title: Genome-wide identification and domain organization of lectin domains in cucumber.
abstract: Lectins are ubiquitous proteins in plants and play important roles in a diverse set of biological processes, such as plant defense and cell signaling. Despite the availability of the Cucumis sativus L. genome sequence since 2009, little is known with respect to the occurrence of lectins in cucumber. In this study, a total of 146 putative lectin genes belonging to 10 different lectin families were identified and localized in the cucumber genome. Domain architecture analysis revealed that most of these lectin gene sequences contain multiple domains, where lectin domains are linked with other domains, as such creating chimeric lectin sequences encoding proteins with dual activities. This study provides an overview of lectin motifs in cucumber and will help to understand their potential biological role(s).
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Biochemistry and Glycobiology, Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium. Electronic address: Liuyi.Dang@UGent.be.
authors.forename: Liuyi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dang
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Biochemistry and Glycobiology, Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium. Electronic address: Elsjm.VanDamme@UGent.be.
authors.forename: Els J M
authors.initials: EJM
authors.lastname: Van Damme
mesh_terms: D023181:Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides / Q000378:metabolism; D001665:Binding Sites; D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism; D018553:Cucumis sativus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development; D063990:Gene Ontology; D018745:Genome, Plant; D037102:Lectins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D010802:Phylogeny; D037121:Plant Lectins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D000072417:Protein Domains; D054788:Ribosome Inactivating Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D054789:Ribosome Inactivating Proteins, Type 1
chemical_list: D023181:Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides; D037102:Lectins; D037121:Plant Lectins; D010940:Plant Proteins; D054789:Ribosome Inactivating Proteins, Type 1; C061152:amaranthin protein, Amaranthus; C043696:jacalin; C045875:hevein; D054788:Ribosome Inactivating Proteins
keywords: Biological function; Cucumber; Domain architecture; Evolution; Lectin domain