{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Huang MD"],"funding":["Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan"],"pagination":["21"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9832785"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["23(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Non-specific lipid transfer proteins (nsLTPs) are a group of small and basic proteins that can bind and transfer various lipid molecules to the apoplastic space. A typical nsLTP carries a conserved architecture termed eight-cysteine motif (8CM), a scaffold of loop-linked helices folding into a hydrophobic cavity for lipids binding. Encoded by a multigene family, nsLTPs are widely distributed in terrestrial plants from bryophytes to angiosperms with dozens of gene members in a single species. Although the nsLTPs in the most primitive plants such as Marchantia already reach 14 members and are divergent enough to form separate groups, so far none have been identified in any species of green algae.<h4>Results</h4>By using a refined searching strategy, we identified putative "],"journal":["BMC plant biology"],"pubmed_title":["The revealing of a novel lipid transfer protein lineage in green algae."],"pmcid":["PMC9832785"],"funding_grant_id":["MOST 109-2311-B-010-007-MY3","MOST 107-2311-B-110-004"],"pubmed_authors":["Cheng SY","Chang HY","Wu CW","Huang MD","Chou HY"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"The revealing of a novel lipid transfer protein lineage in green algae.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Non-specific lipid transfer proteins (nsLTPs) are a group of small and basic proteins that can bind and transfer various lipid molecules to the apoplastic space. A typical nsLTP carries a conserved architecture termed eight-cysteine motif (8CM), a scaffold of loop-linked helices folding into a hydrophobic cavity for lipids binding. Encoded by a multigene family, nsLTPs are widely distributed in terrestrial plants from bryophytes to angiosperms with dozens of gene members in a single species. Although the nsLTPs in the most primitive plants such as Marchantia already reach 14 members and are divergent enough to form separate groups, so far none have been identified in any species of green algae.<h4>Results</h4>By using a refined searching strategy, we identified putative ","dates":{"release":"2023-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2023 Jan","modification":"2025-04-26T06:04:39.893Z","creation":"2025-04-06T11:42:52.803Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9832785","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36627558"],"doi":["10.1186/s12870-023-04040-1"]}}