The gene encodes a chloroplast ribosome recycling factor homologue. Analysis of mutants revealed its role in the chloroplast development and eary stages of embryo development.
Computational Description
"ribosome recycling factor, chloroplast precursor" (RRF); FUNCTIONS IN: copper ion binding; INVOLVED IN: in 6 processes; LOCATED IN: thylakoid, chloroplast stroma, chloroplast; EXPRESSED IN: 23 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 15 growth stages; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Ribosome recycling factor, bacterial-like (InterPro:IPR015998), Ribosome recycling factor (InterPro:IPR002661); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: Ribosome recycling factor (TAIR:AT3G01800.1); Has 30201 Blast hits to 17322 proteins in 780 species: Archae - 12; Bacteria - 1396; Metazoa - 17338; Fungi - 3422; Plants - 5037; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 2996 (source: NCBI BLink).