Encodes a galactolipase. Located in the chloroplast. Involved in the initial step of jasmonic acid biosynthesis. Expressed in vegetative tissues and is necessary for the biosynthesis of basal-level JAs in vegetative tissues.
Computational Description
DONGLE (DGL); CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Lipase, class 3 (InterPro:IPR002921); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: alpha/beta-Hydrolases superfamily protein (TAIR:AT2G31690.1); Has 1183 Blast hits to 1177 proteins in 252 species: Archae - 0; Bacteria - 234; Metazoa - 21; Fungi - 238; Plants - 544; Viruses - 3; Other Eukaryotes - 143 (source: NCBI BLink).