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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Capitao C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6232500 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Capitao Claudio C Shukla Neha N Wandrolova Aneta A Mittelsten Scheid Ortrun O Riha Karel K
Frontiers in plant science 20181106
SMG7 proteins are evolutionary conserved across eukaryotes and primarily known for their function in nonsense mediated RNA decay (NMD). In contrast to other NMD factors, SMG7 proteins underwent independent expansions during evolution indicating their propensity to adopt novel functions. Here we characterized SMG7 and SMG7-like (SMG7L) paralogs in <i>Arabidopsis thaliana</i>. SMG7 retained its role in NMD and additionally appears to have acquired another function in meiosis. We inactivated SMG7 b ...[more]