Delineation of plant caleosin residues critical for functional divergence, positive selection and coevolution.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The caleosin genes encode proteins with a single conserved EF hand calcium-binding domain and comprise small gene families found in a wide range of plant species. These proteins may be involved in many cellular and biological processes coupled closely to the synthesis, degradation, or stability of oil bodies. Although previous studies of this protein family have been reported for Arabidopsis and other species, understanding of the evolution of the caleosin gene family in plants remains inadequate.

Results

In this study, comparative genomic analysis was performed to investigate the phylogenetic relationships, evolutionary history, functional divergence, positive selection, and coevolution of caleosins. First, 84 caleosin genes were identified from five main lineage

SUBMITTER: Song W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4057654 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature