How Many Faces Does the Plant U-Box E3 Ligase Have?

Mao, Xinguo; Yu, Chunmei; Li, Long; Wang, Min; Yang, Lili; Zhang, Yining; Zhang, Yanfei; Wang, Jingyi; Li, Chaonan; Reynolds, Matthew Paul; Jing, Ruilian

doi:10.3390/ijms23042285

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How Many Faces Does the Plant U-Box E3 Ligase Have?

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Xinguo Mao

^1,*,†

,

Chunmei Yu

^1,†,

Long Li

¹,

Min Wang

¹,

Lili Yang

¹,

Yining Zhang

¹,

Yanfei Zhang

¹,

Jingyi Wang

¹

,

Chaonan Li

¹

,

Matthew Paul Reynolds

^2,* and

Ruilian Jing

¹

The National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China

²

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, Texcoco 56237, Mexico

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Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.

^†

The authors contribute equally to this work.

Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2022, 23(4), 2285; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23042285

Submission received: 29 December 2021 / Revised: 4 February 2022 / Accepted: 8 February 2022 / Published: 18 February 2022

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Ubiquitylation in Plant Developmental and Physiological Processes)

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Ubiquitination is a major type of post-translational modification of proteins in eukaryotes. The plant U-Box (PUB) E3 ligase is the smallest family in the E3 ligase superfamily, but plays a variety of essential roles in plant growth, development and response to diverse environmental stresses. Hence, PUBs are potential gene resources for developing climate-resilient crops. However, there is a lack of review of the latest advances to fully understand the powerful gene family. To bridge the gap and facilitate its use in future crop breeding, we comprehensively summarize the recent progress of the PUB family, including gene evolution, classification, biological functions, and multifarious regulatory mechanisms in plants.

Keywords: abiotic stress; biotic stress; development; E3 ubiqutin ligase; plant U-box protein; ubiquitination

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Mao, X.; Yu, C.; Li, L.; Wang, M.; Yang, L.; Zhang, Y.; Zhang, Y.; Wang, J.; Li, C.; Reynolds, M.P.; et al. How Many Faces Does the Plant U-Box E3 Ligase Have? Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2022, 23, 2285. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23042285

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Mao X, Yu C, Li L, Wang M, Yang L, Zhang Y, Zhang Y, Wang J, Li C, Reynolds MP, et al. How Many Faces Does the Plant U-Box E3 Ligase Have? International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2022; 23(4):2285. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23042285

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Mao, Xinguo, Chunmei Yu, Long Li, Min Wang, Lili Yang, Yining Zhang, Yanfei Zhang, Jingyi Wang, Chaonan Li, Matthew Paul Reynolds, and et al. 2022. "How Many Faces Does the Plant U-Box E3 Ligase Have?" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 23, no. 4: 2285. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23042285

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Mao, X., Yu, C., Li, L., Wang, M., Yang, L., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Y., Wang, J., Li, C., Reynolds, M. P., & Jing, R. (2022). How Many Faces Does the Plant U-Box E3 Ligase Have? International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23(4), 2285. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23042285

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