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Expansion and Diversification of the 14-3-3 Gene Family in Camellia sinensis

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14-3-3 proteins are signal moderators in sensing various stresses and play essential functions in plant growth and development. Although, 14-3-3 gene families have been identified and characterized in many plant species, its evolution has not been studied systematically. In this study, the plant 14-3-3 family was comprehensively analyzed from green algae to angiosperm. Our result indicated that plant 14-3-3 originated during the early evolutionary history of green algae and expanded in terricolous plants. Twenty-six 14-3-3 genes were identified in the tea genome. RNA-seq analysis showed that tea 14-3-3 genes display different expression patterns in different organs. Moreover, the expression of most tea 14-3-3 genes displayed variable expression patterns under different abiotic and biotic stresses. In conclusion, our results elucidate the evolutionary origin of plant 14-3-3 genes, and beneficial for understanding their biological functions and improving tea agricultural traits in the future.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the grants from National Natural Science Foundation of China (32170351), Natural Science Foundation of Henan (No. 212102110154) and Nanhu Scholars Program for Young Scholars of XYNU. The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology in Henan Province, Xinyang, Henan, China

    Zai-Bao Zhang

  2. College of Life Science, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang, Henan, China

    Zai-Bao Zhang, Xue-Ke Wang, Shuo Wang & Wei Zhang

  3. Renal Department of Renmin Hospital, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

    Qian Guan

  4. School of Science, Qiongtai Normal University, Hainan, China

    Zhi-Guo Feng

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Z-BZ and Z-GF designed the research. Z-BZ, X-KW and SW wrote the manuscript. X-KW, SW, QG performed the identification of GRF genes, protein structure, evolution analysis, and expression analysis. WZ participated in manuscript preparation and revision.

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Zhang, ZB., Wang, XK., Wang, S. et al. Expansion and Diversification of the 14-3-3 Gene Family in Camellia sinensis. J Mol Evol 90, 296–306 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00239-022-10060-6

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