Encodes a plasmodesmatal localized protein with callose binding activity. The function of PDCB1 is unknown but overexpression leads to the hyperaccumulation of callose.
Computational Description
plasmodesmata callose-binding protein 1 (PDCB1); FUNCTIONS IN: callose binding, polysaccharide binding; INVOLVED IN: callose deposition in cell wall; LOCATED IN: plasmodesma, anchored to plasma membrane, plasma membrane, anchored to membrane, plant-type cell wall; EXPRESSED IN: 24 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 13 growth stages; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: X8 (InterPro:IPR012946); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: glucan endo-1,3-beta-glucosidase-like protein 3 (TAIR:AT5G08000.1); Has 2214 Blast hits to 2014 proteins in 207 species: Archae - 0; Bacteria - 106; Metazoa - 136; Fungi - 241; Plants - 1436; Viruses - 12; Other Eukaryotes - 283 (source: NCBI BLink).