Encodes a member of the Arabidopsis Pumilio (APUM) proteins containing PUF domain (eight repeats of approximately 36 amino acids each). PUF proteins regulate both mRNA stability and translation through sequence-specific binding to the 3' UTR of target mRNA transcripts.
Computational Description
pumilio 1 (PUM1); FUNCTIONS IN: RNA binding, binding; LOCATED IN: cellular_component unknown; EXPRESSED IN: cultured cell; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Nucleic acid binding NABP (InterPro:IPR012940), Pumilio RNA-binding repeat (InterPro:IPR001313), Armadillo-like helical (InterPro:IPR011989), Armadillo-type fold (InterPro:IPR016024); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: pumilio 3 (TAIR:AT2G29140.1); Has 3905 Blast hits to 1986 proteins in 235 species: Archae - 0; Bacteria - 0; Metazoa - 808; Fungi - 1312; Plants - 896; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 889 (source: NCBI BLink).