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In silico analysis reveals the presence of a large number of Ankyrin repeat containing proteins in Ectocarpus siliculosus

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Proteins with Ankyrin repeat motifs (ANK) are found to be associated with diverse biological processes and molecular functions in most of the studied organisms. Several studies have been done on the ANK-motif containing proteins of various model species, but similar studies on their counterparts in brown algae are not available. In this study, we have identified a total of 1,372 ankyrin repeats in 339 proteins of the model brown algae Ectocarpus siliculosus and the consensus sequence of the ANK repeats was determined. The proteins were classified into eight different subfamilies depending on their structural diversity. The data provided in this study may provide useful basis for future reverse genetics analysis of the members of this family.

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  1. Molecular Biology Lab, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka, Ramna, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh

    Niaz Mahmood, Mahdi Muhammad Moosa, Suprovath Kumar Sarker, Rifat Ara Najnin & Salma Sultana Alam

  2. Graduate Program in Biological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MBR3E0J9, Canada

    Nahid Tamanna

  3. Graduate Program in Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MBR3T2N2, Canada

    Niaz Mahmood

  4. Graduate Program in Biological Sciences, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California, 92037, USA

    Mahdi Muhammad Moosa

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Mahmood, N., Moosa, M.M., Tamanna, N. et al. In silico analysis reveals the presence of a large number of Ankyrin repeat containing proteins in Ectocarpus siliculosus . Interdiscip Sci Comput Life Sci 4, 291–295 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12539-012-0134-9

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