Abstract:
【Objective】 This project aims to screen and analyze the
UGT gene family of cotton glycosyltransferase damaged by
Helicoverpa armigerawere in the hope of providing a basis for in-depth researches into the roles of
UGTG01,
UGTG02,
UGTGo4,
UGTGo6, and
UGTGo7 genes.
【Methods】 Based on the genome database of cotton glycosyltransferase
UGT damaged by
Helicoverpa armigera, the bioinformatics method was used to systematically analyze the physical and chemical properties, phylogenetic tree, secondary structure prediction, conserved motif, and conserved domain of cotton glycosyltransferase
UGT gene family.
【Results】 Five putative members of the
UTG gene family with amino acid numbers ranged from 468 to 534, whose theoretical isoelectric point distributions of was from 4.97 to 5.58, relative molecular mass ranged between 52,743.1 and 60,208.62, subcellular localization outside the cytoplasm, and hydrophilicity as proteins were discovered through a genome search of cotton. The gene structure contained one exon, and the secondary structure was mainly composed of α-helix, irregularly coiled, with three motifs and a Glycosyltransferase_GTB-type superfamily domain. Expression analysis showed that the five genes displayed notable variations in the root, stem, cotyledon, true leaf, flower, and cotton boll; molecular evolutionary tree exhibited that the five
UGTs were found to be on the same branch of the
UGT73
C family genes, rice
UGT707
A3 and soybean
GmUGT.
【Conclusion】 These glycosyltransferase genes have markedly varied levels of expression in various tissues and are found to be on the same evolutionary branch as
UGT73
C,
UGT707
A3, and
GmUGT in evolutionary tree analysis, which indicates that they may have similar insect resistance functions, and also respond to insect resistance in cotton by regulating saponin elements, flavonoids, and naringenin.