Genome-wide identification of the gene family and their expression analysis in .

The glycolytic pathway involves phosphofructokinase (PFK), a rate-limiting enzyme that catalyzes the phosphorylation of fructose-6-phosphate. In plants, the two PFK members are ATP-dependent phosphofructokinase (PFK) and pyrophosphate-fructose-6-phosphate phosphotransferase (PFP). However, the functions of the PFK family members in are not well understood. The purpose of this study was to investigate the genome-wide distribution of the PFK family members and their roles in by performing a systematic study of the phylogenetic relationships, molecular characteristics, motifs, chromosomal and subcellular locations, and elements of . We identified 14 genes in the genome of , followed by examining their expression in different tissues, including the roots, stems, and leaves. The phylogenetic tree divided the 14 genes into two groups: 11 belonging to and three belonging to . The expression profiles of all 14 proteins were relatively the same in leaves but differed between stems and roots. Four genes (.) were expressed at very low levels in both stems and roots, while two () were expressed at low levels and the others showed relatively high expression in all tissues.