Molecular characterization, expression and functional analysis of acyl-CoA-binding protein gene family in maize (Zea mays).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Acyl-CoA-binding proteins (ACBPs) possess a conserved acyl-CoA-binding (ACB) domain that facilitates binding to acyl-CoA esters and trafficking in eukaryotic cells. Although the various functions of ACBP have been characterized in several plant species, their structure, molecular evolution, expression profile, and function have not been fully elucidated in Zea mays L.

Results

Genome-wide analysis identified nine ZmACBP genes in Z. mays, which could be divided into four distinct classes (class I, class II, class III, and class IV) via construction of a phylogenetic tree that included 48 ACBP genes from six different plant species. Transient expression of a ZmACBP-GFP fusion protein in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) epidermal cells revealed that ZmACBPs localized to mu

SUBMITTER: Zhu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7883581 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature