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Modeling and phylogeny analysis of bread wheat MnSOD |
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Authors |
Sonia Sheoran*, Bharati Pandey, Rajender Singh, Pradeep Sharma, Ravish Chatrath |
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Affiliation |
Directorate of Wheat Research, Post Box 158, Karnal, Haryana 132001, India
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sheoran_sonia@yahoo.co.in; *Corresponding author
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Article Type |
Hypothesis
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Date |
Received March 11, 2011; Accepted April 03, 2011; Published June 06, 2011
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Abstract |
Superoxide dismutase (SOD) acts as first line of defense against oxidative and genetic stress. Manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD), found in mitochondria or peroxisomes, contains Mn(III) at the active site. Therefore, it is of interest to study MnSOD from bread wheat (a grain crop). However, a structure model is not yet solved for bread wheat MnSOD. Hence, we describe the structure model of bread wheat MnSOD developed using homology model. The model provides molecular insight to metal binding molecular function towards the understanding of oxidative stress resistance in plants. The distinction of bread wheat (a monocot) MnSOD from dicots is also shown using phylogenetic analysis.
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Keywords |
MnSOD, monocots, dicots, structure model, stress
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Citation |
Sheoran et al.
Bioinformation 6(6): 209-211 (2011) |
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Edited by |
P Kangueane
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ISSN |
0973-2063
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License |
This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
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