cytochrome P450, family 79, subfamily B, polypeptide 2
Curator Summary
Belongs to cytochrome P450 and is involved in tryptophan metabolism. Converts Trp to indo-3-acetaldoxime (IAOx), a precursor to IAA and indole glucosinolates.
Computational Description
"cytochrome P450, family 79, subfamily B, polypeptide 2" (CYP79B2); FUNCTIONS IN: electron carrier activity, monooxygenase activity, iron ion binding, oxygen binding, heme binding; INVOLVED IN: in 8 processes; LOCATED IN: chloroplast; EXPRESSED IN: 25 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 13 growth stages; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Cytochrome P450 (InterPro:IPR001128), Cytochrome P450, E-class, group I (InterPro:IPR002401), Cytochrome P450, conserved site (InterPro:IPR017972); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: cytochrome P450, family 79, subfamily B, polypeptide 3 (TAIR:AT2G22330.1); Has 28507 Blast hits to 28366 proteins in 1550 species: Archae - 44; Bacteria - 2565; Metazoa - 10705; Fungi - 5395; Plants - 8898; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 900 (source: NCBI BLink).
