Origin, Evolution, and Diversification of the Expansin Family in Plants
Zhizhan Wang, Jinbiao Cao, Nan Lin, Jiaming Li, Yazhou Wang, Weibin Liu, Wen Yao, Yang Li, Abir U Igamberdiev · 2024
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Description
Zhizhan Wang and co-authors map the origin and spread of the expansin family, proteins that loosen plant cell walls as pH shifts. They found 2,461 expansins across sixty-four species, from water algae to land plants. The cell wall helped early green algae move onto land, and expansins may have aided that step.
Expansins began in chlorophyte algae, and their four subfamilies arose one after another, alpha first. Whole genome and tandem duplications drove much of the family growth, while intron patterns stayed fairly steady. Family trees split the genes into five clades. Expression data from sixteen species showed both shared and divergent patterns, pointing to old roles kept and new roles gained.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Zhizhan Wang, Jinbiao Cao, Nan Lin, Jiaming Li, Yazhou Wang, Weibin Liu, Wen Yao, Yang Li, Abir U Igamberdiev |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 44 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |