Rice Ribosomal Protein Large Subunit Genes and Their Spatio-temporal and Stress Regulation.

ABSTRACT: Ribosomal proteins (RPs) are well-known for their role in mediating protein synthesis and maintaining the stability of the ribosomal complex, which includes small and large subunits. In the present investigation, in a genome-wide survey, we predicted that the large subunit of rice ribosomes is encoded by at least 123 genes including individual gene copies, distributed throughout the 12 chromosomes. We selected 34 candidate genes, each having 2-3 identical copies, for a detailed characterization of their gene structures, protein properties, cis-regulatory elements and comprehensive expression analysis. RPL proteins appear to be involved in interactions with other RP and non-RP proteins and their encoded RNAs have a higher content of alpha-helices in their predicted secondary structures. The

SUBMITTER: Moin M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4995216 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature