Analysis of rice glycosyl hydrolase family 1 and expression of Os4bglu12 beta-glucosidase.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Glycosyl hydrolase family 1 (GH1) beta-glucosidases have been implicated in physiologically important processes in plants, such as response to biotic and abiotic stresses, defense against herbivores, activation of phytohormones, lignification, and cell wall remodeling. Plant GH1 beta-glucosidases are encoded by a multigene family, so we predicted the structures of the genes and the properties of their protein products, and characterized their phylogenetic relationship to other plant GH1 members, their expression and the activity of one of them, to begin to decipher their roles in rice.

Results

Forty GH1 genes could be identified in rice databases, including 2 possible endophyte genes, 2 likely pseudogenes, 2 gene fragments, and 34 apparently competent rice glycosi

SUBMITTER: Opassiri R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1781453 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature