A comprehensive, genome-wide analysis of autophagy-related genes identified in tobacco suggests a central role of autophagy in plant response to various environmental cues

Autophagy is an evolutionarily conserved mechanism in both animals and plants, which has been shown to be involved in various essential developmental processes in plants. Nicotiana tabacum is considered to be an ideal model plant and has been widely used for the study of the roles of autophagy in th...

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Published in:DNA research 2015-08, Vol.22 (4), p.245-257
Main Authors: Zhou, Xue-mei, Zhao, Peng, Wang, Wei, Zou, Jie, Cheng, Tian-he, Peng, Xiong-bo, Sun, Meng-xiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Autophagy - genetics
Carbon - metabolism
Cluster Analysis
Gene Expression Profiling
Gene Expression Regulation, Plant - drug effects
Gene Order
Gene-Environment Interaction
Metals, Heavy - metabolism
Nicotiana - genetics
Nicotiana - metabolism
Nitrogen - metabolism
Phylogeny
Plant Growth Regulators - pharmacology
Stress, Physiological - genetics
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Summary:Autophagy is an evolutionarily conserved mechanism in both animals and plants, which has been shown to be involved in various essential developmental processes in plants. Nicotiana tabacum is considered to be an ideal model plant and has been widely used for the study of the roles of autophagy in the processes of plant development and in the response to various stresses. However, only a few autophagy-related genes (ATGs) have been identified in tobacco up to now. Here, we identified 30 ATGs belonging to 16 different groups in tobacco through a genome-wide survey. Comprehensive expression profile analysis reveals an abroad expression pattern of these ATGs, which could be detected in all tissues tested under normal growth conditions. Our series tests further reveal that majority of ATGs are sensitive and responsive to different stresses including nutrient starvation, plant hormones, heavy metal and other abiotic stresses, suggesting a central role of autophagy, likely as an effector, in plant response to various environmental cues. This work offers a detailed survey of all ATGs in tobacco and also suggests manifold functions of autophagy in both normal plant growth and plant response to environmental stresses.
ISSN:1340-2838
1756-1663
DOI:10.1093/dnares/dsv012