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- * Small hydrophilic plant seed proteins signature *
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- The following small hydrophilic plant seed proteins are structurally related:
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- - Radish late seed maturation protein p8B6 [1].
- - Wheat Em protein [2].
- - Cotton late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) protein D-19 [3].
- - Carrot EMB-1 protein [4].
- - Barley LEA proteins B19.1, B19.3 and B19.4 [5].
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- These proteins contains from 83 to 153 amino acid residues and may play a role
- in equipping the seed for survival, maintaining a minimal level of hydration
- in the dry organism and preventing the denaturation of cytoplasmic components.
- They may also play a role during imbibition by controlling water uptake.
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- As a signature pattern, we selected the best conserved region in the sequence
- of these proteins, it is a glycine-rich nonapeptide located in the N-terminal
- section.
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- -Consensus pattern: G-[EQ]-T-V-V-P-G-G-T
- -Sequences known to belong to this class detected by the pattern: ALL.
- -Other sequence(s) detected in SWISS-PROT: NONE.
- -Last update: June 1994 / Pattern and text revised.
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- [ 1] Raynal M., Depigny D., Cooke R., Delseny M.
- Plant Physiol. 91:829-836(1989).
- [ 2] Litts J.C., Colewell G.W., Chakerian R.L., Quatrano R.S.
- Nucleic Acids Res. 15:3607-3618(1987).
- [ 3] Baker J., Steele C., Dure L. III
- Plant Mol. Biol. 11:277-291(1988).
- [ 4] Ulrich T.U., Wurtele E.S., Nikolau B.J.
- Nucleic Acids Res. 18:2826-2826(1990).
- [ 5] Espelund M., Saeboe-Larssen S., Hughes D.W., Galau G.A., Larsen F.,
- Jakobsen K.S.
- Plant J. 2:241-252(1992).
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