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Coccomyxa sp. C-169 PBF-2-like Family

Description

Desveaux et al. 2005: Members of the Whirly family of proteins are found throughout the plant kingdom and are predicted to share the ability to bind to single-stranded DNA. Arabidopsis and potato Whirly orthologs act as transcription factors that regulate defense gene expression; the Arabidopsis Whirly protein AtWhy1 contributes to both basal and specific defense responses. Analysis of the crystal structure of potato StWhy1 has provided insight into the DNA-binding mechanism of this family of proteins, their mode of action and possible autoregulation. There is evidence to suggest that Whirly proteins might play roles in processes other than defense responses and could function in the chloroplast as well as in the nucleus.

Members of this family
SHOULD possess Whirly domain

This family is also present in:

References

There are 1 gene models in this family

	Gene model	Description	Domains
	77430	fgeneshCV_pg.C_scaffold_25000074	Whirly

General references

Desveaux, D; Allard, J; Brisson, N; Sygusch, J. 2002. A new family of plant transcription factors displays a novel ssDNA-binding surface. Nat. Struct. Biol. 9(7):512-7 PUBMEDID:12080340
Desveaux, D; Després, C; Joyeux, A; Subramaniam, R; Brisson, N. 2000. PBF-2 is a novel single-stranded DNA binding factor implicated in PR-10a gene activation in potato. Plant Cell 12(8):1477-89 PUBMEDID:10948264
Desveaux, D; Maréchal, A; Brisson, N. 2005. Whirly transcription factors: defense gene regulation and beyond. Trends Plant Sci. 10(2):95-102 PUBMEDID:15708347