Encodes a protein with similarity to members of the C1 subgroup of MAP kinase kinase kinases. Interacts physically with the receptor kinase BRL2/VH1 and appears to be involved in auxin and brassinosteriod signaling.
Computational Description
VH1-interacting kinase (VIK); CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Protein kinase, ATP binding site (InterPro:IPR017441), Integrin-linked protein kinase (InterPro:IPR016253), Serine/threonine-protein kinase domain (InterPro:IPR002290), Serine-threonine/tyrosine-protein kinase (InterPro:IPR001245), Protein kinase-like domain (InterPro:IPR011009), Serine/threonine-protein kinase, active site (InterPro:IPR008271), Protein kinase, catalytic domain (InterPro:IPR000719), Ankyrin repeat-containing domain (InterPro:IPR020683), Ankyrin repeat (InterPro:IPR002110); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: Integrin-linked protein kinase family (TAIR:AT3G58760.1); Has 139285 Blast hits to 133759 proteins in 5118 species: Archae - 180; Bacteria - 15286; Metazoa - 53967; Fungi - 12530; Plants - 33711; Viruses - 527; Other Eukaryotes - 23084 (source: NCBI BLink).
