title: Structure Conservation and Differential Expression of Farnesyl Diphosphate Synthase Genes in Euphorbiaceous Plants.
abstract: Farnesyl diphosphate synthase (FPS) is a key enzyme of isoprenoids biosynthesis. However, knowledge of the FPSs of euphorbiaceous species is limited. In this study, ten FPSs were identified in four euphorbiaceous plants. These FPSs exhibited similar exon/intron structure. The deduced FPS proteins showed close identities and exhibited the typical structure of plant FPS. The members of the FPS family exhibit tissue expression patterns that vary among several euphorbiaceous plant species under normal growth conditions. The expression profiles reveal spatial and temporal variations in the expression of FPSs of different tissues from Euphorbiaceous plants. Our results revealed wide conservation of FPSs and diverse expression in euphorbiaceous plants during growth and development.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Tropical Crop Biotechnology, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou 571101, China. guodong@itbb.org.cn.
authors.forename: Dong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Tropical Crop Biotechnology, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou 571101, China. lihuiliang@itbb.org.cn.
authors.forename: Hui-Liang
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Tropical Crop Biotechnology, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou 571101, China. shqpeng@163.com.
authors.forename: Shi-Qing
authors.initials: SQ
authors.lastname: Peng
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D019665:Euphorbiaceae / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D017343:Genes, Plant; D051228:Geranyltranstransferase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D012326:RNA Splicing
chemical_list: D010940:Plant Proteins; D051228:Geranyltranstransferase
keywords: Euphorbiaceae; development; farnesyl diphosphate synthase; gene expression