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PROSITE documentation PDOC00355 |
The following small hydrophilic plant seed proteins are structurally related:
These proteins contains from 83 to 153 amino acid residues and may play a role [1,2] 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.
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.
Last update:November 1995 / Text revised.
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1 | Authors | Dure L. III Crouch M. Harada J. Ho T.-H. D. Mundy J. Quatrano R. Thomas T. Sung Z.R. |
Source | Plant Mol. Biol. 12:475-486(1989). |
2 | Authors | Gaubier P. Raynal M. Hull G. Huestis G.M. Grellet F. Arenas C. Pages M. Delseny M. |
Title | Two different Em-like genes are expressed in Arabidopsis thaliana seeds during maturation. | |
Source | Mol. Gen. Genet. 238:409-418(1993). | |
PubMed ID | 8492809 |