Species-specific size expansion and molecular evolution of the oleosins in angiosperms

• Published in: Gene Vol. 509; no. 2; pp. 247 - 257
• Main Authors: Liu, Qi, Sun, Yepeng, Su, Wujie, Yang, Jing, Liu, Xiuming, Wang, Yanfang, Wang, Fawei, Li, Haiyan, Li, Xiaokun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 10.11.2012
• Subjects: Amino Acid Sequence; Amino acids; Angiosperms; Arabidopsis Proteins; Arabidopsis Proteins - genetics; classification; Duplication; Energy; Evolution, Molecular; Evolutionary genetics; Functional divergence; Gene Duplication; Gene families; genes; genetics; Hydrophobicity; Liliopsida; lipid bodies; Magnoliopsida; Magnoliopsida - classification; Magnoliopsida - genetics; molecular evolution; Molecular Sequence Data; monophyly; Multigene Family; Oil; Oil body; Oleosin; Phylogenetic analysis; Phylogeny; Plant Proteins; Plant Proteins - genetics; Purifying selection; Seed germination; seedling growth; Seedlings; Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; Species Specificity; Synteny; Duplication; EST; Synteny; Ks; Functional divergence; HMM; CAASs; Phylogenetic analysis; TAIR; Mya; GWD; Ka; Oil body; NCBI; Dof; Qk; NJ; BEB; Purifying selection; ML

Oleosins are hydrophobic plant proteins thought to be important for the formation of oil bodies, which supply energy for seed germination and subsequent seedling growth. To better understand the evolutionary history and diversity of the oleosin gene family in plants, especially angiosperms, we syste...