encodes a chloroplast pyruvate kinase alpha subunit. Important for seed oil biosynthesis. Ubiquitously expressed, with significantly increased expression in maturing seeds.
Computational Description
PKP-ALPHA; FUNCTIONS IN: pyruvate kinase activity; INVOLVED IN: response to cadmium ion, glycolysis, lipid metabolic process; LOCATED IN: chloroplast stroma, chloroplast; EXPRESSED IN: 24 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 14 growth stages; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Pyruvate kinase, C-terminal-like (InterPro:IPR015795), Pyruvate kinase, active site (InterPro:IPR018209), Pyruvate kinase, beta-barrel-like (InterPro:IPR011037), Pyruvate kinase, alpha/beta (InterPro:IPR015794), Pyruvate/Phosphoenolpyruvate kinase, catalytic core (InterPro:IPR015813), Pyruvate kinase (InterPro:IPR001697), Pyruvate kinase, barrel (InterPro:IPR015793); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: plastidic pyruvate kinase beta subunit 1 (TAIR:AT5G52920.1); Has 10289 Blast hits to 10239 proteins in 2715 species: Archae - 167; Bacteria - 6049; Metazoa - 538; Fungi - 221; Plants - 529; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 2785 (source: NCBI BLink).
