Encodes a prenylcysteine alpha-carboxyl methyltransferase involved in methylation of isoprenylated proteins. This protein appears to have lower catalytic activity and a lower transcript expression level than the other ICMT present in Arabidopsis (At5g08335). Analysis of ICMT RNAi lines suggests that this protein may be involved in flower and stem development.
Computational Description
homolog of yeast STE14 A (STE14A); CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Isoprenylcysteine carboxyl methyltransferase (InterPro:IPR007269); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: Isoprenylcysteine carboxyl methyltransferase (ICMT) family (TAIR:AT5G08335.1); 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).