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PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 108, Issue -, Pages 165-176Publisher
ELSEVIER FRANCE-EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2016.07.009
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Lectin domain; Cucumber; Domain architecture; Evolution; Biological function
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- Fund for Scientific Research (FWO-Vlaanderen)
- Research Council of Ghent University
- China Scholarship Council
- Special Research Council of Ghent University
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Lectins are ubiquitous proteins in plants and play important roles in a diverse set of biological processes, such as plant defense and cell signaling. Despite the availability of the Cucumis sativus L. genome sequence since 2009, little is known with respect to the occurrence of lectins in cucumber. In this study, a total of 146 putative lectin genes belonging to 10 different lectin families were identified and localized in the cucumber genome. Domain architecture analysis revealed that most of these lectin gene sequences contain multiple domains, where lectin domains are linked with other domains, as such creating chimeric lectin sequences encoding proteins with dual activities. This study provides an overview of lectin motifs in cucumber and will help to understand their potential biological role(s). (C) 2016 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
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