title: Domains as functional building blocks of plant proteins.
abstract: Emerging evidence in eukaryotic systems suggests that many proteins of diverse cellular processes are made up of protein domains that are well defined in both sequence and structure. This article updates the identification of many 'classic' eukaryotic protein domains in various plant cellular processes, with particular emphasis on the non-catalytic categories. We discuss the importance of domains to plant-protein functions and cellular networking, and the emergence of plant-specific domains.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114, USA.
authors.forename: Bernard C-H
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Lam
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Blumwald
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D001665:Binding Sites / Q000235:genetics; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D034281:Dynamins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020407:Internet; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008055:Lipids / Q000737:chemistry; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009696:Nucleic Acids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary / Q000235:genetics; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D018909:src Homology Domains / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D008055:Lipids; D009696:Nucleic Acids; D010940:Plant Proteins; C434467:ADL6 protein, Arabidopsis; D034281:Dynamins