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The plant MBF1 protein family: a bridge between stress and transcription.

ABSTRACT: The Multiprotein Bridging Factor 1 (MBF1) proteins are transcription co-factors whose molecular function is to form a bridge between transcription factors and the basal machinery of transcription. MBF1s are present in most archaea and all eukaryotes, and numerous reports show that they are involved in developmental processes and in stress responses. In this review we summarize almost three decades of research on the plant MBF1 family, which has mainly focused on their role in abiotic stress responses, in particular the heat stress response. However, despite the amount of information available, there are still many questions that remain about how plant MBF1 genes, transcripts, and proteins respond to stress, and how they in turn modulate stress response transcriptional pathways.

SUBMITTER: Jaimes-Miranda F

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7094072 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

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The plant MBF1 protein family: a bridge between stress and transcription.

Jaimes-Miranda Fabiola F Chávez Montes Ricardo A RA

Journal of experimental botany 20200301 6

The Multiprotein Bridging Factor 1 (MBF1) proteins are transcription co-factors whose molecular function is to form a bridge between transcription factors and the basal machinery of transcription. MBF1s are present in most archaea and all eukaryotes, and numerous reports show that they are involved in developmental processes and in stress responses. In this review we summarize almost three decades of research on the plant MBF1 family, which has mainly focused on their role in abiotic stress resp ...[more]

PMID: 32037452

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