title: The U-box protein family in plants.
abstract: The U-box is a highly conserved domain recently identified at the C terminus of yeast UFD2, an E4 ubiquitination factor. In yeast, UFD2 is the only U-box-containing protein, but there are two UFD2 homologs and several other proteins containing a U-box domain in humans. Intriguingly, a database search revealed 37 predicted proteins containing a U-box in Arabidopsis. The plant U-box (PUB) proteins form five distinct subclasses, suggesting that they play diverse roles. The ARC1 gene from Brassica, required for self-incompatibility, is currently the only PUB gene functionally characterized. Here, we discuss the characteristics and possible functions of the PUB gene family.
authors.affiliation: The Sainsbury Laboratory, John Innes Centre, Colney Lane, NR4 7UH, Norwich, UK.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Azevedo
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Santos-Rosa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shirasu
mesh_terms: D020816:Amino Acid Motifs; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics*; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D017343:Genes, Plant; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family; D010802:Phylogeny; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D044763:Ubiquitin-Conjugating Enzymes; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases; D014452:Ubiquitins / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D010940:Plant Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D014452:Ubiquitins; D044763:Ubiquitin-Conjugating Enzymes; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases; C114683:UFD2 protein, S cerevisiae