissues and developmental stages. Moreover, most of the members showed highly induced expression in response to multiple biotic and abiotic stress inducers that could be harmonized with the increase in total GST enzyme activity under several stress conditions. Activity of tomato GST could be enhanced further by using some positive modulators (safeners) that have been predicted through molecular docking of SlGSTU5 and ligands. Moreover, tomato GST proteins are predicted to interact with a lot of other glutathione synthesizing and utilizing enzymes such as glutathione peroxidase, glutathione reductase, glutathione synthetase and γ-glutamyltransferase. This comprehensive genome-wide analysis and expression profiling would provide a rational platform and possibility to explore the versatile role of <i>GST</i> genes in crop engineering.</p></div>