The sequences of the polyphenol oxidase(PPO) gene family were searched from potato genome and were subject to bioinformatics and expression analysis. The results showed that a total of 12 PPO genes, StuPPO1, StuPPO2, StuPPO3, ⋯, StuPPO12 with exception of StuPPO9 localized on chromosome 2, were sorted out and all of them located in the 276 kb range of chromosome 8. Further analysis of the PPO protein sequences with 3 typical structural domains (Tyrosinase, PPO1_DWL, PPO1_KFDV) showed that the similarity of StuPPO1, StuPPO2, StuPPO3, StuPPO4 an...