Abstract
The SPL (SQUAMOSA promoter-binding protein-like) transcription factor gene family plays a crucial role in the growth of plants, including fruit development. Although the SPL gene family has been widely studied in many plants, it remains unexplored in eggplant, an important Solanaceae vegetable crop. In this study, we performed a genome-wide analysis and identified 11 SmSPL genes with 10 motifs in the eggplant genome, which were assigned to five groups based on the amino acid sequences and the gene structure of the SBP domain. In addition, the expression patterns of 11 SmSPL genes were analyzed in different tissue types and at four different fruit development stages in eggplant. The results showed that all SmSPL genes were expressed differently in various tissues, suggesting that they may play different roles in the regulation of the development of different organs. Specifically, the expression level of SmSPL_5 was increased at the fruit expansion stage and showed the highest expression levels at 16 and 24 days after pollination, suggesting that it may be involved in regulating fruit development at both the fruit expansion and commercial fruit stages. Overall, this study provides an important basis for further exploring the function of the SmSPL gene family in eggplant.
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Claims 7
Claim · model-written summary
Genome-wide analysis identified 11 SmSPL genes in the eggplant genome.
- Taxon
- eggplant
Solanum melongenae1 - Gene
- SmSPL genese1
- Outcome
- SmSPL genese1
- Value
- 11e1
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Verbatim
e1“we performed a genome-wide analysis and identified 11 SmSPL genes with 10 motifs in the eggplant genome, which were assigned to five groups based on the amino acid sequences and the gene structure of the SBP domain”
Claim · model-written summary
The 11 SmSPL genes carry 10 motifs.
- Taxon
- eggplantSolanum melongenae1
- Gene
- SmSPL genese1
- Outcome
- motifse1
- Value
- 10 motifse1
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Verbatim
e1“we performed a genome-wide analysis and identified 11 SmSPL genes with 10 motifs in the eggplant genome, which were assigned to five groups based on the amino acid sequences and the gene structure of the SBP domain”
Claim · model-written summary
The 11 SmSPL genes were assigned to five groups.
- Taxon
- eggplantSolanum melongenae1
- Gene
- SmSPL genese1
- Outcome
- groupse1
- Value
- five groupse1
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Verbatim
e1“we performed a genome-wide analysis and identified 11 SmSPL genes with 10 motifs in the eggplant genome, which were assigned to five groups based on the amino acid sequences and the gene structure of the SBP domain”
Claim · model-written summary
SmSPL genes were expressed differently across eggplant tissues.
- Taxon
- eggplantSolanum melongenae0
- Organ / stage
- various tissuese2
- Gene
- SmSPL genese2
- Outcome
- expressed differentlye2
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Verbatim
e0“in eggplant, an important Solanaceae vegetable crop”
e2“all SmSPL genes were expressed differently in various tissues”
Claim · model-written summary
The expression level of SmSPL_5 increased at the fruit expansion stage.
- Taxon
- eggplantSolanum melongenae0
- Organ / stage
- fruit expansion stagee3
- Gene
- SmSPL_5e3
- Outcome
- expression level of SmSPL_5e3
- Direction
- increasede3
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Verbatim
e0“in eggplant, an important Solanaceae vegetable crop”
e3“the expression level of SmSPL_5 was increased at the fruit expansion stage”
Claim · model-written summary
SmSPL_5 expression was highest at 16 and 24 days after pollination.
- Taxon
- eggplantSolanum melongenae0
- Gene
- SmSPL_5e3
- Outcome
- expression levelse4
- Direction
- higheste4
- Qualifier
- 16 and 24 days after pollinatione4
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Verbatim
e0“in eggplant, an important Solanaceae vegetable crop”
e3“the expression level of SmSPL_5 was increased at the fruit expansion stage”
e4“showed the highest expression levels at 16 and 24 days after pollination”
Claim · model-written summary
SmSPL_5 may be involved in regulating fruit development at the fruit expansion and commercial fruit stages.
- Taxon
- eggplantSolanum melongenae0
- Gene
- SmSPL_5e3
- Outcome
- regulating fruit developmente5
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Verbatim
e0“in eggplant, an important Solanaceae vegetable crop”
e3“the expression level of SmSPL_5 was increased at the fruit expansion stage”
e5“suggesting that it may be involved in regulating fruit development at both the fruit expansion and commercial fruit stages”