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 22 (PUM22); FUNCTIONS IN: RNA binding, binding; INVOLVED IN: biological_process unknown; LOCATED IN: cellular_component unknown; 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: ARM repeat superfamily protein (TAIR:AT5G64490.1); Has 304 Blast hits to 271 proteins in 75 species: Archae - 0; Bacteria - 0; Metazoa - 1; Fungi - 65; Plants - 186; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 52 (source: NCBI BLink).