ANT is required for control of cell proliferation and encodes a putative transcriptional regulator similar to AP2. Loss of function alleles have reduced fertility, abnormal ovules and abnormal lateral organs. Expressed specifically in the chalaza and in floral organ primordia.
Computational Description
AINTEGUMENTA (ANT); CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: DNA-binding, integrase-type (InterPro:IPR016177), Pathogenesis-related transcriptional factor/ERF, DNA-binding (InterPro:IPR001471); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: Integrase-type DNA-binding superfamily protein (TAIR:AT1G72570.1); Has 7251 Blast hits to 5191 proteins in 264 species: Archae - 0; Bacteria - 9; Metazoa - 18; Fungi - 8; Plants - 7086; Viruses - 4; Other Eukaryotes - 126 (source: NCBI BLink).