Fig 1. Multiple alignments and predicted structure of conserved regions of CsNF-Y family members.

Sequence alignments among the highly conserved domains of NF-YA (A), NF-YB (B) and NF-YC (C) proteins of C. sinensis (Cs) and Mus musculus (Mouse). The DNA binding domain and the domains required for interaction with the other subunits previously defined in yeast and mammals are indicated. The secondary structures, alpha-helices (rectangles) and coils (black lines), are represented on the bottom of the alignment, based on Romier et al. [55]. Predicted structures of NF-Y conserved regions using the protein homology modeling of Phyr2 (D). Images of the models were coloured in a rainbow from blue to red from the N-terminus to the C-terminus.