Member of Phenylalanine ammonialyase (PAL) gene family. Differs significantly from PAL1 and PAL2 and other sequenced plant PAL genes. Arabidopsis has four PALs: AT2G37040 (PAL1), AT3G53260 (PAL2), AT5G04230 (PAL3) and AT3G10340 (PAL4).
Computational Description
phenyl alanine ammonia-lyase 3 (PAL3); FUNCTIONS IN: phenylalanine ammonia-lyase activity; INVOLVED IN: response to wounding, defense response; LOCATED IN: cytoplasm; EXPRESSED IN: 21 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 13 growth stages; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Phenylalanine/histidine ammonia-lyase (InterPro:IPR001106), Phenylalanine/histidine ammonia-lyases, active site (InterPro:IPR022313), L-Aspartase-like (InterPro:IPR008948), Phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (InterPro:IPR005922); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: phenylalanine ammonia-lyase 4 (TAIR:AT3G10340.1).