Encodes a protein with 3,8-divinyl protochlorophyllide a 8-vinyl reductase activity. Mutants accumulate divinyl chlorophyll rather than monovinyl chlorophyll.
Computational Description
PALE-GREEN AND CHLOROPHYLL B REDUCED 2 (PCB2); FUNCTIONS IN: 3,8-divinyl protochlorophyllide a 8-vinyl reductase activity; INVOLVED IN: chlorophyll biosynthetic process; LOCATED IN: chloroplast, membrane, chloroplast envelope; EXPRESSED IN: 21 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 13 growth stages; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: NAD(P)-binding domain (InterPro:IPR016040), NmrA-like (InterPro:IPR008030); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: NAD(P)-binding Rossmann-fold superfamily protein (TAIR:AT3G18890.1); 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).