homologous to Signal Peptide Peptidases (SPP), required for pollen development and pollen germination. No homozygotes could be recovered from a T-DNA insertion mutant.
Computational Description
signal peptide peptidase (SPP); FUNCTIONS IN: aspartic-type endopeptidase activity; INVOLVED IN: pollen germination, pollen development; LOCATED IN: endoplasmic reticulum, endoplasmic reticulum membrane; EXPRESSED IN: 28 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 16 growth stages; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Peptidase A22, presenilin signal peptide (InterPro:IPR006639), Peptidase A22B, signal peptide peptidase (InterPro:IPR007369); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: SIGNAL PEPTIDE PEPTIDASE-LIKE 1 (TAIR:AT4G33410.1); Has 989 Blast hits to 959 proteins in 196 species: Archae - 4; Bacteria - 0; Metazoa - 468; Fungi - 136; Plants - 243; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 138 (source: NCBI BLink).
