Encode a functional anthranilate synthase protein. Expressed at a constitutive basal level. Expression was not induced by wounding nor bacterial pathogen infiltration. Involved in aromatic amino acid biosynthesis.
Computational Description
anthranilate synthase 2 (ASA2); FUNCTIONS IN: anthranilate synthase activity; INVOLVED IN: tryptophan biosynthetic process, aromatic amino acid family biosynthetic process; LOCATED IN: chloroplast, anthranilate synthase complex; EXPRESSED IN: 21 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 13 growth stages; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Anthranilate synthase component I, N-terminal (InterPro:IPR006805), Chorismate binding, C-terminal (InterPro:IPR015890), ADC synthase (InterPro:IPR005801), Anthranilate synthase component I (InterPro:IPR019999), Anthranilate synthase component I, PabB-like (InterPro:IPR005256); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: anthranilate synthase alpha subunit 1 (TAIR:AT5G05730.1); Has 16475 Blast hits to 16472 proteins in 2614 species: Archae - 246; Bacteria - 11051; Metazoa - 5; Fungi - 314; Plants - 193; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 4666 (source: NCBI BLink).