BASIC PENTACYSTEINE1 (BPC1) is a regulator of the homeotic Arabidopsis thaliana gene SEEDSTICK (STK), which controls ovule identity. BPC1 induces conformational changes by cooperative binding to purine-rich elements present in the STK regulatory sequence. STK is upregulated in bpc1 mutant.
Computational Description
basic pentacysteine1 (BPC1); FUNCTIONS IN: DNA binding, sequence-specific DNA binding transcription factor activity, specific transcriptional repressor activity; INVOLVED IN: regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent; LOCATED IN: nucleus; EXPRESSED IN: 24 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 15 growth stages; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: GAGA binding-like (InterPro:IPR010409); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: basic pentacysteine 2 (TAIR:AT1G14685.1); Has 220 Blast hits to 218 proteins in 22 species: Archae - 0; Bacteria - 0; Metazoa - 0; Fungi - 0; Plants - 220; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 0 (source: NCBI BLink).
BASIC PENTACYSTEINE1 (BPC1) is a regulator of the homeotic Arabidopsis thaliana gene SEEDSTICK (STK), which controls ovule identity. BPC1 induces conformational changes by cooperative binding to purine-rich elements present in the STK regulatory sequence. STK is upregulated in bpc1 mutant.
Computational Description
basic pentacysteine1 (BPC1); FUNCTIONS IN: DNA binding, sequence-specific DNA binding transcription factor activity, specific transcriptional repressor activity; INVOLVED IN: regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent; LOCATED IN: nucleus; EXPRESSED IN: 24 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 15 growth stages; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: GAGA binding-like (InterPro:IPR010409); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: basic pentacysteine 2 (TAIR:AT1G14685.1); Has 35333 Blast hits to 34131 proteins in 2444 species: Archae - 798; Bacteria - 22429; Metazoa - 974; Fungi - 991; Plants - 531; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 9610 (source: NCBI BLink).
