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Small but Mighty: Functional Peptides Encoded by Small ORFs in Plants.

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Hsu, PY; Benfey, PN
Published in: Proteomics
May 2018

Peptides encoded by small open reading frames (sORFs, usually <100 codons) play critical regulatory roles in plant development and environmental responses. Despite their importance, only a small number of these peptides have been identified and characterized. Genomic studies have revealed that many plant genomes contain thousands of possible sORFs, which could potentially encode small peptides. The challenge is to distinguish translated sORFs from nontranslated ones. Here, we highlight advances in methodologies for identifying these hidden sORFs in plant genomes, including ribosome profiling and proteomics. We also examine the evidence for new peptides arising from sORFs and discuss their functions in plant development, environmental responses, and translational control.

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Proteomics

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EISSN

1615-9861

ISSN

1615-9853

Publication Date

May 2018

Volume

18

Issue

10

Start / End Page

e1700038

Related Subject Headings

  • Ribosomes
  • Proteomics
  • Plants
  • Peptide Fragments
  • Open Reading Frames
  • Genomics
  • Genome, Plant
  • Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
  • 31 Biological sciences
 

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Hsu, P. Y., & Benfey, P. N. (2018). Small but Mighty: Functional Peptides Encoded by Small ORFs in Plants. Proteomics, 18(10), e1700038. https://doi.org/10.1002/pmic.201700038
Hsu, Polly Yingshan, and Philip N. Benfey. “Small but Mighty: Functional Peptides Encoded by Small ORFs in Plants.Proteomics 18, no. 10 (May 2018): e1700038. https://doi.org/10.1002/pmic.201700038.
Hsu PY, Benfey PN. Small but Mighty: Functional Peptides Encoded by Small ORFs in Plants. Proteomics. 2018 May;18(10):e1700038.
Hsu, Polly Yingshan, and Philip N. Benfey. “Small but Mighty: Functional Peptides Encoded by Small ORFs in Plants.Proteomics, vol. 18, no. 10, May 2018, p. e1700038. Epmc, doi:10.1002/pmic.201700038.
Hsu PY, Benfey PN. Small but Mighty: Functional Peptides Encoded by Small ORFs in Plants. Proteomics. 2018 May;18(10):e1700038.
Journal cover image

Published In

Proteomics

DOI

EISSN

1615-9861

ISSN

1615-9853

Publication Date

May 2018

Volume

18

Issue

10

Start / End Page

e1700038

Related Subject Headings

  • Ribosomes
  • Proteomics
  • Plants
  • Peptide Fragments
  • Open Reading Frames
  • Genomics
  • Genome, Plant
  • Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
  • 31 Biological sciences