Table 1.
General information about the brassinosteroid (BR) receptor genes in soybean based on bioinformatics analysis.
| Gene | Locus | EST | TM | SP | KD | Length (AA) | Localization | Int/Ext |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GmBRI1a | Glyma06g15270 | Yes | 784..806 | 1..20 | 871..1143 | 1184 | Plas | 0/1 |
| GmBRI1b | Glyma04g39610 | Yes | 787..809 | 1..22 | 874..1146 | 1187 | Plas | 0/1 |
| GmBRL1a | Glyma04g12860 | Yes | 827..849 | 1..43 | 928..1202 | 1207 | Cyto | 0/1 |
| GmBRL1b | Glyma06g47870 | Yes | 843..865 | No | 912..1186 | 1211 | Plas | 0/1 |
| GmBRL2a | Glyma05g26771 | Yes | 752..774 | 1..32 | 756..1038 | 1053 | Nucl | 1/2 |
| GmBRL2b | Glyma08g09750 | Yes | no | 1..29 | 837..1121 | 1136 | Plas | 0/1 |
The transmembrane domains (TM) signal peptides (SP), and kinase domains (KD) were predicted by the SMART [44] program and the positions (from the amino terminus to the carboxyl terminus) of the TM, SP, and KD are indicated in the table. Putative cell localization of the soybean BR receptors was predicted by PSORT [45]. Based on the released genome sequences and cDNA sequences of soybean, the numbers of introns and exons were determined through SIM4 as described in Methods. AA, amino acid; Cyto, cytoplasm; EST, expressed sequence tag; Ext, Extron; Int, intron; Nucl, nucleus; Plas, plasmamembrane.