Similar to terminal ear1 in Zea mays. A member of mei2-like gene family; phylogenetic analysis revealed that TEL2 belongs to the third clade of mei2-like proteins (TEL clade), with conserved two N-terminal RNA recognition motifs (RRM), in addition to the C-terminal RRM, shared among all mei2-like proteins. Expression patterns were similar to TEL1, with lower expression levels in most tissues examined.
Computational Description
terminal EAR1-like 2 (TEL2); FUNCTIONS IN: RNA binding, nucleotide binding, nucleic acid binding; EXPRESSED IN: 8 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: petal differentiation and expansion stage, D bilateral stage, E expanded cotyledon stage; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: RNA recognition motif, RNP-1 (InterPro:IPR000504), RNA recognition motif 2 (InterPro:IPR007201), Nucleotide-binding, alpha-beta plait (InterPro:IPR012677); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: terminal EAR1-like 1 (TAIR:AT3G26120.1); Has 114879 Blast hits to 113543 proteins in 3746 species: Archae - 105; Bacteria - 13385; Metazoa - 42146; Fungi - 9605; Plants - 32529; Viruses - 373; Other Eukaryotes - 16736 (source: NCBI BLink).
