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 24 (PUM24); FUNCTIONS IN: RNA binding, binding; LOCATED IN: nucleolus; EXPRESSED IN: 22 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 13 growth stages; 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: pumilio 5 (TAIR:AT3G20250.1); Has 2337 Blast hits to 1306 proteins in 237 species: Archae - 0; Bacteria - 1; Metazoa - 1209; Fungi - 478; Plants - 404; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 245 (source: NCBI BLink).
