floral meristem identity control protein LEAFY (LFY)
Curator Summary
Encodes transcriptional regulator that promotes the transition to flowering.Involved in floral meristem development. LFY is involved in the regulation of AP3 expression, and appears to bring the F-box protein UFO to the AP3 promoter.
Computational Description
LEAFY (LFY); CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Floricaula/leafy protein (InterPro:IPR002910); 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).