title: The VQ Motif-Containing Protein Family of Plant-Specific Transcriptional Regulators.
abstract: The VQ motif-containing proteins (designated as VQ proteins) are a class of plant-specific proteins with a conserved and single short FxxhVQxhTG amino acid sequence motif. VQ proteins regulate diverse developmental processes, including responses to biotic and abiotic stresses, seed development, and photomorphogenesis. In this Update, we summarize and discuss recent advances in our understanding of the regulation and function of VQ proteins and the role of the VQ motif in mediating transcriptional regulation and protein-protein interactions in signaling pathways. Based on the accumulated evidence, we propose a general mechanism of action for the VQ protein family, which likely defines a novel class of transcriptional regulators specific to plants.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China.
authors.forename: Yanjun
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4772-7923
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jing
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China rclin@ibcas.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Rongcheng
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8346-3390
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D020816:Amino Acid Motifs; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D013045:Species Specificity; D013312:Stress, Physiological; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors