Abstract
The nuclear-encoded plastid terminal oxidase gene (PTOX) is present in photosynthetic species and functions in the oxidation of the plastoquinone pool. It plays an important role on chlororespiration, chromorespiration and carotenoid biosynthesis. Here, we show short-term early response of carrot PTOX (DcPTOX) in leaves of two carrot inbred lines upon chilling. Analysis of the complete gene confirmed DcPTOX as a single gene and revealed an exceptionally large genomic sequence (9422bp) in comparison to other species, comprising nine exons interrupted by eight introns. In silico analysis based on data from whole genome sequencing projects discovered that some plant species present two PTOX genes. A search for sequence variability at genomic level was performed in the heterogeneous, ancient carrot cultivar ‘Rotin’. DcPTOX revealed intron length polymorphisms (ILPs) in intron 2, due to the occurrence of two insertion/deletions (InDels) events. Prediction of pre-miRNA sequences in intronic regions of DcPTOX showed two putative locations coding for putative miRNAs, one located at intron 2 and other located at intron 6. Both putative miRNAs revealed high homology with miRNAs described in Glycine max (gma-miR1520p) and Oryza sativa (osa-miR5494), respectively. Plant disease resistance genes were identified as miRNAs target genes.
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