Encodes a protein that specifically binds plant telomeric DNA (TTTAGGG)n repeats. Involved in bending DNA. Expressed throughout the plant with highest levels in flowers.
Computational Description
TRF-like 1 (TRFL1); CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: SANT, DNA-binding (InterPro:IPR001005), Homeodomain-like (InterPro:IPR009057), Ubiquitin supergroup (InterPro:IPR019955), Homeodomain-related (InterPro:IPR012287), HTH transcriptional regulator, Myb-type, DNA-binding (InterPro:IPR017930); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: telomeric repeat binding protein 1 (TAIR:AT5G59430.3); Has 35333 Blast hits to 34131 proteins in 2444 species: Archae - 798; Bacteria - 22429; Metazoa - 974; Fungi - 991; Plants - 531; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 9610 (source: NCBI BLink).