Encodes a polygalacturonase inhibiting protein involved in defense response. PGIPs inhibit the function of cell wall pectin degrading enzymes such as those produced by fungal pathogens. PGIP1 is induced by fungal infection.
Computational Description
polygalacturonase inhibiting protein 1 (PGIP1); FUNCTIONS IN: polygalacturonase inhibitor activity; INVOLVED IN: signal transduction, defense response; LOCATED IN: cell wall, plant-type cell wall; EXPRESSED IN: 20 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 13 growth stages; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Leucine-rich repeat-containing N-terminal domain, type 2 (InterPro:IPR013210), Leucine-rich repeat (InterPro:IPR001611); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: polygalacturonase inhibiting protein 2 (TAIR:AT5G06870.1); Has 1807 Blast hits to 1807 proteins in 277 species: Archae - 0; Bacteria - 0; Metazoa - 736; Fungi - 347; Plants - 385; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 339 (source: NCBI BLink).