Nucleotide-diphospho-sugar transferases superfamily protein
Curator Summary
The IRX14 gene encodes a putative family 43 glycosyl transferase that contributes to xylan biosynthesis. It was identified based on its gene expression co-variance with the IRX3 gene involved in secondary cell wall synthesis. A biochemical assay using the irx14 mutant indicates that IRX14 might function in xylose chain elongation.
Computational Description
irregular xylem 14 (IRX14); CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Glycosyl transferase, family 43 (InterPro:IPR005027); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: Nucleotide-diphospho-sugar transferases superfamily protein (TAIR:AT5G67230.1); Has 636 Blast hits to 635 proteins in 91 species: Archae - 0; Bacteria - 2; Metazoa - 399; Fungi - 0; Plants - 221; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 14 (source: NCBI BLink).
encodes a member of the DREB subfamily A-5 of ERF/AP2 transcription factor family (RAP2.10). The protein contains one AP2 domain. There are 16 members in this subfamily including RAP2.9 and RAP2.1.
Computational Description
related to AP2 10 (RAP2.10); FUNCTIONS IN: DNA binding, sequence-specific DNA binding transcription factor activity; INVOLVED IN: regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent; EXPRESSED IN: 16 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 6 growth stages; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: DNA-binding, integrase-type (InterPro:IPR016177), Pathogenesis-related transcriptional factor/ERF, DNA-binding (InterPro:IPR001471); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: DREB and EAR motif protein 3 (TAIR:AT2G23340.1); Has 5719 Blast hits to 5612 proteins in 252 species: Archae - 0; Bacteria - 2; Metazoa - 4; Fungi - 0; Plants - 5703; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 10 (source: NCBI BLink).
