Responsible for the synthesis of callose deposited at the primary cell wall of meiocytes, tetrads and microspores. Required for exine formation during microgametogenesis and for pollen viability. Highest expression in meiocytes, tetrads, microspores and mature pollen.
Computational Description
callose synthase 5 (CALS5); FUNCTIONS IN: 1,3-beta-glucan synthase activity; INVOLVED IN: in 6 processes; LOCATED IN: 1,3-beta-glucan synthase complex, membrane; EXPRESSED IN: 11 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 4 anthesis, petal differentiation and expansion stage; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Glycosyl transferase, family 48 (InterPro:IPR003440), Protein of unknown function DUF605 (InterPro:IPR006745); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: glucan synthase-like 12 (TAIR:AT5G13000.1); 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).
