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Caffeine Extraction, Enzymatic Activity and Gene Expression of Caffeine Synthase from Plant Cell Suspensions
Published on: October 2, 2018
Evolution and Analysis of Caffeic Acid Transferase (COMT) in Seed Plants
Yinghui Gao1, Xuan Wang1, Xiaoyan Hou1
1School of Life Sciences, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, 273165, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
Caffeic acid transferase (COMT) is a key enzyme in the lignin and melatonin synthesis pathways and plays an important role in plant growth and development. All seed plants have two characteristics: they have vascular tissues, phloem, and xylem, and they can produce and reproduce seeds. In order to understand the distribution and evolution of COMTs in seed plants, we performed physicochemical property analysis, subcellular localization, phylogenetic analysis, conserved motif analysis, and protein interaction network analysis of 44 COMT homologs from 26 seed plants through in silico. The results showed that in seed plants, the structure of COMT genes tends to be stable in different plant taxa, while the relationship between the chromosomal positions of different COMT genes in the same plant was more intricate. The conserved distribution of COMT in seed plants reflected its highly specialized function.
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