Encodes a epidermally expressed extracellular protein that likely functions as an alpha-beta hydrolase and is required for normal cuticle formation. Homozygous mutant plants are dwarfed and have abnormal leaves, collapsed cells, reduced numbers of trichomes. The specific role of BDG is unclear: it may function in cutin biosynthesis or as a cross-linking enzyme in the cell wall itself.
Computational Description
BODYGUARD1 (BDG1); CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Alpha/beta hydrolase fold-1 (InterPro:IPR000073); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: alpha/beta-Hydrolases superfamily protein (TAIR:AT5G41900.1); Has 7923 Blast hits to 7922 proteins in 1350 species: Archae - 58; Bacteria - 5093; Metazoa - 308; Fungi - 248; Plants - 246; Viruses - 4; Other Eukaryotes - 1966 (source: NCBI BLink).
