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ArticleFrontiers in plant science2017

Divergence and Conservative Evolution of XTNX Genes in Land Plants.

Yan-Mei Zhang, Jia-Yu Xue, Li-Wei Liu, Xiao-Qin Sun, Guang-Can Zhou, Min Chen, Zhu-Qing Shao, Yue-Yu Hang

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Article in Frontiers in plant science, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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Yan-Mei ZhangInstitute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China.
Jia-Yu XueInstitute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China.
Li-Wei LiuState Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
Xiao-Qin SunInstitute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China.
Guang-Can ZhouInstitute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China.
Min ChenInstitute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China.
Zhu-Qing ShaoState Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
Yue-Yu HangInstitute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China.
Chinese Academy of Sciences · CNInstitute of Botany · CNNanjing University · CN

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Abstract

The Toll-interleukin-1 receptor (TIR) and Nucleotide-binding site (NBS) domains are two major components of the TIR-NBS-leucine-rich repeat family plant disease resistance genes. Extensive functional and evolutionary studies have been performed on these genes; however, the characterization of a small group of genes that are composed of atypical TIR and NBS domains, namely XTNX genes, is limited. The present study investigated this specific gene family by conducting genome-wide analyses of 59 green plant genomes. A total of 143 XTNX genes were identified in 51 of the 52 land plant genomes, whereas no XTNX gene was detected in any green algae genomes, which indicated that XTNX genes originated upon emergence of land plants. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that the ancestral XTNX gene underwent two rounds of ancient duplications in land plants, which resulted in the formation of clades I/II and clades IIa/IIb successively. Although clades I and IIb have evolved conservatively in angiosperms, the motif composition difference and sequence divergence at the amino acid level suggest that functional divergence may have occurred since the separation of the two clades. In contrast, several features of the clade IIa genes, including the absence in the majority of dicots, the long branches in the tree, the frequent loss of ancestral motifs, and the loss of expression in all detected tissues of

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evolutionfunction divergenceland plantsplant disease resistance genesXTNX genes

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