Encodes a protein with similarity to MAP kinases (MAPK9).Expressed preferentially in guard cells and appears to be involved in reactive oxygen species mediated ABA signaling.
Computational Description
MAP kinase 9 (MPK9); CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Protein kinase, ATP binding site (InterPro:IPR017441), Serine/threonine-protein kinase domain (InterPro:IPR002290), Serine/threonine-protein kinase-like domain (InterPro:IPR017442), Protein kinase-like domain (InterPro:IPR011009), MAP kinase, conserved site (InterPro:IPR003527), Protein kinase, catalytic domain (InterPro:IPR000719), Tyrosine-protein kinase, catalytic domain (InterPro:IPR020635); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: MAP kinase 15 (TAIR:AT1G73670.1); Has 122703 Blast hits to 121413 proteins in 4361 species: Archae - 122; Bacteria - 13975; Metazoa - 45582; Fungi - 12439; Plants - 29950; Viruses - 578; Other Eukaryotes - 20057 (source: NCBI BLink).