Encodes a zinc finger containing protein similar to step II splicing factors that is similar to SMP1. SMP2 is also reduced in SMP1 epigenetic alleles; plants make smaller organs having reduced cell numbers but increased cell size.
Computational Description
SWELLMAP 2 (SMP2); CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Zinc finger, CCHC-type (InterPro:IPR001878), Pre-mRNA splicing Prp18-interacting factor (InterPro:IPR021715); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: Pre-mRNA splicing Prp18-interacting factor (TAIR:AT1G65660.1); Has 30201 Blast hits to 17322 proteins in 780 species: Archae - 12; Bacteria - 1396; Metazoa - 17338; Fungi - 3422; Plants - 5037; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 2996 (source: NCBI BLink).