Identification of the ZmATG18 subfamily genes in maize and the role of ZmATG18a in drought stress
In this study, we identified the ZmATG18 subfamily members in B73 inbred line for their physicochemical properties, gene structures, conserved motifs, phylogenetic analysis, expression profile analysis. Finally, ZmATG18a was demonstrated to play a positive role in drought stress. This study provides insights into the diversity of ZmATG18 subfamily genes and their potential role in drought stress. More importantly, ZmATG18a was identified to be potential target for genetic engineering to improve drought stress tolerance of maize.
Authors
- Meng Cheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4137-903X)
- Fang Luo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6173-7186)
- Zhe Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9847-296X)
- Ziming Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3532-8642)
- Wenzhi Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3723-9050)
- Jiahao Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3611-0725)
- Jihao Si
Institutions
- North West Agriculture and Forestry University (CN)
- Northwest A&F University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Genomics
- Published
- 2025-08-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-025-11910-5
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.71
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation