chloroplast signal recognition particle component (CAO)
Curator Summary
A component of the chloroplast signal recognition particle pathway that is involved in LHCP targeting. It is downregulated in response to high light. It recognizes the DPLG motif in Lhcb1.
Computational Description
CHAOS (CAO); FUNCTIONS IN: chromatin binding; INVOLVED IN: response to high light intensity, protein import into chloroplast thylakoid membrane; LOCATED IN: chloroplast thylakoid membrane, chloroplast, signal recognition particle, chloroplast targeting, chloroplast envelope; EXPRESSED IN: 21 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 13 growth stages; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Ankyrin repeat-containing domain (InterPro:IPR020683), Chromo domain-like (InterPro:IPR016197), Chromo domain (InterPro:IPR000953), Ankyrin repeat (InterPro:IPR002110); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: ankyrin repeat-containing protein 2 (TAIR:AT4G35450.5); Has 25373 Blast hits to 13489 proteins in 848 species: Archae - 87; Bacteria - 2575; Metazoa - 11620; Fungi - 2006; Plants - 1049; Viruses - 137; Other Eukaryotes - 7899 (source: NCBI BLink).
