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Scientia Silvae Sinicae ›› 2022, Vol. 58 ›› Issue (3): 59-68.doi: 10.11707/j.1001-7488.20220307

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Cloning, Expression and Interaction Protein Screening of BlBLH1 Gene in Betula luminifera

Hebi Zhuang,Zicheng Yu,Erpei Lin,Huahong Huang*   

  1. The State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture Zhejiang A&F University Hangzhou 311300
  • Received:2021-04-06 Online:2022-03-25 Published:2022-06-02
  • Contact: Huahong Huang

Abstract:

Objective: BLH (BEL1-like homeodomain) gene family belongs to a transcription factor widely existing in plant, and its interaction with KNOX and other transcription factors are considered to play an important regulatory role in the development of plant secondary cell wall (SCW). The aim of this study is to clone BlBLH1 gene of Betula luminifera, then analyze its expression pattern and identify proteins that can interact with BlBLH1. Method: The BlBLH1 sequence in the genome sequence of B. luminifera was first identified by blast and other software. After verification by cloning, further bioinformatic analyses, including multiple sequence alignment and phylogenetic analysis, were also carried out. Quantitative Real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) was used to analyze the expression pattern of BlBLH1 in different tissues, organs and tension wood (TW). Yeast two hybrid technology was used to screen the proteins interacting with BlBLH1, and bimolecular fluorescence complementary (BiFC) was used to verify its interactions with some identified proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana cells. Result: The full-length of BlBLH1 was 2 128 bp in length with an open reading frame (ORF) of 1 830 bp. It encoded 609 amino acids harboring three conserved domains of SKY, BEL and HD. Phylogenetic analysis showed that BlBLH1 had the closest homologous relationship with A. thaliana BLH1. Expression analysis showed that the expression level of BlBLH1 in male inflorescence was the highest, followed by that in lignified stem. During the induction of tension wood, the expression level of BlBLH1 in tension wood was significantly higher than that in control. Through yeast two hybrid, 47 proteins, including structural proteins, enzymes and transcription factors, with strong interaction with BlBLH1 were identified, and the interactions of BlBLH1 with BlKNOX4 and BlKNOX9 were also verified by BiFC in A. thaliana protoplasts. Moreover, the expression patterns of these three genes in stems and tension wood were similar. Conclusion: In this study, BlBLH1 gene is cloned from B. luminifera. Based on the results of bioinformatics, expression and protein interaction analysis, it is inferred that BlBLH1 may be involved in the process of wood formation in B. luminifera, and interacted with KNOX proteins.

Key words: BlBLH1, secondary cell wall, yeast two hybrid, bimolecular

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