Encodes a vacuolar processing enzyme belonging to a novel group of cysteine proteases that is expressed specifically in seeds and is essential for the proper processing of storage proteins.
Computational Description
beta vacuolar processing enzyme (BETA-VPE); FUNCTIONS IN: cysteine-type endopeptidase activity; INVOLVED IN: proteolysis, response to salt stress, vacuolar protein processing; LOCATED IN: endomembrane system; EXPRESSED IN: 23 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 13 growth stages; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Peptidase C13, legumain (InterPro:IPR001096); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: gamma vacuolar processing enzyme (TAIR:AT4G32940.1); Has 785 Blast hits to 783 proteins in 241 species: Archae - 4; Bacteria - 10; Metazoa - 274; Fungi - 115; Plants - 253; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 129 (source: NCBI BLink).
