Abstract
Pseudo-response regulator (PRR) family members serve as key components of the core clock of the circadian clock, and play important roles in photoperiodic flowering, stress tolerance, growth, and the development of plants. In this study, 14 soybean PRR genes were identified, and classified into three groups according to phylogenetic analysis and structural characteristics. Real-time quantitative PCR analysis revealed that 13 GmPRRs exhibited obvious rhythmic expression under long-day (LD) and short-day (SD) conditions, and the expression of 12 GmPRRs was higher under LD in leaves. To evaluate the effects of natural variations in GmPRR alleles on soybean adaptation, we examined the sequences of GmPRRs among 207 varieties collected across China and the US, investigated the flowering phenotypes in six environments, and analyzed the geographical distributions of the major haplotypes. The results showed that a majority of non-synonymous mutations in the coding region were associated with flowering time, and we found that the nonsense mutations resulting in deletion of the CCT domain were related to early flowering. Haplotype analysis demonstrated that the haplotypes associated with early flowering were mostly distributed in Northeast China, while the haplotypes associated with late flowering were mostly cultivated in the lower latitudes of China. Our study of PRR family genes in soybean provides not only an important guide for characterizing the circadian clock-controlled flowering pathway but also a theoretical basis and opportunities to breed varieties with adaptation to specific regions and farming systems.
Funder
National Key R&D Program of China
Subject
Inorganic Chemistry,Organic Chemistry,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry,Computer Science Applications,Spectroscopy,Molecular Biology,General Medicine,Catalysis
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