Encodes a ferretin protein that is targeted to the chloroplast. Member of a Ferritin gene family. Gene expression is induced in response to iron overload and by nitric oxide. Expression of the gene is downregulated in the presence of paraquat, an inducer of photoxidative stress.
Computational Description
ferretin 1 (FER1); FUNCTIONS IN: ferric iron binding, iron ion binding; INVOLVED IN: in 12 processes; LOCATED IN: thylakoid, chloroplast thylakoid membrane, chloroplast stroma, chloroplast, membrane; EXPRESSED IN: 25 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 15 growth stages; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Ferritin, N-terminal (InterPro:IPR001519), Ferritin-related (InterPro:IPR012347), Ferritin-like (InterPro:IPR009040), Ferritin, conserved site (InterPro:IPR014034), Ferritin/ribonucleotide reductase-like (InterPro:IPR009078), Ferritin/Dps protein (InterPro:IPR008331); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: ferritin 4 (TAIR:AT2G40300.1); Has 1807 Blast hits to 1807 proteins in 277 species: Archae - 0; Bacteria - 0; Metazoa - 736; Fungi - 347; Plants - 385; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 339 (source: NCBI BLink).