Plant-specific transcription factor YABBY family protein
Curator Summary
Encodes a member of the YABBY family of transcriptional regulators that is involved in abaxial cell type specification in leaves and fruits. YAB1 acts in a non-cell autonomous fashion within the meristem to affect phyllotactic patterning. The non-autonomous effect on the central region of the meristem is mediated through the activity if Lateral Suppressor (LAS).
Computational Description
ABNORMAL FLORAL ORGANS (AFO); CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: High mobility group, superfamily (InterPro:IPR009071), YABBY protein (InterPro:IPR006780); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: Plant-specific transcription factor YABBY family protein (TAIR:AT4G00180.1); Has 454 Blast hits to 452 proteins in 126 species: Archae - 0; Bacteria - 0; Metazoa - 0; Fungi - 4; Plants - 436; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 14 (source: NCBI BLink).