Encodes a protein similar to 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoic acid phytyltransferase involved in phylloquinone and plastoquinone biosynthesis. Mutants are pale green and heterotrophic with defects in photosynthetic electron transport.
Computational Description
ABERRANT CHLOROPLAST DEVELOPMENT 4 (ABC4); CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: UbiA prenyltransferase (InterPro:IPR000537), 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoate phytyltransferase (InterPro:IPR011937); Has 2128 Blast hits to 2126 proteins in 766 species: Archae - 57; Bacteria - 1544; Metazoa - 40; Fungi - 0; Plants - 49; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 438 (source: NCBI BLink).