@article{fdi:010065149, title = {{T}he {A}mborella vacuolar processing enzyme family}, author = {{P}oncet, {V}al{\'e}rie and {S}cutt, {C}. and {T}ournebize, {R}. and {V}illegente, {M}. and {C}ueff, {G}. and {R}ajjou, {L}. and {B}alliau, {T}. and {Z}ivy, {M}. and {F}ogliani, {B}. and {J}ob, {C}. and {K}ochko, {A}lexandre de and {S}arramegna-{B}urtet, {V}. and {J}ob, {D}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{M}ost vacuolar proteins are synthesized on rough endoplasmic reticulum as proprotein precursors and then transported to the vacuoles, where they are converted into their respective mature forms by vacuolar processing enzymes ({VPE}s). {I}n the case of the seed storage proteins, this process is of major importance, as it conditions the establishment of vigorous seedlings. {T}oward the goal of identifying proteome signatures that could be associated with the origin and early diversification of angiosperms, we previously characterized the 11{S}-legumin-type seed storage proteins from {A}mborella trichopoda, a rainforest shrub endemic to {N}ew {C}aledonia that is also the probable sister to all other angiosperms ({A}mborella {G}enome {P}roject, 2013). {I}n the present study, proteomic and genomic approaches were used to characterize the {VPE} family in this species. {T}hree genes were found to encode {VPE}s in the {A}mborella's genome. {P}hylogenetic analyses showed that the {A}mborella sequences grouped within two major clades of angiosperm {VPE}s, indicating that the duplication that generated the ancestors of these clades occurred before the most recent common ancestor of living angiosperms. {A} further important duplication within the {VPE} family appears to have occurred in common ancestor of the core eudicots, while many more recent duplications have also occurred in specific taxa, including both {A}rabidopsis thaliana and {A}mborella. {A}n analysis of natural genetic variation for each of the three {A}mborella {VPE} genes revealed the absence of selective forces acting on intronic and exonic single-nucleotide polymorphisms among several natural {A}mborella populations in {N}ew {C}aledonia.}, keywords = {{ARBRISSEAU} ; {ENZYME} ; {BIOSYNTHESE} ; {PROTEINE} ; {POLYMORPHISME} {ENZYMATIQUE} ; {POLYMORPHISME} {GENETIQUE} ; {PHYLOGENIE} ; {EVOLUTION} ; {NOUVELLE} {CALEDONIE} ; {DOGNY} {SARRAMEA} {PLATEAU}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{F}rontiers in {P}lant {S}cience}, volume = {6}, numero = {}, pages = {art. 618 [11 ]}, year = {2015}, DOI = {10.3389/fpls.2015.00618}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010065149}, }