Encodes a protein with similarity to VRN5 and VIN3.Contains both a fibronectin III and PHD finger domain. VEL1 is a part of a polycomb repressive complex (PRC2) that is involved in epigenetic silencing of the FLC flowering locus.
Computational Description
vernalization5/VIN3-like (VEL1); FUNCTIONS IN: molecular_function unknown; INVOLVED IN: vegetative to reproductive phase transition of meristem; LOCATED IN: PcG protein complex; EXPRESSED IN: 24 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 15 growth stages; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Protein of unknown function DUF1423, plant (InterPro:IPR004082), Fibronectin, type III-like fold (InterPro:IPR008957), Fibronectin, type III (InterPro:IPR003961); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: Fibronectin type III domain-containing protein (TAIR:AT5G57380.1).