Encodes a member of the Lon protease-like proteins (Lon1/At5g26860, Lon2/At5g47040, Lon3/At3g05780, Lon4/At3g05790). Lon is a multifunctional ATP-dependent protease which exists in bacteria, archaea and within organelles in eukaryotic cells. Lon proteases are responsible for the degradation of abnormal, damaged and unstable proteins.
Computational Description
lon protease 3 (LON3); FUNCTIONS IN: in 6 functions; INVOLVED IN: proteolysis; LOCATED IN: mitochondrion; EXPRESSED IN: sperm cell; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: ATPase, AAA-type, core (InterPro:IPR003959), Peptidase S16, active site (InterPro:IPR008268), Peptidase S16, ATP-dependent protease La (InterPro:IPR004815), Peptidase S16, lon N-terminal (InterPro:IPR003111), Peptidase S16, Lon C-terminal (InterPro:IPR008269), ATPase, AAA+ type, core (InterPro:IPR003593), Ribosomal protein S5 domain 2-type fold (InterPro:IPR020568), Peptidase S16, Lon protease, C-terminal (InterPro:IPR001984); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: lon protease 4 (TAIR:AT3G05790.1); Has 14658 Blast hits to 14489 proteins in 2407 species: Archae - 438; Bacteria - 7797; Metazoa - 399; Fungi - 597; Plants - 312; Viruses - 7; Other Eukaryotes - 5108 (source: NCBI BLink).
