Abstract: In order to investigate the biological functions of phospholipase D(PLD) family in soybean, this paper utilized chromosomal localization analysis, gene structure analysis, protein physicochemical property analysis, nuclear localization sequence (NLS), subcellular localization prediction, protein motif analysis, protein structural domain analysis, and protein secondary and tertiary structure prediction for a total of twenty-one PLD gene families of five isoforms in soybean, and found that the genes and proteins were more conserved with the same subclasses, and their structures and properties were more similar. By performing an analysis of PLD gene expression levels in soybean, it was found that PLD genes might play a role in soybean seed and pod development, flowering, and root and leaf growth. The findings of the paper provide a reference for an in-depth study of the biological functions of PLD gene family in soybean.
Keywords: soybean; phospholipase D(PLD); bioinformatics analysis; gene expression