NAC transcription factor

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To get started: Click the edit this page tab at the top. Save the page after each step, then edit it again. Click the 3D button (when editing, above the wikitext box) to insert Jmol. show the Scene authoring tools, create a molecular scene, and save it. Copy the green link into the page. Add a description of your scene. Use the buttons above the wikitext box for bold, italics, links, headlines, etc. More help: Help:Editing For more help, look at this link: http://www.proteopedia.org/wiki/index.php/Help:Getting_Started_in_Proteopedia Vascular-related NAC-domain transcription factorVascular-related NAC-domain transcription factor OverviewOverview Vascular-related NAC-domain transcription facor (VND)is one group of the largest plant-specific transcription factor NAC family. The VND1-VND7 were orginally isolated as genes for which expression levels are elevated during transdifferentiation into trachery elements, in a induction system using Arabidopsis suspension cells [1].VNDs are grouped in NAC-c subfamily [2]. Typically, the proteins in this subfamily share a well conserved N-terminal NAC domain (-150 amino acid;aa) and a diversified C-terminal transcription regulatory region [3,4]. The N-terminal NAC domain is usually responsible for DNA binding and dimerization, and the C-terminal NAC domain function in transcription activation , repression and protein binding. 1.Kubo M,Udagawa M, Nishikubo N, Horiguchi G, Yamaguchi M, Ito J, Mimura T, Fukuda H, and Demura T (2005) Transcription swtiches for protoxylem and metaxylem vessel formation. Gene Dev.16, 1855-1860. 2.Shen H, Yin Y, Chen F, Xu Y,and Dixon R (2009)A bioinformatic analysis of NAC genes for plant cell wall development in relation to lignocellulosic bioenergy production. Bioener.Res. 2,217-232. 3.Olsen A N, Ernst H A, Leggio L L,and Skriver K (2005) NAC transcription factor : structurally distinct, functionally diverse. Trends Plant Sci. 10,79-87 4.Ernst H A, Olsen A N, Skriver K, Larsen S,and Leggio L L (2004)Structure of the conserved domain of ANAC,a member of the NAC family of transcription factors. EMBO J 5,297-303 5