A member of SHI gene family. Arabidopsis thaliana has ten members that encode proteins with a RING finger-like zinc finger motif. Despite being highly divergent in sequence, many of the SHI-related genes are partially redundant in function and synergistically promote gynoecium, stamen and leaf development in Arabidopsis. Shi mutant is dominant, has dwarf phenotype. Loss of function mutations have no observable phenotype. Putative zinc finger protein. Involved in the response to gibberellic acid.
Computational Description
SHORT INTERNODES (SHI); CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Lateral Root Primordium type 1, C-terminal (InterPro:IPR006511), Zinc finger, Lateral Root Primordium type 1 (InterPro:IPR006510), Protein of unknown function DUF702 (InterPro:IPR007818); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: Lateral root primordium (LRP) protein-related (TAIR:AT3G51060.1); Has 1807 Blast hits to 1807 proteins in 277 species: Archae - 0; Bacteria - 0; Metazoa - 736; Fungi - 347; Plants - 385; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 339 (source: NCBI BLink).