Encodes the LCB2 subunit of serine palmitoyltransferase, an enzyme involved in sphingosine biosynthesis. The protein is localized to the endoplasmic reticulum.
Computational Description
long chain base2 (LCB2); FUNCTIONS IN: protein binding, serine C-palmitoyltransferase activity; INVOLVED IN: photomorphogenesis, sphingosine biosynthetic process, sphingolipid biosynthetic process, pollen development; LOCATED IN: endoplasmic reticulum, vacuole, membrane; EXPRESSED IN: 24 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 15 growth stages; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Aminotransferase, class I/classII (InterPro:IPR004839), Pyridoxal phosphate-dependent transferase, major domain (InterPro:IPR015424), Aminotransferase, class-II, pyridoxal-phosphate binding site (InterPro:IPR001917), Pyridoxal phosphate-dependent transferase, major region, subdomain 1 (InterPro:IPR015421); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: serine palmitoyltransferase 1 (TAIR:AT3G48780.1); 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).
Encodes the LCB2 subunit of serine palmitoyltransferase, an enzyme involved in sphingosine biosynthesis. The protein is localized to the endoplasmic reticulum.
Computational Description
long chain base2 (LCB2); CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Aminotransferase, class I/classII (InterPro:IPR004839), Pyridoxal phosphate-dependent transferase, major domain (InterPro:IPR015424), Aminotransferase, class-II, pyridoxal-phosphate binding site (InterPro:IPR001917), Pyridoxal phosphate-dependent transferase, major region, subdomain 1 (InterPro:IPR015421); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: serine palmitoyltransferase 1 (TAIR:AT3G48780.1); Has 10446 Blast hits to 10416 proteins in 2172 species: Archae - 77; Bacteria - 7037; Metazoa - 738; Fungi - 589; Plants - 234; Viruses - 9; Other Eukaryotes - 1762 (source: NCBI BLink).