The tomato Pti4 gene encodes a transcription factor that was identified on the basis of its specific interaction with the product of the Pto disease resistance gene in a yeast two-hybrid system. We show here that the Pti4 protein specifically binds the GCC-box cis element, which is present in the promoter region of many pathogenesis-related (PR) genes. Expression of the Pti4 gene in tomato leav...

This study aimed to investigate gene families related Prunus persica (peach) and their evolutionary relationships. Gene identification sequence alignment methods were used characterize Homeobox, MADS-box, NAC, Receptor-kinase-like families. expression data analysis was conducted assess activity regulatory mechanisms in peach plant development. involved a local BLASTp using protein sequences from...

The SCF (Skp1-Cul1-F-box protein) ubiquitin ligase complex plays a pivotal role in various biological processes, including host-pathogen interactions. Many pathogens exploit the host SCF machinery to promote efficient infection by translocating pathogen-encoded F-box proteins into the host cell. How pathogens ensure sufficient amounts of the F-box effectors in the host cell despite the intrinsi...

MADS-box genes are a large family of transcription factors initially discovered for their role during development of flowers and fruits. The MADS-box transcription factors from animals have been studied by X-ray protein crystallography but those from plants remain to be studied. In this work, a MADS-box cDNA from mango encoding a protein of 254 residues was obtained and compared. Based on phylo...

Activation of the anaphase-promoting complex (APC) is required for anaphase initiation and for exit from mitosis. We show that APC is activated during mitosis and G1 by two regulatory factors, hCDC20 and hCDH1. These proteins directly bind to APC and activate its cyclin ubiquitination activity. hCDC20 confers a strict destruction-box (D-box) dependence on APC, while hCDH1 shows a much more rela...

Lysin motif (LysM) is a carbohydrate-binding module often found in secreted or transmembrane proteins living organisms from prokaryotes to eukaryotes. Thus far, all characterized LysM-containing plants are plasma membrane-resident receptors co-receptors playing roles plant–microbe interactions. Here, we interrogate the Arabidopsis LysM/F-box-containing protein InLYP1 and reveal its function gly...

F-box proteins direct the degradation of an extensive range of proteins via the ubiquitin-proteasome system. Members of this large family of proteins are typically bipartite. They recruit specific substrates through a substrate-binding domain and, via the F-box, link these to core components of a major class of ubiquitin ligases (SCF1). F-box proteins thus determine the specificity of SCF1-medi...

Archaeal box C/D sRNAs guide the methylation of specific nucleotides in archaeal ribosomal and tRNAs. Three Methanocaldococcus jannaschii sRNP core proteins (ribosomal protein L7, Nop56/58, and fibrillarin) bind the box C/D sRNAs to assemble the sRNP complex, and these core proteins are essential for nucleotide methylation. A distinguishing feature of the Nop56/58 core protein is the coiled-coi...

F-box proteins are substrate recognition components of Skp1-Cullin1-F-box protein-Roc1 (SCF) E3 ubiquitin-protein ligases. We reported previously that Fbs1 (F-box protein that recognizes sugar chains; equivalent to Fbx2 or NFB42) binds specifically to proteins attached with high mannose oligosaccharides and subsequently contributes to elimination of N-glycoproteins in cytosol (Yoshida, Y., Chib...

Most fruit trees in the Rosaceae exhibit self-incompatibility, which is controlled by the pistil S gene, encoding a ribonuclease (S-RNase), and the pollen S gene at the S-locus. The pollen S in Prunus is an F-box protein gene (SLF/SFB) located near the S-RNase, but it has not been identified in Pyrus and Malus. In the Japanese pear, various F-box protein genes (PpSFBB(-α-γ)) linked to the S-RNa...