Systematic characterization of the branch point binding protein, splicing factor 1, gene family in plant development and stress responses

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Title: Systematic characterization of the branch point binding protein, splicing factor 1, gene family in plant development and stress responses
Authors: Kai-Lu Zhang, Zhen Feng, Jing-Fang Yang, Feng Yang, Tian Yuan, Di Zhang, Ge-Fei Hao, Yan-Ming Fang, Jianhua Zhang, Caie Wu, Mo-Xian Chen, Fu-Yuan Zhu
Source: BMC Plant Biology, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 1-20 (2020)
Publisher Information: BMC, 2020.
Publication Year: 2020
Collection: LCC:Botany
Subject Terms: Alternative splicing, Expression profile, Phylogenetics, Plants, Promoter, Splicing factor, Botany, QK1-989
More Details: Abstract Background Among eukaryotic organisms, alternative splicing is an important process that can generate multiple transcripts from one same precursor messenger RNA, which greatly increase transcriptome and proteome diversity. This process is carried out by a super-protein complex defined as the spliceosome. Specifically, splicing factor 1/branchpoint binding protein (SF1/BBP) is a single protein that can bind to the intronic branchpoint sequence (BPS), connecting the 5′ and 3′ splice site binding complexes during early spliceosome assembly. The molecular function of this protein has been extensively investigated in yeast, metazoa and mammals. However, its counterpart in plants has been seldomly reported. Results To this end, we conducted a systematic characterization of the SF1 gene family across plant lineages. In this work, a total of 92 sequences from 59 plant species were identified. Phylogenetic relationships of these sequences were constructed, and subsequent bioinformatic analysis suggested that this family likely originated from an ancient gene transposition duplication event. Most plant species were shown to maintain a single copy of this gene. Furthermore, an additional RNA binding motif (RRM) existed in most members of this gene family in comparison to their animal and yeast counterparts, indicating that their potential role was preserved in the plant lineage. Conclusion Our analysis presents general features of the gene and protein structure of this splicing factor family and will provide fundamental information for further functional studies in plants.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 1471-2229
Relation: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12870-020-02570-6; https://doaj.org/toc/1471-2229
DOI: 10.1186/s12870-020-02570-6
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/aa7360c16c9649e7acb6e621ecb4c7bb
Accession Number: edsdoj.7360c16c9649e7acb6e621ecb4c7bb
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ISSN:14712229
DOI:10.1186/s12870-020-02570-6
Published in:BMC Plant Biology
Language:English