This gene belongs to the CO (CONSTANS) gene family. This gene family is divided in three subgroups: groups III, to which COL9 belongs, is characterised by one B-box (supposed to regulate protein-protein interactions) and a second diverged zinc finger. COL9 downregulates expression of CO (CONSTANS) as well as FT and SOC1 which are known regulatory targets of CO.
Computational Description
CONSTANS-like 9 (COL9); CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: CCT domain (InterPro:IPR010402), Zinc finger, B-box (InterPro:IPR000315); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: B-box type zinc finger protein with CCT domain (TAIR:AT5G48250.1); Has 30201 Blast hits to 17322 proteins in 780 species: Archae - 12; Bacteria - 1396; Metazoa - 17338; Fungi - 3422; Plants - 5037; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 2996 (source: NCBI BLink).
Kinase-related protein of unknown function (DUF1296)
Computational Description
Kinase-related protein of unknown function (DUF1296); CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Protein of unknown function DUF1296 (InterPro:IPR009719); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: Kinase-related protein of unknown function (DUF1296) (TAIR:AT3G13990.1); Has 3086 Blast hits to 1914 proteins in 327 species: Archae - 2; Bacteria - 372; Metazoa - 1089; Fungi - 466; Plants - 245; Viruses - 13; Other Eukaryotes - 899 (source: NCBI BLink).