Comprehensive analysis of SET domain gene family in foxtail millet identifies the putative role of SiSET14 in abiotic stress tolerance

Yadav, C.B. and Muthamilarasan, M. and Dangi, A. and Shweta, S. and Prasad, M. (2016) Comprehensive analysis of SET domain gene family in foxtail millet identifies the putative role of SiSET14 in abiotic stress tolerance. Scientific Reports, 6. pp. 1-13.

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Abstract

SET domain-containing genes catalyse histone lysine methylation, which alters chromatin structure and regulates the transcription of genes that are involved in various developmental and physiological processes. The present study identified 53 SET domain-containing genes in C4 panicoid model, foxtail millet (Setaria italica) and the genes were physically mapped onto nine chromosomes. Phylogenetic and structural analyses classified SiSET proteins into five classes (I–V). RNA-seq derived expression profiling showed that SiSET genes were differentially expressed in four tissues namely, leaf, root, stem and spica. Expression analyses using qRT-PCR was performed for 21 SiSET genes under different abiotic stress and hormonal treatments, which showed differential expression of these genes during late phase of stress and hormonal treatments. Significant upregulation of SiSET gene was observed during cold stress, which has been confirmed by over-expressing a candidate gene, SiSET14 in yeast. Interestingly, hypermethylation was observed in gene body of highly differentially expressed genes, whereas methylation event was completely absent in their transcription start sites. This suggested the occurrence of demethylation events during various abiotic stresses, which enhance the gene expression. Altogether, the present study would serve as a base for further functional characterization of SiSET genes towards understanding their molecular roles in conferring stress tolerance.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Foxtail millet, genes,abiotic stress, SiSET genes, stress tolerance, cold stress
Author Affiliation: National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi – 110067, India
Subjects: Crop Improvement
Divisions: Millet
Depositing User: Mr T L Gautham
Date Deposited: 10 Jan 2019 08:06
Last Modified: 10 Jan 2019 08:06
URI: http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/15751

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