title: The diversity of rice phytocystatins.
abstract: Phytocystatins encompass a family of plant competitive cysteine proteinase inhibitors. They are encoded by part of a conserved monophyletic group of genes that are found in all eukaryotes. The primary targets of phytocystatins are papain-like cysteine proteinases. However, a group of larger phytocystatins is also able to inhibit proteinases such as legumains. Phytocystatins have been implicated in several physiological processes and act within an intricate proteolytic regulatory network. The present work characterizes the gene family of rice phytocystatins, which contains twelve genes with different features. Phylogenetic analyses cluster rice phytocystatins into three main groups. Group 1 is composed of OcI, OcIII and OcXII and is nearly ubiquitous and highly expressed in plants under normal and stressed conditions including salt, wounding, ABA or a fungal elicitor such as chitosan. Rice phytocystatins can contribute to plant senescence and may exhibit an inverse correlation between their gene expression and the activities of their target proteinases. This work contributes to clarifying the roles of individual phytocystatin genes in plant processes such as germination and response to environmental stresses.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Genética e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ana Paula
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Christoff
authors.forename: Rogerio
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Margis
mesh_terms: D015891:Cystatins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015870:Gene Expression; D005810:Multigene Family; D012275:Oryza / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D015891:Cystatins; D010940:Plant Proteins
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