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Classification of the genes involved in the two-component system of the moss Physcomitrella patens
Kai Ishida1, Takafumi Yamashino, Hanayo Nakanishi
1Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, School of Agriculture, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.
Abstract:
Physcomitrella patens, belonging to bryopsida, is a basal lineage of land plants. To gain insight into the diversification of the two-component system (TCS), which is widely conserved from prokaryotes to eukaryotes, we compiled TCS-associated genes by employing P. patens genome databases. The moss has a set of His-kinases (HKs), including homologs of the cytokinin- and ethylene-receptors in seed plants. In addition, it has a number of coding-sequences specifying unique HKs. We found evidence that a putative cytokinin-receptor HK in P. patans serves as a sensor for this hormone, and that the HK activity of a putative ethylene-receptor homolog is regulated by ethylene, as observed for Arabidopsis thaliana.
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