Similar to hinge-domain region of structural maintenance of chromosomes (SMC)proteins.Putative chromosome architecture protein that can potentialy link nucleic acids in facilitating an RNA1-mediated epigenetic modification involving secondary siRNA and spreading of DNA methylation.
Computational Description
DEFECTIVE IN MERISTEM SILENCING 3 (DMS3); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: gamma-irradiation and mitomycin c induced 1 (TAIR:AT5G24280.1); Has 82 Blast hits to 81 proteins in 17 species: Archae - 6; Bacteria - 2; Metazoa - 0; Fungi - 0; Plants - 71; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 3 (source: NCBI BLink).