Table 1.
Identification and characterization of BLH genes in different plant species.
| Species | Gene Number |
Characterized to Date |
Function | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physcomitrium patens | 4 | PpBELL1 | Sporophyte development | [20,21,22,23] |
| Selaginella moellendorffii | 2 | / | Unknown | [21] |
| Gnetum gnemon | 4 | / | Unknown | [24] |
| Vandenboschia speciosa | 11 | VsBELL4, VsBELL6, VsBELL10 | Gametophytic and the sporophytic developmental |
[25] |
| Arabidopsis thaliana | 13 |
BEL1, ATH1, BLH1, BLH2/SAW1, BLH3, BLH4/SAW2, BLH6, BLH8/PNF, BLH9/ PNY/BLR/RPL/VAN/LSN |
Meristems and inflorescence development; plant morphogenesis; cell wall; ovules; embryo; light signal; abiotic stress and hormone signaling | [6,7,11,13,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39] |
| Solanum lycopersicum | 14 | SlBL4, SlBEL11 | Fruit chlorophyll; cell wall and hormone signaling |
[40,41,42] |
| Solanum tuberosum | 13 |
StBEL5, StBEL11, StBEL29 |
Phloem-mobile mRNA signals; yield; photoperiod and hormone signaling |
[15,16,43,44,45] |
| Daucus carota L. | 14 | / | Unknown | [20] |
| Oryza sativa L. | 14 | OsSH5/VBP1/RI, OsBIHD1, OsRIL1, qSH1, OsBLH6 | Seed shattering; regulation of inflorescence architecture and meristem maintenance; Secondary cell wall biosynthesis; morphological development; stress response |
[11,21,28,46,47,48,49,50] |
| Zea mays L. | 18 | ZmBEL12, ZmBEL14 | Meristem maintenance; leaf morphology; | [51] |
|
Gossypium hirsutum L. |
50 |
GhBLH5-A05, GhBLH6-A13 GhBLH7-D06 |
Secondary cell wall biosynthesis; morphological development; drought stress; virus response and hormone signaling | [52,53,54] |
| Glycine max L. | 34 | GmBLH4 | Morphological development; stress response; nodule development | [55,56] |
| Malus domestica L. | 19 | MdMDH1/MdBLH4.1, MdBLH7, MdBLH9.1, MdBLH8.1, MdBLH8.3, MdBLH11.1, MdATH1.1, MdBLH7.2 | plant morphogenesis; chlorophyll degradation; salt response; drought stress | [57,58,59] |
| Medicago truncatula | 14 | PINNA1, MtBELL1–2, MtBELL1–3, MtBELL1–4 | leaf morphology; nodulation | [60,61] |
| Pisum sativum L. | 14 | PsBELL1–2, PsBELL1–3, PsBELL1–4 | nodulation; hormone signaling | [60] |
| Brassica rapa L. | 14 | / | Unknown | [62] |
| Camellia chekiangoleosa | 12 | CchBLH6 | Fruit lignification | [63] |
| Populus trichocarpa | 20 | PtrWBLH1, PtrWBLH2 | Salt stress | [64] |
| Juglans regia L. | 17 | JrTALE3, JrTALE5, JrTALE7, JrTALE10, JrTALE15, JrTALE22 | Flower bud development | [65] |
| Punica granatum L. | 9 | PgTALE8, PgTALE14 | Ovule development; inflorescence development; | [66] |
| Cicer arietinum L. | 12 | / | Unknown | [55] |
| Lotus japonicus | 6 | / | Unknown | [55] |