UGT72E2 is an UDPG:coniferyl alcohol glucosyltransferase which glucosylates sinapyl- and coniferyl aldehydes as well as sinapyl- and coniferyl alcohol. The enzyme is thought to be involved in lignin metabolism. A knockdown mutant line (72E2KD) was obtained using RNAi silencing. A twofold reduction in coniferyl alcohol 4-O-glucoside and sinapyl alcohol 4-O-glucoside was detected in this line compared to wildtype. In comparison, both knockout and knockdown lines of UGT72E1 and UGT72E3, respectively, failed to display the same reduction in phenylpropanoid 4-O-glucosides.
Computational Description
UGT72E2; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: UDP-glucuronosyl/UDP-glucosyltransferase (InterPro:IPR002213); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: UDP-Glycosyltransferase superfamily protein (TAIR:AT5G26310.1); Has 1807 Blast hits to 1807 proteins in 277 species: Archae - 0; Bacteria - 0; Metazoa - 736; Fungi - 347; Plants - 385; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 339 (source: NCBI BLink).
Encodes a homeodomain protein. Member of HD-ZIP 1 family, most closely related to HB5. AtHB53 is auxin-inducible and its induction is inhibited by cytokinin, especially in roots therefore may be involved in root development.
Computational Description
homeobox 53 (HB53); FUNCTIONS IN: DNA binding, sequence-specific DNA binding transcription factor activity; INVOLVED IN: response to auxin stimulus, regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent, root development; LOCATED IN: nucleus; EXPRESSED IN: 16 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 8 growth stages; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Homeobox, conserved site (InterPro:IPR017970), Homeobox (InterPro:IPR001356), Homeodomain-like (InterPro:IPR009057), Helix-turn-helix motif, lambda-like repressor (InterPro:IPR000047), Homeodomain-related (InterPro:IPR012287); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: homeobox protein 40 (TAIR:AT4G36740.1); Has 1807 Blast hits to 1807 proteins in 277 species: Archae - 0; Bacteria - 0; Metazoa - 736; Fungi - 347; Plants - 385; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 339 (source: NCBI BLink).