Protein disorder in plants: a view from the chloroplast.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The intrinsically unstructured state of some proteins, observed in all living organisms, is essential for basic cellular functions. In this field the available information from plants is limited but it has been reached a point where these proteins can be comprehensively classified on the basis of disorder, function and evolution.

Results

Our analysis of plant genomes confirms that nuclear-encoded proteins follow the same trend than other multi-cellular eukaryotes; however, chloroplast- and mitochondria- encoded proteins conserve the patterns of Archaea and Bacteria, in agreement with their phylogenetic origin. Based on current knowledge about gene transference from the chloroplast to the nucleus, we report a strong correlation between the rate of disorder of trans

SUBMITTER: Yruela I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3460767 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature