AUTHOR=Li Xiaoxu , Guo Cun , Li Zhiyuan , Wang Guoping , Yang Jiashuo , Chen Long , Hu Zhengrong , Sun Jinghao , Gao Junping , Yang Aiguo , Pu Wenxuan , Wen Liuying TITLE=Deciphering the roles of tobacco MYB transcription factors in environmental stress tolerance JOURNAL=Frontiers in Plant Science VOLUME=Volume 13 - 2022 YEAR=2022 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/plant-science/articles/10.3389/fpls.2022.998606 DOI=10.3389/fpls.2022.998606 ISSN=1664-462X ABSTRACT=

The MYB members play important roles in development, metabolism, and stress tolerance in plants. In the current study, a total of 246 tobacco R2R3-MYB transcription factors were identified and systemically analyzed from the latest genome annotation. The newly identified tobacco members were divided into 33 subgroups together with the Arabidopsis members. Furthermore, 44 NtMYB gene pairs were identified to arise from duplication events, which might lead to the expansion of tobacco MYB genes. The expression patterns were revealed by transcriptomic analysis. Notably, the results from phylogenetic analysis, synthetic analysis, and expression analysis were integrated to predict the potential functions of these members. Particularly, NtMYB102 was found to act as the homolog of AtMYB70 and significantly induced by drought and salt treatments. The further assays revealed that NtMYB102 had transcriptional activities, and the overexpression of the encoding gene enhanced the drought and salt stress tolerance in transgenic tobacco. The results of this study may be relevant for future functional analyses of the MYB genes in tobacco.