Divergent evolutionary pattern of starch biosynthetic pathway genes in grasses and dicots

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Li, C., Li, Q.-G., Dunwell, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2147-665X and Zhang, Y.-M. (2012) Divergent evolutionary pattern of starch biosynthetic pathway genes in grasses and dicots. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 29 (10). pp. 3227-3236. ISSN 1537-1719

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Starch is the most widespread and abundant storage carbohydrate in crops and its production is critical to both crop yield and quality. As regards the starch content in the seeds of crop plants, there are distinct difference between grasses (Poaceae) and dicots. However, few studies have described the evolutionary pattern of genes in the starch biosynthetic pathway in these two groups of plants. In this study, therefore, an attempt was made to compare the evolutionary rate, gene duplication and selective pattern of the key genes involved in this pathway between the two groups, using five grasses and five dicots as materials. The results showed (i) distinct differences in patterns of gene duplication and loss between grasses and dicots; duplication in grasses mainly occurred prior to the divergence of grasses, whereas duplication mostly occurred in individual species within the dicots; there is less gene loss in grasses than in dicots; (ii) a considerably higher evolutionary rate in grasses than in dicots in most gene families analyzed; (iii) evidence of a different selective pattern between grasses and dicots; positive selection may have occurred asymmetrically in grasses in some gene families, e.g. AGPase small subunit. Therefore, we deduced that gene duplication contributes to, and a higher evolutionary rate is associated with, the higher starch content in grasses. In addition, two novel aspects of the evolution of the starch biosynthetic pathway were observed.

Item Type:	Article
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Divisions:	Interdisciplinary centres and themes > Centre for Food Security Life Sciences > School of Biological Sciences > Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
ID Code:	28064
Publisher:	Oxford University Press

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