Encodes GATA transcription factor gene GNC, involved in regulating carbon and nitrogen metabolism. Expression occurs in aerial tissue at an early stage of development and is inducible by nitrate.
Computational Description
GATA transcription factor 5 (GATA5); FUNCTIONS IN: sequence-specific DNA binding transcription factor activity; INVOLVED IN: regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent; EXPRESSED IN: 21 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 13 growth stages; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Zinc finger, NHR/GATA-type (InterPro:IPR013088), Transcription factor, GATA, plant (InterPro:IPR016679), Zinc finger, GATA-type (InterPro:IPR000679); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: GATA transcription factor 6 (TAIR:AT3G51080.1); Has 35333 Blast hits to 34131 proteins in 2444 species: Archae - 798; Bacteria - 22429; Metazoa - 974; Fungi - 991; Plants - 531; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 9610 (source: NCBI BLink).