encodes an aspartic protease, has an important role in determining cell fate during embryonic development and in reproduction processes. The loss-of-function mutation of PCS1 causes degeneration of both male and female gametophytes and excessive cell death of developing embryos during torpedo stage.
Computational Description
PROMOTION OF CELL SURVIVAL 1 (PCS1); CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Peptidase aspartic (InterPro:IPR021109), Peptidase aspartic, catalytic (InterPro:IPR009007), Peptidase A1 (InterPro:IPR001461), Peptidase aspartic, active site (InterPro:IPR001969); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: Eukaryotic aspartyl protease family protein (TAIR:AT2G39710.1); Has 2066 Blast hits to 2053 proteins in 143 species: Archae - 0; Bacteria - 0; Metazoa - 95; Fungi - 96; Plants - 1822; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 53 (source: NCBI BLink).