Classification and expression analysis of Arabidopsis F-box-containing protein genes

Plant Cell Physiol. 2002 Oct;43(10):1073-85. doi: 10.1093/pcp/pcf151.

Abstract

F-box proteins regulate diverse cellular processes, including cell cycle transition, transcriptional regulation and signal transduction, by playing roles in Skp1p-cullin-F-box protein (SCF) complexes or non-SCF complexes. F-box proteins are encoded by a large gene family. Our database search revealed that at least 568 F-box protein genes are present in the Arabidopsis thaliana (Arabidopsis) genome. Domain search analysis using SMART and Pfam-A databases revealed that 67 of the F-box proteins contained Kelch repeats and 29 contained leucine-rich repeats (LRRs). Interestingly only two F-box proteins contained WD40 repeats that are found in many F-box proteins of other organisms. Kelch repeats, LRRs and WD40 repeats are implicated in protein-protein interactions. This analysis also resulted in the finding of several unique functional domains; however, 448 of the F-box proteins did not contain any known domains. Therefore, these proteins were used to search the Pfam-B database to find novel domains, and three putative ones were found. These domain search analyses led us to classify the Arabidopsis F-box proteins into at least 19 groups based on their domain structures. Macro array analysis showed that several F-box protein genes are expressed in a tissue-specific manner.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Arabidopsis / genetics*
  • Arabidopsis Proteins / classification
  • Arabidopsis Proteins / genetics*
  • Arabidopsis Proteins / metabolism
  • Binding Sites / genetics
  • Carrier Proteins / genetics
  • Carrier Proteins / metabolism
  • Cell Cycle / genetics
  • Conserved Sequence / genetics
  • Databases, Factual
  • Gene Expression Profiling / methods*
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
  • Leucine-Rich Repeat Proteins
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Multigene Family / genetics
  • Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis / methods*
  • Phylogeny
  • Protein Interaction Mapping
  • Proteins / genetics
  • Proteins / metabolism
  • Sequence Alignment
  • Sequence Analysis, Protein
  • Signal Transduction / genetics
  • Transcription Factors / genetics

Substances

  • ASK1 protein, Arabidopsis
  • Arabidopsis Proteins
  • Carrier Proteins
  • Leucine-Rich Repeat Proteins
  • Proteins
  • Transcription Factors