Sequence Description Alias PCC hrr PSME_00013790-RA (at4g18120 : 142.0) A member of mei2-like gene family, predominantly plant-based family of genes encoding RNA binding proteins with characteristic presence of a highly conserved RNA binding motif first described in the mei2 gene of the fission yeast S. pombe. In silico analyses reveal nine mei2 -like genes in A. thaliana. They were grouped into four distinct clades, based on overall sequence similarity and subfamily-specific sequence elements. AML3 is a member of two sister clades of mei2-like gene family, AML1 through AML5, and belongs to the clade named ALM235. Among mei2-like genes, AML3 is the transcript with highest frequency of alternative splicing. Expression was detected during early embryo development (heart and torpedo stage); no accumulation was detected in vegetative and floral apices, as revealed by in situ hybridization.; MEI2-like 3 (ML3); FUNCTIONS IN: RNA binding, nucleotide binding, nucleic acid binding; INVOLVED IN: biological_process unknown; LOCATED IN: nucleus; EXPRESSED IN: 24 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 13 growth stages; 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: MEI2-like protein 5 (TAIR:AT1G29400.2); Has 2869 Blast hits to 2722 proteins in 297 species: Archae - 8; Bacteria - 173; Metazoa - 1272; Fungi - 326; Plants - 696; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 394 (source: NCBI BLink). & (reliability: 270.0) & (original description: no original description) 0.47940680349135784 19