Encodes a chloroplastic copper/zinc superoxide dismutase CSD2 that can detoxify superoxide radicals. Its expression is affected by miR398-directed mRNA cleavage.
Computational Description
copper/zinc superoxide dismutase 2 (CSD2); FUNCTIONS IN: superoxide dismutase activity; INVOLVED IN: in 6 processes; LOCATED IN: thylakoid, apoplast, chloroplast stroma, chloroplast; EXPRESSED IN: 29 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 14 growth stages; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Superoxide dismutase, copper/zinc, binding site (InterPro:IPR018152), Superoxide dismutase, copper/zinc binding (InterPro:IPR001424); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: copper/zinc superoxide dismutase 1 (TAIR:AT1G08830.2); Has 4720 Blast hits to 4704 proteins in 1488 species: Archae - 6; Bacteria - 1989; Metazoa - 1257; Fungi - 323; Plants - 669; Viruses - 141; Other Eukaryotes - 335 (source: NCBI BLink).