The family of Deg/HtrA proteases in plants.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Deg/HtrA family of ATP-independent serine endopeptidases is present in nearly all organisms from bacteria to human and vascular plants. In recent years, multiple deg/htrA protease genes were identified in various plant genomes. During genome annotations most proteases were named according to the order of discovery, hence the same names were sometimes given to different types of Deg/HtrA enzymes in different plant species. This can easily lead to false inference of individual protease functions based solely on a shared name. Therefore, the existing names and classification of these proteolytic enzymes does not meet our current needs and a phylogeny-based standardized nomenclature is required.

Results

Using phylogenetic and domain arrangement analysis, we improv

SUBMITTER: Schuhmann H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3473262 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature