Evolutionary and Structural Analysis of PP16 in Viridiplantae.

ABSTRACT: Members of the phloem protein 16 (PP16) gene family are induced by elicitors in rice and the corresponding proteins from cucurbits, which display RNA binding and intercellular transport activities, are accumulated in phloem sap. These proteins facilitate the movement of protein complexes through the phloem translocation flow and may be involved in the response to water deficit, among other functions. However, there is scant information regarding their function in other plants, including the identification of paralog genes in non-vascular plants and chlorophytes. In the present work, an evolutionary and structural analysis of the PP16 family in green plants (Viridiplantae) was carried out. Data mining in different databases indicated that PP16 likely originated from a larger gene pre

SUBMITTER: Jimenez-Lopez D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10931576 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature