Encodes ROTUNDIFOLIA4, a member of the seed plant-specific family of small peptides, RTFL (ROT FOUR LIKE), characterised by the presence of a 29-amino acid domain: RTF. Expressed in shoot apices, young leaves and flowers. Involved in controlling polarity-dependent cell proliferation.
Computational Description
ROTUNDIFOLIA4 (ROT4); CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: DVL (InterPro:IPR012552); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: ROTUNDIFOLIA like 1 (TAIR:AT3G53232.1); Has 35333 Blast hits to 34131 proteins in 2444 species: Archae - 798; Bacteria - 22429; Metazoa - 974; Fungi - 991; Plants - 531; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 9610 (source: NCBI BLink).