Basic leucine zipper (bZIP) transcription factor genes and their responses to drought stress in ginseng, Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer

• DOI: 10.1186/s12864-021-07624-z
• Publication Date: 2021-05-03T11:43:03Z
• Authors: Hongjie Li; Jing Chen; Qi Zhao; Yilai Han; Li Li; Chunyu Sun; Kangyu Wang; Yanfang Wang; Mingzhu Zhao; Ping Chen; Jun Lei; Yi Wang; Meiping Zhang
• Keywords: Drought stress

Abstract Background Ginseng is an important medicinal herb in Asia and Northern America. The basic leucine zipper ( bZIP ) transcription factor genes play roles many biological processes plant responses to abiotic biotic stresses, such as drought stress. Nevertheless, the remain unknown ginseng. Results Here, we report 91 identified from ginseng, designated PgbZIP genes. These were alternatively spliced into 273 transcripts. Phylogenetic analysis grouped ten groups, including A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I S. Gene Ontology (GO) categorized five functional subcategories, suggesting that they have diversified functionality, even though their putative proteins share a number of conserved motifs. transcripts expressed differentially across 14 tissues, roots different ages genotypes. However, coordinately more likely form co-expression network. Furthermore, studied stress ginseng using random selection genes, PgbZIP25 , PgbZIP38 PgbZIP39 PgbZIP53 PgbZIP54 . results showed all responded indicating Conclusions provide knowledge gene resources for deeper molecular tools enhanced tolerance breeding