One of two Arabidopsis plastocyanin genes. Expressed at 1/10th level of PETE2. Does not respond to increased copper levels and is thought to be the isoform that participates in electron transport under copper-limiting conditions.
Computational Description
plastocyanin 1 (PETE1); FUNCTIONS IN: electron carrier activity, copper ion binding; LOCATED IN: thylakoid, thylakoid lumen, chloroplast thylakoid lumen, chloroplast; EXPRESSED IN: 22 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 13 growth stages; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Blue (type 1) copper protein (InterPro:IPR001235), Cupredoxin (InterPro:IPR008972), Plastocyanin (InterPro:IPR002387), Blue (type 1) copper domain (InterPro:IPR000923); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: Cupredoxin superfamily protein (TAIR:AT1G20340.1); Has 1305 Blast hits to 1299 proteins in 244 species: Archae - 140; Bacteria - 448; Metazoa - 0; Fungi - 0; Plants - 204; Viruses - 5; Other Eukaryotes - 508 (source: NCBI BLink).