Expression of the CER1 gene associated with production of stem epicuticular wax and pollen fertility. Biochemical studies showed that cer1 mutants are blocked in the conversion of stem wax C30 aldehydes to C29 alkanes, and they also lack the secondary alcohols and ketones. These suggested the CER1 protein is an aldehyde decarbonylase, but the exact molecular function of this protein remains to be determined.
Computational Description
ECERIFERUM 1 (CER1); FUNCTIONS IN: aldehyde decarbonylase activity; INVOLVED IN: aldehyde catabolic process, wax biosynthetic process, cuticle development; LOCATED IN: endoplasmic reticulum; EXPRESSED IN: 18 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 13 growth stages; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Fatty acid hydroxylase (InterPro:IPR006694), Uncharacterised protein, Wax2 C-terminal (InterPro:IPR021940); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: Fatty acid hydroxylase superfamily (TAIR:AT1G02190.1); Has 2658 Blast hits to 2653 proteins in 533 species: Archae - 0; Bacteria - 823; Metazoa - 248; Fungi - 388; Plants - 579; Viruses - 3; Other Eukaryotes - 617 (source: NCBI BLink).