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Origin and Evolution of Seed Storage Globulins

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Seed Proteins

Abstract

Seed storage globulins have frequently been adopted as an experimental system to study various basic aspects of plant molecular biology. Because of the importance of seed globulins for human nutrition, most data are available only from a rather limited set of crop plants. For a deep understanding of the extant structural and functional features of storage globulins, however, it would be valuable to know more about their origin and evolution. In this chapter we therefore consider: what proteins have been recruited as a progenitor molecule and what are the principle evolutionary milestones to convert this progenitor into a seed storage globulin. Some aspects of these questions have been addressed previously (Bäumlein et al., 1995). In addition, there is evidence for the existence of a superfamily consisting of structurally related storage and non-storage proteins (Braun et al., 1996). The recognition of several new members of this superfamily. and especially the characterisation of a fern spore-specific vicilin-like protein (Shutov et al., 1998a), has essentially confirmed and extended our knowledge concerning the evolutionary pathway of seed storage globulins.

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  1. Laboratory of Protein Chemistry, State University of Moldova, Kishinev, MD-2009, Moldova

    Andrei D. Shutov

  2. Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung, D-06466, Gatersleben, Germany

    Helmut Bäumlein

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Shutov, A.D., Bäumlein, H. (1999). Origin and Evolution of Seed Storage Globulins. In: Shewry, P.R., Casey, R. (eds) Seed Proteins. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4431-5_23

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