Encodes a long chain acyl-CoA synthetase that catalyzes the synthesis of omega-hydroxy fatty acyl-CoA intermediates in the pathway to cutin synthesis. Required for repression of lateral root formation.
Computational Description
long-chain acyl-CoA synthetase 2 (LACS2); CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: AMP-binding, conserved site (InterPro:IPR020845), AMP-dependent synthetase/ligase (InterPro:IPR000873); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: AMP-dependent synthetase and ligase family protein (TAIR:AT1G64400.1); Has 53337 Blast hits to 50359 proteins in 3209 species: Archae - 917; Bacteria - 34261; Metazoa - 2388; Fungi - 2032; Plants - 1855; Viruses - 1; Other Eukaryotes - 11883 (source: NCBI BLink).