encodes a bifunctional cytosolic hydroxymethyldihydropterin pyrophosphokinase/ dihydropteroate synthase (HPPK/DHPS)that is involved in tetrahydrofolate biosynthesis and is responsive to oxidative stress.
Computational Description
Dihydropterin pyrophosphokinase / Dihydropteroate synthase; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Dihydropteroate synthase-like (InterPro:IPR011005), 7,8-Dihydro-6-hydroxymethylpterin-pyrophosphokinase, HPPK (InterPro:IPR000550), Dihydropteroate synthase (InterPro:IPR006390), Pterin-binding (InterPro:IPR000489); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: Dihydropterin pyrophosphokinase / Dihydropteroate synthase (TAIR:AT4G30000.1); Has 15022 Blast hits to 14981 proteins in 2537 species: Archae - 158; Bacteria - 9759; Metazoa - 8; Fungi - 169; Plants - 69; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 4859 (source: NCBI BLink).