Encodes a member of the TBL (TRICHOME BIREFRINGENCE-LIKE) gene family containing a plant-specific DUF231 (domain of unknown function) domain. TBL gene family has 46 members, two of which (TBR/AT5G06700 and TBL3/AT5G01360) have been shown to be involved in the synthesis and deposition of secondary wall cellulose, presumably by influencing the esterification state of pectic polymers. A nomenclature for this gene family has been proposed (Volker Bischoff & Wolf Scheible, 2010, personal communication).
Computational Description
TRICHOME BIREFRINGENCE-LIKE 13 (TBL13); INVOLVED IN: biological_process unknown; LOCATED IN: endomembrane system; EXPRESSED IN: 21 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 13 growth stages; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Protein of unknown function DUF231, plant (InterPro:IPR004253); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: Plant protein of unknown function (DUF828) (TAIR:AT5G64470.2); Has 1334 Blast hits to 1311 proteins in 30 species: Archae - 0; Bacteria - 0; Metazoa - 0; Fungi - 4; Plants - 1330; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 0 (source: NCBI BLink).
