Encodes a putative CAM binding transcription factor. Loss of function mutations show enhanced resistance to fungal and bacterial pathogens suggesting that CAMTA functions to suppress defense responses.
Computational Description
signal responsive 1 (SR1); FUNCTIONS IN: calmodulin binding, transcription regulator activity; INVOLVED IN: response to biotic stimulus; LOCATED IN: nucleus; EXPRESSED IN: 23 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 13 growth stages; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Immunoglobulin E-set (InterPro:IPR014756), Ankyrin repeat-containing domain (InterPro:IPR020683), CG-1 (InterPro:IPR005559), Ankyrin repeat (InterPro:IPR002110), IQ calmodulin-binding region (InterPro:IPR000048); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: Calmodulin-binding transcription activator protein with CG-1 and Ankyrin domains (TAIR:AT5G64220.2); 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).