A Comprehensive Phylogenetic Analysis of the MAP4K Family in the Green Lineage

Lixia Pan; Cassio Flavio Fonseca De Lima; Lam Dai Vu; Ive De Smet

doi:10.3389/fpls.2021.650171

A Comprehensive Phylogenetic Analysis of the MAP4K Family in the Green Lineage

Front Plant Sci. 2021 Aug 13:12:650171. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2021.650171. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Lixia Pan^{1

2}, Cassio Flavio Fonseca De Lima^{1

2}, Lam Dai Vu^{1

2}, Ive De Smet^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
² VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, Belgium.

Abstract

The kinase-mediated phosphorylation impacts every basic cellular process. While mitogen-activated protein kinase technology kinase kinases (MAP4Ks) are evolutionarily conserved, there is no comprehensive overview of the MAP4K family in the green lineage (Viridiplantae). In this study, we identified putative MAP4K members from representative species of the two core groups in the green lineage: Chlorophyta, which is a diverse group of green algae, and Streptophyta, which is mostly freshwater green algae and land plants. From that, we inferred the evolutionary relationships of MAP4K proteins through a phylogenetic reconstruction. Furthermore, we provided a classification of the MAP4Ks in the green lineage into three distinct.

Keywords: MAP4K; evolution; motifs; phylogenetic analysis; signaling.