Research Article

Comprehensive In Silico Analysis of RNA Silencing-Related Genes and Their Regulatory Elements in Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Table 2

Comparison of Argonaute proteins with missing catalytic residue(s) present in the PIWI domain of wheat, riceb, and Arabidopsisb.

WheatRiceArabidopsis thaliana
ArgonauteMotifaArgonauteMotifbArgonauteMotifb

1TaAGO1aDDH/HOsAGO1DDH/PAGO2DDD/H
2TaAGO1bDDH/HOsAGO2DDD/HAGO3DDD/H
3TaAGO1cDDH/HOsAGO3DDD/HAGO4DDH/S
4TaAGO1dDDH/HOsAGO4aDDH/PAGO6DDH/P
5TaAGO1eDD-/HOsAGO4bDDH/PAGO9DDH/R
6TaAGO1fDDH/ROsAGO11GDH/H
7TaAGO1gDDH/ROsAGO13-DH/H
8TaAGO1hDDH/ROsAGO15DDH/P
9TaAGO1iDDH/HOsAGO16DDH/P
10TaAGO1jDDH/HOsAGO17HDR/C
11TaAGO1kDDH/HOsAGO18DDH/S
12TaAGO2aDDD/H
13TaAGO2bDDD/H
14TaAGO3DDD/H
15TaAGO4aDDH/P
16TaAGO4bDD-/P
17TaAGO4cDDH/P
18TaAGO5aDDH/P
19TaAGO5bDDH/P
20TaAGO5cDDH/H
21TaAGO5dDDH/H
22TaAGO5eDDH/P
23TaAGO5fDDH/H
24TaAGO5gDDH/H
25TaAGO6aDD-/P
26TaAGO6bDDH/P
27TaAGO6cDDH/P
28TaAGO6dDDH/P
29TaAGO6eDD-/P
30TaAGO7aDDH/H
31TaAGO7bDDH/H
32TaAGO8YDH/P
33TaAGO9aDDH/P
34TaAGO9bDDH/P
35TaAGO9cDDH/P
36TaAGO10aDDH/Y
37TaAGO10bDDH/Y
38TaAGO10cDDH/H
39TaAGO10dDDH/H

aMotifs are corresponding to conserved D760, D845, and H986/H798 of Arabidopsis AGO1; D (aspartate), H (Histidine), K (Lysine), A (Alanine), P (Proline), Q (Glutamine), G (Glycine), R (Arginine), C (Cysteine), S (Serine); –: the missing catalytic residue. bReviewed in Kapoor et al. [15].