Genome-Wide Identification of AP2/ERF Transcription Factors in Capsicum annuum and Preliminary Functional Analysis of CaBBM
Tong Zhao, Jiayao Wu, Lijun Xian, Yanjie Xiong, Kaiwen Liu, Weiqiang Li, Iqbal Hussain, Xiaolin Yu · 2026
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Tong Zhao and colleagues catalog in 2026 the AP2/ERF transcription factor family in chili pepper, using the crop new gap-free genome read end to end. These factors form one of the largest gene-control families in plants, steering growth and development. Re-annotation found 155 high-confidence family members, sorted into five subfamilies, with the ERF group largest at 82 and DREB next at 51.
Structure, motif, chromosome position, and activity analyses showed a family both conserved in build and diversified in job. One member, CaBBM from the AP2 subfamily, stood out in expression profiling as a candidate developmental regulator, active preferentially in stamens, the male flower parts. The authors began functional tests on it. A complete family census in an economically major vegetable gives breeders and molecular biologists the full cast of a control system that shapes how peppers grow and respond.
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| CREATOR | Tong Zhao, Jiayao Wu, Lijun Xian, Yanjie Xiong, Kaiwen Liu, Weiqiang Li, Iqbal Hussain, Xiaolin Yu |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 55053 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |