@Article{phyton.2024.056548,
AUTHOR = {Yue Zhao, Shah Faheem Afzal, Zhu Chen, Khan Arif Kamal, Yuzhi Fei, Xin Meng, Jie Ren, Hua Liu},
TITLE = {Systematic Identification of <i>Acer rubrum</i> bZIP Transcription Factors and Their Potential Role in Anthocyanin Accumulation under Low Temperature with Light},
JOURNAL = {Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany},
VOLUME = {93},
YEAR = {2024},
NUMBER = {11},
PAGES = {3109--3130},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/phyton/v93n11/58783},
ISSN = {1851-5657},
ABSTRACT = {<i>Acer rubrum</i> is an important garden color-leafed plant. Its leaves will turn red in autumn, which is of great ornamental value. The leaf color change in <i>Acer rubrum</i> is closely associated with anthocyanins accumulation. In anthocyanin synthesis and accumulation, various transcription factor families play significant regulatory roles, including the basic (region) leucine zipper (bZIP). However, there is no report on the systematic identification and functional analysis of the bZIPs in <i>Acer rubrum</i>. In this study, 137 bZIPs distributed on 29 chromosomes of <i>Acer rubrum</i> were identified and renamed according to their locations on the chromosomes. According to the constructed bZIP phylogenetic tree of <i>Arabidopsis thaliana</i> and <i>Acer rubrum</i>, bZIPs were divided into 13 groups. Two pairs of <i>bZIP</i> genes were involved in tandem duplication, and 106 segmental duplication gene pairs were found. Cis-acting elements in the promoter region of these <i>bZIP</i> genes were analyzed. The results of promoter analysis showed that many elements were closely related to light conditions, hormone responses, and abiotic stress factors. Among them, the cis-acting elements related to light response were most abundant and prominent. The results of anthocyanin determination showed that anthocyanin contents in the leaves of <i>Acer rubrum</i> increased significantly under low temperature with light. In addition, gene expression analysis showed that compared to other ArbZIPs, <i>ArbZIP137</i>, <i>ArbZIP136</i>, <i>ArbZIP114</i>, <i>ArbZIP130</i>, and <i>ArbZIP14</i> showed a more pronounced increase in gene expression both under low- temperature conditions and under light conditions. From the correlation analysis, there was a high correlation between ArbZIPs and several anthocyanin-regulated transcription factors, including ArMYBs, ArbHLH and ArWD40s. Conclusively, the <i>bZIP</i> genes in <i>Acer rubrum</i> were identified and analyzed, providing a foundational basis for future studies on their function and significantly enhancing our understanding of the color mechanism of <i>Acer rubrum</i>.},
DOI = {10.32604/phyton.2024.056548}
}