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Isolation, structural analysis, and expression characteristics of the maize TIFY gene family

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TIFY, previously known as ZIM, comprises a plant-specific family annotated as transcription factors that might play important roles in stress response. Despite TIFY proteins have been reported in Arabidopsis and rice, a comprehensive and systematic survey of ZmTIFY genes has not yet been conducted. To investigate the functions of ZmTIFY genes in this family, we isolated and characterized 30 ZmTIFY (1 TIFY, 3 ZML, and 26 JAZ) genes in an analysis of the maize (Zea mays L.) genome in this study. The 30 ZmTIFY genes were distributed over eight chromosomes. Multiple alignment and motif display results indicated that all ZmTIFY proteins share two conserved TIFY and Jas domains. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that the ZmTIFY family could be divided into two groups. Putative cis-elements, involved in abiotic stress response, phytohormones, pollen grain, and seed development, were detected in the promoters of maize TIFY genes. Microarray data showed that the ZmTIFY genes had tissue-specific expression patterns in various maize developmental stages and in response to biotic and abiotic stresses. The results indicated that ZmTIFY4, 5, 8, 26, and 28 were induced, while ZmTIFY16, 13, 24, 27, 18, and 30 were suppressed, by drought stress in the maize inbred lines Han21 and Ye478. ZmTIFY1, 19, and 28 were upregulated after infection by three pathogens, whereas ZmTIFY4, 13, 21, 23, 24, and 26 were suppressed. These results indicate that the ZmTIFY family may have vital roles in response to abiotic and biotic stresses. The data presented in this work provide vital clues for further investigating the functions of the genes in the ZmTIFY family.

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Abbreviations

ABA:

Abscisic acid

CCT:

CONSTANS, CO-like, TOC1

JA:

Jasmonic acid

JAZ:

JASMONATE ZIM-DOMAIN

PPD:

PEAPOD

ZIM:

Zinc-finger protein expressed in inflorescence meristem

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Acknowledgments

We are grateful to our editors and reviewers for their helpful comments and the groups who submitted the microarray data to the public databases. This work was supported in part by the Beijing Nova Program (No. Z121105002512031), the National Special Program of Transgenic Research (2014ZX08003-003B), the Youth Foundation of Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences (No. QNJJ201303), and the Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences (No. KJCX20140202).

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  1. Beijing Agro-Biotechnology Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China

    Zhongbao Zhang, Xianglong Li, Meng Han & Zhongyi Wu

  2. Beijing Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Beijing, 100097, China

    Zhongbao Zhang, Xianglong Li, Meng Han & Zhongyi Wu

  3. College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China

    Rong Yu

  4. College of Agriculture, Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Grain Industry, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, 434023, Hubei, China

    Meng Han & Zhongyi Wu

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Zhang, Z., Li, X., Yu, R. et al. Isolation, structural analysis, and expression characteristics of the maize TIFY gene family. Mol Genet Genomics 290, 1849–1858 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00438-015-1042-6

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