Considerations of AOX Functionality Revealed by Critical Motifs and Unique Domains.

ABSTRACT: An understanding of the genes and mechanisms regulating environmental stress in crops is critical for boosting agricultural yield and safeguarding food security. Under adverse conditions, response pathways are activated for tolerance or resistance. In multiple species, the alternative oxidase (AOX) genes encode proteins which help in this process. Recently, this gene family has been extensively investigated in the vital crop plants, wheat, barley and rice. Cumulatively, these three species and/or their wild ancestors contain the genes for AOX1a, AOX1c, AOX1e, and AOX1d, and common patterns in the protein isoforms have been documented. Here, we add more information on these trends by emphasizing motifs that could affect expression, and by utilizing the most recent discoveries from the AOX i

SUBMITTER: Brew-Appiah RAT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6213860 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature