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We aimed to define AMP gene families and their expression under Na2SO4 treatment in the xerophytic recretohalophyte Reaumuria soongarica. Methods: Six canonical AMP families were screened using hidden Markov model and homology searches, domain verification, gene-model and transcript-support assessment, nsLTP boundary curation, phylogenetic and synteny analyses, and reanalysis of public RNA-sequencing data from 0, 200, and 400 mM Na2SO4 treatments. Results: We identified 73 candidates: 15 defensins, 18 Snakin\/GASA genes and 40 nsLTPs, including seven previously unannotated, transcript-supported models. RsLTP20 was reported separately as a reference-dependent C4-like candidate. Four sequence and alignment strategies supported two defensin, one Snakin\/GASA and three nsLTP local groups. No tested promoter pattern was significantly enriched after multiple-testing correction. At 400 mM Na2SO4 relative to the control, 18 of the 66 catalogue members represented in the quantification reference were differentially expressed (12 upregulated and six downregulated; BH-adjusted p &lt; 0.05 and |log2 fold change| &gt; 1). Comparison with 38 Tamarix austromongolica candidates identified 27 reciprocal-best-hit pairs; genomic collinearity supported 25 direct candidate pairs. A separate Arabidopsis comparison recovered 26 candidate-anchored pairs. Conclusions: This curated catalogue defines conservative phylogenetic groups and provides candidates for experimental analysis of stress adaptation and peptide function.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/genes17091126","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,16]],"date-time":"2026-09-16T09:06:37Z","timestamp":1789549597000},"page":"1126","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Genome-Wide Identification, Evolutionary Characterization, and Salt-Stress Expression Profiling of Antimicrobial Peptide Gene Families in the Xerophytic Recretohalophyte Reaumuria soongarica"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Youwu","family":"Wang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Agriculture, Tarim University, Alaer 843300, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shuihong","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Life Sciences and Technology, Tarim University, Alaer 843300, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1525-1323","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Amjad","family":"Hussain","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Botany, Government College University, Hyderabad 71000, Pakistan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xiufeng","family":"Han","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Life Sciences and Technology, Tarim University, Alaer 843300, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1353","DOI":"10.1104\/pp.108.4.1353","article-title":"Plant defensins: Novel antimicrobial peptides as components of the host defense system","volume":"108","author":"Broekaert","year":"1995","journal-title":"Plant Physiol."},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"711","DOI":"10.3390\/ph8040711","article-title":"Antimicrobial peptides from plants","volume":"8","author":"Tam","year":"2015","journal-title":"Pharmaceuticals"},{"key":"ref_3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Noonan, J., Williams, W.P., and Shan, X. 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