Encodes a protein with 1-deoxyxylulose 5-phosphate synthase activity involved in the MEP pathway. It is essential for chloroplast development in Arabidopsis
Computational Description
CLOROPLASTOS ALTERADOS 1 (CLA1); FUNCTIONS IN: 1-deoxy-D-xylulose-5-phosphate synthase activity; INVOLVED IN: chlorophyll biosynthetic process, response to light stimulus, isopentenyl diphosphate biosynthetic process, mevalonate-independent pathway; LOCATED IN: chloroplast; EXPRESSED IN: 26 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 13 growth stages; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Transketolase, N-terminal (InterPro:IPR005474), Transketolase, C-terminal (InterPro:IPR005476), Transketolase, C-terminal/Pyruvate-ferredoxin oxidoreductase, domain II (InterPro:IPR009014), Transketolase-like, pyrimidine-binding domain (InterPro:IPR005475), Transketolase binding site (InterPro:IPR020826), Transketolase-like, C-terminal (InterPro:IPR015941), Deoxyxylulose-5-phosphate synthase (InterPro:IPR005477), Dehydrogenase, E1 component (InterPro:IPR001017); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate synthase 1 (TAIR:AT3G21500.2); Has 24450 Blast hits to 24392 proteins in 2940 species: Archae - 267; Bacteria - 15281; Metazoa - 526; Fungi - 278; Plants - 446; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 7652 (source: NCBI BLink).
