Bioinformatic Identification and Analysis of Extensins in the Plant Kingdom

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 11; no. 2; p. e0150177
• Main Authors: Liu, Xiao, Wolfe, Richard, Welch, Lonnie R., Domozych, David S., Popper, Zoë A., Showalter, Allan M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 26.02.2016; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Alfalfa; Algae; Algal Proteins - classification; Algal Proteins - genetics; Amino Acid Motifs; Amino Acid Sequence; Amino acids; Analysis; Aquatic plants; Arabidopsis; Arabidopsis Proteins - classification; Arabidopsis Proteins - genetics; Arabidopsis thaliana; Bioinformatics; Biological Evolution; Biology and Life Sciences; Brassica; Cell walls; Cellular biology; Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; Chlorophyta; Computational Biology; Computer and Information Sciences; Crosslinking; Engineering schools; Extensin; Extracellular matrix; Flowers & plants; Gene expression; Genetic aspects; Genome, Plant; Genomes; Glycine; Glycoproteins; Glycoproteins - classification; Glycoproteins - genetics; Homology; Hydroxyproline; Identification; Kinases; Leucine; Molecular Sequence Data; Morphogenesis; Peptides; Phylogeny; Physiological aspects; Pine trees; Plant biology; Plant genetics; Plant growth; Plant Proteins - classification; Plant Proteins - genetics; Plants (botany); Plants - classification; Proline; Proteins; Research and Analysis Methods; Sequence Alignment; Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; Serine; Species Specificity; Tyrosine; United States; United States > US; Ohio

Extensins (EXTs) are a family of plant cell wall hydroxyproline-rich glycoproteins (HRGPs) that are implicated to play important roles in plant growth, development, and defense. Structurally, EXTs are characterized by the repeated occurrence of serine (Ser) followed by three to five prolines (Pro) r...