Date Received: 25-07-2014
Date Accepted: 13-10-2014
Date Published: 06-08-2025
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Characterisation and Expression Survey of Dehydrin Gene Family in Clementine (Citrus clementina)
Keywords
Dehydrin (DHN), gene expression, gene structure, gene charaterisation, in silico
Abstract
A total of six dehydrin (DHN) genes have been found in the whole genome of Clementine (Citrus clementina). This work aimed to study the characteristics and structure of DHN in this species. All of six DHN proteins were highly hydrophilic. Their high aliphatic index suggested that clementine DHN might be thermostable proteins. Only two KS-type genes, CclDHN1 and CclDHN6, had no intron. Therefore, four others were discontinuous coding genes with an intron which separates two exons within the S fragment. The predicted 3D modeling structure showed many amphipathic α-helices in the secondary structure of DHN proteins. In addition, the serine phosphorylation sites also were predicted in the S fragment region. Two clementine DHN genes, CclDHN1 and CclDHN2, expressed in many different tissues under various environmental conditions .
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