Functional divergence and origin of the DAG-like gene family in plants

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 7; no. 1; pp. 5688 - 11
• Main Authors: Luo, Meijie, Cai, Manjun, Zhang, Jianhua, Li, Yurong, Zhang, Ruyang, Song, Wei, Zhang, Ke, Xiao, Hailin, Yue, Bing, Zheng, Yonglian, Zhao, Yanxin, Zhao, Jiuran, Qiu, Fazhan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 18.07.2017; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 38/22; 38/77; 38/90; 45/47; 631/181/735; 631/208/8; 631/449/2669; Amino acids; Evolutionary genetics; Ferns; Genes; Genomes; Humanities and Social Sciences; multidisciplinary; Phylogeny; Plant species; Protein structure; RNA editing; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Subtilisin

The nuclear-encoded DAG-like ( DAL ) gene family plays critical roles in organelle C-to-U RNA editing in Arabidopsis thaliana . However, the origin, diversification and functional divergence of DAL genes remain unclear. Here, we analyzed the genomes of diverse plant species and found that: DAL genes...