Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica ›› 2025, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (1): 63-73. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20195225

Special Issue: Biotechnology

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Identification and Expression Analysis of ACA Gene Family in Lettuce

ZHANG Qinqin, HOU Guangguang, LI Chang, DAI Bowen, WANG Xiaofang, XIE Ziwei, FAN Mi, WU Xiaolei, GAO Hongbo, LI Jingrui   

  1. College of Horticulture,Hebei Agricultural University,Key Laboratory of North China Water-saving Agriculture,Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs,Hebei Province Green and Efficient Vegetable Industry Co-construction Collaborative Innovation Center,Baoding 071001,China
  • Received:2024-08-11 Published:2025-02-28

Abstract:

As one of the subfamily members of Ca2+-ATPase,ACA exerts a vital role in sustaining the intracellular Ca2+ concentration equilibrium and modulating plant growth and development in response to abiotic stress.To acquire an in-depth comprehension of the function of the lettuce ACA gene family,bioinformatics methodologies were utilized to identify and dissect the members of the lettuce ACA gene family.The outcomes manifested that 17 ACA genes were identified in lettuce,denominated as LsACA1 to LsACA17;the LsACA genes were unevenly distributed across 8 chromosomes;the subcellular localization prediction results disclosed that all LsACA proteins were localized in the plasma membrane;the number of introns exhibited significant variation(0—32)among the members of the LsACA gene family,a total of 15 conserved domains of LsACA proteins were identified,with amino acids ranging from 21 to 50;the proportion of the secondary structure was alpha helix>random coil>extended strand>beta turn;based on phylogenetic analysis,LsACA proteins were categorized into 5 subfamilies,namely Group Ⅰ to Group Ⅴ;according to collinearity analysis,it was found that there were fragment duplications in 6 pairs of genes,the Ka/Ks of their collinear gene pairs were all less than 1,signifying that purifying selection was the preponderant force in evolution.The expression patterns of LsACA gene family members under different calcium ion concentrations were analyzed by qRT-PCR.The results showed that:compared with the control,the expression levels of 12 LsACA genes in the calcium-sensitive variety Baoshilü under low calcium treatment were extremely significantly downregulated,while the expression levels of 9 LsACA genes in the calcium-insensitive variety Yeluo were extremely significantly upregulated and the expression level of 1 LsACA gene was significantly upregulated.The ACA gene family members of lettuce were identified and analyzed,and the characteristics of the LsACA gene family members were revealed.

Key words: Lettuce, Gene family, LsACA, Calcium, Expression analysis

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ZHANG Qinqin, HOU Guangguang, LI Chang, DAI Bowen, WANG Xiaofang, XIE Ziwei, FAN Mi, WU Xiaolei, GAO Hongbo, LI Jingrui. Identification and Expression Analysis of ACA Gene Family in Lettuce[J]. Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica, 2025, 40(1): 63-73. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20195225.

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