Encodes a member of the Arabidopsis Pumilio (APUM) proteins containing PUF domain (eight repeats of approximately 36 amino acids each). PUF proteins regulate both mRNA stability and translation through sequence-specific binding to the 3' UTR of target mRNA transcripts.
Computational Description
pumilio 18 (PUM18); FUNCTIONS IN: RNA binding, binding; LOCATED IN: cytoplasm; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Pumilio RNA-binding repeat (InterPro:IPR001313), Armadillo-like helical (InterPro:IPR011989), Armadillo-type fold (InterPro:IPR016024); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: pumilio 19 (TAIR:AT5G60180.1); 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).