title: Comparative analysis of HD2 type histone deacetylases in higher plants.
abstract: Zea mays (L.) histone deacetylase HD2 was identified as a new type of histone deacetylase (HDAC) unrelated to the well-known Rpd3p and Hdalp families but with sequence homology to peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerases (PPIases). Here we show that HD2 is a multigene family with highly related members in various plant species. Gene analysis revealed a similar exon/intron structure in Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. and Z. mays, and most of the sequences analyzed were demonstrated to possess an intron of the very rare AT-AC type.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Innsbruck, Medical School, Austria. markus.dangl@uibk.ac.at
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dangl
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Brosch
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Haas
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Loidl
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lusser
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D020224:Expressed Sequence Tags; D006655:Histone Deacetylases / Q000378:metabolism*; D007438:Introns; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family; D012275:Oryza / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D019696:Peptidylprolyl Isomerase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D003313:Zea mays / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D006655:Histone Deacetylases; D019696:Peptidylprolyl Isomerase