Journal
TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE
Volume 19, Issue 7, Pages 460-470Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE LONDON
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2014.01.010
Keywords
B-box (BBX) protein; transcription factors; growth; development; functional diversity; Arabidopsis
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- Agencia Nacional de Promocion Cientifica y Tecnologica
- Universidad de Buenos Aires
- CONICET (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas, Argentina)
- Carl Trygger Foundation
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The B-box (BBX) proteins are a class of zinc-finger transcription factors containing a B-box domain with one or two B-box motifs, and sometimes also feature a CCT (CONSTANS, CO-like, and TOC1) domain. BBX proteins are key factors in regulatory networks controlling growth and developmental processes that include seedling photomorphogenesis, photoperiodic regulation of flowering, shade avoidance, and responses to biotic and abiotic stresses. In this review we discuss the functions of BBX proteins and the role of B-box motif in mediating transcriptional regulation and protein-protein interaction in plant signaling. In addition, we provide novel insights into the molecular mechanisms of their action and the evolutionary significance of their functional divergence.
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