Encodes a member of the Arabidopsis Pumilio (APUM) proteins containing PUF domain (eight repeats of approximately 36 amino acids each). PUF proteins regulate both mRNA stability and translation through sequence-specific binding to the 3' UTR of target mRNA transcripts.
Computational Description
pumilio 20 (PUM20); FUNCTIONS IN: RNA binding, binding; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Pumilio RNA-binding repeat (InterPro:IPR001313), Armadillo-like helical (InterPro:IPR011989), Armadillo-type fold (InterPro:IPR016024); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: pumilio 18 (TAIR:AT5G60110.1); Has 2073 Blast hits to 1204 proteins in 222 species: Archae - 0; Bacteria - 0; Metazoa - 801; Fungi - 431; Plants - 579; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 262 (source: NCBI BLink).