Figure 1

Alignment of 71 candidate Phytophthora sojae bZIP domains. A, The first two and three conserved residues in the basic regions and leucine zippers, respectively, are displayed at the right side of the protein name, e.g., “N-R-L-L-L.” Six Pibzp1 homologs are marked by asterisks. Residues with higher identities were highlighted by BioEdit [23], e.g., the basic amino acids Arg (R) and Lys (K) are highlighted in blue, the acidic amino acids Asp (D) and Glu (E) in red, and the hydrophobic amino acids Leu (L), Val (V), Ile (I), and Met (M) in green. B, Sequence logos of P. sojae and Pfam bZIP domains. The first two and three conserved sites in the basic region and leucine zipper region respectively are marked by asterisks.