Has acid phosphatase activity dependent on the presence of divalent cations (Mg2+, Co2+, Zn2+, Mn2+) and anti-insect activity. Insects fed with the protein show a retarded development. Induced in response to abscisic acid, jasmonic acid, salt, water deficiency and wounding.
Computational Description
vegetative storage protein 2 (VSP2); FUNCTIONS IN: acid phosphatase activity; INVOLVED IN: in 8 processes; LOCATED IN: cytosolic ribosome, vacuole; EXPRESSED IN: fruit, flower, leaf; EXPRESSED DURING: seedling growth, 4 leaf senescence stage; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Acid phosphatase (Class B) (InterPro:IPR005519), Vegetative storage protein/acid phosphatase (InterPro:IPR014403), Acid phosphatase, plant (InterPro:IPR010028); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: vegetative storage protein 1 (TAIR:AT5G24780.1); Has 30201 Blast hits to 17322 proteins in 780 species: Archae - 12; Bacteria - 1396; Metazoa - 17338; Fungi - 3422; Plants - 5037; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 2996 (source: NCBI BLink).