title: [Plant SNAREs and their biological functions].
abstract: The signal communication between various organelles is essential for cells of eukaryotic organisms. Vesicle trafficking is an important pathway for this kind of communication. Most of the membrane fusion is mediated by SNAREs (Soluble N-ethyl-maleimide-sensitive fusion protein attachment protein receptors), which are highly conserved from various species. Compared with genomes of other eukaryotes, plant genome encodes an even higher number of SNAREs. Accumulating evidences support that plant SNAREs is a multifunctional protein family, which is involved in variety of biological processes. We review the recent advances on molecular mechanism and biological functions of plant SNAREs.
authors: College of Life Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China. hfeng@genetics.ac.cn
authors: Hua
authors: H
authors: Feng
authors: Chen
authors: C
authors: Chen
authors: Yi-Qin
authors: YQ
authors: Wang
authors: Jin-Long
authors: JL
authors: Qiu
authors: Cheng-Cai
authors: CC
authors: Chu
authors: Xi-Hua
authors: XH
authors: DU
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000502:physiology*; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D005544:Forecasting; D018745:Genome, Plant / Q000502:physiology*; D007113:Immunity, Innate / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D008561:Membrane Fusion; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D008954:Models, Biological; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D050600:SNARE Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D008565:Membrane Proteins; D050600:SNARE Proteins; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins