Figure 1. Identification and analysis of orthologous SYMREM1 genes and proteins.

The LjSYMREM1 sequence is similar to the previously published one of MtSYMREM1 Both genes show the same exon-intron structure even though the MtSYMREM1 gene is comprised of longer introns (A). Phylogenetic analysis based on 147 amino acid Remorin sequences using 101 unambiguously aligned residues in the conserved C-terminal region identifies the group 2 (B). Amino acid sequences of 11 group 2 Remorins from legumes and poplar were aligned and analyzed in 172 positions (C). MtSYMREM1 and LjSYMREM1 clearly cluster indicating that these proteins are orthologous to each other. Names marked with an asterisk were introduced in [16].