title: The catalase gene family in cucumber: genome-wide identification and organization.
abstract: Catalase (CAT) is a common antioxidant enzyme in almost all living organisms. Currently, detailed reports on cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) CAT (CsCAT) genes and tissue expression profiling are limited. In the present study, four candidate CsCAT genes were identified in cucumber. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that CsCAT1-CsCAT3 are closely related to Arabidopsis AtCAT1-AtCAT3, but no obvious counterpart was observed for CsCAT4. Intron/exon structure analysis revealed that only one of the 15 positions was completely conserved. Motif analysis showed that, unlike the CAT genes of other species, none of CsCAT genes contained all 10 motifs. Expression data showed that transcripts of all of the CsCAT genes, except CsCAT4, were detected in five tissues. Moreover, their transcription levels displayed differences under different stress treatments.
authors: Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Education, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nangchang, Jiangxi, China.|School of Agriculture, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China.
authors: Lifang
authors: L
authors: Hu
authors: School of Agriculture, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China.
authors: Yingui
authors: Y
authors: Yang
authors: School of Sciences, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China.
authors: Lunwei
authors: L
authors: Jiang
authors: School of Sciences, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China.
authors: Shiqiang
authors: S
authors: Liu