Encodes a member of the Sad1/UNC-84 (SUN)-domain proteins: AtSUN1(At5g04990), AtSUN2(AT3G10730). SUN domain proteins are part of the cytoskeletal-nucleoskeletal bridging complexes. AtSUN1 and AtSUN2 are localized to the nuclear envelope and are present as homomers and heteromers in vivo.
Computational Description
SAD1/UNC-84 domain protein 2 (SUN2); FUNCTIONS IN: protein binding; INVOLVED IN: biological_process unknown; LOCATED IN: nuclear envelope, endoplasmic reticulum, phragmoplast, spindle; EXPRESSED IN: 25 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 15 growth stages; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Sad1/UNC-like, C-terminal (InterPro:IPR012919); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: SAD1/UNC-84 domain protein 1 (TAIR:AT5G04990.1); Has 537 Blast hits to 534 proteins in 132 species: Archae - 4; Bacteria - 39; Metazoa - 349; Fungi - 35; Plants - 67; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 43 (source: NCBI BLink).