Encodes a cytosine methyltransferase MET1. Required for silencing of FWA paternal allele in endosperm. Two lines with RNAi constructs directed against DMT1 have reduced agrobacterium-mediated tumor formation.
Computational Description
methyltransferase 1 (MET1); FUNCTIONS IN: methyltransferase activity; INVOLVED IN: in 6 processes; LOCATED IN: nucleus; EXPRESSED IN: 22 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 15 growth stages; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: DNA (cytosine-5)-methyltransferase 1 (InterPro:IPR017198), DNA methylase, C-5 cytosine-specific (InterPro:IPR001525), Bromo adjacent homology (BAH) domain (InterPro:IPR001025), DNA methylase, C-5 cytosine-specific, active site (InterPro:IPR018117); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: DNA (cytosine-5-)-methyltransferase family protein (TAIR:AT4G08990.1); 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).