Genome-Wide Identification and Characterization of Hexokinase Genes in Moso Bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis).

ABSTRACT: Plant hexokinases (HXKs) are a class of multifunctional proteins that not only act as the enzymes required for hexose phosphorylation but also serve as sugar sensors that repress the expression of some photosynthetic genes when internal glucose level increases and regulators of cell metabolism and some sugar-related signaling pathways independent on their catalytic actives. The HXKs have been studied in many plants; however, limited information is available on HXKs of moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis). In this study, we identified and characterized 12 hexokinase genes in moso bamboo. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that the moso bamboo hexokinases (PeHXKs) were classifiable into five subfamilies which represented the three types of hexokinases in plants. Gene structure and conserved

SUBMITTER: Zheng W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7248402 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature