Encodes a member of the MADS box family of transcription factors. Involved in root cell differentiation and flowering time. Loss of function mutations have abnormal cellular differentiation in the roots and are late flowering. AGL12 along with AGL14, and AGL17 is preferentially expressed in root tissues and represent the only characterized MADS box genes expressed in roots.
Computational Description
AGAMOUS-like 12 (AGL12); FUNCTIONS IN: sequence-specific DNA binding transcription factor activity; INVOLVED IN: vegetative to reproductive phase transition of meristem, root development; LOCATED IN: nucleus; EXPRESSED IN: 11 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 4 anthesis, C globular stage, D bilateral stage, E expanded cotyledon stage; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Transcription factor, MADS-box (InterPro:IPR002100), Transcription factor, K-box (InterPro:IPR002487); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: K-box region and MADS-box transcription factor family protein (TAIR:AT3G58780.1); Has 6551 Blast hits to 6549 proteins in 840 species: Archae - 0; Bacteria - 0; Metazoa - 621; Fungi - 300; Plants - 5564; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 66 (source: NCBI BLink).