Rice SUV3 is a bidirectional helicase that binds both DNA and RNA.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Helicases play crucial role in almost all the nucleic acid metabolism including replication, repair, recombination, transcription, translation, ribosome biogenesis and splicing and these processes regulate plant growth and development. It is suggested that helicases play essential roles in stabilizing growth in plants under stress because their presence in the stress-induced ORFs has been identified. Moreover in a recent study we have reported that SUV3 helicase from Oryza sativa (OsSUV3) functions in salinity stress tolerance in transgenic rice by improving the antioxidant machinery. SUV3 helicase has been identified and characterized from yeast and human systems but the properties and functions of plant SUV3 are poorly understood.

Results

In this study, the puri

SUBMITTER: Tuteja N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4207899 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature