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ArticleJournal, genetic engineering & biotechnology2020

In silico structural homology modelling of EST073 motif coding protein of tea Camellia sinensis (L).

K H T Karunarathna, N H K S Senathilake, K M Mewan, O V D S J Weerasena, S A C N Perera

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Article in Journal, genetic engineering & biotechnology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

K H T KarunarathnaInstitute of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka. thissa1234@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4504-6451
N H K S SenathilakeInstitute of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
K M MewanDepartment of Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture and Plantation Management, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, Makandura, Gonawila, Sri Lanka.
O V D S J WeerasenaInstitute of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
S A C N PereraDepartment of Agricultural Biology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, 20400, Sri Lanka.
University of Colombo · LKUniversity of Peradeniya · LKUniversity of Ruhuna · LKWayamba University of Sri Lanka · LK

Funding

National Research Council Sri Lanka NRC-09-066
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTea (Camellia sinensis (L). O. Kuntze) is known as the oldest, mild stimulating caffeine containing non-alcoholic beverage. One of the major threats in south Asian tea industry is the blister blight leaf disease (BB), caused by the fungus Exobasidium vexans Masse. SSR DNA marker EST SSR 073 is used as a molecular marker to tag blister blight disease resistance trait of tea. The amino acid sequences were derived from cDNA sequences related to EST SSR 073 of BB susceptible (TRI 2023) and BB resistant (TRI 2043) cultivars. An attempt has been made to understand the structural characteristics and variations of EST SSR 073 locus that may reveal the factors influencing the BB resistance of tea with multiple bioinformatics tools such as ORF finder, ExPasy ProtParam tools, modeler V 9.17, Rampage server, UCSF-Chimera, and HADDOCK docking server.

resultsThe primary, secondary, and tertiary structures of EST SSR 073 coding protein were analyzed using the amino acid sequences of both BB resistant TRI 2043 and BB susceptible TRI 2023 tea cultivars. The coding amino acid sequences of both the cultivars were homologous to photosystem I subunit protein (PsaD I) of Pisum sativum. The predicted 3D structures of proteins were validated and considered as an acceptable overall stereochemical quality. The BB resistant protein showed CT repeat extension and did not involve in topology of the PsaD I subunit. The C terminal truncation of BB resistance caused the formation of hydrogen bonds interacting with PsaD I and other subunits of photosystem I in the modeled three-dimensional protein structure.

conclusionsCamellia sinensis EST 073 SSR motif coding protein was identified as the PsaD I subunit of photosystem I. The exact mechanism of PsaD I conferring the resistance for blister blight in tea needs to be further investigated.

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Blister blight diseaseEST-SSRHomology modelingMolecular markers, Tea

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