Encodes an F-box protein. Based on genetic analysis appears to be functionally redundant with VFB2,3, and 4. When expression of all 4 genes is reduced plants show defects in growth and reduced expression of auxin response genes.
Computational Description
VIER F-box proteine 1 (VFB1); FUNCTIONS IN: ubiquitin-protein ligase activity; INVOLVED IN: N-terminal protein myristoylation; EXPRESSED IN: stomatal complex, sepal, root, leaf; EXPRESSED DURING: seedling growth; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: F-box domain, cyclin-like (InterPro:IPR001810), F-box domain, Skp2-like (InterPro:IPR022364); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: VIER F-box proteine 3 (TAIR:AT4G07400.1); Has 4631 Blast hits to 2722 proteins in 229 species: Archae - 0; Bacteria - 68; Metazoa - 1574; Fungi - 394; Plants - 2158; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 437 (source: NCBI BLink).